Tas. 4712. 
CQELIA mMacROSTACHYA. 
Long-spiked Celia. 
Nat. Ord. Orcno1pE#.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala distincta, conniventia, subeequalia: lateralibus basi obliquis. 
Petala subzequalia. Labellum cum columna subparallelum, apice patulum, basi 
excavatum, indivisum. Colwmna nana, erecta, semiteres, basi paulo producta ; 
stigmate rotundato, rostello inflexo. Anthera ovata, bilocularis. Pollinia 8, 
quaternatim materie pulverea in 2 paribus coherentia. Ovarium 9-alatum.— 
Herbee epiphyte pseudo-bulbose, basi squamate ; foliis gramineis subplicatis, scapo 
radicali squamato, bracteis longissimis. Lindl. 
Ce@LIA macrostachya ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis (vel subrotundis), foliis ensiformibus 
plicatis, racemo longissimo multifloro, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acumina- 
tissimis squamosis, sepalis rubris extus corrugatis, labello lanceolato basi 
bisaccato. Lindl. 
Canta macrostachya. Lindl. in Benth. Plante Hdbtwegiane, p. 92; Bot. Reg. 
1842, sub Tab. 36. 
Native of the Hacienda de la Llaguna, Mexico, and thence 
introduced to the Horticultural Society’s Gardens through Mr. 
Hartweg. It is really a handsome plant, and well worthy a 
place in every Orchideous collection, flowering in August, when 
our fine spike was sent from the Belfast Garden by Mr. Fergu- 
son, the able Curator. The pseudo-bulb and foliage, the latter 
in perfection at a more advanced period, were drawn from our 
own plant at Kew. The only other known species is the Celia 
Bauerana, a much smaller species, with white flowers, on which 
the genus was founded.. : 
Descr. Pseudo-bulb large, almost globose, or only slightly 
compressed, glabrous, pale green, partially surrounded at the 
base with coarse, brown scales. Leaves a foot and more long, 
about three from the top of the pseudo-bulb, lanceolate, acu- 
minate, membranaceous, striated and plicate, sheathing below. 
Scape arising from the base of the bulb, nearly a span high, 
MAY Isr, 1853. 4 
