Tas. VII. 
STANHOPEA’ TIGRINA: 
TIGER-LIKE STANHOPEA. 
Trispus: VAN DE #.—Linptey. 
STANHOPEA. AHooker in Bot. Mag. 2948-9. Lindl. Gen. et Spe. Orch. p. 157. 
PeERIANTHIUM membranaceum, patentissimum vel reflexum. Sepala libera, 
subundulata. Petala conformia, angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum, ecal- 
caratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum; dimidio superiore (epichilio) convexo, 
inferiore (hypochilio) excavato. Columna longissima, petaloidea-marginata, raris- 
simé mutica. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 2, elongata, fissa, caudiculé quam 
glandula biloba stipitata breviore—Herbe Americane epiphyte pseudo-bulbosz, 
apice folium unicum plicatum gerentes. Scapi radicales, vaginati, pauciflori, 
penduli. Flores maximi, speciosissimi, odorati, magis mintsve maculati. 
Srannopra ?tigrina; foliis lato-lanceolatis sub-undulatis scapis 2-4-floris longioribus ; sepalis petalisque 
angustioribus, ovato-lanceolatis acutis; labello medio constricto, hypochilio inflato, subrotundo, in fronte 
utrinque cornuto, cornubus falcatis compressis incurvis acutis epichilio obovato intense tripartito longioribus ; 
columna membranaceo-marginata. 
Habitat in Mexico, prope urbem Xalapam. Huncuman. 
Description, 
PSEUDO-BULBS ovate, deeply furrowed, somewhat quadrangular, an inch and a half long, 
each terminated by a solitary broadly-lanceolate, shining, coriaceous, acute LEAF, somewhat waved 
in the margin, and a foot in length by four inches in width, united to the pseudo-bulb by a PETIOLE 
which is only one-third the length of the leaf, and channelled throughout. Scape short, pendulous, 
entirely clothed with thin, sheathing, convolute SCALES, 2-4 flowered. PEDUNCLES longer than the 
scape. FLOWERS very large and handsome, measuring upwards of seven inches (when fully expanded ) 
Srom the tip of the upper sepal to the point of the lip. SEPALS ovate-lanceolate, four inches long, 
straw-coloured, marked with irregular longitudinal blotches, of the colour of port wine stains, which 
approach, or run into, each other at the origin of the sepals. PervTazs narrower than the sepals, 
very much undulated, and marked at their base with transverse bands, of a darker colour than those 
of the sepals. Lip very large and fleshy, polished, spotted, three inches long, much inflated, slightly 
convex on its under side (where there is a low transverse ridge), with its margins turned slightly 
inwards on the upper side, and widely separated from each other: the interior of the lip is richly 
marked with various colours, and is covered in front with many rows of tubercles, which terminate 
in two rough callosities at the base of a pair of compressed falcate, sharp-pointed Horns, which 
bend inwards, and reach beyond the smooth, obovate, tripartite body which is appended to the 
lower division of the lip. Cotumn the length of the lip, arched, with a membranous, dilated 
margin, sprinkled over with a variety of minute vinous spots.+ 
* So called by Sir William Hooker, in compliment to the present Earl Stanhope, the distinguished President of the Medico-Botanical Society. 
+ The separate view of the lip was unavoidably taken after the specimen had shrivelled, and, therefore, represents that organ (and its lower 
portion in particular) much below the natural size. 
