1687 



* GEODORUM fucatum. 



Painted Geodorimi. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OrchidEjE. Juss. § Vande^, LindL {Introduction to the 

 Natural System of Botant/, p. 262.) 



GEODORUM. Supra, vol. 8, fol. 675. 



G. fucatum ; scapo florlfero foliis duplo breviore, spica pendula congesta, 

 labello gibboso ovato emarginato integerrimo : lineis duabus callosis ele- 

 vatis. 



Folia e tubere subterraneo annulatim cicatrizato erumpentia, oblongo- 

 lanceolata, acuta, plicata, pedem longa, scapo forifero duplo longiora, frugi- 

 fero subcequalia. Scapus radicalis, erectus, vaginatus, apice recurvus, et 

 spicam ideo pendulam, partlbus omnibus inversis, compactam, brevem gerens. 

 Bracteffi lineares, acutce, ovarii longitudine. Flores subcampanulati, magni- 

 tudine et facie G. dilatati. Sepala lineari-oblonga, acuta, rosea, apice paulu- 

 lum recurva petalis paulo latioribus omninb conformia et jjarallela. Labellum 

 ob spicam i?iversam, anticum, revera posticum, ovatum, concavum, subtus 

 gibbosum, cum columna parallelum et continuum nee articulatum, integer- 

 rimum, emarginatum ; roseum, venis lateralibus intensioribus pictum ; lineis 

 duabus latis, elevatis, parallelis, contiguis, ochraceo-sanguineis, in medio. 



A single plant of this new species of Geodorum sent to 

 the Horticultural Society from Ceylon by Mr. Watson, in 

 1832, flowered in the Chiswick garden last July. It resem- 

 bles G. dilatatum figured in tab. 675 of this work ; but has 

 rather smaller flowers, and a very difl'erent labellum. 



It thrives in a hot, damp stove, but requires to be rested 

 after its leaves have withered. 



Fig. 1. represents the labellum seen from above; fig. 2. 

 the column and labellum after the other parts of the flower 

 have been removed. 



From yi] the earth, and lw[)ov a gift. 



