1937 



* CHYSIS aurea. 



Golden-flowered Chysis. 



GYNANDRIA MONAKDRIA. 



Nal. Ord. ORCHIDACE.B, § Epidendres. 



CHYSIS. Sepala pauI6 connata, patula ; lateralia pedi producto columns 

 adnata et calcar simulant.a. Petala sepalis conformia. Labellum trilobum, 

 patulum venis basi callos.s. Columna marginata, canaliculata, mutica An- 

 thera subrotunda, opercularis, glabra. PoUhiia 8, in laminam luteara semi- 

 Rn':Jr'''°^' ^.^'^"""l'"' '^""'bus quatuor interiora crassiora abscondentibus. 



£ 11 ™ lamn^atum convexum. Herba. epip/njtce, occidentales ab ar- 



bortbus penduhe; caulibus Cyrtopodh depauperath, foliis nervosis basi vagi- 

 nantibus, racerais lateralibus multifloris. ^ 



Chysis aurea. 



„../-/^'"''^'i-^^'"^"''', '■"*''''"""''' «'''''c«^«<'. squamis fuscis, membranaceis 

 msnn. i-olia ovatu-lancenlata. basi vaninantia, nervosa, undvlala. Racemi 

 pedunculuh, ex axilla folii inferioris erumpentes, penduli, nvdliflori. Sepala 

 ovata, obtusa, subundulata, basi alba, cceterum crocca ; lateralium marmne 

 anterwre ^nfracto. Fet^\aovafo-oblo„gu, obtusa, marjnitudiue et colore sepalis 

 simuia l^abellum album, concavum, venis sanquineis, trilobum ■ lobo late- 

 rail oblongo, obtuso, crispo, apice subsaccato ; venis 5 medds tumidis callosis, 

 trihus lateralibus utri.que pubescentibus elevatis. Pollinia sunt Imiusmodi ; 

 lamina adest tenuis, lutea, pulverulenta, bipartita, lUrinnue biloba, in cli- 

 nandrium prona nwrgiuibus suis incrassatis, et incurvis (= pollinia 4 basi 

 %n lamvns duabus geminathn coharentia.) Prceterea ad sunt 4 alia mi- 

 nova, et prwribus supertecta, quorum duo ab angulis posterioribus, et duo 

 ab anterionbus lamella; s.pradictce JisscB oriuntur (= polluda 4 alia mi- 

 nora). Horum corporum vera indoles latet ; sed verosimiler pollinia 8 ad- 

 sunt quorum 4 eiteriora m laminam fissam margine bilobam deliquescunt. 



The first knowledge I had of this beautiful epiphyte was 

 irom Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, who sent it to me 

 m June 1836, with a note, from which the following is an 

 extract : — * 



* XvcTiQ a melting. The pollen masses of this plant are as it were fused 

 her. ' 



together. 



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