1837 



STANH(3pEA insignis. 



Nohle Stanhopea. 



Nat. ord. Orchid ace^, § Vande^. 

 STANHOPEA. —Supra, vol. 18. t. 15-29. 



S. insignis ; labello medio quam maxime constricto, hypochilil subrotundi late- 

 ribuscornutis incurvis, epichilio ovato medio depresso cornubusduobus baseos 

 incurvis. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 157. 



Epidendrura grandiflorum. Humb. S^ Bonpl. PI. cequinoct. p. 94, t. 27. 



Anguloa grandiflora. H. B. K. nov. gen. §■ sp. pi. 1. 343. Kunth Synops. 

 1.332. 



Stanhopea insignis. Hooker in Bat. Mag. 2948-9. Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 1985. 



Bracteae meinhranacece , spathacece, subscariosce, striates, ovarii longitu- 

 dine, ut et ovarium ipstim leviter furfuraceoe- Ovarium obtuse triquetrum, 

 obclavatum, angulis intermediis costatibus minoribus. Sepala 3 patentia, 

 circiter 4 uncias inter suos apices, ovata, carnosa, concava, obtusa, ftava, 

 lucida, intus sanguineo-guttata ; 2 lateralibus basibus conjiatis. Petala 

 lanceolata, widulata, rejiexa, magis lutea, sanguineo interrupte fasciata. 

 Labellum carnosum, mim basi columnce non articulatum, a sepalis distinctu7n, 

 basi ventncosum, albidiim, atro-sanguineo conferte guttatum, limbo 3-lobo, 

 lobo intermedio subcordato- ovato carnoso sanguineo- guttato, lateralibus 

 falcatis incurvis acumiaatis cornuformibus. Columna maxima, 2 uncias 

 longa, cum ovario continua, basi semiteres sursum alata, apice obtuse triloba, 

 sanguineo densissime guttata. Stigma clausum, rostello subulato aeumina- 

 tissimo incumbente. Antbera ajnce membranacea, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, 

 obovata, basi acuminatissima, extrorsum Jissa. Glandula subrotunda, antice 

 subulata, postice magis membranacea, subbiloba ; caudicula brevis membra- 

 nacea. 



The drawing of this plant was made from a specimen sent 

 me in 1830 by the late Mr. Cattley ; at that time it was a 

 rarity, and the specimen was thought a fine one, but the cul- 

 tivation of this genus has since become so much improved 

 that still handsomer specimens are not uncommon. Some 

 apology may perhaps be required for again figuring what has 

 been well represented in the Botanical Magazine and the 



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