1872 



* CRYBE rosea. 

 Pink-Jlowered Cry be. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Arethuse^. 



CR YBE, Lindl. Sepala et petala similla, lanceolata, conniventia ; late- 

 ralibus basi obliquis. Labellum multo majus, membranaceum, cucullatum, nun- 

 quam expansum, cum columna clavata marginata semi-connatum. Lindl. Nat. 

 Syst. of Botany, ed. 2. p. 446. 



Crybe rosea. 



Pseudobulbi subrotundi, virides, leviter angulati. Folia ex apice erum- 

 penlia, lanceolata, plicata, subterna, IcBte viridia, pedalia. Spica 3-4-Jlora, 

 scapo laterali, basi purpureo, squamis circiter 3 distantibus vaginati. Flores 

 penduli, ovario brevi, arcuate, bracted subulato-ovatd 3-plb longiore. Flores 

 fere 2 pollices longi, clavati, nunquam expandentes. Sepala cBqualia, obovato- 

 lanceolata, basi adhcBrentia^pallide viridia, apice purpureo-maculata. Petala 

 subcequalia, subalba, purpureo tincta, membranacea. Labellum longius, ob- 

 ovatum, acutum, atropurpureum, marginibus plicato-crispis infiexis, basi cum 

 columna semiadnatum. Columna clavata, basi teres, ultra insertionem la- 

 belli marginata, paulo supra labellum bidentata, apice paululum cucullata. 

 Anthera terminalis, opercularis, polline granulari. 



A native of Mexico, whence it was imported by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, in whose stove it blossomed in June last. 



This plant is remarkable for never expanding its singular 

 club-shaped flowers, which always remain as much closed as 

 is represented in the accompanying figure, the edges of the 

 lip turning inwards, and forming a sort of dish at the end 

 of the flower. 



The genus is nearly allied to the North American Are- 

 thusas, from which the adhesion of its labellum to the base of 



* From tcpvTTTU) to conceal, whence Kpyfielg concealed, in allusion to the 

 manner in which the column is hidden by the floral envelopes. 



