1889 



* CIRRHiEA tiistis. 



Sad-coloured Cirrhcea. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § VandEjE. 

 CIRRHMA.—Suprd, vol. \8. fol. 1538. 



C. tristis ; follis oblongo-lanceolatis basi parum angustatis, petalis lineari-spa- 

 thulatis, labelli sagittati lobo intermedio lineari abrupte acuto lateralibus 

 acuralnatis parallelis breviore. 



Pseudobulbi ovati, sulcati, angulis rotundatis. Folia solitaria, subpli- 

 cata, coriacea, ohlongo-lanceolata vel ohlonga, basi in petiolum brevem con- 

 volutum angustata. Racemi peiiduli, foliis paidb longiores, radicales, dens^ 

 multiflori. Flores odoratissimi tristt purpurei, sanguineo suffusi, cqncibus 

 herbaceis. Sepala linearia, patentissima, obtusa, postremo sigmoideo, reflexo. 

 Petala lineari-spatulata sepalis paulo breviora et duplo angustiora. Labellum 

 atropurpureum ; ungue arcuvi continuum cuvi colurnnd resupinatd efficients ; 

 limbo sagittato, laciniis lateralibus acuminatis subparallelis carnosis inter- 

 media fere duplo longioribus. Columna arcuata, clavata, truncata, anthera 

 posticd, stigmate obliquo, verticali, cirrhifero, ut in genere. 



A deliciously scented species, native of Mexico, whence it 

 was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose hot-house the 

 drawing was made in June, 1835. The form of its lip is 

 quite different from that of any of the other three species 

 now known. 



Like its other botanical allies it grows upon the branches 

 of trees, and apparently in a pendulous manner. 



* See folio 1538. 



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