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CYRTOCHlLUM mystacinum. 

 Whiskered Curvelip. 



GYNANDRIA MOAMiYDRW, 



Nat. ord. Orciiidace*, § Vande^. 



CYRTOCHlLUM. Botanical Register, vol. \9.fol. 1627. 



Cyrtochilum mystacinum ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis corrugatis mono- 

 phyllis basi polyphyllis, foliis llgulatis acutis planiusculis carinatis scapo 

 ramoso multo brevlorlbus, bracteis lanceolatls pedunculis duplo brevioribus, 

 scpalis petalisque ovatis acuminatis, labello unguiculato cordato obovato-lan- 

 ceolato subrepando piano apice leflexo medio pubescente basi obsolete 

 lamellato, columnse alis multifidis. Bot. Register, 1838. misc. no. 38. 



Pseudobulbi ovales, corrugati, compressi, intra bases foliorum latentes 

 vaginantium J ipsi monophylU. Folia ensiformia, carinata, acuta, avenia, 

 erecta, scapo composito-racemoso multo breviora. Bracteae acuminata, spka- 

 celatce, fere navicular es,maj ores 6-7 lin. longce. Pedicelli bracteis majori- 

 bus cequales, minoribus longiores. Ovarium pedicello suo multo brevius. 

 Flores lutei, unicolores, distantes. Sepala linearia, acuminata ; lateralibus 

 labello suppositis. Petala conformia, sed latiora. Labellum unguiculatum, 

 cordatum, obovatum, acumine recurvo ; columnd subparallelum eique basi 

 adnatum ; ungue calloso obsolete lamellato apice dentato. Columna cla- 

 vata ; alis laceris, appendice ante stigma emarginato. 



A notice of this rare plant has already been given in the 

 volume of the present work for 1838, among the miscellaneous 

 matter, no. 38 ; where by a misprint the flowers are de- 

 scribed as being " bright yellow z^^i^e-coloured," instead of 

 " bright yellow ?z;AoZe-coloured." 



It is a native of Peru, whence it was obtained by Richard 

 Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, with whom it produced its 

 flowers in the latter end of 1837. It is a genuine species of 

 the genus, having the base of the lip united to the face of 

 the lower part of the column, a circumstance overlooked 

 in the separate figure of the column in the accompanying 

 figure, which is otherwise correct. 



