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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Zygopetalum— continued. 
the limb, so as to be nearly hood-shaped, marked by obscure, 
longitudinal keels, with numerous warts between ; ruff of fifteen 
due aan keels, in some forms orange with purple 
es; 
purple spots at the base. Ecuador, 
torea Gairiana. 
Z. Gautieri (Gautier's)* . large; sepals and petals green, 
- blotched and barred with brown, oblong, acute ; lip deep purplish- 
blue, lighter at the edge, the ruff around the column large, and 
of a deep velvety-purple ; racemes drooping, on scapes springing 
up in the midst of the young leaf-tufts. l. elon eng; 
dark green, plaited. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, deeply furrowed. 
Brazil, 1868. Greenhouse. (W. O. A. i. 28) The colour of the 
lip varies in several varieties from pale mauve (I. H, 1867, 535) to 
deep bluish-purple. 
Z. gemma (gem). JL of a very pale colour, not much exceeding 
in size "o of Z. sanguinolentum ; lip marked with numerous 
dark blotches, denticulate and crisped. New Grenada, 1874. A 
| small species. Intermediate. SYN. Kefersteinia gemma. 
Sg == (grass-like). fl. dirty yellow, copiously brown- 
; petals rather narrower than the sepals t ip rog iy oval, 
bbous at base beneath, concave in the centre above, the upper 
suddenly bending downwards and emarginate at apex, the 
edge X denticulate; scapes three to five, clustered, 
Ë; t 9in. long, erect or spreading, lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 
none. rene 1857. Intermediate. Syn. Kefersteinia gra- 
minea (B. M. 5046; R. X. O. 25, ii.) 
Z. intermedium (intermediate), of Loddiges. G, sepals and 
petals ME tinged with brown, oblong, acute; lip blue, 
streaked with deep purple, downy-pubescent, large, flat, roundish, 
bilobed, undulated. Autumn. ` L ensiform, shorter than the 
raceme. Brazil, 1844. Reichenbach regards this as a variety of 
Z. Mackayi.. Greenhouse, SYN. Z. velutinum., 
Z. Klabochorum (Klaboch's)* 4. Sin. to 34in. across; sepal 
SCH obtuse ; eho shorter, cuneate; both white, deeply 
tip with choco. vp lip ochre or white, covered with 
lines of pur SS age pille, trowel-shaped, three-lobed ; ruff 
elim, 
of nineteen D gne gy with brown keels ; column 
brown and Ecuador, 1879. 
1879, Stove. SYN. Pesca- 
Geen Kcu b aUi ee 
e broad, m e t 
of the lip dark reddish-violet, the whole surface EUM Nu 
styliform processes, 1879. : 
Z. K. ornatissimum (very ornamental). X fine variety, with 
very dark mauve- le tips, and numerous similar spots ‘at thi 
base, of Mie pacts, ands dasle deel of Ge DT, MM odd 
sepal 1884. 
and streaks at the ; and petals oblong, acute ; 
very k d retuse; callus depressed, bifid 
apex; column dilated in the middle, sometimes an: led ; 
Z. Lalindei (Lalind’s). /. about Jin. across; se d 
lilac at base, pale rose above, or the flowers "Ces aad rent 
violet, ne cn sepal tip with green, and the lower part 
of the lateral ones brownis SEN p golden or orange-yellow 
on about Se "ure — ; column oured, 
er than elate disk; scapes : 
Penne “pry eh Š e bond lft. long, eg 
indes (B. M. 6330, ` termediate. SYN. Bollea 
Z. lamellosum 
luncles 3in. long; sepal tals yellowish-gree: 
Geet sepal elliptic, acute, the piae uid larger, on 
petals spathulate ; lip yellowish-white, nearl 
at , the crest orange and brown, musti 
close-set, concentric plates. August. 
lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed 
Pseudo-bulbs none. Columbia, 
Stove. SYN. Pescatorea lamellosa 
Z. Lawrenceanum  (Lawrence's) white, i 
axillary scapes, 3jin. to Jin. across; lih and aie DA 
with violet or mauve at the tips; lip much shorter than the 
re wand parts, nearly square, the sides revolute, the apex of an 
See, rich, velvety purple, the basal callus bright yellow 
E te on each side, large ` column white, conspicuous, hooded. 
. distichous, broadly ligulate, acuminate, keeled. Columbia, 
1878. Intermediate. (R. X. O. iii. 221.) Syn. Bollea Lawrenceana 
Z. Lehmanni (Lehmann's) ` d. solitary, axilla 
across, very showy; sepals and petals white, e Zei Mi 
reddish-purple, broadly cuneate-oblong: lip deep manve-purple 
the anterior part oblong, revolute, retuse, covered with "es : 
ptio, purplish papilla, the callus of about eleven ieee, 
wown ridges. „l linear-lorate, acute, lft. to lift. high, about 
lim. across. Ecuador. Stove. Syn. Pescatorea ` inen 
(G. C. n. s., xvii., p. 45; I. H. ser. iii. 471; W. O. A. ii. 57.) : 
green spotted with brown; Hp with Geh light 
oblong, the 
orbicular, cordate 
: Pg formed of 
` je 0) narrow- 
wë Plant densely ere 
Ë an nsely tufted. 
(B. M. 6240). oe 
» 
column dark violet above, whitish-yellow with some. 
(lamellate). s^ A es across, on stout, solitary ` 
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Zygopetalum—continued. i 
obtuse-angled, cordate blade of a beautiful mauve-purple, and 
an ochreous callus with thirteen teeth. 1886. Garden hybrid. 
Intermediate. 
Z. Mackayi (Mackay’s).* /l. large, five or six in a raceme ; sepals 
and SS Se rar Aion, blotched with brownish purple, 
lanceolate; lip white, lined and spotted with purplish-blue, 
large, roundish, undulated, emarginate, horizontally spreading, 
the ruff white, striped with blue, large and convex; scape 
radical, ljft. long. I distichous, linear-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 
large, ovate, scarred, bearing numerous leaves. Brazil, 1825. 
Greenhouse. (B. M. 2748; L. B. C. 1664; P. M. B. ili. 97.) 
Syn. Eulophia Mackaiana (B. R. 1433). Of this species there 
are several varieties. 
Z. M. crinitum (hairy. A synonym of Z. crinitum. 
Z. M. intermedium (intermediate) of gardens. fi. of a paler 
colour than in the type, with a fine, large, expanded lip. 
l. longer. A very distinct plant. 
Z. marginatum (margined) fi. clear straw-colour, with some 
p markings on the nearly square appendix to the lip; 
ateral sepals abruptly bent back, the upper one erect, all tipped 
with green; petals rolled back above the middle; lip circular, 
retuse, the edges bent downwards, the claw yellow, with a slight 
tubercle; column pure white. l. pale green, oblong, acute, 
flat, 6in. long. Columbia. Allied to Z. discolor. Intermediate. 
SYNS. Warrea quadrata (B. M. 4766), Warscewiczella marginata 
(R. X. O. 23, f. 2). 
Z. maxillare (jaw-shaped).* fl. large and showy; sepals and 
patala green, transversely blotched and barred with chocolate- 
rown, ovate-oblong, acute ; lip rich bluish-purple, with a large, 
roundish front lobe and a blunt spur ; ruff large, deeper purple, 
ped like a horse’s hoof, and united to the small, erect lateral 
lobes of the lip; spikes drooping, on radical scapes. l. lanceo- 
late, attenuated at base, nerved. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, furrowed. 
As many as seventy flowers have been produced by one plant. 
Greenhouse. (B. iii. ; B. M. 3686; L. B. C. 1776; P. M. B. iv. 
211; R. G. 1879, 345.) 
Z. Meleagris (Méleagris). d. Sin. to din. across; sepals and 
ac tessellated, pale yellow on the basal half and purplish- 
brown upwards, broad at base, the two lateral sepals folded 
inwards on the inner margin at base; lip about half as large as 
the petals, similar but clawed, white, tipped with purplish- 
brown, and having at the base of the claw a crescent-shaped 
plate, fringed with long, yellowish hairs; peduncles axillary, i 
one-flowered. June and July. /. broadly lanceolate, lft. long, 
distichous. Stem short, erect. Brazil. Stove. SYNS. Bate- 
mannia Meleagris c4 X. O. 66, figs. i, ii), Huntleya Meleagris 
(B. iii. 146; B. R. 1839, 11). 
Z. M. albido-fulvum (whitish-fulvous). ., upper half of the 
wane and petals fulvous, the lower part white; lip and column 
white, the former tipped with rosy-carmine, the latter with 
yellowish-green. J. light shining green, ` Stem none. Roots 
numerous. Brazil, 1 Intermediate. Syn. Huntleya albido- 
fulva (I. H. 1868, 556). 
Z. mi (small-winged). fl., sepals and petals creamy- 
white or ochre; lip white, with three transverse bars of dull 
crimson on the disk, and small, purple spots at the base, the 
front lobes elongated, lanceolate, the two lateral ones minute. 
Summer. Related to Z. xanthinum. Intermediate. SYN. 
Promenea microptera. 
Z. Murrayanum (Murray’s). fl. many in a raceme; sepals 
and Liege ovate-lanceolate, acute; lip white, the 
lateral lobes erect, the middle one reflexed, four times as large, 
purple-spotted at base, the prominent callus yellow, with five 
straight, violet-brown lines. J. lanceolate, stria Pseudo- 
3018) ovate, deeply furrowed. Organ Mountains, 1837. (B. M. 
Z. mystacinum (moustached) jl., sepals, petals, and blade 
of the lip yellowish-green; callus aie stalk of the e ` and 
column, white, with purple dots, the blade of the lip roken 
rs into numerous fringes, Otherwise closely resembling 
. gramineum. Columbia, 1881. SYN. Kefersteinia mystacina. 
Z. obtusatum (obtuse) ` A. disposed in a long raceme; sepals 
and petals green, with narrow, transverse brown bars, -— 
long, obtuse; lip of a very light violet, with a more purplish, 
retuse lower odios; bracts obtuse. 1878. This plant is very 
near Z. maxillare. : : 
Z. pallens (pale). ji, se and petals light mauve, with 
greenish-yellow tips, the 1 oan borders of the lateral 
sepals vinnamon-coloured, their lower halves being light yellow; 
lip light ochre. callus inted with 
, the orange-coloured pa 
bro h-purple. 1881. Intermediate. SYN. Bollea pallens. 
EN (Patin’s). JL solitary, upwards of Ain, across; dorsal 
sepal and the oblong, undulated petals rosy-pink, the two low vi 
sepals pink along the upper half, and deep rose along t , 
lower side; c yellow, short, the disk with a frill of ve 
lip ; cólumn pink, large, convex, arching over VT 
lip; scapes axillary, decurved. l distichous, broadly oblong 
game narrow at base, acute at apex, nerved. New Grenac® 
Ka oon SYN. Bollea Patinii (F. M. ser. ii. 147; G. C. n- 8» 
pentachromum (five-coloured). ji., sepals and petals green; 
