600 ORCHIDES. 



ANGULOA. 



Lindl, Orcli. Lind. p. 21; in low bottoms in the midst of forests near tlie Indian 

 viilage Jaji, growing on tlie ground. Found only, in one spot in the province of Me- 

 rida, at ihe height of 5500'. Aug. 1842. Linden. — Rchb. fil. Donpl. lU. 67; Ocanna. 

 Wagener ! 1. c. II. 15. Merida 7000'. December. Wagener. — Pescatorea t. 17. 



3. ANGULOA RUCKERI Lindl. B. Reg. XXXIL (IS46). t. 41. Walp. Ann. L p. 784. — 

 Rchb. fil. Bonpl, II. 15 : Caracas 5000'. Miirz. Wagener. — Gardn. Chronicle 1854. 

 271: Anguloa Ruckeri var. sanQuinea. A fine vnrieiy of ihis rare plant has just 

 blossomed with Mssrrs. Bollisbon. Instead of being yellow with blood red dols, like 

 ihe original, tlie inside of the flower is one uniform rich chocolate brown ; the ter- 

 minal lobe of ihe lip is moreover broader. and concave, not flat. It is a fine variety 

 of its kind {">. Anguloa Ruckcri var. Wagneri Kegcl Gartenflora III. 387. Tab. 106. 

 Kum poiius A. Clowesii? Haud adeo exacte depicta.) 



14247. IiTfCASTE LimlL 

 B. Reg. XXIX (1843). p. 14. 



Flores ringentes, petalis saepius dissimilibus, in menlum breve pro- 

 ducti. Labeilum medio appendice transversa carnosa integra vel mar- 

 ginata auctum. Columna elongata, semiteres, saepius pilosa. Pollinia 4, 

 per paria caudiculae angustae elongatae adnata; glandula parva subro- 

 tunda; rostello subulato. 



Herbae pseudobulbosae , foliis plicatis. Scapi radicales erecti , unifiori. Flores 

 semper speciosi braciea niagna spaihacea suffulii, 



1. LYCASTE AROMATICA Lindl. I. c. p. 16: Maxillaria aromatica Hook. Ex. Fl. 219. 

 L. 0. n. 20. Bot. Reg. XXII. (1836). 1871, Colax aromalicus Spreng. 



Pseudobulbis compressis rugosis, foliis pluribus oblongolanceolatis 

 membranaceis, pedunculis radicalibus unifloris erectis , vaginis distan- 

 tibus obtusis cucullatis , sepalis ovato-oblongis pelalisque conformibus 

 acutis , labelli semicylindracei sepnlis aequali laciniis lateralibus acumi- 

 natis obtusis intermedia cuneata apice serrulata; appendice magna con- 

 cava carnosa truncata, columnae facie villosa. 

 Mexico. 



The flowers yellowish orangc , scarcely Jspoiied even inside ihe lip , which has 

 two rows of hairs along its inner face. 



var, relusa Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 47: 

 Floribus vitellinis, labelli lobo medio dilatato reluso. 



Mr. Barker Esq. received it from Lima. It difl"ers from L. aromatica in having 

 very clear yolk-or-cgg-yellow flowers without a tinge of green, and ihe middle lobe 

 of the lip dilated and almost iwolobed, 



2, LYCASTE CONSOBRINA Rchb. fll. in v. Schl. B. Z, 1852. 669: 



Perigonii pliyllo supremo oblongo cunealo aculo, phyllis lateralibus 

 internis subaequalibus, latioribus, basi inferiori obtusaugulis, lateralibus 

 internis oblongis, basi cunealis, medio dilatatis, acutis, quam phylla ex- 

 lerna medio latioribus, glabris, labello basi naviculari excavalo, elon- 

 gato , phyllis externis subaequilongo, medio trilobo, lobis lateralibus 

 ligulatis obtusis anguslis, erectis, abbreviatis, callo magno supino la- 

 minaeformi acie libera antrorsa obtusato inter utrumque basesque lo- 

 borum transgrediente, lobo medio producto oblongo crispulo, apice vix 

 emarginato ; gynostemio elongato, gracili , antice papillis filiformibus 

 puberulo, labio stigmatis inleriori parvulo, lunato. 



