C02 ORCIIIDES. 



LYCASTE. 



Guaicmala. 



Uesembles L. aromaiica, bul its leaves are broadcr; ibe flowers are 4 limcs as 

 largo, wlien in beallb ; ibe lip bas quile a diHerent form, wiih a deep crimson blotcb 

 at its base and is not balf tbe lengtb of tbe sepals ; tbc middle lobe is rounded, not 

 unguiculate, and has only a small tubercle in tbe middlc instcad of tbe large con- 

 cave appendage . tbat occurs in L. aromalica, 



IIuc: Maxillaria Sliinncri Lindl, bort. (B. Reg. XXVIIl. 1842, Misc, 13,). Lycaslc 

 balsamca A. Ricb. 



8, LYCASTE TETRAGONA Lindl, Bot. Reg, 1. c. Misc. 64 : Maxillaria letragona Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. 1428: 



Pseudobulbis ovalis telragonis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis solita- 

 riis, floribus radicalibus solitariis (vel raceniosis), sepalis oblongis obtusis 

 patulis, petalis conforniibus paulo ininoribus, labello carnoso ventricoso 

 trilobo erecto, lobis lateralibus parvis acutis interinedio ovato extus 

 convexo , disci appendice crassa carnosa tabulari incumbente. 



Pcrigonium vindifuscum. Labellum intus airo>ioIaceum, extus sordide album. 



9. LYCASTE SKLX.NERI Lindl. Dot, Reg. XXIX. Ib43. pg. 15: MaxHlaria Skinncri Bat. 

 Bot. Reg. 1842. Misc. 13: 



Pseudobulbis subrotundis ovatis triphyllis, foliis lanceolatis acutis 

 plicatis scapo laxe vaginato ascendenle dnplo longioribus, bractea her- 

 bacea acula cucullata ovario inulto longiore, sepalis patenlibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acutis, petalis duplo brevioribus ovalibus ereclis supra co- 

 lumnain convolutis apicibus reflexis; labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 

 crectis Iruncatis, Jntermedio longiore ovalo rotundato, deflexo, appen- 

 (hce carnosa linguaeformi inter lacinias jalerales' locata; columna sublus 

 pubescente. 



Tbe flowers measure upwards of 6" across frora the tips of ihe lateral sepais, 

 wbile ihe latter are nearly one and half wide 'in the broadest part. The sepals are 

 pure wbite , fainily linged wiih crimson at ibe base; the peials of a more rosy bue. 

 the lip is almost covcred with spots and streaks of tbe most brilliant carmine. The 

 columa is pure white at tbe apex , and moltled wilb crimson spois at the base ; 

 while a number of woolly hairs are scaltered on its under side. 



Batcman Orcb. Mex. Guat. 35. — Bot, Mag. 4445. — Pescatorea 3T. 



10. LYCASTE DEPPII Lindl. I, c. (Maxillaria Deppii Lodd. Bot. Cab. Ibl2. B. M.3395): 

 Scapo foliis breviore; vaginis ventricosis acuminalis, sepalis oblongo 



lanceolatis patentissimis, petalis rninoribus oblongis undulaiis conniven- 

 tibus, labello cucullato trilobo apice recurvo in axi calloso margine pi- 

 loso subcrenato; laciniis lateralibus rolundalis, intermedia oblonga ob- 

 tusa callo ovaio. 



Mexico. 



Sepals grcen and chocolate. Pelals wbitc". Lip yellow, — DC, and A. DC. Huit. 

 not. pl. rar. Genev, (gaudcnt florem triandrum tepalis nullis), 



11. LYCASTE PLEIOCIIROMA Rcbb. 01. in Otto llamb. Gartenz, 1860. 179. 



12. LYCASTE MACROPHYLLA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. (1843). p. 14: Maxillaria macro- 

 phijlla I'opp. Endl. Nov. Gen. I. Sp. 64. Bot. Reg. XXIV. (1838.) Mjsc. 174-. (ncc 175 

 uli vult cl. Lindl, in Bot, Reg, XXIX. 1. c,): 



Foliis oblongis lanceolatis plicatis , scapo unifloro ascendente laxe 

 vaginato duplo brevjoribus, bractea herbacea cucullala acula ovarii lon- 

 gitudine, sepalis oblongis undulalis patenlibus apice recurvis basi intus 

 pilosis, pelalis erectis columna longioribus oblongis carnosis apice re- 

 curvis margine postico versus apicem sublobato, labello breviore ob- 



