LYCASTE. 



ORCIIIDES. 603 



longo concavo apice trilobo, lacinia intermedia subrolunda crenata pi- 

 losa, appendice linguaeformi concava adnata inter lacinias lalerales 

 rolundatas incurvas, anthera villosa. 



Peru. 



Flowers grcenish . witli a littlo purple on the lip. According to Poppig it inha- 

 Lits dry thickels. — Loddigos imported it frora Oolumbia. 



Rchb. fil. Donpl. III. 67. St. Marta. Marz. 6000'. Wagener. 

 Rclib. fil. Bonpl. II. 15. Caracas. 5000'. October. VVagener. 

 Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 191. Mr. Loddiges has flowered a new variety from 

 Bolivia (487) with the inside of the sepals and the tips of the petals stained iwith 

 purple. It does not otiierwise differ from the original form of ihe species. 

 IIuc (quicquid dicat ill. Lindley) : 



Ltjcastc plana Lindi. Bot. Reg.' XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 96 : 

 Bractea suprema cucullala ovario longiore, sepalis oblongis planis 

 basi in cornu brevi conico connalis, petalis conformibus apice lantum 

 recurvis, labeili trilobi lobis laleralibus apice crenulatis, intermedio sub- 

 rotundo serrato callo elevato obtuso obsolete trilobo, columna pubes- 

 cente, anlhera villosa. 



Bolivia imporied by Loddiges. Flowered Oclob. It differs from L. macrophylla iii 

 Ijjc petals being quite even , tiot utidulaled , and in ihe laleral sepals being much 

 more exactly obloiig. Added to which is a grealer degrce of bluntness on the lu- 

 bercle of the lip. 



Seiiala extus viridia. intus rubenlia, pelala. columna, labeilum aiba , rubro picta. 

 B. Reg. XXI.K. 1843. pg. 15. sub Misc, : The tubercle on Ihe lip is also much 

 more obtuse. In colour too ihey are different. Peru, 



13. LYCASTE LEUCANTIIA Klotzsch Allg. Gartenztg. 1850. p. 402, Maxillaria leucan. 

 tha Klotzsch eod. loco, 



Bracteis distanlibus membranaceis, striatis , aridis, fiiscescentibus, 

 cucullatis, acutis, suprema ovarii longitudine; perianthii loliolis exteri- 

 oribus oblongis, patenlibus, versus apicem recurvis, pallide flavo vires- 

 cenlibus^ interioribus candidis, in tubum inibricalo connivenlibus apice 

 recurvis; labello petalis breviore, albido, trilobo, laciniis lateialibus ro- 

 tundalis, inlermedia oblonga obtusa subrecurva, supra hirsuta, margine 

 obsolele dentata, appendice linguaeformi, concava, adnata, inter lacinias 

 laterales. 



Bl. 3" Durchmcsser. Golbgruiilich. Saule fein bebaart. 



n. LVCASTE TBICOLOR Klotzsch Allg. Gtz. 1852. 85, Maxillaria Iricolor Klotzch L^c, : 

 Bracteis membranaceis elongatis acuminatis, convolulis, densis, viri- 

 dibus, suprema ovario duplo longiore; perianlhii foliolis exterioribus 

 oblongis brevissime aculis patentibus arcualim recurvis pallide rufes- 

 cenlibus, iulus ad basin subvillosis, interioribus brevioribus roseis ob- 

 ovatis, utrinque glabris, infeiiie subconniventibus, apice recurvis; la- 

 bcllo trilobo saturate roseo glabro pctalis parum brcviore, laciniis late- 

 ralibuS rotundatis subinvolutis, intermedia oblonga unguiculata subre- 

 curva, margine inci.^^o dentala, appendice ovala marginata libera sub- 

 erecta brevi ad apicem inter lacinias Jaterales , gynostemio candido, 

 glabro, arcuato, ad basin internam purpurascente. 



3 Hiillblfiller jios au.';sern Kreises helibraunroth, \'U ^oll lang, '/, Zoll breit, an 

 der innern Basis etwas zottig ; die des innerii Kreiscs rosa. Lippe kahl , rosa , nach 

 inncn dunkler punklirt. Anhaugsel tritt hier nur unterhalb der Basis des MiUellap- 

 pcns als IV2 Litiic langer Korper auf. Guaiemala. v. Warscewicz. Naueu c, Giroud* 



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