604 ORCHIDES. 



LYCASTE. 



15. LYCASTE CANDIDA Lindl. Paxi. Fl. G. IL p. 37. N. 297. xyl. 151. 152. obiier et sub 

 falso nomine L. leucantha Klotzsch. 



Firsl blossoms lasl December, called Lycaste candida, small, and great Tarielies. 

 Among ihe dwarfest of the penus, iis fiowcrs scarcely reaching higher than ihe 

 lower part of ihe ieaves. A few distant sheaihir-g scales cloih ihe scape. The bract 

 immediately benealh ihe (lower is inflated in ihe raiddle , green , and conlracled at 

 tbe base and as long as the ovary, whicb it nearly conceals. Flowers by a curve 

 of ibeir slender stalk arcb over, so that, when fully espanded, they present llieir 

 vvhole face to tbe eyes of ihe observer. Sepals oblong , rolled back al ihe point, 

 somewbat wavy. l'elals bave same form , smailer, wben flower is young , roll to- 

 geiher at ibe lower haif, so as to form a short tuLe. Lip pure white , slightly tri- 

 lobed, a litile tooihed al ihe edge, very concave , slighily hairy on the ujiper side, 

 vviih a narrow, biunt, cbanelied appendage, lying along ihe midtlle, and not ad- 

 vancing more lo ihe front, tban tlie separalion of ibe obscure, round , lateral lobes 

 of the lip. Coluran shaggy in front. Approaches Lycaste plana more nearly , than 

 any oiber, bul difl^ers not only in its smaller sizc and more delicaie habit, but in 

 the middle lobe of the lip being concave, and slightly toothed, not convex. serrated 

 and plaited; the appendiige too is linear , not tooibed; and ihe lip itself slightly, not 

 deeply trilobed. It belongs to that part of the genus, which is forraed by L. Skinneri, 

 plana and ibeir allies. Ceniral-Amerika. Warsccwicz. 



IIuc: Lycasle brcvispaiha Klotzsch {ilaxillaria brevispalha Klotzscb) in Berl. Allg. 

 Gtz. 1851. Nr. 28. p. 217 : 



Uracteis dislantibus membranaceis, aridis, fuscescentibus , superne 



magis inflatis, brevissime aculis, suprema ovarium vix altingente ; pe- 



rianlhii foliolis exlerioribus oblongis, patentibus apice recurvis, pallide 



flavido-virescentibus, intus ad basin villosuiis, interioribus candidis, basi 



roseo tinctis, sparsimque pilosis, apice recurvis; labelio petalis breviore, 



albido, trilobo, glabro, laciniis lateralibus apice truncalis, intermedia 



oblonga. oblusa, recurva, appendice linguaelormi concava adnala, inter 



lacinias laterale-s; germine brevi, subincurvo , minutissime alropunctalo. 



Calcar 4 lineas longum. Periantbii foliola externa 20 lineas longa, 10 lineas lata, 



interiora 18 lin. longa , 10 lineas laia. Gynoslemiura 10 lin. longum, subincurvum, 



planura, pilosura, dorso concavum, glabrum. Labellum 15 lineas longum. Bracteae 



8—9 iineas longae. Guatemala. Warscewicz. 



A Max. (Lyc.) leucantha Kl. diflert: bracteis ovario brevioribus, labello glabro, 

 lobis lateralibus antice truncaiis. 



Vbs. Alia nomina: Lycasle et Maxillaria biseriala Klotzscb. Lycaste vt Maxillaria 

 sordida Klotzsch. Lycaste ct Maxillaria Lawrenceana lloit. ATigl. 



16. LYCASTE SCHILLERIANA Ilchb. fll. Bonpl. HI. 215: 



Aff". L. fulvescenti, tepalis obovatis acutis minulissime velutinis, sepalis 

 duplo brcvioribus, labello ereclo Irilobo, lobis laleralibus medianis se- 

 miovalis acutis, lobo medio porrocto ligulato minute denliculalo, appen- 

 dice ligulata retuba utrinque basi extrorsum arcuata, gynostemio medio 

 villoso, basi velutino. 



Bractea ncuia ovario plus duplo longior. Sepala tripollicaria lanceolaia acuta oli- 

 vacea. Mentum parvum. Tepala ct labcllum alba , loseo irroraia. Gynostemium al- 

 bidum. basi auraniiacuni. Von Ilin. C.onsul Schiller aus einer englischen Auciion 

 crhalten. 



17. LYCASTE GIGANTEA Lindl. in Benth. Pl. llartw. p. 553: 



Fcliis oblongo- lanceolalis quinqucnerviis, acuminatis, scapi vaginis 

 distanlibus adpressis suprema unguiculala scpalorum longiludine, se- 



