LYCASTE. 



ORCHIDES. 605 



palis lineari-oblongjs oblusis cum apiculo , laleralibus falcalis , petalis 

 lanceolalis breviqiribus, labelli oblongi lanceolali Irilobi laciniis latera- 

 libus acutis intermedia serrata concava apice infegra recurva multo 

 brevioribus, hypochilio lineis duabus elevalis appendice emarginata. 



Flores viridis 3 pollices longi. Scapus bipedalis uniflorus. .Folia etiam longiora. 

 A(l Quebrada de las Juntas. Hartweg. 



Lindl. Orch. Lind. p. 21. (1846. n. 109.): Pscudobulhs very strong. Petals golden 

 yellow. Lip red. — Forests of Merida at ihe height of 5000— 60G0'. Aug. It seems to 

 be a varieiy differing in colour and large size of ihe flowers. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. 

 (1843.) p. 15: bractea herbacea sepalis subaequali, sepalis oblongo lanceolalis. labello 



lanceolato acuminato . Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 48: It proves to have a very 



dilTerent aspect from any of the species associaied with it; ils flowers, whose sepals are 

 3'/i inches long being of a warm yellowish olive and its lip a deep rich maron bor- 

 dered wilh orange. and looking like the finest velvet. 

 Huc: Maxillaria Heynderycxii Morr, Ann. 1845. 9: 



Pseudobulbis maximis, oblongo ovatis, glabris, compressis, margini- 

 bus obsoletis ; foliis sublernis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis', plicatis, 

 albo-nervosis; scapo radicali, vaginato, articulato, unidoro, pseudobuibo 

 longiore, perigonii foliolis concoloribus, conformibus ovato-lanceolalis, 

 oblusis ; labeJli trilobi Jobis lateralibus elevatis , angustis , lobo medio 

 panduriformi, reflexo', fimbrialo; callo unico, sellaeformi, transverso; 

 orbiculari, per hypochilium decurrente. 



Perigonii phylla 5 brunneo flava, labellum atropurpureum. La Guayra. Funk. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 15. Caracas. Wagener. 



18. LYCASTE FULVESCENS Hook. Bot. Mag. (III. Ser. 1. Yol.) 4193 : 



Bractea herbacea ovario longiore, sepalis lanceolatis lateralibus fal- 

 calis, petaiis conformibus paulo minoribus, JabelJo oblongo laciniis Jate- 

 ralibus parvis aculis intermedia ovata oblusissiraa tirabriala, appendice 

 carnosa emarginata. 



Coll. of Clowes. — Flores ochraceo fulvi. labello intus rubello. 



Lindl. Orch. Lind. (1846. N. 108.) p. 21 : Ii bears also ihe name of Lycaste crocea, 

 which I called il before il was published in Bot. Mag. — Rchb. fll. Bonpl. II. 280: 

 Ocanna. 6000'. Maj. 763. Schlim ! 1. c. III. 67 : Ocanna. Wagener. 



19. LYCASTE BARBIFRONS Lindl. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. (1845.) p. 383: 

 Foliis oblongis in petiolum longum anguslatis plicatis, bractea su- 



prema angusta ovario paulo longiore, sepalis petalisque subconformibus 

 Janceolatis falcatis lateralibus in mentum longum productis , labello ob- 

 Jongo basi concavo 5 lineato appendice Jata emarginata adnata; lamina 

 oblonga plana basi fimbriala apice rotundata laciniis lateralibus rotun- 

 dalis, columna antice villosissima auriculis apice falcatis. 



Peru (Harlweg). 



Very near L. lanipes, but twice as large, and with long-stalkcd leaves. It also 

 dilTers in the form of ihe lip. and in the shaggy column. 



20. LYCASTE COSTATA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. (1843). 15: 



Bractea herbacea cucullata acuta ovario muHo longiore, sepalis pe- 

 lalisque L. macrophyllae similibus, labelJo trilobo concavo Jacinia inter- 

 media rotundata serrata , appendice carnosa emarginata adnata 5cos- 

 lala inter Jacinias Jatcrales ; anthera glabra. 

 Peru. 



Quiie wiih ilic habit of L. macrophylla, bul ccrtainly dislincl in ihe foregoing 

 characters. Its colours arc unknown. 



