LTCASTE. 



ORCHIDES. 607 



ovato lanceolatis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobo medio ovato rotundato fim- 

 briato apice concavo ; calio iato omnino adnalo alte sulcato apice 

 dentato. 



An examination of fresh specimens of this olcl plant enables me to state, that it 

 is a true Lycaste . readily distinguished by iis stoul flower stems , drooping flowers 

 and very deeply furrowed cailus. The blossoms appear to Tary in coiour from green 

 10 a tawny yellow. 



Lond. Journ. Bot. IIL 506 : Kingston Purdie. 



1425. PE:R18TE:RI.% Hook. 



Bot. Mag. 3116. — Litidl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. (1843.) Misc. 99. haec: 



Perianlbium globosum. Sepala basi connata concava. Petala con- 

 formia, paulo minora. Labellum cum colurnna continuum, epichilio car- 

 noso incumbente indiviso cum hypochilio sagittato leviter articulato. 

 Columna erecta , semiteres, aptera cum hypochilio conlinua. Anthera 

 ecristata , bilocularis. Poliinia 2, postice fissa; in glandulam linearem 

 sessilia. 



Herbae subterrestres , pseudobuJbosae. Folia plicata. Scapi vaginati , radicales, 

 niullinori. Flores speciosi. 



*1. I'ERISTt:UIA ELATA Hook. Bot. Mag. 3116. Lindl. B. Reg. XXIX. (1843). Misc. 99: 



Scapo erecto orgyali , racemo laxo elongafo, epichilio rotundato ser- 

 rulato medio elevato calloso, hypochilio maximo, iobis obtusis disco uni- 

 dentalis columna longioribus. 



Panama. 



FJowers white , wiih lilac specks on ihe base of ihe lip. Very sweet scenled. 

 Stem some tiraes 6' high. 



Rchb. fiJ. Bonpl. IL 19. Truxilio. 6000'. Wagener. 



2, PERISTERIA PEiNDULA Hoolv. B. Mag. 3479: 



Scapo brevi paucifioro, columnae alis seu lobis parvis porrectis, la- 

 beili basi disco cristalo crassso , lobo superiore disco canaliculalo 

 ecristalo. 



Perigonium pallide llavum, rubro et brunneo maculatura. 



Imporled from Denierara by John Allcard Esq. 



Bot. Reg. XXX. (1843). sub Misc. 99. (P. maculala Uort.): 

 Scapo brevi pendulo, racemo denso , epichilio rotundalo integerrimo 

 supra bilamellalo, hypochilio elongato lobis rotundalis callo maximo 

 lunato in medio, columna bicorni, rostelio truncato. Demerara. 



Flowers pale purple , spolted with iiJac . wilh a scorcely pleasant aromatic odor. 



3. PERISTERIA CERINA Lindl. B. Reg. XXIIL (1837.) 1953: 



Scapo brevi pendulo, racemo denso , epichilio ovato emarginato 

 crispo serrulato, hypochilii lobis brevibus acuLiuscuiis, columna mulica, 

 rostello truncato. 

 Centfal-Amerika. 



Flowers yellow , unspotied. with ihe smeJl of bruised junijier leavcs, only more 

 aromatic. 



Pseudobulbus oldongus vel ovatus , atroviridis, tripollicaris, apice folia generis 

 oblongo lanceolnia, plicata, basi vaginaniia, pcdalia et ullra. Scapus brevis, vaginatus, 

 pendulus, rigidus, raccmo denso, 9—10 floro , secundo onustus , sepala et peiaU 

 colore et textura ceraceo lutescenti immaculata , obtusa. LabelJum trilobum cum 

 basi producta coiumnae ariicuJatum, ejusquc faciei appressum, lobis lateralibus ovatis. 



