ACLXETA. 



ORCHIDES 611 



raetachil not at nll rounded with the posierior anglcs of the internal appendage si- 

 nus and^not extended inio a long subulate process, 



Huc: Acineta Warscewiczii Klotzsch Allg. Gtz. 1852. 145 

 Pseudobulbis ovatooblongis, compressiusculis, leviter sulcatis, apice 

 3— 4foliatis, foliis maxirais , late lanceolatis, subpHcatis, ulrinque atte- 

 niiatis, scapo basilari pendulo multifloro, floribus carnosulis, paliide ce- 

 rinis, apertis, neriponii foliolis exterioribus impunctatis, brevissime acutis, 

 exlus convexis. duobus inferioribus oblique ovatis, supremo elliptico, 

 duobus interioribus aequilon.sis obovatis, obtusis, basi attenuatis, intus 

 puberuio rubro pimctatis, labello cum colum.na continuo, crasso, car- 

 noso , hypocliilio oblonco concavo , intus puberulo, rubro punctato, 

 extus ad apicem umbilicato, epichilio exarticulato, tripartito, ascen- 

 dente basi appendice callosa atropurpurea , 4 angulata, longitudi- 

 naliter unicostata , apice tvuncata, inflexa, lobis lateralibus latis, trun- 

 catis, erectis, intus rubropunctatis, intermedio aureo, obovato, plano, pa- 

 tenti, columna elongata subcurvata , albida dorso pilosa, intus versus 

 basin rubro punctata, alis subangustis. 



Central-America. v. Warscewicz. Mathieu. 



8. ACINETA BARKERI Lindl. Dot. Reg. XXIX. (1843). Misc. 100: 



Petalis sepalis aequalibus, callo labelli duplici inferiore subhastato 

 apice tridentato basi multidentato, lacinia intermedia emarginata, latera- 

 libus acinaciformibus, columna elongata alis angustioribus. 

 Mexico. 



Scape long, pendulous, lax, many-flowered. Flowers yellow, whole-coloured. The 

 iip has certainly no articulation in the middle , alihough from Mrs. Withers flg. in 

 Mr, Baieman's splendid plate such woulc* seem to be the case. 

 Peristeria Barheri Bateman Orch. Mex. Guat. tab, 8: 



Pseudobulbis ovatis, profunde sulcatis, 3—4 phyllis, scapis penduhs 

 multifloris, foliis subaequalibus , floribus carnosis fere clausis, sepalis 

 petalisque subaequalibus concavis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis laterali- 

 bus integris erectis, intermedio angustiore basi calloso; columna aptera 

 leviter pubescente. 



Me.xico: ^alapa. Ross. — Bot. Mag. 4203. — Cf. Walp. Ann. III. 547. 



1425. V liirCO^ORmirM Rchb. fil 



V. Schi. B. Z. 1852. p. 833. 



Flores postici: perigonium carnosum, externum ima basi connalum. 

 Phyllum summum oblongum, obtusum , obtusiusculo attenuatum , con- 

 cavum, lateralia externa in gynostemii pede, triangulo attenuata, gyno- 

 slemium versus descendentia; lateralia interna lanceolala , apice atte- 

 nuata, falcato curvata, basin labelli versus ascendentia. Labellum cum 

 pede gynostemii continuum, nec articulatum, angulatum, cochleari-ex- 

 cavalum ^margines laterales curvilinei) apice trilobum, lobi laterales tri- 

 anguli. obtusi, erecti, lobus medius carnosissimus, triangulus, minutus, 

 rostrato inflexus; medio profunde canaliculatus, in utroque sulci mar- 

 gine altc carinnlus, pone carinas extrorsum sulcatus, fundo canalis nunc 

 carinulato. Gynostemium breve, carnosissimum, dorso recurvum, ante 

 apicem intrusum , utrinque aequaliter alato-marginatum , androclinium 

 perpendiculare, breviter marginatum, rostellum trilobum, supra stigma 

 lineare transversum pendulum. Anthera carnosissima, oblonga, fronte 



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