612 ORCHIDES. 



LYCOMORMIUM. 



Iransverse angulala, anlice ligulala, biloba , magis membranacea, postice 

 el inferne in dentem carnosum aculissimuni longum geminum_, antror- 

 sum (Ivestigia paginae inferioris !) excurrens. Pollinia oblonga' cuneata, 

 depressa (?), per paria incumbenlia, sessilia in glandula oblonga, antice 

 acuta biloba. Gynoslemii pes angulalus cum gynostemio et cum labello 

 canaliculatus, a labelli lobis laleralibus (Peristeriaceis) nudus. 



1. LYCOMORMIUM SQUALIDUM Rchb. fil. I. c. {Anguloa squalida Endl. Pijpp. Nov. 

 Gen. el Sp. I. 74) : 



Diese ist clie vierle Gallun? in der kleinnn Grnppe der Pcristerien. Sie stelu Pe- 

 risteria zunachst und zeichnet sich durch die mangelnde Gliederunj^ der Lippe und 

 die wunderbare Anlhere sehr aus. 



Lindl. Rot. Rcg. XXX. (1844) sub 63. What Anguloa squalida of Poppig niay be, 

 1 cannot say. I have never seen the plant, and ihe l)arbyrous anaiyses given by 

 Ihat author preclude all hope of coming to any conclnsion about it. It may however 

 be safely asserted, ihat no such plant exists, as is represented by Mr. Poppig. 



1425y IiACAEJIfA Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. XXIX. (1843.) Misc, 101. 



Perianthium carnosum, palens, sepalis subaequalibus basi subcon- 

 natis. Pelala conformia minora. Labellum cum columna et in medio 

 articulalum, hypochilio unguiculalo cuneato bilobo apice pulvinato^ epi- 

 chilio ,integro. Columna erecta semiteres. Pollinia 2, postice fissa, 

 caudicula setacea, glandula minuta. 

 Herba Peristeriac habitu. 



Bot. l\eg. XXX. 1844. 50 : Lacaena was one of the names oT flelen, and may be 

 applied to ihis plant because of its beauty; but it may also be derived from Aaxif), 

 a cleft, in allusion to ihe divisions of its lip. 



1. LACAENA BICOLOR Lindl. IJoi. Reg. XXIX. (1843) sub Misc. 101 : 



Guaiemala. — Racemes iong, drooping. Flowcrs pale yeliow, with the lip spolted 

 wiih dark purple. — Hot. Rt-g. XXX. 50: This fine plant was sent to the Ilorticul- 

 tural Society frora Guatcniala by Mr. Harlweg, who found it in tllfe mouniains of 

 Salama, in the provincc of Vera Paz , also near the village of Sunil, near Quetzalte- 

 nango in Guaiemala, growing on rocks, at an elevation of about 7000' above ihe sea. 



Huc : Peristeria longiscapa Rich. et Gal. tab. 30. Annales sc. nat. 1845. Janv. p. 25. 



Pseudobulbis ovoideis obluse cestatis '^phyliis : foliis maxiniis clliptico-lanceoiatis. 

 scapo radicali dependenie: P.oribus parvulis luteolis , labello violaceo unguiculato 

 trilobo. Mexico. 



2. LACAKNA SpECTABILIS Rchb. fll. Bonpl. H. 92: 



Affiinis L. bicolori. Labello angusliori basi melius et anguste ungui- 

 culato, lobo medio angusle unguiculalo pandurato acuto, callo inter lo- 

 bos lateraies cylindraceoconico basi aiitice foveolato ininute veiutino; 

 perigonio lilacino. 



Ovarium et sepala esterne minute muiiculata. Sepala oblonga obtuse acuta. Te- 

 pala oblonga ulrinqiie basiii versus obtusangula, hinc cuueata. Labcllum exactissime 

 typum illius L. bicoioris rcfcrt : basi unguiculuiuni, dcin trilobum , lobis obtusangulis 

 ereclis, auricula ulrinquc minuta obtusa erecta anic unguem (quae in L. bicolori re- 

 perilur!); cornu supra descriplum a carina disci asceiidens; lobus medius superne 

 minute punctulato velutinus. Gynosiemium a latcribus p;iulo compressum et andro- 

 clinium bene marginuuiin. 



