618 ORCHIDES. 



HOULLETIA. 



einem unserer Gfirten baldigst uml worde dann mcine Zwcifel ^clost schen. Cumana. 

 4000'. October. Wagcner. 



1425/q. POl.YCYC]*riS nchb. fil 



(Pescatorea obiler). DonpL III. 218, 

 r.enns valde aftine Gongorae : sepalo dorsali libero, et labelli explanaii hypochilio 

 in epicliilium imposilo. Scpala lanceolaia. Tepnla linearilanceolata ; omnia liber- 

 rima. Labellum unguiculaium medio carinatura. Gynostemium gracillimum arcua- 

 tum apice dilaiaium circa foveam minulam ampliatum. Rosielli processus medius 

 (|uadratulus apice bideniaius, Pollinia linearia in caudicula lineari pandurata. Ha- 

 bitns Gongorae. — Genus ab amico ci. Wendland III. feliciier auguratum. 

 L POLYCYCNIS MCSCIFERA Rchb. fil. 1. c. {Ojcnoches musciferum Lindl. Paxt. Flow. 

 G. III. 29): 



Uniiue basi bifnlcato , epicliilio iitiinque aculangulo niedio anlice 

 aculo. Ovariuin velulinum. 



Neu-Granada Lansberg Ic. ! Warscewicz! 



Huc : Cycnochcs muscifcrum Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. III. 28. n. 500 c. syl. 248: 

 Racemo laxo stricto , Lracieis suln.latis , seiKTlis linearilanceolaiis acuiis, dorsali 

 refracto , petalis linearibus, labello membranaceo hastaio ; laciniis lateralibus ascen- 

 rientibus intermedia basi rhombea saccaia in apicem linguiformem attenuaia. Columbia. 



2. POLYCYCMS CARBATA (C. barbatum Lindl. llorl. Soc. B. M. 4479) Rchb. Ql. l. c. 

 (ungue basi muiico ?) : 



Epichilio uliinque oblusangulo, anlice mulico. 



Lindl. Hort. Soc. Journ. IV. 268. 1849. 

 Racemo ascendente longi<siiijO (bipedali) mullifloi'o (50— SO), labelli 

 trilobi basi baibati iaciniis laleralibus erectis tjiangularibiis acuniinalis 

 inaequilateris, intermedia rhombeolanceolala acummala, ovario hirsuto. 

 Neu-Granada. Linden. Pseudobulbs of Gongora. Flowers soft delicate flesh co- 

 lour spoiled wilh deeper red. Whole of parts are so thin, as almost lo deserve ihe 

 name of membranous and in llie middle of ihe ihreelcbed stalked lip is a broad tuft 

 of long half-transparenl hairs. 

 nook. B. M. 4479: 



Pseudobulbo ovato compresso demum nudo apice folioso, folio soli- 



lario elliplico oblongo utritique attenualo piicato, racemo ladicali longe 



pedunculalo, pedimculo ovaiiisque pilosis, sepalis pelalisque cunformi- 



bus ianceolalis palenlissimis, labelli facie superiore barbali^, hypochilio 



nltolato, epicliilio cordato-ovato obscure trilobo subieflexo. Cosla-Rica. 



Lindl. Paxt. Fl. I. n. 45 : A singular and handsome plant, which appears to connect 



Gongora with Ihis sportive genus. Ayoungplant scarcely eshibits a p.>eudobulb al all, 



only several imbricaling leafy scales lei niinaied by an oblong-oval. acummaled plaited 



leaf. When ibis leaf is fuliy developed , the almost naked pseudobulbs appear 



ovate, compressed, green, smoolh, with the wiihered scales at the base. Scape from 



the base of the pseudobulb , a foot long, dark purple pubescent , poinied, sbeatbed 



wiih scales at all joints ; this is terminaied by a drouping many llowercd raceme , a 



loot long, of which ihe rhachis and pedicel — like ovaries are dark purple , hairy, 



Flowers modically large, at flrst sight a good deal of Gongora maculata. Costa-Rica. 



3. POLYCYMS VITTATA Rchb. fll. Mss. Jioulletia vitlata Lindl. B. Reg. XXVII. 1841. 

 Misc. 100. tab. 69: 



Sepalis linearibus acutis, pelalis lineari-lanceolatis basi tortis, hypo- 

 chilii lobis ovalis oblusis lectis, epichilio rhombeo apice rotundalo an- 

 gulis lalerahbus aculis. 



Lodd. rec. by Schomburgk, It has the ercct raceme of Moulleiia Drotklehurstiana, 

 bul ihc Ilowcrs aie mnch smnlli-r , form a p}raiii:<l,il mass , and are vcllow, .sireaked 



