628 ORCHIDES. 



GKOBYA. 



sepalo niuRo majora, erecta , conniventia; labellum liberum , lobatura, 

 nudum, cum basi.columnae articulatnm, ascendens, sepnlis minus, (na- 

 num); Columna erecta semiteres, arcuala, basi incrassata; anthera pro- 

 clivi, stigmale fornicato. 



Pollinia 2, poslice lobala , caudiculis duabus brevioribus glandulae ovali adnalis. 



Ilerba Drasiliensis . pseudobulbosa , foliis gramineis , racemo pendulo radicali. — 



Near Cymbidium. 



1. GROBYA AMHERSTIAE Lindl. 1. c. : 



Pseudobulbi ovali , virides teretes, cicatricibus 1— 2 foliorum annu- 

 lati. Folia 3 — 4 e vagina squamata, linearia , striata , acuta , debilia. 

 Racemus pendulus, densus, 3 pollices longus , pseudobuibis duplo lon- 

 gior. Sepaia pallide ochracea, unicolora. Pelaia maculis fusco-purpu- 

 reis seriatis notata. Labellum cuneatum , apice 5 lobum lobo quinto 

 caeteris exteriori, disco nudum, atropurpureum. Columna pallida, 

 facie purpureo fasciata. 

 Brazil, sent by Heyne. 



2. GROBYA 'GALEATA LindL Bot. Reg. XXVI. (1840.) Misc. 197: 



Petalis oblongis oblique rhombeis apice rotundatis cum sepalo dor- 

 sali breviore in galeam dispositis ; sepalis lateralibus deflexis, basi con- 

 natis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus linearibus, intermedia cuneata 

 truncata, disco basi quadridenlalo tuberculis nitenlibus verrucoso. 



Brazilia. I received specimens from Mrrs. Lucombe, IMnce, and C. of Exeter, and 

 Mr. Barker. Its habit is of Grobya Amherstiae, but flowers diCferent. They are dull 

 green, stained with purpie , and the lip is indistinctly banded with the same co- 

 lour. Petals are much larger , than the dorsal sepal , beneaih which ihey are so 

 placed as to resemble a helmet overshadowing the iip. This species indicates 

 the afflnity of Malachadeuia, which is appearently allied to Grobya. 



1430. CREiriASTRA Lindl 



Orch. m. 



liuc : Uijucinlhorchis lilurae. Cf . Walp. Ann. III. 547. 



1431. GRAlWMATOPHYtlilJ]»! Blnme. 



Bijdr. 379. Tabelle 20. — Diagn. Gen. Cf. Walj». Ann. III. 550. 



1. GRAMM.ATOPIIYLLUM SPECIOSUM Bl. Bijdr. 377. elc. Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. II. Tab. 69 : 

 Caulescens foliis distichis ensiformibus , enerviis, scapo erccto race- 



moso, floribus coriaceis pediceilis aequalibus , sepalis petalisque oh- 

 ovato-obJongis undujalis obtusis, labelli lobo medio velutino ultra medium 

 glabro abrupte tricostato circa costam in fundo piloso. 



We have it from Ihc strcat of .Malacca, where ihe laie Mr. GrifHtli found it, witli 

 ,,a scape, six feet high, and an inch in diametcr at the base.'' — Walp. I. c. 



2. GHAMMATOPHYLLUM MACRANTIIUM Rchb. fll. Xenia II. p. 16. Iluc PaUonia ma- 

 crantha Wight. Ic. VI. t. ilHO. (1851). — lluc : Grammatophijllum fasluosum Lindl. 

 Paxt. Fl. G. II. 159. sub 69: 



Foliis...., scapo erecto subcorymboso , floribus coriaceis pedicellis 

 duplo brevioribus, sepnlis petalisque obovatis undulatis obtusis anticis in- 

 curvis, labelli lobo vdutino inlra basin glabro Iricostato , circa costam 

 in fundo scabropiloso. 



