GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. 



ORGHIDES. ' 629 



A single specimen of ihis majestic plant was sent us from Malacca by Grifflth 

 who found it on trees, anci saw no leaves. It is upon ihe Avhole a flner species, than 

 Gr. speciosum itseif. The Dowers are not quite so large , but in consequence of ihe 

 greater length of iheir stalks (as much as 5 inches), they form a kind of corymb. 

 Their colour is unknown to us. Bolh sepals and petals are inore spathulale, the 

 iwo anterior of the former far more incurvefl and the naked ribs of ihe lip , instead 

 of reaching almost as far as the point of its middle lobe, and then terminating ab-' 

 ruptly. gradually lose ihemselves in the pile of velvet at the very base of the lobe. 

 The lip appears moreover to be much more coriaceous. 



3. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM MULTIFLORUM Lindl. B. Reg. 1838. Jljsc. 80. 1839. t. 65. (pe- 

 rigonii phyilis prope omnino fiiscis) ; var. ligriiuim ibid. 184'<J. t. 69. (pcrigonii phyllis 

 llavidis maculaiis) Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. I. c: 



Foliis lanceolalis coriaceis subundulalis strialis in apicein pseudo- 

 bulbi ovato insidentibus, scapo incurvo, racenio erecto longissimo cernuo 

 multifloro, floribus membranaceis , sepalis oblongis oblusiusculis planis, 

 petalis acutis subconformibus angustioribus , labelli trilobi pubescentis 

 medio hirsuti lobo inlermedio plano oblongo rolundato, lateralibus ereclis 

 subfalcatis , jugo in medio carnoso elevato ad basin lobi inlermedii 

 interrupto in costas 2 lamelliformes producto, columnae margine supra 

 basin elevato flexuoso incurvo foveam allam obconicain circumd^nte. 



The two varieties of this species, one wiili wholecoloured , the other wiih spotted 

 flowers , were brought from the Philippine islands.and ilifl". altogether from boih G. 

 speciosum and fastuosum in having thinner membranous flowers, instead of the 

 thick lealhery texture of ihose two species, and drooping, not erect racemes. Dr. Blume 

 suggests , that this niay not be differcnt from his G. scriptum; and it is not impos- 

 sible. that it may include Rumphius second sort of Angrecum scriptum (the one 

 he has flgured); but it can scarcely be compared with his flrst sorl eiiher in leaves, 

 or pseudobulbs or in the marking of the flowers, which havenolhing grammical about 

 them or resembling Hebrew characters. The name then, given by us in 1839, will 

 not have to be disturbed. 



4. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM SCRIPTUM Blume, Rumphia .IV. p. 48., Walp. I. c. Lindl. 

 Paxt. FI. G. 1. c. 



Under ihis name is now arranged Rumphius's Angrecum scriptum , and the Cyra- 

 bidium , Epidendrum , or Gabertia founded upon it. VVe have never seen any speci- 

 mens ; the plant is not in cultivation, nor do we Qnd, that Blume himself has any pcr- 

 sonal knowledge of it. for what he says of it, is chiefly, if not wholly, dereived from 

 Rumphius. That auihor describes two sorts of Angrecum scriptum, one of which 

 grows upon the Mango trees . the other on the Calappa Palm iree. The lirst has 

 great flattish conical pseudobulbs (bursae), deeply furrowed lengthwise, and each 

 bearing 3 or 4 long narrow leaves like those of „HelIeborus albus or Hyris", ihick, 

 lirm, narrow below, widening upwards, above a foot long, 3 digits wide , and haviiig 

 in the middle 3 ribs , which dont ;project much, The flower stem has no lcaves, is 

 4 or 5 feet higli , a litlle curved at the top , from which the flowers grow regularly 

 one above another as in Hyacinths. The flowcrs ihemselves are as big as. a Narcissus, 

 composed of 5 outer petals, narrow at ihe botlom , broader at thc top , some yellow, 

 olhers greenish-yellow and inscribed wilh large spots and characters and like Hcbrew 

 letters, but not distinct; they are reddish-brown, and diflerent in difl^erent flovvers. In 

 the middle is a rolled up petal rcsembling a goblet, of a paler colour, streaked wilh 

 brown or purple lines. Of this he says there are certain varieties. — The second, 

 which grows on ihe Calappa Palm trces, and of which has he given a figure. The bur- 

 sae or pseudobulbs arc as in the oiher, but smooth , not jointed and ihey are not so 

 much furrowed lenglhwise. The leavcs are shorter , broader , and thickcr , without 

 any ribs except that in iho middle , from 13 lo 16 inches long , and 4 broad ; ihey 

 . grow from the young pseudobulbs (ex tenuis bursis). The Uowering stem is from 5 



