630 ' ORCHIDES. 



GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. 



to 5Vv feet long, aa iliick as ilie liiile flnger , and covered wiih bloom for two ihirds 

 of ils lengih. Tlie (lowers are noi unlike ihose of ihe first sort; ihey have 5 green 

 petals, onc of which is always turiied inwards. These petals are painted wilh thick 

 hrown characters , which form no particular figure . but are chiefly spots ; among 

 ihem however you may make out ihe letters A. J, R. The lip is paler, than the 

 other petals and marked lengthwise with hrown lines. 



In Ternate, accordiug to Humphius, ihe matrons, and especiaUy ihe wives, sisters 

 and daughlers of the kings (who are all called Putri in Maiay and Boki in the^Mo- 

 luccas), so entirely appropriaie ihese flowers to ihemselves, ihat a common woman 

 and especially a slave would ofTer there^a greal affront if she were lo put them on 

 her head. The flowers are rcjcrved exclusively for the great ladies , who cause 

 tliem to he soiight for in thc foresls , and braid them in their hair, saying ihe naturc 

 herself has shown, thal such flowers are not fit for people of low degrees since they 

 grow nowhere except in high places ; hence they are called Houga boki and 

 Bouga-putri, or the Princesses flower. It would also appear, that ihe Malay gentle- 

 men make from ihe seeds a philtre, which has a surprising efTect upon the ladies, 

 who swallow it. ♦ 



It is far from improbable, that these Iavo sorts of lettered Angrec are dislinct spe- 

 cics, judging from what is said of their leaves. The second kind may indeed bc 

 identical wiih the species next to be meniioned. 



GRAMMATOPHYLLUM ? PUBESCENS Spanoghe in Linnaea XV. 477. Timor. De- 

 scriptio non adest. 



GRAMM.\TOPHYLLUM FINLAYSONIANUM LO. 173. = Bromheadia palustris Lindl. = 

 Bromheadia Finlaysoniana Rchb. fll. 



1432. TRICHOCKROiS /i. B. Kth. 

 Nov. Gen. et Sp. I. 338. 



1. TRICIIOCEROS PARVIFLORUS H. B. Kth. N. G. Sp. L Tab. 36. p. 337. Lindl. Bcnlh. 

 Pl. Hanw. 150. VValp. Ann. IIL 563, sub Hofmeisterella. Rchb. flL Xenia I. Tab. 9. 

 I. II. 1-6. pag. 21 : 



afi". allennifero Hb. B. Kth. labelli partilionibus lateraiibus margine cilio- 

 lalis, disco glabris. 



Trichocerns parviflorus Humb. Kunth. N. G. Sp. PI. L 337! Tab. 76 1 Lindl. 



in Bentham PI. Hariweg. 150 ! — Cf. de cbaraciere generis ubique false 



descripto : Rchb. fil. de pollinis Orchid. genesi ac structura p. 30. et 



Rchb. fll. in Walp. Ann. IH. 563. 



Caulis calamum columbinum crassus, lignosus , hinc hyalino et adpresse vaginatus, 



apicc iribus vnginis membranaceis amplis acutis foliisque geminis oblongo lanceo- 



laiis acuminatis coriaceis munitus. pseudobulbo tcrminaii ovali ancipili monophylio. 



1'cdunculus axillaris ex folio slipante supposito inferiori. Sympodium contra conli- 



iiuatur cx gemma axillari vaginae fullientis secundac ! Radices adventitiao ampUssi- 



niac, stralo exlerno in sicca planta lenuissimo longe a cenlro remoto. Pedunculus 



gracilis, — pedalis . teretiusculus , raro brevique vaginatus (3); apice Hexuoso race- 



mosus. Bracleae oblongae mucronatae ovariis pedicellalis multo breviores. Peri- 



gonia membranacea postica. Sepala ohlonga acuia. Tepala subaequalia minule ci- 



liolata. Labullum iripartilum minute ciliolatnm. Parlitiones laterales lineares oblu- 



siusculae utrinque secus nervum allcrnnnli violaceo guttatae ; parliiio media sub- 



acqualis cuneato oblonga acutiuscula; nervi 7 ilimidio inferiori velutini. Gynostemium 



humile postice villosum. Androcliiiiuin apicilare immersumf, postice aculangulum; 



rostellum roiundntum medio erecio lanceuin. Anthera obpyriformis, tenuissima. Pol- 



IJDia quaterna, coliaieralia (nec iucumbeniia, quod facile pulahis anthera haud caute 



