ZYGOPETALUM. 



ORCHIDES. 651 



Tuft of lenves embrnciiig: cach oiiier at ihe base; blaclc is 8—9" loii?. erect, ncute, 

 between metnbranous antl leathery in texture. Flowers 3" diameter. Two bracts. Pc- 

 duncles 6 inches long. Sepals curvetl inwards al the point, crisped at ihe edges, the 

 2 Jower are united by their bases inlo an inconspicuous pouch, outsido' palc soft 

 violet Inding lo white, inside deeper and richer violct. Petals iiearly the same. Lip 

 unitcd 10 ihe pouch of the laieral sepals by a short narrow foot , whicii curves up- 

 wards and dilates into the lamina ; the latler is rich violet, kidne.v-shaped , with a 

 liitle nolch at ihe end, and slightly tootlied. Column as large as ihe lip, Jleshy, deep 

 violel , broadest at the base, curved ai ihe apex. Essequibo : oit an islaud near the 

 Cataract Cunaka toio or Silk Cotion Fall Schumburgk. (Jouni. of lloyal Geograpli. 

 Soc. VL p. 232). (Ibi periit Sohomburgkii amicus Heiss). l'arad. Vindob. fasc. 13. — 

 Lond. Journ. 1843. p. 672. 



15ot. Reg. XXV. (1839). Misc. 17 : Flowered wilh Mesrrs. Loddiges. Flowers are a 



deep rich violet, darker, ihan the darkest part of Zygo|ietalum Wackaii; 2—3" diam. 



lipped with greenish yellow , melting downwards iiilo white, which soon confounds 



ilself with the general tint of rich violet. — Van Houtt. Fl. Serres VIL 678. 



Rchb. m. in v. Schl. B. Z. 1852. 668. Bollea : 



Perigonii carnosi piiylla 5 oblonga subaequaliarecte inserta, lateralia 



exlerna^pedi gynostenjii adnata. Labelluin unguiculatum, cuin pede gy- 



nostemii exacte' conlinuum ; unguis ligulatus, ecallosus; lamina Ijasi cor- 



•data, dein rotundata, marginibus revoluta, callus in disco intrusus maxi- 



mus, transsectione dolabriformis, costatus. Gynostemium seminaviculare, 



antice valde excavatum, marginibus antroisis exalalis , caiinaeformibus ; 



androclinium perpendiculare, marginibus carnoso -elevatis ; processus 



rosteilaris dens medius linearis, corneus, lobi laterales meinbranacei, 



oblique exlrorsum descendenles, stigma tegentes. Stigina semilunatum, 



sursum curvatum, limbo inferiore integernmo. Apparatus pollinis Zy- 



g opetali. 



Genus dicatum amicissimo cl. Dr. Bolle. B. violacea {Huntleya violucea Lindl.) 

 Lindl. G. Clironicie 1850. 1866: ..Notliing can be a lluntleya wiihoui the great 

 Desliy hooded column of U. violacea." 



Obs. Forsan huc planla mira , subfabulosa , Monocerotis equi socia 

 dignissima, referenda est, 



Lindl. Bol. Reg. XXIIL 1837. sub fol. 1991'. Huntleya sessiliflora (Ba- 

 teman ined.) „floribus , sessilibus." In Guiana Schomburgk. — Lindl. 

 Sert. Nr. 26: Huntleya originally established by Mr. Bateraan upon a 

 Demarara plant received from Mr. Schomburgk and said to resemble Ihe 

 Hunlleya Meleagris of Bot. Reg. — Lond. Journ. 11. Ih43. p. 672. Hunt- 

 leya sessiliflora Bat. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1991. British Guiana. Scbom- 

 burgk. 



Contra cl. Bateman in litteris March. 26. 1863. Biddulph Grange, Con- 

 gleton: „1 know nolhing of Huntleya sessiliflora, indeed 1 never eveu 

 lieard Ihe name lill it was mentioned by You. There inusl be sonie 

 mistakc in the matter," 



Sect. 2. Pescaloria: Columna gracilis, seinilcres; jabclli limbus rei^Ii- 

 calus callo maximo gyroso insculpto. 



2, ZYGOPETAJLUM CERhXUM. Huc : Uunllvija ccrina Lindl. Past. Fl, G. III. (1831). 62: 

 Sepalis subiottindis concavis , labello ovato convexo . reluso, crista 

 crassa seniicirculari tiuncata plicala, columna apice nuda. 



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