652 ORCHIDES. 



ZYGOPETALUM. 



Firm , whilish, waxy blossoms, noi unlike those of Maxili. Harrisoniae. Veraguas 



by Warscewicz. — Chiriqui Volc. 8000'. General appearatice of ilie llnnlleya vio- 



lacea. Flowers rise singly from the base of llie leaves upon a peiluncle about 6" 



long wilh a few short tubtilar bracts 3 inches across, ihe sepals are roundecl , and 



even al the edg-e , of a very («ale straw colour. Lip is somewhat ovate, convex , in- 



(lenied at the point . much niore yellow and furnished near ihe base wiih a deep 



thick seniicircuiar rurr, composed of numerous plaiis and folils. The column is deep 



violet iiear the base, has no rxpansion or hood over the aniher. 



Huc: Pescatoria Rchb. fil. in v. Schl. Dot. Zlf. 1^52. p. 667: 



Peiigonii subcurnosi phylla 5 cuneato-obovala , aculiusciila, tria su- 



periora recta , laleraiia exlerna oblique in pede labelli inserla. Label- 



ium unguiculatum , unguis ligulatus, media basi carinalus carina trian- 



gula , basi ulrinqne Inangule auriculatus, sub angulo obtuso in basin 



gynostemii excavatam inlrorsus (uti ipsissima labelli basis in Miltonia 



spectabili). Lamina triloba, lobi laterales trianguli , erecti , disco car- 



noso iitrumqne conjungente; discus medio longiludinaliler carinatus, 



antrorsum roiiindalus, mullicristatus , cristulae oblusatae, oblique imbri- 



catae ; lobus labelli medius rotundatus revolulus, ipso limbo revoluto 



a lobis laleralibus erectis separatus. Gynostemium aequaliter semiteres, 



antrorsum excavatum; androclinium prope perpendiciilare, apice pro- 



ductum, immarginatum ; processus roslellaris trilobus, dens medius li- 



nearis, corneus, lobi laterales mernbranacei, inlegri, stigma tegenles. 



Sligma eilipticum , limbo inferiore trilobulato. Apparatus pollinis Zygo- 



petali. 



Genus dicatum praenobilissimo Pescaiore , Orchidearum culiori celeberrimo. P. 

 cerina {Huntleya cerina Lindl.) 



3. ZYGOPETALUM TRIUMPHANS. Huc: Pescatoria iriumphans Hchl). fil. v. VVarscew. 

 Conpl. H. 97: 



Labelli ungue brevissimo, callo labelii antice gyroso plicato. 



Perifi-onium P.\|ilanatum , sepala ovaia apiculaia , lepala angusiiora , basi cuneata, 

 iabclli unguis ligulalus, discus rhoinbeus, postice planus , per lineam mediam pluri- 

 carinalus. limbo aiitico gyroso piicatus , lamina oblonga postice uirinque ad angulos 

 disci ihombeos extrorsos ulrinque hunierata , anlice angustata apice ■ retuse biloba, 

 tota ar}»0|)hyllacea , gynosleiuii prope apodis auriculae ligulatae utrinque in basi. 

 liliilhen so gross, wie die di;r P. ccrina , scbneuwciss. Lippe und Spiizen der lliill- 

 blaiter stahlblau ; Saule und Lippennagel goldgelb. lilalter langlich-spiizlineal. Ein 

 wunderbar scbones Seitensliick zu dem prachligen Zygopetalum aromaticum. ISeu- 

 Granada. v. VVarscewicz. — Rchh. fil. Xenia I. Tab. II. 



Secl. 3. Cochleare: Columna gracilis semiteres. Labellum e.xplana- 

 lum callo plicoso gyroso. Caudicula linearis. 



4. ZVGOPETALUM FLABELLIFOHME Rcbb. fil. Mss. Huc: Cymbidium flabelliforme 

 6wtz.! FI. ind. occ. 1471. Zygopetalum cochleare Lindl. Rot. Rog. XXII. (1836). 1857,: 



Foliis obovalo oblongis plicatis, pedunculis unifloris radicalibus mullo 

 longioribus, sepalis petalisqut; ovato lanceolalis conniventibus, inferiori- 

 bus majoribus , labello cocIjUniIo subrotundo bilobo crista tiansverse 

 crenata , anthera ecristata. Trinidad. — Huok. B. Mag. 35S5 : pseu- 

 dobulbo nullo, lobis late lanceolalis , scapo unifloro , sepalis pelalis- 

 (|ue ol)longis subaequalibus, labello subquadralo basi venlricoso lateri- 

 bus inflexis cnspatis callo baseos lunalo depresso anlice crenato. Eulo- 

 phia cochleala Hoit. Kniglit. IMobablv lirazilian. 



B. Keg. XXV. (1830) 14. (sub llunUeya Meieagride): 



