WARREA. 



ORCHIDES. 665 



Al first sight \ve took this for Warrca iricolor. Its lip is however regularly ylit 

 at the end, tbe veins are miich more convex , and the central plates ihinner and 

 deeper, ihan in that species. The bracts too are noi half the lenglh. Caracas : sent to 

 Rucker. 



Lindl. Orchid. Lind. 1846. p. 18: .,0n ihe ground in the ihick foresls of the foot of 

 the peak of Tolima, at the height of 4000'. Stem erect 2- 3' high. Petals white and 

 pink. Lip spotied vvilh purple. Fehr. I-643." N. 1283. — Lindl in l'axt. FI. G. I. p. 73. 

 108. Misc. Xyl. 47.: 'W. Lindeniana Henfrey in Gardn. Mag. Bot. 177: New Granada. 

 Habit of W. tricolor ; flowers pale cream colour, with a purple lip ; flg. 47. lip. magnif. 

 Not a native of Peru , bui found l»y .Mr. Lirid. pp. of Orch. Lind..— It is said to have 

 some pink in the flower vvhen wild; habit of W. tricolor. 



Wnrrea tricolor Lindl. Rcbb. fil. Xenia l. Tab. 24. L IL 1—9. p. 63: Caulis lu- 

 midus bene foliosus posi folia oblongo lanceolata acuta basi cuneata plicata dejec.a 

 cylindraceo pseudobulbosus. Pedunculus aiillaris in vagina, validus, basi parce squa- 

 matus, superne dense racemosus. Bracteae ovatae acutae abbreviatae. Flores car- 

 nosi mogni speciosi sensim floridi nec coaetanei , clausi seu semiclausi. Ovaria cy- 

 lindracea pro flore sat gracilia ascendentia apice curvata torta. Mentum magnum. 

 Sepalum summum oblongo lanceolatum, subgaleatum, acutum. Sepala lateralia altiora 

 per nervum medium obtuse carinaia. Tepala cuneato oblonga acuta. Labellum cir- 

 cuitu rhombeo ovaiuni, subcucullatum , antice sinubus insilientibus plus minus trilo- 

 bum, lobus medius productus sinuato bilobulus, superne rugoso verruculosus, carina 

 roagna dorso anceps, lateribus bisulcaia , antice trilobula a basi brevissime unguicu- 

 laia cordaia per discum. Gynostemium semiteres, superne curvatulum, basi carina 

 prominente signaium. Androclinii limbus prominulus obscure transiens in alas de- 

 scendentes supra basin ulrinque obtusangulas. Androclinium fornicatum flgurae se- 

 milunaris; lobi loterales descendentes pone margines laierales foveae siigmaticae, 

 lobus medius: dens lineari subulatus. Fovea triangula, basi labio prominulo signata. 

 Anihera depressa obtuse iriangula pariete posteriori subpersistente bivalvis. Pollinia 

 obtusangula obtriangula , per paria incumbenlia posticis brevioribus in caudicula ob- 

 tuse rhombea superne peltalim affi.\a, quae inferne viscinosa. Flores prima anthesi 

 albi , dein ochroleuci, demura intense flavi tepalis semper pallidioribus. Labellum 

 cmissis marginibus poslicis albis purpureum, venis obscurioribus radiantibus. Gyno- 

 siemium album, antice purpureo striolatum. 



2. WARREA CYANEA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. (1844). Misc. 3: 



Spica brevj, Lracteis ovarii longiludine, sepalis ovatis, petalis sub- 

 conformibus, Jabello subrotundo-cuneato apiculato undulato lineis quin- 

 que elevalis. 



The purest blue known in the vegetable kingdom colours thc lip of this bcautiful 

 flower; which is oiherwise white. It has quite Ihe habit of W. tricolor, but is vcry 

 much smaller in nll its parts. Its most dist. character is found iu thc form of its 

 lip, which bas a distinct point, and 5 ribs, not 3, near ihe base. Messrs. Loddiges im- 

 porled ii from Columbia. — B. Reg. XXXI. (1845). Tab. ^i^. 



1443. ZYG08£PAE.OI nchb. fil 



in De Vriese Kruidskdge Archief 1857, 



Rchb. fil. in v. Schl. Bot. Zlg. 1851i. 668. Zygopeiali Scclio (an Genus?): Zygo- 

 scpalon. Androciinium cucullatum. Anthera longe apiculata. Roslelli irilobi lobi 

 aequales. Caudicula cum glandula stigmatis foveara tegcns. 



Obs. Glandula pulchre emarginaia gcnus a Batemania bene eximit. 

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