CYRTOPODIUM. 



ORCHIDES. 667 



lip 'A" long. flesliy , sliorlly unguiciilale wiih a brighi deep, yellow g-round coloiir, 

 . iriiobed, laioral lobes obovale, rounded. raiher wavy and deep crimson; niiddle lobe 

 broader ihan long, emarginale, dull crimson and closely tuLerculaie at the margin, 

 the disk is liiilc spoUed and banded wiih yellow , and covered with pale yellow 

 granules, which are coUecled into a circle ia Ihe ccntre and are also a liule dis- 

 persed ovcr ihe unguis. Column is green. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. H. 19: Caracas. Wagener. Bonpl. III. 67. N.-Granada. Wagener. 

 b. braclcalum Rchb. fil. 



IJuc: Cyrlopodiiim bractealim Linden herbar. Lindl. 0. Lind. p. 23: 

 Racemo simplici, bracteis magnis membrannceis, labelli disco pulvi- 

 nalo verrucoso lobis lateralibus ol.)longis iindulatis versus basin tuber- 

 colatis , intermedio transverso truncato indiviso margine m papillas 

 soluto. 



Scorching Savannahs. near Merida at the height of 5000'. Jul. Flowers and bracts 

 bright yellow spoued with red." (N. — ). — DilTers from C. punctalum in iis simple 

 raceme. and in ihe form aud markings of Ihe lip. 



4. CYRTOPODIUM ANDERSONI RBr. 1. c. Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVIL (1841.) 8: 

 Bracteis oblongis patulis concavis, sepalis petalisque obovato-ob- 



longis planis, labelli lobis rotundatis, lateralibus erectis, intertnedio con- 

 cavo basi sulcato apice crenulato, disco nudo. 



Tijlochilus flavus Nees in Verhandl. des Vereins zur Bef. des Gartenb. VIII. 

 191. l. 3. 

 Tropical parts of America, where from the fleshy stems the siioemakers ohtain 

 a kind of paste or glue, which they use for the purpose of ibeir art. There are. 

 2 var. in our coll., one, which is that now flg , has a branched inflorescence ; the 

 othcr has a perfectly sin^ple one, with much larger flowers; the lailer may possibly 

 be ihe C. glutiniferum, a plant I am unacquainted with. 



Hook. Lond. Journ. I. p. Ib8: On rocks, on wood, common on the mountains 

 about Rio. Sept. Gardner 122. 



Huc: Cyrlopodium flavnm Mutel Mem. Orch. p. 141. (ego non vidi. Rchb. fil.) — 

 Lond. Journ. 1B43. 672 : On the river Miejore. Schomburgk! — Bot. Reg. XXVil. 

 (1841). Misc. 49: De flore educando. Pianla gemmifera in alia lerra ponatur re- 

 iuotis radicibus vetustis. 



5. CYRTOPODIUM CRISTATUM Lindl. Bot. Reg, XXVH. (1841.) sub t. 8: 



Hacemo simplici, bracteis concavis patulis setaceo acuminalis, labelli 

 lobis subaequalibus , lateralibus erectis, intermedio concavo inlegro 

 disco nudo, crista oblonga carnosa, inter lobos laterales. 



Lindl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 1843. H. 672: On rocks and trees. Brilish Guiana. 

 Schomburgk 628. 



6. CYRTOPODIUM PARVIFLORUM Lindl. sp. in. Hook. Lond. Journ, IL (1843). p. 672, 

 Sepalis pelalisque undulalis, labelli lobis lateralibus falcatis oblusis, 



inteimedio cuneato dilatalo, basi tuberculato aequalibus. 



Flores C. crisiato similes. sed duplo niinores. Et labeilo omnino diversum. — 

 On sand, Brilish Guiana, Schomburgk iS. 617. 



1446, CYRTOPERA Lindl. 



L. 0. 189. 

 1. CYRTOPERA FLAVA Lindl. 0. 189. Huc : Cyrlopera Cullcnii R. Wight Ic. V. 1754: 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolale, pldited, scape slender, angular, somewhal 

 drooping lowards llie apex; fiowers numerous, loosely racemose, long 



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