668 ORCHIDES. 



CYRTOPERA. 



pedicelled, bracts ovate, subulate, sepals ob(Jvale lanceolate, narrower, 

 than Ihe obovate very obluse petals, lip threelobed, middle one some- 

 vihat smaller, threecrested. Tiavancore. 



Flowers yellow and ihe scape appear before tlie leavcs, biit the appearance of ihe 

 plant so far as I can lcarn from comparisou wiih Dr. Royles figure is different frora 

 C, flava. Some leaves 2' in length. I am indebted to General Cullen, resideni of 

 Travancore for my specimen of ihis gorgeous plants. 



2. CYRTOPERA FUSCA R. Wight Ic. V. 1690: 



Leaves long lanceoiate, plicate, scape slraight manyflowered, se- 

 pals linear lanceolate, acute, longer than the broader ovate lanceolate 

 petals, iip obsoleteiy Ihreelobed, laleral lobes shorl roundish, middle one 

 oblong, undulate, poinled, ihe disk covered ^vith minute papiliae, base 

 of the column prolonged, obluse, forming with the lip a large inflaled 

 spurious spur. Sepals dull reddish brown or lilac, ascending petals 

 and lip much paler. 



Rocky clefts in rich vegetable soii by the Karlairy faiis nenr Kaitie. Neilgherries. 

 Rhizome very large, somewhat ovaie aiid flaltened ; the scajtes and llowers appear 

 tirst and are succeoded by ihe leaves, scapes 12—18 inchcs high . and in large spe- 

 'cimens exceediog to 2 feet. Uuv. June. Also rare in rocky clefis on the top of ihe 

 high hi!l east of Coonoor. 



3. CYRTOPERA SQUALIDA Rchb. Bonpl. 1857. p. 33. Huc: Eulophia sqHa/ida Lindl. 

 Bot. Rcg. XXVII. (1841.) Misc. 164: 



Foliis lato-ensilormibus 5-nerviis, spica mulliflora, floribus inferiori- 

 bus remotioribus , bracteis ovalis acuminatis ovario acutangulo brevi- 

 oribus , labelio oblongo trilobo laciniis rotundatis intermedia crispa 

 emarginala calva venis pluribus parallelis elevalis, calcare brevi, an- 

 Ihera obsolete emarginala. 



Cuming. Lodd. Leaves like ihese of a Blctia and a slout erect scape l'/s' high 

 wiih dingy paliid flowers, the lowermost of whicii are very remole from the upper- 

 niost. The lip has no appendages, but is strongly marked by elevated veins and it 

 is ontirely confluent wiih the column ai the base. 



4. CYRTOPERA LONGIFOLIA Rchb. fil. C. Woodfordi Lii\ii\. - Orch. Lind. p. 10; damp 

 forests of ihe Sierra .Nevada, where it chiefly occurs on the outskirts. Rhizome buibous 

 creeping. Stem a yard high. Sepals yeliowish green. Lip purple. Merida 5000'. 

 Aug. N. 662. — Rchb. fll. Bonpl, II. 19: Dendrobinm longifolium Humb. Klh. Govenia 

 barbata Endl. Popp. — anno 1838. Savannenpflanze. Caracas. Wagener. 



Var, ? pachystelidia Rchb. .fil. in v. Schl. B. Z. 1852. p. 734: Validissima; gyno- 

 stemio breviori , latiori , lameilulis in lobo medio haud linearibus . scd latiorihus, 

 soepe bifurcatis. — lOhne die bei den Cyrtopera wichlige Anlhere. — Chiriqui. 

 St. Peter. v. VVarscewicz. 



5. CYRTOPERA FOLIOSA Lindl. Hook. Comp. B. Mng. 11. 203: 



Vaginis scapi foliosis, foliis striclis ensilormibus , racemo muUifloro, 

 vagina suprema paulo longiore, (Ijracteis acuininatissimis laceris floribus 

 longioribus), perianthii carnosi laciniis lauceolalis aculis subaequalibus, 

 labello concavo subrotundo tnlobo, lobo iulermedio emarginalo medio 

 parce papilloso basi tricrislato. 



Inter Basclie et Omiala in graminosis. Drcge. 



Caulis se.sf]iiipedalis fcre ad racouium usquc vaginis foliosis inslruclus; laniina 

 vaginarum onsata. Folia scnpi longiludine, slricia , ensiforniia , plana , striata, coslis 

 Iribus conspicuis iu sicco 4 lineas (|verosiniiliier aeiuiunciaii)) lalis. Racemus 2Vi 



