686 ORCHIDES. 



lOWOPSIS. 



coloiired sceniless flowers, which, according lo Descourtilr , reinain fresh from Sep- 

 teniber or Oclober lo the foliowing Moy. 



VVild in Drazil — Moriius ; in the priinaeval foresls of St, fauls— Descourlilz ; near 

 Santarem, in Fara— Spruce. 



Obs. In Benlh. pl. Hartw. 72. planta mexicana a collect. Hartweg lecta, ad I. pani- 

 niculam relata. quae nutic sub I. lenera ofTertur. Omoino timeo, iie tota I. jianniculata 

 varielas sil /. ulricularioidis Lindl. per vaslum Americoe tropicae spalium dispersae. 



1452V. CliOWESIA Lindl. 



Dot. Reg. X.\IX. (1843.) Tab. 8. Misc. «39. 



Flos subglobosii.s, patulus. Sepala subaequalia, lateralia paulo obli- 

 qua , in inenlnm breve proclucta, basibus connatis. Petala conformia 

 latiora, fimbriata. Labellum concavnm, carnosum, cum labelio conli- 

 iiuum nec articulatum, obsolele trilobiim, margine in timbriam glandu- 

 losam laceram solutum, disco laeve. Columna semiteres, clavata, utrin- 

 qne apice obtuse cornuta, clinandrio alfo carnoso serrato. Stigma : 

 simis transversalis. Pollinia 2, linearia, dorso sulcala, glandula subro- 

 tunda, caudicula membranacea clepsydraetormi. 



Caulis carnosus, foliosus. Scapus radicalis, muliiUorus, ereclus. Pei-igonium can- 

 didum, fluibriis marginibusque roseis. 

 1. CLOVVESIA ROSEA Liiidl. 1. c. : 



It is a native of Rrazil, and llowered at Broughton Hall, near Manchester , with 

 Ibe Rev. Mr. Clowes, a zealous cult. At a laier period (March last) we received il 

 from Sion Gardens (Duke of Norihumberland.) 



The iiillorescence proceeds from ihe base of tlie stcms (not apex as was 

 formerly sioted on the auihority of Mr. Clowes's gardener, who thought apex signi- 

 fied ihe bottom ) — 



Lindl. 1. c. Misc. 39 . Its flowers have the chin of ihe Maxillarid division , but 

 they dilfer entirely from all ihe genera in ihe pcculiar slruclure of the polienuiasses 

 and of ihe peials. — Mr. Clowes's gardener says : pseudobulb is'Z'/z" long, covered wilh 

 a thin browr.ish while shealhing; each has 2—3 small dark brown bands, which sur- 

 rouud it, aud are apart from each oiher V-j"- l>eaves 3,7" long, 1" across, lauceolote 

 ovale, acuminale al ihe poinl, twisting a little on one side. Boih leaves aiid psendo- 

 bulbs are in ihe way of Caiaseium. The scope rises from ihe apes of ihe pseudo- 

 Lulbs. 



1452V. SUTRIBf.^ Lindl. 



Ann. Kat. Hist. X. 1842, 184. 



Perianlhium cylindraceum, clausum. Sepala coriacea, lateralia fere 

 ad apicem usque'connala , basi subsaccala. Petala membranacea, con- 

 formia, Labellum liberum uiiguiculatnm, supra basin medio elevatum, 

 oblongum, concaviim, indivisiim. Columna basi teres, sursnm dilalata, 

 aj)ice utiinquealis lalcatis instructa; clinandrio anticc bidentato. Antiiera 

 membranacea, semibilocuiaris , aiitice membiana lata circulari cristata. 

 Pollinia pyrifurmia , solida , cuudiculae lineari in glauduiam longissimaiu 

 selaceam incumbenli aftixa. 



Herba glabra, e|iii)hyia, pseudobulhosa , foliis soliiariis coriaceis, spica multiflora 

 pendula. 



Near Macradenia. This very curious gcnus is jirobably relaled to Macradenia, but 

 ils habit and siructure are in all respecis very peculiar. The gland reseinbles a long 

 bristle or cobbler's awl and projects beyond the column exteuding as far as its long 

 falcate arms. The aniher, which is globose, where ihe pollen lies, is furnlshed ia 

 fronl wiih a broad circular crest. 



