SCELOCHILUS. 



ORCHIDES. 689^ 



folio parum lonpiore ; foliolis perigonii interioribus oblongis, obtusis, 



inlus purpureo-striatis sparsimve pubescentibus. 



Flower spike a little bianched , slightly longer ihan ihe leaf , round , threadlike, 

 smooth , and covcred by sessile , dry, membranous lanceolate and acuminate bracts. 

 Flowers short-stalked , yeilow, compressed, 7" long'. The column is withoul colour, 

 iwice as short as ihe floral envelopes. Introduced 1840 by Mr. Edwnrd Otto. He dis- 

 covered it on his journey upon ihe Silia of Caracas , where he found it 5600 feet 

 above the level of Ihe sea, in thick woods on the trunks of trees. FI.Maj. — Lk. Kl. 

 Otlo IL (1842.) tab. 31. Kchb. fil. Bonpl, II, 14. Caracas. Wagener ! 



2. SCELOCHILUS STENOCHILUS Rchb. fil. Mss. Huc : Rodrigiieziu stenochiJ a Liadl. 

 Orch. Lind. 1846. p. 23 : 



Foliis oblongis planis, racemo laxo erecto, paucifloro, floribus divari- 

 catis, sepalo inferiore bilobo obluso calcarato, labello angustissimo apice 

 liaslato basi sagiltato, columna aptera. 



,,An epiphyte from ihe forests of Jaji. Flowers pale yellow , slreaked wilh red. 

 Venezuela, at the height of 6000'. July 1842." N. 659. Of this species I have only 

 a leaf and a couple of lose scapes; the latter are about 3 inches long, with 2—3 sharp 

 keeled distant sheaths, and 4 Howers , about the size of ihose of R. secunda. The 

 very narrow lip and thick lumpish column are quite peculiar. 

 Scelochilus Lindeni Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. III. p. 88. 



Obs. Moneo lameo, me ex horto Lindeniano tenere iconem pictam ,,Rodrigueziae 

 stenochilae", quae certe refert Scel. Ottonis. Hchb. fil. 



3. SCELOCHILUS JAMIESONI Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. III. 88. sub 55: 



Foliis oblongo lanceolatis acuminatissimis pergameneis, scapo bre- 

 vioribus, racemo brevi ancipiti , bracteis setaceo acuminatis pedicellis 

 longioribus , sepalis lateralibus semiconnatis acuminatis, calcare inflato 

 rotundalo, petalis lanceolalis, labello obovato concavo apiculato basi cal- 

 care brevi didymo, brachiis 2 incurvis pone basin. 



Quito. Dr. Jamieson 1818. — The form of the lip cannot be determined from the 

 examination of the only flower at our disposition. It seems to be naked. 



4. SCELOCHILUS SACCATUS Rchb. fil. Mss.: 



Pseudobulbis angusto ligulatis pollicaribus, a squama oblonga acu- 

 minata fullis , foliis cuneato oblongolanceolatis acuminatis , pedunculis 

 paucivaginatis apice racemosis, bracteis ianceis acuminatis ovaria pedi- 

 cellata subaequantibus, floribus illos praecedentium aequantibus, sepalo 

 dorsali ligulalo lanceolato acuto, sepalo inferiori subaequali acuto bifido, 

 basi in saccum subsphaericooblongum inflato, tepalis cuneato oblongis 

 acutis, labelli basi ima bicalcarati ungue elongato, lamina flabellata ob- 

 lusata, aequilonga , falcuJis extrorsis duabus in limitibus unguis ac la- 

 minae. gibberibus divergentibus duobus in lamina; columna .gracilenta 

 paulo breviori, medio angulata. Comparettia saccata Popp. Endl. 1. tb. 72. 

 Me judice jam ipso sacco et falculis medianis a praecedentibus bene diversa, 

 Peruvia subandina supra arbores. Cuchero Febr. 1830. Piippig! (Juxta typosl) 



1454/,. aUBHETTI.^ Lindl. 



Bot. Reg. XXV. (1839.) Misc. 6. 



Periantiiium cylindraceum, sepalis linearibus aequalibus basi gibbosis, 

 laleralibus connalis, petaiis linearibus aequilongis. Labellum oblongum, 

 integrum, mulicum, cum Jabello parallelum, basi excavatum bicallosum. 

 VI. 87 



