CRYPTARRHErfA. 



ORCHIDES. 699 



gusta asoendens. Glandula terminalis peltata. — Orchidofunkia pallidi- 

 flora Rich. Gal. tab. 24. Mexico. 



1458y. PAKiUlIBiairA Rchb. fil. 



Mss. in tiorto Scliill. 



Sepalum dorsale oblongum obtuse acutum. Sepalum inferius aequale. 

 Tepala oblonga obtuse acuta. Labellum subaequale. Colunma crassa, 

 andioclinium obliquum apiculatum, rostello quinquelobulo seu praerupto 

 medio unilobulalo; alae membranaceae retusae denticulatae juxta foveam 

 circularem. Tabula stigmatica obliqua prona increscens super hbelli 

 basin. (Labellum igitur nec arficulatum, nec vere continuum, sed ac- 

 cretum , uti in Dignathi , Compareltia , Scelochilo). Anthera depresso 

 mitrata antice abrupte brevique triangula. Pollinia depresso pyriformia 

 poslice fissa, caudicula secundaria utrinque in fissuram ingrediente, 

 caudiculae lineari accreta. Glandula rotunda. 



1. PALUMBINA CANDIDA Rchb. fll, 1. c. Oncidium candidiim Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX, 

 1843. Misc. 76 : 



Pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis monophyllis, folio lineari-Ianceolato 

 basi canaliculato, racemo paucifloro flexuoso, sepalis oblongis lateralibus 

 connatis, petalis majoribus patenlibus planis obtusis, labello ovato ob- 

 longo plano basi linea convexa elevata trausversa aucto, columnae alis 

 rotundalis, serratis, tuberculo baseos elevalo labello adnato. 



Guatemala. Ilarlweg. 



Ivory wliile flowers with a couple of small violet dots at ihe base of each petal, 

 and ihe usual prominence at ihe base of the column, bright yellow and adnaie to tho 

 Jip. The Uowers are 1" diam, 



Lindl. Folia. I. Oncidium 53: 0?? candidum Lindl. Bot, Reg. 1843. 1. c. : ,,all the 

 evidence I possess regarding this consists in a sketch from ihe live plant, made in 

 1843. Specimens have been lost , and ihe growing individual has disappeared. The 

 flowers are about an inch in diameler, white , with a yellow cresl and are described 

 as haviiig appeared in a fewflowered raceme. To what was said in the „B. R." the 

 following should be added : sepalum dorsale oblongo lineare, erectum ; laieralia in 

 unum breve concavum emarginatum connata. Peiala ovata obiusa, sepalis multo 

 majora. Labellum patens ovatum, obtusum, etiam majus, basi columnae per tuberculum 

 adnatum, quod a fronte marginulo denticulato transverso circuradatur. Columna brevis, 

 stigmate circulari, alis cunealis brevibus denticulalis. Pollinia 4, geminata caudiculis 

 i cuneatis glandulae circulari adnala! If the sketch before me is accurate, it cannot 

 be an Oncidium , as the words in italics show; but until ihe planl shall have heen 

 reexamined il is safest to leave it where it stands. 



Rchb. fll. Mss. : Rliizoma validiusculum mullisquamatum, Pseudobulbi ligulati an- 

 cipiies, sulcati, monopiiylli (ex cicatricibus etiam diphylli). Folium cuneato ligulatum 

 acutum, obscure viride. Pedunculus atropurpureus paucivaginatus apice racemosus, 

 vulgo quadriflorus, Bracteae squamiformes minutae, Ovaria pedicellata viridia . se- 

 pala et tepala extus roseo violacea. Omnia intus candida, exceptae sunt slriae roseo- 

 violaceae croceae maculis atropurpureis. Magnitudo florum nunc illorum Odouioglossi 

 pulchelli, nunc major, 



1460. 0]¥€IB1UAI Sw. 



Act. Holm. 1800. 239. 



Huc : Brassia R. Br. Kew. ed, 2. V, 215, MiUonia Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIII. 1837. 1916. 

 Macrochilus Knw. Westc. Fl. Cab. t, I. 45, Lcochilus Knw. Westc. Flor. Cab. II. 143. 

 Erycina Lindl. Folia I. Solenidium Orch. Lind. p. 15. 



Aurea monographia ill. Lindley in Foliis Orch. I. Oct. 17. 1818 edita , quam sequi- 

 mur. £i baec babct auclor nostcr: 



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