242 ORCHIDES. 



BOLBOPHYLLARIA- 



mio parallelo, ejus basi longe productae affixo, tertia parte inferiori 

 erecto, caeterum explanato crasso , carnoso, linguaeformi obtuso; gyno- 

 stemio oblongo, clavato, ad partem superiorem anlice longe bidentato. 



Crescit in cortice arborum sylvarum ins. Cuba. 



4. BOLbOPHYLLARlA SORDIDA Rcbb. fll. Huc BoWophyll. sordidiim Lindl. B. Reg. 

 XXVI. 1840. Misc. 217. 



Pseudobulbis tetragonis , spica carnosa acuminata conica, 



floribus sessihbus carnosissimis, bracteis ovatis obtusis adpressis ovario 

 longioribus, sepaiis ovatis acutissimis, petalis linearibus apice rotunda- 

 tis, labello unguiculalo ovato plano convexo basi auriculato, columna 

 utrinque biseta.. 



Guaiemala , near Bolb. clavatum of Tbouars. It grows wiib a spike 6" long. upon 

 a scape about bnlf as long again. Tbe fiowers are very fleshiy , a dull olive brown 

 e.xternally, but brighlly motlled wiili purple in ibe inside. I ovve ray knowedge to 

 Mr. Bateman. 



Obs. Bolbophyllum clavatum P. Th. certe huc pertinebit. 



b. Rhachis flhformis. 



5. BOLBOPIIYLLARIA DISETA Rcbb. fll. Huc Bolbophyllum biselum Lindl. Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. X. ly42. 186. 



Pseudobulbis inverse pyriformibus, folio laiiceolalo basi ahgustato 

 spica paulo longiore, scapi filiformis erecta vaginis 3 dislanlibus laxis 

 acutis, spica densa brevi nutante, sepalis alte carinatis, lateralibus con- 

 natis semiorbicularibus, dorsali oblongo minore, pelalis spathulatis un- 

 guiculatis, labello convexo linguiformi villoso basi cordato, columnae 

 dentibus setaceis, bracteis filiforraibus sub flore. 



Kbasyia Grifflib. A very singular plant , with flowers as large as a small pea , and 



very deeply keeled sepals. 



1348c. XIPHIZIJI§IA Rchb. fil. 



V. Mobl et V. Sclildl. B. Z. 1852. 919. 



Perigonii phylla externa membranacea elongata, laleralia nunc omnino 

 connata, p. ph. L i. abbreviala. Labellum cum basi gynostemii pro- 

 ducta abrupte articulatum, trilobum, lobi laterales basi erecto-auriculati, 

 per lineam mediam carnoso elevati, lobus medius ligulatus, cum lobis 

 lateralibus elongalis plicula transveisa (fere more Euothonaeae) articu- 

 latum. Gynostemium liberum: androclinium postice (an in omnibus?) 

 unilobum, ulroque margine anlico in subulam erecliusculam productum, 

 rostellum prominens supra foveam sligmaticam oblongam, rotundato- 

 retusum; denticulus utrinque in margine gynostemii pone foveam slig- 

 maticam. Anthera rolunda, mitrata, apice seu poslice apiculato-mitrata, 

 antice excisa, obsolete bilocularis. Polliniaduo, oblongo-cuneata, apice 

 nunc bilobula. 



(Cbar. ad X. cbloropteram . comparatis char. X. gladiatac [Did. g. Lindl.l et X. Wed- 

 delii [Did. VV. Lindl.]). 



1. XIPHIZUSA CHLOROPTERA Rcbb. fll. I. c. 



Pedunculo nnlante, filiformi, paucifloro, p. ph. summo ligulato pan- 

 durato acuto, p. lateralibus externis subaequahbus apicem usque con- 

 natis, paulo latioribus, (flavoviridibus), p. 1. i. ovatis acutis margine 

 pulcherrime papilloso - cihatis, (flaveolis purpureo-guttulalis); labello 

 trilobo elongato, lobis lateralibus elongatis, inferne medio carinatis 

 postice utrinque erecto-auriculatis, lobo medio lineari-ligulato acutiu- 



