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strongly tooihed. The fleshy ridge in the middle of the lip is singularly large. The 

 teeih of the coiumn are as long as the column ilself, its fooi included. 



26. BOLBOPHYLLUM MERIDENSE Rchb. fil. Huc: Didactyle meriiensis Lindi. l. i). 



D. pseudobulbo ovato, folio parvo oblon^o apiculalo scapo pluries 

 breviore, spica elongala, bracteis coriaceis acutis recurvis ovario lon- 

 gioribus, sepalis apice subulatis, petalis ovatis ciliatis, labello panduri- 

 formi piloso basi auricuiato apice rotundato integerrimo barbato, colum- 

 nae dentibus filiformibus digitis snbulatis, 



Bolbophylhnn meridcnse Rchb. 111., in Linnaea . XXII., p. 836. 

 Wild in Venezuela ; in Ihe province of Truxiiio , near Timotes and Chachopo , at ihe 

 height of 6000 to 8000 feet — Funl{ and Schiin^, n. 735; in Merida . at the height of 

 4000 feet — Rchb. fii. (v. s. sp. coram. cei. Linden). — I have to thanlt Mr. Linden 

 for a specimen of this singular species, remarkable for its great bearded iip. The 

 flowers are said lo be reddisb , bordered with violet. 



Obs. Didactyle? Clausseni ex omni analogia juxta Boibophyllum cocoinum pertinet. 



27. BOLBOPHYLLUM GLADIATUM Lindl. Huc: Lindl. Folia L 1. Oct. 1852: Didaclylc 

 gladiata (false quidem allato B. chloroplero !) : 



D. pseudobulbo ovato tetragono, folio oblongo carinato spica longe 

 pedunculata multo breviori, spica secunda mulliflora, rachi subclavata, 

 sepalis linearibus laterolibus connatis, petalis obovatis ciliatis Jimbatis, 

 labello unguiculato cordato in processura angustum gladiatum villosum 

 elongato, columnae digitis e medio brevibus. 



BolbophtjUum gladiatum Lindiey , in Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. X. p. 185. — Bol- 

 bophyllum chloropierum Rchb. fil., in Linnaea , XXIL p. 835. 

 "VVild in Brazii — Descourtiiz ; near Rio Janeiro — Reichenbach. (v. ic. pict. in bibl. 

 De Lessert.). — A most singular piant, ihe appearance of whose flowers is thus de- 

 scribed hy M. Descourtiiz : — „The upper sepai is very iong, very narrow, channe- 

 led at its base , acute at the point , iemon-coioured, as weii as the two laieral , which 

 are joined by their edges into one , two-toothed at the point. From the position con- 

 stantly assumed by the flower ihese ihree sepais are piaced right and left of the axis. 

 The petals are short, spalhulate , touching at bolh base and point, ieaving between 

 them a heari - shaped space ; they are white edged with purple , and fringed wilh 

 purple hairs on tlieir outer edge ; in the middle is a iarge heart-shaped vioiet spot, 

 The lip is hinged with ihe coiumn , moveable, and consists of a channel with broad 

 wings, white edged with purple , and of a very long process , shaped iilte a sword- 

 biade hanging down , brownish and veivety with hairs." 



28. BOLBOPHYLLUM WEDDELII Rchb. fil. Huc Lindl. I, c. : Didaclyle Weddelii. 



D. pseudobulbo pyramidali brevi obtuso, folio oblongo plano coriaceo 

 spica longe pedunculala 8 — lO-flora multo breviori, rachi subclavata, 

 sepalis linearibus obtusis liberis, petalis...., labello unguiculato sub- 

 cordato in processum angustum ensiformi-spathulatum (laevem?) elon- 

 gato. columnae cirrhis erectis digitis e medio nanis. 



Wild in Brazil ; Minas Geraes — Weddei . ic. n. 12, (v. ic, pict. in bibl. herb. mus. 

 Paris.). — Al first sight much like D. gladiata ; but the leaves are broader , the 

 spike not secund , the sepals all disjoined . and the iip broader; the rachis also seems 

 much more clavate. It appears Irom Mr. Weddeii's sketch ihat the ieaf is about three 

 inches longi the sca^ie about eighteen inches, and the spike raiher less than four 

 inches. The sepals are oiive-green spolled with brown ; ihe lip white with a purple 

 base, and numerous oblong spots of ihe same colour. 



29. BOLBOPHYLLUM TRIPETALUM Lindi, Hnc Lindl. I. c. : Didactyle tripclalu. 



D. pseudobulbo tetragono, folio oblongo aculo racemo breviore, scapo 

 6— 7-floro flexuoso ereclo , bracteis ovatis scariosis ovario longioribus, 

 • sepalis linearibus acutis palulis, petalis minimis squamaeformibus, labello 



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