854 ORCFTIDES. odontoglossdm . 



This is the flnest of the green flowered species and is rennarkable for the crisp 

 appearance of its no\v<»rs, which are sea green hordered with yellow. Thelr fragrance 

 is delicious, resembling ihat of Primroses. Brazil. 



Bot. Rpg. XXVI. 1840. 54 : 



Pseudohulbis ovalis elonsatis compressis, diphyllis, foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolalis palentibus undulatis , racemo elongato dorso pyramidato 

 nulanle. 



Organ mountains. 



Evidently near R. suaveolens, the Pleurothallis foliosa of Bot. Mag. t. 2746, a plant 

 I have never seen. Bui accordinsr to ihe flg. and de.<!cript. ihe two lateral sepals of 

 ihat species, are united at the base, and ihe flowers are very litile crisped. — Peri- 

 gonium viridi flavum. 



92. ODONTOGLOSSD.M FOLIOSUM. Huc : Gomeza fQliosa Klotzsch Rchb. 81. l. c. Ro- 

 driguezia suaveolens Lindl. Orch. 195. Pleurothallis foliosa Hook. Bot. .Mag. 2746.. 



93. ODONTOGLOSSDM BARKERL Huc : Rodriguezia Barkeri Hook. Bot. Mag. 3497: 



Biilbis ancipitibus compressis oblon^is, foliis linearihnfeolafis ener- 

 viis iaevibus, perianlhio undulato, sepalo infeiiori (duobus formalo) fere 

 ad medium bifido, seamentis patnntibus, labello apice integro. 



A Brazilian plant, imported from Brazil by George Barker . Esq. of Birmingham, 

 and communicated to us in fiill flower Jan. 36 by Mr. Cameron of the Birmingham 

 Bot Garden. — It is in many respects allied lo ihe Gomeza (Rodriguezia Lindl.) re- 

 curva of 3ot. Mag. t. 174S, and to the plant of ihe same name in Bot. Cab. t. 660, 

 (Rndriguezia planifolia Lindl). From-the former it difl"ers in the smooth, noi striaied 

 and plaiied leaves; and from both , as well as from R. suaveolens Lindl. (Pleurolh. 

 foliosa Hook. B. M. 2746) by the very deep division and consequenily long segments, 

 which are spreading, of ihe lower (combined) sepal. The whole flower too, is of a 

 uniforme pale green colour, nearly desiitute of fragrance. 



146G.V. BRACHTIA Rchb. fil. 

 Linnaea XXIL 853. Walp. Ana. IIL p. 561. 



Rchb. fll. BonpL IL 14: 



Perigonium c^rnosum , clausum; sepala oblongolanceolata acuta, 

 dorso longitudinaliter carinata, tepala ovata acuta ecarinata. Labellum 

 obovatum seu panduratum, retusiuscnlum seu bilobulum, basi excava- 

 tum, carinulatum callis cainosis carinatis duobus a basi medium usque, 

 antice et basi liberrimis, medio connatis (uli x littera), gynoslemio brevi 

 semitereti antice canaliciilato, in pedein alatum producto, basi cum se- 

 patorum tepalorumque basi connato, cum labello apici gynostemii pa- 

 railelo arthrosi nec articulatione jiinctum, rostellari processu bidentato 

 porrecto, fovea stigmatica supposita parva. Anthera milrata, dorso ca- 

 rinata. Pollinia globosa postice sulcata, in lamina oblonga sessilia (ad 

 B. glumaceam). 



Diess Alles nach neuen Bluthen der B. giumacea, nur die Anthere und Pollinia 

 enllehne icli meiner fruheren Zeichnung. Eigenthiimlich erscheint mir vor Allem die 

 Vereinigung der Hullblatter'und Saule am Grunde. Der Frucbtknoten erweiierl sich 

 also in einen kegell6rmigen Korper von etwa V^ Linie Lange, dann werden die Or- 

 gane frei. Das Mentum fuhrt die Gattung den Maxillarien zu, die Tracht ist die einer 

 Brassia. Herr Wagener hal die sogenannie Brassia puraila bei Herrn Linden gesehen 

 und versicheri, die Aehnlichkeit der Pflanzen ware gross. 



