fiptDENUROM. ORGHIDES. 313 



curvaio-aciilo ; columna elongala stricta atro-purpurea, dorso convexa , subtus plana, 

 apioe albitio-tiidentata ; anihera pallide-lilacina convexa quadriioculari. 

 7. EPIDKNDRLM LCTEOLUM Rchb. fil. MSS. Huc: CatUeya hiteola Gardn. Chronicle 

 1853. 774 c. (3. Decb.): 



Pst^udobulbis ovalibiis ancipitibus sulcatis monophyllis, foliis oblongis 

 vel obovaio oblongis floribus longioribus, spalha angusta membranacea 

 pauciflora, sepalis pelalisque aequalibus concoloribus angustis ovalibus 

 oblusis flavis, labello cucullato indiviso apice rotundato crenulato intus 

 plano velutino, columna utrinque unidentata. 



Hanbary Esp. obt. it as a Brazilian plant froin Mssr. Backbouse of York. — Largest 

 of pseudobulbs are not more than 2 inclies lon}(. — Leaves bard, llat , fi" long, — 

 Flowers have the whole yeliow colour of Laelia flava, habii aiid polienmasses of Call- 

 leya. — Velvety lines of tips are delicate aiid peculiar. — Tliere is tio diff. in deptb of 

 col. in any pari of the llower except in ihe edge of the lip , which is paler. 



Huc : Cattleya Meyeri Regl. Indes sem. Petrop. 55. 

 Sepaiis lineari-oblongis subfulcatis aculiusculis revurvo - patentibus; 

 petalis subconformibus erectis; labello indiviso lobato cucullato, antice 

 rotundato crenulato crispo. 



Planta C. Forbesii babilu el llorum colore simillima , flores auiem rainores et label- 

 lum indivisum. Pseudobulbi oblongi , compressi , utrinaue altenuati , longitudinaliler 

 canaliculati, 3 — 4 pollices longi, V2 — 'A pollices latr, juniores vagina membranacea 

 involuli , folio unico oblongo obtuso coriaceo obscure - carinato %—i'/n pollices lato, 

 4 — 8 pollices longo terminati. Racemus terminalis , suberectus , abbreviatus (5-lloriis) 

 vagina membranacea fultus. Pedicelli subhorizontaliler patenles , florem superanie.?. 

 Sepala pallidellavescentia v. Havo-viridia , circiter pollicem longa. Labellum sepalis 

 paullo brevius, llavescens , utrinque ad nervum striis carmineo-purpurascentibus no- 

 tatum , antice llavum oinnino glabrum. Columna semiteres , alis tenuibus superne 

 paullo lalioribus, labello duplo brevior. .Anthera 4-locuIaris. septis memhranaceis. 

 Pollinia 4, per paria caudicula rellexa juncta. 

 8. EPIUENDRUM LABlATUM Rchb. fil. MSS. 

 a. Geiiuinum. 

 Huc: CatlJejja labiuta LindL B. Reg. XXVL 1840. 58. 

 Sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis membranaceis undulatis mullo latio- 

 ribus, labello obovato crispo-undulato obtuso v. emarginalo disco laevi, 

 pseudobulbis oblongis sulcatis, 



a. petalis lanceolatis undulatis, labelli disco sanguineo. 



Catlleija labiata Lindl. Coll. bot. t. 33, LO. 118. Hook. exot. fl. t. 157. Lodd, Bot. 

 Cab. 1S56. — llook. B. Mag. 3998: 



Pseudobulbis sulcatis, sepalis oblongo lanceolatis, petalis lalo ellipti- 

 cis undulalis, labelli obovati obtusi indivisi lamina superne tota cocc. 

 Hooker sentit , Lindl. recte huc ducere Cattl. Mossiae, at in bac „ihe uniform deep 

 blotcb on the lamina of its labellum remains uiialtered." 



Lond. Journ. 1842, p. 540: On rocks near the summit of ibe Piedra Boniia at 

 Tejucee, Novb. Gardner 244. 



var. superba Regel. Ganenfl. V. tb. 146. 



a el b. gemiinum etMossiae: 

 Bot. Reg. XXX. sub 5.: 

 a. pelalis oblotigo - lonceolatis undulaiis , labolli disco snnguineo. C. labiata L. 



Coll. t. 33. Brazil. 

 ^. petalis htioribus «ubcrispis, labelli disco liiieo sanguineo punctato aut piclo, 

 La Guayra. 

 Var. of wbflt hns been called C. Mossiae are niimerftus , atid seem to jirove tliat no re- 



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