660 ORCHIDEb. meiracyllujm. 



absconditi. cicatrix inseriionis folii semilunata. Folia crassisslma , prope circularia. 

 marginata , sicca juniora bene nervosa cum nervuiis transversis aeque validis ; adulia 

 contra crassissima . transverse rugosa , inferne cutis rhinoceronlinae irjsiar rugis sul- 

 cisque quaquaversis arala. sulcaia, tesselaia. Peduticuli brevissimi, crassi. (ancipiles?) 

 supra basin bene articuiati, dein calloso excisi pro bracteis minutissimis acutis ac pe- 

 dicellis recipiendis. Ovaria pedicellata perigooiis longiora. Flores supra descripti, 

 verosimiiiter lilacini. 



1469. PHAE.AE]!ly'OPSIS Blume. 



Bijdr. 294. Tab. 44. Waip. Ann. I. 790. III. 561. 



1. PHAL.aENOPSIS DELICIOSA Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 93: 



AfiF. P. eqiiestii Rchb. fil. (roseae Lindl,): giacillima, pedunculo sex- 

 pollicari, floribus paulo minoribus, sepalis lepalisque ovatis obtusis sub- 

 aeqtialibus, labelli trifidi segmentis laleralibus ligulalis, medio obtuse 

 rhoivjbeo, callo -depresso antice bicorni seu forcipato in unguem lobi 

 medii, gynoslemio liumtli. 



2. PHALAENOPSFS EQUESTRIS Rchb. fll. Linn. XXH. 864. Walp. Ann. IIL 562, (sub 

 P. rosea Lindl.) Lem. I. c. 283. G. Chron. 1848. 671. Fl. G. 173. PI. 72. 



3. PHALAENOPSIS INTERMEDIA Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. G. III. 163. c. xyl.: 



Petahs lato rhombeis acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus cuneatis ob- 

 tusanguiis intermedio ovato apice bicirrhoso. 



Flowers whiie and deep rose. Veitch & Co. Natural mule belween P. amabilis 

 and rosea. Agrees with former in foliage and in the tendrils of the lip ; wiih the 

 latter in colour, in the acuteness of its peials and in the peculiar form ol ihe middle 

 lobe of the lip. The short description will enable it to be easily reconised Axis of 

 inllorescence deep brown rich purple, bearing (lowers half way in the size beiween 

 P. amabilis and rosea. Sepais pure white, concave , oblong acute. Petals much 

 larger, iozenge shnped, acute , pure white with a few minute speckles ai ihe base. 

 Lip threelobed, laleral divisions erect, wedgeshaped, with rounded angles, violet with 

 a few criinson spols and dois. The middle division ovate, deep crimson , wilh the 

 point separated into two short tendrils. Cresl at Ihe junclion of ihe lohes of the lip 

 nearly square, dppressed in the middle, deep yellow with crimsoa dots. 



4. PHALAENOPSIS CORNU CERVI Bl. ei Rchh. ni. in Otto Hamb. Gartenztg. 1860. 

 161. Lindl. Folia l. Febr. 1854; Polychilos Kuhl and Hasselt, Genera et Sp., Orchid, 

 et Asclep. (1827) r. 



Sepala explanata, carnosa, angusta, Hbera; lateralibus subfalcatis, 

 leviler iucurvis. Petala conformia. minora. Labellum posticum, ungui- 

 culafum, in disco foveatum, cum columna continuum, carnosum, coin- 

 plicatum , (iipciililum, laciniis lateralibus apice runcinatis, terminali lu- 

 nalo apiculalo. Appendix ciica foveam membranaceus, semicyalhiformis, 

 5-arislatus, dentibus duobus auctus: altero minore a latere columnae, 

 anlico cultrnto. Columna erecta, elongata, semiteres, basi bitub^rcujata, 

 clinandrio proclivi, rostello elongalo decurvo. Stigma oblongum, exca- 

 vatum. Pollinia 2, cereacea, postice fissa; caudicula elongata, obovala; 

 glandula ovali. Anlhera . . . Herba epiphyta, Asiae tropicae, caules- 

 cens. Folia coriacea, disficha. Pedunculus lateralis, erectus, multi- 

 florus ; rachi alata. 



A reraarkable Kenus. with the habit of ihe winged Aerides , for which ihe narae 

 Dendrocolla may be reiained , bul with a dilTerent lip, the appendix of which is a 

 much raore coraplex organ . and witli a long narrow column, Perhaps it oughl lo be 

 combined wilh Phalaenopsis, the sole dislinclious bclweeu whicb and Polychilos con- 

 sisi in ibe foveaied lip and complicated am^endix of the lalter. 



