CAMAROTIS. 



ORCHIDES. 881 



cuous) is very remarkable, Ijeing semi— cymbiform, wiili a [irocess at the exlremity 

 like a browsprit, ending iii iwo seliform forks. In tlie midst of ilie confusion reig;- 

 ning among tlic Sarcanlhoiil Vandeae , it scems probable ihat Dr. Wigbts' C.ot- 

 lonia (liis C. macrosiacbya is Vanda peilnncuhiris Lindl.) is a good gonus; and in 

 thal case the presenl piant appears lo bc includod in tlie delinilion. Major Champion 

 believes that he saw a larger-flowered species of the same genus in Mr. Braine's 

 garden. supposed to come from Canton. ' 



147G. CAMAROTIS Lindl. 



L. 0. p. 219. 



1. CAMAROTIS OBTUSA Lindl. Dot. Rcg. XXX. (1844) Misc. 71: 



Labello calceiformi lobulo terininali truncato obsolete Iridentato in- 

 fiexo intus appendice biloba canaliculata aucto, columna torta, rostello 

 iingue labelli vix longiore. 



India. Duil dirty rose-colouredt flowers witli a yellow lip. Much larger flowers. 

 iban JQ C. purpurea , but by no means so handsome. The liille lobe at the end of 

 Ihe lip is fleshy. slighlly 31obed and furnished with a singulnr 2-lol)ed, channellod 

 appendage. The column is twisted half round, as Iq Mormodes. 



2. CAMAROTIS ROSTRATA Rchb. fil. Aeridcs rostratum Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 474. Ca- 

 marotis jmrpurea L. 0. 1, c. Lindl. Sert. 19. (1838) : 



Leaves linear, 3"long, 4— 5"' broad, coriaceous, slightly curved, 2— 3— 4 denticulate. 

 Stem 2edged. Racemes opposite the leaves, slraggling, longcr, or shorter tlian tlie 

 leaves. Flowcrs purple, spread open. Pedicels •/2". Sepals and petals purple, 

 petais sarae shape as the dorsal sepal, darker. Lip is narrow, cbannclled at its basc, 

 uniled at its back for more than half ihe length to the lateral sepals; furnished at 

 Ihe apex wiih a hollow conical chamber having a narrow oval aperlure , from the 

 anterior edge of which a short subulaie process proceeds and lies down over the 

 oriflce ; in all respects ol a deeper purple than the oiher segments of the perianlh ; 

 oiherwise ihe lip may be described as threelobed with the lateral lobes united by 

 their faces except near the point, which is inHated and exiended into a hollow obco- 

 nical chamber, over the aperture into which the inierraediate subulatc lobe is in- 

 flected. Thc column is very short, round. with the rostell prolonged into a conical 

 subulated back, emarginate at the apex, many limes longer than ihe column. Anther 

 placed upon ihe back of ihis bcek, in such a way , that while it terminates the co- 

 lumn, it is almost inverted in position by ihe ascending direclion of the beek , pro- 

 longed at the point into a ihin, narrovv, sharp appendage, not quite 2-celled. Pollen- 

 massep 2, globose, atlached to the cnd of a long subulate caudicule , which adheres 

 to a dilaled peltate gland. Lip is distinclly chambered at the point ! Dr. Rbgh. says, 

 ihat before cxpansion the bcak of the column in lodgcd in this cavity of the lip. 



Olis. Mixtura exCamarotidis floribus ac foliis cauIequeDendrobii, crumenati? (vidi 

 lypura!): 

 Saccolabium fascicnlatum Lindl. Hook. Cot. Journ. II. 238 : 



Caule erecto distiche folioso, loliis ovatis amplexicaulibus, obtusis 



oblique emargjnalis, panicula nuda ramis simplicibus virgata, ad nodos 



apicem versus gemmas paleaceas floridas gerenlibus, lloribus e gemmis 



erumpentibus (parvis) ringentibus, sepalis lateralibus obovatis apiculalis, 



supremo lineari oblongo concavo, pelalis Iinearibus oblusis apice sub- 



denliculalis, labello porreclo conico leviler arcuato lobis lateralibus ob- 



lusis erectis, inlermedio triangulari carnoso, rostello elongalo sigmoideo. 



In foliage Ihis species has the habil of Epidcndr. clongalum , but its inflorcscence 



is quile peculiar. The stcra, which is a foot and a half long, al its end bccomes leaf- 



less, and divides into scveral rod-like branches, eoch a foot or so in lengih. 



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