374 ORCHIDES. 



EPIDI^NDKUM. 



t Labelliim liberum seu subliberum. (Amhlostoma Rchb. fil.) 



m EPinENDRUM ELEGANS Rchl.. fll. MSS. — Barhcria elegans Knw. et Weslcroit 

 Floral Cabinet II. 1.(49. : Sepnls spreading or renexed . somewhal connale at the base. 

 Petals somewhat equal or a little broader. Lip free . parallel with the column . Ilat 

 or compressed, lurrowed , winged , resting upon the lip. Anther fleshy, 4 - celled, 

 — Perigonii loiiola roseo - liiacina , gynoslemium superne album apice flavum purpu- 

 reo apiculatum. maculis purpureis, inferne viridi , alis albis purpureo adspersis. 



— Bot. Reg. XXIV. 1838. sub T. 20. 



Sepaia patentia \el reflexa, basi subconnata; petala subaequalia vel 

 paulo latiora; labellum liberum, cum columna-parallelum, limbo indiviso, 

 disco costato; cohimna elongata, plana vel compressa sulcata, alata, 

 super labellum incumbens; anthera carnosa, 4 locularis, septum raar- 

 ginibus membranaceum ; pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem bgulatis reflexis, 

 per paria subconnatis. 



Herba epiphyla Mexicana , pseudobulbosa (?) foliis alternis , vaginantibus, subcarnosis, 



scapo terminali racemoso. Knw. et West. Floral Cabinet. 7. 



Barkeria elegans Knw. West. The only species mentioned is B. elegans, a beauli- 



ful Mexic. planl, with delicate lilac flowers. 



— Bot. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 57. : 



Sepala et petala aequalia, libera, membranacea, patentissima; label- 

 lum planum integerrimum, nudum (cuneatum c. apiculo) columnae ad- 

 pressum; columna petaloidea; anthera 4 locularis, carnosa , septorura 

 marginibus membranaceis; pollinia 4, caudiculis totidera ligulalis reflexis, 

 per paria connatis. 



Herba epiphyla , caulibus fusiformibus carnosis. Fol. angusta, membranacea . nervosa, 

 Pedunculi longi , graciles , squamati . terminales , apice ramosi. Flores magni. con- 

 spicui, Dutantes. — An elegant little Mexic. Orch. piant, with tapering fleshy stems 

 like those of a meagre Cycnoches , narrow lanceolate acuminate membranous leaves 

 and a terminal inllorescence . in ihe form of a racerae of a few large briglit pink 

 flowers. Well fig. in Floral Cab. and rivals the Caitleyas in gaiety of appearance. 

 Diir. of cultivation, great rariiy. 



— Brogniarl. Anu. sc. iiat. XVII. 1842. p. 44. : 



Sepala aequalia, libera, patentia vel reflexa ; petala expansa rotun- 

 dato unguiculala sepalis aequalia; labellum integrum planum inembra- 

 naceum obovatum, apice emarginatum, basi incrassatum non callosura; 

 columna labello arclo appressa, libera, late marginato-alata subpelaloi- 

 dea apicc utroque latere tuberculala. Clinandrium raembrana sinuata 

 marginato-auriculatum; anthera opercularis 4 locularis, loculis septis 

 margine membranaceis distinctis; poUinia 4, caudiculis crassiusculis 

 replicatis geminatim postice unitis; stigma parvum triangulare. Ovarium 

 gracile trigono cylindricum sulcatura ; calcar infundibuliforme e basi 

 labelli et columnae nascens, in ovario reconditura ejusque dimidiam 

 partem aeqnans. 



Uifl". a Broughtonia sepaiis reflexis , lateralibus, labello et columna liberis, coluinna 

 iate alata elongata , calcare non ovario adnato sed imnierso. 

 Barkeria elegans ? Knw. et VVestr. 49. 

 var. p. foliis oblongo - lanceolatis laovibus subenervibus , nervo medio tantum 

 distincto , scai.o subunifloro. (Mexico D. Ocampo.) — Caules fasciculati , ra- 

 mis arborum impositi, carnosi . elongalo fusiformes, 3 — 5 pollicares subletra- 

 phylli, vaginis foliorum nervosis vestiii , quandoque altbreviati subbulbi- 

 forraes. Folia aeque disiantia laete virentia , limbo oblongo-lanceolato acuto 

 laevi subcarnoso. nervo raedio infra carinaio. Scapus terminalis gracilis 

 squamosus uniflorus .2—3 fl., florib. aborliv.). 



