418 ORCHIDES. 



1371A. 1378. 1379. 1383. 1385. BliKTIA Rz. Pav. 



A. Corifoliae planifoliae limbo integerrimo. 

 (Pseudobulbosae pseudobulbis elongatis.) 



1. Lancibracteae: bracteae ovarii pedicellati dimidium aequantes seu 

 superantes. 



* Sepala et tepala plana. 



1. BLETIA SLTERBIENS Iluc : Laelia superbiens Lindl. B. Beg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 87. 

 Scapo longissimo multifloro, sepalis petalisque linearibus oblongis ob- 



lusis membranaceis iabello longionbus, Jabelli iobo medio oblusissimo 

 (iisco lamellis quinque maximis subserratis anlice truncatis aucto, 

 anlherae crista biaurita; clinandrio denticulato. 



Mr. Skinner: ,, Saw you ever any thing like ihis ! ! ! This most magniflcent of all 

 plants I have sent several limes, it is decidedely Epidendrea, hut I exspect it T?ill get 

 a new tiile in Europe. It flowers in Nov. and in some instances hears from 18—20 

 flowers on stems from 9—12' long ! ! Mr. Hartweg says he found this p!ant in great 

 ahundance in the state of Quesaltenango, near Chantle, and that he went forty leaguas 

 out of his rouie to flnd it, and now he has sent splendid masses of it to England. and 

 at least 30 dried specimens. I have found it most rarely and evidently plnnted by the 

 Indians before iheir doors in Acatenango from whence I brought the specimens now 

 sent and in Sumpango . where I found it 12 monihes ago ; also from Costa Rica 

 Chantla. Its native habiiat is very cold, in fact this plant will require only a green 

 house warmth. 



Laclia siiperbiens Lindl. Bat. Orch, Mex. Guat. 1843. 38 : Sumpango planted by 

 ihe Indians 1839. Barrancos of Sachmarachon ner Comalepe twenty leagues north 

 of Guatemala, immense quantities, flnest specimens growing out of crevices of the rocks 

 and shellered from the norlh winds. 22" hulbs, flowerstems 4 yards in lenglh and bear- 

 ing upwards of the 20 flowers 27 Nvb. 184 „Coicach Kiaj of Indians of Comalepa = 

 red flower, and Indians, who speak Spanish : La vera del Sennor San Jos<5. 



Lindl. in Benlham PI. Ilartw. fasc. 2. p. 92. 1843 : Laelia siiperbicns Lndl. Bot, 

 [ Reg, 1840. Misc. 87. 



Scapus 3—9 ped. longus. 

 In Montibus Malacatan, ubi „Chumagno" dicitur, Mexic. Hartweg 



2. BLETIA ANCEPS, Huc : Laelia anceps Lindl. B. Reg. XXL 1835. 1751. 



Foliis binis aut solitariis lanceolatis, scapo ancipiti bi- trifloro sqa- 

 mis carinatis vestito, ovario viscoso, labelli disco lineari elevato apice 

 trilobo, pseudo-bulbis ovalis distautibus tetraquetris. 

 B. Mag. 1801. 



b. Barkeriana Lindl. B. Reg. XXIIf. 1837. 1947: sepalis petalisque sub- 

 aequalibus, labelli lobo medio angusto acutissimo. 

 Mexjco, 



3. BLETIA CINNAMOMEA. Laelia cinnamomea Rchb. fll. Ollo Gtz. 1860. p. 180. 



** Tepala, nunc tepala et sepala crispa. 

 a. Labellum integrum. 



4. ItLETIA LYO.NSII. Huc : Schomburgkia Lyonsii Lindl. Gardeners Chronicle 1853. 615: 

 Sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusissimis crispis, labello indiviso con- 



formi unguiculato concavo margine erosulo: costis 5 subaequalibus 

 aculis, anthej-a bicornuta. 



