BLETIA. 



ORCHIDES. 419 



Preitiest S. Flowers pure white , wiili rich purple spots and speackles, The lip is 

 of oearly ihe same rorm as tlie olher parts, but more taper pointed. duU violet with a 

 yeliowish edge and rich crimson ribs. The anther is very remarkable for bearing in 

 front a pair of yeilow horns curved like ihose of an ox. Lyons Esq. of Ladislon. 



D. Labellum Irilobum (cum columna basi connatum). 



5. DLETIA MARGINATA. Huc: Schomburghia marginala LindL Sect. 1838. 13: 

 Pseiidobulbis clavato fusiformibus, floribus racemosis, bracteis ova- 



rio subaequalibus, lavello ovali acuto basj angustato trilobo parum cu- 

 culiato sepajis petalisque oblongis undulatis subaequali, lamellis crispis 

 5 conlinuis, iateralibus interruptis. 



Surinam. Demerara. — Formerly in cultivation, but now lost ; unless ihe ,,Spread 

 Eagle" plant of Jamaica should prove to be it. It differs from S. crispa in its flowers 

 being dislinctly purple , with only a litlle yellow ai the edge cf the sepals and petals, 

 and in ihe form and appendages of the lip. which tapers to the base, is very distinclly 

 threelobed. has an acute oval middle lobe, and is furnished with wavy plates, which 

 are broken up at ihe side. 



.\bundant near Panamaribo in an avenue of fine trees of Erythrina (,,Cofl'ee 

 iriamma'') from being planted among ihe coffee for tbe purpose of sbade and shelter. 

 Jan. Febr. — 4' high — Likes shade. — 



Lond. Journ. II. 1843. p. 641: British Guiana Schomburgk. — Lindl. B. Reg. XXV. 

 1839. Misc. 12: Wr. Lance brought many plantes of to England 1834. Flowered at length 

 much paler (owing to the dark season) with Thomas Brocklehurst Esq. of ihe Fence 

 near Macclesfield, A\ho imported it from Surinam. 



6. BLETIA CRISPINA. Schomburgkia crispa Lindl. Sert. Orch. X, — Bot. R. XXX 

 1844. sub 23. : 



Sepala et petala conformia, patenfia, omnino libera, basi aequalia. 

 Labellum difforme, membranaceum, trilobum, semicucullatum, basi cum 

 margine columnae connatum, supra basin tumidum (intrursum): venis 

 lamellatis. Columna alata. Pollinia 8. Rhizoma repens, nudum, annu- 

 latum, pseudobulbigerum. Pseudobulbi magni , elongati , 2 — 3 phylli. 

 Folia coriacea. Scapi terminales vaginati. Bracteae magnae , siccae, 

 spathaceae. Flores speciosi , racemosi, congesti. 



Nearly relaied to Epidendrum : differs by the large spathaceous bracts . membranous 

 lip adhering to the column at only the base, and having below the middle a distinctly 

 marked prominence. which corresponds with an impression on the under side. and 

 by having 8 pollenmasses . In ihe last I trust to a drawing sent by Mr. Schomburgk. 

 Huc : Schomburghia crispa Lindl. Sert. t. 10 : Scape is terminal, erect, 3' high, 

 hard. sliCr. completely covered wiih pale brown, dry, closely pressed, acuminale scales, 

 carinate at the apex, gradually passing into spalhaceous. spreading bracts, wbich are 

 much narrower, than the scalcs of the stem. brown, dry, spreading, about 2" long. but 

 .shorter ihan ihe ovary. Flowers in a dense terminal raceme, spreading, about 2'/3" in 

 diameter, their stalks and ovary together about two inches long. Sepals and petals 

 bright iight yellow, not spotted, linear oblong, acute, excisively crisped and undulated, of 

 nearly the same size, texture, colour. Label pink, with a deeper coloured apex. mem- 

 branous. a liitle wrapped round the column. and unitedjio ils edges at Ihe base, oblong, 

 threclobed, with a prominence bclow ihe middle and the vcins crested at the junction 

 of the niiddlelobe with the sidc oncs; sidelobes nearly llat,- middle lobe sessile, trans- 

 verse, obiuse, very much crisped. Column obovate , much sh6rter, than the la- 

 bcllum. with a winged margin and having 3 strong veins at its back, 



Lond. Journ. 1843. II. 671: Schomburgkia crispa Lindl. Sect. t. 10. On the Co- 

 renihyn, and morc frequeniiy on ihe Berbice, Schomburgk n. 193. 



7. BLETIA GLOIUOSA, lluc; Schomburgkia crispa Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. 23. 



53' 



