BLETIA 



ORCHIDES. 429 



B. Reg. Ih39. XXV. 54: 

 Pseudobulbi ovati, sulcati, dipliylli, Folia anpuste lanceolala, ereclo- 

 palula, scapo breviora. Racemus erectus , 3 — 5florus. Bracleae ovalae, 

 durae, obtusae, sessiles, oanae. Sepala candida. apice rosea , oblonga, 

 lanceolata, palnla. Petala breviora, oblonga , obtusiora , revoluta, con- 

 colora. Labellum obovatum, trilobum, 3 lamellatum: laciniis laterali- 

 bus obtusis, intermedia obtusa apiculata undulata rubescente mullo bre- 

 vioribus ; lamellae labelli luteae purpureo punctatae. Columna elongata 

 glabra. Oaxaca. 



B. Reg. XXVII. 1841. Misc. 21.: 



Mr. Barker communicated a curious monster of this pretty plant, 

 ■with the dorsai" sepal united to the back of the column by means 

 of a thin plate resembling a small.knifeblade. What is very singulari: 

 every flower of the specimen was in the same state. 



B. Reg. XXIX. 1843. Misc. 16. : ' 



A beautiful variety of t.Jiis with a violet lip, painled at the basewith 

 purple veins, has flowered with Lawrence at Ealing Park. 



Huc: Laclia discolor A. Ricli. u. Gal. Ann. sc. nat. 1845. Jan. p. 23: 



Scapo terniinali floribus sordide roseis racemosis: labello purpureo 3-lobo, lobis 

 lateralibus oblongis, intermedio'suborbicu!ari obluso margine sinuoso crispo in disco 

 laraellis luteis noiato. Mexico. 



««?s «00. Vulgo paniculatae. 



34. BLETIA TIBICINIS. Huc; Epidendrum tibicinis Baiem. Mag. B. Reg. XXIV. 1838. 

 Misc. 12. 

 Caulibus cylindraceis 3— 4phyUis, foliis ovatis crassissimis triplo lon- 



gioribus, scapo altissirao giganteo in racemum multiflorum desinente, 



floribus — . 



Hab. in Honduras Skinner. By far ihe most magniflcent species of tiie genus, Flo- 

 wers of ihe size of Cattleya labiata, but I have not ihe means of giving their specidc 

 character. Scape 3 yards long. The hollow cyiindrical stems are used as trumpels 

 by ihe native children : hence the name. 



B. Reg. 1844. sub 23. : Schomburgkia tibicinis Bat. : Its pseudobulbs between one 

 and two feet long, are quite bollow , and as smoolh Jinside as the outside of a 

 Baniboo; at their base there is always a small hole, which leads to the interior, nnd 

 furnishes access to colonies of anls, which are conslanlly found inhabiting the 

 plant. 



B. Reg. XXVH. 1841. Misc. 119.: 

 Schomburgkia tihichm fiatem. in Htt. Pseudobulbis conicis cornu- 

 ioimibus annulis siilcatis 3 pliyllis, (1 — {% — 2'), foliis oblongis coria- 

 cei? patentibus, scapo — 10' iongissimo tereti distanter squamato apice 

 paniculato , panicula pyramidali laxiflora , sepalis petalisque undulatis 

 crispis , labello oblongo venis per medium elevatis approximatis: laci- 

 niis lateralibus apice rotundatis, intermedia subrhombea emarginala. 

 The cow-horn orchis of Honduras is sent by Skinner. Lady Acland brought Mowers. 

 The flowers (exhib. at. Horl. Soc.) when fully expanded nre about 2'/^" wide, a dcep 

 pink speckled with white on their ouiside, rich chocolate red wilhin. The lip is 

 white in the middle , but «lecp rosc colour at the side , with a short chocolaie red 

 middle lobe. Flowcring siem 8—9' long! ! 



Bat, Orch. Mex. GuatjSsl84I. 130.: Flowers 2'A" across. Scpals and petals dark 

 chcsnut brown insidc, and dirly pourplo outhsidc. Lip wholc of the inside white wilh 



