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ORCHIDES. 431 



cating, that the labeJIum is really calcarate, but that its spur is adherent to the 

 flower staikes as in Pelargonium. The mouth of its spur is shown at fig. 2. 

 B. Mag. t. 4302. 



37. BLETIA FLAVA. Laelia flava Lindl. B. Reg. 1839. Misc. 143. : 

 Pseudobulbis ovalibus 1— 2phyHis, foliis carnosis coriaceis planis 



subconvexis brevioribus, scapo ereclo foliis longiore squamulis quibus- 

 dam distantibus vaginato apice paucifloro, bracteis minimis acutis, se- 

 palis petalisque oblongo-linearibus obtusis, labelli lobo medio crispo 

 recurvo, lateralibus oblusis undulatis multo longiore. 



I believe a native of Mexico. Charles Lemoo's CoU. at Carclew. Flowered 39 



Flowers bright yeilow. 



Lindl. B. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. 62: Nearly allied to L. cinnabarina. but it appears to 



be of a smaller size, with much raore coriaceous leaves ; ihe flowers are a clear 



pure yellow , and not a brillant cinnabar colourj, and the laLpral lobes of the lip are 



obtuse not acute. 



Huc : Laelia caulescens Lmdl B. Reg. 1841. sub t. 1. 



Not of Mexico!!! Serra de Piedade Prov. Minas Geraes Martius. Rocky places coll. 



in the Serra do Frio District Brasil. 



38. BLETIA CAULESCENS. Laelia caulescens Lindl, B. Reg. XXVII. 1841. sub 1. 

 Folio coriaceo lineari-obiongo caule t-ereti longiore, scapo subdecem- 



floro, bracteis squamaeformibus erectis rigidis striatis, sepalis petalis- 

 que subaequalibus lineari-lanceolato acutis , labelli postici nudi lobo 

 interraedio obtuso crispo, lateralibus parum longiore. 



A species near L. cinnabarina. The flowers are apparenlly purple, and about the 

 size ofL. rubescens. The lip is perfectly destitute of all elevation or inequality. In 

 the herbar of von Martius is a sraaller plant from the same loc, wilh a ihree 

 flowered racerae, and much shorler leaves; iapp. it is a mere variety. From ihe 

 Serra de Piedade in the prov. of the Minas Geraes in Brazil. (Herb. Martius). 



39. BLETIA RUPESTRIS. Laelia rupeslris Lindl. B. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. sub 62. 



Pseudobulbo elongato monophyllo, folio oblongo erecto canaliculato, 

 scapo racemoso multifluro breviore, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis, 

 labelli circularis lobo intermedio obtuso margine crispo disco plano la- 

 teralibus obtusis, lineis elevatis rectis. Brazil. 



Found by Prof. Gardner in elevated rocky tracts in the Diamond District. „FIowers 



violet". Very near L. flava. 



40. BLETIA WENDLANDI. Laelia Wendlandi Rchb. fil. in litt. : 



„ Pseudobulbo Bletiae ancipitis ", foliis cuneato oblongis obtuse 

 acutis, panicuia pluriflora, ramis abbreviatis, sqamis triaiigulis quam 

 ovarii pedicellata multo brevioribus , perigonio subcoriaceo illi Laeliae 

 cinnabarinae aequali, sepalis petalisque ligulatis obtuse acutis, labelli 

 trifldi laciniis lateralibus triangulis obtusatis antrorsis , lacinia media 

 obovata crispula denticulata, lineis per discum ad apicem ternis, paulo 

 incrassatis , media apice undulata, columna basi iate alato dilatata, an- 

 Ihera biapiculata. — Guatemala. Wendland. 



B. Corifoliae planifoliae limbo serrulato. 



41. BLETIA LINDENI. Huc: Laelia Lindenii Lindl.in Orch. Lindcn. 



Scapo gracili tcreti; apice 4 — 10 floro, sepalis ovalibus acutis, petalis 

 oblongis oblusis, labello mullo majore obovato, subrolundo, bilobo, venis 

 omnibus infra medium dentatis, columna basi bidentata. 

 Cuba. Jun. 



