^LETIA. 



ORCHIDES. 433 



Sectionem C. cum E. combinandam judicavi, ob difficultatem jiidi- 

 candi folia „ Brassavolarum" ex nodosae affinitate ad icones Anglorum. 



Ego except.a una B. venosa, quae et nobis folia fert planiuscula, sal- 

 lem Iranssectione semilunari, semper alias reperi foliis teretiusculis sul- 

 catis. .Sed Anglorum icones recedunt. Putavi olim folia aduita fieri 

 planiora — num recte ? 



D. Vomerifoliae: folio triquetro. Pseudobulbosae. 



44. BLETIA PDMILIO. Huc : Drassavola Pumilio Rchb. fil. Linnaea XVIIL p. 418. 

 Rhizomale repente pseudobulbifero, p.seudobulbis minimis, oblongis, 



unifoIiis(?), foliis coriaceis obiongis obtuse acutis, scapis unifloris ex 

 spathis pusillis inembranaceis erumpentibus, vaginatis, bracteis vaginatis 

 membranaceis pediceilo aequalibus, sepalis petalisque aequalibus lan- 

 ceolatis cuspidatis ovario aequalibus, labello oblongo-cordato acuminato, 

 gynostemio brevi, androclinio integre alato. — 



Ich kenne von dieser niedlichen Pflanze blos ein Exemplar in der Saramlung des 

 Hrn. V, Romer. Die Trugknollen sind 2'". die Blatter 5'", der haarfeine Schaft T", 

 die Kelchblatter 5-6'", die Lippe 5"', die Saule P/^"' lang. — Da die Blatter alle ab- 

 gefallen sind, kann ich nicht bestimmen , ob die Trugknollen ein- oder zweiblatirig 

 sind. Die Biiithe scheint weiss gewesen zu sein . an der Basis der Lippe zeigt sich 

 ein dunkler Fleck. Die Anthere ist 4fachrig , die 2 binteren Facher sind deutlich 

 2fachrig. an den vorderen kann ich dieses nicht deuilich wahrnehmen. — Tropisches 

 Mexiko. Leibold. 

 Nunc ipse habeo bona specimina Schaffneriana. 



C. et E. Cepulifoliae. Foiia seu teretiuscula seu teretiuscula applanata. 

 a a. Labellum fimbriatum. 



45, BLETIA CUCULLATA. Huc : Brassavola cuciUlata Br. Kew. Ed. 2. Vol. V. 216. 

 Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. V. 85. c. Xyl. 



This cut represems a flower of what I believe to be B. cucullata, almost lost 

 in English gardens. It is pure white and remarkable for the manner in which its 

 long lail-like lip and other floral divisions "fall to one side as soon as they are dis- 

 engoged from each olher in ihe bud. In the foliage ihere is nothing to distinguish 

 the plant from several other species. If the old flg. of Bot. M. 543 is to be trusted 

 the lip must be subject lo some varialion in form ; but we have no plant now in 

 culiivation , which corresptnds with that flgure , nor has such a plant boen marked 

 in berbaria. 



Var. cuspidata. Huc : Brassavola cuspidata Hook. B, Mag. XIII. N. S. 3722. 

 Caule unifloro, labello triiobo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis parce fim- 



briato-dentatis, intermedio longissimo cuspidato subuliformi integerrimo, 



sepalis petalisque longe acuminatis. 



John Moss. Esq. of Olterspool LiverpooL Trinidad. sent by Robert Esq. Most 

 nearly allied to B. cuculi.ita lir. (Epidendr. cucullat. B. M. 543.) That species 

 however has the middle lobe of the lip much broader at the base and deeply flm-" 

 briated for the general parl of its length , having the apex alone entire, In our 

 plant ihe lobe in queslion is subulate and almost quite entire. 



Perigonium candidum flaveolo (labellum) et roseo (laciniae perigonii) adspersura, 

 Huc : Brassavola appendiculata. Rich, et GaL lab. 21. Ann. sc. nat. 1845, p. 23. 

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