434 ORCHIDES. bletia. 



Caule erecto, apice 1-phyllo; fol. subtereti subulato, sulcato; Qoribus 

 solitariis maximis pallide-luleolis ; sepalis lineari-lanceoiatis. labello 

 subcordiformi margme denliculalo apice in iigulam linearem aculam 

 desinenti. Mexico. 



Huc : Brassavola odoratissima Regel Garienfiora tab. XXXIIl. 

 Rchb. fil. Bpl. 11. 21. Caracas. 100'. Juli. Wagner. . 



46. BLETIA MARTIANA. Huc : Brasavola Marliuna Lindl. B. Reg. XXII. 1836. sub 1914. 

 B. Reg. XXV. 1839. 5. 



Labello ovali (aut ovalo) acuminato ciliato-denlato sessili; petalis se- 

 palisque linearilanceolatis acuminatis longioribus, clinandrio cucuUato 

 inciso. B. Keg. lol. 1914. in textu. 



Folia longa, teretia, supra sulcis tribus exarata, racemo subcorym- 

 boso duplo iongiora. Pedunculi laeves, teretes, sepalis longiores, pone 

 basin fusco -purpureo lincti. Sepala et petala lineari-lanceolala sub- 

 aequalia, palula. Labelluui ovalum aut ovale, acumiualum, timbriatua:, 

 basi luteum ; ungue brevi columnae appresso. Columna apice cucullata, 

 inflexa, fimbriata. (Perigonii foliola viridia). 



Berbice imp. Loddiges. Originally discovered by Dr. Von Marlius on ihe barks of the 



Rio Negro in Brazil. 



47. BLETIA AMAZONICA. Huc: Brasavola_,ximazonica. Popp. Endi. — Lindl. B. Reg. 

 XXV. 1839. sub 5. 



Beyond ihe reach of ordinary travellers occup.ving ihe branches of irees sur- 

 rounding lake ,,Egan", oae of ihe offsprings of the Amazons. 



48. BLETIA ANGCSTATA. Huc : Brasavola anguslala Lindl. B, Reg. 1838. XXIV. Misc. 6. 

 Sepalis petalibque linearibus acuminatissimis collo ovarii longioribus, 



labello ovato acuminalo serrulalo basi baud cucullato, clinandrii tri- 

 lobi iobo medio incurvo integro, laleralibus cuneatis flabellalis incisis. 

 A fine new species imporied from Dcmarara, by VVilmore Esq. of Oldford near Bir- 

 mingham. The Uowers are large and long-stalked, of a pale yellowish green. wiih 

 a narrow fringed whiie lip. It dilTers from B. cucullata in the lip noi being at all 

 cucullate at ihe base. The leavcs are very long and slender. 



Huc : Brassavula surinamensis Focke is Tijdschrift v. d. naaiuurk. Wetenschappen. 

 4. p. 71. 

 Foliis teretibus subulilormibus arliculalo-petiolalis unisulcatis, sepa- 

 lis et petalis aristato-attenuatis, labello oblongo-cordato acuminato re- 

 curvo timbrialo, clinandrii dentibus lateialibus laceratis, poslico integro 

 acuto procumbente, spica laxa pauciflora in axilla folii eoque mullo 

 breviore. 



Rhizoma annulaium, repens. Hadices crassao , albidae. Folium pedale , carnosum, 

 leres, subulilorme, mucronaiuni, arliculaio-pcliolaium , uno lalere sulcatum, vagi- 

 nainm. Spica axillaris, 3— 5-nora, folio niulio brevior, nutans. Perianihium patens. 

 Sepala et petala libera, aequitoiiga, .'iri.'bluto-aitenuata, pallide viridia. 4 ceiilia). longa. 

 Sep. lateralia subfalcaia approximaia ; "su|terius ereclum , basi convexum, apice obli- 

 quo-recurvum Peiala paullo angusiiora , planiuscula . deorsura iiicurva. Labellum 

 basi cucullatum, unguiculatum, ungue basi columnac adnaiu , oblongo-cordatuoi, acu- 

 minatissimum, limbi basi columnam amplectens , toto marginu fimbriatum, subrepan- 

 dum, opice recuivum, album, disco luieo , inde a basi callo loiigitndinali infra limbi 

 aiedium evanescenie instructo, 3 cenliiu. loiigum. Columna cum ovario continua, 

 marginatn, coiicava, alba, clinandiio aiitice biauritu, postice deniibus tiibus inslruclo. 

 quorum 2 laterales lacerato-Dmbriati , crecti , iutermedio integro acuto procumbente, 

 ceniiin. longa. Anihera lerniinalis , subglobosa, emarginaia, 4-locularis, septis margi- 

 natis. Pollinia 8, quorum 4 minora ovata , 4 majora compressa, cultriformia , lutea. 



