440 ORCHIDES. 



BLETIA. 



obtuso, margine eroso-sinuoso, basi hinc et illinc iobuio acuto aucto, 

 venoso nec carunculato; gynostenjio ereclo apice et antice oblique trun- 

 cato ; polliniis 8 per paria connatis, anlicis minimis. 



Sanliago di Cuba. 



F. Plicifoliae: foliis charlaceis phcalis. Pseudobulbosae pseudobulbo 

 depresso tumido. 



I. Labehi iaciniae omnes hmbo planae. 



aa. Labelli laciniae poslicae triangulae. 



66. BLETIA SECUNDA Lindl. B. Reg. XXVI. 1840. Misc. 120. 



Foliis oblongo — lanceolatis acuminalis 7 nerviis, floribus racemosis, 

 sepalis petalisque herbaceis subaeqiialibus , cunealo-oblongis secundis 

 collateralibus. labelli Irilobi laciniis lateralibus nanis ereclis, intermedia 

 obovata emarginata, margine inflexa secus mediura bilamellata. 



Flowers green slightly dotied witli crimson, with a straw colonred labelliim. Mexico. 



imp. Lodd. Il is remarkable for the sepals and petals being ali directed inio a plane 



parallel wiih tlie labellum and overlying ihe coiuran. 



Huc : Eulopltia dilatata Lindl. m Ann. nat. Hist. X. 1842. p. 184. 

 Foliis — , scapo stricto simphci , bracteis acuminatissimis ovario bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis , petaiis paulo obtusioribus et latiori- 

 bus, labello basi mutico biauriculalo, sursum dilatato obtuso: venis 5' 

 basin versus lamellalis. 



Mexico. Karwinslji herb. reg. Monac. Flowering scape more than 2' high. Sepals 

 about V4" long. 



bb. Labelli laciniae posticae longe cuneatae. 



67. BLETIA ADENOCARPA Rchb. fil. in Seemann Bonplandia IV. p. 216. 



68. BLETIA GRACILIS Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1681. B. Reg. XX. 1835. t. 1671. 



Sepalis petalisque subaequalibus lanceolatis acuminatis, labelh tri- 

 lobi lobis iateralibus rotundatis interniedio Iransverso emarginato undu- 

 lato: lamella solitaria in medio, foliis plicatis oblongo-lanceoiatis aculis, 

 subtus discoloribus. 



Pseudobulbi ovati, aggregati. piirpurei. Folia plicata . membranacea , laiitudine varia- 

 bilia, saepius unico tanium perfecto cuique pseudobulbo. Scapus lcrminalis gracilis. 

 pur|)uratus, V/2 pedes longus, erectus, calami corvini crassuudine , parc!^<ime sqna- 

 matus. apice racemum 3—4 florura gerens. Flores subringenies, sepali- petaliMiue 

 sordide luteis, roseo versus apices suffusis. labello basi roseo venis picto npice luieo. 

 Mexico. (Prov. Mexici Temascaltepec. Dr. Schiede in berb. de Roemer.) 



69. BLETIA PARKLNSONI Hook. Mag. LXVL 3736: 



Scapo simplici longissimo, sepalis petalisque lanceolato , linearibus 

 erectis, labelio oblongo trilobo lobis lateralibus brevibus, incurvis, inter- 

 medio ovali crispalo, disco lineis elevatis 5 undulatis. 

 Mexico. sent by Mr. Parkinson. 



Bulb lerreslrial, subglobose, but gibbous. Scape iwo feet and more long, slen- 

 der. jointed, with brownish , sheathing bracteas at ihe joints. Raceme seven to ten- 

 llowered. Flowers ralher more ihan an inch long. spreading. Sepals. petals, and 

 lip erect or closed. the iwo former equal, linearlanceolaie, ralher acuie ihan acumi- 

 naie, deep rose colour. Lip raiher looger ihaa ihe sepals, aad almQsl enclosed by 



