444 ORCHIDES. bletia. 



Bletia acutipetala Hook. B. M. 3217. (N. S. V. VII). 33. 

 Sepalis quonim duobns medio lamellatis petalisque conniventibus 

 ovatis valde acutis aequalibus, labelli disco lamellis 5 reclis subundu- 

 latis. lobis lateralibus ovalis , intermedio apice dilatato .crispato, scapo 

 radicali alato ramoso, fobis ensiformibus plicatis. 



Limodonm allum Jacq. Ic. Rar. v. 3. t. 602. vix L. 



Perjgonii foliola 5 rosea , sepalis inferioribus albido striatis;' labelli 

 lobo medio flavo, albo cristato, labelli apice obscure violaceo. 



B. florida and verecunda, ils ntoie.st allies, are native.* of the Wesi Indies; this of 

 South Carolina, whence h was directly received at the Liverp. B. G. It may possibly 

 be the Bl. verecunda (Cymi).) of Norih americam authors : and il is, I think, certainly. 

 the Limod. altum of Jncquin : there the peials are acute , and the elevaled line or la- 

 mina is distinclly represenled in ihe flg. 

 Obs. Hic iocorum inserenda videiur ; 



Bletia verecunda RBr. Kew. V. 206. DC. 1. c. : 

 Sepalis ovalibus cuspidato acutis subpatentibus, petalis oblongis ob- 

 tusis supra columnam fornicatis, labelli lobo medio latiore, quam longo 

 undulato, disco coslis 5 simplicibus, scapo radicali ramoso, foliis ensi- 

 formibus, bracteis ovato lanceolatis, majusculis. 

 Ins. Caraib. LO. 126. Limod. all. L. Jacq. Ic. Rar. IH. 602. 



Flore intense purpurei, labello concolore', costis ut in prioribus luteis. 

 Huc forsan pertinet : 



Blctia yniriiurca DC. 1. c. 



Sepalis ovalilanceolatis subpatenlibus petalisque acutiusculis supra 

 columnam fornicatis, labelli disco costis 7— 9rectis indivisis, lobis lale- 

 ralibus abbrevialis ovalibus, intermedio cuneato crispo, scapo parce 

 ramoso radicali, foliis ensiformibus, bracteis minimis. 

 Bahamas ex Mich. et Rich. 



Limod. purp, Lam. dic. III. 515. nec Lin. nec Mich. ad Calopog. lcnell. rc- 

 fer. Red. iil. 2. t. 83. 

 Floribus purpureo-roseis, labelli lobo medio concolore. imo iniensiori. 

 Obs. Icon vere execrabilis Redouliana mihi churtam lineis coloribusque fucatam, net 

 iconem botanica scientia dignam refert. — Icon turpior adhuc exslat in Paxt. Mag. 

 146. — Forsan pro infaniibus Anglorum ? Rchb. fll. 



82. BLEm P.\TULA Hook. B. Mag. 3518 (N. S. X. 36). 



Foliis radicalibus lanceolatis plicato-nervosis, scapo alato subramoso, 

 floribus patentissimis, sepalis lanceolatis-ellipticis basi attenualis sub- 

 aequalibus palulis, labello cucullato, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, niedio 

 emarginato Iransverso plicalo. disco lamellis 6 subramosis inaequalibus. 



Received at ihe Bot. G. Edinburgh from Dr. Fischer St. Peiersburgh 1850. withoul 



speciflc name, marked as nalive of Hayti. 

 Perianihium roseum, lamellis candidis. 



Lindl. Pl. Lind. 1846. p. 10. N. 58. Sandy hills of Yatera in Cuba. Flowers large 



bright purple, leaves lanceolate 17»' long, pseudobulbs very strong , roundish oval , 



steni IV2' high. 



Bletia palula Hook. Lindl. Paxl. FI. G. IL 69. N. 335 c. Xyl. 167. 



Irap. from Hayii. — Mr. Linden: Yalera in Cuba. In general habit as B. verecunda, 



still more like U. Sphrplierdii; its lip is however in no degree 3 lobcd, although 



from ihe manner in wiiich ii is folded on cach side of the end it looks as it if 



were so. 



Obs. BLETIA PURPURATA Rich. et Gal. An. sc. nat. 1845. Jan. p. 23, 



