448 ORCHIDES. isochilds. 



3. ISOCHILUS CRASSIFLORUS. Rich. et Gal. tab, 20. Annales des sc. nat. 1845. Janv. 



p. n. 



Foliis dislicliis oblongo-Ianceolatis, obtusis ; floribus roseis, carnosis; 

 spica uniiaterali; bracleis oblusis, labello longe unguiculato lanaina ovali 

 apiculata. Mexico. 



4. ISOCHILUS LATIBRACTEATUS. Rich. et Gal. Annales des sc. nat. 1845. Jan. p.22. 

 Foliis distichis lineaiibus obtusis; floribus intense purpureis spicatis; 



spica lerrninali lecurva unilalerali bracteosa; bracteis suborbicularibus 

 obtusis. Mexico. 



5. ISOCHILUS C.\RNOSI FLORUS Lindl. Gard. Chronicle 1845. 



1376. ABPOPHYfiliU]»! Llav. et Lex. 

 iNov. Veg. descr. 2. 19. 



1. ARPOPHiXLUM SPICATUM Llav. et Lex. I. c. L. 0. 151:,Lindl. Ann. herb. Hist. 

 1840. IV. p. 384 : 



Folio carinato arcualo, pedunculo spatha brevioi^e. Mexico. Hartwg. 

 Flowers deep purple, arranged in a spiko tibout 3" long. 



Lindl. B. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 16. : 

 Reached England in a living siate. The stem is slender and 1' or ly^' high, wiih ihe 

 sheaihs as rough as shagreen leather. Ii is tcrminaied by one long curved leaf, from 

 the axil of which there curves in an opposite direciion a dense spike of pink or pale 

 purple flowers, It is a species of great rarily even in Mexico . where it has hilherio 

 been only seen at Sultepec and near Aricubaro , growing upon trees. It belongs to 

 Epidendreae near Ponera, and not to Vandeae. Beniham pl. Hartwg. 72(LindI.)1839: 

 Hacienda del Carmen. Mexic. Hariweg. 



2. ARPOPHYLLUM ALPLNUM Lindl. in'PI. Harlweg. p. 93, 1842. 



Folio oblongo plano mucronato, peduncuio spalha breviore s. ei sub- 

 aequali, racemo denso ceinuo. Lindl. 



la moutibus Totonicapan , alt. 10,000', in Alnum mexicanam , supra Quercuum re- 

 gionem ; nec non juxta Cliatepeque , et rupibus horridis loco „Canada de lodos 

 Santos" diclo. Mexico. Hartweg. 



3. ARPOPHYLLUM. CARDIN.\LIS Lind. Rchb. fil. in Bpl. II. 282. 



afl". Arpophyllo giganteo folio bipedali supernc vernixio, spalha bene 

 rugulosa sexpollicari, racemo cylindraceo elongato , peiigonio floi-ido 

 ovarium dimidiuin aequanle, perula modica, lepalis ligulatis acutis, ser- 

 rulatis, labello prope reclo , sacco antico et basilari subaequalibus, gy- 

 nostemii dorso valde caiinato , androclinio postice valide tridentalo, 

 rostello rotundato medio acuto. 



Inlernodium infra foliaceum spithamaeura vagina una ancijiiti acuia uirintiue rugulosa 

 vestitum. Pedunculus , ovaria muricubta. Mentum obiusum. Perula rlfecta ex la- 

 belli impressione iii sepala latcralia haud conspicua iransversa, Gynostemii fovea 

 ellipiica, limbus inferiyr prope reclus , medio tamen basin versus angulalus. anguli 

 prominuli in marginibus lateralibus desunt . protuberanlia basilaris conspicua. — 

 Bluthen rosa. Lippe 5—6000'. Ocanna. December. — Nr. 1186. Schlim. — Pescato- 

 rea t. 45. 



4. ARPOPHYLLUM GIGANTEUM, Lindl. Ann. nat. hist. IV. 1840. p. 384. 



Folio ensiformi, plano , pedunculo spatha multo longiore. 

 Must be at leasi 3' high ; its flowers are pale lilac, and disposed in a spike from 

 6—7" long. 



Lindl. in PL Harlw. p. 32. : inler Tanetze et Talea Mexici. Hartwegl 



