456 ORCHIDES. 



SPATHOGLOTTIS. 



5. SPATIIOGLOTTIS AFFLNIS De Vriese Illustr. t. 15: 



Tuberibus crassis, compressis, validis, laevibus; foliis ensiformibus, 

 lineari-lanceolatis , plicatis, acuminalis, niuUinerviis , pedalibus et ultra, 

 petiolatis , petiolo vagina oblongo-lanceolata , plicata instructo ; scapo 

 in singuli tuberis extremitate laterali et attenuato, sesquipedali; bracteato; 

 racemis erectis, miiltifloris, pedunculis fere pollicaiibus, erectis, bracteo- 

 latis; bracteolis liiiearibus; flore flavo; sepalis ovatis, obtusis, late pa- 

 lentibus; petalis lateralibus haec subaequantibus; labello trilobo, lobo 

 medio majore, elongato, fere obcordato, apice valde emarginato , basi 

 contracto , lobis lateralibus fere triangularibus, ad basin peculiari gib- 

 bositate instruclis; ovario pedunculo mullo minore, glabro. 



Species exclusae. 



SPATHOGLOTTIS FORTUNEl Lindl. = Pachystoma Fortnneiv 

 SPATHOGLOTTIS PARVIFOLIA Lindl. = Pachysloma parvifoUum. 

 SPATHOGLOTTIS PUDESCENS Lindl. = Pachystoma. 

 Huc? PAXTONIA Lindl. B. Reg. 1838. XXIV. Misc. 113, Tr.b. 61. 

 Perianthium 6 phyllum, petaloideum, patens, aequale. Columna libera 

 clavata semiteres. Pollinia 8, angusta, clavata, cohaerentia. Stigma 

 verticale rimo transverso sub rostello. — Herba caespitosa, pseudobulbosa- 

 foliis plicatis, racemo multitloro, radicali, foliorum longitudine. 



The leaves are long, narrow, and sligthly plaited, and proceed from an oblong pseudo- 

 bulb, which is marked with circular scars indicating whence they lall. The llowers 

 are a purplish-lilac, ralher larger than a shilling, and grow upon a stem about a 

 foot high, in a somewhat corymbose raceme* They look like those of a Thelymitra, 

 but ihe structure of iheir column is entirely different. 



PAXTONIA ROSEA Lindl. B. Reg. XXIV.^1838. 60. 

 Pseudobulbi dense aggregati , oblongi, cicatricibus foliorum annu- 

 latis, 3 phylli. Folia lanceolata , plicata, basi angustala , subpedalia, 

 basi squamis ovatis concavis acutis fuscis vaginata. Scapus erectus, 

 radicalis, foliorum longitudine calami scriptorii crassitudine, squamis 

 2 — 3 ovatis distantibus vaglnatus. Bracteae ovatae, acutae, patulae, pedi- 

 cellorum longiludine. Flores rosei, fere sesquiunciam lati ; pedicellis 

 gracilibus ovarii longitudine. Sepala et petala conformia , aequalia, ob- 

 longa, acuta, 3 — A'" lata; labello antico. Columna erecta, teres. antice 

 pauio complanala , apice suclavata , rosea , petalis brevior ; clinandrii 

 margines crassi sublobati. Manilla. Mr. Hugh Cuming. 



Planta disparuit. cjuae forsan extra Mnniliam nullilii nisi in herbario Lindleyano et 



meo reperienda. Ipse vivam cultam ante sedecim annos Lipsiae vidi florcntem. 



III. Lindley nuper suspicatus cst, Spaihogiottidis esse peloriam, quod ex quo quando 



conflrmatum erit nec ne, acerrimum seu phantasticissimum. 



1387. ARUIVDIIVA Bl. 



Bij. Nr. 401 



1. ARUNDINA DENSA Lindl. B. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 26: 



Labello obovalo-subrotundo quadrilobo apirulato laciniis rotundatis, 

 lamellis 3 subaequalibus crispatis lectis, pelalis oblongis foliis subae- 

 qualibus. 



Sincapore. Cuming. 

 Fiowcrs as large as these of A. bambusifolia. rosy violct, with crimson-bordered lip, 

 sweetscented and vcry handsome. forming a close head atul not a long loose raceme. 



