AMBLUSTOMA. 



ORCHIDES. 485 



36. KLLliANTUUS HAEMATOXANTIIUS. Evdynu haeinatoxaiUha Rclib. lil. JJpI. II. 238: 



aff'. E. aureae: foliis pergameneochartaceis nec subcoriaceis duplo 

 lalioribus, gynostemio utrinque sub apice acutangulo nec mctlio , plica 

 per labellum, bracteis latioribus. 



(Obs. E. lupiilina Lindl. bracteas habet apice ciilatas floribus duplo longiores.) — 

 Caulis calamura aquilinum crassus , subbipedalis. Folia 4. Vaginae nervosae cica- 

 iricibus rotundis hinc illinc deprossis. Folium quintum parvum vaginans. Racemus 

 strobilinus conicus densus. Vaginae 2 scariosae ovatae acutae in basi. Bractcae ob- 

 longae acutae nervosae llores aequantes. Ovaria minutissime muriculata. Sepala 

 iriangula apiculata, laleralia exius carinata. Tepala linearia nunc subfalcata ; apice 

 obtusiuscula. Lnbellum late flabellatum , apice semiovato productum, limbriato denti- 

 culatum . nunc trilobum. l*Iica iransversa per discura. Galli gemini in basi. Gyno- 

 stemiHm crassum labello paulo brevius ; angulus acutangulus ulrinque in latere ; 

 roslellum cordatum apiculo in medio interjecto; mentulum gyrosum sub fovea. 

 Rluthen roth mit gelber Lippe. Ocanna. Juli. 4000'. Nr. 25. Schlira. 



Subordo III. VA.]¥nEJLE. liindl. 

 1398. b. AJflBItOSTO^A Scheidw. 



Otto und Dietrich Allg. Gartenz. 1838. 383. 



Perianlliium subconnivens. Sepala aequalia, basi connata , concava, 

 apice inflexa. Petala angustiora, retlexa. Labellum cuneiforme, intus 

 bicristalum. cum columna truncala in urceolum connatum; pars libera 

 ascenclens digilatotrifida. Anthera applanata late cordata, obtusa , qua- 

 drilocellaris ; pollinia 4, sphaerice per paria cohaerentia. 



AMBLOSTOMA TRIDACTYLUM Rchb. fil. Huc : Epidendrum tridactylum Lindl. in 

 B. R. XXIV. Misc. 81 : 



Caule fusiformi gracili apice distiche folioso , foliis anguste oblongis 

 apice paulo angustatis obtusis cum mucronulo, spica terminali tripar- 

 tila mulliflora foliis longiore, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis patentibus in- 

 curvis lateralibus majoribus, petalis spathulatis linearibus apice incurvis, 

 labello ascendente tripartito basi bicalloso: laciniis linearibus carnosulis 

 lateralibus margine involutis intermedia breviore plana , c olumna brevi 

 crassa cuneala labello omnino adnata. 



A curious Drazilian Orchid with smaller llowers , than any otlier species of ihe 

 genus yet in the gardens. I am obliged for it to Stephen Cannon, Esq. of Stralfonl* 

 Green. The Uowers are a pale browni^h yellow, except the column. which is grecn, 

 shorl, tbick, nnd wedge shaped. Flowered in the stove in May, for ihe tirst time. 



Lindl. Folia Epideudrum Nr. 290: VVild in Drazil, in dense tufts on large irees in 

 ihe Organ Mountains, Gardner 626. The reputed country of this . viz. Mexico, is 

 no doubi a Garden error. 



Huc: Amblostoma cei'nua Scheidw. I. c. : 

 Caulis herbaceus, erectus, simplex, foliosus, arliculatus, basi vagina- 

 tus. Folia lanceolata, sessilia, subcoriacea, oblnsa. subcarinata, mucro- 

 nala. Flores in apice caulis, racemosi, parvi, alterni, pedicellati, bracteati. 

 Racemi simplices vel subramosi , cernui. Sepala concava, coniventia, 

 ititns purpureo punctala. Labellum ct petala flavescenlia. 



Ans dem kriechenden Rhizom ireiben mebrere einfache gcglicderte Slangcl von 

 r Lange. Ueber der Wurzei sind dieselbcn so dick wie Rabenfedern ; gegen die 

 Milte nimmi die Dicke zu und ganz oben nimmt sie wieder ab. Fiinf bis scchs 

 Blaiter stehen wechselsweise an den obern Gliedern. Die untern sind von trockiieii 



