ORNiTHiDiuM. ORCHIDES. 491 



forme gerens , basi foliis cauliiiis vicinis vagiiialus. reiliiiiculi axillares numerosi, 

 fasciculali, uniflori, divaricaii quaniloquc nulantcs, inferiie bracleis allernis, cylinclricis 

 vestiti. supernc nucli, teretts , haud (lexuosi , uniariiculati , pollice parum longiores. 

 Ovarium cyliudricum , tenue. Flores recti iiec resujiinaii, mudiocres , sordide albidi, 

 lubello roseo, sepalis inflmis palulo deflexis , primo visu diversum geuus indicare vi- 

 dentur. Sepala omnia plus minusve laxa , invicem haud cotuigua , acutiuscula : su- 

 periora tria erecta , supremum lineare laiiceolalum , paulio convuxuin , interioribus 

 convergentibus, infertie altenuatis, obliquis iongius : iniima cum processu columnae 

 brcvi subtus connata, basi truncaia ovalaque , apicem versus attenuala, obliqua,, laxa, 

 deflexa , inde sacci congenerum vix vestigia praebentia. Labellum cum columnae 

 processu articuiatum , ad mediam laminam ascendens , concavum', superne laxum, de- 

 flexum, lateribus revolulum , sepalis lougius, obovato oblongum , integrum, obtusum, 

 antice emarginatum , denticulatum , tenuissime ciliatum , supra nudum , sublus carina 

 ancipite, apicem versus in mucronem uncinatum, membranaceum excurrenie armatum- 

 Columaa basi breviter producta, caelerum tenuis , curvata, apice incrassaia , nuda, 

 labelli parte adscendente longior, sepalis brevior , alba. Anthera galeam referens, 

 conica, obtuse apiculata, subdidyraa, valde carnosa, intus bilocularis. Polliuis massao 

 bigcminae, inaequales , majori minorem, inferne subconnatam vaginante. Operculum 

 glandulae siigmatis deltaideum , denticulatum. 



17. OUNITHIDIUM MIiMATUM Lind. Bot. Reg. XXXI. 1845. Misc. 65: 



Caulescens, pseudobulbiferum, foliis oblongo-loratis pntentibus apice 

 oblique rotundatis mox margine serrulatis. floribus axillaribus laxe ex- 

 serlis, pedunculis unifloris, sepalis petalisque ovatis aculis glabris, la- 

 bello basi concavo nectarifero apice trilobo, laciniis lateralibus brevibus 

 oblusis ascendenlibus intermedia late ovata vei retusa subundulata. 



Habit of Ornilhidium coccineum , but il is much bandsomer, having rich crimson 

 flowers. Lip quile diflerenlly lobed and pai iially lurned downwards : it is of yellovv 

 colour but edged and blotched with crimson. Coiumbia. 



Ornithidium miniatum Lindl. Rchb. fll. in Bpl. II. 18. Caracas, Wagener. 



1«. ORNITHIDIUM VESTITUM Rchb. fll. Cymbidium veslitum Sw. Camaridium veslHum 

 Lindl. Huc : Ornitliidium parviflorum (Scaphyglollispurviflora Endl. Popp.) Rchb. fll. 

 in Donpl. II. 19 : 



Caulescens: caule repente, densissime paieaceo vaginalo, hinc pseudo- 

 bulbifero, radicibus ramosis tenuissimis, pseudobulbis oblongoligulatis 

 compressis nunc dipliyilis , foliis ligulatis utrinque attenuatis , apice 

 acutiusculo retusis , vaginis stipantibus carinalis lanceis pseudobulbo 

 ipsi subaequalibus , florum minutorum fasciculis ex axillis vaginarum 

 stipantium, pedunculis sqamatis, bractea falcata flosculum subaequante, 

 mento magno, sepalis oblongis acutis, tepalis angustioribus, labello a cu- 

 neata basi dilatalo, medio trilobo, lobis lateralibus obtusangulis abbre- 

 viatis , lobo medio ligulalo obtuso longe producto, carina transversa 

 me(iio antice emarginata inter utiumque lobum iateralem, fovea in basi, 

 irynostemio crasso, androclinio ulroque angulo anticc breviler bracbiato, 

 sligmatis labio inferiore prominulo. 



Bliithen weiss. Caracas. Wagener. Auch in uusern Garten nichl selten, z. B. als 

 Maxillaria igiieu {II) u. s. w. 



MAXILLARIA tXIGUA l{gi. {Sopliruntlis ockroleuca H. Petro|.ol ) hul. liort. Petrop. : 

 Caulescens, caule radicanle jiseudo-bulbifero , vaginis membranaceis acutis yostito. 

 Pseudobulbi ovati vel oblongi , coinprcssi , ancipitcs , deinde sulcati, usquc polliceni 

 longi et ad y, pollicis lati , basi vaginis distichis convexis fulti , apice folium unicum 

 ferentes. Folia lineari-Ianceolaia . acuta , coriacea, carinata, usque 3 polUce.s longa 

 ct '/o pollicem latu. Racemi axillares 2— 4-flori; pedunculo brevi , bractois distichis 

 imbricatis concavis acuminaiis munito; floribus miniir.is, ochroieucis, immaculatis; pe- 



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