ORNITHOCEPIIALLS. 



ORCIIIDES. 495 



12. ORNITHOCEPHAbtJS CILIATUS Lindl. Ann. n;u. hist. IV 1840. p. 384: 



Sepalis petalisque laUoribus membranaceis rotundalis reflexis ciliato- 

 fimbriatis, labello carnoso cordato canaliculato acuminalo apice dilalato 

 obtuso membranaceo, rhachi hispida. 

 Demerara. Loddiges. 



Nearly. lelated to Myrticola, froni which it diff. in its fringed pet. and in the dila- 

 ted rounded membranous apex of its fleshy lip. 



Hook. Lond. J. II. 1843. p, 672. Brilish Guiana. Schomburgk ! 



13. ORiNITHOCEPHALUS GRANDIFLORUS Lindl. Ann. sc. nat. hist. IV. 1840. p. 383: 



Racemo erecto stricto glabro, bracteis oblongis obtusis herbaceis, 

 pelalis labelloque cymbiformi saccato denticulalis, basi cristala biloba 

 transversa carnosa erosa aucto, clinandrio marginato denticulato. 



UrasiL mont. Organ. Gardner 633. / 



Large yellovv llowers. Fine sp. The leaves are oblong, obtuse, obscureiy veined 

 and appariintly much thinner than is usual in ihis genus. 



14. ORNITHOCEPHALUS KRUEGERI Rchb. lil. Mss.: 



Folils ensiformibus hgulatis apiculatis, radicibus calvis, pedunculo 

 hispido sursum racemoso , bracteis triangulo navicularibus arclis supra 

 nervum medium et limbo hispido papillosis, ovariis pedicellatis hispido- 

 papihosis , sepalis tepalisque cuneato ovatis, serrulatis, sepalis extus 

 papillosis, labello trilobo, lobis posticis semiovatis angustissimis , iobo 

 antico flabeilato apice retuso serrulato denle rnedio maximo, callo cochleato 

 inlus lomentoso in basi labelli antice raedio in dentem planum apice 

 serrulalum excurrenle. 



Trinitatis Insula. Kruger. 



15. ORNITHOCEPHALUS AVICULA Rchb. fll . VVullschlg. Mss.: 



Foliis ensiformibus cuneato oblongis acutoacuminalis, radicibus parce 

 papilloso muriculatis, pedunculo hispido sursum racemoso, bractei^ ovato 

 Iriangulis dorso ac limbo hispidulis , ovariis pedicellatis hispidopapil- 

 losis, sepahs tepahsque bene majoribus cuneato ovatis , sepaHs limbo 

 parce serrulatis, dorso hinc papillosis , tepahs limbo serrulatis , labello 

 Irilobo iigulato , lobis posticis prope obliteratis , lamina antice liguiato 

 flabcllala antice emarginata cum apiculo. 

 Surinam. Wullschlaegel. 



1404. CIKRHAEJl Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. 930. obiter sub Rodriguezia secunda U. B. Kth, 



a. Labelh pars antica saccata. 



1. CIRRHAEA SACCATA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXV. Misc. 121. (1839 :) 



Pseudobulbis ovalis obtuse tetrapteris inter angulos costatis, foliis 

 oblongis plic«tis sub-septem-cosfatis in pseudobulbo, omnino sessilibus, 

 scapo pendulo trigono ; racemo multifloro, sepalis oblongis obtusis iate- 

 ralibus margine revolutis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis oblusis basi teretibus 

 compressis, labelli lobo medio galeato saccato. 



Flowered in Woburn Abbcy, B6dford. The middle lobe of la])ellum has very 

 mucli ihe form of inany Salyria. General uppearaiice of the oiher species , hut its 

 rnceme is nearly a fool long, nnd tlic dull yellow gccn llowers are iwice as large 

 as those ol any before discovered. 



,,Huc: Cirrhaca fuacohiloa, Rot. Mog. which is a dilfcrcnt planl.'' 



