544 ORGHIDES. 



CHALBARblA, 



Kefersteiniarum, foliis oblongo Janceolalis cuneatis, acuminatis, membra- 

 naceis. Pedunculi capillares, uniflori, flores illos Cyrtoperae Woodfordi 

 non aequantes. 



Genus oU labellura cum pynostemio haud ariiculaluni , tamen non apus , Steniae 

 quodammoilo affine visum dicavi ill. Chaubard de Ilora europaea meritissimo. 



1. CHAU15ARDIA SURTNAMENSIS: 



Yom Herrn Univcrsitatsgartner Kegel entdeckt bei Geiersvlyt in Surinam. Jeden- 

 falls im Van Houlteschen Garten. 



1410. TRICHO€E]VTRfJltI Popp. Endl. 

 Nov. Gen. el Sp. Pl. II. 2. — Liiidl. Boi. R.'g. XXVI. 1951. haec: 



Perianihiuin patens, liberum, aequale. Labellum. sessile cum basi co- 

 lumnae connatum, planum, bilobum , basi liunellostmi. Coliimna nana, 

 semiteres, crassa, ulrinque alala. Anlhera bilocularis, mutica, pollinia2, 

 complicata; caiidicula cuneata; glandula minula. — Herbae epiphytae 

 americanae acaules, foliis planis (aut nullis?); floribus radicalibus. 



A. Folia eqnilantia. 



1. TRICHOCENTROM IRIDIFOLIU.M G. Lodd. in litt. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838. XXIV. 

 Misc. 178: 



Foliis distichis linearilanceolatis carnosis. labello ovali obtuso indiviso 

 basi bilamellalo, columnae alis parvis obtusis integris. 



A small species wiih pale yellow flowers having ihe lip delicately streaked with 

 darker yellow. It was imporied by Mssrs. Loddiges from Demerara. 



2. TRICHOCE.NTRUM PLECTROPHORA Rchb. fil. Mss. Huc : IHeclrophora iridifotia 

 Focke Tidsch. Wis. Nat. VVetsch. I. 1848. 2l2 : 



Perianlhium connivens , sepala lineari oblonga carinala , in acumine 

 attenuala, palula; laleralia in calcar tubulosum rectum subcompressum 

 attenuata 2 cent. longum decurrentia, 17 mill. longa, 5lala. Pelala ma- 

 jora, oblongo obovata, apice rotundata, mitmlissime apiculata , plana, 

 labello incumbentia, 2 cent. longa. Labellum magnum, orbiculalum, cu- 

 cullatum basi acutum, columnam involvens, vitellino aurantiaco stiiatum 

 striis elevatis apice furcalis, disco bilamellato, iamellis basin versus ele- 

 vatioribus apice divergentibus. Columna nana, iii ovaiitim resupinata, 

 clinandrio biaurito, anlhera globosa bilocularis, subcarnosa albida, pol- 

 linia 2 oblongo obovala, compressa, in caudicula erecla , flava. Caudi- 

 cula Imearis, pollinia versus cuneata, dilatala. Glandula minuta ovalis. 

 Ovarium triquetrum Irialatum. Flores lutei. Herba epiphNla habilu On- 

 cidii iridifolii. Folia disticha, ensiforniia, eqiiitanlia, subcarnosa, demum 

 pseudobulbum formantia. Pedunculus loliis bievior 1 — 2 florus, 

 axillaris. 



Aprili. Surinani ad Boven Commowijne. 



B. Folia plana. 

 a. Calcar nullum. 



3. TRICHOCE.NTRUM CANDIDUM Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843. Misc. 18: 



Bracteis ovatis acutis, sepalis pelalisque ovatis acutis , labello ob- 

 longo emarginato basi obsolele bidentato ecalcarato, gibboso, columnae 

 alis ovalis acutis, anlhera villosa. 

 Guatemala. 



