BIFRlCiNARlA. 



OBCHIDES. ' 551 



resemble a slipper. Wlien llalteiicil oiil: rliomJjoidal ou!li!ie. On upjier .side it is 

 liairy anil bears iii cenlre a oonspicuous 3toolboJ (leshy appentlage. Pollenmasses 

 in two pairs , eaeb jilaced upon a short strap, which connects it wilh a very narrow 

 crescent sbaped glaiul. 



Hook Bot. iMng. 4629. Van Hontte Flore des Serres VII, 731. (Eadeni icon). I.em. 

 III. Horiic. 232. 



14111). SrUTIC.^RIA Lmdl 



B. Reg. XXIX. 1843. p. 14. 



Flores ringentes antice in mentum roluiidatum producli, expansi. 

 Labellum continuum , membranaceum , trilobum , medio tuberculatum. 

 Columna semiteres. Pollinia 4, per paria in glandulam. utrinque acumi- 

 nalam medio dilatalam sessilia, extus angulata. Rhizoma arliculaturn, 

 ramosuin, ebulbe. Folia flagelliformia. 



1. SCUTICARIA STEELII Lindl. Bot. Reg. I. c. ,Huc: Maa;illaria Siedii Hook B.M. 3573 : 



Pseudobulbis oblongis annulatis raonophyllis , folio lungissimo hinc 

 canaliculato, scapo radicali brevi unifloro, perianthio connivente, Jabello 

 basi inlus glandula oblonga, lateribus inflexis, lobo intermedio obtusis- 

 sime bitido, 



Comni. from the slove of Jolin Moss Esq. Otterspool, near Liverpool, togelher wilh 

 a drawing by Miss iMoss, from which the accompanying Qgure was made. It was in- 

 Iroduced in Jnly of last year (36) by Rlatlhew Steele Esq. from Demerara. With tbe 

 flower of Maxillaria it has a foliat^e quite at variance with any described species of the 

 genus, attaining a height of two and even 3 feet, and proves a raost valuable addition 

 10 our Epiphytes. 



Perianthium flavum, pur|iureo adspersiiin. 

 Hot. Reg. XXIH. 1837. 1986; 

 Caule pendulo nano ramoso squamato, ramulis monopbyllis, foliis 

 longissimis flagelliformibus canaliculatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, se- 

 palis petalisque obtusiiisculis , labello Irilobo , lobis lateralibus erectis 

 rotundalis, inlermedii bilobi laciniis rotunriatis subcuneatis divergenti- 

 bus callo baseos elevalo apice obtuse tridentato. 



Folia 3—4 pedes longa, apice subulata. Flores flf.vi, maculis irregularibus ligrini; 

 labellum potius interrupte veiiosum, quain maculatum. Coliimiia semiteres. Poilinia 4, 

 in glandulam transversam utrinque aristatam sessilia, por iiaria disiincta glandulae 

 oggluiinata. Maxillaria flagellifvra Lindl. in hortis. 



1411 c. KOEI.i:.E]«rSTEI][¥IA //C/J&. ^/. 



Bonpl. II. 17. 



Perigonium herbaceum patulum, mentum valde breve. Sepala oblongo- 

 lanceolata acuta. Labellum unguiculalum , statim dilatatum in laminam 

 ambitu quadratam, basi rotundata cordatam sinubus angustis lateralibus 

 et emarginatura apicis (Cyrtopodii more) quadrilobam , lobi lalerales 

 rhombeo trianguli erecli, antici subaequales , longiores, unguis ad me- 

 dium usque incrassatus, callo incrassationis ibi abrupte emarginalo re- 

 ciso, callus alter inter utrumque lobum basilarem postice medio bidens, 

 inferne cavitatem sub se occullalam gerens, lateribus et antice laminae 

 labelli omnino adnatus. Gynostemium breve subcurvatum, anguli antici 



