554 ORCHIDES 



COLAX. 



peculiar roumled form of the sepals. 1 believe it is no longer in our gardens ; for 

 C. piacanthera is usually cultivaied under iis name. 



Huc: Maxillaria placanthera Hooii. Bot. Reg. XXVII. 1841. Misc. 103: „ anlhera 

 plana acuta." 



Huc: Colax placanlhei'a Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. 1843. sub Misc. 65: 

 Sepalis lineari-oblongis obtiisis inlus seciis medium seriatim macu- 

 lalis, petalis angustioribus omnino conformibus maculatis, labelli angusti 

 trilobi minute pubescentis laevis lacininiis lateralibus acutis nanis, inter- 

 media dilatata rotundata cuneata, columna apice lobala versus basin bi- 

 sulca pubescente. 



Brazil. 



I was cerlainly wrong in referring this plant to C. viridis, from which it differs 

 in its sepais and petals being much narrower , the flowers less green, ihe lip larger, 

 and of a dilTorent form in its upper lobe, 



Rchb. fil. in v. Schl. D. Z. 1852. 669 : Colax. Hr. Garteninspeclor Bouche zeigle 

 mir im Ncuschoneberger Garten Exemplare von Colax placanthera Lindl. und Colax 

 ^viridis Lindl. Er hatte sie von derselben Mutterpflanze, miihin fallen beide Arten 

 zusammen. Hierher gehort noch Maxillaria cynnocheile Hffg. ! 



3. COLAX MODESTIOR Rchb. til. in Otto Hamb. Gartzg. 1860. 14. 



1412. BATEMAliriA Lindl. 



Bot. Reg. XX. (1835.) 1714. 



Flores ringentes; sepala patentia, lateralia unguiculata, basi aequalia, 

 pelala sepalis laliora , basi obliqua, pedi producto columnae adnata; 

 iabellum cum columna articulatum trilobum, cucullatum; columna semi- 

 teres, basi elongata, clinandrio marginato; anthera parva , bilocularis; 

 membranacea ; pollinia 2, postice biloba, glandula triangulari, caudi- 

 cula nulla. 



1. BATEMANIA COLLEYI Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1. c. : 



Epiphyta. Pseudobulbi ovati subtetragoni . lucidi , olivacei , subcorrugati, ovi galli- 

 nacei magniiudine. Folia 2—3 obovato oblonga, plicata , basi angustata. Racemus ra- 

 dicalis, pendulus, scmipedalis, laxe 5—10 florus. Bracteae rhombeae, siriatae, cucu- 

 latae, inOatae. Flores pedicellati , ovario pedicello breviore. Sepala et petala polli- 

 cera ionga. intus fusco purpurea, extus viridi vitta notaia, apice quoque viridia. Se- 

 palum posterius oblongum obtusiusculum ; lateralia spatulata, divergentia , petalis 

 paulo longiora; petala a basi triangulari oblonga, sepalo suprcmo latiora. Labellum 

 oblongum, ullra medium disci tridcntatum , album. intus lutescens . extus levissime 

 rubescens, lobis rotundatis, serrulatis , lateralibus intermediosubcuneato brcvioribus. 

 Anihera membranacea, deprcssa, quadrata, bilocularis. Rostellum subulatum. Clinan- 

 drium marginatum , denlatum. Stigma rima parva transversa. 



B. M. 3818: Sent by Fraser from Demerara to the Glasgow B. G. having flrst been 

 detected by Mr, Colley, Mr. Batemans collector in tlie same country. 



2. BATEMAMA FIMBRIATA Lind.. Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 280: 



Labello oblongo acuto anle basin utrinquc angulato, lolo margine 

 serrulato, carinis septem in basi elcvatis, androclinii cucullo lacero. — 

 Galeottia fimbriata Linden Cat. 



Eine schone Art mit grossen Bluthen, dercn Farbung an die des Cymbidium gigan- 



leum erinnert, nur sind dic Farben brennender. Sepala und Tepala lanzettlich, fein 



zugespitzt. — Zygopeialum grenzt durch Z. rostratum Hook. an diese Gattung. — 



Waldcr Ocannas. 4—5000'. iNr. 42. Schlim. 



