GOVENIA 



ORGHIDES. ^ 557 



bello panchiraefoimi, apiculalo (apiculo reflexo), phylla 1. e. liaud aequante, 

 gynostemio apicem versus utrinque obtusangulo alato, anthera mutica. 

 Bluthen so gross , wie bei G. Gardneri Hook., wohl weiss, Zacuapan in Mexico. 

 Leibold. 



5. GOVENIA DELICIOSA Rchb. fll. in \. Schl. B. Z. 1852. 836: 



Foliis oblongis acutis basi cuneatis , pedunculo valido bivaginato 

 vulgo non aeqnalibus, racemo multifloro, bracteis oblongis, acutis, ovaria 

 pediceliata non aequantibus, apice obscuris , perigonii phyllo summo 

 lineari-lanceolato acuto, basi utrinque obtuse humerato, plica utrinque 

 in margine medio elevatula, phylhs lateralibus exlernis subaequiiongis, 

 gynostemio gracili, labellum vix aequante , margine membranaceo su- 

 pernie paululum obtuse angulato, antherae apiculo subobsoleto, sc. bre- 

 vissimo antrorso. 



Bliithen weiss, etwa so gros.s, wie bei Govenia GardneiH, 1—2 Fuss hoch. Mirador. 

 Hellerl Mexico. Schledel 



Obs. Huc sequens planta omnino non recognoscenda ob antheram neglectam 

 inserenda videtur. In herbario Galcottii Goveniae liliaceae Lindl. specimina reperio: 

 Govenia alba Rich. et Gal. Ana. sc. nat. 1845. Jan. p. 25. Foliis binis petiolatis 

 elliptico-oblongis acuiis , pedalibus; floribus albis parvulis : labello unguiculato se- 

 palis dimidio breviore, ovali, acuto. Mexico. 



6. GOVEiNlA GARDNBRI Hook. B. M. 3660. (XII. N. S. 39): 



Fohis elliptico-lanceolatis membranaceis plicatis solltariis vel binis 

 peliolatis, petiolis scapoque vaginatis, petalis sepaloque superiori con- 

 cavis conniventibus galeam formantibus, petalis lateralibus porrectis, la- 

 bello lato oblongo recurvalo apiculato medio bituberculato, apice glan- 

 duhfero. 



Orchidea. Gardn. Pl. exs. Bras. n. 670. 

 Peiigonium albido luteolum, labellum brunneo adspersum. 

 Organ Mountains Brasiliae Gardner. Flowered at Glasgow B. G. in Octob. 1839. 



Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 51: 

 Scapo obtuse tetragono medio vaginato, racemo elongato floribus 

 post anthesin refractis, bracteis oblongis herbaceis, ovarii dimidii longi- 

 tudine, sepalis pelalisque ovatis obtusiusculis, labello ovato acuto nudo 

 apice maculis 5 raarginalibus notato , lineis duabus convexis convergen- 

 tibus in medio, antherae cornu brevi inflexo. 



Fig. of B. M. seems to have becn laken from a specimen out of health , for the 

 colour of the flowers and their markings are by no means such as I flnd them in 

 a specimen now before me. for which I have to thank my friend John Miers. The 

 flowers are pure whiic, the petals are delicately spotied with violet dots inside; ihe 

 lip is downy at ihe base, and yellowish-green except at the point , where it is white, 

 with flvc small equidistant spots , of which ihe 3 in ihe middle are bright orange 

 colour , and the 2 side ones, which are much more indistinct, dull purple. Mr. Miers 

 tells me, ihot he found it flowering in the month of Febr. on the Organ Mountains, at 

 2 distant intervals from 3000—3500' feet above the lewl of ihe sea; ai ihe lower one 

 in an exposcd siiuniion on a bank, at ihe higber, in a wood upon alquaniity of rich 

 mould in the hollow of a decaying tree. 



7. GOVENIA CAPITATA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXI. 1836. sub 1795; 



Labello ovato obtuso, racemo capitato, bracteis oblongis obtusiusculis, 

 foliis oblongis acuminalis basi angustalis scapo multo brevioribus. 

 Mexico. 



