CYCNOCHES. 



ORCHIDES. 563 



rity of Mr. Bateman , there werc many persons , well skilled in the habits of Orchi- 

 daceae, who felt convinced, that some mistake had been made;, and ihat in reality it 

 was impossible, that such totally different flowers could liave been borne by one and 

 ihe same plant. — Mr. Roberl Steyner Holford Esq. of Westonbirt near Tetbury in 

 Gloucestershire sent a llowerspike bearing flowers of Cycnoches ventricosum and 

 Egertonianum inlermixed. — Cf. Lindl. 1. c. Xyl. 



Obs. Forsan etiam C. pentadaclrjlon Liadl. huc pertinet. Cf. Paxt. FI. G. : ,.In 

 the garden of Mr. Klenrick of West Browich this produced iwo flowers of C. Egerto- 

 nianum among the usual Oowers to itself. Sept. 11. 1852. 



1418b. IiU£DBG]!IA]Sr]iriA Lind. lichb. fiL 



Bonpl. II. 281. 



Affinis Lacaenae: recedit polliniis depresso sphaericis (bilobis?) sessi- 

 libus in caudicula minuta; qua secunda nota optime differt a penere 

 Cycnochis. — Habitus Acinetae. Pedunculus centinorus pendulus. Ovaria 

 velutina. Sepala oblonga acuta fornicata. Tepala cuneafo oblonga acuta. 

 Labellum concavum a cuneata basi dilalatum, apice trilobum ; lobi late- 

 rales rotundati erecti, lobus medius triangulus anguslus. Discus velu- 

 linus. Dens erectus (Acinetarum ac Schlimiae more !) basi ad gynoste- 

 mium appressus decurrens in carinam in medio labello divaricato bi- 

 crurem. Gynostemium gracile apice ampliatum clavatum. Margo humilis 

 androclinii utrinque in alam brevem obtusam descendit. 



1. LUEDDEMANNIA PESCATOREI Lind. Rchb. fll. 1. c. Huc : Crjcnoches Pescatorei 

 Lindl. Paxt. FI. G. L 123: 



Foliis coriaceis subtus glaucis , racemo multifioro pendulo , ovario 

 tomentoso, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis minoribus , lanceolatis, basi 

 angustatis, labello pJano trilobo raedio tomentoso lobo interraedio car- 

 nosiore acuto. 



Pseudobulbs 0,16 of a yard long and 0,09 broad. Leaves leathery. glaucous , lan- 

 ceolate. Flowerstera hangs down perpendicularly, a yard long. wilh 96 flowers. FIo- 

 wers 14 days. Sepals dull yellow, little brown inside ; petals and lip bright yellow, 

 PA inches diam. Closely allied to Cycnoches barbatum. — 



Rchb. fil. I. c. ,,SepaIes fond jaune tacheies de pourpr^. Tepales et labelle jaune 

 pur. Hampe de 80 — 100 fleurs. Port de Peristeria." Ocanna, 6000'. Mai. Nr. 1194. 

 Schlim. — Pescatorea t. 22. 



Obs. Huc dicitur pertinere Cycnoches Lindleyi (nomen: G. Chr. 1851. 392.). 



1419. ZYGOSTATBS Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. XXHI. 1837. sub 1927. 



Sepala rnembranacea, hbera, reflexa, petala dilatala firabriata, sepalis 

 multo majora, patula. Labellum cymbiforme, membranaceum , patens, 

 basi intus cornut<lm aut dentatum , cum columna articulatum. Columna 

 teres , antice excavata , basi utrinque brachio aucta lineari , apice 

 globoso, sepalis aequali , patentissimo (stamine sterili). Rostellum lon- 

 gissimura subulalum arcuatnm. Anthcra rostrata, unilocularis. Pollinia 2, 

 caudicula subulata, glandula minima. — Herbae epiphytae , acaules, 

 brasilienses, racemis pendulis, floribus parvis viridiluteis. 



1. ZYGOSTATES LUNATA Lindl. B. Reg. I. c.: 



Dente duplici ad basin labelli, petalis luiiatis. 



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