GONGORA. 



ORCHIDES. 595 



11. GONGOKA NIGRITA Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847. sub lab, 17 : 



„With the colour of G. atropurpurea, hut slill deeper Ihis has quile 

 a different lip, not slender at Ihe base, but rounded like G. maculata, 

 and its horns are quite small; Ihe upper part of its lip is singularly 

 slender and bristle pointed." 



Huc: Gongora nigrila Lindi. B. Reg. XXV. 1839. Misc. 86: 



Hypochilii convexi cornulijis lateralibus ascendentibus abbreviatis 

 aristis setaceis , epichilio acuminalo apice uncinalo breviore, 



Much tlie darkest of tlie G. ihe flowcrs appearing like the deepest puce coloured 

 velvet. It is very nearly the same as G. atropurpurea , but the lower half of ihe lip 

 is convex, not concave, longer than the upper half, not shorler, and ihe horns at the 

 sides are very short. It was imported from Demerara by S. Rucker Esq. Jun., who 

 informs me, ihai ihe smeli is quite diff. frora ihat of G. airopurpurea. 



12. GONGORA QUINQUENERVIS Ruiz Pav. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 227 : 



Hypochilio compresso a basi supraunguiculari rotundato , callis H- 

 gulatis appressis seu ascendenlibus, marginem hypochilii superiorem 

 non altingenlibus; sinu inter angulum anticum et aristam minuto; carina 

 et cornu basilari epichihi ab apice hypochilii tectis. 



Gongora maculata Lindl.Bot. Reg. XX. 1835. 1616. Bot. Mag. LXV. 3687. G. fulva 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXV. 1839. 51. G. fulva var. vilellina Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVII. 1841. 

 Misc. 4. G. bufonia var. lcucochUa Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847. 17. G. leucochila Lemaire 

 in Van Iloutte Flore des Serres I. 37. (hab. ab amic. Kegel), Planta innumeris colo- 

 ribus magislrix esto illis, qui ex 4nnumeris Mormodis buccinatoris coloribus tot spe- 

 cies conflare salius ducunt , quom unam vere stabilitam circuniscribere. Mirae illae 

 sunt varielales , quae tepala lateralia margine superiori gultata , margine inferiori 

 concoioria gerunt. Aliae gerunt hypochilia viiellina. aliae candida , epichilium et pe- 

 rigonium vulgo flava seu aurantiaca, nunc tolum perigonium albidum. Specimen her- 

 barii Boissieriani Pavonianum schedam gerit : „ Gongora novum genus Fl. Peruv. 

 Peru." Pairia: per totam videtur Americam tropicam crescere. In Guatemala v. 

 Warscewicz I Gualemala: insula Calivo in flumine St. Juan. 611 Friedrichsthal! 

 (Museum Vindobonense!). Peruvia Ruiz ! Ex Puerto Cabeilo iniroduxit dom. Kefer- 

 stein. Ex Surinamo in hortum Iloulteanum introduxit cl. Kegel. 



IIuc : Gongora maculata var. alba Lindl. Bot. Reg, XXVII, (1841,) Misc. 101: 



Among the Orchidaceous plants received by the Hort. Soc. from Oaxaca , a sin- 



gular var. of Gongora has made ils appearance wilh all the habit of the original 



wiih flowers almost white, except some pale dull wine coloured spois on the sepals. 



It is a very graceful ihing, and forms a good contrast wiih the old yellow and 



. purpie kind. 



IIuc: Gongora fulva Lindl, Bot. Reg, XXV, (1836) 51: 

 Hypochilii convexi cornubus Jateralibus eiongatis capitatis arislis se- 

 taceis , epichilio acuminato aequilongo, pedicellis columna triplo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Mr. Barker scnt it Jul. 36., considered it a variety of Gongora maculata , perhaps 

 righlly. But at the same time , till we have a more certain knowledge of tlie vaiue 

 of 0. pl., ii seems necessary lo distinguish it specifically. The raceme is far more 

 coniracted , in consequence of the shortness of ihe pedicels, Flowers are half the 

 size ; ihe lateral horns of the hypochile are terminated by a round dilated heed. 

 Perigoniura Havum, brunneo maculalum. 



Huc : Gongora fulva var. vilcllina Lindl. B. Reg. XXVII. (1841). Misc. 4 : 



Bright yellow flowers less spotted ihan usual , and altogcther of a morc lively 



aspect. Mexico. DilTers from G, fulva in having smaller lcaves, and the upper half of 



ihc labellum distinctly shorter ihan the lower. It however agrces in so many othcr 



respecis wiih ibat species, ihat I hesitaie to regard it as morc ihan a variety. Oaxaca. 



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