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ventibus, labello replicato retroisum arcuato cuneato trilobo : lobis lateralibus deflexis venosis inter- 
medio carnoslore cuspidate suhtnloho.— Central America.— 'Flowers deep purple, on a close erect 
raceme. 
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iimded, tbat in the middle 
322. MoRMODES LiNEATUM [Bateman, in Bot. Beg. 1841, misc. no. 107. 1842, t. 43.); racemo 
elongato multifloro, sepalis petalisque oblongo-linearibus abrupte acutis margine reflexis, labello 
mcurvo carnoso sparsun 
columnEe dorso et margine pubescente.— G«ai5ma/a.— The flowers are deliciously fragrant; when 
tliey first appear tliey are dull olive green; tliey afterwards acquire a bright warm yellow tint, and 
the markings upon them increase in intensity till they have become orange-red. 
323. MoRMODES Cartoni {HooJcer.in BoL Mag.,i. 4i'l\^.) ] psendo-bulbis elongatis teretibus 
articulatis vaginatis apice di-tripbyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, spica elongata 
multiflora, sepalis petalisque patentibus conformibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, labello oblongo 
torquato basi angustato infra medium ntrinque unidentato marginibus reflexis apice aristato-acutis, 
columna antlieraque cuspidato-acuminatis. — Central America. — Prom the collection sent home by 
Mr, Pnrdie, from the interior of Santa Martha 
Svnn (rnrrlpns. and it is nearest to M. aromaticmi 
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various other discrepancies. 
pseudo-bulbs almost a span long, clustered, sub cylindrical, articulated, and slieathed at the joints by the 
membranaceous bases of the old leaves. Perfect leaves three to four, are produced from the apex of the bulb, afoot or 
more long, narrow, linear-lanceolate, membranaceous, striated, acuminated. Scapes one or two from an articulation of 
the pseudo-bulb, erect, bearing a rather oblong spike of numerous rather gay-coloured flowers. The sepals and petals 
are nearly uniform in size and shape, much spreading, almost reflexed, oblong-lanceolate, acute, yellow with red 
longitudinal streaks. Lip equal in length with the petals, but singularly obliquely twisted, of a pale yellow colour, with 
a few red interrupted streaks ; the form is an irregular oblong, tapering at the base, with a short blunt tooth on each 
side below the nwddle, the apex very acute, almost aristate. Column slightly obhque, tapering at the extremity into a 
long subulate point. Anther-case corresponding with it, and applied to the anterior face. Pollen-masses two, each with 
an obscure fissure, attached to a broad, curved, strap-shaped appendage, and that again by it« base to a large gland. 
— Hooker. 
Flowers extremely variable. Found on Erythrinas, in the temperate regions of the Sierra Nevada of Sta. Martha. 
The sepals are flesh-coloured ; lip fleshy, rose. The same plant was foimd by Mr. Funck, at Minca, near Sta. Martha, 
ia the province of Eio Hacha, at the height of 4000 feet. 
324. MoRMODES LENTiGiNOSUM {Hooker^ in Bot. Mag., t. 4455.) j pseudo-bnlbis oblongis, 
foliis lanceolatis striatis, scapo radicali racemoso, floribus remotis pendulis punctis rufo-fuscis irroratis, 
sepaKs arete reflexis oblongis acutis marginibus revolutis, petahs conformibus, labelli obovati lateribus 
evolutis, columna oblique torta apice acuminata. — Central America. 
The young pseudo-bulbs are almost globose, leafy j the old ones are oblong, terete, and partially sheathed with the 
withered membranous bases of the old leaves. Leaves, iu the plant before us, a span long, lanceolate, membranaceous, 
striated. Scape from the base of a pseudo-bulb, a foot or a foot and a half high, racemose, flexuose where the remote 
drooping flowers are inserted. Bracteas small, membranaceous, acuminated- The general colour of tlie flower is pale 
reddish-brown, everywhere sprinkled with dark-coloured dots. Sepals and petals oblong, acute, with margins singularly 
recurved, the former (sepals) refracted, the petals having an opposite direction, the same as that of the column and lip. 
Lip rather large, fleshy, obovate, entire, the sides entirely curved back, revolute, almost like the flaps of a saddle. 
Column shorter than the lip, semiterete, curved, and having a singularly oblique twist, acuminated. Anthers taking the 
same shape as the apex of the column, and hence much acuminated too ; the coloinr is a deeper red than the rest of the 
flower. — Hooker^ 
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