[Pirate 93.] 
THE FIERY-RED MORMODES. 
(MORMODES IGNEUM.) 
A Hothouse Epiphyte, from CENTRAL AMERICA, belonging to the Natural Order of ORCHIDS. 
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Specific Character. 
THE FIERY-RED MORMODES. Raceme long, many- | MORMODES IGNEUM ; racemo elongato multifloro, 
flowered. Sepals reflexed, petals ascending: both lanceo- sepalis reflexis petalisque ascendentibus lanceolatis 
late, flat, very acute. Lip stalked, -— with a distinct acutissimis planis, labello unguiculato carnoso apiculato 
point, rolled back at the eue scarcely angular, with a lateribus revolutis ambitu transverse elliptico vix 
transversely elliptical outlin ato. 
quas fine plant, and several others of the same genus, has been produced from the rejectamenta of 
one of Mr. Warczewicz’s sales. In January last, we received from Mr. Rucker five sorts of 
Mormodes, all derived from the same source, all in flower, and all new. Of these we represent three. 
That in the middle of our plate, to which the name of igneum is given, was conspicuous for the 
greater size of its parts, and for its intense colouring. A stiff stalk, about a foot high, bore a dozen 
large fleshy flowers, of which the sepals and petals were alike chocolate-coloured, and the lip a rich 
fiery orange-brown. ‘There was no streaking or spotting in any part of the surface. The sepals 
were flat, linear-lanceolate, very sharp, and spread flat out, even turning backward after a time ; the 
petals, on the contrary, were erect, and somewhat broader. The lip, a tough fleshy body, when 
spread out had an elliptical outline, with the major axis transverse, and the edge extended into a 
triangular point on one side; in its natural condition it was nra back, and folded so as to look as 
if angular, though not really so. 
The sorts marked B and C in the plate accompanied it. B had dingy red flowers, marked with 
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