Parkeriane. N. O. Orchidez. 
TAB. CCCXIII. 
SCAPHYGLOTTIS ROSEA. 
Pseudobulbis elongato-cylindraceis sulcatis proliferis, foliis line- 
aribus obtusis, floribus geminatis, labello obovato-spathulato 
apice recurvo trilobo lobo medio acuminato. 
Has. Demerara. C. S. Parker, Esq. 
This is certainly very near the S. violacea of Dr Lindley 
(Bot. Reg. t. 1901,) a plant of the same country; but as that 
has also been sent us, as well as the present, in a living state, I 
have no hesitation in pronouncing them distinct. The flowers 
of this are of a much paler hue, the sepals and petals of an uni- 
form rose colour: but the chief characteristic lies in the label- 
lum, which is here attenuated below into a long narrow claw, 
while the upper half is curved down, the apex 3-lobed, the mid- 
dle coming to a rather sharp point. 
The habit of this genus is peculiar in its proliferous pseudo- 
bulbs: but the structure of the flower seems to me scarcely 
different from that of Mazillaria. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Column and lip. f. 3. Lip:—mag-— 
nified. 
