Deppeane. N. O. Orchidee. 
TAB. DVIII. 
PHYSOSIPHON LODDIGESII. 
Folio lineari-oblongo obtuso basi attenuato spica spirali laxa 
duplo breviore, calycis laciniis ovatis acutis patentibus tubo 
trigono triplo brevioribus, petalis oblongo-cuneatis, labello 
trilobo disco tuberculato lobis rotundatis intermedio crenulato. 
Physosiphon Loddigesii. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 1797. 
Stelis tubata. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1601. 
Our drawing was made from the living plant in the stove of 
the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew. It is indeed already 
figured in Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet; but no dissections are 
given. The following is the character of the genus, as given 
by Dr. Lindley. Calyx tubulosus basi ventricosus, apice trifidus. 
Petala in fundo calycis, carnosa, nana. Labellum et Columna 
Stelidis. Pollinia 2, spherica.—Herbe epiphyte habitu Pleuro- 
thallidis ;—and the species given are, besides the above, P. emar- 
ginaia (Pleurothallis emarginata, Lindl. Gen. et. sp. Orchid, p. 
6.) and P. spiralis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1. c. 
Physosiphon Loddigesii was discovered at Xalapa, Mexico, 
by M. Deppe, a German botanist and traveller, well-known by 
his researches in Mexico. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same, the tubular calyx being re- 
moved. f, 3. Pollen-masses :—magnified. 
