DESCRIPTIVE LIST. $2$ 



Mormodes. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from mormo, a goblin. 

 C. Mormodes aromatica. Guatemala . M. O. P., 2. 



B. R., 1836, 56. 



Flowers dirty, greenish white, tinted and spotted with 

 chocolate purple. Fragrant. 



C. Mormodes lineata. Guatemala. M. O. P., 2. 



B. R., 1842, tab. 43. 



Perianth yellow, striped with vermilion ; lip white, 

 marked with violet ; flower fragrant. The plant needs a 

 gentle heat. 



B. Mormodes titrina. Mexico. 



Flowers yellow, in July and August. 



B. Mormodes luxata. Mexico . . . . M. O. P., 3. 



B. R., 29, 33. 



Flower pale citron ; lip with brown stripes in the cen- 

 tre ; very fragrant. Blooms in July. 



C. Mormodes pardina unicolor. Mexico . B. M., 3879, 



39- 

 Bat., 14. 

 Fl. Cab., 113. 

 I. H, 25. 



Flowers beautiful yellow, barred and spotted with deep 

 red. 



These plants are cultivated like Catasetum, but they are 

 not popular, and are seldom found in collections. 

 Other species are : 



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