Prof. Lindlcy on new Orchidaceous Plants. 383 



continuation of the stem could be seen, probably a part of the 

 root. ■ - •^""'> " 



II. M. Ship Erebus, Woolwich. 



' ' " ," EXPLANATION OF PLATE XX. 



/Tjjf. ,1. Serpenfaria fra(/ilis reduced to one-half its natnral size. 

 Fiff. 2. Abdominal surface of the anterior part of the body, showing' 'tfee 

 cU)nca. ■ "" '" 



/•'«/. 3. Nemertes gracilis, reduced to one-liaif nat. size. !j lo y£l() 



J''t</. ^. J'orOesiaJortiiosa, natural size. ,,.,.,> ..Th 



Fiff^.^. J^ediceUma ec/iinala, nat. size, and magnified after Sars. 



Iil¥; — A Century of neiv Genera and Species of Orchidaceous 



li ' Plants. Charactei'ized by Professor LiNDLHY. :' . 



ro . , ,. „,.„i »oi ail) nl .eal'ifl 

 [Continued from p. 257.] ,„.;^^ ^j^^j 



Decades 5 and 6. <^i Aoiib'* 



41. Lycaste barlifrons ; foliis oblongis in petiolum longum angus- 

 tatis pllcatis, bractca suprema angusta ovario paulo longiore, se- 

 palis petalisque subconformibus lanceolatis falcatis lateralibus in 

 mentura longum productis, labello oblongo basi concavo 5 -lineato 

 appendice lata emarginata adnata ; lamina oblonga plana basi fim- 

 hriata ajnce rotundata laciniis lateralibus rotundatis, columnaan-j' 

 tice ^illosissima auriculis apice faJcatis. ,-ii y\ 



Peru (Hartweg). 



\"ery near L. lanipes, but twice as large, and with long-stalked 

 leaves. It is also different in the form of the lip and in the shaggy 

 column. 



42. Maxillaria lepidota ; acaulis, foliis solitariis ligulatis acutissimis 

 in petiolum angustatls, pedunculis unifloris acute vaginatis erectis 

 dimidium folii sequantibus, sepalis elongatis linearibus acuminatis, 

 petalis setaceo- acuminatis duplo brevioribus, labcUo camoso ob- 

 ovato trilobo apice carinato et utrinque lepidoto lacinia intermedia 

 ovata lateraliumque margine anteriore crenatis, tuberculo angusto 

 vix medium labelU attingente. 



Popayan (Hartweg). yj^^ j^^;^;^"^ 



43. Maxillauix procurrens; caulescens, pseudobulbis obovatis com- 

 pressis diphylhs, foliis ligulatis subsessilibus, pedunculis solitariis 

 squamoso-imbricatis pseudobulbis longioribus, sepalis j^etalisque 

 ovatis acutis, labello oblongo obtuso indiviso juxta basin callo ob- 

 longo aucto. , ;,, ogjg gaaUdjiob ii ^ .. :ddmx.n iy-. J 



Pw.m (Hartweg). .„. . ,,,,^.^^^ ^,,^^ ..v. U;;d ,.u>oi 



Yer^WQM.platypetala. ,(, ^^ ^^,f^ j.j,^^^ ^^^^, . ^^^^ 



44. OsciDivyi pentadaclylon; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis diphyllis, 

 foliis lanceolatis tenuibus scapo longissimo paniculato multo bre- 



