LYC'ASTE 



LYCASTE 



953 



crenulate; callus tongue-shaped, concave. Often the 

 parts of the flower are more or less spotted and hairy in 

 places. July, Aug. Colomhia. Gt. 13-1. 



5. lanipes, Lindl. Pseudobulbs large: Ivs. lanceo- 

 late, 12-18 in. long: fls. solitary, as many as 15 on a 

 plant, creamy white; sepals and petals ohlong-lancco- 

 late; labellum smooth : lateral lohes ovate-obtuse; mid- 

 dle lobe oblong, obtuse, serrate, with a concave, ribbed 

 callus. Oct. Ecuador. — Lindley says the fls. are pale 

 green, 2/'2 in. long before they expand, without a trace 

 of any other color. 



6. lociista, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs pyiiform: Ivs. 

 obloug-ligulate, acute; fls. smaller than those of L. 

 Dippii, all green except the white column; the odd se- 

 pal oblong, obtust; tlie lateral ones linear-oblong, 

 acute; petals bent down inside of the lateral sepal; la- 

 bellum with acute side lobes and a senii-oblong, fleshy, 

 convex middle lobe, all green; on the disk are 2 narrow 

 keels, confluent behind into a fleshy emarginate callus. 

 Peru. 



7. Candida, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovoid, much com 

 pressed: Ivs. oblong-acuminate: fls. about 2 in. across; 

 sepals spreading, reflexed and acute at the apices, oblong, 

 slightly woolly at base, yellowish green, sometimes 

 dotted with light rose; petals whitish, revolute, obtuse; 

 labellum white, with a few rose-colored spots: disk 

 plate obtuse emarginate at the apex; colurun hairy on 

 the inner surface. Costa Rica. -Var. Lawrenceina, 

 Hort. Sepals and petals tinted with rose, otherwise the 

 fls. are like those of the type. Var. riibra has been 

 offered . 



8. cost^ta. Pseudobulbs oblon 

 long: Ivs. 2-3 at the apex, C-IO 

 in. long, broadly oblong-lancto 

 late, acuminate ; scape erect, as 

 long as the pseudobulb : fls 

 large, nearly white or creamy 

 yellow; dorsal sepals oblong 

 lanceolate, the lateral sepal siui 

 ilar but falcate, united with the 

 column to form a blunt spui , 

 petals smaller, somewhat undu 

 late; lateral lobes of the label 

 lum small, erect; mitldle lobe 

 ovate - rotund, toothed. Pern 

 B.M. 5706 (asi. Barriiigtniiia, 

 var. grand iflora). 



9. macrobulbon, Lindl. Pseu 

 dobulbs very large, ovate, con 

 pressed, with several large, ol 

 long, acute Ivs.: scapes usvialU 

 2 from each pseudobulb mu< h 

 shorter than the Ivs : fls. large, 

 yellow ; sepals ovate-oblong 

 spreading; petals shorter, some 

 what concave, with recurved 

 tips; labellum oblong, as long 

 as the petals, spotted on the 

 disk with brown. Colombia. B 

 M. 4228 (as MiiiUlaria mucin 

 biillwn). 



10. Skinneri, Lindl. Pseudo 

 bulbs oblong-ovate, 3-5 in. high, 

 1-2-lvd. : Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 9-12 in. long: scapes 5-6 in 

 long, each bearing a single 

 waxy flower 5-6 in. in diam.: 

 sepals ovate -oblong, while 



tinged with rose ; petals half as long, broadly ovate, 

 pointing forward with acute, reflexed tips, striated and 

 tinged with dark rose : lateral lobes of the labellum 

 erect truncate ; middle lobe oblong-ovate, recurved, 

 with a fleshy tongue-shaped callus on the disk, dark 

 crimson-purple. The most useful of the genus. Spring. 

 Guatemala. B.M. 4445. P.M. 11:1 (3Iaxillaria Skhi- 

 veri}. Gn. 25: 440; 30, p. 374; 37:397. F. 1861 :C5 (var.). 

 A. F. 4:519. J. H. III. 34:367. A. G. 14:433.-The follow- 

 ing varieties are advertised: 



Viir. 41ba, Rort. A large-fld. white variety with a 

 tinge of yellow at the base of the labellum and a yellow, 

 tongue-shaped appendage in its throat. l.H. 27:405. 



Gn. 25:440. F.M. 1S72:3.-,. (i.<'. III. 7:424. A.F.6:G31 

 Var. albo-sanguinea No d.-siripiion. Var. Candida 

 Hort. White. Var. delicatissima, Hort. Pis. large, rose 

 white :_ labellum white blotched with rose. Feb. Var. 

 grandifldra. No description. Var. purpur&ta, Hort. 

 Sepals and petals rose-white; labellum crimson-purple. 

 Var. rdsea, Hort. A beatitiful variety with deep rose fls. 

 and a white labellutn spotted with crimson. Var. su- 

 perba. Sepals and petals white; labellum crimson. 



11. pl4na, Lindl. A robust plant, with large ribbed 

 pseudobulbs and ample-pointed oval Ivs.: fls. 3-4 in. 

 across; sepals oblong, plane, rich madder-red inside; 

 petals smaller, with recurved tips, white, tipped with 

 crimson; labellum smaller, white spotted with crimson; 

 side lobes crenulate; middle lobe rounded, obtuse, ser- 

 ratr.crested. Winter. Bolivia. B.R.29:35.-Var. Meas- 

 uresi£lna, Williams. Sepals reddish brown, tipped with 

 green ; petals and lahelluiu white spotted with bright 

 rose, except on the margins of the petals. Autumn. 



12. tetr&gona, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate, tetragonal: 

 Ivs. solitary, ovate-lanceolate: scape 1^-fld.: fls. green- 

 ish streaked with crimson; sepals and petals oblong- 

 ovate, rather obtuse, half-spreading, the 2 lower form- 

 ing a blunt, projecting angle at base; labellum smaller, 

 white and purple or green and purple, with a shovel- 

 shapid appendage on the disk. Fls. not beautiful, but 

 very fragrant, remaining fresh for two months. June. 

 Bi-.r/.n. B.M. 3146 and B.R. 17:1428 {both S.S Marillaria 

 t,tn,.j,.:,a). 



13. cru^nta, Lindl. Pseudobulbs compressed : Ivs. 

 many, olilong, membranaceous: scape bearing 1 yellow 



compressed, 3-5 in. flower (rarely2),muchlargerthanthoseofi.oro»m^ica: 



1327. Lycaste aromatica (X 1-5). 



