WARSCEWICZELLA. 615 



"WaESCEWICZELLA, Rciclunhach M. 

 {Tribe Yandex, subtrihe Cyrtopodiese.) 



A small group of epiphytal ebulbous species, sometimes 

 included in Zygopetalum. It has the sepals and petals 

 lanceolate, obliquely inserted, often undulated, and the lip, 

 which is continuous with the short foot of the column, is 

 clawed and dilated, bearing on its disk a depressed callus. 

 The plants are without pseudobulbs, and the scapes are one- 

 flowered. There are about half a dozen species, all from 

 Central America. 



Culture. — The treatment recommended for Zygopetalum 

 will also suit these plants. They are often killed by haviDg 

 too much heat, and they must have plenty of water all the 

 year round,, for they seem never to require any rest. They 

 will do on blocks, but if on blocks live sphagnum should be 

 put about their roots ; or they may be grown in pots with 

 peat and moss, and good drainage. 



"W, aromatica, Rchb. f. — A rare and little-known plant, <ji 

 moderately vigorous growth, the cuneate oblong acute leaves 

 springing from the root crown, along with the erect scape, 

 which bears a solitary flower three or four inches in diameter, 

 of which the lanceolate acute sepals and petals are white, 

 and the large obreniform multilobulate slightly crispy lip is 

 azure darkening to purple at the base, aud having a white 

 border ; the disk is smooth, and at the contracted base is 

 a large semi-lunate many-furrowed callus. It emits a very 

 strong but agreeable perfume, and succeeds in a pot with 

 peat and sphagnum moss. — Central America : Cliinqui. 



YiG.—Xenia Orch., i. t. 73 ; Card. Chron., 1868, 75, with fig. 



Syn. — Zygopetalum aromaticum ; Huntleya aromatica. 



W. Candida, Bchh. f. — An extremely rare and handsome 

 species of dwarf habit, seldom growing more than eight or 

 nine inches in height. It has no pseudobulbs, but the few 

 oblong-ligulate leaves form a loose distichous tuft, from the 

 axils of which both the roots and peduncles are protruded. 



