STANHOPEA 



4. Bucephalus, Lindl. (.! 



indifldra, Reichb. f.). 



petioled, 9 in. long, 

 ImImii" r:"'<Miic l..-;iriir,' 4-6 large, tawny 

 I ■' !''■ I'l •■ -Fu..^..?! -[n)ts: sepals and 

 : ' ' , r part of the la- 



.1 ' 11 rved horns and 



I'l-ll' l-i'i ; r,,|niuii uTt-en and white, 

 .1.-. Aiisr. Mc-xi.-u. Peru. B.M. 5278. 

 very fragrant. Distinguished by its 



spotted witii pi 

 B.B. 3l:24.-Fl 

 very short 

 5. platycSras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and 



acute bracts one-half as long as the ovary: 



and 



long; 



3g-shaped spots 

 lar oblong; pet- 

 t-shaped, 2H in. 

 ftirward, pariil- 

 the hypochil is 

 deep purplish rrimsou itisidi-. }>;i[rr ami spotted outsidi-, 

 the upper part of tlie labellum colored like the sepals. 

 Colombia. Gn. 33:G52. 



6. inBigmis, Frost. Figs. 2390, 2391. Pseudobulbs 

 clustered: Iva. broadly lanceolate: scape G in. long, 

 covered with dark brown scales. :2— l-lld.: lis. 5 in. 

 across, dull yellow, spotted with |iim|.|. : s. ].als broad, 



concave; petals narrow, wavy; h\i hil lHm1m.-,>. almost 



wholly purple inside, heavily s)i"itiil ..iit^idr, horns! 

 in. long, falcate, middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- 

 Oct. Brazil. B.M. 2948, 2949. B.R. 22:1837. L.B.C. 

 20:1985. Rng. 2:117 ( from which Fig. 2290is adapted). - 

 Distinguished by the broad wings of the column. 



7. Devoni^nsis, Lindl. (X. m, imlns, ,. Know\&s &W.}. 

 Lvs. ahnut :> in.h.i,-: .r:,,i,. |m i,,lii Imis, 2-3-fld. : fls. 5 

 in. .acniss, |.ali- lirowni-li. \iiiii \iv,:i<l reddish brown 

 blotclu's; s,-]ials (iIiIi'ml; I > > < '\ ai < ■-Mmh^-, nbtuse; petals 



curved, iriiddic IoIm- .. ,; I , • I .1, obscurely 3- 



Colombia 

 . and pseudobulbs 



id<lle and spotted 



genus: v, 

 browTi -r 



both <iin; 

 blot.-h.s 

 horns 1 i 

 middle- h 

 column h 

 G.M.IiJ:: 



rge, thin 



il.iii-laTii-i-olate, 



;m1. cu). shaped: 

 :it right angles; 

 I'th at the apex; 

 4197. B.R.25:1. 

 1. 4:481. -One of 



STAPELIA 



10. HartUna, Batem. Lvs. lanceolate: sepals broadly 

 ovate, creamy white with few purple spots on the lower 

 half; petals narrower, blotched with purplish crim.son, 

 hypochil saccate, white ; lateral horns broad, pointed, 

 middle lobe oblong, obscurtlj 3 toothed; column sub- 

 clavate, winged Mexico Fb 20 2112 Gn. 45, p. 470. 

 — Var. bicolor, Lmdl Ground color of the fls. white. 

 B.R. 29 44 



2391. Stanhopea insignis (> 



obiong I 

 hypochi 

 chil qua 



12. ecornCita, Lem. Pseudobulbs and lvs. large : scape 

 short, clothed with green bracts, 2-fld. : sepals erect, 

 2 in. long, ovate, concave, white, petals smaller; la- 

 bellum reduced to a fleshy sac-like hypochil, IK in. long, 

 yellow deepening to orange at the base; column as long 

 as the labellum and of the same color. Cent. Anier. 

 B.M. 4885. P.S. 2:181. G.C. 1850:295. 



S. Amesiana. Hort. Hugh Low v„ ^,ti^= •,- tiir i,r,r„'r,. M.^ss 

 of which S. ecornuta is a tyi..- m! - ,.,.1....- . ■ ...... ..i s. 



Lowii. It has large, waxy, fl' I ) I in. 



across, and a very thick, flesh \ ' ">'_'. 



Habitat? 



lihl.NhlLH UA=.>hl.h..lN.,. 



STANLEYA (Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby. 1779- 

 1849, ornithologist, once president Linnean Sociptv). 

 Cruclferw. Stnnlejia ph,n,iiifi,h, is „ h:,y.\y ,...reiiiiial 

 herb about 3 ft. high with i)h :iiiii:il .imm 1 1 in. . .,f a 

 Cleome and bright yellow |1' I I!, ,i , i inc 



the most striking forms among orchids. Var. lut^scens, 

 Hort. Brilliant yellow to orange marked with chocolate. 

 Guatemala. Var. Bupfirba, Hort. Van Houtte. Fls. yel- 

 low, with the sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 'ar. atrita, Hort.,is adv. 



reddi.sh brown. F.S. 



and loii- ■ ■ ill . , . • |.. : i ■■ ^ . r •. n.^jc 



charaolcr .: id; 



stamens ii, n- .n ii i i|u,i. -i i n- imiii , • . i ■ ,:■.-. 



pinnatifida, .Nun. {S. piiiii'itd . \'.r\f. ., - .i ''.vu- 

 ous: lvs. very variable, commonly (iHi I I ,,i nis 



lance -oblong or oblanceolate-elliin i i i i ,ir. 



almost entire; terminal segment lar^:- i iN, ■ [ jiliirii 

 yellow, according to D. M. Andrews. .Ma. .luh. W. 

 Kan. and Neb. to Tex. and S. Calif., in dry cl.ay or alka- 

 line soils. B.B. 2:109. — Procurable from collectors of 

 Colorado wild flowers. ^^ jij_ 



STAPfiLIA (.J. B. Van Stapel, Dutch physician, died 

 in the early part of the seventeenth century, who wrote 

 on the plants of Theophrastus). AsclepiadAcem. Cab- 

 KiON Flower. Odd fleshy cactus-like plants from 

 South Africa. Schumann, in Engler and Prantl's 

 "Naturpflanzenfamilien," considers that the genus con- 

 tains 70-80 species. Decaisne, in DeCandolle's Pro- 



