122 BRASSIA. 



sepals, Willi 10 — 15 spots near the base ; lip light yellow, the Imsal 



half oblong with revolnte margins, and spotted Avith dark green flattened 



warts; the apical half cordate, acnniinate with but few warts; crest 



bilaiiH'llate, elevated at the apex, wliite spotted with orange. 



Biassla brachiata, Liiull. in Beiitli. Plant. Hartvveg, p. 94 (1839). Id. in Bot. 

 Reg. 1843, misc. No. 2, and 1847, t. 29. Id. Fol. Orcb. Brassia, No. 8. Linden's 

 Pesc. t. 31. Oncidium brachiatum, Rchb. in AValp. Ann. VI. p. 768. 



One of the discoveries of Hartweg during his mission to Central 



America for the Horticultural Society of London, 1838 — 43. He 



detected it near the Hacienda de la Laguna, in Guatemala, and 



it was probably introduced through him ; it flowered for the first 



time in this country in Messrs. Rollisson's nursery at Tooting, in 



1843. It is very near Brassia verrucosa, of which, in fact, it is a 



gigantic form, but at the same time one of the finest in the genus. 



B. caudata. 



Pseudo-bulbs oblong, 3 — 4 inches long and 1 inch broad. Leaves 

 oblong-ligulate, 7 — 9 inches long. Scapes as long again as the leaves, 

 7 — 10 flowered ; sepals and ])etals light greenish yellow with large 

 dark broAvn spots on the broader basal portion, the dorsal sepal about 

 3 inches long, the lateral t^vo prolonged into slender tails as long again 

 as the dorsal one ; petals about one-third the length of the dorsal 

 sepal : lip oblong with an acuminate tip, light yeUow with some red- 

 brown spots in front of the short bilamellate crest, Avhich is white 

 spotted with orange. 



Brassia caudata, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. X. t. 832 (1824). Id. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 

 p. 212 (1833). Id. Fol. Orcb. Brassia, No. 5. Bot. Mag. t. 3451 (1835). Epidendrum 

 caudatum, Linn. Sp. pi. p. 1349. Oncidium caudatum, Rchb. in Walp. Ann. VI. 

 p. 766. 



This species is botanically interesting as being one of the few 

 epiphytal orchids known to Linnaeus, and scarcely less so in a 

 horticultural sense on account of its beingr one of the first Brassias 

 cultivated in this country. It is a native of Jamaica and probably 

 other West Indian islands, and was introduced by Mr. Lee, of 

 Hammersmith, about the year ]82o. The long attenuated tail-like 

 lateral sepals, greatly exceeding in length the dorsal one, distin- 

 guishes this species from most of its congeners. 



B. Gireoudiana. 



Pseudo-buUis broadly oblong, much compressed, 3 — 4 inclies long, 

 2 — 2^ inches broad, mono-diphyllous. Leaves narrowly oblong, acute, 

 6 — 12 inches long, leathery, bright green. Scapes as long again as 

 the leaves, 7 — 10 flowered ; sepals yellow-green spotted with brown 



