78 BIFRENARIA. 



that it was gathered by Gardner, who found it on moist shady 

 rocks at Praha Vermelha_, a locality not found on any map to which 

 we have access. 



The sub-varieties noted above are pretty and fairly distinct, 

 especially the last named, which was sent to us by the late 

 Mr. H. J. Biichan, of Wilton House, Southampton. 



B. inodora. 



Pseudo-bulbs, leaves and inflorescence as in Bifrenaria Harrisonice. 

 Flowers 3 inches in diameter ; sepals oblong, obtuse, the lateral two 

 witb a mucro at their apex, apple-green ; petals much smaller but 

 brighter in colour, sub-rhomboidal ; lip white, yellow or dull rose 

 colour, three-lobed, the side lobes sub-triangular, erect, the intermediate 

 lobe broadly oval, hairy, reflexed, crisped at the margin ; crest a fleshy 

 grooved plate toothed and projecting in front ; spur sub-cylindric, half 

 as long as the ovary. Column curved, terete aljove, concave below 

 the stigma, white, sometimes greenish yellow. 



Bifrenaria inodora, Lincll. in Bot. Eeg. 1843, misc. Nos. 63 and 67. Echb. Xen. 



Orch. I. p. 223. t. 94. fig. 1. B. aurantiaca, Williams' Orch. Alb. IX. t. 386 



(not of Lindl.). 



" Imported from Rio de Janeiro in 1839, and added to Sir Charles 

 Lemon's collection at Carclew, where it flowered in April, 1843''; 

 such is the earliest account of its origin. We next read of its 

 being gathered by the Belgian collector, Libon, in Minas Geraes, 

 and afterwards cultivated by Consul Schiller and other German 

 amateurs. Quite recently it has reappeared in British gardens, our 

 description being taken from a plant that flowered in our houses 

 in May, 1891. The flowers are variable in colour, some forms 

 being more attractive than others. 



B. vitellina. 



Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovoid, four-angled, 1-J- inch long, monophyllous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, 9 — 12 inches long, narrowed below into a 

 short petiole. Scapes shorter than the leaves, crimsonish mottled with 

 pale green, terminating in a lax, few-flowered raceme. Flowers an 

 inch in diameter, orange-yellow with a maroon spot on the lip ; sepals 

 and petals oval-oblong, apiculate ; the lateral sepals sub-falcate and 

 spreading, the petals smaller and parallel with the column ; lip cordate, 

 three-lobed, the side lobes sub-triangular, erect ; the intermediate lobe 

 roundish with crisped margin ; crest a flat plate thickened in front ; 

 spur short, obtuse. Column terete, whitish. 



Bifrenaria vitellina, Lindl. in Bot. Keg. 1843, misc. Fo. 67. Echb. in Walp. 



Ann. VI. p. 549. Maxillaria vitellina, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 12. M. 



barbata, Knowles and Westc. FL Cab. II. t. 83. Lindl. in Bot Keg. 1841, misc. 



No. 141, 



