LYCASTE. 



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L. Linguella. 



"Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovoid, 3 inches long. Leaves 12 — 15 inches 

 long. Scapes about one-third as long as the leaves ; bracts sheathing, 

 green, obovate-oblong, an inch long. Flowers 3 inches across from 

 the tip of the upper to that of the lateral sepals, pale yellowish 

 green ; dorsal sepal obovate-oblong, obtusely apiculate ; the lateral two 

 larger and falcately curved ; petals smaller, broadly obovate, concave ; 

 lip whitish, three-lobed, the lateral lobes narrow, the terminal lobe 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, recurved ; plate of disk a semi-cylindric tube 

 protruded in front. Column semi-terete, pubescent towards the base." — 

 Botanical Magazine. 



Lycaste Linguella, Rchb. in Gard, Cliron. 1871, p. 738. Bot. Mag. t. 6303. 

 Introduced by us from the Andes of Peru in 1871 through 

 Pearce. It is more remarkable for the unusual development of the 

 fleshy plate of the labellum than for any other character, but 

 which thoroughly distinguishes it from every other species yet 

 introduced. 



L. Macrobulbon. 



Pseudo-bulbs somewhat pear-shaped, 3 inches long. Leaves 15 — 20 

 inches long. Scapes slender, scarcely half as long as the leaves. 

 Flowers fragrant, 3 inches across the lateral sepals ; sepals ovate-oblong, 

 acute, greenish yellow; petals similar but smaller, and reflexed at the 

 tip, bright yellow ; lip bright yellow, sometimes with some red spots 

 on the terminal lobe, oblong, obtuse, obscurely three-lobed, the side 

 lobes turned inwards, the front lobe reflexed ; plate of disk narrow, 

 with a shallow groove, acute at the apex. Column triquetral, bent, 

 yelloAv with some red spots at the base. 



Lycaste Macrobulbon, Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. L p. 126 (1851). Rclib. in 

 Walp. Ann. L p. 601. Maxillaria Macrobulbon, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4228 (1846). 



Introduced to the Royal Gardens at Kew in 1844 by Purdie, 

 who collected it on the Sierra Nevada of Santa Martha in 

 northern Colombia ; it was shortly afterwards imported by M. Linden 

 from the same region. It has been recently re-imported and 

 exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society's meetings under various 

 names, with which it is not desirable to burden the synonymy. 

 It is one of the handsomest of the yellow Lycastes, easily dis- 

 tinguished from L. aromatica and L. cruenta by its larger pseudo- 

 bulbs and its differently-shaped lip, the plate of which is long, 

 narrow and pointed, not thickened and truncate at the apex. 



