DIDACTYLE. (2) 
2. D. Weddelii. 
D. pseudobulbo pyramidali brevi obtuso, folio oblongo plano 
coriaceo spicd longé pedunculata 8-10-floré mult breviori, rachi 
cooper sepalis linearibus obtusis liberis, petalis . . . ., labello 
un ato subcordato in processum angustum ensiformi- ‘spathu- 
latum ‘(ven ?) elongato, columnze cirrhis erectis digitis ¢ medio 
nanis. 
Wild in Braztt; Minas Geries—Weddell, ic. no. 11, (w. ze. 
pict. in bibl. herb. mus. Paris.) 
At first a much like D. gladiata ; but the leaves are broader, the spike 
stam secund, the sepals all disjoined, and the lip broader ; the rachis also 
much more — It appears from Mr. Weddell’s skstels that the 
leaf is is ire three in long, the seape akon = inches, and the spike 
h an four nace The sepals are olive-green spotted with brown; 
the lip white er purple base, and numerous oblong spots of the same 
colour. 
tripetala. 
D. eiabilbs tetragono, folio oblongo acuto racemo breviore, 
scapo 6—7-floro flexuoso erecto, bracteis ovatis scariosis ovario 
longioribus, sepalis linearibus acutis patulis, petalis minimis 
squameeformibus, labello ciliato unguiculato apice oblongo obtuso 
basi im& utrinque auriculato, columnze digitis dentiformibus. 
Bolbophyllum tripetalum. Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. x, p. 185. 
Wild in Brazit; in the province of St. Paul’s—Descourtilz, 
as a. a age in ni i spaege 
Pig wae. Mp bint 
a ur Be Lessert. Like Bap ‘altar its sips appears to be 
delicately and elastically articulated with ¢ The sepals are pale poate, 
three-quarters of an tach long. The lip is aor yellow with crimson spots. 
It is stated by its discoverer to be pice and to cover whole trunks of trees. 
D, exaltata. 
D. psendobulbo te tetragono folio oblongo obtuso pauld breviore, 
scapo vaginato stri to aes (pedali et ultra), vaginis obtusis 
; 1X1 ; , Spica multiflora, b acu 
fers oblongis ‘ciliatis, labello 
herbaceis, sepalis seuminats 
obovato obtuso pubescente, co umn dentibus supremis cirrhosis 
cigus brevibus meurvis, se pra 
~ Bolbophyllum exaltatum. Lindley, in Ann. Nat, Hist., vol. x, p. 186. 
| Wildi in ete cm nth = een oA 8. oy: 
as The leaf of this remar' inch long, while 
we ap mae ina  decne ee ceatadl cqaeed 
by the permanent bracts. 
5. D. antennifera. 
. pseu Cor ei pe Sr 
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