(3) DIDACTYLE. 
obtusis ovario longioribus, sepalis acuminatis, epg strc 
ciliatis, labello oblongo basi ciliato auriculis embranaceis 
apice rotundato dentato, columne dentibus seas ‘eaguilte 
porrectis digitis subulatis. 
Wild in Brazit; Minas Geriies—Widgren, 764, (v. s. sp. comm. 
cel. Rehb. fil.) 
Resembles D. a but the lip is smooth exce ~ at the base, and its end 
is strongly too The fieshy ridge in the middle of the lip is singular! 
pork ae The ett Ni the column are as long as the comma thea its foot 
ded 
6. D. meridensis. 
D, pseudobulbo ovato, folio . rvo oblongo apiculato scapo 
pluriés breviore, spici elongata, bracteis coriaceis acutis recurvis 
ovario longioribus, sepalis apice subulatis, petalis ovatis ciliatis, 
labello panduriformi piloso basi auriculato apice rotundato inte- 
gerrimo barbato, colamne dentibus filiformibus digitis subulatis. 
Bolbophyllum meridense. Rchd. fil., in Linnea, xxii., p. 836. 
Wild in VenezveEta ; in the province of Truxillo, near Timotes 
and vance, o! at the height of 6000 to 8000 feet—Funck and 
Se no. 735 eae pre at the height of 4000 feet—Kchb. 
fil., (v. s. sp. comm. cel. den.) 
I Me ie thank sete a a specimen singular species, 
remarkable arts great bearded lip. The Soorsahk ace veka to be reddish, 
bordered with viole 
7. D. ? Clausseni. 
D. spicd suberect& OF spent pedunculum nndum 3-4 
superante, bracteis lan acutis, floribus brevioribus, sepalis — 
lanceolatis acutis, petalis minoribus oblongis obtusis i mis 
trinerviis margine tenuissimé membranaceis, labello cum pede 
column elongato continuo beeraatiad unguiculato laminaé oblonga. 
marginibus inflexis apice acutiusculo reflexo gibbere in infima 
basi superficiei externze, columnd anticé ad angulos androclinii 
bidentata, Sithesk apiculata. 
Bolbophyllum Clausseni. Rchb. fil., in Linnea, xix. 371. 
Wild - Brazit; Minas Geriies—Claussen, in hb. De Lessert, 
(Zchb.) 
Pseudobulbs ovate, two-edged. Scape seven inches high. Bracts from 
one to two lines Flowers and ovary taken together 
, the points of the em darker than 
‘this plant, but it ean hardly fail to be a Didactyle. 
