Plate 183. 



HUNTLF.YA CERINA 



Waxy Huntley a. 



obliauis. 



ixplanatum^ subaequale, sepalis lateralibus baf«i antice involutia 



uiculatum, rliomboidenm, pat 



basi long^ fimbriatum, cum 



basi libera producta coluniTiae articulatum. Col 



clavata, apice 



inf/iem bilocularis^ mutica. Pollinia 4. — Folia lujiilatay disticha. Flores axi 



Bot Reg. suit. 1991. 



margine alatft 



Lindl 



■' 



HDNTLEYAcema; pseudobulbis nullis, foliis cuneato-oblongis acutis pedalibus, pedunculis vnlidia 



subrotandis concavis car- 



uuifloris 2- Tel 3-plo longioribuSj sepalis petalisque 



DosiSj labello ovato convexo retuso crista crassa semicirculari trancata plicata, columna apic 



uuda. 



Hpntleya cerina. Lindl in Paxt.Flow. Gar. v, 3. 7:. 535, cum xijlo. But. Mag. t. 5598. 



I'mroRiA cerina. Rchb.fil. Xenia, t 65. 



The first notice of this beautiful plaut appeared 



Slower Garden '(1852- 



flowe 



rare 



gi^ 



in the third volume of Paxt 

 53), where a description by Dr. Lindley and a woodcut of 



P'wt he had previously described 



Dr. Lindley had no hesitation in refer 



» 



^ ^ 



a 



alth 



^ its column 



""^ort and thick 



perfectly with 

 •^^^hough anoth 



in his ' Sertum ' mider the name oi Iluntleya violaceay 

 clavate, while in the latter species that member is remarkably 

 And since in other parts of its structure, as well as in habit, it aorccs 



name 



gmal type of the genus, I have retained Dr. Lindley 's 

 h authority, Professor Reichenbach, has fii^ured it in his *Xenia 



rr>i -^CSCCttw/ itt CC/CilU. 



J P ant was originally discovered by Warszewicz in Ver 



(Tiiri 



indeed 



^^ elevation of 8000 feet 



.^^s almost its sole 



Mr. Rucker was the fi 



to fl 



volcano of 

 rer it, and 



Pitiful 



M 



possessor, until some recent importations made th 



"*^'««". by Messr.; Veit 



r. Fitch's figure w^as obtained from 



plant 



plant exhibited 



beautiful 



ch at one of the Tuesday meetings of the Royal Horticultural 



