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its apex, wholly covered on its superior side with a felt cloth of long curled hairs; 
the claw is rather short and broad; the disk bears a thin longitudinal crest, 
which extends from the base to over the middle, where it becomes confounded 
with the large transverse callus, rounded at the upper margin. The column is 
straight, somewhat incurvated at the apex only, semi-cylindrical, yellowish white 
strongly stained with purple underneath, 2°*/, cm. long; its anterior face bears 
towards the apex a long and dense villosity; the foot is scarcely 1 cm. long 
The opercule of the anther is very convex, thinly papillose, yellow, with two 
large purplish-brown lateral spots. 
The curious villosity which covers the terminal lobe of the lip of Lycaste 
Luciani can only be observed in the L. lasioglossa Rene. F., of which the present 
work has given a plate some two years ago (vol. VII, pl. 316), and to which it 
bears some considerable analogy; but it will be seen, on a glance at the two 
plates, that the species are perfectly distinct. Besides the absolutely different 
colouring of the flowers, we may observe that in the L. lasioglossa, the bract is 
shorter than the ovary; the sepals are considerably broader, equally long, the 
lateral ones regularly tapering and acute at their apex, the dorsal one only obtuse 
and apiculate; the petals are rather shorter and broader, obtuse at their apex; the 
lip is as long as the petals, with a longer and narrower claw, the lateral lobes 
more projecting, and the front lobe broader, with the callus of the disk bidentate 
at its apex; the column is about 1/2 cm. shorter, while the foot is one time longer 
than in the new species; lastly, the pollinia are considerably smaller, rather 
narrower, with the pedicel shorter and more slender. 
The habitat of Lycaste Luciani is not known with absolute certainty; it is 
however extremely probable that it comes from Guatemala, for it was included 
in an importation of L. Skinneri, received three years ago by M. Atrrep VAN 
Imscuoor, the well-known Orchidist of Ghent. It becomes therefore probable, as 
M. Van Imscuoor thinks, that this plant could be a natural hybrid between L. lasio- 
glossa and L. Skinneri, both Guatemalan Orchids. 
M. Van Imscuoor’s plant flowered for the first time two years ago; last year, 
it was divided into two pieces, and gave no flower; during the last winter, one 
of the cuttings flowered in November, and the second in January. The first one 
was exhibited, on December roth. last, at the meeting of the ORCHIDEENNE, of 
Brussels, where it was awarded a First-class Diploma of Honour. 
A. CoGNIAUx. 
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