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LYCASTE LASIOGLOSSA rcup. Fr. 
THE HAIRY-LIPPED LYCASTE. 
LYCASTE. Sepala subaequalia, erect I ia, lateralia paullo latiora, basi cum pede columnae mentum 
saepius breve interdum fere saccatum formantia. Petala nunc sepalis similia nisi minora, nunc saepius distincte breviora 
latioraque. Labellum columnae pedi affixum, sessile v. unguiculatum, sepalis brevius; lobi laterales ad basin v. ad 
apicem unguis erecti, lati v. anguste falcati, medius parvus latus v. elongatus angustusque, patens, integer v. varie 
ciliatus v. fimbriatus; discus medio appendice transversa v. callo polymorpho instructus. Columna longiuscula, arcuata, 
semiteres, exalata v. apice angustissime bialata, basi in pedem brevem producta; clinandrium breve v. rarius mem- 
branaceo-dilatatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, valde convexa, unilocularis ; pollinia 4, oblonga 
v. ovoidea, per paria sibimet arcte applicita, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti longo lineari affixa, glandula 
parva. Capsula oblonga v. fusiformis, erecta. 
Herbae epiphyticae v. terrestres caulibus brevibus paucifoliatis basi vaginatis mox in pseudobulbos carnosos 
incrassatis. Folia ampla, plicato-venosa. Scapi ad latera pseudobulborum erecti uniflori v. rarius laxe 2-3 flori. Flores 
magni, saepius nutantes. 
Species ad 25, Americae tropicae a Peruvia usque ad Mexicum et Indiam occidentalem incolae. 
Lycaste LINDL., Bot. Reg., XXIX (1843), Misc. p- 14. — BENTH. et Hoox. F. Gen. Plant., II, P- 547- 
Lycaste lasioglossa. Pseudobulbi ovoidei, compressi. Folia membranacea, elliptico-1 i 
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lata, . 
plicata. Scapi virides, supra medium vaginati, vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis. Bracteae ovario breviores, virescentes, 
obtusae. Sepala patentia, anguste oblonga, acuta, pallide testacea; lateralia ima basi araneoso-pilosa. Petala sepalis 
ter breviora, oblonga, obtusa, fornicata, aurea, apicibus recurvis. Labellum petalis aequilongum, aureum, purpureo- 
punctatum, lobis lateralibus angustis obliquis obtusis, mento brevissimo, intermedio oblongo-ligulato obtuso dense hirsuto, 
disco callo inter lobis lateralibus triangulari ovato apice obtuso bidenticulato, Columna elongata, gracilis, aptera. 
Lycaste lasioglossa Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1872, Pp. 215. — Bot. Mag., t. 6251. 
| ycaste lasioglossa was originally introduced from Guatemala by Messrs 
James Veircu & Sons, of Chelsea, and flowered with them in February 
emmeati| 1872, when it was described by Prof. RricHenpacn. “ This very 
interesting species, ” writes the author, * looks as if intermediate between 
L. Schilleriana and L. macrophylla, it having the general aspect of the last, the 
short petals of the first, and a totally peculiar lip, with the wonderfully bearded 
middle lacinia, which is quite novel. Bract exceeding the short ovary. Sepals 
outside greenish, with brownish borders, of a beautiful dark cinnamon-brown 
inside, with an arachnoid hairy cover at the very base; petals and lip yellow, 
the last with some purplish dots covered by the beautiful hyaline villous hairs; 
column whitish yellow, with some purplish streaks a its base. ” Some little time 
afterwards it was figured in the Botanical Magazine, from the same source. 
The species of this group are rather difficult to distinguish satisfactorily. 
First comes the old L. macrophylla Linvt., a very variable species, which cer- 
tainly includes L. plana Linpt., formerly considered distinct. This species is 
rather widely diffused, as it ranges along the Andes from Peru to Venezuela. 
