PL. CCCXIX. 
STAUROPSIS WAROCQUEANA Rotre. 
M. G. WAROCQUE’S STAUROPSIS. 
STAUROPSIS. Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentissima. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum basi columnac 
affixum, continuum, patens, concavum, ecalcaratum, angustum ; lobi laterales breves, medius longiusculus, concavus, 
apice —— Columna brevis, crassa, exalata, apoda; clinandrium truncatum, parum prominens. Anthera terminalis 
percularis, b iglobosa, imperfecte bilocularis ; pollinia 2, cerea, ovoideo-globosa, sulcata v. bipartibilia, 
inappendiculata, ciltaen dehi stipiti plana affixa, glandula squamiformis. Capsula oblongo-clavata, erostris crassius- 
cula, costis prominulis. 
Herbae epiphyticae, caulibus foliatis non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, patentia, coriacea, plana. Pedunculi 
laterales, racemo nunc brevi simplici floribus paucis majusculis, nunc longo laxe ramoso floribus sat numerosis 
minoribus, 
Species circa 7, Indiae orientalis et Archipelagi Malayani incolae. 
Stauropsis Reus. F. in Hamb. Gartenz., XVI (1860), p. 117. — BENTH & Hook. F. Gen. Plant., Ill, p. 572. 
Fieldia GAUDLICH in Freyc. Voy. Bot., p. 424, t. 36 (non Cunn.) 
Stauropsis Warocq Caul Caulis robustus, erectus. Folia disticha, subdistantia, carnosa, oblongo- 
linearia, apice biloba. Pedunculus erectus validus, paniculatus, densiflorus. Sepala obovata, 1-2 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, 
Petala similia. Labellum carnosum, angustum; lobi laterales brevissimi, late rotundati, lobus medius inflexus, angustus, 
obtusus, infra apicem profunde constrictus, infra medium calloso-carinatus, basi saccatus. Columna brevissima. 
Stauropsis Warocqueana ROLFE, supra. 
his distinct and handsome species is a native of New Guinea, whence 
4) it was introduced by Messrs Linpen, L’HorricuLTure INTERNATIONALE, 
i# Parc Leopold, Brussels, some time ago. It flowered in the collection of 
M. G. Warocauk, of Mariemont, in December last, and is named in honour of 
its possessor. 
It is very distinct from every other species of the genus, though allied to 
S. lissochiloides Buntu., and S. gigantea Bentu. It may, however, be readily 
distinguished by its dense panicle of far smaller flowers, as well as by numerous 
- differences in their structure. The stem is erect and stout, nearly three quarters 
of an inch in diameter, and bearing a few strong stout roots on its lower part. 
The leaves, which are borne about two inches apart, are oblong-linear and 
obtuse, six inches long by an inch broad. The peduncle is very stout, with a 
large broadly ovate bract-like sheath at the base of each of the four branches. 
The densely packed flowers are light buff-yellow in colour, with numerous light 
red-brown spots. The lip is white with a few rosy spots both on the front and 
side lobes. The branches of the panicle measure from five to seven inches in 
length. 
This makes the fifth species of Stauropsis now in cultivation. The others are 
S. fasciata, S. gigantea, S. lissochiloides, and S. undulata, besides which there are 
