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STANHOPEA MOLIANA RoLFE. 
JULES VAN MOL’S STANHOPEA. 
STANHOPEA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. II, p- 9. 
Stanhopea Moliana. Pseudobulbi ovoidei, monophylli, a vaginis increscentibus stipati. Folia longe petiolata, 
elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata. Racemus pendulus, pauciflorus. Bracteae lanceolato- -ovatae, acutae, 4.5 cm. longae, 
minutissime punctulatae, Pedicelli 7 em. longi, minutissime punctulati. Sepalum posticum oblongum; sepala lateralia 
ovata; omnia obtusa, 7 cm. longa. Petala anguste oblonga, subobtusa, undulata, 6.5 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. Labelli 
hypochilium sessile, obovato-oblongum, depressum, antice intrusum, latere carinatum, basi exangulatum ; mesochilium 
breve, bicornutum, cornubus falcatis ; epichilium latissime ovatum. Columna late alata. 
Stanhopea Moliana ROL¥E, supra. 
everal species of Stanhopea are natives of Peru, but the present one is 
an addition to the list. It was introduced by Messrs Linpen, L’Hokti- 
ESS) culture INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, some time ago, and flowered in 
their establishment at the end of April last. It is allied to S. Ruckeri Linvt., 
and S. Ward Lopp., between which two species it is nearly intermediate in 
the shape of the hypochil, though quite different in other details. It agrees 
with the former in the open furrow of the hypochil, and in the absence of a 
pair of teeth near the base, but the furrow is still broader than in that species, 
especially at the base, where the angles, instead of approaching each other, and 
terminating behind in a broad tooth, remain wide apart, and are separated by a 
broad interval, which gives the cavity at the base of the hypochil a totally 
different shape. Both the species just named are said to be natives of Mexico, 
though in the case of S. Ruckeri this point seems to require confirmation. ‘There 
is also a slight resemblance to the Peruvian S. Haselowiana Rcue. F., which, 
however, may be readily separated from every other species by the more elon- 
gated base of the mesochil. The sepals are pale yellowish white, irregularly 
spotted with light reddish-purple, some of the spots being ring-like. The petals 
are white, with larger, deeper-coloured spots, which are mostly ring-like, except 
near the base. The lip is white, with the under-side and cavity of the hypochil 
and the front of the epichil densely spotted with minute reddish-purple spots. 
There are comparatively few spots on the remainder of the lip. The broadly-winged 
column is yellowish white, with numerous small reddish spots, except near the 
apex. This very interesting species is dedicated by request to M. Jutzs Van Mot, 
head of the cultural department of L’HorticutTurE INTERNATIONALE, of Brussels. 
R. A. Ro.re. 
