STANHOPEA. 721 



soape pendulous, two-flowered, twice as long as the potixls.—Saritiam; British 

 Guiana ; Veneisuela. 



T'T^^^'r-^"*- ^"^-^ *■ ■'■''^^ ' -^'*- ^^"'!'-' *• ^^"^ ' -f^""''' ^"'^t (''-"t- OrrJt. PL, t. B7 ; 

 L 111. Ilort., XIV. t. 531 (^HpectaUlU) ; MaimA. Sot., Iv. t. 176 (qramliflji-a) ; Liiulenia, 

 vii. t. 336. ^J J J < I 



S. ECORNUTA, Lemaire. — A very distinct species, differing from the other 

 Stanhopeas, as its name denotes, in being devoid of horns to the labellum. It 

 was detected by Warscewicz in 1845. The lip is ovate triangular at the end, 

 very short, somewhat slipper-shaped, light orange-yellow, pure white towards 

 the apex ; mottled on the side with purple ; sepals and petals pure white with 

 u few purple spots near the base. IFlowers about 4i inches in diameter, pro- 

 duced in pairs. — Central America. 



Fm.— Flore dcs Si-rrcx,t. 181; Sot. Mag.,t. 4855 ; Paxtun's Flower (kirilrn,\. p. 23, f . 20. 



S. GIBBOSA, Rchb.f. — A very fine and distinct species, flowering in June 

 and July. The plant is in the way of 8. Wardii, and bears very large flowers, 

 about 6 inches in diameter, and of a dull yellow barred and blotched with dull 

 crimson, this colouring assuming a much darker hue in the sepals ; the hypochil 

 is incurved, keeled on each side, the mesochil is furnished with falcate ligulate 

 horns, and the epichil is oblong acute. This plant was well bloomed in 1883 by 

 the late Mr. Peacock, of Hammersmith, and Mr. Wallis, of Balham, who had a 

 ]ilant bearing five spikes of flowers. — Native country not stated. 



S. GRANDIFLORA, Lindl. — A distinct and pleasing species. The plant has 

 ovate furrowed pseudobulbs, broad lanceolate plaited leaves, and short pendent 

 scapes, bearing the very large flowers, which are fully G inches in diameter and 

 very fragrant, pure white except a few crimson dots on the basal and middle 

 parts of the lip ; the hypochil is roundish, two-horned in front, the mesochil 

 solid truncate hornless but obsoletely tridentate, and the epichil ovate; the 

 column is much elongated. It blooms at different times of the year, and lasts 

 about three days in perfection. — Trinidad. 



Fig. — Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1414 ; Maund. Sotanist, iv. t. 170. 

 Syn. — Ceratochilus grandiflorus. 



S. GRAVEOLENS, Lindl. — A very old species, having been in cultivation as 

 long ago as 1840 in the collection of Dean Herbert. The flowers, which are very 

 strongly scented, are produced usually in pairs ; sepals and petals straw-yellow ; 

 the hypochil deep apricot-j-ellow, epichil and horns of mesochil ivory-white. 

 — Central America. 



Fig. — Flore dcs Serves, tt. 1 & 2. 



S. GUTTULATA.— See S. octjlata. 



S. IMPLICATA — See S. Mautiana. 



S. INSIGNIS, Frost. — This is the original StanJiopea, and a very handsome 

 plant it is. The pseudobulbs are clustered, ovate, furrowed, with a broadly 

 lanceolate dark green plicate shortly stalked leaf, and a drooping spike of three 

 or four large showy fragrant flowers; the flowers are of a pale diill yellow, 

 whitish or creamy towards the tips, and dotted with purple on the inner face, 



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