454 ORCHIDS 



Schomburgkia. 



the side lobes of the h'p arc triangular, rounded, the central one 

 ligulate, notched at the a|iex, and prettily crisped; the disk is 

 blackish-purple, the apex white. \Vest Indies, i8S6. The flowers 

 are produced during the summer months. 



S. tibicinis {Ba/e//i.). — The largest, the best-known, and pro- 

 bably the handsomest of the genus. The pseudo-bulbs are ift. 

 to i-jft. long, hollow, tapering from the bottom upwards, their 



curious structure giving rise 

 to the popular name of 

 Cowhorn Orchid. In a wild 

 state the plants are usually 

 occupied by swarms of ants. 

 The leaves are two, some- 

 times three, in number, 

 oblong, leathery, and pro- 

 duced near the top of the 

 j^ "J "^«^l%'^-' %r^ ** pseudo-bulb. The raceme is 



^r' '' Mi\ ''W J- ' terminal, 4ft. to 8ft. high, 



Tf% 3f I ''£ bearing numerous flowers on 



the upper part ; the flowers 

 are 3.-,in. across, the sepals 

 and narrower petals prettily 

 undulated, narrowly oblong ; 

 the outside is pale purple, 

 the inside crimson-purple, 

 reddish-brown towards the 

 tips ; the side lobes of the 

 lip are orange, streaked with 

 purple, white at the margin, 

 the small middle lobe being 

 F,G. 155. Sr„o.rm:RGKr.4 Timcixis .^.^jte, ,vith purple veins, 

 (much reduced). There is, however, consider- 



able variation in colour and 

 size, the form just described being sometimes distinguished as 

 grandiflora. A smaller-flowered variety is in cultivation, with 

 blossoms 2in. in diameter, the side lobes of the lip being rosy, 

 and the front lobe a purer white, Honduras, 1836. The flowers 

 appear in summer. (Fig, 155, for which we are indebted to the 

 Editor of the "Gardeners' Chronicle"; B. M., t. 4476.) 



SCUTICARIA. 



The two or three species that constitute this genus, 

 belonging to the tribe Vandew, are amongst the most 



