ORCHIDBiE. 627 



oval-oblong tubers ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, or witt a bluntish point, cow/plicate 

 towards the base, chartaceous ; flower yellow, brownish-spotted chieily on the lip ; perigo- 

 nial divisions lanceolate-oblong, somewhat pointed, spreading ; Ivp i-fid, longitudinally 

 callous from the base to the division ; lateral lobes small, middle oblong, blunt, or retuse. — 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1848.— Leaves 8"-12" long, 15"'-20"' broad ; perigone 8'"-10"' long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad I, £ra<^., common ; [Cuba I ; Venezuela]. 



131. M. palmifolia, lAndl. Scape about as long as the oblong-lanceolate, 1-leavcd 

 tubers ; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a slender petiole, membranaoeous-chartaceous ; 

 flowers in a slwrt, pedimcled raceme, white ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, 



acuminate, spreading, lateral saccate at the base, interior shorter ; lip obsoletely 3-lobed, 

 longitudinally plaited-callous below : lateral lobes small, middle broadly oblong, blunt or re- 

 tuse. — Bot. Reg. t. 1549. — Dendrobium, Sw. M. decolor, LindL — Scape 3"-5", leaves 

 12"-1B" long, the latter li"-2" broad ; radfeme 8-12-flowered-: perigone 10"' long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica I, Wullschl., on trees ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Bradf., not uncommon. 



132. M. pallidiflora, .HooA. (i.). Scape exceeding the lanceolate, 1-leaved tubers; 

 leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a slender petiole, membranaceons-chartaceous ; flowers 

 in a short, peduncled raceme, greenish-yellow, with a whitish lip ; perigonial divisions lan- 

 ceolate-linear, blunt, exterior spreading, lateral saccate at the base, interior nearly as long ; 

 lip ovate-oblong, blunt, "longitudinally plaited-callous below." — Bot. Reg. t. 2806. — 

 Nearly allied to the preceding, but stouter, leaves 3" broad. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Cuba!]. 



30. CAMAEIDIUM, Lindl. 



Character of Mamllaria, but pollinaria 4, collateral, and lip with 2 large, distinct calli. — 

 Habit of Mumaxillaria. 



133. O. ochroleueum, Lindl. (22.) Stem compressed, pendulous or short, leafy atthe 

 summit: scales distichous-imbrieate, oblong: tubers oval-oblong, compressed, 1-leaved; 

 leaves oblong-linear, blunt, oblic[uely emarginate, chartaceous, keeled ; flowers whitish, ex- 

 serted ; perigonial divisions spathulate-oblong ; lip 3-lobed ; lateral lobes smaB, middle ovate 

 or roundish : calli longitudinal, dissolved into bristles below. — Bot. Reg. t. 844.— Cymbi- 

 dium, Lindl. Ornithidium album. Hook. {Bot. Mag. t. 3306) : a form with larger flowers. 

 —Habit of Maxillaria alba, oftenl' long ; leaves 4"-8" long, 3"'-6"'broad ; perigone vari- 

 able in size, 6"'-12"' long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Gr., Bradf., very common, on old trees ; 

 [Venezuela, Guiana]. 



31. LYCASTE, Undl. 

 Character of Maxillaria,\i^^ caudicnla long, linear, gland small, roundish.- Scape 1- 

 flowered, lateral to aerial tubers ; leaves plaited ; flowers large. 



134 I.. Barringtonise, Lindl. Tubers effiptical-oblong, 2-3-leaved ; scape about as 

 long as the petioles ; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a-slender petiole ; flowers noddmg, 

 greenish : uppermost bract exceeding the ovary ; perigonial divisions ovate oblong, pointed, 

 lateral cohmug and forming a bluntly conical, spur-like auricle ; hp smaller : middle lobe 

 ovate-oblong, blunt, dme.—Bot. Reg. t. 1206.-Epidendrum, Sw. Maxillaria, Lodd. 

 L. ciliata, Lindl. .'.- this from dry specimens I know not how to distmgmsh. .but by larger 

 flowers but G. Rchb. informs me that the middle lobe of its lip is more concave.— Scape b , 

 leaves li'-2', perigone lV'-2i" long.-HAB. Jamaica!, Prf., Macf., Wullschl, on rocks 

 and trees ; [Cuba !]. 



32. PAPHINIA, Lindl. 

 " Character of Maidllaria, but caudicula long, clavate-linear gland smaU, deltoid ; column 

 2-auricled at the summit; lip fringed at the summit and claw."-" Scape /«!«-/o».r«rf, 

 hanging, lateral to aerial tubers; leaves plaited ; flowers large, expanded. 



135 P. cristata, Undl. {Bot. Reg. t. 1811). "Tubers ovate 1-leaved ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-oblong or eUiptical-oblong, pointed, tapering at the base, 4"-5" long: scape as long 

 2 flowered- perigone purple- and white-variegated: divisions ovate-ob ong, pointed li/ 

 long ri[p smEThorSy clawed, deeply 3-fid, and middle lobe 3-fid agam."-HAB. Tnui- 

 dad {Undi:) ; [Guiana]. 



