630 ORCHIDB^. 



40. CYKTOPEKA, Xm& 



Li;p jointed with the produced base of the column, ventricose-3-lobed : perigonial divisions 

 ascending, exterior lateral and 3 interior adhering to the column. Column ascending, mar- 

 gined : " pollinaria 4, incumbent, the posterior adheriug to the anterior ones : caudioula 

 short, nearly deltoid." — Boot terrestrial: no tulers ; scape lateral to the stem; leaves 

 plaited; flowers racemose. 



146. C. VT'oodfordii, lAndl. (iJ.j. Stout; leaves lanceolate-oblong, or lanceolate, 

 pointed, inserted at the summit of a fisiform stem ; raceme many-flowered : bract linear- 

 acuminate ; perigonial divisions lanceolate, or oblong ; lip 2-callous ; lateral lobes short, 

 middle flattish, ovate-oblong, rounded. — Bot. Reg. 1. 1508. — Scape 3'-4', leaves li'-2'long ; 

 flowers " white with a yellow spot on the lip " (&.), but green with a purple lip in the figure 

 quoted: perigone 8"'-10"' Ibng.^ — Hab. Jamaica!, J'«?.,jDJ.rf., Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Jmr. ; 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [French islands ! to Gruiana I and Brazil !], 



41. CYRTOPODIUM, R. Br. 



Lip clawed, continuous with the produced base of the column, incurved-3-lobed ; perigo- 

 nial divisions free, spreading. " PolUnana 3, dorsally furrowed; caudicula short, linear, 

 gland ovate." — Root terrestrial ; scape lateral to the leaved, fleshy stem, or tufts of plaited 

 leaves ; flowers pamieled, or racemose. 



147. C. Andersonii, R. Br. Soape panicled, as high as the leaved, fusiform stem; 

 " leaves oblong-lamceolate, acuminate ;" flowers yellow : bracts oblong, adout as long as the 

 pedicel ; perigonial divisions broadly elliptical, flattish, at length wavy ; Up callous above 

 the claw ; lobes rounded, middle broader, but shorter than the lateral ones, crenulate at the 

 summit; column naked. — Bot. Reg.'iT. t.%. — Oncidium comosum, Pmpp. Oub.! — 3'-8' 

 high ; perigonial divisions 10"'-8"' long. — Hab. S. Vincent ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Cuba ! to 

 Brazil!]. 



The allied C. punetatum, Lindl. (Cymbidium trinerve, Mey. Msseq. .'), has greenish-white, 

 spotted flowers, vrith an emarginate, larger middle lobe of the lip : it has been found in 

 Haiti, but not yet in the British islands. 



148. C. cristatum, Ijindl. [ex descr.). Scape simple, racemose, exceeding the tuft of 

 leaves, the latter lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; bracts minute, cucuUate-subulate, much 

 shorter than the pedicel ; perigonial divisions elliptical, bluntish, flattish ; lip transversely 

 crested at the origin of the rounded, entire, reflexed middle lobe, deeply concave between the 

 broad crest and the claw : lateral lobes ovate, blunt, much narrower than the middle one ; 

 column broadly winged at the summit. — Scape 1^' high ; leaves 8"-13" long, 6"'-8"' 

 broad ; perigone 6'" long ; crest fleshy, transversely oblong. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., Aripo ; 

 [Guiana]. 



42. GONGORA, R. F. 



Lip clawed, continuous with the produced, claw-like base of the column, constricted at the 



middle, furnished with lateral appendages : perigonial divisions spreading, 3 exterior lateral free, 



superior and 3 interior distantly mserted into the column. Column ascending, clavate, 



naked: "pollinaria 2, linear; caudicula linear, gland minute." — Scape lateral to aerial 



. tubers ; leaves plaited ; flowers racemose. 



149. O. atropurpurea, Hook. ! Tuber costate, 2-leaved ; leaves broadly lanceolate- 

 oblong, exceeded by the scape ; raceme loose : flowers lirown ; perigonial divisions oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; hypochilium cuneate, with long, marginal, recurved horns and 

 smaller appendages ; eprchilinm laterally compressed, subulate. — Bot. Mag. t. 3320. — 

 Scape 2', leaves 1', flowers about 1" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Shepherd; [GuianaJ. 



43. STANHOPEA, Book. 



" Lip sessile, continuous with the column, fleshy, usuaT^ly jointed at the middle and fur- 

 nished with lateral appendages ; perigonial divisions spreading, free. Column vringed above: 

 pollinaria -2, linear : caudfoula cuneate (or none) : gland minute. — Scape lateral to aerial 

 tubers, fevi-flowered; \e&ies plaited ; flowers farye." 



