LYCASTE 



LYCASTE 



953 



compressed, 



crenulate; callus tongue-shaped, coucave. Often the 

 parts of the tlower are more or less spotted and hairy iu 

 places. July, Aug. Colombia. Gt. l'32l. 



5. l&nipes, Lindl. Pseudobulbs large: Ivs. lanceo- 

 late, 12-18 in. long: tls. solitary, as many as 1;3 on a 

 plant, creamy white; sepals and petals oblong-lanceo- 

 late; labelluni smooth : lateral lobes ovate-obtuse; mid- 

 dle lobe oblong, obtuse, serrate, with a concave, ribbed 

 callus. Oct. Ecuador. — Lindley says the fls. are pale 

 green, 2 >2 in. long before they expand, without a trace 

 of any other color. 



6. lociista, Reichb. f. Pseudobullts pyriform: Irs. 

 oblong-ligulate, acute: fls. suuiUer tliau those of _/_/. 

 Dejypiij all green except the white column; the odd se- 

 pal oblong, obtuse; the lateral ones linear-oblong, 

 acute; petals bent down inside of the lateral sepal; la- 

 liellum with acute side lobes and a semi-oblong, fleshy, 

 convex middle lobe, all green ; on the disk are 2 narrow 

 keels, confluent behind into a fleshy emarginate callus. 

 Peru. 



7. Candida, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovoid, much, com 

 pressed: ivs. oblong-acuminate: fls. about 2 in. across; 

 sepals spreading, reflexedand acute at the apices, oblong, 

 slightly woolly at base, yellowish green, sometimes 

 dotted with light rose; petals whitish, revolute, obtuse; 

 labellum white, with a few rose-colored spots: disk 

 plate obtuse emarginate at the apex; column hairy on 

 the inner surface. L'osta Rica.— Var. Lawrenceana, 

 Hurt. Sepals aud petals tinted with rose, otherwise the 

 tls. are like those of the type. Var. rubra has been 

 offered. 



8. costS.ta. Pseudobxilbs oblon 

 long: Ivs. 2-3 at the apex, 6-10 

 in. long, broadly oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate: scape erect, as 

 long as the pseudobulb : fls. 

 large, nearly white or creamy 

 yellow; dorsal sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, the lateral sepal sim- 

 ilar but falcate, united with the 

 column to form a blunt spur; 

 petals smaller, somewhat un<lu- 

 late; lateral lobes of the labnl- 

 lum small, erect; middle lobe 

 ovate - rotund, toothed. Peru. 

 B.M. 5706 {lis Ij. liar riur/foiua-y 

 var. grandiflora). 



9. macrobulbon, Lindl. Pseu- 

 dobulbs very large, ovate, com- 

 pressed, with several large, ob- 

 long, acute Ivs. : scapes usually 

 2 from each pseudolmlb, mucii 

 shorter than the Ivs. : fls. large, 

 yellow ; sepals ovate-oblong, 

 spreading; petals shorter, some- 

 what concave, with recurved 

 tips; labellum oblong, as long 

 as the petals, spotted on the 

 disk with brown. Colombia. J'-. 

 M. 4228 (as MaxiUnria macri>- 

 hnlboti). 



]n. Skinneri, Lindl. Pseudo- 

 bulbs oblong-ovate, 3-5 in. high, 

 1-2-lvd. : Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 9-12 in. long: scapes 5-6 in. 

 long, each bearing a single 

 waxy flower 5-6 in, in diam.: 

 sepals ovate -oblong, whit© 



tinged with rose ; petals half as long, broadly ovate, 

 pointing forward with acute, reflexed tips, striated and 

 tinged with dark rose : lateral lobes of the labellum 

 erect truncate ; middle lobe oblong-ovate, recurved, 

 with a fleshy tongue-shaped callus on the disk, dark 

 crimson-purple. The most useful of the genus. Spring. 

 Guatemala. B.M. 4445. P.M. 11:1 [Maxilhirta Skhi- 

 neri). Gn. 25: 440; 30, p. 374; 37: 397. F. 1861 :G5 fvar. )- 

 A.F. 4:519. J. H. III. 34:367. A. G. 14:433. -The follow- 

 ing varieties are advertised: 



Var. 61ba, Hort. A large-fld. white variety with a 

 tinge of yellow at the base of the labellum and a yellow, 

 tongue-shaped appendage in its throat. l.H. 27:405. 



Gn. 25:440. P.M. 1872 :.3:). G.C. III. 7:424. A.F. 6:631 

 Var. albo-sanguinea. No description. Var. Candida 

 Plort. White. Var. delicatissima, Hort. Fls. large, rose 

 white; lal^ellum white blotched with rose. Feb. Var. 

 grandiilbra. No description. Var. purpurata, Hort. 

 Sepals and petals rose-white; laliellum crimson-purple. 

 Var. rbsea, Hort. A beautiful variety with deep rose fls. 

 and a white labellum spotted with crimson. Var. su- 

 p^rba. Sepals and petals white; labellum crimson. 



11. pUna, Lindl. A robust plant, with large ribbed 

 pseudobulbs and ample-pointed oval Ivs.: fls. 3-4 in. 

 across; sepals oblong, plane, rich madder-red inside; 

 petals smaller, with recurved tij)s, white, tipped with 

 crinison; lal)ellum snuUler, white spotted \vith crimson; 

 side loltes crenulate; middle lobe rounded, obtuse, ser- 

 rate, crested. Winter. Bolivia. B. R. 29:3.5. —Var. Meas- 

 uresiana, Williams. Sepals reddish brown, tipped with 

 green ; petals and labellum white spotted with bright 

 rose, except on the margins of the petals. Autumn. 



12. tetr^gona, Lindl. Pseudobulbs ovate, tetragonal : 



Ivs. solitary, ovate-lanceolate: scape 1^-fld. : fls. green- 

 ish streaked with crimson; sepals and petals oblong- 

 ovate, rather olituse, half-spreading, the 2 luwer form- 

 ing a blunt, projecting angle at base; labellum smaller, 

 white and piir[ile or green and purple, with a shovel- 

 shaped appen<lage on the disk. Fls. not beautiful, but 

 very fragrant, remaining fresh for two months. June. 

 Brazil. B.JI.;;U6 and B.R. 17:1428 (both a.^ MaxiUaria 

 feiraijona ) . 



13. cru6iita, Lindl. Pseudobulbs compressed : Ivs, 

 many, oblong, membranaceous: scape bearing 1 yellow- 

 flower (rarely 2), much largerthan those of //. aronuttica: 



1327. Lycaste aromatica (X l-o). 



