364 
Eque zn lin. lata. Petala 13 p png. 1 -8 lin. lata. Labellum 
i poll longum. Columna 14 po oll. l 
is very distinct species was "ie in i aster by E. S. Rand, Esq., 
Pará, Brazil, who describes it as a very beautiful d unlike any 
us ever seen, and the only Brazilian one he knows which grows above 
e Amazonian delta, It is obviously allied to s. eburnea, Lindl., 
hog the flowers are far smaller, and the fleshy part of the lip, formed 
by the united hypochil and EI only half as long as in that species. 
mouth is also reduced to a small transverse openiug, half a line long 
by two lines broad, while the tre horns are erect and situated at the 
extreme base. The flowers are described as ivory-white, with a faint 
shade of yellow on the lip, and very sweet-scented, with a ‘perfume like 
* winter-green." e contraction of the mo uth of the hypochil is 
evidently correlated in some way with the insect which fertilises ien 
flower, as the eavity inside is Aitea with small papillæ, which Cru 
has shown, in the case of an allied species, to be attractive to bum blo 
MÀ though here it is exceptionally well protected against marauders 
by the contracted mouth and the two horns at the sides. It would be 
very interesting to ascertain what insect fertilises it. 
97. Stanhopea nigripes, Rolfe; pseudobulbis tetragono-ovoideis cor- 
rugatis, foliis petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis plicatis, scapis pendulis 
asi vaginatis 3—4-floris, bracteis gis beni i vetet convoluto: 
vis, sepalis elliptico-oblongis acutis concavis lateralibus paullo 
latioribus, petalis lineari-oblongis acutis conduit pied labello tri- 
lobo, hypochilio oblongo lateribus carinatis ore su orbieulari canali 
angusto, mesochilio bicornuto, epichilio ovato-orbiculari subobtuso 
- integro, columna incurva apice bidentata alis amplis rotundatis. 
Has.— Not known. 
Pseudobulbi 11-2 pol. longi, 1-1} poll. lati. Folia 10 poll. long: 
4 poll. lata. Scapi 3-4 poll. longi. Bractee 13 pon, longæ. Pedic ell 
H poll. ve Sepala 3 poll. Tie a 13 om latum, taenia 
Il. 
and petals are yellow, with many small pent bloc and ‘the lio 
and column whitish yellow, with many small purple spots on the base, 
the epichil, the middle of the column, and lower ofthe wings. The 
hypochil bears a large very dark purple- -black eye-like spot on either 
side, while the interior of the cavity is almost entirely of the same 
colour, in allusion to which the name is given. S. florida, Rchb. f., is 
also a near ally, but, besides differences in the lip, the ground colour of 
the flower is described as white. It was purchased at a sale in 1892, 
beyond which nothing is known of its origin. It flowered at Kew in 
August 1893 and again a year later 
98. Catasetum pun unctatum, Rolfe; pseudobulbis fusiformi-oblongis, 
3-1-phyllis, foliis elliptico- v. obovato-lanceolatis acutis v. apiculatis 
basi attenuatis, scapis s erectis circa 11- floris, an triangulo-ovatis 
* cilia ato-fimbriatis intermedio brevissimo late truncato obscure apicu culato 
ilio earnoso intus medio utrinque transverse lamellato, columna 
