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STANHOPEA MACULOSA. 



{Spotted Stanhopea.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. AT , _ NATURAL ORDER, 



No. 121. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE^E § VANDE^. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Stanhopea. (Hooker.) Peranthium membranaceum, patentissimum vel reflexuni. Sepala 

 libera, subundulata, mole sua ruentia. Petala conformia angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum, 

 ecalcaratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum; dimidio superiore {epichilio) convexo, inferiore 

 (Jiypochilio) excavate Columna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 

 2, elongata, fissa, caudicula. quam glandula biloba stipitata breviore. Epiphytes pseudobulbosee. 

 Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vaginati, pauciflori. Elores maximi magis minusve maculati. 



Perianth membranaceous, widely spread open, or reflexed. Sepals free, somewhat undulate, 

 pendent from their own weight. Petals similar in form, narrower. Lip free, placed anteriorly, 

 spurless, fleshy, horned on each side, the upper half (epichilium) convex, the lower half 

 (hypochilium) excavated. Column very long, with a petal-like margin. Anther 2-celled. 

 Pollen-masses 2, elongated, cleft, with a caudicula shorter than the 2-lobed stipitate gland. 

 Pseudobulbous epiphytes. Leaves plaited. Scapes radical, sheathed, few-flowered. Flowers very 

 large, more or less spotted. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



S. Maculosa ; hypochilio rotundato saccato intus verrucis glandulosis antice obsito ; metachilio 

 brevi constricto comua 2 falcata porrecta gerenti; epichilio oblongo obtuse 3-dentato apice 

 subreflexo. 



Hypochilium rounded, saccate, the anterior portion studded internally with glandular warts ; 

 metachilium short, constricted, bearing 2 falcate, projecting horns ; epichilium oblong, obtusely 

 3-toothed, somewhat reflexed at the apex. 



Descb. — Pseudobulbs pyriform, furrowed, somewhat curved, each bearing a leaf at the apex, 

 and invested at the base with ovate-acuminate membranous sheaths. Leaves lanceolate, strongly 

 veined, with a long, furrowed petiole. ■ Scape pendulous, few-flowered, invested with sheathing 

 membraneous bractes, which, as well as the ovaria, are covered with minute elevated dots. 

 Sepals and petals of a pale brownisb-buff, tinged towards the base with crimson, and marked 

 with numerous rich dark -red blotches. Lateral sepals large, oblong, somewhat rounded, concrete 

 to some extent at the base. Upper sepal distinct ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals narrow, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, reflexed at the apex. Lip nearly sessile, the lower portion {hypochilium) 

 rounded, hollow, extending beneath the metachilium, its inner surface thickly studded anteriorly 

 with glandular warts, arranged in a radiated manner, and exhaling a powerful and most agreeable 

 odour, posteriorly smooth, with a large red blotch on each side ; the middle portion {metachilium) 

 short, contracted, from each side of which is given off a fleshy, incurved, pointed horn, grooved 



