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H. G. Reicheubach fil. 



Aganisia pulchella Lindl. Rhizoma repens, pennae anserinae crassitie, squamis 

 vaginantibus arcte vestitum ; pseudobulbis parvis acuminatis, intra squa- 

 mas latentibus. Folia solitaria, oblonga, membranacea, quinquecostata, 

 in petiolum angustata. Racemi radicales, id est e squamis pseudobulbos 

 fultientibus erecti, tri-sexflori, foliis breviores. Flores candidi, 1^/4 

 unciam lati, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus, ovato oblongis acutis, pa- 

 tulis. Labelluni cum columua articulatum; hypochilio concavo sanguineo 

 maculato, epichilio latiore, ovato integro, medio luteo. basi crista lutes- 

 cente glandulosa ab hypochilio diviso. Columna erecta, basi ne mi- 

 nirae quidem producta, semiteres, apice brachiis duobus patentibus in- 

 curvis aucta ; rostello lineari producto. Pollinia quaterna, incurabentia 

 nec collateralia ut olim dixi; caudicula lineari membranacea, glandula 

 parva, subrotunda, tenera. Demerara. Loddiges. 



1853, gedruckt am 19. Februar, erschien in den „Folia Orchidacea" 

 Lindley's Gattung Acacallis, welche für die schönste orchidologische Entdeckung 

 Dr. Spruce's galt. Die Beschreibung ist die folgende. 



Sepala patentia, petaloidea; lateralibus basi ima levissime pro- 

 ducta connatis. Petala subaequalia, basi subobliqua. Labeilum ungui- 

 culatum; sepalis longius, petaloideum ; hypochilio (ungue) lineari , apice 

 saccato , margiue lobato ; mesochilio brevi e facie sacci , tricorni ; epi- 

 chilio transversO; basi concavo, juxta raesochilium verticaliter plicato. 

 Columna brevis, subteres, antice marginata, cum labello continua, apice 

 alata ; stigraa subrotundum, in marginem inferiorem bicallosum, superiore 

 tripartito, laciniis lateralibus brevibus forcipatis, intermedia (rostello) 

 subulata. Pollinia duo, cereacea, (pedicellata, biloba, emaciata, forte 

 casu quodam) ; caudicula rhombea, glandula parva, subrotunda. Herba 

 epiphyta, Americae tropicae, pseudobulbosa. FoUa nervosa. Racemi 

 erecti, pauciflori. Flores speciosi. 



AUied to Huntleya, Warrea etc., but clearly distinguished by 

 its long narrow hypochil, with a deep bag at the point, surrounded 

 by a five-lobed reflexed border, and furnished in front with three pro- 

 jecting processes arising from the very base of the mesochil at its 



