314 
NEW ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. 
The leaves are broad, oblong, and pointed, a 
foot and more long ; the base of these is in- 
closed by a membranaceous inflated sheath, 
which seems destined to hold water for the 
supply of the plant. From between the leaves 
arises the erect flower-stem, a foot and a half 
high, forming a loose spike of small cream- 
coloured flowers, not at all showy. It is from 
Jamaica, and flowers in September. Fig. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 4151. 
Govenia fasciata, Lindley. (Linden's Go- 
venia.) — This is a terrestrial species, with 
leaves about a foot long and three inches wide, 
and narrow upright spikes of rather pretty 
flowers, which are yellow, both the sepals and 
petals being beautifully marked with tine 
broken transverse bands of crimson. It was 
found by Mr. Linden in Venezuela, in damp 
forests, at the height of 5,000 feet above the 
sea, in July, 1842, and has been flowered by 
S. Rucker, Esq. of Wandsworth. Fig. in But. 
Reg. 1845, t. 67. New. 
Helcia sanguinolenta, Lindley. (Red 
spotted Helcia.) — A small plant, allied to Tri- 
chopilia, with ovate pseudo-bulbs, undulated 
narrow leaves, and solitary flowers, produced 
on stems proceeding from the base of the bulb. 
The flowers are olive-coloured, with brownish 
red spots, the lip white and marked. It is from 
Paccha, a village in the Andes of Guayaquil, 
where it was found by Mr. Hartweg. 
Lycaste fulvescens, Hooker. (Tawny- 
flowered Lycaste). — A pseudo-bulbous species, 
with the habit of L. gigantea, but different in 
the size and colour of the flowers, which in this 
are a pale tawny colour, with an orange 
coloured lip, but in L. gigantea are greenish 
brown, with a red purple lip. The leaves are 
from the summit of the pseudo-bulbs, and the 
flowers, one on each stalk, rise from the base 
of the bulb ; the sepals are lanceolate, the late- 
ral ones longest ; the petals are of the same 
form and colour, but smaller ; the lip is oblong, 
beautifully fringed with hairs. It is a native of 
the province of Coro, in Colombia, and has been 
recently flowered by the Rev. J. Clowes, of 
Manchester, who received it from Mr. Linden. 
Fig. in Bot. Mag. t. 4193. 
Lycaste gigantea, Lindley. (Large-flow- 
ered Lycaste.) — This is a remarkable rather 
than a handsome, plant. Unlike most of the Ly- 
castes, which flower beneath the leaves, on com- 
paratively short stalks, the flowers of this are ■ 
elevated at least two feet high ; and they are 
moreover among the largest produced by Or- 
chidaceous plants, the expansion of the petals 
being not less than six inches, standing out in 
the form of a triangle : in colour they are 
greenish yellow, suffused with brown, and the 
lip is of a reddish brown. It is found in La 
Guayra, and at Quebrada de las Juntas, in 
Guayaquil : in Belgium it has been called 
Maxillaria Heynderycxii. Fig. in Bot. Reg 
1845, t. 34. 
Lycaste macrobulbon, Hooker. (Large- 
bulbed Lycaste.) — This species, which is 
named from the comparatively large dimen- 
sions of its pseudo-bulbs, is in the way of L. 
aromatica and L. eruenta ; it bears large 
scentless flowers, of which the sepals are pale 
and greenish, the petals and lip deeper 
coloured, the latter spotted with small reddish 
dots ; the leaves, as well as the pseudo-bulbs, 
are large. It was sent by Mr. Purdie, from 
Sierra Nevada, Santa Martha, to the Botanic 
Garden at Kew. Fig. in Bot. Mag. t. 4228. 
Maxillaria Lyonii, Lindley. (Lyon's 
Maxillaria.) — A small species, with narrow 
grassy leaves, and dull purplish brown flow- 
ers, very slightly bordered with a yellow tint : 
imported from Mexico. 
Maxillaria setigera, Lindley. (Bristle- 
pointed Maxillaria.) — A pseudo-bulbous spe- 
cies, with leaves said to be like Oncidiitm 
ampliatum ; the flowers which grow singly 
are pale yellow, slightly tinged with pink on 
the outside ; the petals, which are exactly 
linear, terminate suddenly at the point in a 
fine bristle, whence the name ; the lip is prin- 
cipally white, the centre of the upper part is 
yellow, and the sides of the lower portion 
streaked with crimson. It is from La Guayra. 
Mormodes Cartoni, Hooker. (Carton's 
Mormodes.) — This is a handsome Mormodes, 
with subcylindrical, articulated pseudo-bulbs, 
almost a span long, sheathed at the joints by 
the membranous bases of the old leaves : the 
leaves are long and narrow ; the erect flower- 
scapes proceed from the articulations of the 
pseudo-bulbs, and bear a rather dense oblong 
spike of gay flowers, the sepals and petals 
oblong lanceolate, yellow, with numerous lon- 
gitudinal red streaks, the lip pale yellow, with 
a few interrupted red streaks. It was first 
flowered at Syon Gardens, in November, 1845, 
by Mr. Carton. Sent by Mr. Purdie, from the 
interior of Santa Martha, at the foot of Sierra 
Nevada. Figured in Bot. Mag. t. 4214. It 
is quite new. 
Odontoglossum Cervantesii, Lindley. 
(Cervantes' Tooth-tongue.) — This is one of 
the smaller and more beautiful of the stove 
Orchids, which is adapted to general cultiva- 
tion. It is a dwarf-growing plant, with small 
oval pseudo-bulbs, each producing a single 
oblong leaf, from the top : the flowers are in 
a short curved scape, generally four or five on 
a stem; they are of a delicate pink or flesh- 
colour, tinted with yellow in the centre, and 
there marked with several broken concentric 
crimson bands ; they are also scented, smelling 
like bitter almonds. It has been introduced 
from Oaxaca, and is allied 10 0. memoranaceum, 
which differs but little in its general appear-. 
