PL. CCLXXIII. 
MORMODES LAWRENCEANUM rolfe. 
SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE’S MORMODES. 
ETYMOLOGY : From ^Loqy,dj, a frightful-looking objecta or a goblin, in allusion to the strange appearance 
ot the flowers. 
MORMODES. Sepala libéra, subaequalia, patentia vel reflexa, rarius conniventia, saepius angusta. Petala sepalis 
similia vel paullo latiora. Labellum cum basi columnae continuum, a basi patente oblique-incurvo ascendens, plus 
minus in unguem saepissime convexum contractum, superne latius, reduplicatum vel rarius concavum, integer vel raro 
ciliato-edenticulatum ; lobi latérales saepissime reflexi rarius piano-patentes, médius saepius acutus et semper ad apicem 
columnae adpressus. Columna crassiuscula, oblique contorta, antice concava, ecirrosa exalata apoda ; clinandrium 
poste longe acuminatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, convexa, dorso acuminata, i-locularis vel imper- 
fecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 4, per paria sibimet incumbentia, vel 2, sulcata, cerea, oblonga, inappendiculata, anthera 
déhiscente stipiti loriformi affixa, glandula magna. 
Herbae epiphyticae, caulibus brevibus plurifoliatis mox in pseudobulbos oblongos vel fusiformes carnosos pluri- 
vaginatos incrassatis. Folia lanceolata, plicato venosa. Scapi ad axillibus pseudobulborum simplices, racemis multifloris, 
saepius elongatis. Flores speciosi. 
Species notae circa 20, Columbiae et Brasiliae usque ad Mexicum incolae. 
Mormodes Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2 (1836), p. 446. — Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant., III, p. 552. 
Cyclosia Klotzsch in Allg. Gartenz., VI (1838), p. 305. 
Mormodes Lawrenceanum. Elatum, habitu ut in generis, scapo erecto elongato multifloro, floribus magnis, sepalis 
lanceolato-linearibus acutis 2,5 cm. longis reflexis, petalis similibus incurvis, labello integro late reniformi-ovato 
pubescente, marginibus arcte reflexis, apice triangulari-acuminato 4 mm. longo reflexo. 
Mormodes Lawrenceanum Rolfe, supra. 
nother fine species of this interesting but very difficult genus has just 
appeared. It is a native of New Granada, whence it was introduced by 
Messrs Linden, L’Horticulture Internationale, Parc Léopold, Brussels ? 
a short time ago, and flowered for the first time in that establishment during 
january of the présent year. Mormodes Cartoni , Hook., is apparently its nearest 
ally, and the colours of the two are very similar, but the présent species may be 
readily distinguished by its proportionately narrower, more acute segments, and 
the markedly pubescent lip. 
It is dedicated to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M. P., of Burford Lodge, Dor- 
king, Surrey, the possessor of one of the finest collections of Orchids in existence. 
The general character of the plant is well shown in the annexed plate. Three 
racemes were produced from the same pseudobulb, each about i | feet high, 
and bearing numerous large flowers. The sepals and petals are light yellowish- 
green, the former having five purple-brown lines, and the latter seven of the same 
colour, but rather more distinct and continuous than those of the sepals. The lip is 
light ochre-yellow, with a few light brown spots near the base, markedly pubescent 
on the face, but glabrous on the back, and with a few interrupted light brown 
