Refugium Botanicum.) [December, 1872, 
TAB. 130. 
Tribe VANDER. 
Genus Lycastr, Lindl. 
L. Scumurriana, Rehb. f. in Seemann, Bonplandia, 11. 215! Walp. 
Ann. vi. 604!  Pseudobulbis oblongo-ovoideis ancipitibus 
diphyllis, foliis plicatis cuneato-oblongis acutis, foliorum 
cicatricibus aculeatis, foliis stipantibus anthesi emaciatis, 
pedunculo ultra pedali, vaginis paucis (8—4) amplis ostio 
triangulis distantibus, bractea spathacea ovarium pedicellatum 
vulgo duplo excedente, mento parvo obtuse conico, sepalis 
ligulatis acuminatis, tepalis oblongis acutis duplo brevioribus, 
labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus semioblongis medium usque, 
lobo medio producto ligulato seu oblongo obtuso parce denticu- 
lato, appendice ligulata retusa inter a laciniarum lateralium 
apicibus basin versus extrorsum margine utrinque arcuata, 
columna trigona medio villosa, basi velutina, anthera obtusa 
velutina, fovea transversa humili. Sepala olivacea seu viridia. 
Tepala, labellum, et columna alba. Labellum lineis quibusdam 
maculisque albo-purpureis. Columne pes et unguis labelli 
flavi maculis duabus brunneis in pede columne. 
This giant species flowered at the late Consul Schiller’s, in 
1854, at the beginning of July. There was a single plant, sent 
from an English sale by the late Mr. Ure Skinner. This was all 
that was known for a very long while, till finally, a very short 
time ago, 1 obtained the flower from various English corre- 
spondents, the first from Mr. Williams, then from Mr. Low, then 
from others. ‘There is a general belief that it was sent from 
New Grenada by that excellent collector, Mr. Blunt. I never saw 
a dried specimen collected at the place. 
Pseudobulbs oblong-ovoid, ancipitous, two-leavéd. Leaves 
plaited, cuneate-oblong, acute. Leaves beneath the bulb 
numerous, but withered when it is mature, leaving only a few 
sheaths. Common flower-stalk more than a foot high, with few 
(three to four) wide distant sheaths with triangular opening. 
Bracts spathaceous, nearly twice as long as the stalked ovary. 
Sepals ligulate-acuminate. Tepals oblong-acute, half as long. 
Ip trilobed; lateral lobes semioblong from the base to the 
middle; middle lobe ligulate or oblong, much longer, blunt, 
