Sepala conniventia, vel patentia, libera, æqualia, petaloidea. Petala nunc sepalis conformia, nunc linearia. Labellum cucullatum, sæpius trilobum, lineis disci elevatis vel cristatis, nunc integerrimum ecristatum (in Panisca). Columna erecta, libera, margine alata, apice dilatata, nunc cucullata, stigmate bilabiato. Anthera bilocularis, septo medio non partibili; infra apicem columnæ inserta. Pollinia 4, libera, incumbentia, nunc basi materia granulosâ coherentia.-Herbæ supra arbores et saxa vigentes, foliorum basibus in pseudo-bulbos dilatatis, rhizomate nunc crasso squamoso, nunc obsoleto. Folia coriacea sæpius venis distinctis æqualibus, nunc quibusdam crassioribus costata vel plicata. Racemi terminales vel radicales, e squamis (bracteis sterilibus) corneis erumpentes. Flores speciosi sæpe odorati. Lindl. Specific Character and Synonyms. CŒLOGYNE* ocellata; pseudo-bulbis ovatis cæspitosis subangulatis squamis nitidis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis petiolo angustatis, racemis strictis æqualibus, bracteis deciduis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis, labelli lobo intermedio ovato ad basin utrinque lamella abbreviata interrupta, disco lineis tribus lamellatis, columna obsolete triloba. Lindl. COLOGYNE * Derived, I presume, from xoxos, hollow, and yum, in allusion to the cavity of the cucullate column. Sepala patentia, subæqualia. Petala sepalis æqualia, vel angustiora, rarius latiora, patentia vel reflexa. Labellum cum marginibus columnæ omnino vel parte connatum, limbo integro vel diviso, disco sæpius calloso, costato, vel tuberculato; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum et cuniculum formans. Columna elongata: clinandrio marginato, sæpe fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2-4-locularis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis annexa.-Herbæ (Americana) epiphyta, caule nunc apice vel basi pseudo-bulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa rarissime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi vel paniculati, terminales vel laterales. Lindl. Specific Name and Character. EPIDENDRUM (ENCYCLIA) cepiforme; pseudo-bulbo globoso lævi diphyllo, foliis lineari-lingulatis crassiusculis, panicula maxima amplissima effusa, petalis sepalisque uniformibus patentibus spathulatis acutis, labello libero trilobo, lobis lateralibus oblongis incurvis columnam involventibus, medio cordato acutiusculo. This is another of the new Orchideous plants for which the Woburn Collection is indebted to JOHN PARKINSON, Esq. H. B. M. Consul at Mexico, who sent it from that country in May, 1838. Its large, globose, smooth pseudobulbs and its ample panicles, four of which, each about VOL. XIII. L three |