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T A B XXX.
S C H O M B L R G K I A - TIBICINIS:
T I I V M P E T E R S S C H O M B V R G K I A
TUIBDS: EPIDENDREÍE.—LI S D L E T .
S C H O M B U R G K I A . LbuU. Scrt. Ordì, mb Tab. x.
SÉPALA ct pelala coülbrmia, patonlia, oinnino libera, basi ajqualia. Lahelliiin
d i l l b r m e , mombranaceum, (i-ilobum, cucul latum, basi cum margine cobimna- eoiin
a t u m , supra basin tumidum (intrusuoi) ; venís lamellatis. Cobunna marginala.
P o l b n i a oeto. Bbizoma repens, aunulutum, pseudo-bulbigerum. Foba coriacea.
S c a p i terminales vaginali, longissimi. Eraclea; spalbaceie. — H e r b r e epipbjla'
A m e r i c o ; a;(iuinoclialis, (loribus speciosis, racemosis, congeslis.
ScuOMBOaOKiA tìbidni,: pscntlo-ljulbis conicis comiibrmibus oimiiktis sulcatis 3-pliyllis, foliis
oblon™ coriaceis palcntibus, scapo longissimo tcreti <UstaEter si,unmalo apice panici.klo, panicutó py.-.imidali
laiiflorà, sepalis peta&que anclulalis crispis, labello oblongo venis per medium 5 ele.alis approxlmaüs
; laciniis laleralibas apice rotimdatis intermedia subrliombeà emarginata, antterà emargmala. Unii.
Bat. Reg. Misc. 119. 1^1.
N ill Bat. lien. Mie. 13. I
Habitat ill Hondiwas, jjassivl.—SI;TX>"F.R.
D c s t r i p t f o i i .
STJJ.VS tapemu/, ImVow, decpli; fmraiml, from a foot to afoot imd a half, or earn two feet
long, bearing three or fourbroml, oblong, leathery LEAVES, six inehen long. FLUWER-STEM terminal,
npright, terete, eery long, occas-ionallg reaching the height of ten feet, at its extremitg prodacing a
SPIKE of about twenty flowers; usimlhi it is .simple, but occasionally, us is represented in the fujnn,
slightly branched. FLOWEHS two inches and a half across, opening in. saeccssion. SEEAIS and
PET.ILS nearly equal, very mnch carted, npwards of an ijich long, dark ehesnut brown inside, and
dirty purple without. Up three-lobed, the lateral divisions rounded at their extremities, tht. middle
one much smaller, somewhat of a rhomboideal form, emargimite; the whole of the inside of the lip is
white, with the exception of the edges, which are beautifidly pencilled with crimson, ami five elevated
/fellow ridges, that pass along its centre. COLEMX whitish bj-own, tipped with an eniarginate
ASTUEE.
T H I S striking plant is a native of Hondnnis, where it exists in great abnndancc; it is also found,
tliongli more rarely, in Oaxaca and Caraccas. Mr. S i i txs i i i was tlie first to discover it; his attention
havilig lieen atti-acicd, at a considerable distance, by a cluster of its lofty domr-spikes, which, when in full
blow, iUld in the dense masses that the plant produces in its wild state, must be very conspicuous. On
the occasion in question, its original discoverer was not permitted to obtain quiet possession of his prize, as
swarms of lieiy ants, to which the hollow stems of the species atford a snug retreat, issued forth in thousands
to repel the spoiler, and indicted pangs which none but the most ardent naturalist would have braved.
• So cnlW In honour of M. Scliomtoirgk, llio cclebtnted tmicUot in Guiana.
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