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0 « ! . » » M m o h t m M M . o.»tis compressi^ cliphylUs, Coli» cori.coi. api » -ecw.i, ,
«implici erecto ri-ido l,vo.ioribus, sepalis pcfa\is,uo oblongis sub«qunlil)os imitiate .nlim» basi conm.l.s,
labollo „be a t o ,et.so bari sagit.ato disci luberculo apice depresso dilatato b obo utvm.pc ' " ^ ' ' ' ' ^ f « -
tato lamell,k|»e umcl rettofrachl aucto, cotomna- alls drrhatis. Lmdl. ,n B«t. R,,J. ih... IMO. ^0. -il.
33cscciptfon.
or thrc, inche, ìom,. .mte wM,. lì,e edg.s so,ne,.hai -toy
LFIYES or a hl„«ì, ,mm ime, ,tìth «„««-o». mimite block ,lot, ,m the under s„k, J,o „ .u lo
t u incJlo,,,. leauL, recrrei ,„ IM «i.™«-, t,oo on p^udo-mi,.
SCAPE rigid erect, a foot or more high, bearing from dx lo t.eche Jhnoers. SE.'ALS and I BTAL,
e , U oUon,j. Led at the edges, the lo.cer on,, connate at the ,.a.c ». 1
a light ,ello,ei>i, „reen, richly barred and spotted will, bright ckesnnl L,r ,,/ a b, ,ght / „ "
bJean'I ma,-gin Molchcl »«/. patches of reddi.!, b,-ou,n.-,n for,n «
the base, Ld famished „nth a tubercle n,Mck spreads itself out mta t,co ,l,«,-geM Uc.. a,,d
u^hich, at ils miÀle. i> armed ,eUh a tooth on cUher side, pointing » an
reversed lamella at its tee. COLUMN gclloio. bearing t,co spcclded enrrh,, rcs,„„bl„,„ the antenna,
of an bisect, and curving inwards.
F o r Ite introduction of tUs charming Onci,U,~ we are indebted to Mr. E,.......
lection at Springfield it lio^vered in the spring of 1S40, and continued in great be.n.ty for a length of t.mc.
It is a native of Mexico, but is, probably, a scarce plant there, having been met »11. only by Mr.
B collector, althou-h from tl,e resemblance of its leaves and pseudo-bulbs to those of Odonlogh -
t e latier specfes has, in many instances, been confounded with it.* In the CO ounng of t .e
«o,ve°, it is not unlike pap,Ho, as also in the singular processes .h.ch ^
column, and ,-hich closely resemble the a,acn.a: of various insects Ti.e plant was named % •«
after his gardener, Mr. Issir..«-, to whose skill and care the collect.on at Spr.nghekl owes much of .t.
T'IM grotesque figures in the Vignette are notable specimens of the dresses worn by the Mexicans at
certain of their feasts.
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Credo modo iti^nuai; niWlo ul «ipìcntìor lUc
10 dcridot, aimlBm troluU"-!lon, SAT. ii.
• Vhk Remarks under Tab. XXIV.
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