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TAB XXII.
B R A S S I A ' Y E R R U C O S A :
WARTY-LIPPED BRASSIA.
TIIIBDS: Y A N D E ® . — L i n b l b v .
B R A S S I A . R. Brown in Hort. Kern. ed. 2, 6, ìlS.—Lmdley Om. et Spe. OrcMd. cxxxi i .
P e r i a n t h i t i m c x p l a n a t um. S e p a l a e t p e l a l a a n g u s t a , l i b e r a ; liis s a j p i u s
mi n o r i b u s . L a b e l l i i i n p i a n u r a , ind l v i s i i in, e c a l c a r a t um, c o l umn i i e o n t i n u um, b a s i
b i - c r i s t a t um. C o l u m n a l i b e r a , a p t e v a , n a n a . A n t h e r a 1 - l o c u l a r i s . P o l l i n i a 2 ,
p o s t i e è s u l c a t a , c a u d i c u l à b r e v i , g i a n d u i a c r n s s à . - H e r b i c Ame r i c a n , e e p . p h y t i e
p s c u d o - b u l b o s f f i . F o l i a p e r g a i n e n e a . S c a p i r a d i c a l e « v a g i n a l i . F l o r e s s , , e c , o s , ,
s p i e a t i .
B k a s s i » verrucosa, pseudo-biilbis compressi» dipliyllis margine obtusis, Hi i s ligulito-oblongis «cutis
s o p o ™.cili muWfloro daplò brevioribus, sepdis ovnto-kmccolatis ncuminatìs, pctol.s minor,bus ncuhs,
labello petalis longitudine EequJi unguiculalo obovato apicukto; basi ve,TUC,s crebns mnu,to.
De s c r i p t i o n .
PSEUDO-BUIBS compressed, orde, /„rroioed, obtme ,it the edges, three or four mches lo«,/. a,id
ummlh, elmtcred. LEAVES two on each pseudo-ÌM. oWong. strap-slmped. carte, vymg m tengU
from L\f a foot to a foot and a half Sc.tPM rudieal. slender. abont two feet h,gh. bearmg about
a dozen flowers in a 'crowded raecmc at its e.trcn,rtg. SEPA,.. omte-lanceolatc, anmu.ate.jerg
slighth, ,miniate. tU upper two inches and a half the lower ncarlg three mchcs hug pale green
siLlded near the bJwUh small dart spots. PETALS scareel.j more than hatj -
sepals, but ofthc sa,ne colour and form. «ngnicuìate, heart-shaped, acum,nate, ehann II d
I L the caie, and prodded at the base with two parallel gla.,d..~wi,it,sh ,n the npperpart. but
in the lower ciiriomlg coeered with green warts. COLUMN dwarf light green.
T H E ge,ms Brassia is so nearly related to Od.,togloss„„, that a coan ry tnowu to
one, might naturally be expected to O.Ver umnerons examples of the other ,s, ' ' ^ f ^ ^
,„nòug The vast numbers of new Orchidaeea, ^vhich have of late years been unported from M » ™ ^
GuatSnnla, not a single species of Bras.ia should have been found unUl f
fortunate as ,0 introduce the subject of the accompanying plate «h,ch, . ,,ot so. ' "
n Lanecana or J l . „acrostachja, is superior to eifllcr in the elegance oi ,ts halat llessrs. Ko,.I,.sso.s
f e c i ~ plan, IVom Mexico, but the species has more recently been discovered m Omtte.na.a, where
- j u d g i n g from the aspect of the specimens imported—there probably are many var,et,es.
DTI Of ,ate Brasa, a skHfu, boLflnical iravallcr am, üraus
. Tlnis Iiaaiail by Mr. üroim ia duo
plains, and driad spcciiaens, an dia Gaiiicn .
by Sir Jo«aii,i Baaks la Dr. Afaalias, oa Ills I- - • -
bralalily. by aoiaa piratical slare-aiangats, irnder Üio Frana,i dag, dariag die lam imr.—iaiilA
who callcolcd seedj,
'"¿"Z'iuZZ. Dr.' Mi'ip'luiid'D'r. I'i.taira, aad i.lia,. ska,all., b.ias ai», « " b
• - Siarr. Laoiio. „.ro ai.li.i.asly Jaaii^ad aad p.rd, doairoyod, am af ob.r.ol,ri..ia .ad wa»..
«m' CjCuprcJia.