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SOPHRONIA cernua. 
Drooping Sophronia. 
— ga 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcHiDEZ. Tribus Vandeæ Lindl, 
SOPHRONIA. Pollinia 8, anticê et posticê parallela, caudiculá duplici 
pulvereá, glandulá 0? Anthera terminalis opercularis 8-locularis, cardine 
crasso. Stigma concavum rostello obtuso. Columna libera apice utrinque 
alata alis integris conniventibus super cristam labelli. Labellum integrum 
cucullatum linguiforme, basi cum columná connatum, medio cristá simplici 
transversá. Sepala subsequalia, imbricata, basi libera. —— Herba epiphyta 
( Braziliensis) monophylla, non bulbosa, racemis axillaribus effusis paucifloris, 
floribus rubris. 
S. cernua. 
Epiphyta, inter muscos vegetans. Caulis brevissimus, vaginatus, anceps. 
Folium solitarium, ovale, apiculatum, avenium, carnosum, purpureo discolor. 
Racemus azillaris, abbreviatus, effusus, Pleurothallidis cujusdam modo. 
Sepala rubra, basi lutea, subequalia, ovata, acuta, patentia, interioribus 
imbricatis. Labellum basi luteum, apice rubrum. Columnee albe ale atro- 
purpurea. Pollinia olivacea. 
Found upon a tree at Botofogo, three miles from Rio 
Janeiro, by William Harrison, Esq., by whom it was 
transmitted to Mrs. Arnold Harrison, of Aigburgh, near 
Liverpool, whence it was obligingly sent with a sketch, in 
December 1826. It is a very remarkable little epiphyte, 
_ growing readily in decayed vegetable soil among moss, in 
a hot humid shady part of the stove. 
In generic affinity it is most nearly akin to Octomeria, 
which differs in having sessile pollen masses, a column 
without wings, the two lower sepals united at the base, 
and a 3-lobed labellum. Eria, which is also nearly allied, 
belongs to Malaxideze. 
Anepiphyte, about 3 inches high, growing among moss. 
Stem very short, sheathing, two-edged. Leaf solitary, 
oval, apiculate, veinless, fleshy, discoloured with purple. 
