1616 



GONGORA* maculata. 



Spotted Gongora. 



r 





GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. *T 



Nat. ord. Orciiide<e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany, p. 262.) 



GONGORA Fl. Peruv.—,Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia 

 libera divaricata, supremum cum dorso columnse connatum. Petala minora, 

 columnse medio adnata. Labellum cum basi column® continuum, liberum, 

 unguiculatum, hypochilio explanato utrinque cornuto, epichilio vertical! 

 ancipiti (faciebus oppositis complicatis connatis) acuminato. Columna 

 longissima, arcuata, clavata, marginata. Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, 



linearia, in caudiculam cuneatam sessilia. Herbse epiphytes, pseudobul- 



bosa. Folia plicata. Racemi longissimi, Jlexuosi, multiflori. Lindl. gen. 

 et sp. Orchid, pars III. p. 158. 





maculata; foliis 5-plicatis obovato-oblongis basi vald& angustatis, sepalis 

 lateralibus & lata basi angustatis, hypochilio oblongo subtits convexo basi 



nhtnoA k:„ : ~ •„- j. *- i: M A ~.,*;- >•» ™rrKIc rinnhus nroductO. 



b r gul 



epichilio acuminato. 



Epiphyta, acaulis, pseudobulbis ovatis angulatis. Folia pedem et ultra 

 tonga, 4 polities lata, late viridia. Racemi radicales, penduh, laxissimi, 

 H pedes longi. Scapus purpureus, glaber, squamis quibusdam pants jongi 

 distantibus vaginatus. Pedicelli divaricati, cum ovario gracth 2 poll.longt, 

 purvurfii. a*Mf« ~;«~7;.*~. ^.„™„ on ; n tt>rrimtk fasciata: supremum lineari- 



purpurei. 

 la 



iptifasciata 



supremi 



- — ... „ inwuiaia, semiieres, ciuvuiu, ja* .•y~- 7 -- # 



*» ovarium obliquissimZ recumbit, et in pedem productissimum s 

 utrinque labellumque in medio. Clinandrium valde declive, ut t 

 Labellum comnrt>ss„m . mIum senalorum. hypochilio qudm eptch 



sepala gerit 

 in Cirrhcea. 



Labell 



sagittatum 



hypochilio qudm epichilium sub- 



* Named by the authors of the Flora Peruviana* honour of D .Antonio 

 Cabalkro y Goneora Bishop of Cordova, who, while Archbishop of Santa 

 If and Viceroy g of New GrLada, was a -alous patron of the celebrated 

 Mutis, and an ardent promoter of all branches of Natural History. 



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