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LEPTOTES* bicolor. 



Two-coloured Leptotes. 







MONANDRIA 



Nat. ord. Orchides. § Epidendrese. {Introduction to the natural 



system of Botany, p. 262.) . . 



LEP TO TES.—Sepala et petala linearia, subaequalia, patentia. Label- 

 lum posticum, trilobum, cum columna parallelum, laciniis laterahbus nanis 

 circa columnam convolutis, intermedia oblonga marginibus reflexis. Columna 



brevis, crassa, semiteres. Anthera Pollinia sex, mcumbentia, 



quorum 2 superiora pyriformia obliqua compressa, 4 mfenora uuequaiia 

 tenuiora, anterioribus dupld minoribus.— -Caules breves, teretes, squamis 

 vaginati. Folia teretia. Scapus terminalis, simplex. 





Caules unciales, inter muscos provenientes, teretes, squamis membranaceis 

 acuminatis vaginati, quorum superiores caulem sceptiis superant. rona 

 solitaria, 3-4 poll, longa, atroviridia, rigida, cylindracea, supra sulcata 



R»n«™J ^aJlL s~u*iL^jl~» hrnrtri* minimis : Dedicelli irectu pedunculo 



Racemus triflorus, folio 



ibi fascia angusta, pallida, notata. Collin 

 nullis replicatis, nee glanduld ulld separabil 



qualia, linearia, patentia. Labelh 



obtusee ; intermedia sanguinea, apice 



„, acuta, pone basin quasi fracta,jt 



Columna viridis. Pollinia lutea,Jilts 



i adhcerente. 



It is to Mrs. Arnold Harrison that we are obliged for 

 this pretty little plant, which flowered in her stove in April 

 last. It is a native of the Organ mountains ot Brazil. 



* 



Its habit seems to be to grow among broken potjerds, 

 decayed vegetable matter, and moss ; treated in Una i way, 

 a small portion, sent to ns with the sketch from which 

 our drawing was made, struck root, and has now become a 

 little healthy plant. 



From A~*. slender ; in allusion to the leaves 



