1760. 
* BLÉTIA reflexa. 
Reflexed Bletia. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcHIDER $ EPIDENDREA, Lindl. (Introduction to the Na- 
tural System of Botany, p. 262.) 
BLETIA.—Supra, vol. 17. fol. 1401. 
B. reflexa ; sepalis lineari-lanceolatis lateralibus reflexis, petalis cuneato-lanceo- 
P we irs aap P 
latis supra columnam conniventibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis 
planis intermedio angusto undulato lamellis 5 altis parallelis indivisis ad 
pedem column decurrentibus, foliis angustis ensiformibus plicatis. 
Folia angusta, ensiformia, plicata. Scapus 13-2-pedalis, teres, distanter 
vaginatus, 2-A-florus. Bractew oblongo-lineares, membranacea, ovario duplà 
breviores. Sepala angusto- lanceolata, ex viridi rubescentia basi alba; late- 
ralia reflexa, supremum paulo latius magis erectum, apice tantüm reflexum. 
Petala ex viridi rubescentia, cuneato-lanceolata, erecta, acuta, collateralia 
columnam a tergo tegentia. Labellum cucullatum, parte inferiore album, cum 
basi columne articulatum, oblongum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus erectis 
rotundatis, albis, margine roseis, intermedio elongato pariter rotundato, 
crispo, atropurpureo, patente, lamellis 5 altis integris subundulatis totum 
axim labelli percurrentibus. Columna purpurea, clavata, apice alata, dente 
unico incurvo post cardinem anthere. Pollinia 8, quorum 4 ceteris minora. 
Drawn in the hothouse of the Messrs. Loddiges, in 
November 1834. It is a terrestrial species, and a native of 
Mexico. The greenish colour of its flowers, and the remark- 
ably narrow reflexed sepals, distinguish it at once from the 
remainder of the genus. 
The specimen figured was less brilliant in its colours, and 
altogether smaller than is to be expected hereafter; for wild 
specimens now before us“ collected by Baron de Karwinsky, 
and forming part of the Royal Bavarian Museum, have a 
rich purple cast upon every part of the flowers, and the 
scapes each bear from two to four blossoms. 
Requires the same treatmént as other Bletias. 
* See folio 1401. 
