1806 
FERNANDÉZIA acúta. 
* Sharp-leaved Fernandezia. 
— : 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcHIDER, $. VANDEA, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany. p. 262.) 
FERNANDEZIA, Fl. Peruv. Perianthium patens. Sepala libera, 
Petala conformia, sub sepalo supremo conniventia. Labellum anticum v. posti- 
cum, ecalcaratum, liberum, trilobum, disco tuberculatum. Columna brevis, 
utrinque aurita. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, solida, obovata, glandulá 
B La caudiculd ...... Epiphytee caulescentes. Folia disticha, 
equitantia, imbricata. Racemi pauciflori, terminales v. laterales. Flores 
parvi lutei. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 207. 
F. acuta ; folis acuminatis carinatis, corymbo laxo multifloro, bracteis obtusis 
membranaceis, labello lineari 3-lobo laciniis lateralibus rectis abbreviatis in- 
termediá emarginatá obtusá, disco pulvinato tuberculo minimo pone basin. 
Omnia fere F. elegantis nisi folia et labellum. Hoc pallid? luteum disco 
prominulo pulvinato anticé bilobo sanguineo-marginato ; laciniis lateralibus 
nullo modo haste effigiem referentibus sed lacini intermediá parallelis. 
A native of Trinidad, whence it was imported by Mr. 
Knight, in whose collection it flowered in June last. 
In habit is very like F. elegans, from which it is princi- 
pally distinguished by the tapering form of its leaves, and 
the shape of its lip, which, instead of having a sort of hastate 
form, in consequence of the divergence of its lateral lobes, 
and a number of irregular unequal tubercles upon its disk, 
has the laterallobes parallel with the middle one, only a 
single small tubercle at its base, and a slightly elevated disk 
which is 2-lobed, and bordered with crimson in front. 
. A hot damp stove is necessary to keep this rare species 
in health. 
* So called after George Garcias Fernandez, a Spanish Botanist, who is 
own, except through the medium of this genus. 
