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1907 
* ASPASIA variegata. ~ ~ 
Variegated Aspasia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORcHIDACER, $ VANDER. 
= ASPASIA. Lindl. — Perianthium patens, quale. | Sepala lateralia ” 
libera; supremum cum petalis basi et dorso columns connatum. Labellum ob- 
longum, concavum, ecalcaratum; obsoletè 4-lobum, cum “columna semi-connatum. 
Columna labello parallela, semiteres, marginata. Anthera bilocularis. ;, Pol- 
linia 2, pyriformia, posticè sulcata, caudieulä plana cuneatà, glandulà parva. 
Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes, pseudobulbose. Folia subcoriacea. Spice _ 
radicales, breves | .- x i sê 
A. variegata ; pseudobulbis oblongis ancipitibus, sepalis lineari-oblongis petalis- 
que subrhomboideis acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus recurvis intermedioque 
carnosis serratis. i di 
Bracte® ovate, cucullate, herbacee, coriacee. Sepala coriacea; herbacea, 
sanguineo fasciata. Petala herbacea luteo-marginata, sanguineo interruptè 
striata, cum basi sepali supremi connata ideoque obliquè inserta. La ellum 
carnosum, serratum, album, violaceo-maculatum, basi limbi bicallosum. 
Pollinia pyriformia, posticè sulcata caudiculá simpliei inserta. 
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A native of the tropical part of South America. I re- 
ceived specimens, of it for the first time from Mr. Joseph 
Knight of the King's Road, in February, 1836, and subse- 
quently from Mr. Bateman. The flowers are deliciously 
sweet in the morning. It will probably prove a plant of easy 
cultivation, and if so it will deserve to be in every collection. 
A^ ‘ke A. epidendroides, for which, 
In most respects it is very like À. epice I had mistaken 
before I carefully examine it for publication, 
. * From aoralopal I embrace, in allusion to the manner in which the column 
is embraced by the labellum. ~~ *. S > 
