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* BURLINGTONIA candida. 
Snow-white Burlingtonia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEX, § VANDER. 
BURLINGTONIA. Perianthium membranaceum, convolutum, obliquum. Se- 
pala unguiculata, labello breviora, basi a petalis distincta; lateralia basi concava, con- 
nata, labello supposita. Petala unguiculata, labello parallela, sepalis longitudine sequalia, 
sed latiora. Labellum unguiculatum, bilobum, basi cornutum aut muticum, cum columná 
parallelum, apice dilatatum; ungue canaliculato, lamellato. Columna teres, longè cla- 
vata, nune apice appendicibus duabus coloratis aucta; clinandrio dorsali, stigmate utrin- 
que cornuto. Anthera unilocularis. Pollinia 2, posticè excavata, candicule subulatee 
elastieze adnata.——Herbe epiphyte, pseudobulbis 1-2-phyllis, basi foliatis. 
B. candida ; racemis pendulis, sepalo anteriore apice bilobo supremo petalisque obtusis, 
labello seriebus duabus lamellarum carnosarum in disco. 
Rodriguezia candida. Bateman in litt. 
Folia oblonga, apicem versus paulo latiora, subcanaliculata, solitaria. Racemus 
pendulus, 5-florus. Flores candidi, membranacei, semidiaphani ; venis quibusdam luteis 
in labello, duos pollices longi. Sepalum supremum obovatum, planum, emarginatum ; in- 
Serius canalieulatum, bifidum, basi concavum, ad calear incurvum labelli recipiendum, a 
petalis distinctum. Petala obovata, apice patula, circa columnam voluta. Labellum cum 
columná parallelum, ungue canaliculato, apice utrinque unidentato, apice dilatatum, sub- 
cuneatum, bilobum, omnis nero ua 3 lamellis pluribus distichiscarnosis in disco, 
quarum anteriores multò longiores. umna gracilis, teres, clavata, apice dentibus 
declivi immarginato. 
duabus carnosis stigmati adstantibus ; clinandrio 
The vegetable kingdom comprehends nothing more perfectly lovely 
than the delicata rie bia Juni: in which not a tinge bf ala sullies 
the snow-white transparenc of the petals, unless it be a faint dash of 
straw-colour on the lip. For its introduction to this country we are 
indebted to Mr. Bateman, who imported it from Demerara, and flowered 
it in his rich collection at Knypersley, in April 1835. 
In many respects it es with the genus iguezia, especially in 
its lower sepals being united in one, in p lip having a short horn at the 
base, in the column being taper, and in the structure of the pollen masses ; 
and I was at first disposed to refer it thither; but its membranous and 
convolute (not herbaceous, or coloured and spreading) flowers, its ungui- 
culate (not sessile) petals and sepals, its long slender (not dwarf) column, 
and its membranous 2-lobed lip, so much longer than the other parts, have 
satisfied me that it is a truly distinct genus. 
The species now represented does not stand alone in solitary beauty, 
but it belongs to a little family, at present consisting of five, each of which 
* Those who have the honour to be acquainted with the Countess of Burlington will 
feel that no compliment was ever more justly conveyed, than in the dedication of these 
most lovely flowers to the amiable and accomplished Lady whose name they are hence- 
forth to bear. 
