No one has deserved better of Botanists than Mr. Barker, 

 and I therefore see with pleasure a genus named after 

 him by Messrs. Knowles and Westcott^ with the following 

 character. 



BARKERIA. 



Scpala patentia vel reflexa, basi subconnata. Petala subaequalia vel pauI6 

 latiora. Labellum liberum, cum columnd parallelura, limbo indiviso, disco 

 costato. Columna elongata, plana vel compressa, sulcata, alata, super label- 

 lum incumbens. Anthera carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus mem- 

 bransiceis. PoUinia 4, caudiculis totidem ligulatis reflexis, per paria sub- 

 connatis.-^ Herhsiepiphyta, Mexicanay pseitdobulhosa Q)y foliis alter^ 



nis, vaginantibusy subcarnosis, scapo terminali racemoso. Floral 

 Cabinet, 7. 



The only species mentioned is S. elegans^ a beautiful 

 Mexican plant with delicate lilac flowers. I believe the 



Cattleya doming 

 lo ngs to the genus 



Gen. 8f Sp, Orchid, p. 118. also be- 



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