Y 
32 m 
AGANÍSÍÁ pulchella. 
Pretty Aganisia. 
Y 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDACER $ VANDEA. 
AGANISIA. Perianthium patens, equale; sepalis lateralibus haud basi 
productis. Labellum liberum, mobile, indivisum, hypochilio parvo concavo, 
ab epichilio cristâ transversá glandulosa diviso. Columna erecta, semiteres, , 
marginata, apice utrinque brachio acuto patulo aucta. dnthera ecristata. 
Rostellum elongatum. _ Pollinia 4, per paria connata, caudiculá lineari, glan- 
dulâ parva ovali.—- Rhizoma repens, pseudobulbosa. Pseudobulbi mono- 
phylli. Racemus erectus, radicalis, foliis brevior. 
Aganisia pulchella. Bot. Register, 1839, misc. no. 65. 
Rhizoma repens, penne anserine crassitie, squamis vaginantibus arcté 
vestitum ; pseudobulbis parvis acuminatis intra squamas latentibus. Folia 
solitaria, oblonga, membranacea, 5-costata, in petiolum angustata. Racemi 
radicales. i. e. e squamis pseudobulbos fulcientibus, erecti, 3-6-flori, foliis bre- 
viores. Flores candidi, 14 unciam lati; sepalis petalisgue subegualibus, 
ovato-oblongis, acutis, patulis. Labellum cum columnd articulatum; hypochilio 
concavo sanguineo maculato, epichilio latiore, ovato, integro, medio luteo, basi 
cristd lutescente glandulosd ab hypochilio diviso. Columna erecta, basi ne 
minime quidém producta, semiteres, apice brachiis duobus patentibus incurvis 
aucta; rostello lineari producto. Pollinia 4, incumbentia ( 8. 8) nec colla- 
teralia ut olim dixi ; caudiculd lineari membranaced, glanduld parvd, subro- 
tundá tenerd. 
This pretty Demerara plant has hitherto flowered no 
where that I am aware of except with Messrs. Loddiges, who 
imported it. A short account of it was given in this work 
in the place above quoted ; and the present figure, with a 
correction or two, completes its history. 
If its column were produced into a foot, and the lower 
sepals unequal at the base, it would be a Maxillaria; but as 
* From àya»óc, quiet or desirable, in allusion to the pretty, neat ap- 
pearance of the plant. 
