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* HOULLETIA vittata. 
Striped Houlletia. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncaipacex, § VANDER. 
HOULLETIA. Ad. Brongniart in Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 
vol. 15. new series, p. 37. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1841, misc p. 47. Perian- 
thium patens, sepalis sub-liberis : petalis paulo minoribus, unguiculatis. 
Labellum cum basi columne continuum, patens ; hypochilio angusto, basi 
_ excavato quasi bilabiato, apice utrinque in laciniam producto, lobulo nauo 
interjecto; metachilio nullo; epichilio angulari dilatato cum hypochilio arti- 
culato. Columna erecta, arcuata, clavata, semiteres, labello paulo brevior. 
Anthera bilocularis depressa. Pollinia 2, posticé fissa, caudicula lineari-lan- 
ceolata in glandulum acutam elongata, nec infixa. ——-Herbee epiphyte, pseu- 
dobulbose, Americe cequinoctialis, Soliis solitariis plicatis. Scapi radicales, 
erecti, apice racemosi. Flores speciosi, luteo-fusci, bracteis parvis nec spa- 
thaceis. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 43. 
H. vittata; sepalis linearibus acutis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis basi tortis, 
hypochilii lobis ovatis obtusis rectis, epichilio rhombeo apice rotundato 
angulis lateralibus acutis. Bot. Reg. misc. 1841. no. 100. 
This very curious plant was received by Messrs. Loddiges 
from Mr. Scharapangk, It has the erect raceme of Houlletia 
Brocklehurstiana, but the flowers are much smaller, form a 
pyramidal mass, and are yellow, streaked with so much 
deep chocolate-colour that the former is hardly seen except 
on the lip. From the similarity in habit between these plants 
and Maxillaria Warreana one would have thought they must 
have belonged to the same genus, but an examination of the 
fructification does not confirm that opinion. 
The opinion of Mr. Adolphe Brongniart concerning the 
affinity of this genus has already been given at no. 47 of the 
miscellaneous matter of the present volume. It is not ad- 
* So named after Mr. Houllet, a gardener, who accompanied Mr. Guil- 
lemin upon his mission to Brazil in search of evidence concerning the culti- 
vation of Tea. 
