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distinctly bilabiate corolla, and whole habit. The name 

 Becium, one of the ancient appellations of the Sage (Ptjklov) 

 may be taken for it. 



BECIUM. Calyx bilabiatus ; labio superiore dilatato decurrente in fe ™ re 

 *™ nt > a *n ™li a KrPvissiTTiis dense ciliato anice biseto. Corolla bilabiata, 



ite, labiis sequalibus super 

 margine revoluto inferiorc 



longo concavo. Stamina Ubera, longissima, decimate, ante antnesm 

 cum stylo circinata ; suprema basi dilatata villosa infenora laevia filifor- 



unfTimn ovate, obtusae. irlabrse. Ovarium disco 4-dentato omnino 



mia 

 "mm 



laciniis 



Sp. 1. M. Kcolcr. Fnjtex pteew. Foha ov«to-l.nceo^ «*. 



Verticillastn 



rata, impunctata. verticmasui »uuuu.«u, -r»^ ~- - , 



dulatis acuminatis deciduis coloratis calyce longionbus. Corolla alba 



• 1*1 • * _. CI X ~. _.*. ^ «** a lilnmno 



venis lilacinis. Stamina lilacina 



sj _V * - M V 



45. BARKERIA spectabilis. 



Bateman in litteris. 



B. spectabilis ; racemo multifloro laxo, labello ovato-lanceolato tricarinato, 

 sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis ovatis acuminatis. 



Under the name of Flor de Isabal this beautiful plant 

 forms one of the votive offerings of the Guatemalese. Mr. 

 Skinner long since sent living plants to England, and more 



tly Mr. Hart 



one of whose specimens has just 



S in the garden of the Horticultural Society It forms 

 a tuft of cylindrical stems ahout four or five inches high, each 

 of which bears two fleshy lanceolate acute leaves^eparated 

 from each other by intervals of about an inch. The raceme 

 riS out of some Lwn dry sheaths, and in the plants that 

 have flowered bears about six most lovely nodding blossoms : 

 bTaccoTding to a memorandum from Mr. Skinner now be ore 

 me Varies in length from three inches to a foot : and indeed 



iV, sits a wild specimen from that gentlemen with as many 



asTelve flowers* in a raceme. The expanded flowers are 

 Sarhr three inches and a half wide, their colour is a bright 

 ZZ ■ the sepals are linear-lanceolate, the petals ova e- 

 L^ceolate in form and unspotted : but the labellum is white 

 a?the base and in the middle, lilac at the edge and point 

 and richly marked with small blood-red spots. Along its 

 middle, below the column, are five purple lines, which pass 

 ."to three elevated colourless ridges, beyond the place where 



the anther touches the lip. It is with Cattleyas, and such 

 beautiful plants that this charming species is worthy to be 



arranged. 



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