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CHLOR/EA virescens. 4 
Green-veined Chlorea. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACE®, $ ARETHUSER. 
CHLORÆA, Lindl. Perianthium ringens, basi obliquum, petalis sepalo 
spree suppositis et galeam referentibus. Sepala lateralia basi producta 
sed vix gibbosa, apice sepius callosa. Labellum unguiculatum, cordatum, 
cucullatum, membranaceum, integrum aut trilobum, lobo medio lateralibus 
parum angustiore, venis ssepius -cristatis aut glandulosis, Columna erecta, 
membranaceo-marginata, clavata, petalis fere æqualis iisdem dorso adnata, 
antice utrinque producta. Stigma oblongum, prominens. Anthera termi- 
nalis, opercularis, semiquadrilocularis. Pollinia 4, vel 2 bipartita. —— 
Herbæ terrestres America australis extra tropicam, radicibus Fasciculatis ear- 
nosis (gummoso-farinaceis, Pöppig). Folia radicalia, Scapus vaginatus. 
Racemi densi, multiflori. Flores ** sepe permagni, speciosi, albidi, virescentes, 
Jfavidi, vel crocei, nunquam purpurei" colore nigro nonnunquam adjecto, “odore 
nonnullis aromaticus: —Lindl. gen, & sp. orch. p. 399. ; 
$ 2. Labellum manifeste trilobum. 
c. Labelli vena centrales appendicibus biformibus. 
C. virescens ; labelli trilobi lobis ovatis obtusis intermedio duplo majore: 
venis 9 basi lamellis totidem parallelis æqualibus auctis deinde appen- 
dieibus seriatis elongatis v. falcatis, sepalis apice obtusis concavis incras- 
satis extus verrucosis, petalorum venis varicosis.—Lindl. l. c. p. 204. 
char. emendato. 
C. chrysantha, Pöppig $ Endlicher, nov. gen. $ sp. 1. 31. ? 
At length we have the satisfaction of producing a figure 
of one of those beautiful terrestrial Orchids which, under the 
names of Pichiguen, Gavilu, Azuzena, Pica de Loro, &c., are 
most charming ornaments of the subalpine pastures of the 
Cordilleras of Chili. The present, which is one of the finest, 
has been reared by Mr. Cameron, the intelligent and skilful 
Curator of the Botanic Garden, Birmingham, by whom it was 
exhibited at the last May exhibition, in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society. 
Mr. Cameron regarded it as the Chloræa chrysantha of 
Pôppig, in which he is probably correct; but it is also the 
