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BRASSIA brachiata. 
Long-armed Brassia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ Brassınz. (OrcHıns, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 173.) 
BRASSIA.—R. Brown. 
B. brachiata (Lindl. in Plant. Hartw. p. 94.) ; pseudobulbis oblongis an- 
gustis compressis diphyllis, foliis obtusis racemo multifloro brevioribus, 
bracteis patentibus squameformibus, sepalis petalisque brevioribus 
linearibus acuminatis longissimis, labello basi rotundato sursum sub- 
rhombeo acuminato undulato verrucis planis coloratis maculato, lamellis 
basi dentiformibus lineà elevatá per medium labellum. 
This beautiful plant was originally defined from a dried 
specimen, collected near the Hacienda de la Laguna, in 
Guatemala, by Mr. Hartweg. Since its introduction, it has 
occasionally flowered, as with Messrs. Rollissons, and with 
Mr. Bateman, whose plant is now represented, but it remains 
a comparatively scarce species. It is far handsomer than 
either B. guttata (alias Wraye), or verrucosa, and its flowers 
are many times larger. The only species that really can vie 
with it in beauty is Br. macrostachya. 
Like B. verrucosa, this species has the singular peculiarity 
of bearing upon its lip, numerous flat warts, to which the 
green colour of that part is exclusively confined. It might 
be as well to examine their structure, with a view to deter- 
mining their nature and office. 
This fine epiphyte is best grown elevated on a pot, well 
drained, and in a mixture of the fibre out of rough peat, and 
half decayed leaves, in equal portions. When the plant has 
completed its season's growth, it should be allowed a season 
of rest, which is best attained by withholding moisture, first 
from the atmosphere, and afterwards from the roots, and by 
reducing the temperature of the house, never at any time 
