FRONTISPIECE. 



A WREATH OF EAST INDIAN OBCHIDACEyE. 



Tlit? fi^iin:* h<n given toimiwltcod magnified iicw* of the fiorcri employed in forming th* wraith ■ct«*od at a frtmlitpicc* to lliit 

 *ocfc. IV ntimbrr* In Unh f.w* rufor to tho** in Uic following Awintioa*. 



I. MONOilEKIA BABBATA. 



Monoincria barbata. Genera §■ Species of Orchidacc^ payc 01. 

 Dendrobium tripctalum. Wallich ms$. 



All that is known of this rare and very curious plant is derived from a drawing and some 

 i';:i' :.'■'! dried specimens brought from India hy Dr. Wallich, who found the plant in N > - 1 - : . 1 in the 

 year 1831. 



Its chief peculiarity consists in the absence of petals ; a very curious and unusual circumstance 

 in this natural order of plants. Dr. Wallich indeed represents them to he present in the form of a 

 Aronfupitfc* a 



