Plate XXVI. 



HUNTLEYA VIOLACEA. 



II tia/acea; sepali* potaltaqne oblongte oblusb maigino crispis, labollo rcnifoimi 

 cmaiginato crista imdS sulcata, i-olnnunl maximfi carnosfi navicular!. 



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bo ttt.ut.ftl n plan, a* this it i- rare , ofill<l ,.„,, 11|Uong 0re hid.cea,. no, that i,s herbage ; 

 par«,c U l.rlyncb,or .u flowers very targe, or .hdr form particularly s.rangc. bn. V.nuse eTthoi 

 -oft ye. intense vole,. wh,eh varies from U.c depth of the rick,, eeppbire (0 „,, „„-,,, WacaMnco 

 of ojjsiI. 



I. is a native of Dement*, whence i, was reived by Mr. George Loddigcs, who has remarked 

 .ha. .he genu, .tselfseenis very near some of .he Zygopc.aln. espeeinlly /. ma.xiliarc. In f ac , .hcr* 

 .* nothing ,o distinguish Ilun.lcyn fro,,, .hem exeep, ,he excessively enlarged column of ,ha. genu* 

 and the un.o» of ,.s lateral sepals a, .heir bwe, after ,1,0 manner of it.xiH.ri.; be.wccn which 

 and ZygopCUluin, H.m.hya stands as it wore intermediate, yd distinct. 



The C cnus was originally established by Mr. Ba.cmnn upon a Demerara plan, received fro,,, 

 Mr. Schomburgk, and said ,o have sessile flowers, bu, of which I know nothing : except thai in 

 structure and habi, i. is M id to resemble tl.e Huntley. Melees of ,hc Botanical Register ,ah U 

 ion. 1839. The latter 9 p«ies bos, a, the base of ,hc lip. a large (reverse ere* bordered wi.h 

 long yellow fting*. .ts column is widest a, the point and slightly toothed, and its sepals and peals 

 are stained w.tfa winc-purplo vein, .„d blotches upon a yellowish ground. It is .herofo.e eYidcn.lv 

 very different from the present, and in fcc. no, to be compared with it for beauty. 



In this plan, -hero arc no visible WBODO-flMBs, bu, the plan, consist* of a <uf, of . fayk 

 cn.brac.ng cad. Other .t the b«e. with which .hey arc very distinctly nrticolated « from , TO ,o 

 three mcta above ,he b«o , their blade is eight or nine inches long. cree,. acu.e. rather plaited 

 and between membranous and lcati.ory in texture. From the axils of the lower leaves JL ,he' 



■MOUt, winch arc about six inches long. onctWercd. and .dnlons ; each has twooblong bracts 



at nearly equal donees, besides ,wo other., of which one is very small, a, the base of ,he ovarv 

 H.e plowkrk measure three inches in diameter, and are of a thick leathery lexiurv The s 1TW 

 arc oblong. . l.ule curled inwards at .he point, „,, very macil cris|1 , c| „, ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ 

 arc united by their base* m,o an ...conspicuous pouch, as is shown in ,hc right hand figure ■ onuid 

 they are a pale soft violet fading to white a, the edges, inside Mow the middle ,hev are of a mud. 

 deeper end rtcher violet, bu, even .his fades ,o white at the points. The PETAU( ore f oraufd lik , „„. 

 back sepal, and are coloured nearly ,hc «me, only more deeply and brightly. The ,.,, b „„;„.,, (l , 

 the pouch of "the la.cr.1 aopds by a short narrow foot, which curves upw.rdsanddila.es into the 

 lam.na ; .he latter ... deep neh violet, kidncy-sha,-,!. with a liulc neteh a. the end, and **0* 

 toothed; towards the base (ho edge is irregularly mnuons: in ,hc middle above the feet' it is 

 exeev^ed u.,o « hollow like (he bowl of a tea-spoon, and there i, is brow,. ; between .he exeava.io„ 

 and the V.olct deep border there lie. a brown ridge, fleshy, and deeply furrowed on ,he front side 

 winch gradually slopes forwards lill i. ends in a cronellcd boundary. The m0M i, as large IS tl. ' 

 lip, fleshy, very deep violet, broadest a, the base, curved forwards at the apex, and probably entire 

 a, the edge, so .ha. i, looks like a portion of .he head «r a boat turned ho,.om upward*. Below the 

 apex of .he column stands the anther, containing four yellow pollcn-mawe*. auaeh.,1 to > narrow 

 cau,l.cula. and triangular gland, which an- of the sane violet colour as the column ii-elf 



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