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ASPASIA VARIEGATA. VARIEGATED ASPASIA. 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium patens, equale. Sepala lateralia libera ; 
supremum cum petalis basi et dorso columne connatum. 
Labellum oblongum, concavum, ecalcaratum, obsolete 4- 
lobum, cum columna semiconnatum. Columna labello 
parallela, semiteres, marginata. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- 
linia 2, pyriformia, postice sulcata, caudicula plana cuneata, 
glandula parva.—Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes, pseudo- 
bulbose. Folia subcoriacea. Spice radicales, breves. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Aspasta* variegata ; pseudo-bulbo oblongo ancipiti-com- 
presso basi et ad apicem diphyllo, foliis elongato-lan- 
ceolatis, subenerviis, scapo radicali unifloro bracteato, 
perianthii foliolis lanceolatis, labelli subtrilobi bituber- _ 
culosi ungue elongato columna connato, 
Aspasia variegata. Lendl. Bot. Reg. t. 1907. 
This, I at first considered a new Zyeoretatum. It will, 
however, be seen to be the same plant with the Aspasia 
variegata of Professor Linptey. It was sent from Trinidad 
in 1835 by Mr. Cross to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
where it produced its beautifully marked and highly fra- 
grant flowers in July, 1837. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs clustered, oblong, compressed and 
two-edged, pale green, smooth at the base, at each angle is 
a 
* From acrafouas, I embrace, in allusion to the manner in which the 
column is embraced by the labellum. 
