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SoOPHRONITIS GRANDIFLORA. [LARGE- 
FLOWERED SOPHRONITIS. 
KEE KEE EEE EEE EERE EEE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Pollinia 8, antice et postice parallela, caudicula duplici 
pulverea, glandula 0? Anthera terminalis opercularis 8-— 
locularis, cardine crasso. Stigma concavum rostello ob- 
tuso. Columna libera apice utrinque alata, alis integris 
conniventibus super cristam labelli. Labellum integrum 
cucullatum linguiforme, basi cum columna connatum, me- 
dio crista simplici transversa. Sepala subequalia imbri- 
cata, basi libera.—Herbe epiphyte (Brasilienses) mono- 
phylle, non bulbose, racemis axillaribus effusis paucifloris, 
floribus rubris. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Sy i 
Sopuronitis grandiflora ; pseudo-bulbis oblongo-cylindra- 
ceis junioribus spathaceis apice monophyllis, folio 
elliptico, petalis elliptico-rotundatis, sepalis oblongo- 
lanceolatis subduplo minoribus, labello (parvo) trilobo, 
lobis lateralibus incurvis obtusis, intermedio acumi- 
nato planiusculo. 
Sornronitis grandiflora. Lindl. Sertum Orchidaceum, tab. 
5, f. 2. 
ye coccinea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. fol. 1919 (in text. ). 
Epipenpre ponceau. ‘“ Descourtilz’s Drawings, pl. 10. 
fe fee 
This lovely Orchideous plant is figured by Dr. Linptey 
from a drawing executed, as it would appear, in the native 
country of the species by M. Descourtizz, and he has, I 
think, 
