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MorMopEs PARDINA. LeEoPpARD-sPOTTED 
MormMopeEs. 
Class and Order. 
GyNANnDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepalum superius fornicatum angustum; lateralia con- 
formia reflexa. Petala latiora conformia, erecta. Label- 
lum selleforme, ascendens, trilobatum, subcuneatum, api- 
culatum, cum columna articulatum. Columna semiteres, 
mutica; gynizus longus angustus; clinandrium postice 
acuminatum. Pollinia 4, per paria connata, caudicule 
crasse affixa, glandule carnose crasse adherenti.—Habitus - 
Cataseti. Lindl, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Mormopss pardina ; pseudo-bulbis turbinatis, foliis striatis 
4-plo brevioribus ; racemo nutante multifloro foliis bre- 
viore, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus ovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis conniventibus, labelli trilobi lobis late- 
ralibus acutis decurvis intermedio elongato acuminato. 
Bateman. 
Mormopes pardina. Bateman, Orchid. Mex. et Guatem. 
tab. 14. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. v. 24. p. 93. n. 
176. 
(B.) eo ae floribus concoloribus. (Nobis supra Tab. 
3879.) 
To the spotted state of this plant, the type indeed of the 
Species, we alluded at our Tab. 3879, where the var. uni- 
color is described. The present has a much more lively 
and showy appearance, the blossoms being everywhere 
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