C 3930 ) 
GasTROcHILUS PULCHERRIMA. HANDSOME- 
FLOWERED GASTROCHILUS. 
SEEK EEE EEE EEE EK 
Class and Order. 
Monanpria Monoeynia. 
(Nat. Ord.—Scrraminez. ) 
Generic Character. 
- Calyx tubulosus, hinc fissus. Corolle tubus elongatus, 
filiformis, limbi lacinie. exteriores equales patentes, interi- 
ores laterales latiores, basi cum filamento in tubum conna- 
tz; Jabellum maximum, saccatum. Filamentum lineare, 
ultra anthere mutice loculos connectivo longiores haud 
productum. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovula in lo- 
culorum angulo centrali plurima, horizontalia, anatropa. 
Stylus filiformis ; stigma capitato-convexum. Capsula ; 
Herb Indice, acaules vel caulescentes ; radice repente vel 
fibroso-ramosa, tuberibus subsessilibus fasciculatis, spica 
ria radicali vel terminali imbricata, floribus nutantibus. Endl 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gastrocuitus* pulcherrima; foliis lanceolatis subsessilibus, 
| spica terminali secunda, tubo corolla incluso. Wall. 
4 Gastrocuitus pulcherrima. Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. v. 1. 
; p. 22. tab. 2. gs i 
A native of Rangoon in the East Indies, where it flowers 
in August, and our plants in the Royal Botanic Garden, 
sent by the kindness of Dr. Wattica, blossom at the same 
season. Their blossoms are very handsome and pera 
Bi and, 
ee Tacnp, the abdomen, and xpi, a lip; from the inflation of the larger 
‘Jobe of the corolla or lip. : 
