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 Phajus albus. White Phajus. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchideje.) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala et petala subsequalia, patentia, libera. Labellum 

 sffipius cucullatum, cum basi columns adnatum, calcara- 

 tum, integrum vel trilobum, saepius supra carinatum lamel- 

 losum vel cristatum. Columna erecta, cum ovario continua, 

 semiteres, marginata, elongata. Anthera 8-Iocularis. Pol- 

 linia 8 subaequalia. — Herbas terrestres (Asiaticce), caules- 

 centes vel acaules, foliis latis plicatis. Scapi radicates. 

 Flores speciosi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Phajus albus; caulescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 

 subtus glaucis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutis subaequalibus, labello oblongo cucullato denti- 

 culato apice rotundato, disco 5-cristato, calcare recti- 

 usculo emarginato, (bracteis cucullatis herbaceis per- 

 sistentibus imbricatis floribus aequalibus). Lindl. 



Phajus albus. Lindl. in Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. v. 2. t. 

 198. Gen. et Spec. Orchid, p. 128. Bot. Reg. 1838. 

 t. 33. 



This truly beautiful plant is stated by Dr. Wallich (to 

 whom our stoves are indebted for its introduction), to be a 

 native of trees on Mount Chandaghiry in Nepal, and in the 

 neighbourhood of Sithet. The specimen here figured 

 flowered in the Roval Botanic Garden of Kew, in July, 

 1842. Like that represented by Dr. Lindlev, it differs from 

 Dr. Wallich's figure, in the want of a yellow disk to 

 the labellum. 



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