( 4003 ) 

 Brassia Wray^e. Mrs. Wray's Brassia. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Pcrianthium explanatum. Sepala et Petala angusta, li- 

 bera, asqualia ; his nunc minoribus. Labellum planum, 

 indivisum, ecalcaratum, columna continuum, basi bi-cris- 

 tatum. Columna libera, aptera, nana. Anthera 1-locularis. 

 Pollinia 2, post ice sulcata ; caudicula brevi ; glandula 

 crassa. — Epiphy tae pseudo-bulbosce. F o\'i& per gamenea. Sea- 

 pi radicales vaginati. Flores speciosi, spicati. Lindl. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Brassia Wrayce; pseudo-bulbis laevibus, folio ligulato cori- 

 aceo enervi, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis con- 

 formibus minoribus, labello latissime obovato acuto 

 sepalis lateralibus duplo breviore, basi callo triden- 

 tato. 



Brassia Wrayae. Skinner MSS. 



This new species of Brassia was sent to the splendid col- 

 lection of J. C. Barter, Esq., of Broughton New Ball, near 

 Manchester, bv G. U. Skinner, Esq., from Guatemala, in 

 1840. It has now (October, 1842) flowered, for the first 

 time, under the skilful management of Mr. William 

 Ashton, gardener to Mr. Barter. It had been communi- 

 cated by Mr. Skinner to that and other collections, under 

 the name of Oncidium Wrayce, to which Genus, previous to 

 its having flowered, it had been supposed to belong, and 

 Mr. Skinner properly preserves the same specific appel- 

 lation, now it is proved to be a new species or Brassia.* 



Descr. 



* Since the above was written, Dr. Lindley mentions in his Miscell. of 

 the Bot. Register for 1843, that a fine plant has flowered at Messrs. RoLLl- 



