( 4021 ) 



Brassavola venosa. Vein-lipped 

 Brassavola. 



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Glass and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala et petala subaequalia, libera, acuminata. Label- 

 lum cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Columna 

 marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibular!, clinandrio pos- 

 tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subaequalia, quibusdam aliis 

 parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-Iocularis, septis marginatis, 

 loculis semibipartitis.— Herbae caulescentes, epiphytes, apice 

 folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, 

 supra sulcatum, apice subulatum gerentes. F lores termi- 

 nates, magni, speciosi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Brassavola venosa; folio lineari-lanceolato coriaceo-car- 

 noso superne canalicular sepalis petalisque lineari- 

 lanceolatis, labelli ungue elongato serrato, lamina cor- 

 data acuminata venosa basi subserrata. 



Brassavola venosa. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840. Misc. n. 24. 

 et t. 39. 



In the form and serratures of the lip, we fear the species 

 of Brassavola, as is the case with so many other Orchideae 

 are very liable to vary. That this plant is identical with 

 the B. venosa of Dr. Lindley, there is, probably, little 

 doubt, but the labellum is not so serrated, and the lamina 

 less disposed to be three-lobed. It was drawn m July, from 

 a plant that flowered in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew. 

 Much as it resembles B. nodosa, (Bot. Mag. t. JAW,) as 



Dr. 



