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Brassavola glauca. Glaucous 

 Brassavola. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala et petala subasqualia, libera, acuminata. Label- 

 turn cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Columna 

 marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibular*, clinandno pos- 

 tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subaequalia, quibusdam ahis 

 parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis, 

 loculis semibipartitis.— Herbae caulescentes, epiphyta, apice 

 folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, camosum, 

 supra sulcatum, apice subulatum gerentes. Flores termi- 

 nates, rnagni, speciosi. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Brassavola glauca; foliis coriaceis oblongis obtusis plani- 

 usculis glaucis, spatha uniflora, sepalis petalisque lme- 

 ari-lanceolatis obtusis herbaceis, labello subsessili sub- 

 rotundo acuto margine lobato, clinandno dentato, 

 dente dorsali apice glanduloso. Lindl. 



Brassavola glauca. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839 Misc. n 67. 

 et 1840, t. 44. Batem. Orchid. Mex. et Guatem. t. 16. 



The specimen from which our figure is taken blossomed 

 in the month of February, 1843, in the rich collection of 

 Orchidaceaj at Woburn Abbey. At first sight, as Dr 

 Lindley well observes, the flowers rather resemble those of 

 a Cattleya than a Brassavola : but it appears truly to be- 

 long to the latter Genus. A well grown plant of it makes 

 a handsome appearance, with its large flowers and broad 



