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Houlletia Brocklehurstiana. Mr. Brock- 

 lehurst's Houlletia. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — OrchidejE, ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium patens, sepalis subliberis; petalis paulo 

 mmoribus, unguiculatis. Labellum cum basi columns 

 continuum, patens; hypochilio angusto, basi excavato 

 quasi bilabiato, apice utrinque in laciniam producto, lo- 

 bulo nano interjecto ; metachilio nullo ; epichilio angulari 

 dilatato cum hypochilio articulato. Columna erecta, arcu- 

 ata, clavata, semiteres, labello paulo brevior. Anthera bi- 

 locularis depressa. Pollinia 2, postice fissa, caudicula 

 lineari-lanceolata in glandulam acutam elongata, nee infixa. 

 ■ — Herbas epipkytce, pseudo-bulbosce, America aquinoctialis, 

 foliis solitariis plicatis. Scapi radicales erect i, apice race- 

 mosi. Flores speciosi, luteo-fusci, bracteis parvis nee spa- 

 thaceis. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Houlletia Brocklehurstiana; foliis longe petiolatis, racemo 

 6-floro, sepalis oblongis petalisque apice rotundatis, 

 hypochilii laciniis lineari-lanceolatis reflexis, epichilio 

 ovato-triangulari subhastato angulis lateralibus acumi- 

 natis. Lindl. 



Houlletia Brocklehurstiana. Lindl. Sert. Orchid. TabAl. 



Maxillaria? Brocklehurstiana. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841, 

 Misc. n. 27. 



According to Dr. Lindley, in the Sert urn Orchidaeeum, 

 Mr. Wanklyn, of Crumpsall House, Manchester, had the 

 credit of originally introducing this noble plant from the 



Brazils. 



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