( 4094 ) 

 Barkeria spectabilis. Showy Barkeria. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala et petala aequalia, libera, membranacea, paten- 

 tissima. Labellum planum, integerrimum, nudum, (cune- 

 atum cum apiculo) columns adpressum. Columna petalo- 

 ldea. Anthera 4-locularis, carnosa, septorum marginibus 

 membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem lig-ulatis 

 reflexis, per paria connatis. — Herbae epiphytes, caulibus 

 fusijormibus carnosis. Folia angusta, membranacea, ner- 

 vosa. Peduncull longi, graciles, squamati, terminals, 

 apice racemosi. Plores magni, conspicui, nutantes. Lindl, 



Specific Name and Character. 



Barkeria* spectabilis; caulibus 2 — 3-phyllis, foliis oblongis 

 coriaceis, racemo laxo multifloro terminali, sepalis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis, labello ovato subunguiculato medio longitu- 

 dinaliter lamellato. 



Barkeria spectabilis. Batem. Orch. of Guatem. and Mex. 

 t. 33. 



For the opportunity of figuring this lovely plant, as 

 well as the L^elia superbiens of the present number, I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of Mrs. VVray, in whose collection, 

 and that of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, it has 



been 



„ * So named in the " Floral Cabinet" of Messrs. Knowles and 

 Westcott, in compliment to George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, a 

 v 'ery distinguished and successful cultivator of Orchidaceous plants. 



