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LtJELlA PEDUNCULAR IS. PEDUNCULATED 

 LiELIA. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala explanata, lanceolata, aequalia. Petala majora, 

 paulo difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum, 

 3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam convolutum. Co- 

 lumna aptera, carnosa., antice canaliculata. Anthera oper- 

 cularis. Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis. — Herbs 

 epiphytce, rhizomate pseudo -bolbophoro. Folia carnosa. 

 Scapi terminates, pauci- vel multiflori. Flores speciosi, odo- 

 rati. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



L^elia pedunculata; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis, folio 

 oblongo obtuso scapo tereti vaginato breviore co- 

 rymbo sub-4-floro., bracteis pedunculo pluries brevi- 

 oribus, sepalis lanceolatis obtusis pedunculo breviori- 

 bus, petalis ovato-ellipticis obtusis planiusculis, labelli 

 lobis lateralibus snbrotundatis intermedio oblongo 

 apice rotundato undulato multo brevioribus lineis dua- 

 bus elevatis. 



L^elia pedunculata. LindL Bot. Reg. 1842. Misc. p. 9. 



Notwithstanding some slight differences in the character, 

 I am still of opinion that this pretty L^elia is the L. pedun- 

 cularis of Dr. Lindley in the place just quoted, who notices 

 its affinity with L. rubescens and L. acuminata. Our plant 

 is among the rich collection from Woburn, presented by 

 Her Majesty to the Royal Botanic Gardens, and had been 



sent 



