Tas. 5035. 
PILUMNA FRAGRANS. 
Fragant Pilumna. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHIDE#Z.—GyYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Ovarium tricostatum. Sepala et petala equalia, patula, oblique 
inserta. Zabellum basi columne adnatum, subintegrum, orbiculatum, convo- 
lutum, inappendiculatum. Columna clavata, teres. Clinandrium cucullo dentato 
membranaceo circumdatum; furcis duabus carnosis semiclausum. Stigma ver- 
ticale. Pollinia 2, postice fissa, caudicule brevi et glandule ovate adnata.— 
Herb: epiphyte; pseudobulbis vaginatis; foliis coriaceis; pedunculis radicalibus. 
—Genus Aspasie fp um, clinandrio cucullato, columna tereti, necnon stig- 
mate verticali nee versum. Lindl. 
OMNA fragrans; folio lato oblongo racemo 2-3-floro breviore, bracteis 
~ lanceolatis erectis obtusis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
labello oblongo apiculato subtrilobo levi. Lindl. 
Prnumna fragrans. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. p. 74. n. 
Tricnoprita albida. Wendl. fil. in Regel’s Gartenflora, 1854, p. 43. t. 78. 
arming and deliciously scented plant the Royal 
Gardens are indebted to Lady Dorothy Nevill, whose good taste 
and love of horticulture, combined with those of Mr. Nevill, 
have. Dangstein already the site of one of the best private 
gardens in England. The plant is said to be a native of Popayan, 
covered by Hartweg, though this has been considered (as 
indley says the P. /awa was stated to be, but he suspected 
sly) purchased at one of Mr. Skinner's sales of Guate- 
lala plants. It has borne in some gardens the name of Zricho- 
albida, and such a plant is indeed figured on a reduced 
y M. Regel in his ‘Gartenflora’ above quoted. Our 
not doubt, is the Pilumna fragrans. £Ne ‘ 
of this genus yet k is Fe Pa lava, Lindl. Bot. 
~ Reg. 1846, t. 57, which has much smaller and differently co- 
_~ loured flowers, wanting the © e spot he labellum, and 
has a very differently formed pseudobult 
™ great perfection in December, 1857. 
Descr. Pseudobulb oblong, four to six in 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1858. 
