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BrASSIA CAUDATA. LONG-TAILED Brassia. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Oncuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala angusta, li- 
bera, aqualia; his nunc minoribus. Labellum planum, 
indivisum, ecalearatum, columna continuum, basi bicrista- 
tum. Columna libera, aptera, nana. Anthera 1-locularis. 
Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicula brevi, glandula crassa. 
—Epiphyte pseudo-bulbosa. Folia pergamenea. Scapi 
radicales vaginati. Flores speciosi, spicati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brassta* caudata ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, late- 
ralibus longissimis, petalis acutis minoribus, labello 
acuminato. Lindl. 
Brassia caudata. Lind. Bot. Reg. t. 832. Hook. Ex. Fi. 
t. 179. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 729. Lindl. Gen. 
et Sp. Orchid. p. 212. , 
Mataxis caudata. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 83. 
Epipenprum caudatum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1349. 
HELLEBORINE ramosissima, caulibus et floribus maculosis. 
Plum. Ic. t. 277. 
A most singular and beautiful plant, an inhabitant of 
Jamaica, and, probably, of other West Indian islands, 
first introduced to this country, we believe, by Mr. Les of 
Hammersmith, and now pretty general in our collections 
of 
* In compliment to Mr. Brass, an assiduous collector of plants in South 
Africa, for the Royal Gardens at Kew. 
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