C3479 2) 
PERISTERIA PENDULA. PENDULOUS 
Dove-FLowe_er. 
SEK KER EKER KKK KKK KEKE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanprlia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcnipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium globosum. Sepala concava, subcarnosa, 
basi connata, ita calyx submonophyllus. Petala confor- 
mia paulo minora. Labellum carnosum, medio articulatum ; 
dimidio superiore erecto apice reflexo, inferiore lobo utrin- 
que dilatato. Columna basi petalorum adnata inferne pro- 
ducta et labello continua, utrinque in alam vel lobum 
producta. Anthera ecristata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2 pos- 
tice fissa, glandula sessili nuda.—Herba terrestris, pseudo- 
bulbosa. Folia plura, plicata. Scapus radicalis vaginatus, 
pluriflorus. Flores speciosi, odoratt. 
Specific Name and Character. 
-Perristeria pendula ; scapo brevi paucifloro, columne alis 
seu lobis parvis porrectis, labelli basi disco cristato 
crasso, lobo superiore disco canaliculato ecristato. 
This fine plant unquestionably belongs to the curious 
Genus Peristeria, of which only one species (P. elata, 
Bot. Mag. t. 3116,) was hitherto known, and that is a 
native of Panama. The present one was imported with 
many other rarities from Demerara, by Joun Attcarp, Esq. 
in whose stove at Stratford Green it flowered in January of 
the present year, and who kindly sent us the drawing here 
engraved, from the pencil of V. Barrnotomew, Esq. Asso- 
ciate of Painters in Water Colours. 
Descr. Bulb oblong-ovate, grooved, partially sheathed 
with membranaceous scales, and bearing at its summit three 
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