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BROUGHTONIA COCCINEA. CRIMSON- 
FLOWERED BROUGHTONIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA MonaANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala angustia, patentia, lateralia basi obliqua, cum 
labelli basi connata et decurrentia. Petala latiora. Label- 
lum indivisum, adscendens, basi columnz adnatum, in cal- 
care lineari mellifluo, ovario connato decurrens. Columna 
brevis, crassa, apice dilatata. Anthera 4-locularis, septo- 
rum marginibus membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis re- 
plicatis—Herba epiphyta, pseudo-bulbosa ; foliis carnosis ; 
scapo terminali multifloro. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Brovueuronia sanguinea. 
Brovenronia sanguinea. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 
217. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t.793. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
». 3. p. 734. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 118. 
Denprozium sanguineum. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 4. p. 1529. 
EpipenpDRUM sanguineum. Sw. Prodr. p. 124. 
Viscum radice bulbosa minus, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. 1. p. 
250. ¢. 121. f. 2. 
Satyrium parasiticum ; foliis paucioribus; &c. Browne, 
Jam. p. 324. 
(8.) foliis longioribus, petalis angustioribus. 
Broventonia sanguinea. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3076. 
When the figure of Broveutonia sanguinea was given at 
tab. 3076 of this work, from the pencil of Mrs. Horsratt, I 
had not seen the usual state of the plant; but now that this 
has blossomed in the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
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