( 3729) 
ScHOMBURGKIA MARGINATA ; var. petalis sepalisque 
immarginatis. MarGiInepD SCHOMBURGKIA ; var. 
SKK KKK KKK EEE EEE EEEE RK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpRIA MonanprRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onrcuivez. ) 
Generic Character. 
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Sepala et Petala conformia, patentia, omnius libera, basi 
equalia. Labellum difforme membranaceum, trilobum, 
cucullatum, basi cum margine columne connatum, supra 
basin tumidum (intrusum); venis lamellatis. Colwmna 
marginata. Pollinia 8.—Rhizoma repens, nudum, annula- 
tum, pseudo-bulbigerum. Folia coriacea. Scapi terminales 
vaginati. Bractee spathacee. Flores speciosi, racemosi, 
congesti, Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Scuompurexia* marginata; petalis sepalisque undulatis 
obtusis, labelli lobo medio subrotundo acuto. 
Scnompurexia marginata: Lindl. Sert. Orchid. Tab. X. 
(in text) and Tab. XII. bss 
(G). sepalis petalisque marginibus concoloribus. (Tab. 
nostr. 3729.) 
This fine and very rare Orchideous plant, a native of 
Surinam, was obligingly communicated from the collection 
of Tuomas Brocxtenurst, Esq., of the Fence, Manchester, 
in the month of December, 1838. That gentleman justly 
observed, that it was nearly allied to the Schompurexia 
* So named by Professor LrnpLey, and in honor of Dr. ScHoMBURGK, 
a distinguished Naturalist and Googe: who has been for many years 
engaged in exploring the interior of British Guiana. 
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