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BuietTiA Parkinsont. Mr. ParkInson’s 
BLeETIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonaANnDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia, equalia. Petala nunc patentia, nunc 
conniventia, sepalis subequalia. Labellum cucullatum, 
cum columna articulatum, nunc basi saccatum, trilobum, 
disco sepius lamellato vel tuberculato. Colwmna elongata 
semiteres. Anthera carnosa, 8-locularis. Pollinia 8, equa- 
lia, eaudiculis 4 pulvereis coherentia.—Herbe subterrestres, 
foliis ensiformibus plicatis, scapis racemosis multifloris, flori- 
bus sepius speciost. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Buetia Parkinsoni ; scapo simplici longissimo, sepalis peta- 
lisqué lanceolato-linearibus erectis, labello oblongo 
trilobo lobis lateralibus brevibus incurvis intermedio 
ovali crispato, disco lineis elevatis 5 undulatis. 
This very distinct species of Bieria was sent by Mr. 
Parkinson, H. M. Consul-General at Mexico, from that 
country, to the rich collection at Woburn Abbey, where it 
flowered in the month of January, 1839. It has the nar- 
rowest flowers of any species with which we are yet ac- 
quainted, much more so than those of Brera reflexa, 
Linpt., Bot. Reg. t. 1760, which is perhaps its nearest affin- 
ity, though the two plants are abundantly distinct. These 
flowers are in our species of a lively rose-colour, the lip and 
column beautifully variegated with yellow and purple. 
Descr. Bulb terrestrial, subglobose, but gibbous. Scape 
two feet and more long, slender, jointed, with brownish, 
sheathing 
