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BrassAvoLtA Perrinit. PErRRIN’S 
BRASSAVOLA, 
Fg 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcnipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et petala subequalia, libera, acuminata. Label- 
lum cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Coluwmna 
marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibulari, clinandrio pos- 
tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subequalia, quibusdam aliis 
parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis 
loculis simibipartitis——Herbe caulescentes, epiphyte, apice 
folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, 
supra sulcatum, apice subulatum, gerentes. Flores termi- 
nales, magni, speciosi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brassavota Perrinii ; flore solitario, labello cordato-acumi- 
nato integerrimo, petalis sepalisque linearibus obtusis 
glabris, dentibus lateralibus clinandrii integris postico 
serrato, caule ramoso, folio tereti-compresso subulato 
linea canaliculato. 
Brassavoua Perrinii. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1561. 
A native of Brazil, whence plants were sent to the Glas- 
gow Botanic Garden. Besides a difference in the flower, 
this species may be further known from B. nodosa and B. 
cordata, by its much slenderer leaves, branching stem, and 
blossoms appearing solitary. 
Descr. Stem much branched, and clothed with sheath- 
ing membranaceous scales, throwing out thick, whitish, 
cylindrical roots, and each ultimate branch terminated by 
a 
