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BrASSAVOLA CORDATA. HEART-LIPPED 
BRASSAVOLA. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et petala subzqualia, libera, acuminata. Label- 
lum cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Columna 
marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibulari, clinandrio pos- 
tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subequalia, quibusdam alliis 
parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis, 
loculis semibipartitis—Herbe caulescentes, epiphyte, apice 
folium ». alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, supra sul- 
catum, apice subulatum, gerentes. Flores terminales, 
magni, speciosi. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Brassavora cordata ; labello» cordato-acuminato longitu- 
dine unguis, petalis sepalisque linearibus acuminatis 
elabris, dentibus omnibus clinandrii integerrimis, cau- 
libus basi nodosis. 
Brassavora cordata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1914. 
A species, introduced from Brazil by Messrs. LoppieEs 
according to Professor Lixpiey: but our plants were re- 
ceived by Mr. Murray from Mr. Tuomas Cowan, Over- 
seer on the White River Estate, Jamaica :—so that the 
species would seem to have a widely extended range. It 
is very closely allied to B. nodosa, (Bot. Mag. t. 3229,) a 
species from which Dr. Lanptey distinguishes it by the 
owers being only half the size, with a cordate labellum, 
and a yery different clinandrium ; but these are probably 
variable 
