( 3794 ) 
Brassta LANCEANA: var. viridiflora. Mr. 
Lance's Brassia; green-flowered var. 
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Class and Order. 
Gynanprit_ Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipeg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala angusta, 
libera, equalia; his nune minoribus. Labellum planum, 
indivisum, ecalcaratum, columna continuum, basi bi-cris- 
tatum. Columnu libera, aptera, nana. Anthera 1-locularis. 
Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicula brevi, glandulé crassa. 
—Epiphyte pseudo-bulbose. Folia pergamenea. Scapi 
radicales vaginati. Flores speciosi, spicati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brassta Lanceana ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
labello oblongo-acuminato undulato sepalis latera- 
libus duplo breviore. Lindl. 
Brassta Lanceana. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1754. Hook. Bot. 
Mag. t. 3577. =: 
(s.) floribus viridibus, petalis sepalisque longioribus angus- 
tioribusque. (Tab. nostr. 3794.) 
Communicated by C. S. Parger, Esq., from his col- 
lection at Annesley, near Liverpool. That gentleman 
imported the plant from Demerara, and it blossomed in 
his stove in September, 1839. In the opinion of many 
Botanists this would, probably, be taken up as a new 
species ; but experience has shown me that there is no set 
of plants so liable to vary in cultivation, and probably also 
in their native climate, as the tropical Orcuipem. I would 
rather be disposed to consider this as a connecting link to 
unite 
