Tas. 4882. 
SOBRALIA rracrans. 
Fragrant Sobralia. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHTDACER.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Ohar. (Vide supra, Tas. 4632.) 
Sopraxta fragrans ; humilis, glaberrima, caule pedunculoque ancipitibus, spatha 
biflora carinata diphylla herbacea nunc foliacea, floribus parvis parum apertis, 
labelli lobo medio cuneato bilobo lacero lateralibus obsoletis integerrimis 
venis 9 lacero-cristatis. Lindl. 
Sopraia fragrans. Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1853. p. 598. no. 5. Fol. Orchid. 
Part 5. n. 12. 
A very pretty, fragrant, small Sobralia, native of New Granada, 
in the province of Ocafia, where it appears to have been disco- 
vered by Schlim, and is probably introduced to our English 
stoves by way of Belgium, Dr. Lindley describes it from spect- 
mens sent by Linden, and from the living plant m the collection 
of R. Hanbury, Esq. We are indebted for the individuals here 
figured to Messrs. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood. They differ 
a little from Dr. Lindley’s description, in having the sepals and 
petals of the same uniform pale sulphur-colour (not the sepals 
dull purplish-green), and in the flowers not bemg 1m pairs, but 
solitary, perhaps from want of vigour in our plant. 
Descr. Terrestrial. The sfems are about a foot high, clustered, 
several from one root, compressed, the lower half sheathed with 
the base of the lower leaf, and with several scales near the root. 
Leaves one to two, oblong-lanceolate, four to five inches long, 
rather fleshy, glabrous (as is every part of the plant), longitudi- 
nally nerved, the nerves prominent beneath. Peduncle terminal, 
long, compressed or ancipitate, bearing at the end two or three 
lanceolate, more or less leafy, carinate, green bracteas, the outer 
two to three inches long: from within these the flower emerges, 
small for the genus, two inches long, fragrant, pale sulphur- 
yellow, a little inclining to green. The flower 1s moderately ex- 
panded. Sepals spreading, oblong-lanceolate : petals of the same 
NOVEMBER lst, 1855. 
