Tab. 5718. 



NASONIA PUNCTATA. 



Cinnabar-red Nasonia. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^:. — GtTNandria Moxandria. 



Gen. Char. Sepala patentia, lateralia connata. Petala conformia, ©qualia. 



Lahellum liberum, cum pede paulo producto columns articulatum, medio 

 constrictum et appendiculatum. Colwmna erecta, basi teres; clmandrio 

 elongato erecto, margine petaloideo cincto. Anthera uniloculars, apice 

 longTssima cum columna parallela ideoque decurva. PoJhnia 2 solida, 

 aphserica, caudicute longissimae diaphanse subulatse apice aflisa ; glanduJa 

 ovata. Rostellum breve, 2-fidum. Ovarium 3-quetrum.— Herbse Austro- 

 Americanse, parvulat, epiphytic*, ramose, folios*. Folia conacea,disticha. 

 Elores pedicellati. arillores, pro planta majmculi.—Lindl. in PI. Hartweg. 



Nasonia punctata ; foliis |-pollicaribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis amnatiB, 

 floribus subsolitariis cinnabarinis, sepalis petahsque subcontormibus 

 oblongis obtusis, labello sepalis breviore late obovato subcuueato 

 retuso v. transverse oblougo flavo basi scutellato scutello sub lobo 

 parvo aurantiaco, column® alls irregulanter lobato-dentatis. 



A very pretty little Orchid, discovered by Hartweg in the 

 mountains of El Sisme in Peru, and called by ^ m f e J^: 

 punctata, from the dark spots seen on the perianth ot dried 

 specimens, which are of a very pale colour, quite unlike the 

 vivid red of the living plant. The specimen here fagured 

 flowered with Messrs. Veitch in April of the present year 

 and was called N. cinnabarina; the latter is a plant described 

 by Reichenbach fil. in the 'Gardeners Chronicle, 1867, 

 p. 544, as having been imported by Linden; I can, howew, 

 find no difference, except the above-mentioned one, ot colon 

 of flower, between Veitch's and the original specimens ot 



1W," K* tufted, three to five inches long, rather stout, 

 leafy throughout above the rooting portion. Leaves msu- 

 chons. half to two-thirds of an inch long spreading ,* ith 

 short, broad sheaths that clasp the stem; hmb JO in tec 1 o n 

 the sheath, oblong-lanceolate, acute, keeled. Flowers axil- 

 lary, pedicelled, solitary, nearly an inch long across th< 

 july 1st. 1SGS. 



