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BLETIA ACUTIPETALA. SHARP-PETALED 
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Class and Order. 
Gynanpria Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipes. Div. Erinenprex. Lindl. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia equalia. Petala nunc patentia, nunc 
conniventia, sepalis equalia. Labellum cucullatum, cum 
columna articulatum, nunc basi saccatum, trilobum, disco 
sepius lamellato v. tuberculato. Columna elongata, semi- 
teres. Anthera carnosa, 8-locularis. Pollinia 8 equalia, 
caudiculis 4 pulvereis coherentia—Herbe subterrestres, 
foliis ensiformibus plicatis, scapis racemosis multifloris, flori- 
bus sepius speciosis. Lindl. 
_ Specific Character and Synonym. 
BieriA* acutipetala ; sepalis quorum duobus medio lamel- 
latis petalisque conniventibus ovatis valde acutis equa- 
libus, labelli disco lamellis 5 rectis subundulatis, lobis 
lateralibus ovatis, intermedio apice dilato crispato, 
scapo radicali alato ramoso, foliis ensiformibus pli- 
catis. 
Limoporum altum. Jacg. Ic. Rar. v. 3. t. 602. (vix Linn.) 
Descr. Bulb roundish, depressed, half buried in the 
earth, and marked with circular lines or rings, the scars of 
former years’ leaves. Leaves few, ensiform, much acumi- 
nated, two to three feet long, arising from the top of the 
bulb. Scape arising from the base of the bulb, four to five 
a | feet 
* In honour of Louts BET, a Spanish apothecary. 
