C 3220 ) 
GONGORA ATRO-PURPUREA. Dark-— 
FLOWERED GONGORA. 
SEEK KKK KEK EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.— OrcuipeEa. ) 
Generic Character. 
Petala 3 exteriora patentissima lanceolata subuniformia, 
superiore dorso columne inserto, duobus interioribus par- 
vis ad marginem columne insertis decurrentibus. Labellum 
vomeriforme subpedicellatum basi superne dentatum, in- 
ferne gibbosum. Columna elongata. Masse pollinis 2, 
pedicellate. 3 
J Specific Character and Bynonyrae- 
Goncora* atro-purpurea ; petalorum trium exteriorum mar- 
ginibus reflexis, labello superne subseptem-dentato. 
Goneora atro-purpurea. Hooker, Ex. Fl. t. 178. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. cur. post. p. 308. | 
Descr. From an oblong and cylindrical, deeply sulcat- 
ed, fleshy, bulbiform stem, there spring at the extremity 
two rather large, ovato-lanceolate, striated and subplicated 
leaves, waved at the margin, and tapering at the base. 
Scape two feet in length, arising apparently from the base 
of the bulb, zigzag, slender, glabrous, terete, dark purple. 
Bracteas minute, at the base of each flower. Flower wholly 
of a deep purple-brown or chocolate colour. The three 
outer petals, an inch long, are much spreading, lanceolate ; 
the upper one springing from the back of the column rather 
the smallest, the two lateral ones with a large tooth-like 
process at the base of the upper margin; all the margins 
revolute. 
* Named in honour of ANronro CABALLEROY GonGorA, a Spaniard, 
and friend of Mutis. 
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