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BrASSAVOLA NODOSA. FRAGRANT 
BRASSAVOLA. 
Class and Order. 
GyNnANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et Petala subequalia, libera, acuminata. Label- 
lum cucullatum, integrum, columnam involvens. Columna 
marginata, clavata, stigmate infundibulari, clinandrio pos- 
tice tridentato. Pollinia 8, subzqualia, quibusdam aliis 
Nara interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis, 
oculis semipartitis—Herbz caulescentes, epiphyte, apice 
folium unicum vel alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, 
supra sulcatum, apice subulatum gerentes. Flores termi- 
nales, magni, speciost. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Brassavota nodosa; labello cordato-acuminato basi an- 
gusto involuto, sepalis petalisque labelli longitudine 
linearibus acuminatis, columnz dentibus lateralibus 
integris intermedio bi- tridentato. (Beek os 
Brassavota nodosa, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 114. 
Epipenprum nodosum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1350. Jacq. Amer. 
p. 226. t. 140. | ; 
Cymeipium nodosum. Sw. Nov. Act. Ups. v. 6. p. 73. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 722. 
Viscum delphinii flore minus, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. 1. p. 
25). ¢. 12F. f. 33 
Descr. From a short, horizontal rootstock, which throws a 
out a few simple fibres, there arise three or four or more 
stems, five or six inches high, terete, jointed and so 
, : wit 
