( 1994 ) 
Buerra Tankervituie. Lapy TANKERvVILLE’S 
| Bieri. 
SHAR ee ee Rae 
Class and Order. 
Gynanpria Monanpria. — 
Generic Character. 
» Labellum® sessile, cucullatum ; nunc. basi calcaratum. 
Petala 5, distincta. Colwmna libera. Masse pollinis 8) 
vel 4 biloba. - Brown. x 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Buetsa Tankervillig ; \abello calcarato indiviso: cornu ab- 
breviato, foliis radicalibus ovato-lanceolatis. Brown in 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 205. Loddiges’s Cabinet of 
Botany, N* 20. 
Limoporum ankervillie ; floribus racemosis_ imberbibus. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 1" v. 3. p. 302, tab. 12. L’ Herit, Sert. 
Angl. 28. — 
Limoporum Tankervillie ; foliis radicalibus ovato-lanceolatis 
nervosis, scapo simplici multifloro, labello cucullato 
integro, cornu abbreviato. Swartz: Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 
p. 79. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 122. Redouté Lilac. 43. 
Schneev. Ic. 5. Bot. Repos. 426. 
Limoporum Incarvillei. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 520. 
Puaivs grandifolius ; foliis lanceolatis plicato-sulcatis, scapo 
nudo polyfloro. Loureiro Cochin. ed. Ulys. 2. p. 529. 
_ed. Willd. 2. p: 647. 
This very beautiful plant, a great ornament to our stoves, 
was introduced from China, by our much respected friend, 
‘the late Dr. Jonn Fornercitt, about the year 1778. 
_. The scape grows quite erect, sometimes three feet high, 
and the spike of flowers will extend to two feet. The singular 
: chesnut-brown 
