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_Bonatea speciosa. Snowy BonatTza. 
KEK EEK REE EEE EERE EKER ESE 
Class and Order. 
Gynanpri4 Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord. — Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 5-petala, ringens, petalo superiore fornicato. La- 
bellum basi subtus calcaratum. Stylus alatus. Anthere 
loculamenta ad marginem ale styli. Willd. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Bonatea* speciosa. | 
Bonarra speciosa. Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 43. Persoon, 
Synop. Pl. ii. 506. _ Lodd. Bot. Cab. t.284. Sprengel, 
Syst. Veget. iii. 694. 
Orcuis speciosa. Thunb. Prodr. p. 4. Linn. Suppl. 401. 
- Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 206. 
_Descr. “ Roots fascicled.”. Whole plant (one and a half foot 
igh) erect. Stem jointed, joints swelling a little upwards, round. 
Caves (four inches and a half long, two broad), sheathing, ovate, 
spreading on all sides, undulate, reflected at the apex, coriaceous, 
smooth and shining, deep green above, lighter and irregularly 
stained with rusty spots below, collected towards the upper part of 
the stem, the lower part of which is only cased in black, decayed 
sheaths ; middle-rib strong, and prominent behind, with four to 
eight much smaller lateral nerves. Spike (seven inches long, five 
road) terminal, erect, many-flowered. Bractee large, ale green, 
ovate, attenuated at the base, acuminate, smaller upwards. — 
ascending obliquely on all sides, nearly sessile ; their perfume pret 
—_ resembling that of the orange flower, but more faint. i 
crianth of three, membranous, nerved, pointed, green segments ; 
of which the upper is cucullate, the two lower ovate, oblique, 
‘preading, undulate, reflected at the apex, and whitish on their in- 
ner side. Inner Perianth three-parted ; the two upper segments 
;“trow, membranous, linear, pointed, green, as long as the cucul- 
late Portion of the whter péviant along the edges of which they 
e near the base, a 
are laid, and each has, arising from its upper edg 
i iform, erect, straight, whive appendage, about half ee . 
Fa ower segment (labellum) fleshy, unequally a fale 
Ye; the lateral portions separated to the base, are sprea aon 
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* So named by Witupgnow, in honor’ of Bonaro, a celebrated Botanist, 
ee Wadi. 
