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GOODYERA DISCOLOR. PURPLE-LEAVED 

 GOODYERA. 



Class and Order. 



Gynandria Monandria. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. ringens : petalis exterioribus anticis labello inferne 

 gibboso superne indiviso suppositis. Columna libera. Pollen 

 angulatum. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Goodyera discolor ; foliis caulinis ovatis discoloribus subtus 

 trinerviis, petiolis raginantibus, spica elongata, labello 

 bilobo contorto. 



Goodyera discolor. Lodd. Cabin. 148. 



The stems of this plant when they first spring from the 

 root lie flat on the ground, and when coming into flower, rise 

 suddenly into a straight scape furnished at the base with a 

 few alternate oval leaves, of a dark purplish green on the 

 upper side, and red purple on the under, with sheathing 

 petioles. Bractes alternate, rusty-red, canoe-shaped, nearly 

 the length of the flower. Germen white, striate, villous, 

 twisted. Petals lanceolate, white, two lateral, spreading 

 wing-like, three erect, adhering together at their points, look- 

 ing like one hooded petal. Column erect, free, shaped at the 

 top like a bird's head, of a yellow colour, the operculated two- 

 celled anther forming the beak. Labellum or Nectary clawed, 

 limb two lobed : lobes divaricate, twisted ; under the claw of 

 the nectary is a small purselike gibbosity. 



Said by Mr. Loddiges in his Botanical Cabinet to be a 

 native of Rio Janeiro. Flowers in November, December, 

 and January. Communicated by Messrs. Barr and Brooke, 

 of the Northampton Nursery, Newington Green. 



