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FLLocKHARTIA ELEGANS. | BEAUTIFUL 
- LockuHArTIA. 
| Class and Obdiv: 
GyNnanprra Monanpria. 
( Wate Ord. Onciring®: ) 
Generic Character. 
Labellum superum, trilobum, tuberculatum, ecalcara- 
tum. Petala duo, lateralia; patenti-reflexa, 3-conniventia. 
Columna alata. Anthere infra apicem columne, opercu- 
laris. Masse pollinis 2, cereacex. 
Specific Name. 
Lockuartia elegans. 
Descr. A parasite on. the decaying trunks of trees. 
Stems three to five inches high, clothed with numerous, 
closely placed, distichous, equitant, ovato-oblong, very 
obtuse leaves, obscurely striated, each from half to three- 
quarters of an inch long, smallest at the base and at the 
summit. Flower pedunculated, from the axil of one of the 
upper leaves. Peduncle slender, drooping, with one or 
_ two ovate bractez, an inch long, single-flowered. » Petals 
oblong-ovate, concave, pale yellow, the two lateral ones 
patent and even deflexed, the upper (but from the unusual 
lrection of the flower inferior) immediately covering, and 
connivent with the two inner ones. Lip erect, and hence 
Superior, oblong, three lobed, the two lateral lobes lanceo- 
te, standing out at right angles, the middle one very 
se, obscurely three lobed, the central one notched, 
“urved upwards. The colour is yellow, variously spotted 
with red, the substance thick and fleshy, except at the ex- 
fremity, the upper surface tuberculated. Column large, 
yellow, spotted with red, having, on each side, a oral 
ra : crescent- 
