( 2719 ) 
Brietia Wooprorpir. Wooprorpian 
BLeETIA. 
KEK KEE EEK EERE EEE ERE RK 
Class and Order. 
Gywanprta p RG 
( Nat. Ord ncuron: ) 
Generic Character.. 
LnbAlisy sessile, cucullatum ;— nune* ‘basi calearatum. 
fers 5, arse Chet, libera, Se ag pein 8 v. 
ia 
yA ‘fic a 
thea to es, lancec lat os plicate, green, variegated with 
A radical , two feet or more high, terete, 
stan intervals ; with purplish- -brown 
cales at the joints. Flowers large, in racemes 
terminating the scape, each subtended by a lanceolate, 
green bribe. Petals five, nearly equal, elliptical, concave, 
spreading, yellow-green, striated, four lateral and one ter- 
minal. Lip quite exposed, erecto-patent, nearly as long as 
the petals, large, involuto-cylindrical, white, thick, fleshy, 
-obsoletely veined, embracing the column, with a short, 
ess obtuse spur at the base, the apex standing forward, of 
three broad, elec beoeen: completely involute lobes, which 
— waved and crenate at the margins. Colwmn nearly as 
eng as the li abe curved forwards, cylindrical at the back, the 
front Srooved and gt white. Sunk into the apex, as it 
‘ were, 
