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Broughtonia sanguinea. Crimson- 

 flowered Broughtonia. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Columna libera, v. basi tantum connata labello ungui- 

 culato (nunc inferne producto in tubulum ovario adnatum). 

 Massce Pollinis 4 parallels, septis completis persistentibus 

 distinctae, basi filo granulato elastico auctae. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Broughtonia * sanguinea ; foliis geminis oblongis bulbo 



innatis, scapo diviso. Br. 

 Broughtonia sanguinea. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 



217. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 734. 

 Dendrobium sanguineum. Swartz, Fl. Ind. Oct. v. 4. p. 



1529. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. p. 132. 

 Epidendrum sanguineum. Swartz, Prodr. p. 124. 

 Viscum radice bulbosa minus, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. I. p. 



250. t. 121. f. 2. 

 Satyrium parasiticum ; foliis paucioribus, &c. Browne, 



Jam. p. 324. 



Descr. Bulbs roundish or ovate, dark green, the younger 

 ones depressed, slightly compressed, smooth, sheathed with 

 a brownish, membranous coat, bearing one or (as would 

 appear to be the correct number) two leaves trom the 



summit, 



* Named by Mr. Brown, in compliment to Mr. Arthur Broughton, an 

 En glish Botanist. 



