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Brassavola elegans. Elegant 

 Brassavola. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^;. ) 



Generic Character. 



Labellum ungue simplici; lamina indivisa (raro triloba). 

 Petala distincta, patula. Massa Pollinis 8 (vel plures !) Br. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Brassavola elegans ; scapo racemoso, labello amplo basin 

 columnar amplexante profunde trilobo, columna su- 

 perne lato-alato. 



Cyrtopodium elegans. Hamilt. Prod. PL Ind. Occ. p. 53. 

 cum Ic. 



Descr. Root consisting of several long, cylindrical, 

 fibres, of a cinereous colour. Stem procumbent, rooting, 

 jointed, and covered with greyish, dry, membranaceous 

 sheaths. Leaves linear-subulate, semi-cylindrical, chan- 

 nelled above, coriaceous. Scape two feet long, filiform at 

 the base, knotted and covered with grey, appressed, scari- 

 ose sheaths, towards the apex and at the base of the flower- 

 stalks, bearing minute bractea. Flowers loosely spiked : 

 Peduncles about an inch in length. Perianth five-parted, 

 the segments nearly equal, (the three outer ones ovato- 

 lanceolate, the two inner narrower,) brownish-green, stri- 

 ated. Labellum three -lobed, lateral lobes oval, rose- 

 coloured, middle lobe obovate, or somewhat rhomboidal, 

 thickened and callous towards the base, where it is of a 

 yellow colour, the lamina is rose-coloured, and marked 

 with five purple lines. Column somewhat boat-shaped, 

 expanded at the summit, where there is a small cavity with 



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