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Buietia SuHEepHerDII. DeEEP-PURPLE-FLOW- 
ERED BLETIA. 
KEKE KKK EEK EEE EEE EK KE 
Class and Order. 
GYNANDRIA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.— Orcuiwea, ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala patentia equalia. Petala nunc patentia, nunc 
conniventia, sepalis zqualia. Labellum cucullatum, cum 
coluinna articulatum, nunc basi saccatum, trilobum, disco 
seepius lamellato v. tuberculato. Columna elongata, semi- 
teres. Anthera carnosa, 8-locularis. Pollinia 8 zqualia, 
caudiculis 4 pulvereis coherentia——Herbe subterrestres, 
foliis ensiformibus plicatis, scapis racemosis multifloris, flo- 
ribus sepius speciosis. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Buetia Shepherdii ; perianthio erecto-patenti, sepalis ob- 
longis acutis, petalis obtusissimis undulatis, labelli 
disco lamellis 5—7 rectis undulatis lobo intermedio 
reflexo lato cuneato bilobo valde crispato, foliis lato- 
lanceolatis longe acuminatis. ze 
This beautiful plant is a native of Jamaica, having been 
received from that country by the Messrs. SHEPHERD at 
the Liverpool Garden, where it has been long cultivated, 
and whence specimens have more than once been commu- 
nicated to me, with the remark, that it was probably a new 
species. From Wentworth* Gardens I have likewise re- 
ceived fine flowering specimens of the same plant, which 
* From which, indeed, our present figure is taken. 
