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STANHOPEA EBURNEA. IvorRY-LIPPED 
STANHOPEA. 
SSI Se Si Se 
Class and Order. 
GynanpRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcnipea. Div. Vanvem. Linn. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium membranaceum, patentissimum v. reflexum. 
Sepala libera, subundulata mole sua ruentia. Petala con- 
formia angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum, ecalcara- 
tum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum : dimidio superiore (epi- 
chilio) convexo, inferiore (hypochilio) excavato. Coluz 
longissima, petaloideo -marginata. Anthera bilocularis, 
Pollinia 2, elongata, fissa, caudicula quam glandula biloba 
stipitata breviora.—Epiphyte pseudo-bulbose. Folia pli- 
cata. Scapi radicales, vaginati, pauciflori. Flores max- 
imi, magis minusve maculati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Srannorea eburnea ; labello oblongo non medio constricto, 
hypochilio pone basi bicorni, epichilio ovato-oblongo 
obtuso, metachilio duplo longiori solido plano-con- 
vexo antice truncato bidentato, scapo pendulo bifloro 
petalis duplo longiori. Lindl. 
Srannopea eburnea. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1529. 
A no less peculiar, though far less beautiful plant than 
STANHOPEA insignis, figured at t. 2948 of the present work. 
It is a native of Brazil, a country pre-eminently rich in the 
tribe of Orcuipex. Our figure was taken from a remarkably 
fine specimen communicated in August 1833, by the Messrs. 
Sueruerps of Liverpool. 
Descr. Bulb ovato-conical, dark green, furrowed, clothed 
with ragged and anastomosing brown scales, and terminated 
by 
