cording to Mr. Linney, fresh violets, and each borne upon 
a long, cylindrical or subclavate, slightly twisted germen. 
The outer segments of the flower, or sepals, are broadly 
ovate, acute, reflexed, the two lower decurrent, and meet- 
ing below so as to form a distinct spur : the two inner ones 
‘smaller, but similar in shape: all of them of a brownish- 
green colour, tinged and streaked with purple. Lap, in our 
specimen, nearly white, with purple blotches, oblong, ven- 
tricose, fleshy, three-lobed, the two lateral lobes involute, 
acute : the middle one cordate, acute, “ within, the labellum 
is highly curious, having a large, fleshy, deep purple body 
which gradually passes into the labellum at the lower mar- 
gin ; but anteriorly, it projects into a distinct lobe, resem- 
bling a shovel, glued to the face of the labellum’’ (Liypt.); 
a peculiarity which our drawing does not represent. Column 
and anther-case yellow-green. 
: This beautiful plant is a native of forests in Brazil, whence 
it was imported by Jonn Murrorp, Esq. of Exeter, in 1827, 
and presented to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it flow- 
ered in great perfection in July, 1829. It is unquestion- 
ably the same species with that above quoted in the Bota- 
nical Register, but the scape bears three or four flowers, 
and the labellum is nearly white, which in Mr. Linpuey’s 
plant is yellow green. : 
1am indebted to Mr. Arron for the use of the drawing 
which is here engraved. | 
Fig. 1. Lip. 2. Col i : 
the P Alas tain umn, with the Anther-case, thrown back and exposilg 
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