Tas. XXVIII. 
BARKERIA LINDLEYANA: 
LINDLEY’S BARKERIA. 
Trisus: EPIDENDRE®.—Linp-tey. 
BARKERIA. Knowles § Westcott, Floral Cab. t. 49.—Lindl. Bot. Reg. Misc. 57. 1840. 
SepaLa et petala equalia, libera, membranacea patentissima. Labellum 
planum, integerrimum, column adpressum. Columna_ petaloidea. Anthera 
4-locularis, carnosa, septorum marginibus membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis 
> 9) p 5 a 
totidem ligulatis reflexis, per paria connatis.— Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. 
g » per p 
Pedunculi caulibus longiores, graciles, squamati, terminales apice racemosi. Flores 
b) v) 
speciosi nutantes. 
Barxeria Lindleyana ; foliis ovalibus acutis, bracteis linearibus pedunculo multo brevioribus, labello 
exacté oblongo apiculato bicarinato carina alterd sub apice interjecté, unguiculato plano basi columnz 
(=) [) 
adnato, columna clavaté alata apice tridentata immaculata. 
Habitat in Costa Rica.—SKk1nner. 
Description, 
Roors few, but large and fleshy. Svrems three or four inches high, surmounted by a few 
crassular, oval, sharp-pointed LEAVES, inclining to be glaucous. PEDUNCLE about a foot high, 
invested with linear Bracts. SEPALS and PevTaxs linear-lanceolate, nearly equal, and disposed 
in the same plane, of a rosy purplish colour. Lip nearly an inch long, exactly oblong, and rounded 
at each end, terminated in front by a small mucro, and abruptly narrowed at the base into a short 
unguis, united to the base of the column; it is of a still deeper and richer hue than the petals, with 
a beauty-spot of white shaded into rose-colour near its centre; two ridges traverse its centre, and 
terminate near the point of the lip—with a third, but much shorter, intervening. Cotumn slightly 
winged, wedge-shaped, and 3-toothed at the point. The ANTHER is sunk within these three teeth, 
and is depressed in the middle, while elevated at each side; containing four cells, in which as many 
pollen-mosses are located, each with a powdery strap bent back upon it. Lindl. 1. c. 
A SECOND species of Barkeria has at length made its appearance, not less attractive than the rare 
B. elegans on which the genus was founded. In addition to the singular beauty and delicacy of its 
colouring B. Lindleyana has the advantage of a more tractable disposition than the original species, and 
may be cultivated with the most perfect facility ;- its flowers, too, are freely produced, and continue in 
perfection for the unusual period of two months. 
* So called in honour of George Barker, Esq., of Springfield, near Birmingham, one of the most ardent and successful collectors of Orchidaceous 
Epiphytes. 
+ Barkeria elegans is among the most refractory of the tribe. To maintain it alive is all that the utmost skill of the cultivator is usually able to 
accomplish. 
