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DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES, 
101. HUTTON A PULCHRA, Harv. ( Orchidea.) 
Gen. Cuar.—Sepala ovata, integerrima, plana, basi cum unguibus pe- 
talorum in perianthium monophyllum quinquelobum connata. Petala 
longe unguiculata, apice cucullata marginibus fimbriatis. Labellum 
liberum, planum, fimbriatum. Anthera resupinata, loculis basi valde 
divergentibus. Glandule nude. Stigma lineare, transversum.— Herba 
caulescens, caule foliose, folits cordato-ovatis v. subrotundis bast vaginan- 
tibus, spica multiflora, floribus albis. 
BH. pulchra, Harv. in Herb. T. C. D. 
_  Has.—In moist spots, under trees, on the Katberg, 4000 feet; March, 1862; Mrs. 
Henry Hutton. Orange Free State, T. Cooper, 1091. (Herb. T.C. D.) 
Descr.—Terrestrial. Stem 12-15 inches high, sheathed at base, and 
vearing two leaves. Leaves shortly sheathing at base, petiolate, either 
ovate or cordate and acute, or the lowest one suborbicular and very ob- 
tuse, 2-3 inches long, 14-24 inches wide, dark green, thin and mem- 
-branous, with one principal mid-nerve and several arching lateral nerves. 
Spike many-flowered, 3-8 inches long, lax. Bracts lanceolate, erect, 
scarcely equalling the ovary. VJowers 4-5 lines long. Posterior sepal 
oblong-ovate, acute, on a long claw; /ateral sepals much larger, sessile, 
broadly ovate, subfalcate, acute, somewhat keeled, recurved at point. 
Petals on long slender claws, having a hood or bonnet-shaped, hollow, 
fringed limb, directed forwards. Labellum membranous, flat, subro- 
tund, fringed all round. 
A most lovely Orchid, with snow-white, sweetly-scented flowers of 
singular shape, and glossy, dark green, expanded leaves. The genus 
Hvrron2za is dedicated to the discoverer, Mrs. Henry Hutton, who, 
jointly with her husband, Henry Hutton, Esq., J. . P., has contributed 
largely to our knowledge of the botany (and especially of the Orchids) 
of the Eastern Frontier. 
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