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AGANISIA pulchella. 

 Pretty Aganisia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. Ord. Orchidace^ § Vande.e. 



AGANISIA. Perianthium patens, eequale ; sepalis lateralibus baud basi 

 productis. Labelliim liberum, mobile, indivisum, bypochilio parvo concavo, 

 ab epichilio crista transversa glandulosa diviso. Columna erecta, semiteres, 

 marginata, apice utrinque brachio acuto patulo aucta. Anther a ecristata. 

 Rostellum elongatum. Pollinia 4, per paria counata, caudicula lineari, glan- 



dula parva ovali. Rhizoma repens, pseudobulbosa. Pseudobulbi mono- 



phylli. Bacemus erectus, radicalis, foliis brevior. 



Aganisia pulchella. Bot. Register, 1839, misc. no. 65. 



Rhizoma repens, pennce ajisei'ince crassitie, squatnis vaginantibus arete 

 vestitum ; pseudobulbis ^;ar<72* acuminatis infra scpiamas latentibus. Folia 

 solitaria, oblonga, membranacea, 5-costata, in jjetiohim angustata. Racemi 

 radicales, i. e. e squamis pseudobulbos fulcientibus, erecti, 'i-Q-Jlori, foliis bre- 

 viores. Flores candidi, Ij unciam lati ; sepalis petalisque subcequalihus, 

 ovato-oblongis, acutis, jmfulis. Labellum cum colimind articulatum; hypochilio 

 concavo sanguineo maculato, epichilio latiors, ovato, integro, medio luteo, basi 

 crista lutescente glandulosa ab hypochilio diviso. Columna erecta, basi ne 

 minime quidem j)roducta, semiteres, apice brachiis diiobus patentibus incurvis 

 aucta; rostello lineari producto. Pollinia 4, incnmbentia ( g §) nee colla- 

 'teralia ut olini dixi ; caudicula lineari membranacea, glanduld parvd, subro- 

 tundd teneru. 



This pretty Demerara plant has hitherto flowered no 

 where that I am aware of except with Messrs. Loddiges, who 

 imported it. A short account of it was given in this work 

 in the pUice above quoted ; and the present figure, with a 

 correction or two, completes its history. 



If its column were produced into a foot, and the lower 

 sepals unequal at the base, it would be a Maxillaria ; but as 



* From uytn or, quiet or desirable, in allusion to liie pretty, neat ap- 

 pearance of the plant. 



