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FERNANDEZIA acuta. 



* Sharp-leaved Fernandezia, 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^, §. Vandeje, Lindl. {Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany, p. 262.) 



FERNANDEZIA, Fl. Peruv. Perianthium patens. Sepala libera* 

 Petala conformia, sub sepalo supremo conniventia. Labellum anticum v. posti- 

 cum, ecalcaratum, liberum, trilobum, disco tuberculatum. Columna brevis, 

 utrinque aurita. Anthera bilocularis. Polli?iia 2, solida, obovata, glanduld 



caudiculd Epiphytae caulcscentes. Folia disticha, 



equitantia, imbricata. Racemi paucijiori, terminates v. laterates. Flores 

 parui lutei. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 207. 



F. acuta ; foliis acuminatis carinatis, corymbo laxo multifloro, bracteis obtusis 

 membranaceis, labello linear! 3-lobo laciniis lateralibus rectis abbreviatis in- 

 termedia emarginata obtusa, disco pulvinato tuberculo minimo pone basin. 



Omnia fere F. elegantis nisi folia et labellum. Hoc pallida luteum disco 

 prominulo pulvinato antice bilobo sanguineo-marginato ; laciniis lateralibus 

 nullo modo hastcc ejffigiem referentibus sed lacinid intermedid parallelis. 



A native of Trinidad, whence it was imported by Mr. 

 Knight, in whose collection it flowered in June last. 



In habit is very like F. elegans, from which it is princi- 

 pally distinguished by the tapering form of its leaves, and 

 the shape of its lip, which, instead of having a sort of hastate 

 form, in consequence of the divergence of its lateral lobes, 

 and a number of irregular unequal tubercles upon its disk, 

 has the lateral lobes parallel with the middle one, only a 

 single small tubercle at its base, and a slightly elevated disk 

 which is 2-lobed, and bordered with crimson in front. 



A hot damp stove is necessary to keep this rare species 

 in health. 



* So called after George Garcias Fernandez, a Spanish Botanist, who I3 

 unknown, except through the medium of this genus. 



