1907 



* A8PASIA variegata. 

 Variegated Aspasia. 



GYNANDRIA MONAXDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^, § Vande^e. 



ASPASIA. Lindl. — Perianthium patens, sequale. Sepala lateralia 

 libera; supremum cum petalis basi et dorso columnae connatum. Lahellum ob- 

 longum, concavum, ecalcaratum, obsolete 4-lobum, cum columna seml-connatura. 

 Columna labello parallela, semiteres, marginata. Antheru bilocularis. Pol- 



linia 2, pyriformia, postic^ sulcata, caudlcula plana cuneata, glandula parva. 



Herbse epiphytes, caulescentes, pseudobulbosce. Folia subcoriacea. Spicae 

 radicales, breves. 



A. variegata; pseudobulbis oblongis ancipitibus, sepalis lineari-oblongis petalis- 

 que subrhomboideis acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus recurvis intermedioque 

 carnosis serratis. 



BracteJE ovatce, cucullatcB, herbacecB, coriacece. Sepala coriacea, herbacea, 

 sanguineo fasciata. Petala herbacea luteo-marginata sanguineo interrupt^ 

 striata, cum basi sepali supremi connata ideoque oblique inserta. Labellum 

 carnosum, serratum, album, violaceo-maculatum, basi limbi bicallosum. 

 Pollinia pyriformia, postice sulcata caudiculd simplici inserta. 



A native of the tropical part of South America. I re- 

 ceived specimens of it for the first time from Mr. Joseph 

 Knight of the King's Road, in February, 1836, and subse- 

 quently from Mr. Bateman. The flowers are deliciously 

 sweet in the morning. It will probably prove a plant of easy 

 cultivation, and if so it will deserve to be in every collection. 



In most respects it is very like A. epidendroides, for which, 

 before I carefully examined it for publication, I had mistaken 



* From aaira'Cofiai I embrace, in allusion to the manner in which the column 

 is embraced by the labellum. 



