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*ANGULOA imiflora. 

 One-jiowered Anguloa. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDBIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^. § Vande^e. 1| Maxillarid^. 



ANGULOA, Fl. Peruv. prodr, 118. t. 26. Flores subglobosi, nunquam 

 patentes. Sepala lateralia invicem imbricantia, basi valde convexa, nee in 

 cornu producta ; alterum nunc anticum nunc posticum, conforme, basi 

 planum. Petala sepalo dorsali sequalia, et similia. Lahellum coriaceum, 

 unguiculatum, subconvolutum, trilobum, lamina earnosu lata plana supra 

 medium auctum, liinc quasi bilabiatum. Columna teres, clavata, libera ; 

 clinandrio nunc mutico, nunc lacinia acuta porrecta utrinque aucto. Anthera 

 galeata, valvis membranaceis nunc in lacinulas acutas productis. Pollinia A, 

 plana, inaequalia, caudiculd longa lineari, et glanduld acuta. — ■ — Herbae epi- 

 phytcB Granatenses &; Peruviance, Lycastes yac«e. 



A. unijlora ; pedunculo unifloro radical! squamis 2 inflatis imbricatis vaginato, 

 flore bractea spathacea, lierbacea parum longiore, sepalis lateralibus an- 

 ticis petalisque acuminatis, labelli glabri lobo medio angustissimo reflexo 

 lateralibus rotundatis, lamina appendiculari retusa dupl6 latiore, clinan- 

 drio lacinulis 2 acutis aucto. 



A. uniflora, FL Peruv. syst. p. 228 Lindl. gen. ^ sp. Orch. p. IGO. 



We some time since announced the appearance in this 

 country of a new species of the long lost genus Anguloa, con- 

 cerning which so many mistakes have been made. We are 

 now able, by the kindness of Mr. Barker of Birmingham, to 

 publish the very Anguloa uniflora itself, which he was so for- 

 tunate as to flower in April last. We believe he received it 

 among Linden's collection in Columbia ; according to Ruiz 

 and Pavon it is found in precipitous places about Muiia and 

 Chincao in Peru, and profusely in the woods of Tarma, where 

 it is called Carpales. 



It is a sweet-scented plant, vvith large white flowers 

 slightly tinged with yellow, and the whole habit of a Lycaste, 



* Dedicated to Don Francisco de Angulo, director-general of the mines 

 (of Peru), and greatly attached to Botanical pursuits, {Ruiz ^' Pavon.) 



