No one has deserved better of Botanists than Mr. Barker, 

 and I therefore see with pleasure a genus named after 

 him by Messrs. Knowles and Westcott, with the following 

 character. 



BARKERIA. 



Sepala patentia vel reflexa, basi subconnata. Petala suba;qualia vel paulo 

 latiora. Labellum liberum, cum columna parallelum, limbo indiviso, disco 

 costato. Columna elongata, plana vel compressa, sulcata, alata, super label- 

 lum incumbens. Anthera carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus mera- 

 branaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis totidem ligulatis reflexis, per paria sub- 



connatis. Herba epiphyta, Mexicana, pseudobulbosa (?), foliis alter- 



nis, vaginantibus, subcarnosis, scapo terminali racemoso. Floral 

 Cabinet, 7. 



The only species mentioned is B. elegans, a beautiful 

 Mexican plant with delicate lilac flowers. I believe the 

 Cattleya domingensis, Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid, p. 118. also be- 

 longs to the genus. 



