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GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA 
428. BiiASAVOLA ACAULis. A siiiffiJar epiphyte from Central America. 
Belonging •to Orchids. 
Flowers cream-colour, at midsummer. Introduced by G. U. Skinner, Esq. (Fig. 216.) 
0ubrotuiido-ovata ungue cucullato duplo longiore. 
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This singular plant approaches B. glauca in its manner of growth, the stem being so short as to be scarcely perceptible^ 
ly different from all others. Only one flower appears on 
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a very sliort stalk, greenish white, with some tendency to spotting ; the firm and narrow sepals, about three inches 
long, and curving round the lip, the flat part roundish ovate, and about twice as long as the rolled up claw. The leaves 
remarkably short and stiff. The only plant we know of is in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where it was 
received from Mr. Skinner, and was reported to have pink flow^ers. 
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