102 PAPILIO. 
The plant represented in the plate is Vanda teres (Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. vol. 2], pl. 1809), one of the most beautiful Orchidaccous 
plants hitherto found in India, having been originally discovered in 
Sylhet by Dr. Wallich, and subsequently found in the Burmese 
Empire, by Mr. W. Griffith. 
PAPILIO. 
Ah sim Papilio natus in flosculo, 
Rose ubi liliaque et viole patent ; 
Floribus advolans, avolans, osculo 
Gemmulas tangens, que suave olent ! 
Regna et opes ego neutiquam postulo, 
Nolo ego ad pedes qui se volutent — 
Ah sim Papilio natus in flosculo, 
Osculans gemmas que suave olent! 
Magicam si possem virgam furari, 
Alas has pulchras aptem mi, eheu ! 
/Mstivis actis diebus in aére, 
Rosa cubant Philomele cantu. 
Opes quid afferunt  Curas, somnum rare ; 
Regna nil preter erumnas, eheu! 
Ah sim Papilio, die volans aére, 
Rosa cubans Philomel cantu. 
Quemque horum vagulum dicis horrore 
Frigora Autumni ferire suo ; 
Estas quando abiit, mallem ego mori, 
Omni quod dulce est cadente pulchro. 
Brume qui cupiunt captent labore 
Gaudia, et moras breves trahunto— 
Ah sim Papilio; vivam in errore 
Concidamque omni cadente pulchro. 
The preceding singular and beautiful specimen of rhyming Latin 
verse, from the pen of a highly distinguished scholar and dignitary 
of the Church of England (understood to be Archdeacon Wrang- 
ham), appeared in the Atheneeum of July 16th, 1828, at the time 
when the pretty song ‘‘ ’'d be a Butterfly ” was so much in fashion. 
