PHALZENOPSIS AMABILIS, 
mane d i 
Orchidaceæ $ Vandeæ. — Gynandria-Monandria. 
CHARACT. GENERIS. — Phalen 
opsis : Peri CHARACT. SPECIEI. — P. : Folia bi 
gonii explanati patentis foliola exteriora. ait ma oblonga 
a bel 
coriacea radicalia ai mee gem Ss pedalis 
æqualia, interiora multo majora. Labellu m gynos- | etultra, 3-4-florus. Flores magni albi. Sepala oblonga 
tematis e pa ducto con m liberum btusa. باتوی‎ unguiculata llum 
asi callosum trilobum, lobis lateralibus re to laciniis lateralibus ovatis obtusis incurvis versus basim 
ads tibus, intermedio angustiore bicirrhoso m en asi callo elevato truncato luteo sa- 
Gynostema in ovarium recumbens semiteres , ros- | gittato instr 
tello gladiato. Anthera bilocularis. Pol a ia 2, 
sübglobosa, caudicula plana spathulat ; glan hale "ere emabilis Br. 1. c. Lim. Gen. et 
dula maxima cordata. — — (Species un zg de qua | *Pec. Orch. 213. Bot. Reg. s. 2. t. 34. 1838. 
infra disseritur.) Epidendrum " L. sp. s 1351. Angrecum 
Phalenopsis Brume Bijdr. 294. t. 44. ` album majus Ruunen. Herb. Amb. VI. 99. t. 43, 
Texte du Magazine of Botany de M. Paxton. 
THE INDIAN BUTTERFLY PLANT. 
PHALÆNOPSIS AMABILIS, 
Erm. QaAcive, a phalaina (moth!) a sort of nocturnal butterfly. 
GENERIC CHARACTER 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
} see ahove. 
mong the many subscribers to the expedition of Mr. Hugh Cuming to Manilla in quest of bota- 
nical curiosities, Messrs. Rollisson of Tooting, were alone fortunate enough to receive a living specimen 
of this exceedingly lovely plant. And though several packages have subsequently arrived from the 
same district, no collection is yet adorned with its gene beauty，except that of the above 
gentlemen, and the very few which have been supplied by th 
Without at all considering its rarity, ou r subject may be pronounced one of the most were 
of the peculiarly rich tribe Orchidaceæ. In nearly all its characteristics it stands quite isolated , 
yet these are of a description Paie à adapted to command admiration. Novelty and the more en- 
during charms of real elegance are t elightfully united, وب‎ their association causing an unusual 
degree of interest to attach 4 the in which they me 
Our very excellent drawing will contribute much to secure for the plant the reader’s esteem, 
while the engraving may serve to show more plainly its particular habitus; but Sege can fully 
pendent spike, and are for the'most part of the E white, with an extremely singular labellum , 
the structure and markings of which are in the highest degree pleasing. 
The source of this species has been already hinted; but we may now state that it was sent from 
Manilla to Messrs. Rollisson in 1837, by Mr. Hugh Cuming. Since that time it has been in flower at 
