No. 1977. 



BLETIA GRACILIS. 



Class. Order. 



G YNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



This is believed to be a native of Mex- 

 ico: we received it in 1830 : it is exceed- 

 ingly slender in all its proportions ; the 

 leaves are of a purplish red colour, and the 

 scape is about a foot in height, producing 



two or three flowers : ours came out in 

 June. 



We have preserved it in the stove, potted 

 in sandy peat and vegetable earth. It will 

 occasionally admit of increase, by separat- 

 ing the bulbs. 





