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GONGO’RA ATROPURPU REA. 
DARK PURPLE GONGORA. 
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GENUS. Goncora. “His z-ET Pavon. Peeucomr Bagi foliola exte- 
riora lateralia st ee supremum column nz dorso adnatum; interiora 
minora, columne medio connata. Lapeiium cum basi Ceili continuum, 
liberum, Saaiicdlatun, nypochilio explanato utrinque cornuto, oe Oe verti- . 
cali ancipiti (faciebus oppositis complicatis connatis) acuminato. CotumnNna 
elongata, arcuata, clavata marge wie AN — ineo tee bilocularis. Por. 
tii duo linearia i Bx Americane, epiphyte, 
pseudo-bulbose. Fortra aac ‘Racemi snail? Mata multiflori. Enp- 
LicnEr: Genera Plantarum, p. 1 
SPECIES GonGORA ATROPURPUREA. Hoorer. Foxtts miultiplieais, per 
te foliolis herons lata basi acuminatis, ——— ub-quadricornuto 
enticulis in 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Goncona. PERIGON noreaciae, the 
outer lateral divisions free and divaricate, the upper one adnate to the 
back of the column, the inner one smaller, adnate to the middle of the 
column. LaBeELLUM continuous with the base of the column, free, 
unguiculate; the hypochilium spreading, cornute on’ both sides, the 
epichilium vertical, flattened, with the opposite faces folded together 
and connate, acuminate. CoLuMN long, arched, club-shaped, with 
a margin. ANTHER incompletely bilocular. POLLEN-MASsEs two, 
linear, sessile, on a wedge-shapéd caudicula. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, GONGORA ATROPURPUREA. PseEv- 
po-BULBS oblong-cylindrical, deeply sulcate, two-leaved. LEAVES 
ovate lanceolate, with many longitudinal folds, rather wavy, a 
long. Racemes from the base of the pseudo-bulbs, about two or 
sometimes three feet long, hanging, lax, simple, of a deep brown or 
chocolate colour which pervades every part of the flower. Upper 
sEPAL lanceolate, obtuse, adnate at the base to the back of the column, 
the margins revolute. LaTERAL sEPALs broader, likewise revolute at 
the margins, spreading from the base of the column. PgrTALs much 
