HUNTLEY'A MELEA’GRIS., 
CHEQUERED HUNTLEYA. : 
ENDOGEN&, MONOCOTYLEDONEA. 
iD Nataral division 
pas to which 
_ this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACE. 
GYNAN ae ope See | He & GYNANDRIA, 
MONANDBIA, 
eerncite, this Past i” | } OF LINNEUS. 
No. 146. 
Hunt ¥A. Bateman. Pestanratum explanatum,subequale, 
iqui 
ata. RBE 
tropic, caulescentes, foliis ligulatis distichis, floribus axillaribus. Lin pxe: 
MELEAGRIS, (Linpwey. ) Sepalis petalisque o 
acuminatis tessallatis, labello subconformi unguiculato concavo cresta 
fimbriata, columnz cucullo crenato. LinDLeyY, 
CHARACTER OF THE Genus, HunTLeya. PERIANTH spreé 
nearly regular, the lateral outer divisions bent in at the base on the 
lower side and scarcely oblique. LaBeLtum flat, borne on a claw, rhom- 
boidal, spreading, with a long fringe across the base on the upper side, 
articulate with the free produced base of the column. — Cotumn club- — 
shaped, spreading at the top into a hood, winged on the edge. 
ANTHER two-celled, without appendages. POLLEN MASSES four. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SpEciEs, ‘HontTieYa MELEAGRIS. STEM 
short, emitting a number of white roots at the base, without pseudo- 
‘bulbs. Leaves densely arranged in two opposite rows, broadly 
lanceolate, above a foot in length, pointed, with a strong midrib under- 
neath, folded nearly in their whole length, especially at the base, 
PEDUNCLE erect from the lower axillz, rather shorter than the leaves, 
bearing one or two bracts near the middle. FLower solitary, at the 
top of the peduncle, three or four inches in diameter, the five divisions 
of the perigon nearly similar to each other, ovate lanceolate, pointed, 
somewhat undulate on the margin, of a claret colour on the upper 
side, especially towards the extremity, pale yellow towards the base, 
where they terminate in a broad short white claw; they are also marked 
with slight longitudinal furrows, and according to Dr. Lindley these 
