Plate 113. 



ADA ATJKANTIACA 



Deep Orange-flowered Ada. 



Gen. Char, Perianthium clausum^ aplce patulum. Sepala subsequalia, acmninata; lateralibns 

 basi paulo obliquis. Petala conformia^ breviora. Lahellttm elongatum^ indivisum, colnniTia paraU 

 lelunij eique basi adnatumj lamellis duobus membranaceis in appendicem lineareni trunoatum 

 connatis. PolUnia 2^ cereacea^ postice sulcata; caudiculd brevij obovatA; ijlandula circular!. 

 Anthem Oncidii,, ecristata. — Herba epiphytal Americce tro^ncce, hahltu omnino Brassia: cnjufftJam 

 glumacecB. Scapus hisqitamatus. Spica cyUndracca^ simplex^ bractcis memhranacch. Flurefl rttrt- 

 thinL Lindl. 



Ada avrantiaca; foliis canaliculatis^ scapo longiore biaqnamatOj bractcis cucullatis mombmnnroi:^ 



ovariis sessilibus multo longioribus, floribus apice tMutuTu patulis, scpalis potalisqnc b'nrari- 



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lanceolatis acumiriatis, labcllo lincuri-lanccolato acutissimo convcxo columnfr cloiigai: 



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uilljus 



Ada aurantiaca. Lindl. FoL Orcliid. 



This very rare Orchidaceous plant flowered— for the first time in this countr} 

 at Knypersk^ in January, 1864. It is a native of New Granada, and was discovered in 

 the Pamplona, at the height of 8500 feet above the level of the sea, by :^Ir. Schhm, 

 and has been hitherto only known by the description given by Dr. Lindlcy in the 

 'Folia Orchidacea.' It is there recognized as a new genus, "differing from Bra^a in 



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some important particulars:—!, tlie lamellae of the lip are confluent 



ceous; 2, the lip is pai 



column, and solidly united to the La'^e of 



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3, the column is twice as long as in other Brassias, and thin-edged at the base; 4, ibr 

 caudicle is short and obovate, while tlie gland is circular." It is a *coor Orchid, 

 dily gi'owu (in a pot), and flowers freely at diff'erent seasons of the year. 

 Descr. Epiphytal. Pseudolulhs about four inches long, snbcjlindriral, (apring 

 upwards, bearing one to three broad linear leaves at the extremity, four to six inrhc* 

 long, and, at their base, partially sheathed with reddish-brown motthd ^-ales. Smp, 

 terminal, drooping, eight to ten inches long, bracteated. SpiJ^ oblong, pendent, in mir 

 specimen bearing about ten subdistichous rather distantly placed >7W.«f of n -olden- 

 orange colour. Ovaries elongated, clavate, with a scariose lanceolato-^ubulatc hmrf at 

 tlie base. Perianth spreading only from above the middle ; the sepals lanceolate, mn.h 

 acuminate ; fetals resembling them, but smaller. Up scarcely half the length of the 

 perianth, broadly lanceolate, shortly acuminate, crested with a grooved membrane c,r 



