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iL, COC, 
AGANISIA LEPIDA Linp. et rcuB. F. 
THE ELEGANT AGANISIA. 
AGANISIA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. 1, p. 51. 
Aganisia lepida. Terrestris, Pseudobulbi approximati, 
idei, apice cicatricibus foliorum dejectorum. 
Folia a vaginis paucis stipata, duo cuneato-ligulata, acuminata, plicata, nervosa, pollices paucos (tres usque quatuor) 
longa, vix unum medio lata? Pedunculus versus basin paucivaginatus, apice biflorus (certe etiam pluriflorus), racemosus. 
Bracteae triangulae, squamiformes, valde abbreviatae. Sepalum posticum cuneato-obovatum, acutum ; lateralia oblonga, 
apiculata, recta. Labellum ungue lato foveato; lamina hastato-sagittata, oblonga, acuta; callus transversus, semi- 
lunatus gibberosus ante basin, apice excurrens in lineas tres carinatas, quarum externae divaricatae. Columna postica 
circa androclinium angulata ; alis ascendentibus rhombeis ; rostello brevissime tridentato basi sulcis quaternis longi- 
tudinalibus in juga quina diversa, quorum externa brevissima; internum longissimum. Anthera depressa oblonga acuta 
postice gibberosa, valvulis in pagina inferiori geminis ; glandula triangula, dens ; ovarium pedicell, 
violaceum, 
Flos albus, Carinae labelli flavae. Columnae pars inferior pulchre violacea. 
Hab. Ex ditione Rio Negri, Brasiliae, misit WALLIs. 
Aganisia lepida LinD. et RcHB. F. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur., XXXV, ii (1876), p. 15, t. 5. 
he genus Aganisia forms a small but very interesting little group, though 
for various reasons the species do not seem to obtain a permanent 
footing in gardens. A. cyanea perhaps forms an exception, as its large 
and beautiful lilac-blue flowers are to be found in certain collections at the proper 
season, though this is a rare plant in cultivation, besides which it is often consi- 
dered as forming a distinct genus, being the Acacallis cyanea of Linpury. 
Aganisia ionoptera has also re-appeared in cultivation during recent years. 
It is a pretty little species, which was figured at t. 287 of the present work. 
Besides which two or three other species are occasionally met with, chiefly in 
botanical collections. 
The present species is a very pretty little plant, which was introduced to 
cultivation as long ago as 1865, though it was soon afterwards lost sight of, and 
has only quite recently re-appeared. It is a native of the Rio Negro district in 
Brazil, where it was met with by Wattts, who sent living plants to M. LinpEn ; 
and these, as already indicated, flowered in 1865, when a figure was given by 
REICHENBACH, in his Xenia Orchidacea. 
To Messrs Linen, L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, we are in- 
debted for its re-introduction. It flowered in their establishment in August last, 
and was exhibited at a meeting of the OrcHIDEENNE, when it was awarded a 
first-class Dipléme d’honneur. 
It is a charming plant, as the annexed plate will show, its large white 
flowers being very effective. The keels are yellow and the lower part of the 
column violet, the rest of the flower being white. 
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