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B. Gibbsiana {Will. Orch. Gr. Man., ed. 6, p. 149). It seems to be common 



in the provinces of Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catherina, S. Brazil. 



5. B. Perrinii was introduced from Rio de Janeiro, and flowered in 

 the collection of Mrs. Arnold Harrison, of Aigburth, near Liverpool, being 

 named after her gardener, Mr. Perrin {Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1561). It after- 

 wards flowered at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and was figured in the 

 Botanical Magazine (t. 3761). It is closely allied to the preceding, and is 

 chiefly distinguished, by its more slender habit, and in having light green 

 unspotted sepals and petals. The two are, however, very difficult to dis- 

 tinguish in the dried state, and it may be found necessary in future to unite 

 them, together with one or two species described by Rodriguez and not yet 

 introduced to cultivation. The species described by Lemaire as Brassavola 

 fragrans (Jard. Flenr., hi., Misc., pp. 78, 79, 88, with fig.), which was sent 

 from the island of Santa Catherina, by De Vos, seems to be identical. The 

 species occurs in the province of Santa Catherina, and some other Brazilian 

 localities not very clearly indicated, as well as in Paraguay and Bolivia. 



6. B. Ceboletta was described from the collection of Consul Schiller, 

 of Hamburg, in 1855 (Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, iii., p. 221). It was said to be 

 allied to B. Perrinii, but the native country was not stated. Professor 

 Cogniaux, however, identifies with it a plant in De Candolle's herbarium, 

 which was collected in the province of Bahia, Brazil, by Blanchet. It is 

 still very imperfectly known, and may not be really distinct. 



7. B. retusa is another imperfectly known species, which was 

 described from a specimen sent to the Gardeners' Chronicle for a name in 

 March, 1847, and said to be from Maracaybo, in Venezuela {Lindl. Bot. Reg., 

 xxxiii., sub. t. 20). The sepals are light green, and the lip is cuneate- 

 obovate, truncate, and white, with a little green at the base. 



8. B. Martiana was originally described by Lindley, in 1836, from 

 dried specimens collected by Martius, on the banks of the Rio Negro, 

 Brazil {Bot. Reg., xxii., sub. t. 1914), but was soon afterwards introduced to 

 cultivation from the River Berbice, in British Guiana, by Messrs. Loddiges, 

 of Hackney, who flowered it in 1838. It was shortly afterwards figured in 

 the same work (xxv., t. 5). Meantime a species had been described by 

 Lindley, under the name of B. angustata {Bot. Reg., xxiv., Misc., p. 41), 

 which had also been introduced from British Guiana, and flowered in the 

 collection of Mr. Wilmore, of Oldfield, near Birmingham, in April, 1838 ; 

 and although this has long been considered distinct, it appears to be only a 

 form of the same species, which is common and widely diffused in British 

 Guiana, and also found in Surinam, and in the Upper Amazon district of 

 Brazil. It is markedly different from the preceding species in having a 

 fimbriated lip. 



9. B. cucullata is the original species of the genus, and was described 



