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PAPILIO. 
The plant represented in the plate is Vanda teres (Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. vol. 21, pi. 1809), one of the most beautiful Orchidaceous 
plants hitherto found in India, having been originally discovered in 
Sylhet by Dr. Wallicli, and subsequently found in the Burmese 
Empire, by Mr. W. Griffith. 
PAPILIO. 
Ah sim Papilio natus in flosculo, 
Rosse ubi liliaque et viola* patent; 
Floribus advolans, avolans, osculo 
Gemmulas tangens, qua^ suave olent! 
Regna et opes ego ueutiquam postulo, 
Nolo ego ad pedes qui se volutent— 
Ah sim Papilio natus in flosculo, 
Osculans gemmas quae suave olent! 
Magi cam si possem virgam furari, 
Alas has pulchras aptem mi, eheu ! 
iEstivis actis diebus in aere, 
Rosa cubant Philomela? cantu. 
Opes quid afferunt ? Curas, somnum rare ; 
Regna nil praeter aerumnas, eheu! 
Ah sim Papilio, die volans aere, 
Rosa Cubans Philomela? cantu. 
Quemque horum vagulum dicis horrore 
Frigora Autumni ferire suo ; 
iEstas quando abiit, mallem ego mori, 
Omni quod dulce est cadente pulchro. 
Brumaequi cupiunt captent labore 
Gaudia, et moras breves trahunto— 
Ah sim Papilio; vivam in errore 
Concidamque omni cadente pulchro. 
The preceding singular and beautiful specimen of rhyming Latin 
verse, from the pen of a highly distinguished scholar and dignitary 
of the Church of England (understood to be Archdeacon Wrang- 
ham), appeared in the Athenaeum of July 16th, 1828, at the time 
when the pretty song “ I’d be a Butterfly” was so much in fashion. 
