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PONTHIEVA petiolata. , 
_Long-stalked Ponthieva. 
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-GYNANDRIA MONANDRI4. 
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_ Nat. ord. ORcHIDER. Sect.JT. Anthera stigmati parallela persistens. 
Massz pollinis v. farinacew y. e corpusculis angulatis; apicibus stigmati 
aflixe. “Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5.197. — site > } 
PONTHIEVA.. Cor. irregularis.  Labellum posticum cum petalis in- 
terioribus columne insertum. Pollen farinaceum. Brown lc. 5. 199.— 
‘Folia radicalia, erecta, longé petiolata, elliptica, acuta, margine crispa, 
ginibus scariosis. Pollinia 4, pulverea, geminata, in clinandrio ope gilandulie 
rostelli: retenta. Ovarium rectum, glandulosum. F ISAB OSE Bot 
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~The genus Ponruieva was established by Mr. Brown, in 
the second edition of the Hortus Kewensis, upon the WVeot- 
tia glandulosa of the Botanical Magazine; a singular plant, 
which we fear is now lost to our gardens. With Nerorria 
it has little in common, besides the peculiar characters of 
the section of the order in which it is included. _ 
For the new species which we ave now enabled to add 
to the genus, we are indebted to the Horticultural Society, 
in whose garden at Chiswick our drawing was made in 
August last. The plant had been recently brought to that 
establishment, with many other interesting plants, from 
the island of St. Vincent, by Mr. James M‘Rae; and we 
understand it is expected that among them is at least one 
other species of the same genus. 
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