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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...is usual in this genus. 9. B. guttata (Lindl. in Plant. Hartweg. p. 94. B. Wray, Bot. Mag. t. 4003.); pseudobulbis oblongis ancipitibus diphyllis, foliis oblongis obtusis racemo multifloro brevioribus, bracteis membranaceis patentibus squmaeformibus, sepalis linearibus acuminatis, petalis conformibus brevioribus, labello supra basin cordato ovato crispo, lamellis baseos connatis pubescentibus edentulis apice divergentibus, ----Guatemala.-----A fine species with broad leaves, and large greenish yellow flowers spotted with green; they vary greatly in size; in Mr. Hartweg's wild specimens from the Chono they are very small, in a specimen found by Mr. Skinner at San Salvador twice as large, in the plant figured in the Botanical Magazine larger still, and in a specimen before me from the garden of the Horticultural Society they are considerably larger than even the last. In the gardens the name of Br. Wray is also applied to B. brachiata, a far handsomer species. 10. B. brachiata (Lindl. in Plant. Hartweg. p. 94.); pseudobulbis oblongis angustis compressis diphyllis, foliis obtusis racemo multifloro brevioribus, bracteis patentibus squam formibus, sepalis petalisque brevioribus linearibus acuminatis longissimis, labello supra basin cordato subrhomboideo acuminato crispo, lamellis baseos bidentatis obtusis. Guatemala. A most noble species, with very large flowers, having brown spots on a pale ground. In a specimen which flowered with Mr. Bateman the lower sepals were fully five inches long. The lip is much waved at the edge, and rather lobed. It is sometimes called B. Wray . 11. . ari-tata; racemo secundo nutante multifloro, sepalis linearibus strictis acuminatis lateralibus labello quadruplo longioribus, petalis ex ovata bas...