Papperitzia
(so called after Papperitz, a friend of Reichenbach's, who discovered Hymenophyllum tunbridgense in Saxony). ORD. Orchideae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, stove Orchid, of botanical interest, allied to Rodriguezia. For culture, see Burlingtonia, on pp. 224-5, Vol. I. P. Leiboldi (Leibold's). fl. green, small, with yellow bristles on the sepals and petals and some yellow on the lip; dorsal sepal conic-gibberose, with a tail-like apex, the lateral ones connate; petals oblong, aristate-acuminate; lip connate with the base of the column, forming a blunt pouch at the base, closed by a high, three-toothed crest; racemes lax, pendulous. l. 2in. to 3in. long, linear, acuminate. Mexico, 1886.
