Description:This text from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman describes brassia verrucosa, also known as Warty-Lipped Brassia.
The author explains that the Brassia part of the plants name was in memory of a botanic traveller named Mr. Brass who was killed bypiratical slave-mongers ,under the French flag, during the late war. This information was quoted from the Smith in Rees Cyclopedia.
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