283 



LIMOBORUM falcatmn. 



Sickle-leaved Limodorum 



GYNANDRlA MONO^tNIA. 



Nat. ord. OacHlDEJ*:. Jussieu gen. 64. 



Orchideje. Bromt prod. 809. Dvo. tV. Anth* termintl^ 

 tnobilis, decidua. Ma$$. Poll* demdm cereacese. 



LIMODORUM. Cor. hexapetala, plerumque patent, rariiis rcau- 

 pinata: peU 3 exteriora, 2 interiora saepd minora : labeUum (ex interioribus 

 unum) bas! concavum, posticd in calcar variae figune et longitudinis promi* 

 uens : lamina patul% intlivisa s. lobata. Genitalia et Capsufa ut in Cymbn 

 Dio et Epidendro, a quJbus diflfert labio coraulo. Ad Oachebb coroIU 

 Don ringente et structura columnse genitalium. Swartx in Schroder's Jour m. 

 17^- 2. 228. Id. in eju&dem neuesjourn. !• 84# 



'L.Jalcatum^ foliis subradicalibus ensiformi-caaaliculatis falcatig^ scapis patt« 

 cifloris, cornu filiformi longissimo. Svoartx in nov. act. ups. 6. 79. 



Limodorum falcatum. Thunb. ic. pi. jap. t. 6. Swartz in Schrader* s journ^ 

 1799. 2. 231. Id. in ejusd. neuesjourn* i4 85. ff^illd. sp% pi, 4*. 125. 



Orchis faicata. Thunb. jap. 28. 



Herba perennis, rigida, ^oloni/era, subtriundaUsp terrestris. RadiK 

 Jlbris horizontalihis crassis subsimplzcibusque. Fol. radicalia^ subquina^ J^al* 

 catO'distichap eauitantiu^ crassiuscuUty angustiiis loraia^ acuminata^ arcttUt 

 complicato^anaiiculata^ opaco^ridia: stipulse elures radicales arido-mem^ 

 branacea lanceolatO'^aginosie. Scapus radicalism breviar JbHiSf rigiduSp 

 viridis^ angtdosus^^exuosus, subquadrtflorus. Flores resupinati, erecto^picati 

 aUem^ approxtmati^ conmbum simulantesy albif sesquiundales v. circiih'^ Jid^ 

 ^ido-emarcesentes ; sinmiti bast bracteft arido-membranace&JuscS 1^1^ bremare 

 lanceolato^onduplicata trinervi sHpati. Germ, unciam eum i altenus Umgum^ 



chloroUmmm^ gradle^ subdavatum^ subsigmaideo^fiexuasumf anguloso-striatum^ 

 tortum. Cor. unicolor^ subnutanSy radiato-patensy J p. circith" uncia transversa^ 

 subcequalis: pet. 5 similiay distantia^ summum medium versiis subascendentia^ 

 lineari^blonga^ acuminata^ angusta^ planar S exterior a revoluta i 2 lateralia 

 inferiora infemi labdli hteribus 3 ^^icie interiore appUdtu^ indique revoluto^ 

 divergentia: labelium recurvaporrectumf obhngatum^ diMrme^ nan longius 

 relifuis p^alis vixoe latius^ UAgue cuneato-^oblongOf commuto<oncavOy lioerop 

 lobo dentiformi acuto supri ad utrumque kdus^ cum plied transversa ubi abit 

 in lamirmm; Lamina vix longior unguCy angustioTf obUmga^ subattenuata^ 

 truncato-retusay subd^xa: calcar liberum, ^fiUforme, aquale vel longius 



germiniy gyro antrorsum ascendens modo ut jinis (jus aquet vel superemineat 

 reliquam coroUam^ apice lutescens, obtusulum. Colurana alba^ obfonga, sub'^ 

 irivlo brevior corolM^ libera^ t(M antice in longum cavata cavitate incumbente 

 sutco paraUeh unguis labelli. Anthera hemi^pkaricay biloailaris^ deci^ 

 dua$ massse polliois 2 lutece^ pruinoso-opacatafp soUdoff cartUagineo-durat 

 depressiUs heniisphmiaB v. subpateUifhrmes, karixaiaales^ utrinque pedicello 

 membranacea subsagittatimque ailatato apici cobmnaantic^ agglutinato ^ mar^ 

 ginibus suis interioribus in sit& horizontali collaterali-annexa, subtiis planius- 

 cuJa ibtque intra perij^ariam laterumjoramine caco obliquo compresso trian- 

 gulari ad centrum ducentepro dimidio sua drdth- perlusa. Stigma anticum^ 

 album, subhicoUe, sursum spcctansp basi colunvw intra cavitatm ad pedtin 

 "Unguis labelli posftum, 



G 2 



