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3ATYRIUM cucullatum. 



Cucullate Satyrium. 



GYNANDRIA MDXAtfDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidia. Jnssieu gen. 64. Brown prod. 1. 309. Div. L 

 Anih. adnata subterminaHs persistent Pollinis massa d lobulig angulatfa 

 elastice coha?rentibus ; basi affix®, Brotvn in Hort. Keio. ed. 2. 5. 188. 



SATYRIUM. Cor. ringens ; pet. 5 antica basi connata. Labdlum 

 posticum, fornicatum, basi bicalcaratura v. bisaccatum. Anth. resupinatfi. 

 Stig. 2 labiatum. Brown in loc. cit. 196. 



S. cucultaium, foliis radicalibus binis cordato-nubrotundis concavis, caulims 

 remotis cucuUatis subretusis, floribus cernuis. Sxuartz in act. holm. 1800. 

 216. 



Satyrium cucullatum. WiUd. sp~ pi. 4. 54. Sxvartz in Schroder's nmes 



journ. 1 . 33. Hort. Kew. ed. % 5. 196. Thunb.Jlor. cap. 1. 88. 

 Satyrium bicorne. Thunb. prod. 6. 



Orchis bicornis. Lin. sp.pl. ed. 2. 2. 1330. Hoirti.nat. hist. 2. D. VL St. 

 . 455. t. BQ.fig. 1. Hort. Kew. 3. 294. Andrews's r*posit. 315. 

 Orchis lutea, caule geniculate Buxb. cent. 3. 6. U 8. 



Fol. radicalia bina y ovato~subrotunda, basi vaginata, amplexicaulia, con- 

 cava, arcuato-nervosa, margine membranacea, subtiis palUdiora. Scapus 

 pedalis, erectus, teres, purpureo-waculatus, inanis, vaginatus: vaginie 2-3> 

 remota, cucullatce apice apertcz, ovata> subretusce^ rigidiuscula, nervosa*. 

 Spica 2 v. 3~poUicart$ 9 crecta, fioribus alternis, distinctis, cernuis. Bractea 

 sub singulo jtore sessiles, lanceolate, integra, glabra, rejkxa^ hngitudine 

 Jhris. Cor. submonopetala, subringens, s. petala 5, basi coalita; 3 esteriora 

 quorum unum supcrius magnum s.gulea ovato-subrotundajbrnicata apice pro' 

 aucto oblusot acute cannata, postici basi Ucalcaratat c&lcaria cylindrical 

 subulata, deflexa, parum curvai germinejere longiorat pet. 2 lateralia linearia 

 integra obtusa, 2 mteriora pauio minora linearta obiusa stylo petalisoue exte* 

 rioribus ad basin accreta: labellum petalis interioribus consimile sea fongius 

 illisque basi connatum. Anth. globosa didyma 9 scrotiformis versus apicem ftyli 

 adnata 2-loc. loculis prope stigma dehiscentibus* Stylus elongatus, supeme 

 dorso gihbus, sub galea reconditm, apice dilatatus concavus excisus: stig. 

 infra apicem dilatatum, supra wserttonem dntherm concavum* Thunb. fl- 

 cap. I. c. 



Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Masson. 

 Flowered at Kew Gardens in 1786, as we learn by a ma- 

 nuscript note of Mr. Dryander's, in Sir Joseph Banks's 

 library, which also notices the fragrance of the blossom. 

 The drawing was taken from a specimen that flowered this 

 summer in Mr. Griffin's collection at South Lambeth, where 

 it had been lately imported. 



Mr. Brown has remarked the inaccuracy of preceding 

 authors, in calling the flower of the Orchidew " reversed," it 



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