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LISSOCHILUS speciosus. 



Mr. Griffi/rCs lAssochilus. 



GYNANDRTA MONAXDRIA. 



Nat.ord^ Orchide^. Jusden gen. Q^. Brown prod, 1. 309. Div, TV, 

 Anthera terminatis mobilis decidua, Masses poUinis demitm cereaceae. 

 Srfnon in Hort. Kew. ed- 2. 5. 205. 



LISSOCHILUS^ Mass€B pollinis % obliqufe bilobte. Lahellum basi 

 saccatum: laming sessili indivis^ convexS> postic^ excis& et cum basi 

 columnse apterw edentul^e connatS. Perianthit foHola exteriora calycina 

 (reflexa:) interiara petaloidea (divaricata). Brown MSS, 



1m speciosuSf petalis iDterioribus divaricatis duplo majoribus exterioribufl 



reflexis, labello alt^ cordato* Brown MSS, 



Herba 4rpedalis et ultra. Folia radicalta ensiformia actitissima crassi" 

 nscula rigidvla mridia nee glauca, marginibus carinSgne Uevibus : basibus dUa- 

 tatis incrassatis in bulbum emersum connatis^ scapo aliquotUs breviara. Scapus 

 vaginatns teres piridts solidus^ Jasciculis vasarum sparsis. Yaginse disfantes 

 «fncto foUaceoBf in foliola appressa lanceolata acuta Umgitndine vix ipsins 

 vagina product4B> Spica racemosa simplicissima erecta laxa sesguipedalis. 

 Bracteae foliacem lanceotat<Br patuhs siepiiisve divaricatiSf immerse nervosm^ 

 marginiims hBmbus, infimm m scapum pautd decurrentes warium cumpedi- 

 cello suo superantes, reUgwB sessiles, superiores avario breviares. ^ores 

 speciosi i tersiane pedicelli baseosgue ovarii veri resupinati labello an-^ 

 tico, FeriaDthii foliola 3 exteriora utrinque viridia calyctjuiy disfincta 

 arct^ reflexa ovata acutiuscula immerse nervosaf postico piano, lateralia 

 pauld latiora letimmi ccncava: interiorum lateralia petaloidea^ flava^ im- 

 maculata^ divaricatissima, oblongo-wata, obtusiuscula Umbo parum reflexo, 

 disco kinc ccmvexiusculo ; nervosa nervis lateraHbus altemaum simpUc^is 

 bifidisque, ipsa basi alba. Labellum lateralibus interiorum vix brevius, basi 

 s^tiis calcarato-saccatum comu brevissimo campresso aUfo: lamina sessiUs, 

 circumscriptione ovato-oblonga, Jlava basi aUncante venis purpureis, apice 

 subretuso, basi alti cordata loiis posticis rotundaiis dimidio inferiore liheriM 

 superiare cum basi columruB cohsrentibus suturis manifestis, lateribus sul^ta- 

 rallelo-re/lexis plicatis plicis pauld tantHm elevatis obtusis sulcis intersticilia- 

 bus angustis: disco canvezo axi gibbosinscuh. Columna praportianaia 

 semiteres e basi alba pallid^ virens, aptera apice edeniulo postice rotundato. 

 Anthera terminatis mobilis decidua^ in expanso flore apicem antic^ declivem 

 colunauB mteriens, didyma dorso incrassato dilute viridi apice retuso, bilocun 

 laris locubs approximatis septulo partiali incompleto conirario in latere exte- 

 ^riore instructis. Massae pollinis fit singuh loculo singubs, in gemmd ^florali 

 jvniori minutissim^ granulosm, in expanso fiore cereacea^ otatm, post mi- 

 gratianem in apice obUquo columna (clinandro) inverste, postici (respect^ 

 antker<B anticc) instructee lobulo minare operiente majoris cavitatem ilUtam 

 materid viscidd elasticaflavescentiprocessu cufus massm insertm linguUe com- 

 muni brevi lato-lineari membranacew albas e glanduta subrotundd apicis 

 stigmatis ortm. Stigma anticum cavum subrotundum viride sece}ne7^. 

 Brown MSS, 



