720 



CALANTHE veratrifolia. 



Hellebore' leaved Calantke, 



GYNANDKIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat, ord, OrcHide^. Brawn frotL 1.3O0IJ 



IHv. IV. Amth^ termiiialis mobilis decidua. Ma$M poUinii tlelnAm o^ 

 reacese. Brown in Hort Kew. ecL 2. 5. 205. 



CALANTBE. Brawn infrd vol 7. /oL 673 ; (m textu ongKeo.) La- 

 beUum poTrecto^explaDatnm latum, latus inferius columnse ab a^nce conti- 

 nuans (appendicem simulans)^ porrectum, explanatum, ^lobum, basi den- 

 tato-barbatum. Cdanma corolm explao^tA onmiiid libera, duploque bte- 

 vior. Mustm polHnis octo. : v 



C. veratrifolia, foliis lanceolatis subplicato-nefvosiB : scapo radkali foUii 



iH^Tiore iq^yllo, spica numerosa conferta oblooga cylindrica, bracteis 



parris lanceolatis. 



lodorum veratrifolium* WUld* ^. pL 4. 122. Pmvoam i^. Si. 630. 



Folia subbip&ialia, tatitudine ^-undaH, sid>pticatthpervo§a, btnemfatm, 

 bdHn versHs petiolatim attenuataf canaliculata, radieaUat pktra, erecto^pa^ 

 temtia, luteo-mrentia, non gkmca, mtbimdalata. Sc^pi phare$, radicabsif 

 aphylK, tnUod, tripedates v. ultra, ttricti, teret€$^ 9impHei$iimi, v^mS$ 

 remotis lanceolatis appresM qtarsi vagantihu. . Spioa Bemp^ui-pedmkm, Mi- 

 merosa, tm^ertiHScuia, kariztrntali-patens, recta, terminaii», ^Imdriea; m 

 viridi-albicanie^ Muhato-^triuta. flores cand^diimti, inodffri, mAwrali 

 plagm loco aragii/^eo^weiUes, bhsncialet vel kmgiofi$, ji&rrecfo-nmtanl^, eH^ 

 tUs vHhri opaci* Orerm^ ses^Umeiale, albmrn,, eUnMo-^tMffOtMm tmU^ 

 porrecto-patcHB, ikfemi tws esukatum, iimeryU recmvum, craiti^ ttrMm^ 

 Memin^entm ; bracts g^rtnine aUguotih wwiores lanceotatm, grc^^hn do- 

 creocenAe$, herbacem^ Oox.radkao-exi^nMd^ itii ba$in Mtque diiiimiir^&' 

 tincta diametro wiciaH; ituians, $ulmBgulari$ : petala ft, mqiddiHaiil^ oH^ 

 tuM, mucronata; exteriora 3 mafora ^ iCT n m fc t afi g, medium summjont M^ 

 rahhnsparUm grandius, erwftm, obovdto-obtomgwm, tateraUa 2 n^krion, Is- 

 beUam declmatO'$equentia, trapez&idi-ohloi^ata v. inaqmiUiteri-oblonga : 

 interiora 2 superiora summnm r/Mtium tqtproximantia, oBterig isquibmga m- 

 fieximeque simili, ibiph tamen angwtiora. CeicAr tereti-elongatum^germime 

 graeihm tr^hgue breoim, dcieendau^ coroUdpanm lanains, obtuitm, rec- 

 ifim, cdJMnue bam directiane pari comtimuau. Lab«Udm ten €t injm» 

 eo&tmham'eontmuante /nho-barbatumt barbi tmerimtA oeriebui i cMwtaf 

 confertis prominuliM ordine tHstinctimmo atque paiente in longum pooUio 

 (UnguaJeliniB ipittmlio non ^dmmU&ma), col»mnielatm9it^lerin$porrwto-eantir 

 nmant, triphque langius, e^lanainm, odkroleueo'emarceiceni, tripartitmm, 

 edtmngme, margini dt^exum, coroBA duph bmgiuB ; lobis 2 inferi&riim$ divari- 

 catig, medio plurimum bretnoribiu oNongik obtuMiM hUegris, tenninali recto 

 Jurcato medium eUra hifido (titeram V gmdammodo referent) tegmentio 

 hneari-obbrngis reeurm$, tmgm hngiorihu. Cdumna coroUd omnimd U^ 

 bera d^h brevior concohrqme obooato-turbinataobeMaf smmmo dorm anthe^ 

 rifera, porrecta, iqnctf Uteribas mlato-proAtctk brevibuM ereetit, rratello 

 medio longioH truneatp-^kmo nqnri ttigmm prominente, d ngrino McrobiaUo 

 lomgitudmaH pro rotimaeuto mOkerm impr^tio: mlh^n dorso nmmo cobmnm 



