759 



PLEUROTHALLIS punctata. 



Trowel-lipped PleurotkalUs. 



OTNANDRIA MON^NDRIA. 



Nat wd. ObchidBjE. J»a$Uugeii. 64. SrmtmnrwL 1* 309. IHv. /F. 

 Anthera ternunalts mobilis decidua. Hasste polUius aemum wreacese. 



PtEUROTBALLIS. Xa6e//iun articulatim amne^um com ban sim- 

 plici rel breTissim^ producta columns. PetiUa 2 antica ext^orum inferos 

 comiata. Momkb poUinU 2^ exsulcs. Br&wn in Hwt Kew. ed. 2. 6. 211. 



.P. punctata, foliis (fotio?) oblongis u^que (Atiisia scapo deflexo ramoso 



brevioribus, flonbus sparsi9 distahtibos. 



Parantica? radice Jibrosa/ F^lia (folwmt) 1-3, o^bnga, bhmeiaUa v. 

 drcA, htitHdine subse^iuneiali, ghneo^acata, utrinque obtuiata: petio- 

 lus radicaUt, brevU, rtAustm. Sc^tis folio longior, radioaUf, decHnatm, 

 crassiusculus, virens, terei, mbfiexuasuMj rigidus, nttd$i», ab or^ drcSt divi- 

 9u$, remanentibus bractearum iNUt6us tajidem tuberculosus, Flores spicaH, 

 nwnerosi, laxi^ ipani, party^K, tdridi-pallentes, inodori, BracteoB minuicB, 

 wat0'acuiat4B, germine aliquotQ^ breviareSf bMi tarnos^, atro-niridi, persis- 

 fente. G^erm. clavatb-grdcite,Ji&mm,,viride, petalis tsquale. Cor. crwdato- 

 ^^tahidea, bilabiata : petafa- dittincta, ^^BiJionga r e^tei^orum medium 

 gikato-adst^ndenMp cmeamm, ima 2 </a<«rd2ima ftijjm 

 if^erni cormata, mpmi^ $oli^ atque retmnui': Mte 



nora) punctU trims? Jlavi»y parallelism notata, d^plo an^tuifa\ paBidioram 

 Hneari-subfalcatat obiUMuta, mcurva-pateatid, 1awUotfwuvehi,oppa$ita(v, 

 labeUi margined lateraks tx facie mfertdrf mpicieKtia'):' labelhim a^idifm, 



*nUmfm7ne,parretdumi.^,basi^c^^ <"^ 



culatum?, p!etaliB iUgtinfOumet ^Bguale: imguia stricimf, ghber, at^mtm, d 

 faae mpind mrhuitui vd ah qxi elepqti^rormm det^w: lamina coMcolar, 

 l^i^H&r^.membrakaeeiextmuata, iM^U-ovata^^ opaca, apice rotum- 



datu {*air^itwa V. tnmeataj. Columha eamea, ereda^ Hbera, paJUda^ 

 obtvM^ petalis fm-i <EqualiM. Anthpra reperw* dfctdua^ bUocMlmris, ftumne 

 ^eciis coh^fw darsmm reawAcBSp mathxdatk obhaga^ conaega, aWteams, an* 

 tic^ caudald-attmuaid, cassa, rostelluin cristato-cofkpressum pr^^nosHm v^ 

 MM sHgrriaiiM obtegem ; postic^ mbntUBda,p0&inii^ masm 2 fata ; Ugula 

 pplUaifem alikt, membranacea^ heriiatitalit; ^diwmcriptiMe theea anthe- 

 riniB, mauaspfdUsM k parte postp:i dikitatd inex»glutmomieiastico afigems, 

 glandule IprrnQo^T^ fused f wrva, mobUi^ m apice : massK polUnis bnue^pa^ 

 raUebe, ab tmddm spatio MgWto scfMta, aurece, cereace^e, semioratiharbi' 

 culares, compresses, pefpBndicsdssres^ vUegerrimie. Stigma vmcJimMmi^ 

 eobmnam totam antie^ occ^ams^ kujusque lateribus involuto alatis, sm ft' 

 lief^ areola nodi secem60te^<gyiti^<9 fh^t^uriiA perpendicsdari^ velatam. 



,*. '^ s\.- — ' .'.' : '■- 



'■;4 - * 



It was only the other d^ya i^eiy general opinion, that 

 tb6 iiiighition of poltearmafiaes in Orc^deong plants, was 

 ^cessary tjo tlie fei^Uz^Ton oC'the geJPmen, and the mode 

 oy'^hich those bodies attained a consummatoty contact 



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