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HETEROTAXIS crassifolia. 
Thick-leaved Heterotaxis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchide*. Tribus II. Arethusese. Lindl. coll. bot. append. 
Orchid. Scelet. p. 10. . 
HETEROTAXIS.—Pollinia 2, (v. 4? binatim connata) linearia, pul- 
verea; caudiculS. glandulaque nullis. Anthera terminalis opercularis deci¬ 
dua unilocularis, septis duobus incompletis. Stigma oblongum excavatum . 
rostello obsolete! Columna semiteres apice alata. Labellum ovatum liberum 
integrum camosum disco callosum. Sepala subsequalia conniventia camosa, 
2 inferioribus labello suppositis.-Herba terrestris acaulis (Amencse 
aequinoctialis), foliis carnosis aveniis, scapo radicali vaginato. 
HptprntjiYK f«i*oecifrk|iQ 
Herba acaulis, terrestris, an epiphytal foliis radicalibus,erect^ C amom f 
oblongo-lanceolatis, oblique- tortis, planis , aveniis, apice oblique uncimto- 
apiculatis, basi vaginantibus. Flos luteus, solitanus, radicalis, bracted 
unica oblonga vaginatus, subsessilis ad basin foliorum, vix supr ummn 
elevatus. Sepala camosa, conniventia, oblonga, concava, subcequalia ; exte- 
riora apice viridia, apiculata; interiora breviora, tenuiora. a um an icum, 
liberum, integrum, ovatum, acutum, sepalis subconforme, disco medio calloso, 
sepalis anticis exteriorihus suppositum. Columna semiteres, ciavata trun- 
cata, apice utrinque alata; stigma excavatum, o ongum, qua » 
clinandrium parvum, rostello obsoleto. Anthera termina^ i , P » 
decidua, camosa, verruadosa, hemispherica, unilocularis. sep' i 
incompletis. Pollinia duo, v. quatuor, ut potiiis opinor, bimtl ™ f Coh ^ 
linearia, hinc crassiora, k granulis plurimis minutis, angulatis,filo axili 
elastico co/uerentibus. 
This very remarkable undescribed plant was introduced 
from Jamaica by the late Mr. Lee, of the Hammersmith 
Nursery, in 1823. Our drawing was made in the month ot 
June of the following year. Not having however had, 
at that time, an opportunity of examining e P° 
masses, we were obliged to defer the publica ion o le 
plant till the present time, when we are enabled to com¬ 
plete its history by means of a fresh specimen wi 1 w uc i 
