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PHOLIDOTA* imbiicata 



Imbricated PhoUdota. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 



Nat. ord, OaCHiDEiT;. § Malaxidece, Lindley. 



PHOLIDOTA Lindley. — Pollinia 4, cereacea, libera, glandula nulla. 

 Anthcra terminalis, decidua, bilocularis, 4-valvis ! Stigina cuneatum, in 

 processu saliente columnoe insertum. Cohimna brevls, utrinque alata, 

 carnosa. Labellum saccatura, cncullatum, tridentatura. Petala linearia, 



erecta. Sepala conniventia, concava, duobus inferioribus carinatis. 



Spicse imbricate terminales. Folia coriacea in pseudo-bulbis solitaria. 



P. imbricata ; pseudo-bulbis sulcatis ovatis obtusis fasciculatis, foliis ob- 



longis coriaceis plicatis, racemis distichis pendulis imbricatis. 

 P. imbricata. Lindley in Hooker s exotic Flora, foL 138. 

 Cymbidium imbricatum. Roxb, MSS, Hort, Beng. p. 63. 

 Ornithidium imbricatum. Wallich MSS. 

 Ptilocnema bracteatum. Donprodr.fi, Nep. 33. 

 Wellia-Theka-Maravara, vel Mau-Maravara. Rheede Malab. XIL 47. 



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Planta perenyiis, omnibus partibus Icbvis, lat^ suprd, arbores serpens^ 



freqtientissime dependenSy nunc nutans. 



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culafiSf nnmerosiSj carnosis, bipoUicaribus, oblongo-cylindriciSj v. subovatis^ 

 obtusis, obsolete angulatis, unifoliiSy indutis bracteis aliquot magnis, in* 

 cequalibus, lanceolatis, emarcescentibus. Folium ^ vertice bulbi petiolatanij 

 coriaceum, crassum^ valde rigidum, lanceolatunty utrinque attenuatum^ 

 acutuniy sulcato-pUcatum, pedale ad sesquipednle, quinqnenerviumy snprd 

 atro-viridCy nitidumy subtks opacrtm, cosfd robnstd valde elevatd. Petiolus 



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Kacemus solitariuSj 



laxuSy pcdttncitlatus, e sinu folii nutans v. pendulnSy lineari-oblouguSj 



complanatuSj distichuSy folii apicem plerumque attingens. Pedunculus 

 gracillimus, lignosus, filiformiSy nuduSy exceptis bracteis racemi infimis 



vacuiSj vaginantibus , imbricatifi. 



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Flores numerosiy utrinque circiter 40, inter minores, exactissimk bifariiy 

 alterniy approximate patentes, pallidc fiavicantes, inodori, pedicellis brevi- 

 buSy clavatis. Bractese infrd. singulum fiorem solitari<e, magnce, ferh 

 unguiculareSy patentissimcB, late ovat(S, denticulatcBy concav(B, scariosce, 



Derived from f^^ky a scale, and «Zs «roj, an ear ; in allusion to the 

 scaly car-like bractrsc of the spike. / 



