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longis ovatis, inajoribus obtusis patentibus ; labello trilobo, lobo 

 medio longiore laneeolato obtuso, lateralibus brevibus ovatis 

 obtusis reflexis ; calcare brevi, basi iufundibuliformi, apice cla- 

 vato; antherse loculis angustis, apicibus longis planis ad ros- 

 tellum adnatis ; processubus stigmaticis angustis, apicibus obtusis 

 curvis ; polliuiorum caudiculis longis validulis, glandula ovata; 

 ovario longe-pedicellato hirsuto. 



Madagascar: Ankafana, Deans Cowan I in Herb. Brit. Mas., 

 Baron no. 229 ! Lyall ! in Herb. Kew. 



This plant has more of the habit of a Habenaria than that of 

 a Cynorchis; nevertheless the structure of the anther and ros- 

 tellum shows that its affinity is with the latter genus. It is a 

 weak-looking plaut, with one or two lanceolate radical leaves, 

 and a short raceme of a few lilac flowers. 



[Cynorchis Boryana, Bindley, Gen. £f Sp. Orch. PI. p. 331 ; 

 S. Moore, inBlor.Maur. and Seych. p. 337. — Grymtiadenia Boryana, 

 Rich. Orch. Manr. p. 28, t. 5 ; Bojer, Hort. Maur. p. 311. Appears 

 to have been only once collected, viz. by Bory in Mauritius.] 



Ctkoechis bbevicoentt, n.sp. — Pedalis, foliis 3 lineari-lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis erectis ; racemo multifloro laxo ; floribus minimis ; 

 bracteis linearibus acuminatis ; sepalo postico obtuso cucullato 

 quam petala falcata obtusa paullo breviore ; lateralibus ovatis 

 obtusis obliquis ; labello lineari angustato, apice recurvo ; calcare 

 brevi obtuso cylindrico, ovarii trienti aequaute, apicibus anther® 

 rectis planis ; processubus stigmaticis angustis oblongis ; pol- 

 lings minimis, caudiculis capillaceis ; glandulis ovatis minutis. 



Ankafana, Beans Cowan ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species, together with C. hispidula and probably also 

 C. Amottioides, Keichb. f., a native of Bourbon, which I bavo 

 not seen, form a group distinguished from the rest of the genera 

 by the small and usually numerous flowers, the narrow upcurved, 

 almost if not quite entire lip, the short blunt spur, and erect, not 

 spreading, lateral sepals. The cylindrical raceme and very small 

 spur distinguish C. Amottioides, Beichb. f., while C. hispidnla 

 differs in its smaller size and hispid stem. 



C. brevicornu has a slender stem, from 9 inches to a foot in 

 height, with one or two linear-acuminate bract-like stem-leaves, 

 and 2-3 linear-lanceolate radical leaves 3 to 4 inches long and 

 \ an inch in diameter. The bracts are linear -acuminate, 2 lines 

 in length ; the spur 2 lines ; the ovary 6 line?. 



