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CIRRILEA* Loddig6sii 



Loddiges' Cirrhcea. 





GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchideje Juss. § Vandese LindL {Introduction to the 



if Botany 



CIRRHMA 



Perianthium patens. Sepala 



Labellum 



libera, eequalia. Petala multo angustiora, linearia, flexuosa. 

 lono-e unguieulatum, columna continuum, tripartitum; laciniis angustis inter- 

 media minore. Columna erecta, clavata, teres, stigmate subquadrato, hori- 

 zontali! rostello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis! membranacea, sub-unilocularis. 

 Pollinia 2, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastic^ prosilientia, caudicula 



brevi cornea, glandula incurva. Herbse epiphyte, pseudo-bulbosce. Folia 



rL radicates. Flores maculati. 



nervata. 



Itifii 



C. Loddigesii ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis lineari- 

 bus flexuosis, labelli lobo medio lineari-spatulato lateralibus acutis. 



Cymbidium dependens. Lodd. hot. cab. 



Pseudo-bulbi ovati, costati, 1-2% poll, longi, scepius nudi. Folia soli- 



taria, pedalia, oblong o-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, costis 7 subcequalibus. 



Racemi radicales, penduli, midtiflori, foliis miniis longi. a«~l« nhln^nn 



Sepala oblonga, 



efficiunt 



apice maculata. 

 tela. 



linearia, fl 



Labellum 



intermedio lineari spatulato obtuso duplb breviore. 



truncata et stiqmatift 



tereti, lobis lateralibus acuminatis, erectis, 



Columna libera, arcuata, 

 Stigma subhorizontale, 



teres, clavata, apice _.___. _ „ 



obliguum; rostello subulato, elongato, cirrhoso. Anthera postica, opercu- 

 lars, unilocularis , decidua, in clinandrio dorsali incumbens, valvis mem- 

 branaceis involutis. Pollinia 2, cereacea, parallela, oblonga, compressa, 

 elastic^ prosilientia, glandulce unices affixa, qua processui tenui corneo 

 elastico annectitur. 





This plant has been hitherto only known by the figure 

 the Botanical Cabinet, and a short note at fol. 930 of this 



* The flowers are remarkable for what is called the rostellum being 

 prolonged in the form of a small tendril or cirrhus. 





