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BARTHOLINA* pectinâta. 
Pectinated Bartholina. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OncniDEm. $ Ophrydee Lindl. (Introduction to the 
natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 
BARTHOLINA R. Br.—Perianthium ringens., Calyx basi tubulosus, 
secundus, laciniis eegualibus. Petala sepalis parallela, falcata, infernè 
labello subconnata. Labellum calcaratum, explanatum, patens, 3-lobum : 
lobo medio multifido lateralibus trilobis: laciniis omnibus filiformibus. An- 
thera erecta, elongata, lobis parallelis cucullatis; cuculli distincti, basibus 
valvularum inflexis absconditi. Pollinia parva, caudiculis longissimis cana- 
liculatis, glandulis intra cucullos inclusis. Herba pusilla, uniflora, uni- 
folia, hirsuta, radicibus tuberculiformibus. 
Bartholina pectinata. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5. 194. Smith in Rees append. 
Bartholina Burmanniana. Ker in Brande's journal, 4. 204. t. 5. fig. 2. 
Orchis pectinata. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 11. 
Orchis Burmanniana. Linn. sp. pl. 1334. Swartz in Web. et Mohr Archiv. 
1. 6b. t. 3. 
Arethusa ciliaris. Linn. suppl. 405. 
Folium reniforme, lobulis baseos imbricatis, pilosum ut omnes partes 
virides. Caulis viz palmaris, erectus, fuscus, teres, uniflorus, — Bractea 
unica, ovata, cucullata, ovarium tegens. Calyx basi tubulosus, viridis, 
laciniis secundis, erectis, parallelis, lanceolato-linearibus. Petala falcata, 
acuminata, alba, violaceo colore tincta, supra antheram curva, basi cum 
labello levissime connata, glabra. Labellum unciam latum, medio viride, 
basi calcare brevi conico pubescente cavo preditum, laminá explanatá, circum- 
scriptione orbiculari, trilobum ; laciniis lateralibus trilobis, intermedio multi- 
fido, omnibus violaceis filiformibus. Anthera erecta, loculis elongatis, basi 
contiguis: suturis ob torsionem valvularum basi approximatis; cucullis dis- 
tinctis, sub basibus valvularum exteriorum anthere absconditis. Pollinia 
parva, aurantiaca; caudiculis longissimis fulvis linearibus canaliculatis ; 
glandulis parvis in cucullis suis latentibus.—Obs. foramen, v. areola trans- 
parens muco repleta in cucullo utroque adest sub glandulis. Stigma areola 
madida, oblonga, ad basin columne, ubi calcar ab ovario separatur. 
* Dedicated by Dr. Brown to the memory of the great Danish anatomist 
and physiologist Thomas Bartholin, whose various writings relating to plants, 
in the old Copenbagen Transactions, entitle us to adorn the history of the 
science with his truly illustrious name.— Smith. 
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