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1872 
* CRYBE rösea. 
Pink-flowered Crybe. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ ARETHUSER. 
CRYBE, Lindl. Sepala et petala similia, lanceolata, conniventia ; late- 
ralibus basi obliquis.  Labellum multo majus, membranaceum, cucullatum, nun- 
quam expansum, cum columna clavata marginata semi-connatum. Lindl. Nat. 
Syst. of Botany, ed. 2. p. 446. 
Crybe rosea. 
Pseudobulbi subrotundi, virides, leviter angulati. Folia ex apice erum- 
pentia, lanceolata, plicata, subterna, letê viridia, pedalia. Spica 3-4-flora, 
scapo laterali, basi purpureo, squamis circiter 3 distantibus vaginati. Flores 
penduli, ovario brevi, arcuato, bracteá subulato-ovatá 3-plò longiore. Flores 
fere 2 pollices longi, clavati, nunquam expandentes. Sepala equalia, obovato- 
lanceolata, basi adherentia, pallidè viridia, apice purpureo-maculata. Petala 
subequalia, subalba, purpureo tincta, membranacea. Labellum longius, ob- 
ovatum, acutum, atropurpureum, marginibus plicato-crispis inflexis, basi cum 
columna semiadnatum. Columna clavata, basi teres, ultra insertionem la- 
belli marginata, paulo supra labellum bidentata, apice paululum cucullata. 
Anthera terminalis, opercularis, polline granulari. 
A native of Mexico, whence it was imported by Messrs. 
Loddiges, in whose stove it blossomed in June last. 
This plant is remarkable for never expanding its singular 
club-shaped flowers, which always remain as much closed as 
is represented in the accompanying figure, the edges of the 
lip turning inwards, and forming a sort of dish at the end 
of the flower. 
The genus is nearly allied to the North American Are- 
thusas, from which the adhesion of its labellum to the base of 
* From «púrrw to conceal, whence xpufeie concealed, in allusion to the 
manner in which the column is hidden by the floral envelopes. 
