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1889 
+ CIRRH/EA tristis. 
Sad-coloured Cirrhea. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. OrcHIDACEZ, $ VANDEA. 
CIRRHZ A.—Supra, vol. 18. fol. 1538. 
C. tristis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi parum angustatis, petalis lineari-spa- 
thulatis, labelli sagittati lobo intermedio lineari abruptă acuto lateralibus 
acuminatis parallelis breviore. 
Pseudobulbi ovati, sulcati, angulis rotundatis. Folia solitaria, subpli- 
cata, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata vel oblonga, basi in petiolum brevem con- 
volutum angustata. Racemi penduli, foliis pauld longiores, radicales, dense 
multiflori. Flores odoratissimi tristà purpurei, sanguineo suffusi, apicibus 
herbaceis. Sepala linearia, patentissima, obtusa, postremo sigmoideo, reflexo. 
Petala lineari-spatulata sepalis paulà breviora et duplò angustiora. Labellum 
atropurpureum; ungue arcum continuum cum columná resupinatá efficiente; 
limbo sagittato, laciniis lateralibus acuminatis subparallelis carnosis inter- 
mediá ferè duplò longioribus. Columna arcuata, clavata, truncata, antherá 
posticá, stigmate obliquo, verticali, cirrhifero, ut in genere. 
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A deliciously scented species, native of Mexico, whence it 
was obtained by Messrs. diges, in whose hot-house the 
drawing was made in June, 1835. The form of its lip is 
quite different from that of any of the other three species 
now known. | 
Like its other botanical allies it grows upon the branches 
of trees, and apparently in a pendulous manner. 
* See folio 1538. 
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