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* CHYSIS aúrea. 
Golden-flowered Chysis, 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDACEZ, $ EPIDENDREX. 
CHYSIS. Sepala paul connata, patula ; lateralia pedi producto columne 
adnata et calcar simulantia. Petala sepalis conformia. Labellum trilobum, 
patulum, venis basi callosis. Columna marginata, canaliculata, mutica. An- 
thera subrotunda, opercularis, glabra. . Pollinia 8, in laminam luteam semi- 
fusa; quatuor exterioribus tenuibus quatuor interiora crassiora abscondentibus. 
Rostellum laminatum, convexum. Herbe epiphyte, occidentales ab ar- 
boribus pendule; caulibus Cyrtopodii depauperatis, foliis nervosis basi vagi- 
nantibus, racemis lateralibus multifloris. 
Chysis aurea. 
Caules penduli, subclavati, articulati, squamis fuscis, membranaceis 
vestiti. Folia ovato-lanceolata, basi vaninantia, nervosa, undulata, Racemi 
pedunculati, ex axillá foli inferioris erumpentes, penduli, multiflori. Sepala 
ovata, obtusa, subundulata, basi alba, ceterúm crocea ; lateralium margine 
anteriore infracto. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa, magnitudine et colore sepalis 
similia, Labellum ulbum, concavum, venis sanguineis, trilobum ; lobo late- 
rali oblongo, obtuso, crispo, apice subsaccato ; venis 5 mediis tumidis callosis, 
tribus lateralibus utrinque pubescentibus elevatis. Pollinia sunt hujusmodi ; 
lamina adest tenuis, lutea, pulverulenta, bipartita, utrinque biloba, in cli- 
nandrium prona, marginibus suis incrassatis; et incurvis (= pollinia 4 basi 
tn laminis duabus geminatìm coherentia.) Preterea ad sunt 4 alia mi- 
mora, et prioribus supertecta, quorum duo ab angulis posterioribus, et duo 
ab anterioribus lamelle supradicte fisse oriuntur (— pollinia 4 alia mi- 
nora) Horum corporum vera indoles latet; sed verosimiler pollinia 8 ad- 
sunt quorum 4 exteriora in laminam fissam margine bilobam deliquescunt. 
The first knowledge I had of this beautiful epiphyte was 
from Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, who sent it to me 
in June 1836; with a note, from which the following is an 
extract : — 
* Xbew a melting. The pollen masses of this plant are as it were fused 
together, 
p 2 
