1998 
* CYNORCHIS fastigiáta. 
Corymbose Dog-Orchis. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORcHIDACER, $ OPHRVDEZ. 
CYNORCHIS. Thouars. Sepala sequalia, conniventia. Petala sub 
sepalo superiore agglutinata.. Labellum columna connatum, calcaratum, sæpiùs 
4-partitum, sepalis multó majus et texture diversissime. Columna nana. An- 
thera horizontalis v. resupinata, loculis distantibus elongatis. Rostellum planum 
(v. plicatum), dilatatum, tripartitum.  Pollinia glandulis nudis. Stigma lobis 
duobus carnosis rostelli lobis lateralibus suppositis. Herbz, Africe australis, 
et insularum. Mascarensium ; radicibus testiculatis. Flores nunguam her- 
bacei. Caules sepius squamá vaginante in medio. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 331. 
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C. fastigiata; foliis binis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuttinasis horizontali- 
bus, caule unisquamato, racemo corymboso, labello quadrifido : laciniis 
equalibus truncatis, calcare longissimo filiformi. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. l. c. 
cum synonymis. 
Sepala extus rosea intús virescentia.  Petala rosea, sepalo supremo ag- 
glutinata. Labellum pallidè herbaceum basi extús glandulosum, sepalis 
4-plò majus, roseo levissimè tinctum, basi intensids; calcar roseum. An- 
thera atropurpurea, brevis. Rostellum virescens. Stigmatis lobi laterales pul- 
vinati, carnei, papillosi. Rostellum compressum plicatum. 
This is one of the representatives in tropical countries 
of the terrestrial Orchises of Europe, growing 1n ‚similar 
Situations, and having knobby roots of the same kind. It 
occurs in damp places in the isle of France, and has a smell 
very like that of Orchis mascula. 
. The drawing was made in the stove of Messrs. Loddiges, 
In April of the present year. LE 
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* Literally Dog-Orchis. 
