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* CIRRHAA obtusata. 
Blunt-petalled Cirrhea. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEZ, $ VANDEA. 
CIRRHZA. Supra, vol. 18. fol. 1538. 
C. obtusata ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis sepalisque 
lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis planis, labelli lobo medio obovato acuto inflexo 
laté unguiculato lateralibus acuminatis. 
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This species of Cirrhaa appears distinct from any of the 
others yet described. It is a good deal like C. fusco-lutea, 
for which I at first mistook it; but it seems sufficiently dis- 
tinguished by its much. more obtuse petals and smaller 
flowers. I am, however, far from’ being satisfied with the 
goodness of such distinctions among these plants, and am 
rather inclined to fear that wè Sometimes trust them too 
much. I believe, however, the form of the middle lobe of 
the lip to be essentially di rit in this species from all, 
except one which flowered i1 eS Loddiges' collection in 
March last, and which them, med C. pallida. 
That plant had most of the characters of C. obtusata, 
except that the sepals and petals-were acuminated, and the 
middle lobe of the labellum placed on a slender unguis. The 
real value of these distinctions. must remain for future 
enquiry, i 
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* See folio 1538. 
