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CYRTOPODIUM Andersonii. 
« Anderson’s Curve-foot. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACES, § VANDEZ. 
CYRTOPODIUM. R. Brown Hort. Kew. 5.216. Lindl. Gen. § Sp. 
Orch. no. CXIVv. 
C. Andersonii ; bracteis oblongis patulis concavis, sepalis petalisque obovato- 
oblongis planis, labelli lobis rotundatis lateralibus erectis intermedio 
concavo basi sulcato apice crenulato : disco nudo. 
C. Andersonii. R.Br.l.c. Lindl.l. e. Bot. Mag. t. 1800. 
Cymbidium Andersonii. Bot. Rep. t. 651. 
: “8 oe Nees in verhandl. des vereins zu bef. des Gartenb. viii. 
Ae A 
Caules steriles (sew bulbi) fusiformes, compressi, alii pedales, alii bi-tri- 
pedales, pollicem sesquialterum in medio crass, striati, articulati, articulis 
brevibus, geniculis linea arcuata fusca notatis, neque contractis nec tumidis : 
iuniores dense vaginati, vetustiores denudati, virescentes. Vaginee arctissime 
imbricata, distiche, equitantes, scariose, nervoso-striate, grisee inferiores 
mucronate, superiores foliifere. Folia pedis unius vel duorem pedum longitu- 
dine, erecta, lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, acuta, glabra, nervosa, plicata, 
saturate viridia. Scapus ad basin caulis iunioris eiusdemque altitudine radi- 
calis, tri-quadripedalis, crassitie digiti minimi, teres, levis, glaber, articulatus, 
vaginis tribus aut quatuor aphyllis obtusis internodio brevioribus subventricosis 
lineatis pallide viridibus preditus. Racemus compositus terminalis, sesqui-aut 
bipedalis, multiflorus, speciosus. Rami patentes, subflexuosi, superiores Sasti- 
giati; singuli suffulti vagina singula, caulinis simili, sed tam in bracteam 
explicata, concava vel plana, ovata obtuse mucronata. Flores alterni, solita- 
rii pedicellati, flavi cum virore. Bractea sub pedicello proprio patens, ovata, 
acute mucronata, concava, subundulata, lutescenti-viridula, pedicello longior 
neque vero florem attingens. Pedicellus pollicaris, patens, teretiusculus, 
glaber, transiens in germen sexangulare viride, nullis limitibus conspicuis a 
pedicello discretum. Flos 06 pedicelli torsionem obliquus, labello infero, 
diametro pollicis. Perianthium patentissimum, sepalis subequalibus, basi 
liberis, apice inflexis, nervosis ; horum exteriora (tria) ovata, obtusa cum mu- 
crone subtilissimo acuto, dorso apiceque virescentia, basi intusque flava, mar- 
gine undulata; duo interiora paulo latiora et longiora, obovata, obtusa, 
infra apicem complicatum concava, reliquo ambitu aquali, flava, in doro medio 
virescentia. Labellum magnitudine sepalorum interiorum, cum processu brevi 
obliquo gynostemii articulo coniunctum et ab eo ad angulum rectum stigma 
versus inflexum, crassiusculum, staturate luteum, basi planum trisuleum, ambitu 
trilobum, lobis subequalibus ; lateralibus erectis obovatis rotundatis, medio 
latiori refleco subquadrato ex utroque latere emarginato, apice arcu rec- 
tave fere linea circumscripto subretuso levissimo, basi depresso sulcatoque. 
Callus guadricrenatus, utrinque litura aurantiaca amplexus, inter lobos late- 
rales, ubi medius ab tisdem deflectitur, situs est. Gynostemium germint tncum- 
bens, oblongum, antice planiusculum pallidum, prope labellt articulum, qui 
ipse fulvi coloris, brunneo irroratum ; pars superior gynostemi lobis lateralibus 
labelli brevior, dorso convexo obtuse curinato; apice trilobo viridi et pro an- 
there insertione mucronato. Clinanthium late trigonum, convecum. Rostellum 
