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ARUNDINA densa 



Close-flowered Reedorchis. 



V 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 





bus 



Nat. Ord. OrCHIDACEJE § EpiDENDREiE. 



ARUNDINA. Blume. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, tequalia, patula, basi- 

 ^aululum connatis . Petala conformia, latiora. Labellum circa columnam 



^i _L_ A _:i^ ^ in^m. medio cristatum aut lamellatum. Columna 



clavata. Anther a 4-loculans, trun- 



recta, cum labello parallela, semiteres, clavata. Antnera «""-"* ™r 

 cata/rotundata. PJto 8, eequalia, f^^^^^^^J^ 



arundinis ft 



fornicatum prominens, sublobatum. Herb* caulescente*, amnamnja™, 



r^S^lJTTS^h.. amminatis nlicatis. Flores terminates, membrana- 



ensiformibu 

 speciosi 



« ? 



A 



otundati 



bsequalibus crispatis rectis, petalis 



libus. Supra misc. no. 26. 



Of the fine Oriental genus Arundina we now possess 

 species in gardens, this and A. bambusifolia. 1 wo c 

 A. chinensis and minor remain to be introduced ; the for 

 is found on the islands near Macao, the latter is from Ceylon. 



The species now figured is a native of Sincapore, whence 

 it was sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Cuming ; among whose 

 dried plants however I do not find it. It differs from A 

 bambusifolia in its leaves being nearly equal, and not gra- 

 dually diminishing into small sheaths as thev approach the 

 flowers : and in the flowers being very closely, but loosely, 



f . C u; and in the small size of the middle lobe of the 

 up, which is almost blended with the large lateral lobes 

 There is a difference too in the crested veins of the hp, which 

 are all three crisped in A . densa, u ? 

 straight and even in A. bambusifolia. 



The peculiar habit of this genus renders it easy to recog- 

 nize. In structure it is near Phaius, from which it differs 



ffed 



up 



hile the midd 



1842 



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