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29. CIRRHOPETALUM chinense. 



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C. chinense ; foliis lanceolatis, umbella multiflora, sepalo supremo petalisque 

 oblongis brevioribus obtusis serrulatis apiculatis : lateralibus lanceolatis, 

 labello linguiformi obtuso carnoso convexo laevi tremulo. 



There is no longer any occasion for speculative minds to 

 occupy themselves with the important investigation of the 

 cause that may have led the Chinese to invent strange figures 

 of men and women with their chins in perpetual motion, for 

 here is the explanation of it. We have here a plant from 

 China, one of whose lobes is exactly a tongue and chin, which 

 are so unstable as to be in a state of continual oscillation. 

 The flowers are very large for the genus, in general appear- 

 ance like those of C. maculosum. The petals and upper 

 sepal are purple, the lateral sepals are yellowish green. The 

 flowers are arranged in a circle, and all look outwards ; so 

 that on whatever side the umbel is regarded, it still presents 

 to the eye the same row of grinning faces and wagging chins. 

 Messrs. Loddiges imported it from China. 



30. ONCIDIUM nanum. 



O. nanum ; pseudobulbis nullis, foliis rigidis ovalibus concavis, racemo stricto 

 foliorum longitudine, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis mcurvis, labello 

 lucido auriculato apice cuneatlm dilatato emarginato, calhs disci duobus 



... i. _ . i :i...j:„«i; ^Dnlnatn alia /»nlnmn»» n.no'llS- 



decurvis 



longitudinali 



This singular plant has the habit of O. pumilum, to 

 which it is nearly allied. It differs in having very much larger 

 flowers, and in the form of its lip, which is varnished as it 

 were, and bears two large warts, one transverse and one longi- 

 tudinal, placed at right angles to each other. The form ot 

 the wings of the column is almost that of a straight knife- 

 blade directed downwards, and tipped with a lucid gland. 

 Messrs. Loddiges obtained it from Guayana, (1327). 



31. ANIA bicornis. 



A. bicornis; folio oblongo lanceolato carnoso scapo breriore, labelli lobo medio 

 emarginato apiculato ecalcarato basi bilamellato lamella altera versus 

 apicem interjecta, anthera bicorni. 



A singular plant, of the Orchidaceous order, imported 



F—Jnnc, 1842. 



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