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Lahellum dissimile, foliolis brevius, indivisnm, porreclum, 

 basi bicallosum, disco inappendiculalo. Columna semi- 

 teres, apice inauriculato. Anthera Icrminalis, persistens, 

 loculis approximatis. Massa poUinis in singulo ]oculo 

 quatemse v. binae bipartitse. 



[crb« tener^y glahellce. Biiibi indivisi^ solitarii^ nudi, cau^ 



dicem descendentem? radicifarmemterminantes, novello pcdi- 



cellato. Caulis uni/olius et ipsa bast vaginA brevi inclusus^ 



^uprS elraciealtts. Folium profunde cordatum, acuinmy 



trinervcy reticulato-venosum, subtiis rnfam, Flores racemosi^ 



soUtarii, rvfi. Brown Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl, 1. p. 321. 



1. A. pctiolat us J toViis OMiih petiolatis subtus \iridibus basi 



-; rolundatis, scapo triquctro infern^ vagiiiato, spic4 paiici- 



florS, labello ovali cuspidato, foliolis periantlaiexterioribus 



^ aequalibus; 2 interioribus capillaceis longioribus, cohiinn^ 



decurvat4« ---— *r 

 Hob. in Nepali^. Wallich, 

 j${»ipuj 6'Uncialis. _F/o>'e5 luteo-virentcs. •'- - 



IT. Anthera icrminalis, mubilis, decidna. Massa poUinis 



demibn cereacese. Brown in Hort, Kew, II, 5. p, 205. 



MALAXIS. Swartz, Brown. 



Lahellum cxplanatum, indivisum, sessile (saepius posticum.) 

 Periantlai fbliola 5 atigustiora, patula v. deflexa. Massa 

 poUinis 4, parallelae^ apicibus stigmati affixae. Brown in 



- Hort. Kew. 11. 5. p. 208. 



1. M. acuminata^ labello piano obcordato, perianUiii foliolis 

 exterioribus trinis ovalibus obtusis;interioribas linearibiis^ 



pedunculo tereti, foliis ellipticis acuminatis petiolatis. 



Hob. in Gosaingsthan Nepalensium. Wallich. 



Radix repens, fibrosa. Caulis bipolHcaris, 4 v. S-pliyllus. 



Pedunadns teres, 3-4-uncialis. Spica elongata, Icnuiflora. 



Floret parvi, luteo-virentes. Perianthii folioluin uoicum 



c£eteris latins. 



BLETIA. Ruiz ct Pitvon. 

 CYMBIDII LIMODORI. Sp. Auctor. 



Labellutn sessile, cucullatuoi ; nunc basi calcaralum. Peri-^ 

 anihiifoliola 5, distincta. Columna libera. Massa polH- 

 nut 8 V. 4, bilobae. Brown in Hort, Kew. IL 6. p, 205. 



1. B. graminifolia, canle polyphyllo, foliis ensatis mucronatis 

 nervosis basi vaginatis, spic4 terminali 5*flor^ nud&, la- 

 bello maximo cUcuUato trilobo basi simplici : lobis mar- 

 glne integerrimis crispulatis, perianthii foliolis exte- 

 rioribus lanceolatis acutis; interioribus duplo latiori- 

 bu». 



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