398 ARETHUSEÆ. 
CCXXIIIL. CYRTOSTYLIS. 
Cyrtostylis. Brown Prodr. 1.322. Endl. gen. no. 1590. 
Perianthium herbaceum, bilabiatum. Sepalum supremum erectum, ga- 
leatum ; lateralia cum petalis linearia labello supposita. Labellum 
unguiculatum, indivisum, planum, basi bicallosum, lineis duabus ele- 
vatis. Columna elongata, apice incurva, dilatata, auriculata, basi semi- 
teres. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, persistens.  Pollinia 4. 
Herba terrestris Australasica, tuberculis solitariis sphzericis, cauliculum 
descendentem radiciformem terminantibus. Caulis unifolius. Folium 
tenerum, membranaceum, amplexicaule, reticulatum. Scapus nudus. 
Racemus secundus pauciflorus. Bractee squameformes. 
1. Cyrtostyuis reniformis. R. Brown Prodr. 322. 
Hab. in N. Hollandid; prope Portum Jackson R. Brown, in rupestribus 
siccis per omnem coloniam A. Cunningham, in sinu regis Georgii 
Collie, in Tasmannia in solo fertili, abunde Sept. et Oct. florens, Gunn 
615, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) 
This little plant has quite the habit of a Liparis liliifolia, and varies in 
size from the height of two inches, with a single flower only, to that of 
6 or 7 inches, with 4 or 5 flowers. The Swan River plant has a narrower 
lip, and may be a distinct species. 
CCXXIV. LIMODORUM. 
Limodorum. Tourn. inst. 437. L. C. Richard Orch. Eur. Annot. 20. Nees. jun. gen. 
plant. fasc. V. t. 11. Endlicher, gen. no. 1607. 
Perianthium galeatum. Sepala equalia. Petala breviora et multd an- 
gustiora. Labellum ascendens, basi calcaratum, columnam amplectens, 
limbo articulato indiviso. Columna elongata, semiteres, stigmate sub- 
rotundo. Anthera subcordata, cernua. Pollinia 2, integra. Herba 
australi-europea, aphylla, radice fibrosà. Scapus vaginatus. Spica 
elongata, laxiuscula. 
In Persoon's synopsis (2. 513) this plant, with the doubtful Serapias 
erecta and falcata of Thunberg, are formed into a subgenus called Her- 
MINIUM. 
1. Lımoporum abortivum. Swartz Act. Holm. 6. p. 80. Willd. Sp. PI. 
4.1299.  Nees ab Esenb. gen. germ. l. c. 
Orchis abortiva. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Jacq. fl. Austr. t. 193. 
Epipactis aphylla &c. Hall. Helv t.36. 
Serapias abortiva. Pers. syn. í 
Limod. spherolabium. Viv. in Rchb. Ic. Bot. Eur. Cent. IV. comment. p. 82. 
Hab. in Gallie, Helvetie, Italie, Germaniz, Corsica, sylvis umbrosis. 
(hab. s. sp.) 
Flowers purple. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high. I do not see in what 
the L. sphzrolabium of Viviani differs from this ; he says its lip is rounded, 
not ovate or elliptical, but as the remainder of his specific character agrees 
altogether with L. abortivum, of which this supposed species has all the 
