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CYMBIDIUM TRISTE. LurRID-FLOWERED 
CyMBIDIUM. 
Class and Order. 
“Gynanpria Monanprtia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum, petalis sepalisque subzequa- 
libus liberis. Labellum sessile, liberum, ecalcaratum, con- 
cavum, cum basi columnz nunc articulatum, nunc levyiter 
connatum, indivisum vel trilobum. Coluwmna erecta, sermi- 
teres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sepius postice 
biloba, in glandulam subtriangularem subsessilia. Lind. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cymerpium triste; foliis teretibus, racemo axillari subses- 
sili, sepalis oblongis equalibus 3 superioribus conni- 
vetibus, labello trilobo lobis lateralibus abbreviatis 
terminali transverso cordato. 
Cymeipium triste. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 99. Lindl. 
Orchid. p. 167. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 722. 
Epipenprvuo triste. Forst. Prodr. n. 314. 
Epipenprvo teres. Thunb, 
Luista teretifolia. Gaudich. Voy. Part. Bot. p. 437. t. 47. 
Vanpa? trichorhiza. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 72. 
A very remarkable Eripnyre, though destitute of the 
udy flowers which distinguish so many individuals of this 
family. It is a native of various countries in the South- 
eastern portion of the Old World, as New Caledonia, (where 
it was first discovered by Forster during the celebrated 
voyage of Captain Cook,) the Mariane Islands, Japan, 
Ceylon, and Neal It was introduced from the latter 
country to our stoves by Dr. Watticu, and our first geeks 
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