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MonACHANTHUS LONGIFOLIUS. LONG-LEAVED 
MoNK-FLOWER. 
KKK KEK KEE KEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA MOonaANDRIA. 
_( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala equalia de- 
orsum versa. Labellum posticum, carnosum, indivisum, 
ventricosum, sepalis multo majus. Columna brevis, crassa, 
mutica. Anthera et pollinia Cataseti—Epiphyte Cataseti 
habitu. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Monacuanraus longifolius ; foliis longissimis gramineis, ra- 
cemo cylindraceo pendulo multifloro, sepalis ovatis 
subrotundis petalorum conformium dorso applicitis, 
labello urceolari a tergo incurvo limbo truncato api- 
culato intus cereaceo glabro margine fimbriato, Lindl. 
Carasetum longifolium. Lindl. in Misc. of Bot. Reg., 1839, 
nm. 154. Lindl. Sert. Orchid. t. 31. : 
It is not from any opinion we entertain that the Genus 
Monacuantuus is really distinct from Cataserum, that we 
adopt the former name, in opposition to that given by Dr. 
Linpiey ; but for the sake of consistency in this work. 
There is a natural group of Caraserum, the species of 
which are destitute of the long sete on the column, and to— me 
which the name of Monacuanruus has been applied. 
The very fine species here represented was sent to us by 
Mr. Brocx.enurst, of the Fence, Macclesfield, in Septem- 
ber, 1839, a month before it flowered with Mr. Morris, 
who was supposed, as related in the “ Sertum Orchida- 
ceum,” to be the first who succeeded in bringing it to ‘ble 
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