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OTOocHILUS FUSCA. BROWNISH-FLOWERED 
OTocHILUS. 
Se oe ee a Oe a os Oe 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipbeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et petala equalia, libera, patentia. Labellum tri- 
lobum, lobis lateralibus auriformibus basin columne am- 
plectantibus, intermedio patente elongato sepalis conformi, 
cristis nullis. Columna elongata, clavata, semiteres. An- 
thera terminalis, bilocularis, septo medio bipartibili, et 
hine bivalvis, valvis anticis et posticis medio septiferis. 
Pollinia 4, incumbentia, (8) ad basin materie granulosa 
coherentia.—Herbe supra arbores repentes rhizomate des- 
titute, sed pseudo-bulbis semper e latere apicis sue sobolife- 
ris. Racemi multiflori e latere pseudo-bulborum, basi vagt- 
nati, Stigma labio superiore ovato producto. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Orocuitus * fusca; pseudo-bulbis elongatis fusiformibus, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque obtusis. 
Lindl. . 
Orocuitus fusca. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1967. Gen. et 
Sp. Orchid. p. 35. 
Broveutonia? amena. Wall. in Ic. Bibl. Anglo-Indice. 
n. 642. 
A very singular, but by no means showy, epiphyte ; an : 
inhabitant of the trunks of trees in Nepal, and by Dr. 
tia Wa tticu 
* Name derived from es, wros, an ear, and xeA0¢, a dip; in allusion to the 
little ear-like appendages at the base of the Lip. 
