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BROMHEADIA PALUSTRIS. MARSH BrOM- 



HEADIA. 



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Class and Order. 



Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium (candidum) sesquipollicare, cylindraceo- 

 connivens, laciniis omnibus lineari-oblongis curvis canali- 

 culatis obtusiusculis. Labellum cucullatum, trilobum, cum 

 columna omnino parallelum, basi inarticulatum ; lacinia 

 intermedia retusa flavescente disco luteo-glandulosa, latera- 

 libus ovatis brevioribus violaceis ; axi elevata pubescente. 

 Columna late alata, obtusa, carnosa. Anthera 2-locularis, 

 longitudiualiter dehiscens, dorso conica et cum columna 

 articulata. Pollinia duo, reniformia, postice excavata, in 

 glandulam latam triangularem membranaceam sessilia. — 

 Herba parasitica, caulescens, ebulbis. Folia disticha, ob- 

 longo-linearia, emarginata. Spica terminalis, disticha, flex- 

 uosa, multiflora, longe pedunculata, bracteis brevissimis, 

 rigidis, dentiformibus. Lindl. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Bromheadia * palustris. 



Bromheadia palustris. Lindl. in Wall Cat. n. 7561. Misc. 



Bot. Reg. 1841, p. 89. 

 Grammatophyllum Finlaysonianum. Lindl. Gen. et bp. 



Orch.p. 173. 



We owe the possession of a fine flowering specimen of 

 this in Kew Gardens, and from which our drawing was 



made, 



* So named by Dr. Lindley, in compliment to Sir Edward French 

 Bromhead, Bart., F. R. S., " whose investigations of the natural affinities 

 of plants are well known to systematic Botanists." 



