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BoLBOPHYLLUM CaLAMARIA. QlJILL-STEM- 

 MED BoLBOPHYLLUM. 



Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchideve. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala erecta, acuminata, subasqualia, lateralibus cum 

 pede columns connatis et basi obliquis. Petala nana (ra- 

 nssime sepalis subaequalia). Labellum cum pede columnar 

 articulatum, unguiculatum, sspius integrum, et posticum. 

 Columna nana, antice bidentata, vel bicornis. Anthera 1- 

 v el 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, libera, valde inaequalia, nunc in 

 uno conuata, nunc per paria cohaerentia, altero cujusvis 

 pans minuto lobnliforini. — Herb* epiphytce, rhizomate re- 

 pente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi 

 radicates. LindL 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Bolbophyllum Calamaria ; pseudo-bulbis tetragonis, folio 

 oblongo piano coriaceo obtuso basi canaliculato, scapo 

 stricto longissimo apice florido, bracteis membranaceis 

 emarcid is ovarii longitudine, sepalis anguste triangula- 

 ribus margine pubescentibus, petalis cornuformibus 

 subteretibus glabris, labello sessili mobili lineari basi 

 sulcato margine oinni tomentoso supra medium villis 

 longissimis crinito, columns cornubus falcatis. Lindl. 



Boleophyllum Calamaria. Lindl. Bot. Reg. Suppl. 1843. 

 P- 70. n. 109. 



An exceedingly curious Epiphyte, belonging to the Genus 

 Bolbophyllum, as now defined; but I believe Professor 

 Lindley has it in contemplation, to constitute a distinct 

 Genus of this and some others. The flowering specimen 



was 



