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MlCROSTYLlS HISTIONANTHA. SAIL-FLOW- 

 ERED MlCROSTYLlS. 



Class and Order. 



Gynandria Monandria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchide*:. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sepala patentia libera; lateralia basi aequali, saepius bre- 

 viora. Petala patentia, linearia v. filiformia. Labellum 

 patentissimurn, cum columna angulum rectum formans, 

 basi excavatum, sagittatum v. auriculatum, integerrimum 

 v. dentatum, tuberculis nullis. Columna minima, raro 

 paululum elongata, apice dentibus s. auribus duabus in- 

 structa. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia. — 

 HerbaBterrestrest?. epiphytae habitu Liparis, foliis plicatisv. 

 membranaceis basi raro incrassatis. Flores herbacei, nunc 

 Jlavescentes v. discolor es. Lindl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Microstylis* histionantha ; pseudobulbis ovatis vaginatis 

 diphyllis, foliis lato-ovatis acutis membranaceis, vagi- 

 nis elongatis scapi angulati basin involventibus, flori- 

 bus depresso-corymbosis, sepalis oblongis deflexis an- 

 ticis basi coadunatis, petalis minutis linearibus revolu- 

 tis, labello orbiculari obtuso. 



Microstylis histionantha. Link, Klotzch el Otto, Ic, PI. Rar. 

 Hort. Berol. l.p.W.t.b. 



Malaxis Parthoni ? Morren, sur une Nouv. Esp. de Ma- 

 laxis in v. 5. n. 8 des Bull, de I' Acad. Roy. de Brux. 

 cum Ic. 



A very remarkable terrestrial Orchideous plant, purchased 

 at a sale of Columbian plants in London, in 1842. It 



flowered 



So named by Swartz from the small style or column. 



