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Ancectochilus setaceus. Fringed 

 Ancectochilus. 



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Class and Order. 

 Gynandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Orchidace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremiim cum petalis in 

 galeam agglutinatum; lateralia patula, basi insqualia la- 

 bello supposita. Labellum cum columna basi connatum, 

 ventricoso-calcaratum., ungue rigido caualiculato inflexo 

 fimbriate, limbo bilobo patente. Columna brevis, margin- 

 ibus membranaceis dilatatis involutis appendicularn bila- 

 mellatam simulantibus. Stigma basi bicallosum. Pollinia 

 %, pulverea, subbiloba,, caudiculis brevibus, glandula ob- 

 longa. — Herbae tropica Asiatics, radice fibrosa, rhizomate 

 filiformi subterraneo. Caules foliosi. Folia nervosa, disco- 

 lora, ve?iis scspe auro-micantibus. Flores spicati, laxiusculi, 

 glanduloso-pilosi. Blume. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ancectochilus * setaceus; subrepens, foliis ovatis yelutinis 

 aureo-reticulatis subtus discoloribus, sepalis extus 

 ovariisque glanduloso-hirsutis labello medio ad margi- 

 nes longe fimbriate, apice bilobo lobis oblongis obtu- 

 sis patentibus, sacco labelli apice bifido. 



Anozctochilus setaceus. "Blume, Bijdr. 1.412." Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 2010. 



Chrysobaphus Roxburgii. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 17. 



Folium petiolatum. Humph. Amb. 6. p. 93. t. 41. f. 2 



One 



* From «k»*to ? , as is supposed, open, and *** a lip, in allusion to the 

 spreading lip of the flower. 



