( 3400). 
PTEROSTYLIS CONCINNA. NEAT Prero- 
STYLIS. 
SRR ekek 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuip_ez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium ringens tetraphyllum, foliolo inferiore bi- 
fido (é duobus infra coherentibus conflato). Labellum un- 
guiculatum, subinclusum. Lamina basi appendiculata v. 
gibbosa. Ungue infra labio inferiore connato. Coluwmna 
basi galea connata, apice alata. Anthera terminalis, per- 
sistens, loculis approximatis. Masse pollinis in singulo 
loculo bine, compresse, pulveree. Stigma medio columne 
adnatum.—Herbe terrestres, glabre. Bulbi nudi, indivisi, 
caudicem descendentem radiciformem terminantes. Folia 
nunc radicalia stellata, nervosa, membranacea, scapo brac- 
teato aphyllo; nunc caulina alterna, radicalibus nullis. 
Flores solttarii rariisve racemosi, ochroleuci, sepiis majus- 
culi. Br. 
Div. I. Appendix apice diviso, penicillata. Folia radi- 
-calia stellata. Scapus bracteatus, aphyllus. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Prerostyiis concinna ; foliis radicalibus stellatis, scapo 
medio unibracteato, labelli lamina emarginata inclusa 
columnam equante. Br. : 
Prerostyuis concinna. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 
326. Hooker Bot. Journ. v. 1. p. 274. t. 136. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v.3. p. 715. 
This graceful little Orchideous plant, like the majority of 
the species of this remarkable Genus, is a native of the vici- 
nity 
