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CyRTOPODIUM PUNCTATUM. SpoTrep- — 
FLOWERED CyRTOPODIUM. 
Class and Order. 
_GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium explanatum, zquale, sepalis petalisque 
liberis. Labellum unguiculatum, cum basi producta co- — 
lumne continuum, tripartitum, explanatum, ecalcaratum. — 
Columna semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, pos- 
tice biloba; caudicula lineari brevi, glandula ovata,—Plante 
terrestres, fruticose. caulibus fusiformibus, carnosis ; folits 
plicatis ; scapis radicalibus, vaginalis ; floribus speciosis. - 
Lindl. . 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cyrrtoropium punctatum; bulbis elongatis, foliis lineari- 
lanceolatis tenuiter acuminatis, scapo paniculato, brac- 
teis magnis membranaceis, sepalis petalisque undulatis 
acutis maculatis, labello stipitato, profunde trilobo, 
lobis lateralibus obovato-cuneatis incurvis intermedio — 
late obcordato margine granuloso, disco basi calloso. — 
popes punctatum. Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orchid. p. 
188. ) 
Ermenprum punctatum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1348. Willd. 
Sp. Pl.v. 4.p. 116. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 736. 
HeLiesorus ramosissimus cauliculis et floribus maculosis. 
Plum. Sp. p.9.t. 187. 
This superb plant, of which only a small portion is re- 
presented on our plate, flowered in the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden, in the spring of 1835. It was sent many years ago 
from Brazil by Wm. Swainson, Esq., and has never till the 
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