( 1800 ) 



Cyrtopodium Andersonii. Anderson's 

 Cyrtopodium. 



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Class and Order. 



GyNANDRIA MojfANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Labellum ungue geniculate : lamina tripartita. Petala b, 

 distincta. Massac pollinis % postice biloba*. Brown. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Cyrtopodium Andersonii. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 216. 

 Cymbidium Andersonii. Lambert in Bot. Repos. 651. 



Cyrtopodium is distinguished from Cymbidium, chiefly by 

 its three-lobed nectarium, terminating in an articulated claw. 

 Only one species is at present known, which is a native of 

 the West-Indies and was introduced into this country by the 

 late Thomas Evans, Esq. to whom it was sent from the 

 Botanic Garden in the Island of St. Vincent's, by the late 

 Mr. Alexander Anderson. 



The flowering- scape rises up before the leaves, then divides 

 into several alternate branches, each being furnished with an 

 ovate, acute bracte at its base, and bearing a number of 

 greenish yellow flowers, supported each by a similar bracte 

 at the base of the germen. As these decay, the leaves shoot 

 forth from the roots on one side of the scape, are lanceolate, 

 with petioles embracing and sheathing one another, so as to 

 form a kind of upright stem several inches long, from the 

 top of which the leaves spread out in every direction ; these 

 are furnished with three strong nerves and numerous stria? 

 between. 



Communicated by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons ; flowering 

 m May. 



