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Orchis ACUMINATA, PotNTED-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
Gynaxprta Monanprtia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. ringens. Labellum basi subtus calearatum. Glandule 
(1—2) pedicellorum pollinis incluse cucullo unico. Brown. 
Spécific Character and Synonyms. 
Orcuts acuminata ; (bulbis indivisis) labello trifido, corolle 
laciniis omnibus erectis conniventibus : externis subulato- 
* acuminatis confluentibus, cornu germine duplo breviari. 
Orxcuis acuminata ; bulbis indivisis ; floribus dense spicatis ; 
laciniis conniventibus ; tribus exterioribus apice subu- 
latis; labello trilobo; Jobo intermedio latiore. Desf. 
Atl. 2. p. 318. t. QAT. 
Orcuis acuminata. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 17. 
Descr. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, streaked, sometimes, but 
not always, spotted. Stem scarcely a span high, with three 
sheathing leaves. Inflorescence a dense oval spike. Bractes’ 
lanceolate; lower ones somewhat longer, the upper ones 
shorter than the germen. Corolla pale flesh-coloured, outer 
lacinie confluent at the base, terminated in a long subulate 
point, two inner smaller, alternating with the outer, all erect, 
connivent ; labellum or nectary spotted, three-lobed ; middle 
lobe rounded, crenulate, sometimes emarginate; side lobes 
narrow, obliquely truncate. Spur shorter by half than ger- 
men, obtuse, incurved. Column helmet-shaped, glands of 
the pollen masses united in one cell, which diverges into two 
branches upwards, ; 
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