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OcTOMERIA GRAMINIFOLIA. GRASS-LEAVED 
OcTOMERIA. 
KKK EERE EERE ERK 
Class and Order. 
Gynanpria Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuines. ) 
Generic Character. 
Labellum articulatum cum processu unguiformi, cujus 
lateribus petala antica adnata. Masse pollinis 8. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ocromeria graminifolia; caule elongato unifolio, folio lan- 
ceolato, pedunculis geminatis unifloris, radice repente. 
Ocromeria graminifolia. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. 
p. 211. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 744. 
Erienprum graminifolium. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1353. 
Denprosium graminifolium. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 135. 
RINE graminea repens biflora. Plum. Ic. t. 176. 
rad 
Descr. Parasitic ? Root creeping, jointed, flexuose, 
sheathed with scales, which separate into setaceous fila- 
ments in age, and give a curious setose appearance to the 
lant: from the under side of this creeping root many 
bres descend. Stems several from the upper side of 
this root, rising singly from the joints, two or three inches 
long, slender, almost filiform, jointed, the articulations 
sheathed with scales, which become, at length, setose, as 
do those of the root. Leaf solitary, terminating the stem, 
r-lanceolate, thick, and coriaceous, with a central 
nerve, prominent beneath. At the base of this leaf on the 
upper side are a few small, ovate, brownish bractee, from 
Whence arise two very short peduncles, and, as well as 
the germen, which is not half an inch long, curved, so as to 
bear 
