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OrniTuipium ALBuM. Waite Ornitnipium. 
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Class and Order. 
GYNANDRIA MOoNnANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuineEg. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium clausum, liberum, equale. Labellum cum 
basi columnz connatum, cucullatum, disco callosum. Co- 
lumna labello parallela, teretiuscula, rostello brevissimo. — 
Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, lobis incum- 
bentibus ; in glandulam parvam triangularem sessilia.— 
Herba epiphyta caulescens. Caules ramosi, pseudobulbos 
axillares gerentes. Folia subsericea. Racemi sessiles, ax- 
illares, effusi. Lindl. : ae. : 
Specific Character. 
Ornituipium album ; floribus sessilibus, perianthii laciniis 
oblongis obtusis (albis), labello trilobo lobo medio 
obtuso disco glanduloso, glandula rugosa basi setosa._ 
Notwithstanding the important labours of Mr. Brown 
and Professor Linptey among the Orchideous plants, new 
forms are continually presenting themselves, which I find a 
_ difficulty in referring satisfactorily to their proper Genera. 
_ Such is eminently the case with the plant now under consi- 
* deration. Its habit is altogether that of Ornrruipium coc- 
~ eineum, the only hitherto known species of the Genus, and 
the structure of the flower is essentially the same. Yet, 
again, it has a very close affinity with the Camaripium 
ochroleucum, Linn. in Bot. Reg. t. 844 (Cympipium ochro- 
leucum, Linpt. Gen. et Sp. Orch. v. 1. p. 168) ; so much 
so, that on looking at the figure, one would almost pro- 
nounce the two to be identical; but the able author ob- 
serves, that “ the genus (Camaripium) is principally dis- 
tinguished 
