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CALOGYNE FLACCIDA. Droopinc CALOGYNE. 
Class and Order. 
Gynanprid MonanprRia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala conniventia vel patentia, libera, equalia, petaloi- 
dea. Petala nunc sepalis conformia, nunc linearia. La- 
bellum cucullatum, sepius trilobum, lineis disci elevatis v. 
cristatis, nunc integerrimum ecristatum (in Panisca). Co- 
lumna erecta, libera, margine alata, apice dilatata, nunc 
cucullata, stigmate bilabiato. Anthera bilocularis, septo 
medio non partibili, infra apicem columne inserta. Pol- 
linia 4, libera, (SS ) incumbentia ; nunc basi materie gra- 
nulosa coherentia.—Herbe supra arbores et saxa vigentes, 
foliorum basibus in pseudo-bulbos dilatatis, rhizomate nune 
crasso squamoso, nunc obsoleto. Folia coriacea, sepius ve- 
nis distinctis equalibus, nunc quibusdam crassioribus, costata 
v. plicata. Racemi terminales v. radicales, e squamis (brac- 
teis sterilibus) corneis erumpentes. Flores speciosi sepe 
odorati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Caoeyne flaccida ; pseudo-bulbis oblongis angulatis squa- 
mis coriaceis acuminatis ustulatis vestitis, foliis lanceo- 
latis v. oblongo-lanceolatis longe petiolatis, racemo 
flexuoso nutante, bracteis deciduis, petalis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, labello ovato trilobo lineis tribus elevatis flex- 
uosis lobo medio ovyato basi auriculato (seu dilatato,) 
columna integerrima. Lindl. 
CxLoerne flaccida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 1961. Lindl. 
Gen. et Sp, Orchid. v. 1. p. 39. 
The present Genus, so called by Professor Linptey (from 
xerr05, hollow, and yvyn, in allusion to the hollow, or depression 
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