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HEDYCHIUM ACUMINATUM. 
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Class hel Order. | 
MonanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord Scant Oe ) 
Generic Character. 
Anthera duplex, stylum amplectens. Filamentum long- 
um, gracile, antheram in apicem sustinens ligamento flexili 
dorso aflixo. Capsula 3-locularis. Semina numerosa, 
arillata. Rose. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Hepycuium* acuminatum; spica laxa, bracteis unifloris, 
filamento labello breviore recurvato, labello ovato 
profunde bifido, segmentis acutis. Rose. 
HeEpycuium acuminatum. Rose. Scitam. cum Ic. — 
* 
Descr. Stem three to five feet high. Leaves broadly 
lanceolate, with a very narrow, almost filiform point, ob- 
_liquely veined from the mid-rib, glabrous above, beneath 
slightly silky ; narrower and smaller upwards. Spike ter- 
_Minal, a span or more long in our specimen, with subdis- 
tichous, handsome, and fragrant flowers. Bracteas two or 
three, pale green, submembranaceous, and subdiaphanous, 
sheathing the lower half of the tube of the perianth. Limb — 
of the Cor. in six, unequal segments: the outer ones linear, 
patent ; of the three inner, two are linear, pale yellow, their 
Margins revolute ; the third is ovate, pure white, concave, 
tapering below into a narrow grooved base, the lamina 
eeply cut into two acute, oblong segments, which point 
ater 
forwards, 
-* From ndog sweet or pleasing, and x», snow : alluding to the fragrance, 
gceance, and whiteness of the flowers, at least of the first and original species. 
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