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PHRYNIUM COLORATUM. COoOLOURED-SPIKED 
Purynivum. | 
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Class and Orded: 
Monanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cannez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 3-phyllus, coloratus. Cor. tubo elongato, limbo 
b-partito, lacinia inferiori (seu labello) difformi. Anthera 
lateralis simplex. Stylus corolla adnatus, superne liberus, 
Mcurvatus, abruptus. Stigma obliquum. Germen inferum. 
Specific Character. 
Puryxium * coloratum ; scapo radicali aphyllo medium 
versus bractea longa vaginata, capitulo subgloboso 
laxo, bracteis ovato-acuminatis coloratis, foliis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis. 
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Descr. Root horizontal, thick, ses and fibrous. 
Leaves eight or nine inches long, oblongo- anceolate, gla- 
tous, green, glossy above, acuminate, with the costa or 
‘"ai-rib not exactly in the centre, throwing out numerous, 
rather closely placed, lateral nerves, the margins at the 
lo ‘Meeting at the upper side of the costa. Petiole a foot 
ong, with exceedingly long sheathing bases. Scape erect, 
‘gid, terete, a foot and a half high, rising from the root, 
remote from the leaves, leafless, but having a joint below 
~ middle, where is inserted a very long, dark purple, 
thing bractea : for the greater part of the length the 
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