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Class and Order. | 
GYNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuiwes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium irregulare, subringens, 6-partitum : foliola 2 
anteriora exteriorum labello ecalearato trifido ‘supposita, 
_linearia : interiorum lateralia patula, unguiculata. Anthera 
_ stigmati parallela, utrinque lobo laterali columne peta- 
loideo stipata. Br. ‘ ; 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
_ Diuris * maculata; \abello basi intus bicarinato, laciniis 
Jateralibus intermedium subzequantibus, foliolorum 
perianthii interiorum laminis obovatis. Br. 
Diuris maculata. Sm. Ex. Bot. v. 1. p. 57. t. 20. Willd. 
Sp. Pl.0.4. p. 79. Br. Prodr.v. 1. p.315. Sieber, 
Fl. Nov. Holl. n. 165. 
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_ _Descr. Root? Stem ten to twelve inches high, rounded, 
glabrous, leafy mostly at the base. Leaves linear-subulate, 
canaliculate, striated, gradually becoming smaller upwards, 
_ and soon passing into sheathing scales. Raceme of eight 
_ toten flowers, each subtended by a membranous, sheathing 
 Sractea. Petals spreading ; upper one of the outer series 
ovate, jagged, yellow, spotted, the two lower ones of the 
_ Same series linear, green, deflexed, and often crossing each 
_ other. Two inner petals large, spreading, and directed 
_ Upwards, obovate, tapering into a long claw, pale yellow 
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