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Class and Order. | : 
GynanprrA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcues. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium ringens, foliolis lateralibus exterioribus la- 
bello suppositis; interioribus sessilibus minoribus erectis. 
Labellwm longius, sessile, acuminatum, disco intus margin- 
ibusque barbatum. Anthera stigmati parallela, persistens. 
Herbe glabre. Bulbi indivisi, nudi. Folia caulina 
pauca, infimum canaliculatum, reliqua abbreviata. Spica 
racemosa, rara, floribus porrectis rufis majusculis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Catocnitus* campestris; labello perianthio parum longiore, 
acumine semilanceolato lamina 5-plo breviore, colum- 
na basi biglandulosa, bracteis ovarium superantibus, 
spica 4—8-flora. Br. 
CaLocuitus campestris. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 320. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 713. 
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Descr. Bulbs two, oblong, undivided. Stem a foot or 
More high, rounded, erect, bearing two or three linear, 
acuminated, channelled, sheathing leaves, the lower one 
the longest. Spike racemose, of from five to eight extremely 
beautiful flowers, large in proportion to the size of the 
plant, and standing forward at right angles with the rachis; 
each subtended by a bractea longer than itself, Calyx, 
or three outer segments of the perianth, ovate, subacumi- 
hate, green, concave, the two lower, or anterior ones, placed 
beneath 
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* xaos, beautiful, and xer0s, a lip, from the labellum being clothed with 
®xceedingly beautiful hairs. 
