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TIIIEBAUTIA. Gjnandria tnonandria. Orcliidern. 

 Character essenlialis gencricus. 



Corolla pcnlapetala rnrto-pntens, pcrsistcns. Lahcl- 

 luni ccalcaraluin trilobuni, oplce tnflcxum, .snpiyrne 

 basliti versus coslalum. Anlhcra opercular is, hilocu- 

 laris, decidiia labu supcrioris, stigmatis bast anlice 

 adnata. Pollen globosuin. 



T. nervosa. Foliis iicrvosis cnsiformibus , scapo 

 siiiiplicissiiiio siibnudo, llorihus racoinosis alropurpu- 

 rcis. N. 



Limodorum ptirptircmn. Florlbiis itnhorl)ibii.s po- 

 dunculalis allerriis subraccmosis, I'oliis nervosis cnsi- 

 formibus. — Lam., Did., lorn. Ill, part. 2, pag. 495, 



J/elleborine purpurea tuberosa radicc Plum. , Sp. g, 

 ic. 178, (ig. 1. 



An epidcnflrum alropurpiireuin foliis sublcrnis lan- 

 ceolalis bulbo innalis, scapo simplici, lamina labclli 

 obcordala, lobis relusis. — Willd., Sp. pi., part. 1, 

 torn. IV, pag. 1 1 5? 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Tuber orbiculalns, infcrne radicatus, snpornc folio- 

 8US, latere scapiferus. Scapus simplicissimus, subnu- 

 dus.racemosus, pcdalis. Folia radicalia nervosa, ensi- 

 formia, pedalia. Flores pcdunculati, bracleati, scpiamis 

 lanceolatis vaginanlibus brcvissimis. Corolla perilapc- 

 lalaina-cjuaiis, duplici ordin(! alropiirpijrea,p(;i-.sistens. 

 Pctala Iria cxterlore inicqualia; superius lanccolalum, 

 erectum; inferiora oblicjua, lanceolato-ovata latiora : 

 pelala duo inleriora, erecta, lanceolato-ovata apicc in- 

 curva, genitalia legentia. Intra ha;c labcllum ecalca- 



