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(by Mr. Konig,) printed for Phillips and Fardoiij 

 1805. I have already, p. 217, mentioned the glutin- 

 ous nature of the pollen of these plants. This forme 

 yellow elastic masses, often stalked, in each cell of the 

 anther, and the cells are either parallel and close to- 

 gether, or removed from each other to the opposite 

 sides of the style : which serves to connect them^ 

 just as the filament does in many Scitamineous plantS; 

 alike therefore decided to be monandrous. Such a 

 decision with regard to those also is justified by the 

 •analogy of other species, whose cells being approxi- 

 mated or conjoined, properly constitute but one art- 

 ther. The grand and absolute subdivision of the 

 Orchideis is justly founded by Dr. Swartz, after Hal- 

 ler, on the structure of the anther, whether it be, as 

 just described, parallel^ like that of Orchis, Efigl. Bot. 

 t. 22 ; Ophrys, t. 65 / and Diuris^ Exot. Bot. t. 9, 

 &c. ; or vertical, consisting of a moveable lid on the 

 top of the style, like Dejidrobiiim, t. 10— -12 ; ov Ma- 

 laxis, Engl. Bot. t. 72. The style of the Orchidc^s 

 has been called a column, but I think that term now 

 altogether superfluous. It is really a style, and the 

 stigma is a moist shining space, generally concave, 

 and situated, for the most part, in front of the style 

 beneath the anther. In Orchis bifolia, t. 22, and 

 others, it is just above the orifice of the spur. Con- 

 cerning the nectary of these plants there has been 

 much diversity of opinion. The calcar^ spur, in Or- 

 this^ and some other genera, is acknowledged to be 

 such, and holds abundance of honey. This spur is 

 judged by Swartz, as well as Linnaeus^ a decisive; 



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