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BARTHOLINA* pectinata. 

 Pectinated Bartholina. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



LIBRA ITT 



WKW YORK 



JJOIANICAL 



JCTMOeN 



Nat. ord. Orciiide^. § Ophrydese Lindl. {Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, -p. 262.) 



BARTHOLINA R. Br. — Perianthium ringens. Calyx basi tubulosus, 

 secundus, laciniis ssqualibus. Petala sepalis parallela, falcata, infern^ 

 labello subconnata. Labellum calcaratum, explanatum, patens, 3-lobum : 

 iobo medio multifido lateralibus trilobis : laciniis omnibus filiformibus. An- 

 thera erecta, elongata, lobis parallelis cucullatis ; cuculli distincti, basibus 

 valvulariim inflexis absconditi, Pollinia parva, caudiculis longissimis cana- 



liculatis, glandulis intra cucullos inchisis. Herba pusilla, unijiora, uni- 



folia, hirsuta, radicibus tuber culiformibus. 



Bartholina pectinata. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5- 194. Smith in Rees append. 

 Bartholina Burmanniana, Ker in Brande's journal, 4. 204. t. 5. Jig. 2. 

 Orchis pectinata. Willd. sp. pi. 4. 1 1. 

 Orchis Burmanniana. Linn. sp. pi. 1334. Swartz in Web.et Mohr Archiv. 



1. 55. t. 3. 

 Arethusa ciliaris. Linn, suppl. 405. 



Folium reniforme, lobulis baseos imbricatis, pilosum ut omnes partes 

 virides. Caulis vix palmaris, erectus, fuscus, teres, xmijlorus. Bractea 

 unica, ovata, cucullata, ovarium terjens. Calyx basi tubulosus, viridis, 

 laciniis secundis, erectis, parallelis, lanceolato-linearibus. Petala falcata, 

 acuminata, alba, violaceo colore tincta, supra antheram curva, basi cum 

 labello levissime connata, glabra. Labellum unciam latum, medio viride, 

 basicalcare brevi conico pubescente cavoprceditum, lamina explanatd, circum- 

 scriptione orbiculari, trilobum; laciniis lateralibus trilobis, intermedio multi- 

 fido, ojnnibus violaceis filiformibus. Anthera erecta, loculis elongatis, basi 

 contiguis: suturis ob torsionem valvularum basi approximatis ; cucullis dis- 

 tinctis, sub basibus valvularum exteriorum antherce absconditis. Pollinia 

 parva, aurantiaca ; caudiculis longissimis fulvis linearibus canaliculatis ; 

 glandulis parvis in cucullis sziis latentibus. — Ohs,. foramen, v. areola trans- 

 parens muco repleta in cucullo utrorjue adest sub glandulis. Stigma areola 

 madida, oblonga, ad basin columnce, ubi calcar ab ovurio separatur. 



* Dedicated by Dr. Brown to the memory of the great Danish anatomist 

 and physiologist Thomas Bartholin, whose various writings relating to plants, 

 in the old Copenhagen Transactions, entitle us to adorn the history of the 

 science with his truly illustrious name. — Smith. 

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