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* !)1I'(')|)1UM piinctatum. 

 Dotted Dipodium. 



GYNANDIU.-V MOK.IKDIUA. 



Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEiE, § Vande^. 



DIPODIUM, R. Br. Perj(;ni/i«(ra patens, petalissepalisque squalibus. 

 Lahellum subconforme, utriiique infra medium auriculatum, disco barbatum, basi 

 saccatum et cum columna connatum. Columnn erecta, marginata, semitcres. 

 Anthera membranacea, bilocularis? Pollinia 2, oblique biloba, caudiculis 



duabus glandulffi communi affixis. Herbae terrestres, aphyllce. Radix 



crassa, lumosa. Caules sqaamosi. Racemi speciosl. Gen. et sp. Orch. 186. 



Y). punctatum; squamis radicalibus distantibus, labello recto disco pubescente. 



Ibid. 186. 

 D. punctatum. H. Brown prodr. 33\. 

 Dcndrobium punctatum. Smith exot. hot. 1.21. t. 12. 



Radix fibrosa ; fibris quibiisdam horizon taiibvs, crassis, succulentis, 

 ccpteris filiformibus perpendicularibus. Caulis fusco-purpureus , gluber, 

 teres, \ ^-2-pedalis, dis/anter vagirtatus, squamis brevibus obtusis. Race- 

 mus cylindraceiis, laxns ; pedxinculis IcBte purpureis subhorizontalibns. 

 Perianthium fuscnpurpurewn. maculis sanyuineis conspersum ; sepalis peta- 

 lisque Uiieari-oblongis suhaqualibus. Labellum oblongum, trilobum, basi 

 pubescens sulco exaratiim, saccatum, cum basi columna: brcviter connatum, 

 trilobum ; lobis lateralibus ongustis falcatis recurvis disco pilosis, intermedio 

 ohlongo, piano, apicnlato, basi angustato. disco villoso. Columna erecta, 

 semiteres, truncata, margine glandulosa ; clinandrio denticulato ; stigmate 

 bicvi, transverso. Pollinia duo, postice exarata, caudiculis binis gla?idulce 

 sublunatcB ajffixis. 



A most curious, leafless, terrestrial Orchidaceous plant, 

 with thick fleshy fibrous roots, and purple spotted flowers ; 

 for which I have to tiiank the inexhaustible collection of the 

 Messrs. Loddiges. 



' At(j two, and touc ffo^or, a Joot ; in allusion to the two stalks of the 

 pollen masses. 



