1998 



* CYN6RCHIS fastipata. 

 Corymbose Dog-Orchis. 



GYNANDRIA MOAMNDR//!. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^;, § Ophryde*. 



CYNORCHIS. Thouars. Sepala a;qualia, conniventia. Petala sub 

 sepalo superiore agglutinata. Labellum colunina connatum, calcaratutn, sspiils 

 4-partituni, sepalis multii majus et texturoe Uiversissimai. Colunina nana. A71- 

 thcra Iiorizontalis v. resupinata, loculis distantibus elongatis. Rostellum planum 

 (v. plicatum), dilatatum, tripartitum. Pollinia glandulis nudis. Stig7na lobis 



duobus carnosis rostelli lobis lateralibus suppositis. Herbae, Africa australis, 



et msularu7)i Mascarensium ; radicibus testiculatis. Flores jiunquam her- 

 bacei. Caules scBpius squamd vaginante in medio. Gen. & Sp. Orcb. 331. 



C. fastigiata ; foliis binis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis horizontali- 

 bus, caule unisquamato, racemo corymbose, labello quadrifido : lachiiis 

 ffiqualibus truncatis, calcare longissimo filifomii. Gen. 4" Sp. Orch. I. c. 

 cum synonymis. 



Sepala extus rosea intus virescentia. Petala rosea, sepalo supremo ag- 

 glutinata. Labellum pallida herbaceum basi extiis glandulosum, sepalis 

 A-plo majus, rosea levissime tinctum, basi intensiiis; calcar roseicm. An- 

 tbera atropurpurea, brevis. Rostellum virescens. Stigmatis lobi laterales pul- 

 vinati, carnei, papillosi. Rostellum compressum plicatum. 



This is one of the representatives in tropical countries 

 of the terrestrial Orchises of Europe, growing in similar 

 situations, and having knobby roots of the same kind. It 

 occurs in damp places in the Isle of France, and has a smell 

 very like that of Orchis mascula. 



The drawing was made in the stove of Messrs. Loddiges, 

 in April of the present year. 



Literally Dog-Orchis. 



