1778 



*MYAl\THUS barbatus. 



Bearded Flyirnrt. 



GYNANDRIA MO^A:<Dn^A. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^e §, Vande.e. (Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 262.) 



MYANTHUS.—Supra, vol. l.fol. 1538. 



M. barbatus ; labello in pilis succulentis barbseformibiis dissoluto basi supra 

 unlcorni. 



Caules vetusti fusiformi-cylindracei, 4-5-poll. longi, parum induviati, 

 luteo-olivacei. Folia atrovij-'idia, undulata, Cataseti, oblonyo-lanceolata, 

 versus basin angustata. Racemus radicalis, prostratus vel pendztlus, Jiores 

 9-10 inverses, i. e. labello quoad axin superiore gerens. Bracteae lineari- 

 lanceolatce membranacecE^pedicellis purpurascentibus breviores. Perianthium 

 bilabiatum ; sej)alis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, herbaceis,fusco-sanguineo 

 maculatis. Sepalum supremum, cum petalis in gale am agglutinatum ; late- 

 r&Xia. patentissima. Labellum cum columna subarticulatum, lineare, medio 

 infractum et saccatum ; margins in Ji la tenuia alba numerosissima dissoluto^ 

 cristam aviculce cujusdam simulantia ; cornu deorsum falcatum, candidum^ 

 basi superiore tridentatum gerens. Columna herbacea, fusco-sanguineo ma- 

 culata, cornu apicis galecE longitudine, cirrhis duabus rectis purpurascentibus 

 apice pellucidis cornu labelli amplectentibus . Glandula maxima, cartilagineay 

 oblovga, stigmate cum vi elasticd dissiliens, et convoluta. 



This curious new species is a native of Demerara, near 

 the falls of Wapopekai on the Massarony river, some 

 hundreds of miles from its mouth, where it was found by 

 Mr. John Henchman growing in the clefts of trees in shady 

 situations. It was first sent us in February last by Mr. 

 Low^e, with whom it first flowered, but almost immediately 

 after we received it from Chatsworth, and from the garden 

 of Mr. Willmore, of Oidford, near Birmingham. The 



* See fobo 1721. 



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