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CIRRH^A* Loddigtsii. 



Loddiges* Cirrhcea. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchides Juss. § Vandese Lindl. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany , p. 265.) 



CIRRHJEA Lindl. supra sub folio 930. — Perianthium patens. Sepala 

 libera, tequalia. Petala multo angustiora, linearia, flexuosa. Labellum 

 longe unguiculatum, columna continuum, tripartitum; laeiniis angustis inter- 

 media, minore. Columna erecta, clavata, teres, stigmate subquadrato, hori- 

 zontali ! rostello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis! membranacea, sub-uniloeularis. 

 Pollinia 2, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastice prosilientia, caudicula 



brevi cornea, glandula incurva. Herbse epiphytes, pseudo-bulboscs. Folia 



nervata. Racemi penduli, multijlori, radicales. Flores maculati. 



C. Loddigesii ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis lineari- 



bus flexuosis, labelli lobo medio lineari-spatulato lateralibus acutis. 

 Cymbidium dependens. Lodd. hot. cab. 



Pseudo-bulbi ovati, costati, 1-2^ poll, longi, stepius nudi. Folia soli- 

 taria, pedalia, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, costis 7 subcequalibus. 

 Racemi radicales, penduli, multijlori, foliis minus longi. Sepala oblonga, 

 obtusa, cequalia, et tali modo patentia ut triangulum cequilaterum effciunt; 

 apice maculata. Petala linearia, flexuosa, basi cum sepalo supremo paral- 

 lela. Labellum ungue longo tereti, lobis lateralibus acuminatis, erectis, 

 intermedio lineari spatulato obtuso duplb breviore. Columna libera, arcuata, 

 teres, clavata, apice truncata et stigmatifera. Stigma subhorizontale, 

 obliquum ; rostello subulato, elongato, cirrhoso. Antbera postica, opercu- 

 lars, unilocularis, decidua, in clinandrio dorsali incumbens, valvis mem- 

 branaceis involutis. Pollinia 2, cereacea, parallela, oblonga, compressa, 

 elastice prosilientia, glandula unices affixa, qua processui tenui corneo 

 elastico annectitur. 



This plant has been hitherto only known by the figure 

 in the Botanical Cabinet, and a short note at fol. 930 of this 



* The flowers are remarkable for what is called the rostellum being 

 prolonged in the form of a small tendril or cirrhus. 



