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* PAXTONIA rosea. 

 Pink Paxtonia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. OrchidacEjE, § Malaxide^:. 



PAXTONIA. Perianthium patens, hexaphyllum, ajquale; labello petalis 

 conformi. Columna erecta, teres, subclavata, petalis paul6 brevior. Anthera 

 terminalis, opercularis, decidua. Pollinia 8, angusta, clavata, apice cohserentia. 



Stigma rima transversa, verticalis, sub rostello. Herba easpitosa, pseudobul- 



bosa, foliis plicatis, racemo multifloro radicali foliorum longitudine. 



P. rosea. Supra misc. p. 61. no. 113. 



Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, oblongi, cicatricibus foliorum annulati, 

 3-phylli. Folia lanceolata, plicata, basi angustata, subpedalia, basi squamis 

 ovatis concavis acutis fuscis vaginata. Scapus erectus, radicalis, foliorum 

 longitudine, calami scriptorii crassitudine, squamis 2-3 ovatis distantibus 

 vaginati. Bracteoe ovatce, acuta, patulce, pedicellorum longitudine. Flores 

 roseiffere sesquiunciam lati ; pedicellis gracilibus ovarii longitudine. Sepala 

 et petala conformia, cequalia, oblonga, acuta, 3-4 lineas lata ; labello antico. 

 Columna erecta, teres, antice paulb complanata, apice subclavata, rosea, 

 petalis brevior ; clinandrium margine crasso sublobato. 



This curious plant was sent to Messrs. Loddiges, from 

 Manilla, by Mr. Hugh Cuming, who has been for some time 

 engaged in exploring the Philippine Islands. It is so entirely 

 different from all Orchidaceous genera hitherto discovered, 

 that I know not with what to compare it. 



In this natural order there are two organs essentially at 

 variance with the usual structure of plants, namely, the 

 column and the lip. The former, consisting of stamens and 

 style consolidated, has never yet been found in a state of 

 disintegration ; but the latter, to whose numerous forms, and 

 irregular varieties, the grotesque appearance of Orchidaceous 



* Supra misc. p. 61, no. 113. 



