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ARUNDINA densa. 

 Close-flowered Meedorchis. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. Ord. OaCHIDACEiE § EpiDENDREiE. 



ARUNBINA. Blume. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, eequalia, patula, basi- 

 bus paululum connatis. Petala conformia, latiora, Labellum circa, colmnnam 

 convolutum, trilobura v. integrum, medio cristatum aut lamellatum, Columna 

 recta, cum labello parallela, semiteres, clavata. Anthera 4-loculans, trun- 

 cata, rotundata. Pollinia 8, asqualia, materia granulosa cohserentia. Stic/ma 



fornicatum, prominens, sublobatum. Herbse caulescentes, arimdinis facie ; 



foliis distichis ensiformihus aciiminatis plieatis. Flores terminales, membrana- 

 cei, purpurei, speciosi. 



densa; labello obovato-subrotuudo quadrilobo apiculato laciniis rotundatis, 

 lamellis 3 subsequalibus crispatis rectis, petalis oblongis, foliis subaequa- 

 libus. Supra misc. no. 26. 



Of the fine Oriental genus Arundina we now possess two 

 species in gardens, this and A. hambusifolia. Two only, 

 A. chinensis and minor remain to be introduced; the former 

 is found on the islands near Macao, the latter is from Ceylon. 



The species now figured is a native of Sincapore, whence 

 it was sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Cuming ; among whose 

 dried plants however I do not find it. It differs from A . 

 hambusifolia in its leaves being nearly equal, and not gra- 

 dually diminishing into small sheaths as they approach the 

 flowers : and in the flowers being very closely, but loosely, 

 arranged ; and in the small size of the middle lobe of the 

 lip, which is almost blended with the large lateral lobes. 

 There is a diff'erence too in the crested veins of the lip, which 

 are all three crisped in A. densa, while the middle one is 

 straight and even in A. bamhusifolia. 



The peculiar habit of this genus renders it easy to recog- 

 nize. In structure it is near Phaius, from which it differs 

 July, 1842. P 



