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have it in my herbal. Cordifin lacks the ap- 

 pendix, yet these 2 cliaracters were the main of 

 the Genus, that must therefi)re he reformed. 

 They are the types of my family of Ditlan iiil- 

 UEs established 1815 in order of Ouciiides. 



937. TiiicuANiA Raf. (Birm. name) difl". E- 

 pidendruni, petalis 3 ext. ianceol. obt. hinis in- 

 feris gibbis coalitis, 2 internis ovatis major, lab. 

 cuculato basi carinato, apice bicorne, col. adna- 

 ta inter cornib. enata, antheris 2. stig. fovea 

 melliflua desinens intuboovario penetrans, cap- 

 sula longissima teres. Frutlcosa scandens^ 

 nrtlculata, fol. alt. distichis. — Type Th. mos- 

 chala Raf. Epid. do, Buchanan ic. in Symes 

 travel^. Ramosa sulcata, fol. bifaria Ianceol. 

 obt. spicis laxis oppositifol. In the Birm an em- 

 pire, fl. yellow very fragrant, purple spots on 

 lip, bracts striated. I thus add another beau- 

 tiful G. near Vanilla, same habit, but also akin 

 to Dendrobium, diifercrit from all l)y lip and 

 stigma. 



938. IsoTRiA Raf 1808. pet. ineq. 3 ext. eq. 

 longis linearib. canalicul. 2 int. ovatolanceol. 

 dimidio brevior, lab. triiobo, lobo medio undul. 

 emarg. disco glandula magna tubercul, cristata. 

 subtus sulcata, col. subquadrata, stigma fossula 

 scabro, anthera term, mobilis opcrc. pedicelata 

 quadrata, caps, filif. clavata. Rnd. fnscic. foL 

 term, vertic. caale unJfl. — Types 1. Is. rcrii- 

 Hllata Raf. Arcthusa and Pogonia do auct. fol. 

 5 obi. Ianceol. acum. petalis internis ovatis ob- 

 tusis. Swamps from New York to Georgia 

 says Beck, ll. fuscate outside, pale inside, 2. 

 /. medeoloidcs. Arethusa do auct. fol. 5 obov. 

 acum. petalis internis acutis, Woods of New 

 Jersey &c, podal, fl. fuscate purplish outside 

 inner petals yellow, lip dull yellow, ^land yellow. 



