606 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



afterwards pendulous. Petals linear oblong, connivent, distinct, all nearly 



equal in size and form. 



Lguiculate 



length of the petals, dilate^ towards the extremity, trifid, ridged along the 



centre, the middle lobe roimd 



Column of an equal thickness and slightly curved, shorter than the lip; lid 

 of the anthers membranaceous, caducous, PoUinia four, lenticular and 

 cereaceous, laterally attached to the summit of the column, at length decidu- 

 ous- NuttalL 



Grows in rich shaded soils. 



Flowers May. Pursh. 



EPIDENDRUM. 



Lin. 



Columna cum label- 

 li ungue in tubum coa- 

 lit a, (interdum decur 

 rens.) PoUinia 4, pa 



Column 



claw of 

 united 



e 



into 



with the 

 labellum 

 tube 



a 



J 



sometimes decurrent. 



rallela, septis persis- PoUinia 



4 



:? 



par 



rallel 



} 



♦tentibus divisa, basi divided by persistent 

 filamento granulato, partitions, thickened at 



elastico, incrassata. 



i 



base by the 

 elastic filament. 



ranular 



1. CoNOPSEUM. Aiton? 



E. foliis lanceolatis 



Leaves 



lanceolate 



9 



rigidis, lucidis, peren- rigid, lucid, perennial; 

 nantibus; caule simpli- stem simple; flowers m 



floribus spicatis, spikes, erect; labellum 



ci; 



erectis; labello apice I 3-lobed at the summit 

 trilobo, lacinia inter- I the middle segment re- 



media retusa; petalis tuse; the interior petals 



interioribus angustiori- [ narrow 

 bus. 



Hort. Kew. 5. p. 219- Nutt. 2. p. 198. 

 E. Magnolia, Muhl. Cat. p. 81. 



Root composed of thick fleshy 6bres matted together and a*j[^^""^ ^^ 

 the barks of trees. Branches short, alternate. Leaves generaliV ^ 

 each branch, approximate, lanceolate, acute, very entire, succulen , 



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