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ACRIOPSIS. 
Acriopsis, Pl. CCCXVIII. 
Racemus subnutans hinc illinc squamatus bracteatus, apice 
flexuosus. 
Bractea squamiformis subflore quoque parva. 
Flores postici geniculati, sub deflexi, pedicellos ovarioque 
fuscescens brunea. 
Perianth. arcuatum subconnivens, laciniis 4, spathulato-ob- 
longis, exterior antico posticoque scaphiformibus, longi- 
oribus et angustior, interior concavis. 
Labellum cum columne altiuscul. connatum, trilobum : lobis 
lateralibus erectis, marginis revolutis ; antice gibbum ; centrale 
cordato reflexo patens, cristis 2, ава triangularibus purpu- 
reis, color albus purpureo-tinctus. 
Columna apice dilatata emarginata antice(clinandrium) ros- 
tello bicrur. cruribus longis? asendentibus artice bicorniger, 
cornubus diversum arcuatis, apice glandulosis luteis, dorso 
brunnescens. 
Anthera clinandrio recondita, subhelmet-shaped, bilocularis 
membranacea. 
Pollinia 4, per pariam, arcte coalita, antea arcuata ascen- 
dent. lanceolato-obovata planiuscula. Caudicula longa. Glan- 
dula carnosa oblonga 
1 Plant natural size. 2. lateral view of bud. 
3. Lateral view of flower. 
4, Front view of flower ; 4a front view of Labellum. 
5. Lateral view of Column and Labellum, and of bud no 2, 
6. Lateral view of the upper part of Column, one lobe of 
its apex cut away to shew the anther, etc. 
7. Lateral view of column and labellum. 
8. Section of compound (posticous) sepal shewing the ver- 
nation. 
8. Ditto of simple anticous ditto. 
9. Front view of column. 
