326 ORCHIDEA. 
8. Pair of lobes of pollinia. 
9. Do. laid side by side. 
10. Four Pollinia lobes, as they lie in the anther. 
11. Lateral view of column. : 
12. Front view of the apex of do. a clinandrium, 5 ros- 
tellum c stigma. 
13. Long section of the upper part of the column, a cli- 
nandrium, 6 rostellum, c stigma. 
14. Transverse view of the ovarium, the three upper costate 
sulca are much less deep. 
The drawings have been made from a specimen in spirits. 
Has. Samil of Mount Ophir; a stately plant with acute 
curculigoid leaves. 
Bs. There is no pulverous matter to make it Malazideous, 
and in the clavis it answers to Dilochia, but in the generic 
characters of that genus, the pollinia are said to be 
It is allied to Cælogyne, Cyrtopodium, &c. 
BrETIA. 
1. Bletia bracteosa Gr. Pl. CCCXII. 
Rhizomata bulbive? subterranea, forma varia alba carnosa, 
interdum vere rhizomatiformia hinc: illinc annulata, folia 
longissime e parte distincta orta, linearia, plicata coriacea, se- 
nilia tantum vidi 25 pedalia. 
Axis florifer. valde elongata erecta, 3-4 pedalis, fuscescens 
levis, glabra, fere omnino et infra medium omnino, vaginis 
scariosis laxis striato-venosis acuminatissimis, presertim su- 
perioribus tecta, inter flores subpubescens. 
Flores racemosi spatium spithamzum apices axeos occu- 
pantes, resupinati, ovaria pedicellique pube minuta velutina. 
Bractez scariosz lineares angustissime acutissimze albidz, 
brunneo-striate, ovaria longe excedentes vel summaque 
tantum acutate vix dimidium superantes, Alabastra postica, 
. postice planiuscula antica convexa. 
