Plate 2335 



CLEISOSTOMA ZUNSTLERI, Hoohf. 



Orciiidej^. Subtribe Sarcanthe^e. 



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>"^uou laimsque puberuUs, ramis aJterma patenu-recurvis au uaoiu. 



ire floriferis, bracteis rainutis, floribus ^ poll, latis breviter pedicellatis, 

 --jpahs lineari-oblongis obtusis petalis angustioribus, labello parvo 

 saccato, lobis lateralibus parvfs obtusis, terminali ovato recurvo, callo 

 tofra columnam glabro 2-lobo lobis emargiuatis, colurrma brevi rostello 

 uncmato, anthera rostrata, polliuiis rhombeis caudicula gracili glandula 



parva oblonga. 



Hab. Mai 



(Jaulis 2-3-pollicaris, crassus. Folia \-\\ poll, lata, carinata, pal- 

 ude viridia. Pedunculus foliis .-equilongus v. longior, pauci-bracteatus, 

 crassitie pennae corvinte : rami distantes, S-pollicares, rachi robusta 

 subdensiflora. Flores pallide lilaciiii. Sepala lateralia petalaque 

 aecurva. Labellum sepalis ajquilongum v. brevius. 



G- Kunstleri approaches nearest to G. ramosum, Hook. f. M. Brit, 

 j^^- vi, 71 {Saccolabium ramosum, Lindl.), which has broader ob 

 ^^ate yellowish sepals and petals, and a conical spur which as well 

 f the callus below the column is pubescent within. The plate is from 

 r V Tr'^^f^gs in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Calcutta.— 



''• -U. Hooker. 



3 ?£; V ^'r^^- 2. Lip laid open, showing the calli at the base of the c^l^"^"' 

 ^' F'ont, and 4. side, view of columA. 5. Anther. 6. Pollinia. All enlarged. 



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