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bracts very conspicuous; calyx-lobes and petals much nar- 

 rowed upwards ; upper calyx-lobe arched ; labellum down- 

 ward longitudinally inflexed, upwards recurved, fringed 

 and gradually narrowed ; fruit somewhat turgid. 



L. nigricans. 

 Eadical leaf absent at the flowering time. 



Quite dwarf ; basal leaf rather small, ovate -lanceolar, of thin 

 texture ; flowers rather small, one to three ; calyx-lobes 

 and petals reddish-brown and partly whitish ; labellum 

 almost as broad as long, slightly denticulated, truncate- 

 blunt ; fruit rather slender. 3j. Burnetti. 



ACXANTHUS. 



1788. Upper lobe of the calyx very much elongated. 



Mostly dwarf and slender ; leaf sessile, somewhat pointed, 

 purplish underneath ; flowers except the calyx-tube dark- 

 or dull-purplish ; bracts very short ; calyx-lobes very 

 narrow, the lower many times longer than the petals ; 

 labellum very short, gradually pointed ; gynostemium 

 very narrow ; fruit slender. A. caudatus. 



Upper lobe of the calyx quite short. 



Dwarf and slender ; leaf sessile, somewhat pointed, purplish 

 underneath ; flowers few or several, very small, except 

 the calyx-tube pale-pink ; bracts very short ; calyx-lobes 

 pointed, about twice as long as the petals, the upper 

 almost erect ; labellum narrow, acute, smooth or slightly 

 papillular ; gynostemium very narrow ; fruit slender. 



(A. Brunonis.) A. exsertus- 



CYRTOSTYX.XS. 



1789. Flowers small, except the calyx-tube pale- or dull- 



purplish. 



Always dwarf, quite slender ; leaf sessile, shining, green 

 on both sides or reddish below ; bracts very small ; 

 calyx-lobes and petals delicately membranous, nearly of 

 equal length ; labellum comparatively narrow, yet broader 

 than the lower calyx-lobes and other petals, blunt, lined 

 with two dark-red elevations ; gynostemium dilated to- 

 wards the summit ; fruit slender. C. reniformis. 



ERIOCKIZiirS. 



1790. Labellum ovate -cuneate, much recurved, slightly 



fringed. 



Never tall, always very slender ; basal leaf from cordate- to 

 lanceolar-ovate ; stem-leaves none ; flowers rather small, 

 three or two or one ; lower lobes of the calyx very tender, 



