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ORCHIDE^E. 



acuminatis 2j cm. 

 longis alabastrum 

 floris amplectanti- 

 bus, pedicellis 5 

 mm. longis, ovariis 

 1cm. longis lineari- 

 bus gracilibus % 

 mm. in diametro 

 sulcatis. Flores 

 patentes 4cm. 

 longi totiusque 

 lati. Sepalum pos- 

 ticum oblongo- 

 obovatum 23 mm. 

 longum 10mm. 

 latum basi fere 

 liaud contractum, 

 sepal a lateralia 

 magna oblique tri- 

 angularia latere 

 superiore 2cm. 

 longa latere in- 

 feriore 3-4 cm. 



longa basi 2 cm. lata apice acuta basi cum pede columns connata mentum 

 2 cm. longum f ormantia, latere superiore libera, latere inf eriore basi se con- 

 nata calcar 7 mm. longum 4 mm. latum formantia. Labellum ad orem 

 calcaris situm liberum longe unguiculatum, unguibus linearibus 9mm. longis 

 4 mm. latis sursum ad laminam expansum, lamina crusiformi 3-lobata 2 cm. 

 lata l cm. longa, lobo terminali triangulari-ovato 6 mm. longo 5 mm. lato 

 apice triangulari-acuto ad summum cuspidato-acuto basi leviter contracto ad 

 basin 3 mm. lato, lobis lateralibus divaricatis rectangulari-auriculiformibus 

 8 mm. latis totiusque longis. Discus medio labelli 1-lamellatus, lamella circ. 

 2 cm. longa crassiuscula. Columna circ. 10 mm. longa 2 mm. lata subalata 



Fig, 28, Tainia unguiculqta HATATA ; a, a flower, expanded ; 

 b, a detached lateral sepal ; c, a petal ; d, a lip ; e, apical por- 

 tion of a column; f, the same, seen from 'side; h, the same, seen 

 from front, anther lifted; 



