on, a 



OFK 1 1 1 1 • \« 





dicl< ■ -, which are cither bent down upon die i> 



together, »iili<int. however, Fon 



remainder licle, «!i 



uppi r margin of the stigma, an 1 



powdery, (*ranular, or sectile pollen canno 



<il that part, but are readil) divided into 



i the anther in < rect, not Lingi d to tli 



and stands an ogmOj the pollen n 



of the lobes of the anther ; in others I Arethua ne) tli 



upon the end of which it i- pla 



. to the column, but is 

 with Uie -• It' to tlii- we add that I 



nil the others have one only, we find the < brder di 

 following is :i tabular \ iew. 



N 



B. /' 



1 \ • 



\ l 



1 1. Anthi r 



VII. - 



. 



I. ->/ 

 BMidicle, bul 



II. / 



\ 



.II<1 III I 



\; ing many other remarkable peculiarities the irritability of the lab Uui 

 over in silence. This ie extremelj striking in var 



man. 

 barbigerum a 



Hut - in 



gular. In I 



Mr. I '. . 



- 



shaped I 



r lip : tin- labellum I 

 a liil that exactly I 



•2 column ; \\1 



lum) turns 

 round within I 

 falls 



) 

 \ in. 



a small insect touches it- point, the labellum o 

 to the bottom of the column, passing the anther in it 

 anv insiit which the box will hold. When it 

 catches an insect it remains shut «liil«' its prej 

 continues t>> mo\ e about : but if no capture is made 

 the li«l soon recovers its position Another plant, 

 Drakssa elastics, has a single Bower placed at the 

 end of a slender smooth Bred scape, from twelve 

 Jitr. n inches high, and its labellum, which is 

 hammer-headed, and placed on a long arm w 

 moveable elbow-joint in the middle, is stated by Mr. 

 Drummond tn resemble an insect suspended in the 

 air, and moving with every breeze. Another plant 

 of this description is Spiculsaa ciliata, whose rusty 

 flowers when spread open may be compart l to 

 1 spiders, the lip with a long solid 1 

 looking hike their body, while an append 

 apex, which is apparently moveable, is not unlike 

 the head of such a creature. 



Orchids are found in almost all the 



world, except upon the vergi 



**»$l£^r 







■ Will— MegacliniumBufo; 1. a] »m*gnlni 



morv magnified 



1 \ Mil. bis.— Spiral 



'. 



