83. ORCHIDACE^E. 31)7 



jointed to the recurved label. Stigma transverse. Anth. 

 terminal, erect, movable, shortly and thickly stalked, 2- 

 celled. Column long 1 . Gormen sessile, twisted. 



Tr. III. AUETHUSEJE. Anther ultimately free, like a lid, 

 deciduous. Pollen in many granules, pulpy or powdery, 

 cohering in 2 stalked masses. Root (in our plant) of fleshy 

 much-branched fibres. 



14. EPIPOGUM. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, large, 

 entire, with a small patent lobe on each side of its base and 

 an erect inflated spur. Anth. tumid, seated in the lobed 

 top of the column. Stigma transverse. Germen and stalk 

 not twisted. 



Tr. IV. MALAXIDE^. Anther terminal, free, usually like 

 a lid. Pollen cohering in a definite number of granules 

 and at length waxy and confluent ; no stalks. Root fibrous, 

 with or without a superior bulb. 



15. CORALLORRHIZA. Perianth converging. Lip with 2 

 prominent longitudinal ridges at the base, 3-lobed ; lateral 

 lobes small ; middle lobe large, slightly emarginate. Spur 

 short or wanting. Stigma triangular. Rostellum want- 

 ing ; but a large globose appendage. Anth. terminal, 2- 

 celled, opening transversely. Column long. Germen slightly 

 stalked, straight. 



16. MALAXIS. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, entire, 

 similar to the pet., smaller than the sepals. Spur 0. Stigma 

 rhomboidal. Rostellum short, entire, acute. Anth. terminal, 

 continuous with the short column, out of the apex of which 

 it appears as if it were excavated, with 2 imperfect cells. 

 Pollen-masses connected at their apex. Germen upon a 

 twisted stalk. 



17. LIPARIS. Perianth patent. Lip anterior, erect or oblique, 

 entire, dilated, much larger than the sepals. Spur 0. 

 Stigma roundish. Rostellum wanting; but an appen- 

 dage consisting of 2 tubercles. Anth. terminal, deciduous, 

 movable like a lid, with 2 distinct cells. Column long. 

 Germen on a twisted stalk. 



Tr. V. CYPRIPED1EM. Intermediate anther barren petal- 

 like, 2 lateral anthers perfect. 



18. CYPBIPEDIUM. Perianth patent. Lip inflated. Column 

 trifid above ; the lateral lobes bearing stamens ; middle 

 lobe sterile, dilated. Two lower (lateral) sepals combined, 

 Germen straight. 



