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84 OECHIDEJJ, HYDROCIIARIDES. [Cl. 4, 



Mong, with 3 principal ribs, or angles, each opposite 

 to a Calyx-leaf; Style, fig. 78, b, united, more or 

 less, with the Stamen, sometimes very short ; Stigma 

 fig. 78, c, c, oblique, facing the Lip, concave, moist, 

 accompanied at the summit or sides with one or two 

 glands, fig. 72, g, either naked, or in a membranous 

 pouch or pouches, serving to attach the discharged Pol- 

 len. Capsule shaped like the Gennen, of three valves, 

 splitting for the most part at their sides only, between 

 the ribs. Seeds very numerous and minute, mostly 

 tunicated with a loose membrane; which is wanting 

 in Vanilla, where they are imbedded in pulp. "Al- 

 bumen the shape of the Seed." Gartn. Embryo mi- 

 nute, simple, central, near the Scar. " The Flowers 

 of the Qwkidea have their lower part, or Lip, natu- 

 rally placed inwards, but by a twist in their Stalk, or 

 base of the Gennen, they are mostly turned halt" 

 round." Brown. 



They all, as far as hitherto known, belong properly 

 to Gynandria Monandria of Linrueus, Cypripedium 

 only being referable to' Gynandria Diandria. They 

 are well distributed into sections, by the three different 

 forms of the Anther, as above described ; the texture 

 of the Pollen being used by Mr. Brown for further 

 distinctions. The Genera are distinguished accord- 



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ing to these improved principles, in Sm. Compend. FL 

 Brit. ed. 2 and 3, and by Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. 2, where they are greatly increased in number. 

 Ord. 22. HYDROCHARIDES. " Calyx of l leaf. 



