138 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). | Bonatea. 
XXV. BONATEA, Willd. 
Sepals unequal, free; dorsal erect, lateral oblique, ieee 
Petals deeply bipartite ; posterior lobe ere ect, adpresse 
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base produced into a narrow claw, adnate to the base of the lateral 
sepals, the anterior lobe of the — and the stigmatic processes, 
tripartite above with narrow lobe olumn short, ‘footless ; anther- 
bed erect, as long as the anther. “hetbee got somewhat diverging ; 
side lobes of the rostellum ; pollinia granular, with elongate curved 
caudicles and exserted naked glands ; staminodes lateral, small, 
auriculate tigma bipartite, extended in fron o a pair of 
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elongate subclavate processes; rostellum trilobed ; middle lobe 
cucullate, apiculate ; side lobes linear, elongate. Capsule oblong. 
. Terrestrial — with the ee o a — Habenaria ; flowers rather large, in 
more or less e ngated racemes ; 
ge ‘Spel about 18, peek ig vee fig tl ig and 7 occurring 
within ou It is distinguished fro: aged a by the cucullate middle 
lobe of the perry at by the union of t ow the lateral sepals, the 
anterior lobe of the petals and the base of the meainaths processes with the claw of 
the lip. 
r cylindrical or subeylindrical, 2-1 in 
SrSide scp of op tapi ligne, Nai 4 in. 
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Side ia of lip jissitnte, acuminate, snout 8 in. ine (2) Saun 
Side lobes of lip linear, about 1} in. long ER 9 | diesen 
Spur somewhat elongate at the apex, 14-14 in. bag : 
co ton seit of deg linear or lanceolate-linear 
about 7 lin. se 2 ; stigmas about $ in. 
-. (4) Boltoni. 
pal 2- 1i in. long ici ict 2 i in. ve (5) speciosa, 
Side ero of lip filiform 
Flowers rather small ; spur under 1 in. Sei .-- (6) densiflora. 
Flowers large ; spur over 1 in. long ... a4 ..- (7) antennifera. 
2-partite ; upper lobe narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, as long as 
