NATURAL ORDER OF 0RCH1DEJE. 11$ 



Stylus brevissimus (A. f.) s. elongatus (C.c. c.) 



crassus, teres s. angulatus, anthcrifer. 

 Stigma convexum-concavum-globosum ; basi 



(A. c. B. c.) s. apice (C. c.) amice s. pos- 



tice (E. e. G. g.) stylo insidens. 

 Per. Capsula forma diversa, i-locularis, trivalvis, 



plerumque carinata, sub angiitis dehiscens, 



basi & apice cohcrrens. 

 Semina receptaculis ternis parictibus capsula? 



adnatis adha?rentia, minutissima, plurima : 



Arillo scobiformi membranaceo tubulato 



obvelata ; s. rarius nuda, in pulpa carnosa 



nidulantia. 

 £J. B. In Statyrium, all the leaflets of the calyx-, 



as also the Labellum, are connected at the 



base. 

 Jn Orchis Burmanniana the calyx is tubular 

 • bel«w. 

 Stclis & Masdevallia have the outer leaflets 



of the calyx connected ; but the inner ones 



are distinct. 

 Lcpnnihcs has no Labellum, but in its place 



the upper or under part of the style has 



two lateral petal-like lobes. 



