NATURAL ORDER OF ORCHIDEJE. I 25 



Char, naturalis. 



Calyx irregularis, ringens, 5-phyllus : 



Folio/a 3 exteriora, quorum unum posterius 

 fornicatum; duo lateralia anteriora. Duo 

 interiora lateralia, superiore exteriore ple- 

 rumque conniventia in galeam. 

 Cor. Labellum a latere inferiori stylo antice ad- 

 nexum, diverse formce, patens, basi tubo 

 calcariformi subtus porrecto. 

 Cenit. Stylus e Genuine infero oblongo contorto 

 brevis, columnaris. 

 Anther a magna, oblonga, terminalis, stylo 

 adnata, erecta, dorso gibba subcarinata, 

 bilocularis : loculis antice dehiscentibus. 

 Massa pollinis clavato-pedicellata*, s. granula 

 oblonga vesiculosa, imbricatirn pedicellis in- 

 sidentia basi glandulosis ad sinus inferiores 

 loculorum insertis. 

 Stigma infra antheram pone meatum in calcar, 

 convexum, obliquum. 

 I\r. Capsitla oblonga, uniloculars, tricarinata, 

 rrivalvis, sub carinis trifariam dehiscens. 

 apice &: ba?i cohserens. 



