Natural order of orchide^ 163 

 Char, natnralis : 



Calyx resupinatus, 5-phylIus : 



Foliola tria exteriora : duo superiora, unum 

 inferius s. anterius j lanceolata, obtusa, pa- 

 tentia. 

 Duo interior a lateralia linearia* 

 Cor. Labcllum basi concavo stylum amplectens, 

 calyci incumbens, adscendens ; lamina ob- 

 tusa s. acuta, erecta s. subreflexa. 

 Genii. Stylus e Germine infero teretiusculo, obo- 

 vato erectus, parum gibbus, antice apice- 

 que excavatus. 

 Anthera terminalis,opercularis, hcemisphasrica, 



bilocularis, oblique insidens, decidua. 

 Masses pollinis sessiles, oblongcc, globulares, 

 margini anteriori apicis styli incumbentes 

 solitarire. 

 Stigtiia anticum (situ posticum) infra Anthe- 

 ram, versus labellum, concavum. 

 Per. Capsula pedicellata oblonga s. ebovato, &c. 



N. B. This genus approaches to the next, but 

 besides the situation of the flowers which 



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