NATURAL ORDER OF ORCHIDEJE. l6/ 



Thunberg calls the lip of M. nervosa 

 petalum suprenmm ; the flowers, therefore, 

 are distinctly resupinate. 



16. CYMBIDIUM Sw. PI. 6. R. 



Char, essent. Calyx erectus s. patens. . 



Labellum basi concavum, ecalcara- 



tum ; lamina patula. 

 Anther a operculars, decidua. 

 Pollen globosum. 



Character naturalis. 



Calyx 5-phyllus rarius 4-phyllus: 



Foliola erecta s. patentia. Tria exteriora ; 



duo interiora plcrumque parum minora. 

 Cor. Labellum basi concavum (nee stylo margini- 



bus adnatum) ecalcaratum; lamina patula, 



indivisa s. lobata, erecta s. deflexa. 

 Cenit. Stylus e Genuine infero, oblongo s. ovato 



erectus, semicylindricus, saope gibbus, an- 



tice concavus. 

 Anthera opercularis, hcemisphccrica, 2-4-locuIa- 



ri?, decidua. 



