■1QA Orchideae R. Br. 



reflexis, purpureis; lobus intermedius dependens sanguineus 

 lino^uaeformis ; columna intus striis sanguineis notata. 



73. RENANTHERA (ARACHNANTHE) MOSCHIFERA Lndl. 



£har. Gen. cf. Encll. Gen. Sppl. III. 1473.^- Arachnanthe Hsskl. Cat. 



232.1- — Armudorum Ivuhl ct Hasselt Orcli. Mss. ined. 

 Char. Spec. cf. Lndl. Orcli. 217. 2. Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 26. Catal. 232. 1. 



Arachms Bl. Bijdr. 366. Hsskl. Decad. 41. Armodorum moschatum 



Ktihl et Hasslt. Orcli. Mss. Flagellaria araneiflora Nor. Verh. Bat. 



Gen. V. 76. 



Descrpt. Epipbyta ubique radices aereas crassas 

 proferens, alte scandens, ramosa, arborum ramos obtegens; 

 /olia alterna disticha, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, subrecurva, 

 margine acuta, 6 poll. longa, 1,5 poll. lata, apice subemargi- 

 nata, laete viiidia, utrinque glaberrima, laevia; spica hinc 

 inde basi paniculata ped. 2 et ultra longa oppositifoHa ; pe- 

 dunculus teres glaber apice flexuosus brunneo - maculatus ; 

 flores alterni distantes, maximi, bracteati; bracteae ovatae, 

 acutae, concavae, marcescentes , diu persistentes ; pedicelli 

 patenti-erecti, in perigonii tubum sensim incrassati, cmii tubo 

 1,0 — 1,5 poll. longi; tubus calycis semitortus, nitens, lae^sds- 

 simus, sulcatus, rubiginoso.-viridis; limbi laciniae 1,5—2,2 

 poll. longae, 0,3 — 0,6 poU. latae, maculis magnis subirregula- 

 ribus aut transverse fasciatis atro - sanguineis notatae, mar- 

 gine refiexae, nunc inodorae, nunc odore moschato fragran- 

 tissimae; labellum concavmn, basi persicinum, macula media 

 crocea, glaberrima, leviter costata ; lobi laterales adscendentes, 

 apice margine recurvo, colore laciniarum; intermedius erecto- 

 connivens intus persicinus; appendix impositus conicus den- 

 tiformis carnosus acutus candidus, antherae incumbens, extus 

 vineus striis minutis atro-sanguineis ; columna candida semi- 

 teres, facie interna striis persicinis extus lateribus persicino- 

 punctulatis; anthera candida, subrosea, plano-convexa, lata, 

 suborbiculata, biloculata; poUinia bina intus cava bivalvia in 

 duo secedentia, singula fili elastici ope glandulae membra- 

 naceae, triangulari affixa. 



