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Syn. Äerides paniculatam Bot. Reg. 1. c. 



Planta parasitica , lierbacea , perennis : caudeic 

 rhizomatosus , ramoso- radicatus , compressus, 

 erectus , totus foliosus ; fibrae in intervallis folio- 

 rum laterales , vermiculari - elongatae , tere- 

 tes, crassae, tortuosae, nodoso-rugatae, laeves, 

 cinereae, fibrillis nudae, apice virentes. Folia 

 plurima, alterna, disticha, patentissima , firma, 

 crassiuscula , lineari-lorata, canalicülata, subses- 

 cuncialia, laete viridia, inaequaliter retusa lobo 

 altero productiore. Caulis aphyllus, inter folia 

 lateralis, ascendens, purpureo-fusco varius , le- 

 res, laevis, rigidus, sesquipedalis, subgeniculato- 

 flexuosus 5 articulis bractea breyi sterili cylin- 

 drica vaginatis, panicnlatus spiculis paucis mul- 

 tifloris alterne distantibus patentissirais , termi- 

 nali arrecto-continua. Flores flavi, rubro-fusco 

 picti , inodori , erecti , nee resupinati j sessiles \ 

 hracteis singularibus ovato-acuminatis luteis ap- 

 pressis germini eoque ter quaterve brevioribus. 

 Germ, curvo-ascendens , 6-striato-teres , luteo- 

 viridans, f unciae longum^ Cor. bilabiala, se- 

 miringens, rigidiuscula : petala 5, semicirculari- 

 patula, aequilonga, f breviora germine ; sum" 

 mum mediuTn ( ex exterioribus unum ) distant 

 tius , obovato-oblongiim , subfornicatum; late- 

 ralia superiora 2 ( ex interioribus) angustiora, 

 lineari-oblonga, obtusa ; inferiora 2 (ex exte- 

 rioribus) duplo latiora , ab imis lateribus con- 

 nata cum ungae labelii, ovali-oblonga, acutüla, 

 supra n^acula atro-sanguinea picta, sursum obli- 



