SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
column, inflated at the base, entire, or three lobed, the 
middle lobe large, and jointed to the others. Column 
plano-convex, with two teeth at the apex. Pollen masses 
acuminate. Anther two celled. 
12, Corattor'niza, [Page 1127.] Sepals and petals more or 
less coloured, arching or spreading, lip more or less 
lobed, spurred at the base. Spur often adhering to the 
ovary. Column free, plano-convex entire. Anthers 
terminal, free, deciduous, round, two celled, with two 
anterior valves. Pollen masses four, spherical, solid. 
TriBe 4. Pollen cohering in grains or masses, which are definite 
in number, and waxy. (Mataxipex, Lindley.) 
13. Mazax'is, [Page 1128.] Sepals herbaceous, ovate, 
spreading. Petals herbaceous, reflexed. Lip uppermost, 
much smaller than the sepals, not spurred, embracing the 
column at the base. Column very short, excavated in 
front. Pollen masses four, oblong. Anthers terminal, 
deciduous. 
14. Lipa’ris, [Page 1129.] Sepals more or less herbaceous, 
spreading. Petals linear, spreading, lip undermost, much 
larger than the sepals, undivided, reflexed. Column 
nearly as long as the sepals. Anthers terminal, deci- 
duous. Pollen masses four, oblong. 
Tripe 5. Lateral anthers fertile, the intermediate one sterile, 
and petaloid. (CypripepiEx, Lindley.) 
Orver TI. Dranpria.—2 Stamens. 
15. Cypripr’pium, [Page 1130.] Sepals loosely spreading. 
Lip very large, obtuse, inflated, slipper-shaped. Column 
terminated at the back by a petaloid lobe (the sterile 
anther), and separating the anthers, the two anterior 
sepals often united. 
OrvEerR II]. Hexanpria.—6. Stamens. 
16. Artstoto‘cH1a, [Page 1131.] Perianth single, superior, 
tubular, mostly swollen at the base, the mouth dilated, 
and elongated on one side into a ligula. Anthers six, 
sub-sessile, inserted into the style. Stigma six-cleft. 
Capsule inferior, six celled, six angled. 
