64 ’ NATURAL ORDERS AND 
Pouch double, each enclosing a 
single pollen MassS.....+...++0+ .... Opurys, v. 3, p. 1116. 
Glands of the pollen masses naked, 
ABEUDOD teccevechastne doy se Rede thades Hermrnivy, v. 3. p. 1115. 
TrirE 2. NEOTTIEZ. ” 
Lip entire. 
Remarkably concave ....s.scccsseseeseree GoopYERA, V. 3. p. 1119. 
With two fleshy projections at the base. SpiranTHEsS, v. 3. p. 1121. 
Lip lobed. 
Anthers naked, terminal, free ............ Neorm1a, v. 3. p. 1120. 
Anthers covered with a hood ............ Listers, v 3. p. 1122. 
TrisE 3, ARTHUSEZX. 
Lip not spurred at the base.........seeeceere Epipractis, v. 3. p. 1123. 
Lip spurred at the base .........s0sseeee0ee- CORALLORHIZA, V. 3. p. 1127 
TRIBE 4. MALaxIDEz. 
Lip uppermost, much smaller than the 
BOPHIS nouwcescsecccsamcnasrecscseesesns saree Mataxis, v. 3. p. 1128. 
Lip undermost, much larger than the 
BOPBIS i. secsceccccnsscsessecsscrecctonssacce LPARIS, ¥si07 game 
TriBe 5. CYPRIPEDIEZ. 
Lip very large, inflated...............s0ess++.. CYPRIPEDIUM, V. 3. p. 1130. 
ORDER LXXXVIL IRIDE.—Juss. 
Perianth six partite, petaloid, tubular at the base, or separate, 
sometimes irregular, superior. Stamens three, inserted into the base 
of the outer segments of the perianth. Anthers two celled, fixed at 
the base, bursting lengthwise. Ovary three celled. Style one. 
Stigmas three, often petaloid, sometimes two lipped, simple, or laci- 
niated. Capsules three celled, three valved, the valves septiferous in 
the middle, many seeded, the seeds attached to the inner angle of 
the cells, sometimes to a central column. /mbryo enclosed within 
the corneous or fleshy albumen —Herbaceous plants, or very seldom 
undershrubs, with tuberous or fibrous roots. Leaves alternate, ensi- 
Form, or linear equitant. Inflorescence terminal. Bracts spathaceous, 
often scarious. 
GENERA. ° 
Stigmas petaloid, three parted............... Iris, v. 1. p, 43. 
Stigmas not petaloid. 
Three, bifid, with slender lobes ......... TRICHONEMA, V. 1. 42, 
Three, dilated upwards  ...ssesccecsesseers Crocus, v. 1. p. 39. 
