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~ TWO.COLOURED ACANTHEPHIPPIUM. 
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NATURAL ORDER, ‘ORCHIDACER., 
4 GYNANDRIA, . 
2 MONANDRIA, 
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GENUS. ACANTHEPHIPRIUMy: Biome,” Penrooxt ventricosi foliola exte- 
riora conglutinata, , supremum cum interi oribus 
spathulatis fornicatum. Lasetium cum pede columne long ge producto 
wie: ee limbo trilobo, ee cas ape disco lamellato. Cot- 
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lanceolatis sbatideethis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis, perianthio ovato. 
_ CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ACANTHEPHIPPIUM. 
folioles of the ventricose perigone agglutinated, the lateral ones adnate 
to the claw of the column, the upper one arched with the interior 
spatula-shaped, Lrp elastically articulated with the foot of the col- 
umn, which is very greatly prolonged, unguiculate, limb three-lobed, 
folded, disk lamellate. Conumn roundish. ANTHER fleshy, two-celled. 
POLLEN MASSES eight, unequal, sessile. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, A BICOLOR. The 
plant growing on the earth. Psrupo-suiss oblongo-ovate, corruga- 
ted, dark-green, contracted a little towards the neck, clothed with the 
remains of the former leaves. LEAVES rarely more than two or three, 
oblongo-lanceolate, plaited, erect, narrowed at the base, but without 
any petiole. Prpuncie radical, clothed with large ovate concave, 
brown scales bearing about four or five flowers. PERIGONE fleshy, 
an inch and a half long, ovate, or subconical, yellowish, except where 
it spreads out at the apex where it is of a deep purple. Serpats all 
conglutinated, oblong, obtuse, the lateral ones oblique at the base, 
and inserted into the base of the prolonged column. Perats of equal 
length, less marked at the apex, linear, oblong, acute. Lip articulated 
with the long foot forming the claw of the column, inflexed, folded, 
