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COMPARETTIA COCCIN’EA. 
CRIMSON FLOWERED COMPARETTIA. 
ENDOGENZ, oR MONOCOTELEDOWE A. 
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NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACEA, 
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No. 186. 
NUS. Commmennei Popria er Enpiicuer. Prrtcontt conniventis 
foliola exteriora angusta, basi coherentia, lateralia in unicum connata, basi in 
calcar producta, supremum inferne columnz adnatum; interiora paullo latiora 
libera. Lasettum posticum, cum columna auguiewatainks ungue basi subtus 
in cornua duo intra calear abscondita producto, lamina reniformi, integra vel _ 
basi bidentata, convexa, emarginata, disco cristata. CotumNna semiteres, mem- 
i io inflata. H i 
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ntibus. Heres, Peruane epiphyte, peendo-bulbiferm; salad. 
balbis exiguis, monophyllis, folia eet ie obtusiuscula, nervosa, racemis radi- 
calibus simplicibus vel ramosis, og mm bracteatis, Ewpzicuer ; Genera 
Plantarum, p. 202. 
SPE: CIES. Comparerria asied ee: (Linbiey.) Fouts angustis coriaceis 
duplo breviore, labello obcor- 
data  subrepando basi biel calcaribus subulatis ciliatis, colamna medio 
sub stigmate elevata. eg. vol. xxtv, p. 68. 
CHARACTER OF “a mar’ CompareTtTia. Outer Fo.iotes 
( sepals) of the converging perigone narrow, cohering at the base, the 
lateral ¢ ones united into a single piece, , the base lengthened into a spur, 
the upper one united below to the column; the internal folioles broader, 
free. The posterior lip formed ‘into a claw with the columns, the claw 
prolonged at the base into two horns which are hid within the spur; 
lamina kidney-shaded, entire, or two-toothed at the base, convex, emar- 
ginate, crested with a disk. CotumNn roundish, membranous at the 
margin, inflated in the middle. ANTHERS, two-celled, membranous. 
Po.ien Masses two, with two slender elastic little tails, which cohere 
to an oval convex gland. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, COMPARETTIA COCCINEA, PsEupo- 
BULBS small. Leaves narrow, thick, coriaceous, oblique at the apex, 
and somewhat pointed by the prolongation of a strong central nerve, 
green on the upper surface, purple or pink on the under, RacemMeEs 
terminal, subsecund. PEDUNCLE slender, furnished with a few small 
