PHALANOPSIS AMAB'LIS. 
~ PHALAZNOPSIS AMABILIS. 
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GENUS. Puarznopsis. Buiume. EFAIRONT explanati patentis foliola 
exteriora libera, equalia, interiora multo Lasettum colum 
pedi 
parum producto continuum, liberum, basi valle sum, vores lobis lateralibus 
recurvato-adscendentibus, intermedio angustiore bicirrhos CoLtuMNna 
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GYNANDRIA, 
MONANDRIA, 
OF LINNEUS, 
tinta duo, subglobosa, caudicula plana spathulata, glandula maxima cor- 
data. Enpiicner: Genera ea ae p. 3 
PECIES. Puaatz#nopsis aManitis. Bryume. Herpa moluccana epiphyta, 
caulibus simplicibus radicantibus, ‘site rigidis abana apice oblique 
retusis, floribus racemosis plnicelatls isve magnis a 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, PHALENOPSIS. PERIGON flatly ex- 
panded, the outer divisions free, equal to each other, the two inner 
ones much larger. - LABELLUM continuous with the slightly produced 
base of the column, free, with a protuberance at the base, three lobed, 
the lateral lobes curved upwards, the middle one narrower, with two 
awns. COLUMN reclining towards the ovarium, semi-cylindrical, with 
a sword-shaped rostellum. ANTHER two-celled. POLLEN MASSES 
two, nearly globular, the caudicula flat and spathulate, the gland very 
large and heart-shaped. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, PHALENOPSIS AMABILIS. EPI- 
PHYTE, clinging to and turning round the stems of trees by means of 
numerous thick white intricate roots. Stem very short and simple. 
Leaves without pseudo-bulbs, but thick and stiff, half a foot to a foot 
and a half in length, broadly oblong lanceolate, usually obliquely 
truncate or retuse at the top, with a strong midrib underneath, and 
thickened at the base. FLOWER STALKS two or three feet long, some- 
what flexuose, with a few small bractee placed at considerable inter- 
vals, bearing at the end a large loose raceme of from eight to twelve 
flowers, which in the cultivated specimen is simple, but in a wild state 
is said to be frequently branched into a panicle. PEDICELS one to 
two inches long, bent upwards above the middle, each at the axilla of 
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