GEAMMANGIS. 



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Grammatophyllum ; but on account of the very different form of its 

 perianth^ Reichenbach separated it from tbat genus and founded upon 

 it a new genus with the above name.* Mr. Bentham would also join 

 with it Gymhidium Huttonii figured in the Botanical Magazine of 

 1867^ t. 5676, a plant of Malayan origin introduced by us through 

 Hutton, but which has long since disappeared from cultivation, and 

 which if re-introduced would probably receive separate generic rank. 

 Of the propriety of sepai^ating the Madagascar plant from Grammato- 

 phyllum, a comparison of the woodcuts given below of that and 

 the Malayan Graiiimato'phyllum FenzUanum can leave but little doubt. 



Grammangis Ellisii. 



Stems fusiform, four-angled, clothed with closely adherent, pale 

 membraneous sheaths. Leaves 4—7 or more from the upper part of 

 the stem, ligulate, obtuse, lo— '25 inches long, 2 — 2| inches broad, 



Graiiuiiangis EHi-^ii. 



deciduous. Scapes from the base of the stems, stoutish, arching, racemose, 

 12 — 15 flowered ; liracts ovate, acuminate, almost as long as the ovaries. 

 Flowers 2 — 3 inches across the lateral sepals ; sepals obovate-oblong 

 witli slightly revolute margins and reflexed tip, the dorsal one bent 

 forward, tawny yellow, usually transversely streaked, but sometimes densely 

 spotted with red-l)rown, always with a broad yellow transverse belt 



The meaning of the name is obscure ; the author has given no explanation. 



