i6\ DESCRIPTION DES COLLECTIONS. 



GEPHALAWTHERA acuaiinata. LindL Tah. 164. 



C. bracteis setaceis, acumiuatis^ superioribus ovarium superantibus, labello 

 cordato-ovato, obtiiso, sub apice barbato, lineis baseos quiiique elevalis, ova- 

 rio iilabro. 



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Cephalanthera acumîaata^ Lindl. Gea. and species of Orcbid. , p. 412- 



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Herba Ccphalanthcrœ ensifoUœ nostris habitu simillima. Rhyzoma repens, fibras cre- 

 berrinias, cylindricas, in fasciculuni subcongestas , longas emittens. Caulis plerumqne 

 solitarius ex eâdem radlce, arrectus, 3 decimetr. ait., simplicissimus, striatus, glaber- 



rimus , foliosus, pro foliis iiifernè squamis membranaceis, obtu 



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proximata, alterna, inferiora ovata, obtusa, .5-6-cent. longa, 3 circiter lata, superiora 

 angustiora decimetr. i longa, vix centimetr. 2 lata, lanceolata, atteniiata, aciita, margini- 

 bus ad basin rotundatam snbinvolutis, amplexicaulia, ceterum plana , papyracea, opaca, 

 nervis longitudinalijjus creberrimis in pagina dorsali pallidè virenti linèolas parallelas 

 exalbidas referentibns. Flores racemosi, albi, labello lutescente, bracteis lanceolatis acutis 

 ovario brevioribus stipati. Perianthii foliola externa ovato-îanceolata, acutinscnla, albida, 

 arrecta; duo lateralia seriei interioris ovata, obtusa, obscure 5-nervuIa, exterioribus bre- 

 viora, diu arrecta; labellum 3-lobatum, medio constrictum , subarticulatuni , basi saccato- 

 concavum, lobo terminali rotundato lineis prominentibus fl. papillosis aureis instructo , 

 in fauce et anticè ad limbi marginem grumerulo papillarum lutearum , lineâ cristatâ 

 decurrenti inter se sejunctariim, lobuli latérales gynostemium amplectentes, ovati, apice 



Gynostemium erectumv. subincurvum, labello inclusum, infer 



tubulatum, semiteres , costato-marginatnm , apice libero i 

 binis lateralibus stigmati subincumbentibus auctum. Anth 



crassiore, in lobulis 



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pici in brève fîlamentuni latiusculuni producta, dorso affixa, b 



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biseptatis; pollen granulosum , ali)idum. Stigma transversale proniinuluni , carnosulum , 

 medio transversè depressum, sub antherâ exacte siti 



m. Ovarium elongato-cylindricum 



rectum , laeve, virens. 



In pinetis et quercetis sub jugo Rari-ka-teïbi. ait. 2317 metr. (7G03 p. angl.) 8. majo. In 

 herbosis et fruticetis a 

 Ouri in regno Cachem, 



Tharia ad Hardehi in valle Jiunna^ et in syl 



ExpUcat, Tah, 164. 



I. Petaliim. 



4. Gynostemium, à fronte visum ut antliera 



2. l'ios à latere visus sublato periantbio ut la- , et stigma adparean t. 



bellum adparcat. 

 3. Labellum , atie expansum. 



5. Gynostemium, à latere vihum. 



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