YI. OECHIDEiE. 



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VI. ORCHWEyE. 

 (OeOhides, Jussieu^ — Oec.hidej5, Br. — Okchidace^, Lindl.) 



Perianth superior, irregular, ^-seriate. Stamens 1-2, gynandrous ; pollen- 

 GEAINS variously agglomerated. Ovaet inferior, 1-celled, with 3 parietal placentas ; 

 OVULES nv/merous, anatropous. Seeds numerous, scotiform, exalbuminous. Embeto 

 minute. — Stem herbaceous. Roots fibrous, often tuhercled. Leaves radical or 

 alternate; sheathing, sometimes scale-like. Flowees usually in a spike or raceme^ 



Orchis. 

 Pollen-masses and retina- 

 culum (mag.). 



Orcbis. 



Flower -wilhout the ovary (mag.). 



ST. Stigma ; Jl. Eetinaculnm ; i. Anther-c«ll i 



P, Pollen-mass. 



Orchis. 



FoHion of apollea- 



mass (mag.). 



Orchis. 



Dehiscent fruit, leaving in 



their pl^e the 8 median 



nerves tof the carpels. 



Aceras anfhropophora. 



JSpidendrum. 

 Anther without the pollen- 

 masses (mag.). 



Epidendruni. 

 PoUen-maases 

 (mag.). 



