ARETHUSA BULBOSA. 



BULBOUS-ROOTED ARETHUSA. 



Gynandria Monogynia, Linn. Orcludex, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Petals 5, connate at the base. Lip below growing to the column, cucullate above, 

 and internally crested. Pollen angular. Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Without leaves ; root globose ; scape sheathing, one-flowered ; upper calicine seg- 

 ments incurved ; lip somewhat crenulate. IVrfld. and Pets. 



Whole plant about a span high. Root perennial, bulbous, and 

 globose in shape, of a yellowish colour, with radicles from the under 

 part. Stem leafless, garnished with three or four sheathes, the upper- 

 most one in luxurient specimens foliaceous, perpendicular, straight, 

 cylindrical, of a yellow-green colour and smooth, crowned by one 

 elegant rose-red flower which is agreeably odorous. 



