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CYRTOPODIUM WILLMOREI. 



(Mr. Willmore's Cyrtopodium.) 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEiE. (IAndl.) ORCHIDEiE.— (R. Br.) 



§ VANDEiE. — (Lindl.) 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cyrtopodium (R. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.) Perianthium explanatum, sequale, sepalis 

 petalisque liberis. Labettum unguiculatum, cum basi producta columnae continuum, tripartitum, 

 explanatum, ecalcaratum. Columna semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice biloba, 

 caudicula lineari brevi, glandula ovata. Plantse terrestres, fruticosae, caulibus fusiformibus 

 carnosis, foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus vaginalis, floribus speciosis. — Lindl. G. et Sp. orch. 



Perianth explanate, equal, sepals and petals free. Lip clawed, continuous witb the length- 

 ened base of the column, 3-parted explanate, spurless. Column semiterete. Anther 2-celled. 

 Pollen-masses 2, 2-lobed at the back, caudicula linear short, gland ovate. Terrestrial shrubby 

 plants, with fleshy fusiform stems, leaves folded, flowering stems radical, sheathed, flowers 

 handsome. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



C. Willmorei ; foliis lanceolatis plicatis costatis,. scapo erecto ramosissimo, floribus paniculatis, 

 sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis undulatis maculatis ; bracteis sepalis conformibus et maculis 

 similibus notatis ; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus erectis cuneatis intermedio rotundato emarginato 

 margine granuloso, disco tuberculato. 



Descr. — Leaves lanceolate, folded, ribbed ; flowering stem erect, much branched ; flowers 

 panicled; sepals and petals lanceolate, acute, undulate, spotted; bracteas like the sepals in 

 shape, and marked with similar spots ; lip three-lobed, lateral lobes erect, cuneate, the inter- 

 mediate lobe rounded, emarginate, margin granulose, disc tuberculated. 



A very handsome plant, with a lofty much-branched flowering stem. Sepals 

 and petals yellowish green, spotted with dull red ; lateral petals less undulated, 

 brighter in colour, and more sparingly marked than the sepals. Lateral lobes of 

 the lip pale red ; the disc, or space between them, beset with small tubercles, the 

 intermediate lobe yellow, the granulated margin of which is minutely spotted with 

 red. At the base of each flower-stalk is placed a bractea, in shape and markings 

 exactly resembling the sepals. The gland is rather triangular than ovate. 



The name of this genus, Cyrtopodium, is derived from kurtos, convex, and pous, 

 a foot, in reference to the convex claw of the labellum ; and believing it to be a 



