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var. FRYANA. 



LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



No. 94. 



NATURAL ORDER. 



ORCHID ACE^E. § VAKDEjE. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDKI A. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cirrhaea (Ltndl.) Perianthium patens. Sepala libera, asqualia. Petala multo angustiora, 

 linearia, flexuosa. Labellum longe unguiculatum, columna continuum tripartitum ; laciniis 

 angustis intermedia minore. Columna erecta clavata, teres, stigmate subquadrato, horizon'tali ! 

 ro'stello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis ! membranacea, subunilocularis. Pollinia 2 parallela, 

 oblonga, compressa elastice prosilientia ; caudicula brevi cornea glandula incurva. Heroes 

 epiphytse, pseudo-bulbosse. Folia plicata. Racemi penduii, multiflori, radicales. Flores macu- 

 lati. — {Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orchid, page 141.) 



Perianth patent. Sepals free, equal. Petals much narrower, linear, flexuose. Labellum 

 longly clawed, continuous with the column, three-parted, divisions narrow, the intermediate one 

 smaller. Column erect, club-shaped, round, stigma somewhat square, horizontal, with a cirrhous 

 beak. Anthera placed at the back of the column, membranaceous, one-celled. Pollinia 2, 

 parallel, oblong, compressed elastically, shooting out. Caudicula short, horny, gland incurved. 

 Epiphytic pseudo-bulbose plants. Leaves plicate. Racemes pendulous, many-flowered, scape 

 arising from the base of the pseudo-bulb. Flowers spotted. 



Foliis lanceolatis ; petalis carnosis linearibus fuscis sepalis duplo minoribus et brevioribus ; 

 sepalis lutiscentis revolutis ; labello tripartito acuto, carnoso, partibus subagqualibus. 



Leaves lanceolate ; petals fleshy, linear, brownish, as small again as the sepals ; sepals yellowish, 

 revolute ; labellum three-parted, acute, fleshy, parts somewhat equal. 



Descr. — Pseudo-bulbs ovate, furrowed. Leaves lanceolate, solitary. Scape compressed, two- 

 edged. Sepals thin, of a yellowish green colour, unspotted, bent back at the margins, twice as broad, 

 and longer than the petals. Petals linear, fleshy, delicately coloured with fine spots of reddish 

 brown, shorter than the sepals. Labellum fleshy, divided into nearly three equal parts, each part 

 acute, the upper of which is banded with dark purple, the two other parts are parallel with each 

 other, are more fleshy and yellow, tinted in the centre with orange, and at the union there is a 

 fleshy protuberance, the claw of the labellum is longer than the lobes, the column reaches to the 

 centre of the labellum, and is marked in a similar manner to the petals but more distinct. The 

 stigma is in the shape of a horse-shoe oblique, and then fixed at the back of the column, one- 

 celled, with two fleshy appendages inside ; beak very finely subulate. Pollen-masses compressed, 

 concave ; gland hooked. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



The genus Cirrhcea is singular, and curious in the structure of its flowers, 

 which hang in beautiful tresses over the sides of the pot, but unfortunately they 



