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remoTfible. The operations here described are often completed 

 before the opening of the Spatlioghtth at alL 

 Of the orchids I gathered here none interested me more 



na. 16. — ABraroiKA steciosa ^ a, b, e, 

 AS TiCw, 17 : c srpPER siAtu5m, asb 



D, LOWER ASU 8UJB FLAPS Of 

 STTGMA. 



FIG. n. — ARrm>INA SPECIOdA (bh*) ; 

 A» TOr OF CHB9T OF ASTHKR-CAP ; 

 B, FOLLRSIA ; », LOWER llARGIK OF 



snoafA ; b, stioma ; f, fkowt of 



than the Arundma speetosa, BI. This cane-Hke species grows 

 to a height of between five and six feet, prodacing withont 

 intermission for many months a succession of large and 

 beautiful purple flowers. The labelluni is tubular, and has a 



yiO. 18. — ARrSTJiSA STECTOSA SnOTTHfa 

 ASniER QCTTB BOTATED IXTO 

 STIGMA : », LOWER PLAFS OF SrriGMA 

 CUJfiTXO VffVrs AKTIIER'CAP ; A» F, 

 AS IS FIQ, 17. 



no. ARUSTDiyA SPECIOSA BHOWTKO 



POLLINTA ROTATED ITfTO STIflMA 

 Ajri> THE FRONT OF COLCSTX, F, 

 Bl'RST WITFI SWOLL-ES I'OLLEK 

 •VVBES, ASTHBR-CAP BEMOTIBD, 



broad fringed dark purple margin, from which radiate deeper 

 lines converging towards the bright yellow throat, where they 

 merge in two ridges leading to the shallow nectar-depression 

 at the base of the column. 



In the very yonng bud (Fig. 16) the column is crowned with 



