Oruek I. 
MONANDllIA MONOGYNIA. 
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Essential specific Character. 
1 Inner limb of the corolla 3-fid, Seg. ovate equal sprdg. with long claws. Lip bifid, rev. Leaves ovate lane. 
2 Inner limb of the corolla trifid, Segments lanceolate acuminate straight 
3 Inner limb of the corolla trifid. Segments straight emarginate 
4 Inner limb of the corolla bifid 
5 Peduncl-2 short inclosed in the upper leaf. Inner limb of the corolla trifid, Segments ovate lanceolate sub- 
erect, Lip erect spreading entire 
6 Peduncles elong. Inner limb of corolla Sfid, Seg. lanceol. spathul. reflexed spreading, Lip oblong entire 
7 Segments of cor. 2 entire ovate unequal, Lip bifid bent down 
8 Segments of cor. 3 broad emarginate and crenate : the claws long, Lip. 2-fid bent down 
9 Leaves of cal. lanceolate acute. Cor. 5 parted. Leaves ovate-obl. acute at both ends cordate 
10 Leaves of cal. oblong obtuse, Cor. 6 parted, Leaves ovate-obl. acute at both ends cordate 
11 Leaves sessile ovate with the sheaths and nerves very red. Inner limb 4 parted 
12 Leaves smooth and stems colored at the base. Roots tuberous and large, Middle seg. of corolla verj' short 
13 Flowers sessile in pairs. Segments of cor. 2 erect bifid. Lip spotted revolute 
14 Flowers on stalks : outer segments reflexed, inner 3 erect. Leaves lanceolate pointed at each end 
15 Inner limb of the corolla trifid. Segments flaccid 
16 Inner limb of the corolla trifid, Segments ovate straight, Lip three-lobed fringea 
17 Stem and Leaves beneath downy, sheaths curled and colored at the edge. Flowers cernuous 
18 Culm branched herbaceous. Leaves ovate lanceolate somewhat hairy underneath 
19 Leaves ellipt. oblique at end. Spikes elong. in fasc. Bract, erect, 2-fid. imbricate acute pubesc. 
20 Culm branched knotty ovate smooth. Spikes terminal subternate, Bracteas colored 
21 Stem knotty. Leaves lane, narrow. Panicle wavy. Inner braits colored. Calyx ovate 
22 Stem shrubby branching, Leaves ovate smooth 
23 Leaves oblong lane, pubesc. Fl. stalks 2-fid. Germ very hairy 
24 Stemless, Scape naked. Spikes comose, Bracteas reflexed 
25 Flowers in dense heads shorter than the leaves which are striped with purple 
26 Calyx two-flowered, Culm reedy powdered. Leaves ovate revolute at the apex 
27 Stemless, Leaves radical 
28 Shrubby, dichotomous. Leaves cordate 
29 Leaves lanceolate. Spikes compact imbricated. Segments of the cleft lip of the corolla lunulate 
30 Leaves linear lane. Spikes open, Fasc. of flowers subtern. Seg. of cleft lip obi. the other 5 segs. of cor. lin. 
31 Leaves obi. lane, smooth. Spikes loose, Fascic. tern. 3 fld. Inner segs. of the cor. linear-cuneate. Lip bifid 
32 Spike many-fl. loose. Fascicles many-fl. distant. Lip obovate bifid, Filament colored longer than corolla 
33 Leaves lanceolate. Spike loose ovate. Petals linear, Lip ovate 2.1ob. Fil. the same length as petals 
34 Spathes truncate 1-fl. Outer segments of cor. linear. Lip roundish 2-lobed longer than the style 
35 Leaves lanceolate, Spike terml. open, Flowers sol. scattered. Lip bifid sessile : stigm. |-lanceol. Pet. linear 
36 Leaves broad. Spike terml. imbricate, Bract. 4-fl. Cor. with linear segm. Lip. obcordate retuse 
37 Upper leaves wavy silky beneath. Spike loose conical. Filament much longer than corolla 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
washed, pounded, and blanched, it makes a fine powder and starch, and may be used as food, resembling in 
many resiiects the salep. A light loamy soil suits all the species, which, though tender, are readily propa- 
gated by dividing the root. 
3. Calathea. So named by Meyer, probably from the cup-like stigma of the genus. It is much admired on 
account of its singularly striped foliage, to which the specific name alludes, and its ovate spike of purple flow- 
ers, about the size of a large pine-cone. 
4. Thalia. In memory of John Thalius, a German physician, at Nordhuys. author of Plantse Hercyn^, 1588. 
An aquatic, and if planted two or three feet under water, will survive our winters, in the open air. It flowers 
beautifully. 
5. Phrynium. ^^vvtov, a plant which grows in marshes, the habitation of frogs, from <p^woi, a frog. The 
leaves are used in Malabar and China, for wrapping up cakes in the oven ; before expansion they infuse 
them in spirit of rice or sugar diluted with three times its quantity of water, to make vinegar. Loureiro. 
6. HedycMum. From a Greek word signifying sweet, from the grateful odour it emits. This beautiful genu.s 
requires a light rich soil, and large pota to ixlake the plants flower freely. H. angustifolium deserves a place 
in every collection. 
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