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hicorne (Tlmnb.) 
Hybrid B. 
2, adpressed to ground, cordate-orbicular, 
Broad, tubular 
Pyrite yellow with 
very fine mottling 
of orange-citrine ; 
sulphine yellow 
with orange-citrine 
mottling ; garnet- 
brown, mottled in 
very dark speci- 
mens 
3-4-1 mm. 
Distinctly interme- 
diate between those 
of parent forms. 
a. Alizarine -pink 
with eugenia red 
stripe and hessian 
brown mottling on 
throat of lower lip. 
h. Old rose with flush 
of aster purple and 
bordeaux mottling 
on inside of base 
flower lip. 
c. Old rose with mot- 
tling of bordeaux. 
d. Alizarine pink on 
back of hood, old 
rose, grading into 
eugenia red on in- 
side of perianth 
lobes; madder 
brown mottling on 
inside of flower lip. 
5-6i. 
Produced leaves 
Stem sheaths . 
Colour of perianth 
Stigma . 
S. erectum (Sw.) 
In all three similar, 
fleshy 
Spathaceous 
Tyrian pink, 
amaranth pink, or 
light mallow 
purple, with aster 
purple mottling 
9-10 mm. 
18-22 mm. 
7-8 mm. 
3-4 mm. 
5-5^ mm. 
2^-3 mm. 
See diagrams 
Broadly oblong, 
truncate at apex, 
in the middle 
produced into a 
short, linear tooth, 
deflexed, much 
shorter than 
stigma 
Oblong, retuse, as 
long as stipe of 
column and longer 
than rostellum 
11^-13 mm. 
10-15 mm. 
9-12 mm. 
3-4 mm. 
9-11 mm. 
3-4 mm. 
See diagrams. 
More broadly oblong 
than in S. hicorne, 
truncate at apex, 
in the middle 
produced into a 
narrow tooth. 
Shape intermediate 
between that of 
parents, shorter 
than stipe. 
Width across lip | 6-7 mm. 
(at widest part) 
Length of lip. . 14-16 mm. 
Length of spur . 10-12 mm. 
Length of side ' 13-14^ mm. 
sepals 
Breadth of 
sepals 
Length of 
petals 
Breadth of 
petals 
General shape of 
fiower 
Bostellum 
side ! 4-4^^ mm. 
I 
side 11-13 mm. 
side 
3^-4 mm. 
See diagrams 
Rhomboid, 3-denti- 
culate 
Semi-orbicular 
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