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82. OECHTDACE^.: 
jointed to the reciUTed label. Stigma transverse. Anth. 
terminal, erect, moveable, shortly and thickly stalked, 2- 
celled. Column long. Gei-men sessile, twisted. 
Tr. III. ARETHVSEM. Anther ultimately free, like a lid, ' 
deciduous. Pollen in many granules, pulpy or powdery, 
cohering in 2 stalked masses. — Boot (in om- plant) of fleshy 
much-branched fibres. 
\?>. Epipogi'm. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, large, 
entire, with a small patent lobe on each side of its base and 
an erect inflated spur. Anth. tumid, seated in the lobed 
top of the column. Stigma transverse. Germen and stalk 
not twisted. 
Tr. IV. MAZAXIDEJE. Anther terminal, free, usually like 
a lid. Pollen cohering in a definite number of granules 
and at length waxy and confluent : no stalks. — Hoot fibrous, 
with or without a superior bulb. 
14. CoHALLOEEHizA. Perianth converging. Lip -svith 2 
prominent longitudinal ridges at the base, 3-lobed ; lateral 
lobes small ; middle lobe large, slightly emarginate. Spur i 
short or wanting. Stigma triangular. Rostellum wanting, 
but with a large globose appendage. Anth. teiminal, 2- 
uelled, opening ti-ansversely. Column long. Geimen slightly 
stalked, sti-aight. 
15. Maiaxis. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, entire, 
similar to the pet., smaller than the sepals. SpurO. Stigma 
rhomboidal. RosteUum short, entii-e, acute. Anth. terminal, 
continuous with the short coliuuu, out of the apex of which 
it appears as if it was excavated, with 2 imperfect cells. 
Pollen-masses connected at their apex. Germen upon a 
twisted stalk. 
16. Stuhmia. Perianth patent. Lip anterior, erect or ob- 
lique, entire, dilated, much larger than the sepals. Spur 0. 
Srigma roundish. Eostelliun wanting, but with an appen- 
dage consisting of 2 tubercles. Anth. terminal, deciduous, 
moveable like a lid, with 2 distinct cells. Column long. 
GeiTuen on a twisted stalk. 
Tr. V. CYPSIPEDIEjE. Intermediate anther barren petal- 
like, 2 lateral anthers perfect. 
17. CypRiPEDiUM. Perianth patent. Lip inflated. Column 
trifid above; the lateral looes bearing stamens; middle 
lobe .sterile, dilated. Two lower (lateral) sepals combined. 
Germen straight. 
