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ISOCHILUS GRAMINOIDES. 
Grass-like Isochilus. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA._Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEJE. 
Gen. Char. — Labellum petalis distinctis conniventibus subconforme. Masses 
pollinis 4>, parallelae. — Br. 
Isochilus graminoides ; petalis ovato-acuminati sconcavis, labello fla- 
belliformi, pedicellis solitariis, capsulis glabris, caule compresso, fo- 
liis distichis lineari-lanceolatis. 
Epidendrum graminoides, Sw. Prodr. p. 125. 
Cymbidium graminoides, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1459 Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv 
p. 96. 
Parasitic. Root of several waved, fleshy, simple fibres. Stem 4-5 inches 
long, simple, compressed, clothed with the sheathing bases of the leaves. 
Leaves distichous, rather closely placed, linear-lanceolate, single-nerved, 
acute, sheathing at the base ; the sheaths compressed, equitant. 
Flowers sohtary from the axils of the leaves, upon curved, slender, brac- 
teated pedicels, bracteae sheathing. Flowers inclined. Petals distinct, 
nearly equal in size, subconnivent, ovate, concave, shortly acuminate, 
3-nerved, greenish-white. Labellum about equal in length with the pe- 
tals, concave, curved upwards towards the column, subunguiculate, fla- 
belliform, yellowish-green, obscurely veined. Germen subovate, striated, 
concealed by the upper sheathing bracteas. Columji short. The an- 
thers 1 have not seen. 
If, as I have reason to believe from the description, this 
is the plant that Swartz has called Cymbidium grami- 
noides, it is an inhabitant of trees in the mountainous parts 
of Jamaica. My friend C. S. Parker, Esq. found it in simi- 
lar situations in the Island of Trinidad ; and it is from his spe- 
cimens, preserved in spirits, that I have made the accompany- 
ing figure. 
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