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Al^ISOPETALON Carey anum. 
Dr Carei/s Anisopetalon. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDEIA Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEM. 
Div. Anthera mobilis decidua. Massse pollinis demum cereacece — Ba. 
Gen. Char. — Fbres erecti. Petala subconniventia, exteriorum trium duobus 
anterioribus majoribus apice cohserentibus, duobus interioribus minimis 
subulatis. Labcllum oblongum, prope basin bidentatum inferne gibbo- 
sum cum basi producta columnae articulatum. MassiE pollinis 4; per pa- 
ria approximatis, paribus inaequalibus. 
Planta parasitica. Bulbi subtetragoni unifoliati. Scapus radicalis ; flores 
dense spicati. 
Anisopetalon Careyaimm. 
Root creeping, here and there producing bulbs rather larger than a pigeon's 
egg, obtusely 4-sided, thick, fleshy, of a paler colour than the leaves, 
and partially covered with a white deciduous nap or down, throwing 
out from below some white, simple fibres, and above producing a single, 
linear-lanceolate, thick, dark green leaf. 
Scape springing from the base of the bulb, scarcely 3 inches long, with 3 
or 4 brown, distantly-placed scales, and terminating in a dense oblong 
spike of flowers, about two inches in length, and which is altogether of 
a singularly dull and lurid brown, or chocolate colour. Bracteas lan- 
ceolate, shorter than the flower. Flowers erect, so that they cannot pro- 
perly be called either resupinate or the reverse. The three outer petals 
subconnivent, quite erect, ovate, concave, dingy yellow, splashed with 
blotches of dull purple, the posterior one the smallest, free, the two an* 
terior ones considerably larger, connivent at their back towards the ex- 
tremity. The two inner petals very small, subulate, orange-yellow. 
Lip attached, and jointed upon, the extremity of the protruded base of 
the column, oblong, deep purple, very gibbous at the base below, glan- 
dular, with two lateral curved teeth near the base, one on each side ; it 
stands vertically, is much shorter than the petals, and a little longer 
than the column. Column rather short, upright, orange-coloured, sub- 
cylindrical, with two rather long teeth, curved forward, one on each 
side at the extremity ; between these is the deciduous, operculiform An- 
ther, covering two pair of yellow, cereaceous pollen-masses, each pair 
having the inner portion or lobe the smallest. Stigma concave. Germe?i 
oblong, reddish, not twistqd. 
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