GYNANDRtA MONANDRIA. 
493 
CRANICH1S. Swartz. 
Corolla 5-petalled, 
resupine, somewhat 
ringent. Lip vaulted. 
Anther parallel with 
the style, inserted be- 
hind. 
1 ^ I 2,; . y • 
1. Multiflora. 
C. radicibus fascicu- 
latis, teretibus, tomen- 
tosis; foliis ovali-lan- 
ceolatis, sub sessilibus; 
scapo multifloro, su- 
perne pubescente; pe- 
talis interioribus conni- 
ventibus; labello forni 
cato, acuminato. E. 
Nutt. 2. p. 191. 
Root composed of many terete, villous or tomentose fibres. Scape about 
two feet high, pubescent towards the summit. Leaves of the root oval-lan- 
ceolate, rather acute, glabrous, nerved, attenuated at base but scarcely pro- 
longed to a petiole; of the stem merely sheathing scales. Flowers (fifteen 
to twenty) somewhat scattered in a terminal spike. Bracteal leaves very 
small, scarcely half as long as the germ, pubescent. Three exterior seg- 
ments of the perianth lanceolate, acute, expanding, pubescent on the outer 
surface, of the interior segments the two upper (turned downwards from the 
resupine position of the flower) obliquely ensiform, connivent at the summit; 
labellum fornicate, compressed at the sides, acuminate, generally inclosing 
the genitaliferous column. Perianth pale green with streaks of deeper 
green, the sides of the labellum edged with a circle of deep green. Column 
short, gibbous, with an oblique pointed summit. Anthers inserted behind 
the summit, but when the column is enclosed in the labellum, appearing to 
be in front. Germ somewhat triquetous, tapering to the base. 
Apparently allied to the C. Pauciflora of Jamaica. 
Collected by Dr. Macbride in St. John’s, Berkeley, 
Flowers October. 
Root fasciculate, te« 
rete, tomentose; leaves 
oval-lanceolate, nearly 
sessile; scape many 
flowered, pubescent 
near the summit; inte- 
rior petals connivent; 
lip vaulted, acuminate. 
Corolla pentapetala, 
resupinata, subringens. 
Labellum fornicatum. 
Anther a stylo parallel- 
la, postice inserta. 
