STYLID'IUM DRUMMON'DII. 
DRUJIJIOMD'S STYLIDIU3I. 
CALTCIFLOK^, 
OF 
DECAXDOLLE. 
NATURAL ORDER STYLIDACE.?:, 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
No. 213. 
GTXANDRIA, 
DIAXDETA, 
OF LIXXEUS 
GENUS. SxYLiDirM. Stvartz. Calyx bilabiatus. Corolla irregularis, 
o-fida, lacinia quinta (Labello) dissimili, minore, deflexa (raro porrecta)reliquis 
patentibus (raro geminatim cobs^rentibus.) Columxa reclinata, duplici flexu- 
ra ; antheris bilobis, lobis divaricatissimis; stigmate obtuso indiviso. Cafsula 
bilocularis, dissepimento superne quandoque incompleto. Herb^ (vel suffru- 
tices) scapigerce vel caulescentes. Folia radicalia conferta, in petiolum quan¬ 
doque attenuata; caulina sparsa,nunc verticillata, sfepe minora bracteaefbrmia, 
raro apice cirrbosa vel basi soluta. Ixflorescextia varia. Calycis labium 
exterius 2-dentatum, vel 2-partitum; interius 3-dentatum vel 3-partitum. Cor¬ 
olla purpurea, alba, violacea, raro lutea, extus ssepe pilis glanduloso-capitatis 
tubo basi torto, nunc brevissimo ; fauce ssepius coronata denticulis glandulis- 
ve, quandoque nuda; limbi laciniis quatuor majoribus geminatim approxi- 
matis, utriusque paris altera saepe minore. Labello ante expansionem labio 
angustiori calycis opposite (antico) torsione tubi mox laterali, disco saepissime 
crassiusculo, intus parum convexo, basi utrinque lacinula ssepius appendicu- 
lato, quandoque simplici. Collmxa linearis, limbo longior, ad ejusdem latus 
alterum (ubi labellum) exserta, dum reclinata flexura exteriore subtus irrita- 
bili,irritatacum impetu resurgens, laterique opposito floris incunibens, stigmate 
deorsum spectante. Anthers ante expansionem lobis verticalibus, modice 
patentibus, demum divaricatissimis, apicibus nunc distinctis, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentibus. Stigma prime obsoletum antheris incumbentibus occultatum, 
post earura dehiscentiam auctum,subexsertum, quandoque hispidulum,vel pap- 
pulosum. Brown. 
SPECIES. Stvlidium Drummoxdii {Graham) foliis omnibus radicali- 
bus, c^espitosis, lanceolato-linearibus, acuminatis, undulatis, marginibus reflexis, 
coriaceis, utrinque nudis, nitidis, basi squamis elongatis vaginatis, scape folia bis 
superante, glanduloso pubescente, paniculate ; calyce bilabiate, labio superiore 
3-fido, inferiore 2-partito j corolla fauce coronata. 
Character of the Genus, Stylidium. Calyx bilabiate. 
Corolla irregular, 5-cleft, the fifth segment (the Labellum) dissimi¬ 
lar, smaller, bent down, (rarely spreading,) the others patent (rarely 
52 . 
Reference to the Dissections. 
1, Geraen and Column of fructiflcalion. 2, Lip. 
