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ORCHIDEJE. Juss. 
(Tom. I. p. 265 . ) 
CRANICHIS. Swartz. 
Calyx resupinatus, subringens, ovario oblique insidens, irregularis; 
labellum erectum, fornicatum, ecalcaratum. Gynostemium medio dila¬ 
tatum, Anthera gynostemio secundum longitudinem postice adnata.* 
Herbae terrestres. Radices fasciculatae. Folia radicalia. Caules simplices 
vaginati, rarius foliati, apice monostacliji. Flores sessiles (semper?), 
bracteati, virescentes vel albidi. 
1. CRANICHIS ciliata, f 
C. radicibus teretibus, villosis; foliis radicalibus ovato-ellipticis, utrinque acutis; caule 
vaginato; foliolis calycinis interioribus linearibus, ciliatis. 
Cranicliis ciliata Synops. Piant, aq. 1. p. 325 . 
Oplirys ciliata Nov. Gen. et Spec. I. p. 334 . 268. 
ALTENSTEINIA. f 
3 . ALTENSTEINIA PALEACEA. -j" 
A. spica cylindracea, densissima; labello ovato, acuminato, cucullato-concavo, fim¬ 
briato. 
Altensteinia paleacea Synops. Piant, a q. 1. p. 3 af>. 
Ophrys paleacea Nov. Gen. et Spec. Piant. I. p. 268. 
CATASETUM. Rich. mss. 
Calyx resupinatus; foliola quinque subaequalia; sextum (labellum) 
saccato-concavum. Gynostemium bicorne; cornua retrorsa, filiformia, 
arcuato-conniventia. Antiiera operculata, gynostemio interne, infra 
apicem attenuato-subulatum, insidens. Pollinis massae duae, pedicello 
communi suffultae. 
Parasiticum. Folia membranacea, ex apice bulbi erumpentia. Pedun¬ 
culi radicales, uni-pauciflori, bracteati. Flores magni, pedicellati. 
1. CATASETUM maculatum, f Tab. DCXXX. 
C. foliolis calycinis duobus interioribus maculatis; labello ciliato. 
