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AERIDES paniculatum. 
Sir Joseph Banks's Aerides. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcuipex. Jussieu gen. 64. Brown prod. 309. Div. IT. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollints demum cereacee. 
Brown Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. é 
AERIDES. Labellum calcaratum v. saccatum, insertum apice pro- 
cessiis unguiformis, cujus lateribus petala antica exteriorum adnata. Masse 
pollinis 2 posticé bilobz, process communi stigmatis medio affixe. Brown 
loc. cit. 212. 
A. paniculatum, caule paniculato; calcare recto prependente germini vix 
longiori, lobo terminali Jabelli difformi-trilobulato: foliis inaequali- 
retusIs. 
Planta parasitica herbacea perennis: caudex rhizomatosus ramoso-radi- 
catus, compressus, erectus, totus foliosus ; fibre intervallis foliorum laterales, 
vermiculari-elongate, teretes, crass@, tortuos@, nodoso-rugate, leves, cineree, 
fibrillis nude, apice virentes. Folia plurima, alterna, asticha, patentissima, 
jirma, crassiuscula, lineari-lorata, canaliculata, subsesuncialia, leté viridia, 
inequalitér retusa lobo altero productiore. Caulis aphyllus, inter folia 
lateralis, ascendens, purpureo-fusco varius, teres, laevis, rigidus, sesqut- 
pedalis, subgeniculato-flexuosus, articulis bracted brevi sterili cylindrica va- 
ginatus, paniculatus spiculis paucis multifloris altern® distantibus patentissimis, 
terminali arrecto-continua. Flores flavi, rubro-fusco picti, inodori, erecti, nec 
resupinati, sessiles, bracteis singularibus ovato-acuminatis luteis appressis 
ermini eoque tér quatérve brevioribus. Germ. curvo-ascendens, 6-striato-teres, 
eataividens: % uncie longum. Cor. bilabiata, semiringens, rigidiuscula + 
pet. 5 semicirculari-patula, equilonga, & breviora germine ; summum medium 
(ex exterioribus unum) distantius, obovato-oblongum, subfornicatum 5 lateralia 
superiora 2 (ex interioribus ) angustiora, lineart-oblonga, obtusa ; inferiora 2 
(ex exterioribus ) duplo latiora, ab imis lateribus connata cum ungue labelli, 
ovali-oblonga, acutula supra macula atro-sanguined picta, sursim obliquantia 
labellum porrectum, rigidum, carnosum, calcaratum, subtis intrusum, ab 
ungue connesum cum Co umna, 3-lobum palato medio canaliculato albo pubes- 
cente, lobis 2 lateraltbus inflexis erectis dentiformibus punicets, terminali cal- 
carigero ochroleuco trilobulato lobulo medio rostellato-capitata lateralibus subu- 
latis alato-divergentibus (simul subsimulantibus volucrem) ; calcar pallidum 
oblongo-conicum subdidymo-inflatiusculum, obtusum, germini vix longtort pre- ' 
pendens, in longum equalitér bicameratum. Ante anthesin labellum totum 
super columnam reversum est, - Columna oblonga, erecta, subcylindracea, 
virens, infra punicea, pariim brevior petalis, foramine medio antico orificio 
oblongo marginato excavata, apice bidentata (rudimentis filamentorum? ). 
Anthera terminalis, mobilis conceptaculo operculiformi subdidymo convexo 
intus biloculari: pollinis masse sessiles, collaterali-gemina, hemispherice, 
vitelline, durissime, homogenee, transverse bilobo-dissecta, ex parte plana 
didymo-contingentes, posticé glandule sagiltate stigmatis afize. Stigma ex 
lamellis 2 verticalibus dentiformibus parallelis diaphano-pallentibus juxta infra 
antheram et supra cavitatem columne prominentibus. 
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