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RENANTHERA coccinea. 
Scarlet Air-Plant. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. Orcuipex. § Vandee Lindl. 
RENANTHERA Lour.—Pollinia duo postice biloba; caudiculd medio 
constrict, non elasticd, glanduld triangulari. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, 
decidua, unilocularis, posticé bivalvis. Stigma subrotundum cavum; rostello 
obtuso. Columna aptera, libera, margine anteriore super stigmate inflexo. 
Labellum nanum, sessile, liberum, cum columné articulatum, 3-lobum basi 
saccatum, lobis lateralibus erectis. Sepala patentia, subequalia, basi distincta, 
unguiculata, spatulata, undulata, Epiphyta (Chinensis) caulescens, radicans, 
ramosa. Folia carnosa, avenia. Flores magni, paniculati. 
R. coccinea. Loureiro Flora cochinchinensis 2. p. 521. 
Caulis longus, sepe 8-10-pedalis, radicibus paucis longis, tortuosis, super 
arbores v. sana decumbens, teres, foliosus, basi foliorum vestigiis vaginatus, 
paululum ramosus. Folia carnosa, disticha, avenia, plana, apice obliqua, 
emarginata, atroviridia, sublucida, 4-5 uncias longa. Panicule Jlaterales, 
laxe, multiflore, 24 pedes longe, ramis teretibus, duris. Bractex breves, 
ovate, subcorrugate. Ovarium cum pedunculo brevi continuum, pallidé 
coccineum, 6-sulcatum. Sepala patentia, basi libera, non imbricata, carnosa ; 
3 superiora linearia, erecta, intermedio majore spatulato, coccinea, maculis 
luteis nubilis fasciata ; 2 inferiora 14 uncialia superioribus longiora, depen- 
dentia, collateralia unguiculata, lanceolata, obtusa, medio abrupte undulata, 
coccinea, fasciis quibusdam obscuris pallidioribus. Labellum nanum, 3 
lineas tantum longum, saccatum, cum columnd articulatum, trilobum, lobis 
lateralibus erectis, truncatis, luteis, coccineo marginatis et vittatis, intermedio 
lingueformi, reflexo, coccineo, basi luteo; sacco conico, obtuso, intus luteo, 
glabro, extus coccineo punctato, fauce utringue calloso. Columna coccinea, 
semiteres, labelli longitudine, aptera, anticé lutea vittata, margine anteriore 
super stigmate inflexo. Stigma excavatum, subrotundum. Anthera termi- 
nalis, opercularis, atrococcinea, obtusa, unilocularis, postice semibivalvis. 
Pollinia duo, reniformia, postice biloba, glandula triangulari, caudicula. dia- 
phand via elasticd, medio constrictd. . 
The work of the missionary Loureiro, published in 1790, 
a drawing in the possession of the Horticultural Society of 
London, and the reports of some travellers who have visited 
China, have been, up to the present time, the only evidence 
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