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LISSOCHILUS speciosus. 
Mr. Griffin's Lissochilus. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDER. Jussieu gen. 64. Brown prod. 1. 309. Div, IV. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demim cereacer, 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. ‘ 
LISSOCHILUS. Mass pollinis 2, oblique biloba. Labellim® basi 
saccatum : lamind sessili indivisA convexa, posticé excisd et cum basi 
columnz aptere edentule connata. Perianthii foliola exteriora calycina 
(reflexa:) interiora petaloidea (divaricata). Brown MSS. 
L, speciosus, petalis interioribus divaricatis duplo majoribus exterioribus 
reflexis, labello alté cordato. Brown MSS. : : 
Herba 4-pedalis et ulira. Folia radicalia enstformia acutissima crassi- 
uscula rigidula viridia nec glauca, marginibus carinaque levibus: basibus dila- 
‘tatis incrassatis in bulbum emersum connatis, scapo aliquoties breviora. Scapus 
vaginatus teres viridis solidus, fasciculis vasorum sparsis. Vagine distantes 
stricte foliacea, in foliola appressa lanceolata acuta longitudine via tpsius 
vagine producie. Spica racemosa simplicissima erecta laxa sesguipedalis. 
Bractew foliacce lanceolate, patule septisve divaricate, immerse Nervose, 
marginibus lavibus, infime in scapum paulo decurrentes ovariwm eum pedi- 
cello suo superantes, relique sessiles, superiores ovario breviores,. Floxes 
speciosi @ torsione pedicellt baseosque ovartt vere resupinati labello an- 
fico. Perianthii foliola 3 exteriora uwtrinque viridia calycina, distincta 
arcté reflexa ovata acutiuscula immersé nervosa, postico plano, lateralia 
paulo latiora levissime concava: interiorum lateralia petaloidea, flava, im- 
maculata, divaricatissima, oblongo-ovata, obtusiuscula limbo pa m reflexo 
disco hine convexiusculo; nervosa nervis lateralibus alternatim simplicibus 
bifidisque, ipsa bast alba. Labellum lateralibus intertorum vix brevius, basi 
subtus calcarato-saccatum cornu brevissimo compresso albo: lamina sessilis 
circumscriptione ovato-oblonga, flava basi albicante venis purpureis, apice 
subretuso, basi alte cordata lobis posticis rotundatis dimidio inferiore liberis 
superiore cum basi columne coherentibus suturis manifestis, lateribus subpa- 
rallelo-reflexis plicatis plicis paulo tantum elevatis obtusis sulcis intersticilia- 
bus angustis: disco convexo ant gibbostusculo, Columna proportionata 
semiteres ¢ bast alba pallidé virens, aptera apice edentulo posticé rotundato. 
Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua, in expanso flore apicem antice declivem 
columne operiens, didyma dorso incrassato dilute viridi apice retuso, bilocu- 
laris loculis approximatis septulo partialt incompleto contrario in latere exte- 
riore instructis. Masse pollinis in singulo loculo singule, in gemma florali 
juniori minutissime granulose, in expanso jlore cereacee, ovate, post mi- 
grationem in apice abliquo columne (clinandro) inverse, postice (respectit 
anthere. antice) instructe lobulo minore operiente majoris cavitatem illitam 
materia viscidd elastica flavescenti processt cujus masse inserte lingule com- 
muni brevi lato-lineart membranacee albe é glandulé subrotundé apicis 
stigmatis orte. Stigma anticum cavum subrotundum viride secernens. 
Brown MSS. 
