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-CALANTHE veratrifolia. 
Fellehore-leaved Calanthe. 
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GYNANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDEX. Brown prod. 1. 309. - ; 
Div. IV. Anth, terminalis mobilis decidua. Masse pollinis demim ce- 
Teacex. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 205. 
CALANTHE. Brown infra vol. 7. fol. 573; (in texti anglico.) La- 
bellum porrecto-explanatum latum, latus inferius column ab apice conti- 
Nuans (appendicem simulans), porrectum, explanatum, 3-lobum, basi den- 
‘ato-barbatum. Columna corolla explanata omnind libera, duploque bre- 
Vior, Masse pollinis octo. 
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C, veratrifolia, foliis lanceolatis subplicato-nervosis: scapo radicali foliis 
breviore aphyllo, spica numerosa conferta oblonga cylindrica, bracteis 
_ ,. Parvis lanceolatis, 
_ *4modorum veratrifolium. Willd, sp. pl. 4. 122, Persoon syn. 2. 520. 
_, Folia subbipedatia, latitudine 5-unciali, subplicato-nervosa, lanceolata, 
basin. versits petiolatim attenuata, canaliculata, radicalia, plura, erecto-pa- 
entia, luteo-virentia, non glauca, subundulata. Scapi plures, radicales, 
| Gphylli, villosi, tripedales y. ultra, stricti, teretes, simplicissimi, vaginis 
remotis lanceolatis appressis sparse vagantibus. Spica semi-ad-pedalem, nu- 
Merosa, confertiuscula, horizontali-patens, recta, terminalis, cylindrica; axi 
Uiridi-albicante, sulcato-striata, tiores candidissimi, inodori, vulnerati 
plage loco erugineo-virentes, biunciales vel longiores, porrecto-nutantes, ex: 
US villosi opaci. Germ, sesquiunciale, album, clavato-clongatum sessile, 
_ Porrecto-patens, inferne teres esulcatum, superneé recurvum, crassivs striatum, 
Seminiferum ; bractez germine aliquoties breviores lanceolate, gradatim de- 
_ escentes, herbacee. Cor. radiato-explanata, ad basin usque distanter-dis- 
{neta diametro unciali, nutans, subregularis: petala 5, equidistantia ob- 
“sa, mucronata; exteriora. 3 majora semuncialia, medium summum Jate- 
"alibus partum grandius, erectum, obovato-oblongum, lateralia 2 inferiora, la- 
belium declinato-sequentia, trapezoidi-oblongata v. inequilateri-oblonga; 
MMteriora 2 superiora summum medium approximantia, ceteris equilonga in- 
toneque simili, duplo tamen angustiora. Calcar tereti-elongatum, germine 
Iracilius triploque brevius, descendens, corollé parum longius, obtusum, rec- 
in, columne basin directione pari continuans. Labellum basi et in Sauce 
®olumnam. continuante fulvo-barbatum, barbd triseriaté seriebus € dentibus 
Confertis prominulis ordine distinctissimo atque patente in longum positis 
(lingue feline spinulis non absimilibus), columne latus inferius porrecto-conti- 
Nuans, triploque longius, explanatum, ochroleuco-emarcescens, tripartitum, 
Stungue, margin deflecum, corollé duplo longius ; lobis 2 inferioribus divari- 
“atis, medio plurimum brevioribus oblongis obtusis integris, terminali recto 
Trcato medium citra bifido (literam Y quodammodo referens) segmentis 
‘Neari-oblongis recurvis, ungue longioribus. Columna corollé omnind li- 
7% duplo brevior concolorque obovato-turbinata obesa, summo dorso anthe- 
"Yfera, porrecta, apicis lateribus alato-productis brevibus erectis, rostello 
Cato longioré truncato-obtuso supra stigma prominente, a supino scrobiculo’ 
Nngitudinali pro retinaculo anthera tmpresso: anthera dorso summo columne 
