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Aroidece.]
1. Oberonia òrevifolia. Lin d i, in Gen. et Sp. Orch. p . 1 6 .-E p id e n d rum equità,.a, “ Forst.
Proelr. n. 3 16 .”— Cymbidium equitans. Sw.— 'Fìeowirs Orch. A fr . t. 9 2 .-P le u io th a lb s dis-
ticha. Aeh. Bich. Orch. Maurit. p . 55. 1. 8. / 1.
2. Obevomo Myosunts. L in d i, in Wedl. Cat. o f PI. o f F.. Ind. C. n. 1947. Gen. et Sp.
Orch. p . 16.— E p id en d ran t Myosumq. “ Forst. Prodr. n. 3 1 7 .”— Dendrobium Myos. S,c.
1. Dendrobmm Uflorum. S w . - L m d l . in Gen. et Sp. Oreh. p . 78 . -E p id e n dm m biflorum.
“ F o r s t Prodr. n. 318.”
1. Cirrhopetolum MMÌcltóM. & » . — Cirrhopetala Thouarsii. LitvU. in Bot. lieej. suh
tab. 832. Zygoglossum uinbellatum. R einw. in B o t Z e it S y lt P I Nov. p . 5. Epiclenclruin
umbellatum. “ F o r s t P rodr." (non Sw.)
Flowers of this curious plant Avithout leaves are in the Collection.
I. Calanthe veratrfolia. Ker in Bot. Beg. t. 720. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2 6 15 . -L im o d o -
nim veratrifolmm. TOM.— Flos triplicatus. Bumph. Amb. v. 6. p . 115. t. 52. f 2.
PTEEOCHILUS. (Nov. Gen)
Labellmn amplum medio depressmn, superne utrinque in alam adscendentem aciitam dila-
tatum, apice fimbriato-ciliatum. Perianthii fo lla la 3 exteriora ovata, mqualia, patentia, 2
interiora linearia. Columna semiteres, superne utrinque producta. Anthera terinmalis,
operculifbrmis, bUobata. Mass® poUinis— ?— Herb a terrestris, radice fibrosa. Caulis
brevis foliosus. Folia ampia, membranacea, petiolata, basi dilatato-vaginantia.
1. Pterochilus plantaginea. (T a b . X V I I.)
R a d ix e fib ris p a u c is c ra s s is f le x u o s is n ig r o - tom e n to s is . Caulis e r e c tu s , b r e v is , v ix d ig item l o n p s p e rio -
lo r um v a g in is m em b r a n a c e is e ii'c iu n v o lu tu s . Folia o v a ta , m em b r a n a c e a , g la b ra , s tr ia ta , s u b a c um io a a , o
p o lU c es lo n g a , b a s i in p e t io lum s u b » q u e lo n g um a tte n u a ta . Scapus s e u pcdnncidus te rm in a l is , 8 - 9 imcia.«
lono-us, e r e c tu s , f lc x u o s u s , h ie illic b r a c te a tu s in r a c em u m m u l t i f lo n u n t e n n iu a n s . Flores p a n 'i . Bracteit
p e d lc e ili lo n g itu d in e , l a n c e o la t e . Perianthium p a te n s , folíola 3 exteriora o v a ta , » q u a lia : 2 mtenora h n e -
lü-ia, o b tu s a , r e c u rv a . Labellum, r a t io n e flo ris , m a g n um , am p liu n , m e d io d e p rc s s iu n , s u p e rn e u tn n q u e in lü am
a c u tam o v a tam a d s c e n d e n tem d ila te tru n , m a rg in ib u s iu te g r is , a p ic e o b tu s um , c i lia to - h m b n a tu m ^ Columna
s em ite re s , breA-is, s u p em e u tr in q u e p r o d u c ta . Aiithera h em i s p h » r ic a , b ilo b a , b ilo c u la n s . Gennen c ia-
v a tum .
O n e s p e c b n e n a lo u e o f t h i s p la n t e x is ts in th e H e r b a r ium , a n d th i s in a s u f fic ie u ü y p e r f e c t s ta te _to e x -
h ib it a k b e l lu m o f a v e r y r em a r k a b le c h a r a c te r , su ffic ie u í, w e b e lie v e , to a u th o r i z e u s in c o n s t itu t in g o t
i t a crenus d i s t in c t fi-om a n y h i th e r to d e s c r ib e d . It c o v e r s , in c o n s e q u e n c e o f i ts p e c u lia r s h a p e a n d s iz e , a
c o n sid ei-ab le p o r tio n o f th e p e r ia n th , b e in g e x te n d e d a b o v e iu to tw o e r e c t AA-iugs, w h ile b e lo iv i t is b r o a d a n d
f im b r ia te d a t th e o x ti-em ity .
Tab. XVII. Fkj. 1, Front view of a flower; ß y . ä, B.vck view of do.; ß y . 3, Aiitlier-rose ; ß g . 4, Imenor
o f d o . :— magnified.
O r u . X L V . D IO S C O R E iE . B r.
I. Oioscoveii bulbifera. Lin n .
O e d . X L V I . A R O ID E .E . Juss.
I. Ta cca pinnatifida. Lin n .