EPIDENDRUM MQSCHATUM.
Thee-kua nee B irm %
H a b it a t in arharibug, Rangoon. Y s
Caulis fruticosus, ^ ssitiedîgiîi minoris, radieans, scandens, oeto-sulcatus, m k
natus> articulants, ramosus. R a m i structura caulis, foliati, erectiusculi,
orgyales,.
R d f a ramea plura, alterna, Mferia, patentia, vaginantia, laneeolata, integerrima,
obtusa, taitida, subtus fiasco maculate, eaervia, v.cnis longitndinalibus
parallclis striata, plana, carnosa, internodiis multo longiora, V a g in a ad-
press*, riatæ, ore integerrimo.
Racemi oppositifolii, simplices,. ramis foliotes breviores, Flew, odoratissimi, flavi,
Htaeula purpurea in necfariq utrinqt*. Bractea striata ad basin singuli
• germing.
P e ld a quinquc, patula, venosa : tria exterior* lanceolate, obtusa,. duobus, infeii-
oribus_basi gibbis, coalitis ; duo interiora latiora, longiora, ovate. M è c ta r iu m
apice bicorne, ad basin acuminatum, carinatum, désinens ia
assurgentem, cucullatam, intus pilosâm.
Filamtnlum brevissimum, subulatum, ex parte summa nectarii postiee inter cornua
enatum, umbraculum supra gibbum, subtus bifbveatum. gèrjens. Anthers
. bin*,_ parv*, in fo.veis umbracuji nidulantes, cavitati in s.uprema parte
nectarii insidentes.
German inferum, longissimum, teres, %/iw nullus. Stigma,: foyea subrotunda,
meliifera, antice inter cornua, superiors nectarii exarata, desineus in canalem
ad germen penetrantem, a cavitate antherifeayalyada obtusa separatum.