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ARETHUSA BULBOSA.
BULBOUS-ROOTED ARETHUSA.
Gynandria Monogynia, Linn. Orchidese, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Petals S, connate at the base. Lip below growing to the column, cucullate above,
and internally crested. Pollen angular. Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Without leaves; root globose; scape sheathing, one-flowered; upper calicine segments
incurved ; lip somewhat crenulate. Willd. and Pers.
W h o l e plant about a span high. Root perennial, bulbous, and
globose in shape, of a yellowish colour, with radicles from the under
part. Stem leafless, garnished with three or four sheathes, the uppermost
one in luxurient specimens foliaceous, perpendicular, straight,
cylindrical, of a yellow-green colour and smooth, crowned by one
elegant rose-red flower which is agreeably odorous.
