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CALOPOGON PULCHELLUS.
BEAUTIFUL CALOPOGON.
Gynandria Monogynia, Linn. Orchidex, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Petals 5, distinct. Lip behind, (or inverted,) uiiguiculated; the lamina bearded.
Column free. Pollen argular.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Radical leaves ensiform, nerved j scape few-flowered, lip erect, attenuated at base ;
lamina expanded j disk concave, bearded. Willd. and Pursh.
SYNONYMS.
C ymbidium pulchellum, Willd.
L imodorum tuberosum, Syst. Veg. & Mich.
L imodorum pulchellum, Salisbury.
Ophrys barbata, Walt.
Root perennial, a roundish bulb, with several lateral radicles sending
forth a single sword-shaped leaf, strongly marked with five or
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