CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 693
acutissima crassiuscula rigidula viridia nee glauca, margini- bus carindque Icevibus : basibus clilatatis incrassatis in bul- bum emersum connatis, sc'apo aliquoties breviora. Scapus vaginalis teres viridis solidus, fasciculis vasorum sparsis. Vaginae distant es strict es foliacece, in folio! a lanceolata, appressa, acuta longitudine vix ipsius vaginae productce. Spica racemosa simplicissima erecta laxa sesqidpedalis. Bracteae folia cecs lanceolate, patulce soepiusve divaricates, im- merse nervosa?, marginibus Icevibus, infimese in scapum paulo decurrentes ovarium cum pedicello suo superantes, reliquce sessiles, superiores ovario breviores. Elores speciosi, e torsione pedicelli baseosque ovarii vere resupinati, labello antico. Perianthii foliola 3 exteriora utrinque viridia calg- cina, distincta arete reflexa ovata acutiuscula immerse ner- vosa, postico piano, lateralia paulo latiora lavissime con- cava ; interiorum lateralia petaloidea, flava, immaculata, divaricatissima, oblongo -ovata, obtusiuscula, limbo pariim reflexo, disco /tine convexiusculo ; nervosa nervis lateralibus alternating simplicibus bifidisque, ipsa basi alba, Labellum lateralibus interiorum vix brevius, basi subtus calcarato- saccatum cornu brevissimo compresso albo : lamina sessilis, circumscriptione ovato -oblong a, flava basi albicante venis purpureis, apice subretuso, basi alts cordata lobis posticis rotundatis dimidio inferiore liberis superiore cum basi columnoe cohcerentibus suturis manifestis, lateribus subpa- ' allelo-reflexis plicatis plicis paulo tantilm elevatis obtusis sulcis inter sticialibus angustis : disco co?ivexo axi gibbo- svusculo. Columna proportionata semiteres e basi alba pallide virens, aptera apice edentulo postice rotundato. Anthera terminalis mobilis decidua, in expanso flore apicem antice declivem columna operiens, didyma, dorso incrassato dilute viridi apice retuso, bilocularis loculis approximatis septulo partiali incompleto contrario in latere exteriore instructis. Massse pollinis in singulo loculo singula, in gemma florali juniori minutissime granuloses, in expanso tore cereacece ovatos, post imprcsgnationcm in apice obliquo columnce (clinandrio) inverses, postice (respect u anther 02 antice) instructs lobulo minore operiente majoris cavitatem illitam materia viscidd elasticd flavescenti processus cujus
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