ENPages That Mention Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita (supplementums)
[Descriptions of orchid genera] [manuscript], 1880-1908. Manuscript 10
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Endl. gen. pl. suppl. II. 21.
Burnettia. Lindl. orch. 517.
Perigonii coniventis foliol. lin. omnia aequalia libera. Lab. multo minus. cuneat. indivis. subunguiculat. inappendiculat. Col. erecta. petaloideo marginata, basi utrinque in lobulum producta. Anthera erecta. dorsalis 2locular. apiculata elinandrio plano immarginato. Stigma ovat. obtus. antherae parallel.
Caule ut videtur aphyllo, laxe vaginato. 2floro.
It differs from Prasophyll. in the absense of [crossed out: the] lateral column-lobes. from Genoplesium in the petals being distinct from the column. & the labell. flat.
Burnettia cuneata. Lindl. l.c. Tasmania. Rocky cap rarissima.
Caulis c. florib vix 2" Fol. praeter squamas 2 caulis cucullatas obt. herbae. vaginantes nulla. Flores 2 pedicellati Bract. ovat. lanc. pedicellis paullo [paulo] longiores. Sep. exsicc. 4"' longa lin-acuta. Lab. multo brevius unguiculat. cuneat. apiculat. apicem versus serrulat. leviter pubescens Columnae margo apice oblique abscissus basi in lobulum plan. sub-truncat utrinque deorsum, productus. Only 4 spec. discovered.