The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

Sepala extus rosea intus virescentia. Petala rosea, sepalo supremo agglutinata. Labellum pallide herbaceum basi extus glandulosum, sepalis 4-plo majus, roseo levissime tinctum, basi intensius; calcar roseum. Anthera atropurpurea, brevis. Rostellum virescens. Stigmatis lobi laterales pulvinati, carnei, papillosi. Rostellum compressum plicatum.

Cynosorchis fastigiata Thouars t. 13 Orchis mauritiana. Sieb. fl. Maur. n. 169. nei Lamarck Gymnaden. fast. A Rich. Orch. Maur. 25 Orchis fastig. Spreng. Syst. nat. III. 687.

The lip conate [connate] with the column the great dilated trifid rostellum the horizontal or resupinate anther, are the principal characters of this genus. The lip moreover is usually 4 lobed but. C. [crossed out squamatum] squamosa is an exception.