Knee. t^c THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. BY JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.D. F. R. S. L. S. Corresponding Member of the Royal Acad. Sc. Berl. and Munich and of the Hort. Soc. Vienna; Member of the Imp. Acad. Nat. Cur., Bot. Soc. Ratisb., Physiogr. Soc. Lund., Linn. Soc. Stockh., etc.; Honorary Member of the Dutch Soc. of Science, Royal Prussian Hort. Soc., Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York, etc. Professor of Botany in University College, London, and in the Royal Institution of Great Britain; Vice Secretary of the Horticultural Society of London, etc. LONDON : RIDGWAYS, PICCADILLY. April 1830 to October 1840, LONDON : PRINTED BY W. NICOL, 60, PALI MALL, T0 NATHANIEL WALLICH, M.D. F.R.S. ác. &c. SC. THIS WORK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED IN TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH RESPECT AND VERY SINCERE ESTEEM OF - THE AUTHOR. (June, 1830.) PREFACE. Tuis work, which has been ten years in execution, would have been long since brought to a close had the subject been less diffi- cult, or one which demanded less exact examination. It has, how- ever, proved a most laborious task to examine with the necessary care so large a number of plants of a very intricate structure, in a dried state; and the author's other engagements have left him little leisure for the steady prosecution of this enquiry, so that it has been impracticable to advance with greater speed. This explanation is due to those friends of science whose collec- tions have been entrusted to the author for all this long period. He regrets, however, to add that, during the ten years that have elapsed since the appearance of the first part of the work, his materials for the classification of Malaxez, Epidendrez, and Van- deze, have so much increased by the acquisition of species in his herbarium, or by the introduction of living plants to the gardens of Europe, as to render a reconsideration of those tribes indispen- sable. This will take place in a Revision of the Order, which is even now in preparation, and which, if his life is spared, may be expected to appear about two years from this time, illustrated with numerous figures of genera. In that work will be incorporated all the author's recent acquisitions, with such others as, in the mean- while, may be sent him; and an attempt will be made to sub- divide the other tribes, upon the same principles as have been adopted in the classification of Neottez. ‘The author will be very grateful for assistance; but he finds it necessary, in consequence of the great numbers of dried plants sent him for determination, to be returned to the owners, to condition that, from this time for- ward, with the exception of those in his hands at the present time, he shall not be expected to return the dried plants, which his correspondents may send for names, but that he shall have full yi PREFACE. liberty to incorporate them with his own herbarium, unless some express arrangement is made to the contrary. For it is unjust that he should sacrifice his time to this kind of enquiry, merely to satisfy the curiosity of those who are unable to determine Orchidaceous plants for themselves. The author will, however, in all cases quote in the intended ** Revision" of the order, the numbers attached to the specimens sent to him and preserved by him; so that if those, who are so obliging as to communicate them, will preserve dupli- cates with similar numbers, they will be able, when that work appears, to ascertain what their plants have proved to be. In the prosecution of his task thus far, the author has received from numerous quarters most essential assistance. He is, how- ever, still in great want of communications from some parts of the world, as will be seen by the following geographical arrangement of the evidence upon which his knowledge of species has been formed. EunoPEAN species have been supplied by many. botanists, espe- cially by the late Baron Jacquin, Professors Tineo and Tenore, Dr. Hornschuch, and Messrs. Bentham, Talbot, Strangways, &c. Those of SIBERIA and NonrHERN Asia were furnished by the late lamented Mr. Prescott, whose access to Russian herbaria enabled him to procure several species, of which nothing has been seen elsewhere. Materials have been also communicated by Dr. Fischer, Professors Ledebour and Bunge, and others; but more information is still required for the species of the Southern pro- vinces of Russia, and of the more easterly provinces of thal power in Asia. Of Nortn American species there are few which have not been carefully examined. "Those of the United States and Canada have been given to the author by Mr. Menzies, Drs. Torrey, Asa Gray; and Booth, and by Sir W. Hooker; others have been purchased. In addition he has examined the valuable collections formed in Cali- fornia and North West America, for the Horticultural Society, by Douglas, and in Texas and Carolina by Drummond. For Mexican species considerable materials have been furnished by the ample collections of Karwinski, in the Royal Museum of Munich; of Deppe and Schiede, communicated by Professor Schlectendahl; of Hartweg, and others; and by the large importations of living plants into this country. But a considerable number of species described by Llave and Lexarza, have as yet escaped observation, and remain for future determination. is greatly needed. Information concerning them i i PREFACE. vii For CENTRAL America the materials at the disposal of the author have been less copious, considering the great richness of those countries in plants of this natural order; and yet they have been considerable. The species of Peru, collected by Mathews, of Quito and the Quitinian Andes gathered by Professor Jameson and the late Col. Hall, and preserved in the herbarium of Sir W. . Hooker, and a few others have yielded the greater part of the in- formation in the possession of the author; for the difficulty of com- munication between England and these parts of the world, for the present, forbids the acquisition of many species in our gardens. It will, therefore, be found that many of the species of. Humboldt and Bonpland, of Henke, Póppig, and the authors of the Flora Peruviana, still remain to be examined by the author. Of the latter, however, a portion has been found in the collection of Mr. Lambert. The East coast oF EQUATORIAL AMERICA and the West INDIES are more completely investigated. Our gardens are rich in species from those parts of the world, and herbaria are less deficient in them. A great quantity of information has been furnished by the collections of Mr. Schomburgk in Tortola and British Guayana; of Martin in French Guayana, for whose plants the author is indebted to Mr. N. B. Ward, and of various Botanists in differ- ent parts of the West Indies. There are, however, many of the old species of Swartz, about which no evidence seems to exist in this country; for it is certain that the Flora of Jamaica is less known to Botanists of the present day than that of India. Few collections of dried plants would present greater botanical interest now than those of Jamaica and St. Domingo, from the mountains. For the Brazittan Fiora the author has had the advantage of consulting the large collections brought home by Dr. Von Martius, and the drawings by Descourtilz in the possession of Baron Ben- jamin Delessert; but, unfortunately, both these sources of informa- tion were supplied after the publication of the Vandeée; great additions have, therefore, still to be made in Brazilian plants to both the genera and species of Malaxew, Epidendrez, and Vandce, all which will be introduced into the “Revision” already alluded to. Fortunately, however, our gardens are particularly rich in Brazilian Orchidacez; and the collections of Salzmann at Bahia, of Forbes, Douglas, G. Don, Macrae, Gardner, and other travellers, together with specimens brought home by Russian botanists, and procured for the author by Mr. Prescott, have placed à considerable mass of materials within the author's reach. Vili PREFACE. Cute and the parts of SOUTH AMERICA BEYOND THE TROPIC have . been well investigated by Douglas, Cuming, Mathews, Cruckshanks, Bridges, Tweedie, Gillies and others, all of whose collections have been carefully studied ; but there are many of the species mentioned by Poppig, which the author has never seen. The NonTH or Arrica possesses few species of this order not common to the South of Europe, Salzmann's collections from Tangiers, Dr. Leman's in Madeira, some kinds met with by Bové near Algiers, and Mr. Webb's Canary herbarium have furnished the author with the greater part of them. His knowledge of the species of Tropicat Arrica is principally derived from plants found by G. Don at Sierra Leone, a few from Cape Coast Castle and the Isle of France in the Herbarium of Sir W. Hooker, some Madagascar species gathered by Dr. Lyall, and preserved in the same rich magazine, and from the English gardens, where several have from time to time produced their flowers. The author has not, however, been so fortunate as to meet with much to elucidate the obscure species of Du Petit Thouars, from the Isle of France, Bourbon, and Madagascar, and he earnestly solicits assistance with respect to those islands. Of Care species his examination has been pretty complete. The beautiful plants found by Mr. Drége and most admirably preserved, have been placed at his disposal by that liberal botanist; besides which he has been able to study the species of Dr. Burchell, communicated by himself, of Mr. Harvey, of Forbes, of Ecklon, and of some of the older collectors preserved in the herbaria of Vahl, Hornemann, and Lehmann, for which he has been indebted to the two last eminent naturalists. In the WARMER PARTS OF Asia, copious materials have been furnished. Ceylon species in abundance were communicated by the late Mr. Macrae, besides which the herbarium formed by Col. Walker in that island has been consulted. The vast collections of botanists, travelling under the patronage of the East India Com- pany, have been most liberally given up to unrestricted examination by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company ; besides which the author has been largely indebted to the private friendship of Drs. Royle, Wallich, and Wight, and of Mr. Griffith. : By these means the Flora of the Himalaya, of a great part of Hindostan, of Burma, Assam, and some parts of the Malayan Archipelago, has been extensively incorporated in this work. -Jt is, however, a subject of great regret to the author that the PREFACE. ix Orchidacee of Java, Sumatra, and the Philippines, countries so peculiarly rich in those plants, should at present be comparatively unknown to him. Many Chinese specimens have been obtained through the Rev. Mr. Vachell, who sent his plants to Professor Henslow, of Cambridge, and from Mr. Reeves; but of (hat country and Japan very little can be said to be known. The Orchidacee peculiar to New Horrawp were carefully examined by Dr. Brown and Mr. Ferdinand Bauer during Flinders's Voyage; and the author has been so fortunate as to be favoured with authentic specimens of some of them from Dr. Brown him- self; he has also been kindly furnished by Dr. Endlicher with tracings of most of Mr. Bauer's drawings preserved in the Imperial Library at Vienna; and he has received materials from the late Mr. Allan Cunningham, the Council of the Linnean Society, Mr. Everett, Sir Thomas Mitchell and others. It is, however, to the collections of Swan River plants formed by Mr. Drummond, and most especially to a very large quantity of Tasmannian specimens, most liberally furnished by Mr. Gunn, that the author is indebted for means of examining the Orchidacez of Australia, as is amply testified by the references in the following pages. There are still, however, many species from the East and North Coast, with which he has no acquaintance. ; New ZEALAND is as yet almost an unknown land with respect to Orchidacexw. Species from that island or from any parts of the Pacific will in all cases be particularly welcome. In an order like this, so peculiarly intricate in the structure of the organs of fructification, collections of dried plants would be of little value, in the absence of that kind of knowledge which can only be obtained from the study of living species. For the latter the author is so extensively indebted to the friends of science in this country, that to acknowledge his obligations particu- larly, would be to publish a list of all the principal gardens where such plants are cultivated in Great Britain. lt would, however, be unjust not to mention the names of his friends, the Messrs. Loddiges, as the most constant of all his correspondents, and as those to whom he has been indebted during many years for a continual and most abundant supply of beautiful living specimens of the utmost rarity. 'The large quantities of plants sent him by James Bateman, Esq., the author of the noble work on the Orchida- Cee of Mexico and Guatemala, and by George Barker, Esq. of Birmingham, the possessor of an invaluable collection of Mexican B x PREFACE. and other species, chiefly imported by himself, will also justify the author’s expressing his particular obligations to those gentlemen. It is only necessary to add that the total number of species included in this work amounts to 1980. Of those which are regarded as well established species the author has analyzed the organs of fructification of more than three fourths. London, October, 1840. Errem ORCHIDACE.E. The following are'the principal writings upon this order since the revival of Natural History by Linnzus. 1737. C. Linnzi, Genera plantarum. Gynandria Monandria, and G, Diandria. 1762. C. Linnzi, Species plantarum, vol. 9. Gynandria, Monandria, and G. Diandria. 1789. A. L. Jussieu, Genera plantarum, p. 64. Orchides. 1791. J. G. Konig, Descriptiones Epidendrorum, in Retzü Observat. Botan. fasc. 6. 1800. O. Swartz, i Act. Holm. 1805. C. L. Willdenow, Species plantarum, vol. 4, Gynandria. 1806. O. Swartz, Flora Indie occidentalis vol. 8, p. 1391. 1810. R. Brown, Prodromus Flore N. Hollandie, 309. Orchidex. (1810.) 1813. R. Brown, in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed, 9. 5. 188. 1815. Al. de Humboldt, A. Bonpland, et C. S. Kunth, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, vol. 1. 1818. L. C. Richard, De Orchideis Europeis annotationes, in Mémoires du Muséum, 4. 23. 1821. J. Lindley, Collectanea Botanica. 1822. A. du Petit Thouars, Histoire particulière des plantes Orchidées recueillies sur les trois iles australes d' Afrique, de France, de Bourbon et de Madagascar. 1824-1840. J. Lindley, Bolanical Register. 1825. P. de la Llave et Joh. Lexarza, Orchidianum Opusculum in Nov. Veg. descr. fasc. 9. C. L. Blume, Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Stuk 6, 7, 8, met viif Tabellen. : 1826. J. Lindley, Orchidearum Sceletos. 1828. Ach. Richard, Monographie des Orchidées des Iles de France et Bourbon. 1830. J. Lindley, Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants. Part 1. Malaxidee. Id. An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany. Orchidee. Th. Fr. Bartling, Ord. Nat. Plantarum, 54. Orchidee. xli ORCHIDACES. 1830-1838. Fr. Bauer, Illustrations of Orchidaceous plants ; with notes and prefatory remarks, by John Lindley. 1831. J. Lindley, Genera and Species E Orchidaceous planis. Part 2 Epidendree. R. Brown, Observations on the sexual organs of Orchidee and Asclepiadea. 1832. W. Roxburgh, Flora India, Vol. III. Gynandria. C. Mayrhofer, dissert. de Orchideis in territorio Vindobonensi cres- centibus. 1833. J. Lindley, Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants. Part 3. Vandex. 1834. Idem, Catalogue of the Orchidee in Mr. Cuming's collection of South American Planis, in Hooker's Journal of Botany, Vol. I. p. 4; also Notes upon a small collection of Peruvian Orchidee, Vol. re p. 8. 1835. Idem, Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants. E 4. Ophry- dearum pars. C. L. Blume, Rumphia, Fol. I. p. 195. E. Póppig et St. Endlicher, Nova genera et species plantarum. 1836. J. Lindley, Notes on the Cape Orchidacee of Drége, in Companion to the Botanical Magazine, Vol. II. p. 201. Id. Notes on some genera and species of American Orchidaceae, in Companion to ihe Botanical Magazine, Vol. II. p. 353. Id. A Natural System of Botany, p. 336. Orchidee. 1837. St. Endlicher, Genera Plantarum, p. 185. Orchidee. 1838-1840. Jas. Bateman, Orchidacee of Mexico and Guatemala. J. Lindley, Sertum Orchidaceum. 1838. Id. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, Part. 5. Ophry- dearum pars. 1839. Id. 4 note upon the Anatomy of the roots of USUS in Linn. Trans. Vol. XVIII. p. 423. 1840. Id. On four new species of Cape Orchidacee, in Annals of Natural History, Vol. IV. p. 314. ; also on twenty new species of American Orchidacee, p. 381. Id. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, Part 6. Arethusez. Id. Characters of 5 new Orchidaceous plants, in Annals of Natural History, Vol. V. p. 115; also Notes upon the genus Epidendrum in Hooker's Journal of Botany, Vol. III. November. Id. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, Part 7. Nevottee and Cypripedee. i E š f i dS Per PS xiii CHARACTER NATURALIS. Herp& semper perennes, per totum orbem nisi in regionibus frigidissimis et siccis calidissimis degentes, per zonam temperatam utriusque hemis- phara maxima pro parte terrestres, rard radicibus parasitic, intra tro- picos è contrario in arborum truncos rupes et saxa vegetantes, terris temperatis humidisque ubi frigora hyemis 1gnota sunt copiosissime, sylvas et lucos arborumque umbram amantes, haud raro tamen per campos et pascuas apricas sparse. Rapices fibrose, fasciculate, car- nose, v.'tuberculiformes; tum amyli plene et nucleis corneis materie nutriente Bassorin dictà repletis scatentes. CavrEs nulli, v. elongati annui, aut szepiüs perennes lignosi, rhizoma ramosve articulatos vagina- tos referentes. FoLi4 fer& semper vaginantia, nonnunquam cum caule articulata, membranacea, coriacea, teretia, imo dura et plicata, semper tamen indivisa, ne margine quidem serrata, nunc denticulis cartilagineis aspera, parallele venosa, rarissime subreticulata. Fiores hermaphroditi, irregulares, formå insoliti et diversissimi, spicati v. racemosi, rariüs solitarii, nunc racemoso-paniculati, semper bracteà soli- tarià fulti; szpiüs odore gratissimo scatentes, nunc inodori, quandoque foetidi. PeRIANTHIUM varium, herbaceum aut petaloideum, membranaceum v. carnosum, clausum v, reflexum, persistens et emarcidum, v. cum ovario articulatum deciduumque ; partibus serie duplici, rgrissime triplici ordi- natis, liberis v. diversimod? cohzrentibus; sepius ovarii torsione resupi- natum. SepaLa (morphologic? petala dicenda) 3, basi nunc equalia, nunc varie producta et expansa; duo lateralia torsione ovarii antica, tertiumque s. dorsale axi proximum; rarissime calyculo (calyce vero) cincta. PETALA (stamina sterilia habenda) sepiüs 3, rarissime? 1, sepalis interpo- sita, majora v. minora; lateralia sepalo dorsali sæpiùs similia, rard forma omninó diversa, "Tertium posticum, sed torsione ovarii sepis- sim? anticum, polymorphum, /abellum dictum, ceteris sæpiùs majus et forma omnino aliená, basi haud rard in calcar productum, v. cum pede column basibusque sepalorum lateralium productis cornu efficiens ; nunc cum columná omninó connatum ; aliquando vi quádam irritabili elastice mobile; continuum, indivisum, v. trilobum, aut semel bisve con- strictum et tum in hypochilio, mesochilio et epichilio distinguendum ; nudum aut tuberculis, plicis, lamellisve in speciebus diversis sat constan- tibus ornatum ; nunc appendice carnosà duplici simplicive e stigmate ortum ducente auctum. xiv CHARACTER NATURALIS. Co.umna genitalium e stylo staminibusque in corpus solidum conferrumi- natis conflata, ita ut ille ejusdem faciem labello obversam, hzc dorsalem constituant ; cum ovario continua et recta, v. pede plus minus producto in ejusdem verticem obliqua v. prona; ssepius carnosa et indivisa, ali- quandó tenuissima petaloidea, feré semper sepalis brevior, rarissime* ultra perianthium long? extensa. STAMINA 3, sepalis opposita, centrali tantum antherifero, nisi in Cypripe- deis quarum stamen intermedium dilatatur dum abortat et lateralia an- theris coronantur; sæpiùs conferruminata, quandoque tamen lateralibus sterilibus omninó liberis, carnosis v. petaloideis. ANTHERA nunc 1-lo- cularis, szepius bilocularis ; loculis simplicibus v. 2-4-locellatis ; solitd per 2 lineas medias dehiscens, nunc facie loculorum separabili et de- Hexà bilabiata; connectivo aut membranaceo inconspicuo, aut car- noso et in cristam cornuve extenso; erecta et columnam terminans, v. dorsalis cum stigmatis dorso subparallela, v. opercularis, in clinandrium s. columpz apicem excavatum prona, PorrEN nunc pulvereum, nunc in granulis adherens, nunc in cuneolos materie elasticà colligatos, nunc in pollinia s. massas cereaceas numero definitas conferruminatum. Por- LINIA aut libera aut s:piüs materie supra dicta elasticà diaphaná (cau- diculá) connexa, ejusque ope stigmatis apici s. glandule affixa. Ovarium inferum, 1l-loculare, e carpellis 6 constans, quorum 3 petalis opposita placentas didymas polyspermas parietales gerunt, stigmatibus nullis, dum 3 sepalis opposita in stigmata totidem producuntur. SrvLvus nullus distinctus nisi in Cypripedio Neotteisque quibusdam, sed filamentis conferruminatus. SrrGMATA szpius in discum mucosum ca- vum nunc prominentem confluentia; dorsale in marginem superiorem glandulis 1-2 in Vandeis Neotteisque separabilibus instructum, sepe in rostellum elongatum v. plicatum, v. in bursiculas excavatum productum, quandoque in brachia bina parallela v. divergentia canaliculata, ope membrane s. rostelli plicati connexa extensum ; lateralia in plurimis obsoleta, nunc basi labelli appendicis s. lamellarum callorumve forma adnata. CaprsuraA raro indehiscens, carnosa, siliquiformis, sepissime in valvis 6, siccis, ligneis, rigidis, quarum 3 seminifera solubilis. SEMINA plurima, minutissima, testà laxA reticulatà, rard atrà crustaceá, nonnunquam in glam circularem compressà; embryone exalbuminoso, solido, carnoso; chalazà apici seminis proximá ideoque radiculà hilo contiguá. ` The general structure of Orchidaceæ, briefly embodied in the foregoing description, has been treated of at such length in the prefatory matter of the Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants, that it is unnecessary to do more than refer the reader to that work. I must, however, take the opportunity of correcting one part of the theoretical view which was there taken of the structure of the column. While, in common with Dr. Brown, I regarded the stigma as really consisting of three parts, usually in * This occurs only in the obscure plant c is by Du Petit Thouars, of : plant called Corymbis by i^ z which l have a specimen, but unfortunately in the same imperfect state as 18 repre sented by that author, — TS Ma. M n pepe mi triviis XV a state of confluence, I also supposed the position of the stigmata to be opposite the petals ; being led to that conclusion by the constant position of the stigmatic arms of Ophrydz. That opinion I now retract, in con- sequence of the position of the stigmata in Cypripedium, which C. specta- bile shews most clearly to be opposite the sepals; and therefore the stigmatic arms of Ophryde are to be understood as side lobes of that stigma which is opposite the dorsal sepal. This circumstance, however, only con- firms the accuracy of my view of the true nature of the stamens, which are certainly all opposite the lobes of the stigma in Cypripedium. While, however the untenableness of my first opinion, concerning the relation borne by the stigmata to the other parts of the flower, is thus admitted, there remains a difficulty that opposes itself to the view I now take in common with Brown, and which must not be overlooked. It is that the placentiferous pieces of the ovary are not opposite the stig- mata, but alternate with them, ‘while the seedless pieces of the ovary are ina line with the stigmata! This seems to show that the ovary is composed of 6 carpellary leaves, of which three bear stigmata without ovules, and three bear ovules without stigmata. However paradoxical this may appear, it is by no means incompatible with the due perform- ance of the functions of impregnation; for the carpellary leaves do not adhere into a solid mass, either in the ovary or in the style. On the contrary they form a cavity open from the stigmatic apex down to the ovules, and the whole of that cavity is lined with a lax conducting tissue, which may nevertheless be exclusively furnished by 3 stigmas only, and may become so confluent with the placente as to form a perfect channel of communication for the pollen tubes in their descent into the ovules. The order owes its chief peculiarities to the following circumstances : Jirstly, to the consolidation of all the sexual organs into one common mass, called the column ; secondly, to the suppression of all the anthers, except one in the mass of the order, or two in Cypripedee ; thirdly, to the pecu- liar condition of its pollen, and the anther which contains it ; and fourthly, to the very general developement of one of the inner leaves of the perianth or petals in an excessive degree, or in an unusual form. These peculiarities are in most cases so striking, and all so strongly nranifested in the same flower, that the inexperienced botanist may be unable to discover their real character. We find, however, that the true nature of each part is indicated by special cases of structure occurring in different parts of the order. Thus in Cypripedium not only are two lateral stamens furnished with anthers, while the central stamen is antherless, but the stigma and style Separate from the filaments nearly to the base, and the triple nature of the former is distinctly shown, together with the relation of its lobes to the other parts of the flower. The pollen, which has so anomalous an appear- ance in its waxy or sectile state, presents the usual appearance of that substance in Goodyera, and many Neotteze. And the irregularity of the labellum disappears in such genera as Thelymitra, Paxtonia, Macdonaldia, Hexisea, and some others, whose flowers are almost as regular as those of a Sisyrinchium. se is indeed to the latter genus, more nearly than to any other, that rchidaceze seem to approach in structure, except to Zingiberaces ; so - * xvi that they may be supposed to pass into Iridacez through Thelymitra and Sisyrinchium on the one hand, and into Zingiberacez through Phrynium and such a genus as Evelyna * on the other. With regard to Apostasiacee, their relation to that order does not appear to me to be greater than to either of the two now mentioned ; and in the absence of all evidence as to the connecting links which join Orchidacez and Apostasiacez it seems unnecessary to advert further to the subject. It may, however, be observed that Apostasia has apparently as much claim to be regarded as a diandrous monadelphous Amaryllidaceous plant allied to Hypoxide and standing, perhaps, in the same relation to that order as Gilliesia to Liliacez, as it has to be regarded as a trilocular Orchidaceous plant with the gynandrous organization lost. In classifying this order the most important characters appear to reside in the pollen, which in many is consolidated into firm waxy masses of a definite number in each species, and in others is either in its usual /oose powdery condition, or is collected in granules or small wedges the number of which is far too great to be counted. Of those with waxy pollen masses some (MaraxEz) are destitute of any visible processes by which the masses are brought into contact with the stigma ; others (ErrpENDREx) have strap-shaped caudicule, which are either bent down upon the masses themselves, or serve to hold them together, without, however, forming any organized union with the stigma ; whiie the remainder (VaxpEx) have a caudicula, which adheres firmly to a gland found on the upper margin of the stigma and separating freely from that organ. The last form is much more distinct from the two first than they are from each other, and I am inclined to think that hereafter it will either be requisite to combine Malaxee with Epidendrez, or to exclude from the former not only Acanthophippium, Celogyae and Pbolidota, but several other genera at present referred to them. The genera with powdery, granular, or sectile pollen cannot be classified so conveniently by modifications of that part, but are readily divided into 3 natural tribes by peculiarities in the anther. In some (Ornunrsz) the anther is erect, not hinged to the column but continuous with it, and stands above the stigma, the pollen masses having their points directed to the base of the lobes of the anther ; in others (AnETRHUsEX) the anther is hinged to the column, upon the end of which it is placed transversely like alid; and in others (NEorrxx) it is also hinged to the column, but is stationed at its back so as to be nearly parallel with the stigmatic surface. If to this we add that Cypripepex have two anthers, while all the others have one only, we find the order divided into seven tribes, of which the following is a tabular view. * This genus has been present work was The Ble en published in Póppig and Endlicher's genera plantarum while the y vas passing through the press and will be introduced into the “ Revision," tia capitata of R, Brown, p. 123, is a species of it. 2 —— P xvii A Tasuvar view of the Tnings of Oncutpacgx. I. Anther one only. A. Pollen masses waxy, a. No caudicula or separable stigmatic gland, Tribe I. Maraxeæ (or Malaxidez). p. 3. b. A distinct caudicula, but no separable stigmatic gland, — — Tribe II. Eripenprea. p. 95. c. A distinct caudicula, united to a deciduous stigmatic gland, Tribe III. VaNpEx. p. 135. B. Pollen powdery, granular, or sectile. . a. Anther terminal, erect, Tribe IV, Ornnzz (or Ophrydez.) p. 257. b. Anther terminal, opercular, - Tribe V. AnEruusxkx. p, 381. c. Anther dorsal - - Tribe VI. NgeorTTtEZ. p. 441. II. Anthers two - - - Tribe VII. CvrniPEDEz. p. 595. So far as the present enumeration of species illustrates the geographical distribution of those tribes, the following table shows their proportions in various parts of the world. It is, however, to be observed that the number of species of Malaxez, Epidendree, and Vandee is far too low. l 1 Em RO Beene | E | Ea : g 3 IR 1 ui | áls ei i RE! HE g $ g Z : E S ge f P: 3 s S D$ Te 5 i o a zi = to n m 2 o = P - T & Tiai? S B 2|8|$| E sig igi ala g a; |$|$]3. 9| 13 HEIERERSEREAEIE: 3 8] 2 5 Sisi" tarsi lists BIg s z E bi E < 21a] 8 lei srg eis | SIS eleleisleiagigiagisialsl/aleieigis Names of 8, EISIBIBIBISIS 3 818 | = glsis JEJE | Tribes. ximimizcizxioilotsioj^4in-|c aiias] | | ‘ | I. ManAxER. . | 380) 3 2} 4) 56 | 44 | 24 | 152; 10 4 10: 10 | 46| . «4:961 9 II. EPIDENDRE/£ 158] . . al 8f $ 4| 16) 4 1 . 112 . 207 |IIL Visose . | 487} 1] 1| 2|58|41|24 109 11| 3| 5 2|198| . | 1434! 9 IV. OrHREZ . . | 449| 85 | 28 | 42 | 48 | 17 9 "s.t ? 33] 6 | 135| 31 6 V. ARETHUSER 218; 5 1 8I &|-5 0L. . 31 us 5 26| 31 1 ^ VL Nzorrxm. . | 270} 11| 6|19 11|36] 10 | 28| 3] . | 77) 1| 90] 7 el. 4 VII. CYPRIPEDE® 35] 9$] 41. 9 | 3 H 9*1 6 " * "tus inm — — Total |1980| 107| 42 36 |199 126| 72 | 322| 31 | 15 200 13 | 511| 42 | 149| 96 | 24 ap ORCHID E.E. April, f830. B ORCHIDE E. Tribe I. MaLaxIpEz. ORCHIDEE, Tribus MALAxIDE#. Lindl. Coll. Bot. Orch. Scel. Pollen in massis cereaceis (polliniis) definitis cohzrens, telA omni cellulos& superflua ademptà. Anthera terminalis, opercularis. Herba epiphyte v. terrestres, foliorum basibus v. caulibus sæpiùs incrassatis. _I comprehend in this Tribe all the genera that have their pollen cohe- ring in masses of a firm waxy texture, without any of the cellular sub- stance, by which the grains are connected, remaining under the form of a distinct gland lying upon the stigma, or of an elastic transparent com- munication (caudicula) between the pollen masses and the gland. Ma- laxidez may, in other words, be considered as Orchideous plants, the pollen of which communicates directly with tbe stigma, without the intervention of any intermediate apparatus. Section I. PrEvuROoTHALLEX. OncHIDEE ; Tribus Malaxidez,* Pleurothallee. Lindley in Bot. Reg. fol. Columna erecta, ad basin parum producta. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. Pollinia 2. Labellum cum columna connatum, bilobum - - 4. LEPANTHES. Labellum liberum Sepala lateralia connata Columna aptera. Anthera apice membranacea - 1, PLEUROTHALLIs, Columna alata. Anthera apice dilatata carnosa 6. OSYRICERA. Sepala lateralia libera Columna elongata Labellum trilobum. Pollinia dimidiata. Columna 7. CHRYSOOLÓNEDN. basi alata - - - - Labellum integerrimum. Pollinia arcuata. Co- } 19. Cratos lumna basi aptera - - - Columna nana Labellum petalis conforme Sepala lateralia basi saccata - - 2, SPECKLINIA, Sepala lateralia basi plana - - - 5. STELIS. UL RERO cera 4 MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLEZ. Labellum petalis difforme — Sepala et petala conformis. Labellum pla- 10. OBSRONÍA: num saepius truncatum - - : Sepala et petala conformia. Labellum medio ] 27. MESOCLASTES. constrictum basi concavum E - Pollinia 4. Sepala lateralia connata. oe Sepalum supremum acuminatissimum - - - 9. RESTREPIA. Sepalum supremum lateralibus conforme - - 8. GASTROGLOTTIS. Sepala lateralia libera. Sepala et petala subzequalia erecta. Anthera biloba = - - - - 22, Ca@Lia, Anthera integra Anthera longitudin. dehiscens Labellum integerrimum. Columna bicornis 20. DENDROCHILUM. Labellum trilobum. Columna mutica Pollinia collateralia (00 00) - 25. C&LoGYNE. Pollinia incumbentia (8 $ - - 26. DicryPTa.- Anthera transverse dehiscens Labellum ventricosum - - - 23 PHOLIDOTA. Labellum lineare basi auriculatum - - 21. OTOCHILUS. Sepala et petala patentissima vald? inzqualia. Labellum cum columna angulum rectum E 13. MicROsTYLIS. basi sagittatum v. cordatum - - : ^ Labellum cum columna subparallelum Labellum (nanum) petalis conforme. Pollinia in- } 15 MALAXIS eumbentia (§ 8) - - - ; Labellum petalis majus et difforme. Pollinia col- lateralia (00 00) Labellum integrum. Columna elongata. Labellum basi cucullatum cum facie co- lumnz alté accretum, sepalis laterali- } 11. Empusa. bus obliqué connatum - - Labellum basi planum Columna semiteres - - 19. Liparis. Columna disciformis compressa — 12. PrATYsTYLIS. : Labellum tridentatum, nuncexcavatum. Co- lumna nana - - ~ } ee Pollinia 8. Labellum calcaratum r - E - - 16. NEPHELAPHYLLUM. Labellum ecalcaratum : Petala aristata - E - - - 17. ACIANTHUS. Petala mutica : Columna semiteres - -~ - - 3. OCTOMERIA. Columna alata, apice cucullata., Labellum lamellatum 24. DiLocHia. I. PLEUROTHALLIS. Pleurothallis, R. Brown, in Hort. Kew. 5. 211. Sepala conniventia, subzequalia : lateralibus v. omnibus connatis. Petala minora. Labellum liberum, cum columna subparallelum, integerrimum, petalis difforme. Columna elongata, aptera, libera, cum ovario continua. Anthera apice membranacea. Pollinia 2, nunc materie pulvereà ad apicem coherentia. Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate repente filiformi. Caules filiformes, monophyili, szpitis vaginati. Flores axillares, solitarii, V. fasciculati, v. racemosi, herbacei v. fusci. The species of this genus are in great want of careful examination by some West Indian Botanist who has opportunities of seeing them alive: In Herbaria the specimens are almost always bad, and the parts are beside$ difficult to make out, on account of their minuteness. I am in possession MALAXIDEJE. PLEUROTHALLEJE. 5 of a species from Mexico, and of another from Rio, both of which are no doubt undescribed, but I am unwilling to publish them without better materials. 1. PLevrRorTHALLis ruscifolia. R. Br. P. folio ovali-lanceolato caulis longitudine, floribus fasciculatis, spathá bivalvi, pedicellis 2-3-bracteatis filiformibus floribus longioribus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis: lateralibus connatis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis mino- ribus, labello oblongo undulato obtuso. Epidendrum ruscifolium. Linn. sp. pl. 1353. Jacq. Amer. 226. t. 133. f. 3. Dendrobium ruscifolium. Swartz! n. act. Ups. 6. p. 84. Willd. n. 16. Pleurothallisruscifolia. R, Br. in Hort. Kew. 5.211. Hooker Ex. Fl. 197. Hab. in Jamaica super arbores, Swartz; in insulis Caribeis, De Ponthieu, (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. et v. cult.) Dr. Hooker's figure is authority for this species, and it is from it that I have framed my specific character. It is extremely probable that more species than one are confounded under the same name. Ihave specimens from Rio of what is no doubt nearly allied to this, but which differs in the form of the leaf, and in having a ciliated Labellum ; my specimens are not good enough to describe. | 9. PrLEvROTHaALLIS laurifolia. ^ Kunth. P. “ caule monophyllo, folio oblongo acuminato basi angustato, floribus fasciculato-congestis, foliolis calycinis exterioribus lateralibus apice liberis." Kunth. in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp. 1.364. synops. 1.346. Hab. in devexis Andium Popayanensium alt. 1200 hex. florens Novembre ; Humboldt et Bonpland. Related to P. ruscifolia, according to Kunth. 3. PLEUROTHALLIS succosa. P. caule tereti folio ovato-lanceolato succoso tripld longiore, floribus fasci- culatis subsessilibus, sepalis lanceolatis: lateralibus omnind connatis, petalis linearibus subulatis, labello minimo ovato carnoso recurvo co- lumne longitudine. Humboldtia succosa. Pavon. in Herb. Lamb. Hab. in Peruvia, Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis semipedalis. Folium 2 uncias longum. Petala integra, sepalis pauld breviora. Columna nana, anthera horizontali subglobosa. 4. PLEUROTHALLIS cordata. P. caule tereti sulcato folio subrotundo horizontali alt? cordato acuminato multo longiore, floribus fasciculatis e spatha brevi coriacea subexsertis, Humboldtia cordata. Fi. Peruv ! syst. p. 234. Stelis cordata. Pers. syn. no. 3. Hab. in Peruvia; Pavon. (v. s. defl. in Herb. Lambert.) Gigantea. Caules validi, erecti, esquamati, fere pedales, Folia horizontalia, 32 uncias longa, sinubus baseos cordate imbricantibus. Alabastrum uni- cum vidi valde juvene subglobosum, unde sepala rotundata conjicio. ? 5. PrEvRorBALLIS lanceolata. P. caule ascendente tereti folio ovato lanceolato erecto fer? triplo longiore, 6 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. racemo solitario folio longiore apice nutante e spathà maxim coriaced dimidiam folii feré equante. Humboldtia lanceolata. Fl. Peruv ! syst. 237. Stelislanceolata. Pers. syn. no. 12. Hab. in Peruvia; Pavon. (v. s. sp. def. in Herb. Lamb.) Caulis robustus 10 uncias, folium in basi attenuatum 7, spatha 3, racemus 8 longi. 6. PLEuROTHALLIS tribuloides. P. ** caule brevissimo monophyllo, folio lanceolato obtuso emarginatove, pedunculo brevissimo unifloro, capsula globosa echinata," Swartz sub Dendrobio. Epidendrum tribuloides, Swartz Prodr. 123. Dendrobium tribuloides, Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1525. Willd. n. 8. Hab. in sylvis interioribus Jamaice, parasitica arborum Crescentie ; Swartz. Flores minuti rubri, bracteis geminis ovatis parvis sub germine. Sepala ovata: lateralibus semiconnatis intus punctatis. Petala colore saturatiore. Labellum oblongum, obtusum, concavum, recurvatum, striatum, margine ciliato; ex Swartz. 7. PrEURoTHALLIS prolifera, Herbert. P. caulibus ancipitibus, folio oblongo cochleato carnoso prolifero racemo duplo longiore, bracteis cuneatis cuspidatis cucullatis pedicello brevio- ribus, sepalis conniventibus: lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis labelloque conformibus duplo longioribus, clinandrio dentato. Pl. prolifera, Herbert in litt. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1298. Hab. in Brazilia (v. v. cult.) S. PrLEvRoTHALLIS racemiflora. Lindley. P. folio oblongo emarginato racemo secundo multifloro duplo breviore, bracteis vaginatis appressis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis: lateralibus con- natis petalis ovatis subæqualibus, labello subunguiculato linguzformi obtuso plano, clinandrio dentato. ~ Epidendrum racemiflorum. Swartz Prodr. 125. Dendrobium racemiflorum. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1543. Willd. n. 12. Pleurothallis racemiflora. Lindl. in Hooker. Exot. Florá, t. 123. Hab. super arbores in summis montibus Jamaice australis; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. et v. cult.) 9. PLEUROTHALLIS emarginata. P. acaulis, foliis solitariis lineari-loratis emarginatis, racemis capillaribus foliis triplo longioribus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis alte connatis: apicibus liberis carnosis, petalis cuneatis columna brevioribus labelloque trilobo nanis. Humboldtia emarginata. Pavon. in Herb. Lambert. Hab. in Peruvia; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) Cespitosa, verosimiliter epiphyta. Folia cum basi petioliformi 42 uncias longa. Racemi cernui (an penduli?) 9 uncias longi. Bracteæ lineares, cucullate. Sepala omnia ultra dimidiam connata. Columna triplo sepalis brevior, petalis tamen longior. Labellum cum columna parallelum, ejusdem longitudine, trilobum, lobis rotundatis. MALAXIDE X. PLEUROTHALLE4XE. 7 10. PLeEvROTHALLIS spiralis. P. caule tereti squamoso folio oblongo quali, racemo erecto spirali folio longiore, bracteis acuminatis, sepalis ovatis obtusiusculis: lateralibus in unum cymbiforme connatis, petalis columna labelloque truncatis nanis. Humboldtia spiralis. FZ. Peruv! syst. 237. Stelis spiralis. Pers. syn. no. 13. Hab. in Peruvia, Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Flores maximi in genere, verosimiliter purpurei. Bractez late, membra- nacez, cucullate, apice acuminatissime. Sepala septemvenia, latè ovata. Petala minima cuneata, quasi truncata, margine superiore crasso plano, trivenia, Labellum triquetrum. Columnatriquetra. Anthera membra- nacea unilocularis. 'This very curious species has the habit and petals of Stelis, but its con- nate lower sepals fix it in Pleurothallis; it connects the two genera. 11. PrEcnoTHALLIS macrophylla. Kunth. P. ** caule monophyllo, folio oblongo acuto, spicis compluribus aggregatis, foliolis calycinis exterioribus lateralibus omnino connatis." Kunth, in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp. 1. 365. Synops. 1. 346. Hab. super arbores in Provincia Popayanensi, florens Novembre ; Humboldt et Bonpland. 12, PLEUROTHaLLISs pulchella. Lindley. P. spicis geminis folio oblongo-lanceolato obtuso coriaceo duplo longiori- bus, floribus nutantibus, sepalis oblongis apice angustatis triveniis : superiore duplo latiore. Stelis pulchella, Kunth. in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp. pl. 1.364. t. 90. Synops. 1.346. Pleurothallis pulchella. Lindley in Hooker. Exot. Fi. 123. in notis. Hab. sub ccelo temperato Regni Quitensis, alt 1370 hex. florens Februario ; Humboldt et Bonp. 13. PLevRoTHALiis laxa. P. * caule monophyllo, folio oblongo acuminato, racemis laxis; capsulis nudis." Swartz sub Dendrobio. Epidendrum laxum. Swarts Prodr. p. 125. Dendrobium laxum. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1547. Willd. n. 14. Hab. in altissimis montibus Jamaice australis, super ramos arborum ; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. sine analysi. ) P. alpestri valde affinis ; utraque bracteis cucullatis distincta, Racemi foliis subequales. Flores secundi, atropurpurei, lineati. Bractez cucullate. Sepala lateralia semiconnata. Labellum ovatum, canaliculatum, apice reflexum, coerulescens ; ex Swartz. 14. PrrvnornarLis alpestris. P.“ caule monophyllo, folio ovato-lanceolato, racemis laxis, carinis capsu- larum muricatis,' Swartz sub Dendrobio. z Epidendrum alpestre. Swartz Prodr. 125. Dendrobium alpestre, Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1545. Willd. n, 13. Hab. in altissimis montibus Jamaica australis, super ramos arborum ; Swartz, (v. s, sp. in Herb. Banks. sine analysi.) 8 MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLEÆ. Racemi folio sæpè longiores. Flores parvi, secundi, luteo-virides. Sepala lateralia semiconnata. Labellum ovatum, obtusum, concavum, minu- tum, atropurpureum ; ex Swartz. II. SPECKLINIA. Sepala conniventia, equalia, distincta: lateralibus basi saccatis extus gibbosis. Petala sepalis conformia triplo minora (nana). Labellum liberum petalis conforme basi saccatum. Columna nana, libera, mem- branaceo-alata. Anthera unilocularis (bilocularis Hooker), infrapicilaris. Pollinia 2, plano-convexa (4, Hooker). Herba pusille, caulibus fili- . formibus monophyllis. Folia coriacea. Pedunculi axillares, capillares, pauciflori. Obs. numerus Polliniorum forte dubius; in S. floribunda certissime 2 plano convexa in anthera uniloculari; in S. emarginata 4, per paria cohe- rentia secundum Hooker. Genus Pleurothalli proximum, numero pol- liniorum incerto, sepalis liberis basi saccatis praecipue diversum. Nomen in honorem Rodolphi Specklin sculptoris in ligno eximi, cujus icones plantarum pro evo suo prestantissime in Fuchsii Historia stirpium, de Bota- nica optimé meruerunt. . 1. SrEckLINIA sertularioides. S. caulibus brevissimis, folio lanceolato subpetiolato, sepalis lanceolatis subpatentibus, pedunculis unifloris, rhizomate articulato. Epidendrum sertularioides. Swartz Prodr. 123. Dendrobium sertularioides. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1541. Willd. n. 11. Pleurothallis sertularioides. Spreng. syst. 3. 731. Hab. in arboribus densis antiquis montium Jamaice ; Swartz. (v. s, sp. in Herb. Banks.) " Rhizoma Sertulariz modo, articulatum, unde nomen. Pedunculi solitarii, capillares, longitudine fere foliorum squamis spathaceis duabus in medio. Flores albidi, apicibus flavis. Labellum lanceolatum recurvum, basi concavum ; ex Swartz. 9. SrECc&kLINIA Lanceola. S. caulibus brevissimis, folio lanceolato subpetiolato, sepalis obtusis paten- tibus, petalis apice subciliatis, pedunculis bifloris. Epidendrum lanceola. Swartz Prodr. 123. Dendrobium lanceola. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1539. Willd. n. 10. Pleurothallis lanceola. Spreng. syst. 3. 731. Hab. super arbores in altissimis montibus Jamaice australis ; Swartz. (v. $. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Pedunculus capillaris, longitudine folii, squamis aliquot munitus, Flores fulvi v. aurantii, minuti. Labellum oblongum, obtusum, concavum, re- curvum, purpureum, margine luteum; ex Swartz. Obs. Rhizoma repens in exemplare Swartziano nullum. 3. SPECKLINIA emarginata. S. caulibus folio oblongo emarginato subzqualibus, sepalis lanceolatis, pe- dunculis bifloris. | $ MALAXIDEÆ. PLEUROTHALLEÆ. 9 Epidendrum corniculatum. Swartz Prodr. 123. Dendrobium corniculatum. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1537. Willd, n. 9. Epidendrum ? monophyllum. Hooker. Exot FI. t. 109. Cymlidium corniculatum. Spreng. syst. 3. 722. Hab. in Jamaica; Swartz, Hooker. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Pedicelli basi bracteà cucullatà suffulti. Sepala viridia. Petala dupld bre- viora medio purpurea. Labellum purpureum, lineari-lanceolatum, basi gibbosum. Columna apice dentata, Ovarium purpureum, verrucosum, teste Hookero. Folia ovalia marginata, apice bifida. Scapus capillaris, uniflorus, foliis dupló longior; ex exempl. Swartziano. 4. Specxuinia floribunda. S. caule ancipiti folio oblongo-lanceolato dupld longiore, spicà flexuosá multiflorà folio zquali, labello trilobo 2-cristato. Dendrobium ophioglossoides. Sieber. Fl. Martin. exsicc. n. 206. Hab. in Martinica; Sieber. ( habeo s. sp. communic. amiciss. Prescot.) Caules numerosi, erecti, cespitosi. Folium apice integrum mucronulatum. Alabastra ovata. Sepala lanceolata: lateralibus basi saccatis carinatis. Petala spatulata, minora, denticulata. Labellum petalis zequale, trilobum, cristà duplici membranaceá longitudinali. Columna semiteres, clinandrio cucullato, membranaceo, antice dentato. Anthera certo certius unilocu- laris, polliniis 2, plano-convexis, apice materie viscidà coherentibus. ? 5. SPECKLINIA linearis. S. caule ancipiti folio lineari-oblongo subtripld longiore, spicis capillaribus bifloris: altero folio subzquali, altero duplo breviore. Humboldtia purpurea. Flora Peruv. syst ! p. 233. Stelis purpurea. Pers. syn. 2.524. Hab. in Mexico et Peruvia; Pavon. (v. s. sp. defloratum in Herb. Lambert.) Caules cepitosi, 2-3-unciales, Folia uncialia, apice equalia, obtusa. HI. OCTOMERIA. Octomeria, R. Br. in H. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 211. Sepala patentia, equalia, basibus paulo connata, lateralibus cum basi le- viter productA columnz connatis sed nullo modo obliquis. Petala sepalis zqualia et conformia. Labellum basi saccatum, leviter trilobum, cum pede column:e articulatum, patens. Columna semiteres, elongata, basi leviter et abrupte productá, cum ovario continua, nec incumbens. Anthera terminalis, 4-locularis, cristà callosà. Pollinia 8, quaternatim cohzrentia, collateralia (0000 0000). Herbz caulescentes, caulibus teretibus articulatis, vaginis fibrosis vestitis, monophyllis, (rard foliosis). Folia coriacea. Flores axillares, fasciculati aut solitarii, (raro terminales racemosi). Pedicelli bracteis imbricati. This genus forms a transition from Pleurothallee to Dendrobiee. The differences between it and Eria will be noticed in speaking of the latter genus, to which I have to add the remarkable circumstance of all the pollen masses being collateral and not lying in pairs upon each other, a fact which I have learned from Mr, Bauer's elaborate drawings. Dr. Ooker's figure in the Botanical Magazine, t. 2764, is at variance with this statement ;—but I presume that excellent Botanist's specimens were * ! à very imperfect state, as I find in the same plate the anther, which in April, 1830. c 10 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. the species represented by Dr. Hooker is unquestionably 4 celled with a fleshy crest, figured as absolutely bilocular without any crest. 1. Ocromeria graminifolia. R. Br. O. foliis solitariis lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis, labello ovato: lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio bicostato tridentato, sepalis pe- talisque ovatis. © Helleborine graminea repens biflora. Plum. sp. 9. ic. 176. f. 1. Epidendrum graminifolium. Linn. sp. pl. 1353. Dendrobium graminifolium. Willd. n. 15. Octomeria graminifolia, R. Br. l, c. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 2764. Hab. in insulis- Caribeis. (v. v. cult.) Flores flavi, duabus maculis sanguineis, numero incerti, nunc solitarii, nunc binati ternative. Caules majores et crassiores quam in O. Baueri. 2. OctomeERiA Baueri. O. foliis solitariis lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis, labello ob- longo: lobis lateralibus sinuosis intermedio elongato apice flexuoso dilatato apiculato, sepalis petalisque ovatis. Hab. in India Occidentali. Floruit in Horto regio Kewensi Martio 1817. (V. ic, pict, cel. Baueri.) Flores albi apice flavi. Labellum maculis nullis. This species and the foregoing so entirely resemble each other in habit, foliage and inflorescence, that it is in vain to seek to which of them the specific name graminifolia may with the greatest justice be applied. Mr. Brown's specific character is equally applicable to both, and any Botanist might be liable to confound them when dried. I have therefore retained the name for the species figured by Dr. Hooker, who may be considered as the first who really established the species with precision. 3. OCTOMERIA serratifolia. Hooker. O. folis distichis apice serrulatis lineari-lanceolatis basi vaginantibus, racemo terminali paucifloro, labello oblongo-lineari crenulato: lobo intermedio abbreviato obtuso, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis. Octomeria serratifolia. Hooker. Bot. Mag. 2823. Hab. in montibus Brazilie. Hooker. Flores albi fulvo suffusi. Anthera secundum cl; Hooker 2-locularis, loculis transversim septulo divisis ; (character insolitus !) An pollinia rect? visa ? —ex habitu valde suspicor generis esse diversi, IV. LEPANTHES. Lepanthes. Swartz in act, Scient. Soc. Ups. vi. p. 85; Flora Ind. Occ. p. 1555. Sepala patula, basi, praesertim lateralia, connata, Petala duo, libera, nana. Labellum (secundum Swartzium nullum sed verosimiliter) apice bilobum cum columna connatum. Columna elongata, teres (secundum Swartz. bialata, sed alz verosimiliter lobi labelli connati, cum auctor ille alas L- cochlearifolie et tridentate ad latera baseos columnze describat). Pollinia 2- —Herbe epiphyte, caulibus filiformibus monophyllis vaginatis, spicis axillaribus, Pleurothallis omnino, habitu. Flores lutei, v. sanguinei, minutissimi, column& semper sanguinea. MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLE#. ll Obs. Genus recognoscendum, Swartzio solo visum. Exemplaria omnium specierum extant in Herb. Banksiano sed deflorata, Pleurothalli valde affine. 1. Lepanrues tridentata. Swartz. L. “ folio ovato acuto marginato apice tridentato ; floribus basi triquetris, petalis (sepalis) acuminatis, alis columne erecto-incurvis? Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1561. Epidendrum tridentatum. Swartz Prodr. p. 125. Hab. cum L, pulchellà ; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. sine floribus.) Flores purpureo-lutei, 2. Lepanthes pulchella. Swartz. L. “ folio subrotundo acuto ; petalis (sepalis) acuminatis ciliatis : interiori- bus (petalis) utrinque acutis postice cruciantibus." Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1559. Epidendrum pulchellum. Swartz Prodr. p. 125. Hab. supra arbores inter muscos in altissimis montibus Jamaica, florens . Julio et Augusto ; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. sine floribus. ) Flores majores quam L. concinnz, lutei, Swartz. Folium ex exemplare in Herb. Banksiano ovatum, acutum, potius quam subrotundum. 3. Lepanrues concinna. Swartz. L. “ folio ovato-acuminato; petalis (sepalis) subrotundis acutis; interio- ribus (petalis) postice obtusis." Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1557. Epidendrum ovale. Swartz Prodr. p. 125. Hab. in montibus altis czruleis Jamaice, epiphyta florens vere; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. sine floribus.) Flores flavi. Folia tricostata. 4. Leranrues cochlearifolia, Swartz. L. “ folio orbiculato, convexo concavo." Swartz Fl, Ind. Occ. p. 1563. Epidendrum cochlearifolium. Swartz Predr. p. 126. Hab. in truncis arborum nec non rupibus muscis vestitis in summis mon- tibus Jamaice australis, florens ultimis mensibus anni; Swartz. (v. 8, sp. in Herb. Banks. sine floribus.) Flores sanguinei. Pollinium unicum ! Swartz. Caulis squamis ovatis ciliatis plurimis vestitus. V. STELIS. Stelis. Swartz in Schrad. Diar. Botan. 1799. p. 239. t. 2. f. 3. Sepala globoso- conniventia, æqualia, valvata, basibus subconnata. Petala nana. Labellum nanum petalis conforme. Columna nana, mutica, cum ovario continua. Anthera 1-locularis. Pollinia 2, ovata, cereacea, dis- tincta, nunc ad apicem materie viscidà coherentia. Herbae epiphyte habitu Pleurothallis, ; 12 MALAXIDE.E. PLEUROTHALLE E. 1. Srexis ophioglossoides. Swartz. S. folio tenui lanceolato apice sepius recurvo, spicà laxà folio longiore: rachi rectà, floribus cernuis quaquaversis obsolete hexagonis, petalis truncatis, labello basi subcordato. Epidendrum ophioglossoides. Linn. sp. pl. 1353. Jac. Amer. 225. t. 133. 2. Epidendrum trigonifiorum. Swartz Prodr. 125. Dendrobium ophioglossoides. Swartz Nev. Act. Ups. 6.83. Stelis ophioglossoides. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. t. 1551. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 935. Hab. super arbores in sylvis montosis Jamaice ; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. et v. cult.) 2. Steuis micrantha. Swartz. S. folio oblongo-lanceolato coriaceo obtuso, spicà folio dupld longiore: rachi rectà, floribus nutantibus secundis trigonis, petalis apiculatis la- bello conformibus. Epidendrum micranthum: Swartz Prodr. 125. Stelis micrantha. Swartz! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1553. Willd.n.2. Hooker. Fl. exot. t. 158. Humboldtia parviflora. Fl. Peruv ! syst. p. 236. Stelis parviflora. Pers. syn. no. 8. Hab. super arbores adque latera rupium in altis montibus Jamaice ; Swartz ; in Peruvia; Pavon. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. et Lambert. et v. cult.) Dr. Hooker represents the pollen masses as cohering by means of a transparent gland. This is however clearly a mistake. 3. Sreuis pusilla. Kunth. S. ** spica solitaria folium lanceolatum acutum coriaceum dupló superante, floribus subnutantibus: foliolis calycinis exterioribus subrotundis ob- tusis trinerviis subzequalibus." Kunth. in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp. pl.1.361. Synops. 1. 344. Hab. in Regno Quitensi, alt. 1930 hex. florens Maio; Humboldt et Bonpland. 4. SrELIS carnosa. Kunth. ° S. “ spica solitaria cylindracea folium oblongum obtusum subcarnosum duplò superante ; floribus approximatis erectiusculis ; foliolis calycinis exterioribus ovato-subrotundis enerviis subæqualibus.” Kunth. l. c. Synops. 1.344. Hab. in Provincia Jaen de Bracamoros, alt. 1000* bex. florens Augusto ; Humboldt et Bonpland. 5. SrELIS floribunda, Kunth. 4 S. 3 spicis subquaternis folio oblongo obtuso coriaceo dupld longioribus ; floribus subnutantibus ; foliolis calycinis exterioribus ovatis acutiusculis trinerviis interné pubescentibus subzqualibus.” Kunth. l. c. Synops. 1.344. Hab. in Andibus Popayanensium, alt. 1210 hex. boldt et Bonpland. An Humboldtia polystachya R. et P. Kunth. florens Novembri; Hum- 6. Srexis angustifolia. Kunth. S. “ spicis subgeminis folium oblongo-lanceolatum obtusiusculum subco- riaceum æquantibus; floribus subnutantibus ; foliolis calycinis exteriori- MALAXIDE.E. PLEUROTHALLE.E. 13 bus ovatis acutiusculis trinerviis interne pubescentibus subequalibus.” Kunth. l. c. Synops. 1. 345. Hab. in Regno Novo Granatensi, regione temperata alt. 1004 hex. florens Decembri; Humboldt et Bonpland. An eadem ac. S. floribunda? Kunth. 7. SrELis elongata. Kunth. “S. * spica solitaria folium lanceolatum obtusum subcoriaceum quadrupld superante ; floribus nutantibus ; foliolis calycinis exterioribus oblongis obtusis trinerviis: superiore ceteris longiore." Kunth. l.c. Synops. 1.345. Hab. in Provincia Popayanensi, alt. 480 hex. florens Novembri ; Humb. et Bonpl. 8. SmELIS alba. Kunth. S. “ spica solitaria folium oblongum acutiusculum subcoriaceum dupld superante; floribus nutantibus; foliolis calycinis exterioribus ovato- oblongis acutis subeequalibus." Kunth. l. c. Synops. 1.345. Hab. in Prov. Popayanensi, alt. 1400 hex. florens Novembri; Humb. et Bonpl. 9. SrELISs macrocarpa. Kunth. S. ** spicis subgeminis folio oblongo obtuso subcoriaceo dupld longiori- bus; floribus subnutantibus; foliolis calycinis exterioribus subrotundo- ovatis acutiusculis subquinquenerviis subzqualibus." Kunth. l. c. Sy- nops. 1. 345. Hab. in Regno Novo Granatensi, alt. 1360 hex. florens Decembri; Humb. et Bonpl. Steles omnes alias Willdenovii, sive Humboldtias Flore Peruviane, preter- mitto, prout inextricabiles, et descriptionibus miserrimis fretas, omnino Botanices indignis, Species 6 enumerantur, Peruvie propri. VI. OSYRICERA. Osyricera. Blume Bijdr. 307. Tabellen 58. Sepala subringentia ad basin subconnata: lateralibus omnino concretis. Petala minora. Labellum ventricosum, indivisum cum columne ungue calloso articulatum ; limbo davero glanduloso. Columna brevis apice bialata : alis tricuspidatis. Apthera semibilocularis, antea in laminam glandulosam expansa. Pollinia 2, ovalia, pulposo-cereacea. Herba epiphyta. Folia lineari-lanceolata, pseudobulbis moniliformibus suffulta. Spice radicales. Flores purpurescentes. Character ex Blume. 1. Osyricera crassifolia. Blume l. c. iab. 58. Hab. in arboribus ad montem Salak, Insule Jave, florens Decembri, Ja- nuario; Blume. VIL CHRYSOGLOSSUM. Chrysoglossum. Blume Bijdr. 337. Tabellen 7. Sepala ringentia, basi leviter coalita: lateralibus exterioribus labello sup- positis. Petala subequalia. Labellum basi auriculatum, ungui column 14 MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLE Æ. calloso elasticè affixum, internè lineis prominentibus cristatum : limbo sublobato patente. Columna cum ovario continua, utrinque cornuta, basi alata et callosa. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, an- gulata, libera. Herbæ terrestres. Radices annulatæ repentes, fibril- latæ. Folia petiolis subbulbosis suffulta, subsolitaria. Pedunculi radicales. Flores laxè spicati, pedicillati, bracteati. Character ex Blume. ]. CurysocLossuM ornatum. Blume. C. “ foliis lanceolatis pedunculisque glabris, labelli lobis rotundatis : medio fornicato." Blume l. c. Hab. in montosis Salak, ad ripas fluvii Tjapus insule Jave, florens De- cembri; Blume. 9. CnnysocLossuM villosum. Blume. C. ** foliis ovato-oblongis pedunculisque villosiusculis, labelli lobis latera- libus acutis." Blume l. c. tab. 7. Hab. in umbrosis montis Gede, insule Jave, florens Maio; Blume. VIII. GASTROGLOTTIS. Gastroglottis. Blume Bijdr. 397. Sepala patentia : lateralibus latioribus labello suppositis basique connatis. Labellum ventricosum, inferné cum columna connatum : limbo erecto, semitrifido. Columna superne? libera, cum ovario continua, apice atte- nuata. Anthera dorsalis, bilocularis, denticulo dorsali affixa. Pollinia 4, obovata, per paria filis glutinosis coherentia. Planta terrestris. Ra- dices fibrose. Caulis simplexerectus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata. Pedunculus terminalis, elongatus, superné multiflorus. Flores parvi, sessiles, bracteolati, flavo-virentes. Char. ex Blume. Microstyli proxima sec. Blume. 1. G. montana. Blume. Habitat inter lapides ad marginem fluvii Tjapus, Jave, florens Decembri ; Blume. IX. RESTREPIA. Restrepia. Kunth. n. g. et sp, 1.367. Sepala patentia: supremo acuminatissimo, duobus inferioribus obtusis connatis, Petala libera, sepalo supremo conformia. Labellum integrum, liberum, patens, basi bicorne. Columna semiteres. Anthera terminalis. Pollinia 4. Arborum incola, caulescens, caule haud incrassato, squa- mis magnis vaginato. Folia plicata. Flores solitarii axillares, Character ex Kunthio. 1. Resrrepia antennifera. Kunth. Restrepia antennifera. Kunth. in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp. pl. 1.367. t. 94. Synops. 1. 347. Hab. in declivitate Andium Paruguayensium, inter Almaguer et Pasto, ad arborum vetustarum truncos alt. 1480 hex. (Regno N anat. florens Novembri; Kunth. (Regno Novo Granat.) Folia subrotundo-ovata membranacea petiolo canaliculato, Labellum ob- longo-lineare emarginatum seriebus 4 tuberculorum. MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLE, 15 X, OBERONIA. Sepala patentia v. reflexa, sepius inter se wqualia, libera. Petala sepalis minora, nunc iis conformia, nunc linearia, aliquando erosa. Labellum as- cendens, cum columnà haud articulatum, formå varia, sepius elongatum, semper magis minusve distincte 4-lobum : lobis lateralibus nunc dentifor- mibus, intermediis quandoque fer? connatis. Columna minima, libera, stigmate elevato. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia duo, pyriformia, solida. —Herbe supra arbores et saxa crescentes, seepius acaules, foliis semper distichis. Scapus sepius anceps. Flores nunc racemo longissimo verti- cillati, nunc alterni, virides v. lutei. This genus is nearly related to Stelis from which it is obviously distin- guished by its labellum, and its habit. From Pleurothallis to which one species has been lately referred it is distinguished both by its habit and by its lateral sepals not cohering in any degree. Ut Oberon, regiolus ille Dryadeus, Empusarum septentrionalium princeps, in ramos arborum equitat, inter folia vultum multiformem abscondens, sic herbiole nostre, facie non minus mutabiles, in Indie sylvis latitant v. in curru suo frondoso triumphant. 1. Oseronta iridifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1948. O. foliis latis ensiformibus, racemo longo basi ancipiti multifloro, floribus verticillatis, bracteis fimbriatis, sepalis reflexis, petalis erosis, labello subovato obtuso fimbriato basi concavo, obsolete 4-lobo. Malaxis ensiformis. Smith. Cymbidium iridifolium. Roxb! Hort. Bengal. p. 63. Hab. in Zeylona supra arbores, Macrae; in Otaheite, J. Banks; in Indie Orientalis agro Napalensi et Sillet. Wallich. (hab.s. sp. e museo Anglo- Indico ; etiam e Zeylona.) Planta statura variabili nunc 3-unciali nunc sesquipedali. Folia ensiformia, recta, Iridis cujusdam facie, racemo, nunc longissimo, nunc abbreviato, nutante v. pendulo. Flores numerosissimi, lutei, verticillati, bracteis fimbriatis ; quà notà semper, quin defloratà dignoscatur. Sepala arcté reflexa, ovata, equalia. Petala minora reflexa. Labellum erectum, marginibus fimbriatis involutis, ita ut primá fronte integrum videtur (intus barbatum ex Roxb. mss.) Capsule parva obovate angulis 6 ele- vatis, 2. OsEnon1A longibracteata. O. foliis rectis ensiformibus racemo nutanti subequalibus, scapo ancipiti, ern. subulatis floribus multó longioribus, labello truncato utrinque obato. Hab. in Zeylona supra rupes, Macrae (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) O. iridifolie similis quA differt foliis magis carnosis, bracteis petalisque integerrimis, floribus non verticillatis, demum labelli formå. Racemus minus elongatus. Flores virides. 3. OnEnoN:A caulescens. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. no. 1950. O. caulescens, foliis ensiformibus angustis subfalcatis, racemo subflexuoso apice evanescente, floribus alternis, labello elongato cuneato bilobo basi carnoso obtuse bidentato. Hab, in Napalia ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo-Indico). 16 MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLE. 4. OnERoN1A anthropophora. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1951. O. foliis ensiformibus subfalcatis, spicà nutante apice evanescente, floribus verticillatis, petalis linearibus, labelli trilobi lobo medio elongato bifido. Hab. in Tavoy, Indie Orientalis ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores minutissimi. Sepala equalia ovata obtusa. Labellum basi conca- vum lobis lateralibus brevibus semiovatis acutis. 5. Oseronia bicornis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1949. O. foliis brevibus subundulatis ovatis, racemis multifloris nutantibus, flo- ribus subverticillatis, petalis ovatis, labello truncato sublunato basi bicorni, sepalis patentibus lateralibus brevioribus. Hab. in Sillet. Indie Orientalis ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo-Indico.) Herba floribunda, cespitosa, foliis subundulatis. Racemi numerosi, apice ` recurvi. Sepalum supremum ovato-lanceolatum, lateralibus multo bre- vioribus ovatis. Petala minora, ovata, acuta. ^ Labellum breve, cucul- latum, truncatum, basi in cornubus duobus membranaceis, utroque costa media elevatà ad basin connat& instructo. 6. Operonia brevifolia. O. foliis brevibus ovatis, racemo stricto, labello oblongo basi cucullato apice crenulato, bracteis ovali-lanceolatis ovarii longitudine. Epidendrum equitans. Forst! Prodr. n. 316. Cymbidium equitans. Swartz. n. act. Ups. 6. p. 72. Willd. n. 14. Thouars, t. 92. Pleurothallis disticha. ct. Rich. orch. 55. t. 8. f. 1. Hab. in Societatis insulis, Forster ; Mauritii et Borbonie, Thouars. (v. s. in herb. Lambert. a Forstero ipso, et examinavi.) Hujus loci procul dubio est Ep. equitans, Forst. ut e speciminibus patet in Herb. Lamb. asservatis. Cum tamen C. equitans Herb. Banks. sit O. iridifolia, Wallichii O. caulescens, Blumii O. spatulata, et folia totius ge- neris sint equitantia, nomen specificum mutare ausus sum. 7. Oserorta Myosurus. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 1947. O. foliis carnosis linearibus rectis racemo æqualibus, capsulis spheericis hexangularibus, floribus . . Epidendrum Myosurus. Forst! Prodr. n. 217. Dendrobium Myosurus. Swartz. n. act. Ups. 6.82) Willd. n. 4. Hab. in Societatis insulis, Forster ; in Napalia; Wallich. (v. s. in Herb. Banks. et hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo-Indico, omnibus defloratis.) Herba parva, vix 4 uncias altitudine attingens, foliorum formå et racemo brevi precipué distinctum floribus ignotis. Folia fere semper emargi- nata v. truncata sunt; hoc tamen casu quodam, potiusquam natur4, accidisse opinor. 8. OBERon1a spatulata. O. “ caule simplici folioso, foliis ensiformibus a imati i : d medium fer? vaginatis approximatis rectis aut recurvis, labelli limbo spatulato emarginato. Blume. Malaxis equitans. Blume p. 395. Hab. in truncis arboru inci i i nsul s m Provinciarum occidentalium Jave i l æ, florens Septembri ; Blume. : MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLE Æ. 17 9. OBERONIA lunata. O. * foliis paucis ensiformibus basi vaginatis subincurvis, labelli limbo semilunato denticulato, capsulis oblongis." Blume. Malaxis lunata. Blume p. 394. E in arboribus sylvarum montis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri Februario; lume. 10. OBERONIA monstruosa. O. “ caule simplice lato-folioso, foliis remotis ensiformibus subincurvis, spicà elongatà densiflorà." Blume. Malaxis monstruosa. Blume p. 395. Hab. locis umbrosis ad montem Pantjar, Java, frugens Junio; Blume. - * Species singularis O. equitanti affinis." 11. Osperonia imbricata. O. “ caule simplice folioso, foliis compressis vaginatis confert® imbricatis, labelli limbo ligulato denticulato." Blume. Malaxis imbricata. Blume p. 395. Hab. in sylvis humidis montium Gede, Salak, &c. Jave, florens Septembri Decembri ; Blume. 12. Oseronia microphylla. O. *' subcaulescens, foliis paucis angusto-ensiformibus basi vaginatis sub- incurvis, sepalis interioribus erosis, labelli limbo producto rotundato emarginato." Blume. Malaxis microphylla. Blume p. 395. Hab. in elatis montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. * Flores miniati. Capsule triquetre.” 13. OnEnowta similis. O. “ foliis paucis ensiformibus basi vaginatis subrectis, labelli limbo semi- trifido eroso: lobo medio elongato bifido, capsulis obovato-globosis." Blume. Malaxis similis, Blume p. 394. ; Hab. in arboribus sylvarum montis Salak, Jave, florens Januario, &c. Blume. ** Ab O. lunata differt foliis angustioribus minus arcuatis, labelli et capsu- larum forma." Blume. 3 XI. EMPUSA. Empusa, Lindi. in Bot. Reg. 825s—-Empusaria, Reichenbach Conspectus p. 69. Sepala patentia; lateralia basi inæqualia, cum basi labelli obliquè connata eoque supposita; supremum et petala linearia patentia. Labellum erec- tum, cucullatum, basi auriculatum, cum columna connatum, bitubercula- tum, limbo patente indiviso. Columna elongata, semiteres, arcuata, apice utrinque alata. Antherabilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia (00 00).— Herba epiphyta, foliis membranaceis plicatis, racemo terminali multifloro. l. Empusa paradoxa. Lindley. Malaxis lancifolia. Smith! in Rees. : Empusa paradoxa. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 825. Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 1937. April, 1830, n 18 MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLE E. Hab. supra arbores ad Tokam Napalie, etiam in Kamoon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e museo Anglo-Indico). Caulis pedalis et ultra, angulis membranaceis. Folia elliptico-oblonga, plicata, acuminata, 6-8 pollices longa. Racemus terminalis, 5-6 pollices longus, multiflorüs. Flores ochroleuci, inodori. Sepala lateralia semi- ovata, obtusa, oblique cum basi labelli accreta eoque supposita: supre- mum lineare dupld longius. Petala linearia reflexa. Labellum retusum cum mucrone. XII. PLATYSTYLIS. Malaxis $ 2. Platystylis. Blume Bijdr. p. 389. tabell. f. 54. Sepala patentia, libera; lateralia labello supposita, supremo angustiora. Petala filiformia. Labellum ascendens, indivisum, medio sulcatum, etuberculatum. Columna dilatata, compressa, erecta, disciformis, stig- mate marginato. Anthera parva bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia.— Herbæ epiphytæ, habitu Liparis veræ. 1. PLATYsTYLIS decurrens. P. “ bulbis ovatis compressis, foliis binis lanceolatis carinatis, pedunculo nutante, bracteis ovatis decurrentibus, labello utrinque dente instructo; limbo ovato convexo." Blume. Malaxis decurrens. Blume p. 390, tab. 54. Hab. in truncis arborum ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Maio Octobri ; Blume. * Flores dilute aurantiaci. Sepala margine recurvata, papillosa. Labellum intern? glandulà excavatà munitum." Blume. 2. PraTYsTYLIS atropurpurea. P. “ bulbis ovatis compressiusculis vaginatis, foliis binis ovatis, pedunculo erecto pentagono, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis carinatis, labelli limbo emarginato cum mucrone." Blume. Malaxis atropurpurea. Blume p. 390. Hab. in paludosis montis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri; Blume. ** Flores atropurpurei, in summo pedunculo conferti ; sepala exteriora tri- nervia; labellum margine ciliolatum." Blume. XIII. MICROSTYLIS. Microstylis, Nutt. gen. Amer. 2.196. Lindl. orch. scel. no. 135.—Crepidium, Blume Bijdr. 387. tabell. fig. 63. Sepala patentia, libera; lateralia basi equalia, sepius breviora. Petala pa- tentia, linearia v. filiformia. Labellum patentissimum, cum column4 angulum rectum formans, basi excavatum, sagittatum v. auriculatum, integerrimum v. dentatum, tuberculis nullis. Columna minima, raro paululum elongata, apice dentibus s, auribus duabus instructa. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia.— Herbe terrestres v. epiphyte ha- bitu Liparis, foliis plicatis v. membranaceis basi raro incrassatis. Flores herbacei, nunc flavescentes v, discolores. MALAXIDE JE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. 19 1. MicnosTvLis monophyllos. M. caule unifolio, racemo rarifloro, labello acuminato integerrimo. Ophrys monophyllos. Linn. Epipactis folio unico, &c. Hall. Helv. t. 36. Monorchis ophioglossoides. Mentzelius pug. t. 5. f. 1. 2. Malaxis monophyllos. Willd. no. 4. Hab. in Europe paludibus, sylvaticis, alpestribusque ; etiam in America septentrionali propé Halifax ; Gouldie (hab. s. sp.) Variat foliis binis, Swartz in Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1443 ; que Ophrys bifolia, Flora Suecica 2. 811. 2. MicnosrvLis ophioglossoides. Nuttall. M. caule unifolio, racemo obtuso capitato multifloro, labello tridentato. Lindley in Botanical Register, fol. 1990. Malaxis unifolia. Michaux. Malaxis ophioglossoides. Willd. no. 3. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t, 1116 bona. Microstylis ophioglossoides. Nutt. gen. 2.196. B5 mexicana; caule pedali, racemo densiore, labelli dente media lateralibus minore. Bot. Reg. t. 1290. Hab. in America septentrionali ad radices arborum, in Canada (Gouldie), Nova Scotia (Menzies), New Jersey (Nuttall)—/3 in Mezico. (hab. s. sp. ; B. hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) Varietas Mexicana vix differt nisi staturà majore; eadem habet folium soli- tarium oblongum atroviride, eundem racemum depressum quasi umbel- latum demum in cylindrum abeuntem, eosdem flores cum eodem labello truncato equitante cujus dens intermedia lateralibus minor. 3. Micnosrvuis diphyllos. M. ** foliis duobus ovatis lanceolatisve acutis laevibus, scapo triquetro, la- bello subrotundo acuminato, acumine lacinias haud superante." Chamisso. Malaxis diphyllos. Chamisso in Linnea 3.34. Hab. “ in turfosis convallium infimorum Unalaschke solitarid proveniens ;"’ Chamisso. 4. MıcrosTYLIs umbellulata. M. caule diphyllo, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis margine subundulatis longissimé vaginantibus reticulato-venosis, floribus umbellatis. Malaxis umbellulata. Swartz! Prodr.p.119. Ft. Ind. Occ. p. 1444. Willd. no. 2. Hab. nemorosa subhumida in montibus altis Jamaice australis; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Scapus pentagonus. Flores Microstylis spicate. (ex Swartz). Inflores- centia M. ophioglossoidis junioris. 5. Micnosrvzis spicata. M. caule diphyllo, foliis cordatis, scapo tetragono, labelli trilobi lobo medio elongato. Malaxis spicata, Swartz! Prodr. p.119. Flora Indie Occ. p. 1441. t. 28. figg. a. b. c. Willd. no. 1. Hab. in locis depressis montium Jamaice ; Swartz. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Scapus pedalis. Spica 2-3 pollicaris, floribus approximatis magnitudine Malaxis paludose, pallide virentes. Capsula tricarinata. — Swartz. 20 MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLEZ. 6. Microstyuis Wallichii. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1938. M. caule folioso, foliis oblongis acuminatis, racemo elongato rarifloro, sepalis oblongo-linearibus, petalis filiformibus supremo brevioribus, la- bello ovali apice leviter bifido. Hab. in Napalia et Sillet, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico benigne communicatum). In sicco folia semper discoloria, dum in M. biloba vicina sunt pallide vi- ridia. Flores lividi ex icone et schedis Wallichianis. 7. MiacnosTvLis biaurita. Lindl. l. c. no. 1941. M. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, racemo denso multifloro, labello acuminato obtuso integerrimo basi bicristato, columnze alis peta- loideis, sepalis lateralibus petalisque secundis. Hab. in Pundua, Indie Orientalis; Wailich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Spithamea, racemo ultra folia pauld evecto. 8. MicnosrvLis biloba. Lindl. l. c. no. 1940. M. caule folioso, foliis oblongis acuminatis, racemo elongato rarifloro, se- palis oblongis, petalis linearibus truncatis supremo «qualibus, labello ovato apice bilobo: sinu aperto. ? Malaxis acuminata. Don, Prodr. 29. Hab. in Napalia et Ava, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Herba gracilis pedalis. Flores verosimiliter flavescentes. M. Wallichii valde affinis characteribus datis abunde diversa. 9. MicnosTvLis discolor. M. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis abrupte petiolatis undulatis plicatis, labello ovato integerrimo basi cucullato, column apice bicorni, sepalis petalisque secundis. Hab. in pratis apricis ad latera collium Zeylone, florens Julio ; Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Herba 6 uncias alta, foliis purpureis, floribus luteis in purpureo mutabilibus. 10. Microsty.is purpurea. M. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis abrupte petiolatis plicatis, labello bifido acuminato basi longe equitante, sepalis obtusis, petalis linearibus truncatis, columnà apice apterà. Hab. in umbrosis ad ripas fluminum Zeylone, florens Septembri ; Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Caulis pedalis pentaphyllus, racemo denso ovato, floribus atropurpureis. 11. Microsry.is flavescens. M. “ foliis ovato-lanceolatis, labello integerrimo." Blume. Crepidium flavescens. Blume p. 388. Hab. in cacumine montis Burangrang Provincie Krawang insule Jave, florens Junio; Blume. An eadem ac Microst, discolor. MALAXIDEEE. PLEUROTHALLE;&. 21 12.. Microsty.is versicolor. M. caule folioso, foliis cordato-v. ovato-oblongis abrupte petiolatis undu- latis plicatis, labello transverso antice dentato basi cucullato parum equitante, columnà apice bicorni, sepalis petalisque secundis. Hab. in India Orientali, Hayne in Museo Anglo-Indico; in pratis apricis ad latera collium Zeylone, florens Julio ; Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) M. Rheedii valde affinis, sed distincta staturà minore, foliorum formå et florum magnitudine. Illius equidem analysis me fefellit, diversas tamen esse proculdubio existimo. Flores lutei in purpureo mutabiles. I do not think there are any materials in this country sufficient for de- termining exactly what the Malaxis Rheedii of Swartz is, or rather the Basaala Poulou-Maravara of the Hortus Malabaricus upon which that species was founded. Of a Microstylis from India answering to Rheede's figure I have seen no specimen. "The Epidendrum resupinatum of Forster which is referred to it as a synonym, exists in the Banksian Herbarium, and there is also a drawing of that species in the same collection, and these agree extremely well with the Hortus Malabaricus figure: but they are undoubtedly distinct from M. versicolor in their greater size and much larger oblong-lanceolate leaves. Their flowers I have not analysed, but if the Crepidium Rheedii of Blume belongs to Malaxis Rhedii, which I scarcely doubt, the flowers are essentially distinct also. 13. MicnosTyLis Rheedii. M. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis, labello truncato dentato basi longè equitante. Epidendrum resupinatum. Forst.! fide iconis Forsterianz in Bibliotheca Banksiana. Malaxis Rheedii. Willd. no. 5. ? Crepidium Rheedii. Blume p. 387. f. 63. Hab. in India Orientali, Rheede ; in sylvis opacis Jave, Blume; in insula Otaheite ; Banks. Forster. (v. s. sp. deflor. in Herb. Banks.) Variat foliis purpurascentibus et viridibus. Blume. Obs. Columna apice alata diptera, alis subquadratis, si planta Blumii eadem : specimina in Herb. Banks. deflorata nihil docent. T 14. MicnosrvyLis ? macrostachya. Ophrys macrostachya. Llave nov. veg. Mex. 2.9. ** Planta terrestris habitu gracilis. Radix bulbo unico oblongo. Folium unicum, radicale, ovatum, vaginans, uninerve; squamule foliacee basin amplectentes. Scapus tetragonus, longissimus, erectus. Flores spicati, sessiles, conferti, bracteis linearibus cincti, Perigonium herbaceum, 5-fidum. Segmenta tria exteriora ovata, patentia; duo lateralia angus- tioralunulata. Labellum concavum, subrotundum, concolor, obtuse acu- minatum. Gynostemium brevissimum. Anthera bilocularis ad apicem. Pollinis massulz due minutissime. Stigma non aspectabile.” Llave l. c. Hab. in Mezico prope Jesus del Monte, juxta Vallisoletum, florens Augusto ; Llave. 22 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. XIV. DIENIA. Dienia, Lindley in Bot. Reg. 825. Pedilea, Lindl. in Hook. Fl. 115. in notis, Orch. scel. no. 144. c. ic. Sepala patentia, libera; lateralia basi æqualia ssepius breviora. Petala filiformia patentia. Labellum erectum, basi cum columna accretum, etuberculatum, nune concavum membranaceum acute trilobum, nunc excavatum margine callosum apice trilobum, v. integrum. Columna elongata, semiteres, recta, clavata, cum labello concavo minutissima. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia (00 o0).— Herbae terrestres, foliis basi parum incrassatis, membranaceis, plicatis. Scapus teres v. saltem apterus. Flores parvi, herbacei v. fusci, racemosi, v. spicati, ter- minales, angulis fructus sæpè crispis. This genus differs from Liparis chiefly in the shortness and straightness of the column connected with a three lobed concave erect or excavated lip, which is scarcely recurved about the middle, and which has never any tubercles at its base. The column of Liparis is always arcuate. From Microstylis, with which it agrees in the shortness of the column, it is distinguished by its lip being parallel with the column, not at right angles with it, and neither sagittate nor cordate at the base. 1. Dexia congesta. Lindley in Wall. Cat. no. 1936. D. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis, spicà dens4 cylindraceà, perianthii laciniis secundis, labello oblongo excavato apice calloso tridentato : dentibus obtusis intermedio ovato. Malaxis latifolia. Smith! in Rees. Dienia congesta. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 825. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich ; in Chind, Reeves. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico ; v. ic. pict. sinens. in Bibl. Hort. Soc.) : f Planta terrestris pedalis v. ultra. Scapus apice spicatus, floribus luteo viridibus, minutis, densis, in cylindrum collectis. Sepala lineari-lance- olata obtusa ; lateralibus a labello recurvis. Petala filiformia patentia. Labellum cum columna parallelum, excavatum, cucullatum, apice cal- losum tridentatum, dentibus obtusis, intermedio ovato. Columna semi- teres excavationis labelli longitudine, apice bialata. Ovarium et capsula angulis membranaceis undulatis. 2, Dexia fusca. D. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis petiolatis acuminatis plicatis, spicà densà ovatà cylindraceà, perianthii laciniis secundis, labello sub- rotundo excavato apice calloso tridentato vix cucullato: dentibus obtusis intermedio conico. Hab. in Zeylona in montibus, Macrae (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Priori valde affinis. Flores fusco-purpurei. 3. Dixa cylindrostachya. Lindl. l. c. no. 1934. D. caule unifolio, folio ovato obtuso, spicá dens& cylindraceá, perianthio explanato, labello excavato apice calloso subintegro, columná brevissim4. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Planta habitu Microstylis monophylle sed floribus densioribus distinguenda Palmaris v. sesquipedalis. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala ovata MALAXIDE.£. PLEUROTHALLEz. 23 acuta. Petala filiformia. Labellum ovatum, excavatum, basi subcucul- latum, apice callosum obtusum obsolet? trilobum. Columna brevissima. 4. Drenta muscifera. Lindl. l. c. no. 1935. D. caule diphyllo, foliis latis oblongis obtusis, racemo rarifloro, perianthio explanato, labelli trilobi lacinià media sepalisque lateralibus acuminatis, columnà brevissimé. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) D. Gmelini valdé affinis sed omnibus partibus major. Pedalis v. sesqui- pedalis. Folia multó latiora. Racemus rariflorus, aliquando 9 uncias longus. Flores herbacei. Sepala lateralia acuminata ovato-lanceolata : supremum acutum. Labellum posticum, cucullatum, medio tricostatum, margine calloso, dentibus lateralibus abbreviatis, intermedio acuminato. Capsule oblongae, membranacee, aptere. 5. Dien1a Gmelini. D. caule diphyllo, foliis oblongis obtusis, racemo rarifloro, perianthio ex- planato, labelli trilobi laciniis acutis, column brevissimé. Orchis radice subrotunda, labello hastato. Gmelin! sib. 1. 18. t. 4 f. 1. bona. Hab. in Sibiria; Gmelin. (hab. s. sp.) Sepala ovata acuta. Petala filiformia sepalo supremo æqualia. Labellum cucullatum, posticum, concavum, non excavatum, tridentatum, dentibus acutis: lateralibus multó minoribus. Scapus 9 uncias altus. Flores minutissimi herbacei. Debeo benevolentiz amicissimi Prescot. 6. Dienta calycina. D. caule monophyllo, folio oblongo obtusiusculo, spicà elongatà tereti, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis petalisque linearibus patentibus, labelli nani cuneati trilobi lobis lateralibus incurvis intermedio ovato patente, co- lumná brevissimá. Ophrys monophyllos. Pavon. in Herb. Lambert. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) Sesquipedalis, gracilis. Capsule obovate, obtusangule. 7. Drenta Myurus. D. caule folioso, foliis binis inferiore oblongo obtuso: superiore ovato, spicà densà cylindraceà, labello ovato excavato integro, petalis filifor- mibus reflexis. Pedilea. Lindl. orch. scel. no. 144. p. 27. c. ic. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Habitus quodammodo Microstylis ophioglossoidis. Caulis pedalis. Flores minimi, virides. Pollinia 4, per paria cohaerentia, olim male visa et pro 2 habita; unde genus nostrum spurium Pedilea. XV. MALAXIS. Malaxis, Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 233, t. 3. P. Sepala patentia, libera, subzqualia. Petala sepalis duplo minora, conformia. Labellum posticum, ascendens, concavum, integerrimum, etubercula- tum, petalis conforme. Columna minima, teres, apice utrinque dentata. 24 MALAXIDE X. PLEUROTHALLE X. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4 incumbentia (8 § ).—Herba paludosa, foliis paucis venosis basi carnosis. Flores racemo stricto dispositi, luteo virides. Obs. In my Synopsis of the British Flora the number of pollen masses is erroneously said to be 2. "Their real number and position were first made known to me by Mr. Bauer's drawings; the position in which the pollen masses lie, one upon the other instead of side by side, gives them the appearance of being 2 instead of four, and caused the error here ad- verted to. el. Maraxis paludosa. Swartz. Ophrys paludosa. Linn. sp. pl. 1341. Malaxis paludosa. Swartz l. c. p. 127.1. 6. f.2. Willd. n. 7. Eng. Bot. 72. Hab. in paludosis et turfosis Europe septentrionalis. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. sp-) Quid ? M. Brasiliensis ; caule vaginato, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis, racemo spicato, sepalis interioribus angustis, labello trilobo connivente, lobo medio acuto apice subcorneo. Habitat in Brazil. Spreng. syst. 3. 740. XVI. NEPHELAPHYLLUM. Nephelaphyllum, Blume Bijdr. 372. tabellen 22. Sepala et petala linearia, patentissima v. reflexa. Labellum calcaratum, integerrimum, liberum, lineà medià elevatà, limbo petaloideo cum co- lumna parallelo. Columna semiteres. Anthera carnosa, triangularis ! bilocularis. Pollinia 8, subquadrata.—Herbs terrestres, subcaules- centes, glabrz, foliis ovatis, petiolatis, plicatis, suprà nebulosis (unde nomen), subtus purpurascentibus, pedunculo terminali multifloro, flori- ` bus pedicillatis. Character ex icone et descriptione Blumii. 1. NEPHELAPHYLLUM tenuiflorum. Blume. N. “ floribus laxé spicatis cernuis, labello limbo intus*rugoso-muricato.” Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak insule Jave ; Blume. 2. NEPHELAPHYLLUM pulchrum. Blume. j N. * floribus dens? spicatis, labelli limbo intus lineis tribus muricatis.” Blume l. c. t. 22. Hab. in locis humidioribus sylvarum Salak insule Jave, florens Januario- Aprili: Blume. XVII. ACIANTHUS. Acianthus. R, Br. Prodr.1.321. Sepala subringentia, acuminatissima, libera: lateralibus labello suppositis. Petala minora acuminata. Labellum liberum, integrum, basi bicallosum, disco nudo. Columna semiteres, clavata. Anthera terminalis, recum- bens, bilocularis. Stigma ovatum, transversum, Pollinia 8, ad basin in materie granulosa v. subpulverea solubilia.—Herbz tenere, glabellz. Tuberes indivisi, solitarii, nudi, novello pedicillato, Caulis unifolius, MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLEÆ. 25 ad ipsam basin vaginå brevi inclusus, supernè ebracteatus. Folium pro- funde" cordatum, reticulato-venosum, subtus rufum. Flores racemosi, v. solitarii, rufi. Character e descriptione R. Brownii, et Aciantho exserto. Genius medium tenens inter Malaxideas et Arethuseas quoad polliniorum fabricam. l. Acianruus exsertus. R. Br. A. floribus racemosis, aristis brevissimis, galeà basi attenuata foliolis inte- rioribus horizontaliter reflexis, labello apice papuloso, column exsertà. R. Brown Prodr. 321. Acianthus fornicatus. Sieber! Fl. N. Holl. n. 159. Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie, R. Brown. Sieber, Caley (hab. 8. Sp.) 2. AcianTuus fornicatus. R. Br. A. floribus racemosis, aristis perianthio quadrupld brevioribus, foliolis interioribus erectiuseulis, labello longitudinaliter papuloso, columnà in- clusà. R. Brown! Prodr. 321. Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie, R. Brown, (hab. s. sp. comm. a celeberr, Brown.) 3. AciaNTHUs caudatus. R. Br. A. scapo 1-2-floro, aristis longissimis, folii marginibus undulatis. R. Brown Prodr. 321. Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie ; R. Brown. 4. Acianruus? bifolius. R. Br. A. scapo unifloro, foliis radicalibus binis cucullatis, perianthio mutico, foliolis 3 exterioribus conformibus: lateralibus reflexis, interiorum ? la- teralibus angusto-linearibus. R. Brown Prodr. 322. Epipactis reflexa. Zab. Nov. Holl. t. 211. f. 1. Hab. in Insula Van Diemen, Labillardiére, R. Brown. Generis dubii sec. cl. Brown, medium tenens inter Acianthum et Chilo- glottim suam, cum illo numero polliniorum conveniens, cum hac foliis radicalibus binis, et sepalis muticis. XVIII. CYRTOSIA. Cyrtosia. Blume Bijdr. 396. tabellen 6. Sepala et petala conniventia. Labellum carnosum, concavum, intüs dis- coideum, cum columna inferne connexum: limbo rotundato v. emar- ginato recto. Columna subincurva, superne dilatata aut subalata. An- thera carnosa, bilocularis, columnam postice terminans. Pollinia 2, reniformia, farinoso-pulposa, libera. Capsula siliquzeformis, carnosa. Semina tunicata.—Herbe terrestres, caulescentes. Radices tuberose, _ Conglobatz, difformes. Caules aphylli, (stipulis instructi!?) Flores Spicati, v. paniculati, bracteolati. eer ex Blume. An potius Neottiea? An Vanille et Epistephio affinior ? April, 1 830. E Li 26 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLE.. l. Cyrrosia javanica. Blume. C. “ caulibus subsimplicibus, labello intus disco hirsuto instructo, limbo rotundato." Blume l. c. tab. 6. Hab. in altioribus montium insule Jave, florens Augusto; Blume. 2. Cyrrosia altissima. Blume. C. ** caulibus ramosis scandentibus (50-70 ped. altitud.) labello intus cris- tato, limbo semitrilobo." Blume l. c. Hab. in montanis Seribu, insule Jave, florens Aprili-Junio ; Blume. XIX. LIPARIS. Liparis, Rich. orch. Eur. 30. f. 10.—Sturmia, Reich. conspectus p. 69. n. 1564.— Cestichis, Thouars orch. Afr. t. 90. Sepala patentia, libera; lateralia basi æqualia seepius breviora. Petala sepalis angustiora, rard qualia, linearia v. filiformia. Labellum ascen- dens v. erectum, basi cum columna paululum accretum, supra basin sepius bituberculatum, integrum, nunc mucronibus aliquot sed lobis nullis. Columna elongata, semiteres, incurva, apice marginata. An- thera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia (00 00).—Herbe terrestres v. epiphytz, foliis basi in pseudo-bulbum concretis, nunc membranaceis plicatis, nune subcoriaceis venis minis distinctis. Scapus teres v. an- gulatus, v. anceps. Flores parvi, herbacei, racemosi, rard lutei v. albi. Secr. 1. Folia membranacea, plicata. Plures terrestres. Liparis vera. - 1. Liparis Rheedii. L. ** bulbis subcylindraceis, foliis pluribus ovato-lanceolatis, pedunculo erecto tetraquetro, bracteis semilanceolatis, limbo rotundato crenulato. Blume. Malaxis Rheedii- Blume p. 389. tab. 54. Hab. in sylvis umbrosis montium Seribu, Jave, florens Februario ; Blume. ** Sepala margine reflexa, sordidé purpurascentia; labellum luteum; gy- nostemium purpurascens. Folia membranacea." Blume. 2. Liparis nervosa. L. foliis pluribus ovato-oblongis undulatis acutis racemo sparso paucifloro brevioribus, scapo angulato, floribus longe pedunculatis cernuis, labello cuneato (ovato sulcato emarginato Th.) retuso basi bicalloso. Ophrys nervosa. Thunb. Jap. 27. Epidendrum nervosum. Thunb. ic. pl. Jap. t. 10. Malaxis nervosa. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p.235. Willd. n. 10. Hab. in Japonia, juxta Osacca et Jedo, florens Junio et Maio ; Thunberg; in China; Reeves. (v. ic. pict. sinens. ir. Bibl. Hort. Soc.) Flores purpurei. Folia palmaria. + 3. LiraRIS odorata, L. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis, racemo erecto multifloro, gcapo tri- gono, labello ovato concavo, floribus flavo-viridibus. Kattou pounam marawara. Rheede mal. 12. p. 55. t. 28. Malaxis odorata. Willd. n. 6. : T MALAXIDE&. PLEUROTHALLEX. 27 Hab. in India Orientali ; Rheede. This is an obscure plant of which no modern botanist seems to have seen a specimen. It is, if correctly described, distinguishable from L. elatabyits flowers being sweetscented and yellowish green, with anovatelip. 4. Liparis elata, Lindley. L. foliis pluribus oblongis acutis plicatis racemo erecto multifloro brevio- ribus, scapo angulato, labello obovato retuso basi bicalloso purpureo, sepalis herbaceis lateralibus oblique recurvis. Cymbidium ? veratrifolium. Wallich in iconibus Musei Anglo-Indici no. 634. Liparis bituberculata. Lindl. in B. Reg. 882. Cymbidium? bituberculatum, Hooker Exot. FI. t. 116. (polliniis erroneis.) Liparis elata. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 1175. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich; etiam in Brazilia (v. v. cult.) I was formerly of opinion that the Brazilian and Indian plants were dif- ferent; but more recent observation and the inspection of Dr. Wallich’s Indian drawings have induced me to combine them. I presume there is no doubt of the plant in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from which L. elata was originally described, being really of Brazilian origin ; and yet it is undoubtedly possible that there may have been some trans- position of labels. I do not adopt the older specific name of bitubercula- tum because it is expressive of a character common to every species of the genus. . 5. Liparis olivacea. Lindl. in Wall, cat, no. 1942. L. foliis binis v. solitariis subrotundis cordatis, v. oblongis acuminatis pli- catis racemo erecto multifloro brevioribus, scapo basi tereti, labello obovato retuso cum mucrone basi bicalloso, sepalis obtusis: laterali- - bus labello suppositis. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich, (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico benign? commu- nicatum et v. ic, pict.) Pseudo-bulbus ovatus vaginis obtusis tectus. Folia 1 v. 2, sessilia, in icone cordata subrotunda acuta, in exemplare angustiora. Scapus angulatus, foliis multo longior. Racemus multiflorus. Flores olivacei. Sepala obtusa; lateralia labello supposita, patentia. Petala subulato-linearia, acuta, Labellum subrotundum, cuneatum cum mucrone, basi bicallosum. Columna apice alata, basi labello accreta. 6. Liparis barbata. L. foliis binis oblongis acuminatis plicatis racemo paucifloro subcorymboso subaequalibus, labello cuneato barbato basi sulcato. Hab. in pratis ad latera collium Zeylone, florens Novembri, Macrae. (hab. 8. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Sit i Herba pusilla, 4-uncialis, caulibus carnosis fusiformibus teretibus vaginatis. Folia 3, oblonga, acuminata, venosa. Racemus subcorymbosus foliis brevior. Flores virides. Columna apice aptera v. levissime tantum marginata. L. purpurascenti valde similis. 7. Livaris purpurascens. Lindley. L. foliis 9-3 cordatis ovatisve acutis undulatis plicatis racemo corymboso paucifloro subequalibus, labello subrotundo dentato emarginato. 98 MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLEZ. Ophrys salassia. Herb. Commers. sec. 4. Rich. Malaxis purpurascens. Thouars orch. Afr. tt. 26.27. Liparis purpurascens. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 882. A.Rich. orch. Maur. p. 53. Hab. in insulis: Borbonie et Mauritii, Thouars, A. Richard. Planta humilis, 3-uncialis, caule squamulis aliquot vestito. Flores pur- purascentes. Fructus obovatus, costatus, corymbosus. 8. Liparis atropurpurea. L. foliis 2-3 subrotundis acuminatis petiolatis plicatis basi obliquis cucul- latis racemo erecto rarifloro subequalibus, scapo tereti, labello oblongo obtuso recurvo crenulato, sepalis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolatis obliquis, petalis longissimis filiformibus. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae, (hab. s. sp.) Species pulcherrima L. napalensi valde affinis, floribus atropurpureis, foliis basi cucullatis, et labelli formå, distinctissima. 9. LiPanis napalensis. Lindley. L. foliis binis cordatis acuminatis petiolatis plicatis racemo erecto rarifloro paulo longioribus, scapo angulato, labello maximo recto cucullato ob- longo acuminato, sepalis petalisque linearibus patentibus. Malaxis cordifolia. Smith! in Rees. Liparis nepalensis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 882. Spreng. no. 4. Acianthus petiolatus. Don Prodr. nep. p. 28. Hab. supra rupibus saxisque Sheopore montis Napalie, florens Junio; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores virides. 10. Liparis liliifolia. Richard. L. foliis binis oblongis acutis plicatis racemo multifloro multd brevioribus, scapo angulato, labello maximo obovato mucronato recurvo discolore, sepalis linearibus patentissimis. Ophrys liliifolia. Linn.sp.pl. 1341. Bot. Rep. 1.65. ` Malaxis liliifolia. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 285. — Willd. n. 8. Bot. Mag. t. 2004. Liparis liliifolia. Rich. orch, Bur. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 882. : Hab. in America septentrionali (hab. s. sp. et v. v. cult.) Flores labello magno petalisque filiformibus purpurascentibus. Capsula obovata, costata. 11. Liparis Lóselii. Richard. L. foliis binis ovato-oblongis obtusis plicatis racemo paucifloro multo bre- vioribus, scapo angulato, labello ovato integerrimo concolore, sepalis petalisque linearibus inzequalibus. Ophrys Lóselii. Linn. sp. pl. 1341. Eng. Bot. t. 47. Malaxis Liselii. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 235. Willd, n. 9. Liparis Lóselii. Rich. orch. Eur. Lindl. in B. Reg. 882. Synopsis Br. FI. 1.263. Ophrys paludosa. Fi. dan. t.877. f dicen Ophrysliliifolia. Huds. Angl. 389. B? Malaxis correana. Barton Prodr. Fl. Philad. p. 86. Nuttall 2.196. Liparis correana. Spreng. syst. 3. 740. Hab. in turfosis Europe borealis; in Canadd, Gouldie. (hab. s. sp.) I have the Malaxis Correana from Canada, gathered by Mr. Gouldie, and I find no difference between it and our European Liparis Lóselii. MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLES. 29 19. Liraris flavescens. Lindley. L. foliis binis oblongis petiolatis plicatis planis racemo 2-4-floro corym- boso brevioribus, scapo flexuoso, bracteis ovatis, labello ovato integer- rimo, sepalis lateralibus ovatis: supremo petalisque filiformibus. Malaxis flavescens. Thouars erch. Afr. t. 25. Liparis flavescens. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 892. A. Rich. orch, Maur. p. 51. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia ; 'Thouars, Neraud. Flores flavi. 13. Lırarıs montana. L. “ bulbis ovatis compressis vaginatis 1-2-phyllis, foliis petiolatis ovato- lanceolatis, pedunculo erecto sulcato, bracteis lineari-subulatis, limbo obtuso cum mucrone." Blume. Malaxis montana. Blume p. 388. Hab. in umbrosis montis ignivomi Gede, insule Jave, forens Junio; Blume. * Flores in summo pedunculi conferti, dilut® purpurascentes. Sepala margine reflexa, limbo ciliolato. Folia membranacea. Variat bulbis subnullis, floribus laxe racemosis, limbo nudo." Blume. 14. Liranis plantaginea. L. pseudo-bulbis ovatis vaginatis, foliis 1-2 oblongis acuminatis plicatis racemo brevioribus, scapo marginato, labello ovato subundulato obtuso basi bicalloso, bracteis acuminatis ovarii longitudine. Cymbidium? plantagineum. Wallich in iconibus Musei Anglo-Indici n. 633. Hab. in India Orientali; Wallich. (v. iconem.) Flores virides. Sepala lineari-oblonga obtusa subequalia et petala fili- formia patentia. 15. Lipanis tradescantifolia. L. ** bulbis compressiusculis vaginatis 1-phyllis, foliis ovatis discoloribus, bracteis minutis ovatis, labelli limbo ovato integerrimo." Blume. Malaxis tradescantifolia. Blume p. 389. Hab. in umbrosis montanis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri; Blume. ** Sepala subæqualia, patentia ; labellum sepalis pauló latius, basi callosum. Anthere loculis subdisjunctis. Folia membranacea." Blume. 16. Liparts Clypeolum. L. folio solitario horizontali suborbiculato basi cucullato apice reflexo acuto racemo erecto multd breviore, labello maximo orbiculato. Epidendrum Clypeolum. Forst. Prodr. n. 323. Cymbidium Clypeolum. Willd. n. 22. Hab. in insula Otaheite ; Forster. (v. s. sp. et iconem Forsterianam in Bib- liotheca Banksiana.) Obs. Foliis magnis suborbiculatis solitariis spicà paulo brevioribus insignis, Secr. II. Folia subcoriacea, non plicata. Rachis sepius alata. Plures epiphyte, scapis ancipitibus. Cesticuis, Thouars. 17. Lirarts foliosa, Lindley. L. foliis pluribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis racemis rarifloris subaequalibus. 30 MALAXIDES. PLEUROTHALLE Æ. scapo subancipiti, bracteis subulatis, labello oblongo obtuso recurvo, sepalis petalisque zequalibus reflexis, clinandrio marginato. Liparis foliosa. Lindl. in B. Heg. t. 882. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1097. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2709. A. Rich. orch, Maur. p. 52... Liparis? reflexa. Lindl. l.c. Cymbidium reflexum. R. Br. Prodr. 331. Hab. in Mauritio, et Nova Hollandia ad Portum Jackson. (v. v. cult.) Obs. In planta Mauritiana inveni clinandrium integrum, in Australasica dentatum, alioquin discrimen nullum. 18. LirAnis longipes. Lindl. L. pseudo-bulbis longissimis teretibus diphyllis, foliis ensiformi-lanceolatis racemo stricto multifloro brevioribus, scapo ancipiti, labello ovato acuto ecalloso columnz longitudine, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus. Lindl. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. vol. 1. p. 31. t. 35. Hab. supra saxa ad ripas fluminum montium Zeylone, florens Novembri : Macrae ; in montibus Bengalie orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Pseudo-bulbi subcylindracei, teretes. Folia oblongo-lanceolata acuta. Racemus erectus foliis pauló longior, densus, multiflorus. Flores pal- lidè hérbacei. Sepala lateralia ovata, supremum oblongum, patentia ; petala linearia. Columna elongata, erecta, apice alata. Labellum erec- tum, ovatum, carnosum, glabrum, a columna omnino liberum, tuberculis obsoletis. Obs. Planta Bengalensis nullo modo diversa videtur nisi floribus albis labello lute; forte icon mea Zeylanica minus accuraté depicta. 19. LieAnis elegans. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 1943. L. pseudo-bulbis elongatis diphyllis basi vaginis suberoso-carnosis vestitis, foliis spatulato-lanceolatis acuminatis racemo stricto multifloro equali- bus, scapo basi rachique teretibus, labello cuneato truncato crenulato basi bicalloso, sepalis oblongis obtusis patentibus. Hab. in Pinang, Indie Orientalis; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Planta pedalis, verosimiliter epipbyta. Radices lanuginosz. Pseudobulbi aliquando 4 uncias longi. Folia erecta in basi valde attenuata. Flores aurantiaci (ex Wall). Petala filiformia. Capsule pendule, pyriformes, glabre, costis 6 obsoletis. L. crenulate vald? affinis; an diversa? Bractez non ovarii longitudine sed brevissime, nec labellum emarginatum sed truncatum cuneatum. 20. Liranis crenulata. L. “ foliis in bulbo oblongo compresso geminatis ternisve lineari-lanceo- latis acuminatis, pedunculo longitudine foliorum, bracteis longitudine fere ovarii lanceolatis, limbo labelli emarginato crenulato." Blume. Malaxis crenulata. Břume p. 393. Hab. in convallibus montis Gegar-bentang, Jave, florens Maio; Blume. “ Flores aurantiaci; affinis M. (Lipari) odorata." 21. Liparis latifolia. L. “ folio in bulbis oblongis compressiusculis solitario lato lanceolate acuto, pedunculis folio longioribus, bracteis ovatis adpressis parvis, 13” belli limbo bilobo crenulato." Blume. j P 1 MALAXIDE X. PLEUROTHALLE A. 3l Malaxis latifolia. Blume p. 393. Hab. in Provinciae Bantam regionibus montanis, ad montem Pantjan Pro- vincia Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Junio Augusto; Blume. ** Flores aurantiaci ; L. crenulate maxime affinis." 22. LirAnis angustifolia. L. “ foliis in bulbo ovato-oblongo solitariis angusto-lanceolatis, pedunculo erecto apice paucifloro longitudine foliorum, bracteis lineari-subulatis, labelli limbo obtuso." Blume. Malaxis angustifolia. Blume. p. 393. Hab. ad truncos arborum in montanis Salak et Gede, Jave, florens Fe- bruario; Blume. “ Flores pallide flavi." 23. Liparis viridiflora. L. pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis binis obovato-lanceolatis racemo multifloro nutante dupló brevioribus, scapo ancipite, rachi alat, labello ovato undu- lato obtuso ecalloso, bracteis subulatis floribus longioribus v. equalibus. Malaxis viridifolia. Blume p. 392. Hab. supra arbores et saxa sylvarum Zeylone, florens Novembri, Macrae ; in sylvis Jave, Blume (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Pseudo-bulbi ovati, compressi. Folia obovato-lanceolata, acuta, racemo nutante duplo breviora. Bractez subulate floribus longiores. Flores virides. Sepala subzqualia ovata patentia. Petala linearia reflexa. Labellum ovatum undulatum obtusum. 24. Lipanis affinis. L. ** foliis in bulbo ovato-oblongo solitariis lanceolato-linearibus inferne canaliculatis, pedunculo nutante foliorum longitudine, bracteis subulatis, labelli limbo rotundato." Blume. Malaxis affinis. Blume p. 392. tab. 54. Hab. in sylvis propé Lebak Provincie: Bantam, Jave, florens Junio ; Blume. 25. Liranis parviflora. L. ** foliis in bulbo ovato oblongo compressiusculo geminatis lanceolatis basi carinatis, pedunculis (folio dupld longioribus) nutantibus teretibus, bracteis subulatis, labelli limbo angusto emarginato." Blume. Malaxis parviflora. Blume p. 392. Hab. ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Decembri ; Blume, ** Flores lutei, labelli limbo coccineo." . Blume. 26. Lırarıs pallida. L. “ foliis in bulbo oblongo compressiusculo vaginato solitariis lanceolatis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis remotis, labelli limbo rotundato-retuso cre- nulato." Blume. Malaxis pallida, Blume p. 391. . Hab. suprà arbores excelsas fluvii Tjapus in montosis Salak, Jave, florens Septembri; Blume. “ Flores olivacei." 32 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. .27. LiPARIS minima. L. * folio in bulbis (seriatis ovatis compressiusculis) lineari-lanceolato, pedunculo folium æquante compresso, floribus lax? spicatis distichis, capsulis triquetris." Blume. Malaxis minima. Blume p. 391. Hab. in arboribus ad montem Salak, ut etiam in montosis Pantjar, Jave, florens Maio; Blume. Affinis Lipari cespitose sec. Blume. 28. Liparis cespitosa. Lindley. L. foliis lanceolatis in pseudo-bulbis ovatis solitariis longitudine racemi rariflori, scapo tereti, labello lanceolato recurvo, sepalis petalisque acutis reflexis. Malaxis cespitosa. Thouars t. 90. Liparis cespitosa. Lindl, in B. Reg. 882. A. Richard orch. Maur. p. 53. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia ; 'Thouars. Flores minuti virescentes. 29. L. luteola. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 1944. L.pseudo-bulbis minimis vaginatis, foliis geminis lineari-lanceolatis racemo flexuoso paucifloro brevioribus, scapo tereti, labello obovato retuso in columna apice alata incumbente : callo unico baseos obsoleto, bracteis ovatis acuminatis decurrentibus, pedicellis capillaribus floribus multoties longioribus. Hab. in montibus Pundua, Indie Orientalis, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) E Planta parva gregaria inter muscos vegetans. Racemi 5-6-flori, foliis paulo evectiores; rachi tereti flexuosáà. Sepala lineari-oblonga, obtusa et petala filiformia, patentia. Labellum posticum, ungue columne pa- rallelo, limbo recurvo, venis 5 simplicibus collateralibus in medio, unicá utrinque distante venulas versus marginem hinc pectinatim emittente. 30. Liparis compressa. L. ** foliis in bulbo ovato compressiusculo solitariis lanceolato-linearibus basi carinatis, pedunculo compresso, bracteis bifariàm imbricatis (pec- tinatis), limbo orbiculato retuso cum mucrone." Blume. Malaxis compressa. Blume p. 390. tab. 54. Hab.in sylvis altioribus Provinciarum Buitenzorg, Bantam et Tjanjor, Jave, florens Septembri; Blume. “ Flores aurantiaci." Bl. 31. Liparis mucronata. L. z foliis in bulbis (remotis ovatis) compressiusculis solitariis lanceolato- linearibus acuminatis basi carinatis, bracteis in summo pedunculi bifa- riàm imbricatis carinatis, labelli limbo angusto semi-bifido cum mucrone intermedio.” Blume. Malaxis mucronata. Blume p. 391. Hab. in sylvis montanis Provinciarum Bantam et Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. Gi pae flavo-virentes, parvi, nutantes. Affinis Malaxi distichæ Thouarsii." | ume. : : MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLEÆ. 4d 32. Liparis gregaria. L. foliis ensiformibus acutis in pseudo-bulbis ovatis solitarii, scapo anci- piti, rachi alatà, bracteis distichis carinatis pectinatis, labello truncato, sepalis reflexis, petalis erectis. Malaxis disticha. Thouars t. 89. Liparis disticha. Lindley in B. Reg. 882. A. Rich. orch. Maur. p. 54. Stelis micrantha. Sieber. Herb. Maur. n. 168. Hab. supra rupes in sylvis montium Zeylone, florens Novembri ; Macrae; Mauritio, Sieber; Borbonia, Thouars. (habeo s. sp. et v. iconem pictam.) Rhizoma articulatum, annulatum, intricatum, pseudo-bulbos plurimos gre- garios promens. Spice lanceolate, bracteis ovatis acuminatis. Flores viridi-lutei; sepala lateralia ovata acuta labello supposita; supremum reflexum ; petala linearia erecta. Clinandrium marginatum cavum, antice bilobum cum mucrone. Obs. Epidendrum biflorum, Kénig Mss. in Zeylona lectum, fort? hujus loci. Planta Zeylanica a Mauritiano Herbarii Sieberiani n. 168 nullo modo differt; labellum tamen hujus secundum auctores celeberrimos suprà citatos tridentatum, dum in nostra certissime truncatum dente nullo, nisi sic angulos truncaturz dicas. I formerly called this by the specific name given to it by M. Du Petit Thouars under the genus Malaxis, being at that time unacquainted with any others with the same remarkable distichous inflorescence. More being now known, I avail myself of the privilege which an author undoubtedly possesses of altering his own names if he thinks fit, although no one else can be suffered to do it for him. * Liparis spuria. 33. Liparis serrzformis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1946. Hab. supra arbores Zeylone, Macrae; Attran Martabanie, et Tavoy Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et Zeylond, et v. ic. pict. sine fl.) : Planta epiphyta caulibus teretibus ramosis subancipitibus radices plurimos longissimos intricatos undique promens, pseudo-bulbo nullo. Folia dis- ticha, coriacea, oblonga, v. oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, decidua. Ra- cemi oppositifolii, foliis longiores, pedunculo angulato non ancipiti, rachi alatà, bracteis falcatis, ovatis, carinatis, distichis, pectinatis, in rachi de- currentibus. Florem unicum tantum vidi mutilum, cui quantum videre licuit, sepala ovata succulenta libera patentia venis 7 subsimplicibus, petala conformia pauld minora, labellum truncatum trilobum lobo medio apice calloso, callo altero luteo intra-apiculari, denique columna libera, fort? basi producta antherA ovata biloculari, polliniis 4 angustis collate- ralibus liberis. _ This singular plant when properly examined will possibly be found dis- tinct from the genus in which it is now placed ; all that I have been able to ascertain satisfactorily, from the inspection of a single mutilated flower, 1s that the pollen masses are as I have described them, and that the plant elongs to Malaxidee. The peculiar winged rachis and carinate bractee forming a kind of pectinated inflorescence is exactly that of L. gregaria, disticha and some others ; but the plant differs from them in having no ten- dency to form bulb-like stems, in room of which it has the taper woody rooting stems and coriaceous distichous leaves of Aerides and its allies. Aqril, 1830, F 34 MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLE E. XX. DENDROCHILUM. . Dendrochilum. Blume Bijdr. 398. tabellen 52. Sepala et petala equalia, libera, patentia. Labellum integerrimum, sepalis subconforme, basi concavum v. carinatum, nunc cristatum. Columna brevis, semiteres, anticé processubus duobus cornua referentibus, apice dentata v. rostrata. Anthera infra apicem inserta, bilocularis, valvis nullis anticis. Pollinia 4, libera (€ €) incumbentia.—Herbe supra arbores vigentes, foliis coriaceis in pseudo-bulbis szepius solitariis. Spice terminales aut laterales, filiformes, multiflore. Flores juniores bracteis bifariàm imbricatis occulti. Character ex Blume. Secr. I. ** Bulbi remoti; spice laterales ; sepala linearia; labellum par- vum elasticé affixum ; gynostemium apice attenuatum emarginatum. Blume. 1. DENpnocmniLvM aurantiacum. Blume. D. ** bulbis oblongis, labello carinato edentulo." Blume l. c. Hab. in truncis arborum montium Gede, Salak, &c. insule Jave, florens Februario Augusto; Blume. * Flores aurantiaci suaveolentes." 2. DENDROCHILUM occultum. D. pseudo-bulbis subquadratis, foliis oblongis emarginatis, bracteis maxi- mis quadrifariàm imbricatis floribus occultantibus, labello lineari fim- briato. Bulbophyllum occultum. Thouars orch. Afr. tt. 93.94. 4. Rich. orch. Afr. p.64. Hab, in insulis Borbonie et Mauritii ; Thouars. Flores fusci. Huc retuli ad mentem cel. Blumii. 3. DEeNDnocniLuM pallideflavens. Blume. D. ** bulbis ovalibus, labello carinato edentulo, gynostemii laciniis latera- libus scabris." Blume l. c. t. 52. Hab. in montanis Pantjar insule Jave, florens Julio; Blume. * Planta tenera, pedunculis tetragonis spicato-laxifloris. Flores pallide . flaventes.” Secr. II. ** Bulbi consociati ; spice ex apice bulborum orte ; sepala ob; longa labello subzqualia; gynostemium apice truncatum erosum. Blume. 4. DenpRocHILUM edentulum. „ Blume. D. * bulbis oblongis subulatisve, labello integerrimo intern? 1-calloso gynostemii laciniis lateralibus medio zqualibus." Blume l. c. Hab. in altis montis Salak, insule Jave, florens Februario Julio ; Blume: “ Flores flavo-virentes."' 5. DENDRocuiLUM cornutum. Blume. D. ** bulbis fusinis, labello basi denticulato interné 2-calloso, gynostemii f laciniis lateralibus elongatis.” Blume l. c. veeme MALAXIDEZ. PLEUROTHALLE&Z. 39 Hab. in montosis Provinciarum Buitenzorg et Tjanjor, insule Java, florens Septembri Februario; Blume. ** Flores virentes." 6. DENpRocniLUM simile. Blume. D. “ bulbis ovali-oblongis, labello inferne denticulato intern? bilineato, gynostemii laciniis lateralibus medio zqualibus." Blume. l. c. tab. 59. Hab. cum D. cornuto in insula Jave, florens omni tempore; Blume. * Flores pallide virentes." 7. DENpRocmirnUM abbreviatum. Blume. D. “ bulbis ovali-oblongis, labello basi utrinque dente reflexo instructo intern? bicalloso, laciniis gynostemii lateralibus abbreviatis,’’ Blume l.c. Hab. in montanis Provinciarum occidentalium insule Jave, florens toto anno; Blume. * Flores virescentes.”’ XXI. ÓTOCHILUS. Sepala et petala zequalia, libera, patentia. Labellum trilobum, lobis late- ralibus auriformibus basin columns amplectantibus, intermedio patente elongato sepalis conformi, cristis nullis. Columna elongata, clavata, semiteres. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, septo medio bipartibili, et hinc bivalvis, valvis anticis et posticis medio septiferis. Pollinia 4, in- cumbentia ( 8 8 ), ad basin materie granulosà coherentia.—Herbe supra arbores repentes, rhizomate destitutz, sed pseudo-bulbis semper e latere apicis sue soboliferis. Racemi multiflori e latere pseudo-bulborum, basi vaginati. Stigma labio superiore ovato producto. Genus Cologyni affine, columnà immarginatà, antherà terminali, dehis- centià anthere, et structurá labelli diversum. l. Orocnirnvs alba. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1967. O. pseudo-bulbis ovalibus imbricatis, foliis lanceolatis subplicatis, racemis € vaginis foliaceis verrucosis erumpentibus, bracteis oblongis, sepalis pe- talisque acutis. Broughtonia pendula. Wallich in icon. Bibl. Anglo-Indice n. 643. Hab. supra arbores Napalie, indeque in hortum Botanicum Calcuttze allata, Aprili floret, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Rhizoma nullum sed pseudo-bulbi e lateribus suis hinc proliferi. Flores albi inodori. Labellum basi flavum. Alabastra ovata. Columna virescens. 2. OrocniLvus fusca. Lindl. l. c. no. 1969. O. pseudo-bulbis elongatis fusiformibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, bracteis linearibus, sepalis petalisque obtusis. Broughtonia ? amena. Wall. in ic. Bibl. Anglo- Indice n. 642. : Hab, supra arbores Napalie, inde in Hortum Botanicum Calcutte intro- ducta, ubi florct Januario, Wallich. Vagine racemi breves. Racemus densus, multiflorus, nutans. Rachis Ovaria bractez et columna fusce. Labelli aures dilut® rosea. Alabastra obovata. Pseudo-bulbi digiti crassi, 6-8-pollicares, Flores odoratissimi ex Wail. 36 MALAXIDE X. PLEUROTHALLE.E. 3. OrocniLvs porrecta. Lindl. l. c. no. 1968. O. pseudo-bulbis elongatis fusiformibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis, bracteis linearibus, sepalis petalisque acutis. Hab. in Pundua Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Precedenti simillima, at characteribus datis diversa. Aures labelli ob- scure denticulata. Pollinia non vidi. proe 5. D XXII. C(ELIA. : Sepala distincta, equalia, patentia. Petala subzqualia pauló minora. La* bellum integerrimum, unguiculatum, cum basi columns continuum, (nec articulatum). Columna nana cum ovario continua, basi leviter producta. Antherz loculi 2, per connectivum tenue tantum coherentes, ovati, inappendiculati. Pollinia4, per paria coherentia, oblonga, equalia: pare utroque extüs convexo intüs cavo. Ovarium 9-alatum.—Herba epiphyta acaulis, foliis plicatis et scapo radicali e squamis semicoriaceis erumpentibus. , I learn the very curious structure of this plant from a beautiful sketch of Mr. Bauer’s. Its peculiarity consists in its anther having its lobes con- nected by only a narrow slight connectivum, so that it is twolobed, and in the pollen masses being concave and convex so that each pair forms a sort of hollow body narrower at the back than at the front, at which end it is open. The placentary angles of the ovarium are larger than the rest and simple, while the intermediate ones are smaller and double. 1. Ca@xvia Bauerana. * * Epidendrum tripterum. Smith ic. pict. 14. t. 14. Cymbidium tripterum. Swartz n. act. Ups. 6. p.70. Willd.n.2. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 214. Hab. in Jamaica (habeo s. cult.) XXIII. PHOLIDOTA. Pholidota. Lindley in Hoeker Exot. fl. t. 138. (Januario 1825).—Ptilocnema. Don Prodr. nep. 33. (Febr. 1825).— Crinonia. Blume Büdr. p. 338. t. 41. Flores subglobosi. Sepala zqualia, distincta. Petala minora. Labellum | cucullatum ventricosum, trilobum v. indivisum, cum columna paralle- lum. Columna cum ovario continua, semiteres v. alata: clinandrio cucullato. Anthera bilabiata! 2-v. 4-valvis. Pollinia 4, globosa, dis- tincta —Herbz epiphyte rhizomate v. carnoso articulato v. pseudo- bulbifero. Folia plicata. Spice terminales sepius imbricate et nutantes. In this genus there are some species in which the rhizoma has spurious bulbs, and others in which, in lieu of these bodies, the joints of the rhi- zoma themselves become fleshy. The anther is not formed upon the usu plan of Orchidee. Instead of the valves opening by two slits along the face of each lobe of the anther, these lobes are combined and the whole face of the anther separates from the back, on which account I have call it bilabiate. The same thing appears to happen in some of Blume's Che lonantheras. 1. Pnuoripora imbricata, Lindley, P. pseudo-bulbis ovato-oblongis obtusis subangulatis, foliis solitariis 0b" f MALAXIDEJE. — PLEUROTHALLEZ. 37 longo-lanceolatis plicatis acutis, spicis pendulis foliorum longitudine, bracteis membranaceis concavis imbricatis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis ca- rinatis, labello subgloboso cucullato: lobis lateralibus parvis erectis ; intermedio bilobo cordato. Pholidota imbricata. Lindl. in Hooker Flora Exotica t. 138. Bot. Reg. t. 1213. Wall. Cat. no. 1991, Ptilocnema bracteatum. Don Prodr. 33. Hab. in India Orientali, frequens, Wallich; in Zeylona, Macrae. (v. v. cult. et habeo s. sp.) í : 2. PuoriporA undulata. Wallich. - P. pseudo-bulbis ovato-fusiformibus inzqualibus, foliis binis lanceolatis erectis, spicis elongatis pendulis, bracteis ovato-linearibus, sepalis ovatis subcarinatis concavis, labello cucullato ventricoso obsoleté trilobo inte- gerrimo. P. undulata. Wallich in Bot. Reg. fol. 1213 in textu. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in Bibl. Anglo- Indica.) Flores fusci. Labellum tantum pallidé lateritium. This species is nearly allied to P. imbricata, from which its brown flowers, small bractee and differently shaped lip and leaves abundantly distinguish it. 3. PnorrDorA. rubra. P. pseudo-bulbis ovatis corrugatis, foliis binis lanceolatis, spicis laxis erectis foliis brevioribus: fructiferis longioribus nutantibus, bracteis lanceolatis, sepalis concavis ovatis acutis, labello trilobo : lobo medio ovato acuto. Hab. in India Orientali; Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in Bibl. Anglo- Indica.) Sepala et petala lateritia. Labellum et columna lute. ; I for some time took this for Blume's Crinonia carnea; but his descrip- tion is so brief and in the few particulars he mentions it differs so much as to justify me in regarding it as a distinct species. 4. Pnoripora carnea. m P. * bulbis subremotis ovato-oblongis 1-3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli limbo rotundato intus bicalloso." Blume. Crinonia carnea, Blume p. 339. t. 41. Hab. in sylvis umbrosis montium Salak et Gede, Jave, florens toto anno ; Blume. Variat bulbis approximatis ovalibus, prope Tjitjalobak, ad montem Salak, Jave ; Blume. 5. PnoLiporA globosa. P. “ bulbis approximatis globosis 2-3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, la- belli limbo obtuso." Blume. Crinonia globosa. Blume p. 339. Hab. ad cataractas fluvii Tjapus in montosis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri ; Blume. 6. Pnoripora recurva. P. rhizomate carnoso articulato ascendente, foliis solitariis oblongo-lance- olatis subplicatis, spicis secundis recurvis foliis longioribus, bracteis 38 MALAXIDEZE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. cuneatis membranaceis imbricatis, sepalis lateralibus ovatis dorso acutis, labello ventricoso (undulato ?) indiyiso emarginato. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lambert.) Articuli rhizomatis 12 unciam longi. Folia circiter 3-uncialia. Columna teres antice tumida. Dorsum clinandrii erectum, rostellum ovatum porrectum. I know this very remarkable species by specimens given me several years since by Mr. Lambert. It came to England with some of Dr. Wal- lich’s earliest Nipal collections. Its imbricated unilateral recurved spikes characterize it well, and distinguish it from P. articulata which besides has the joints of the rhizoma twice as long, and the bractez of a different” figure. 7. Puouipora articulata. Lindl. in Wall, Cat. no. 1992. P. rhizomate carnoso articulato ascendente, foliis binis pluribusve ovalibus plicatis apice subintegris, spicis laxis cernuis foliorum longitudine, bracteis oblongis concavis, sepalis ovatis, labello cucullato integro apice rotundato plano. a Hab. in Pundua, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico et v. ic. pict.) Articuli rhizomatis 3-4 uncias longi. Rachis valde flexuosa. Flores albi, basi apicis labelli luteà. XXIV. DILOCHIA. Sepala conniventia, libera, petalis subzequalia, colorata. Labellum cucul-. latum, trilobum, basi subsaccatum, trilamellatum. Columna cum labello non articulata, clavata, alata, apice cucullata dentata, Anthera 4-locu- laris, ovata, cristata. Pollinia 4.—Herba caulescens, foliis coriaceis acutis distichis subcostatis. Racemus terminalis e squamis coriaceis erumpens, bracteis coriaceis, persistentibus, divaricatis, coriaceis, distantibus. Flores speciosi, sepalis crassioribus quam petala, ovario non torto. Obs. Octomeriz structurà similis, habitu diversissima. l. Dirocuia Wallichii. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1952. Hab. in Singapore, Wallich, (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) XXV. CCELOGYNE. Ceelogyne. Lindl. Coll. Bot. 33. in textu.—Pleione. Don. Prodr. nep. 37-—Chelonanther®, Sect. 2 et 3. Blume Bijdr. 382. Sepala conniventia v. patentia, libera, æqualia, petaloidea. Petala nunc sepalis conformia, nunc linearia. Labellum cucullatum sepius trilobum, lineis disci elevatis v. cristatis, nunc integerrimum ecristatum (in Pa- niscà). ; Columna erecta libera margine alata, apice dilatata, nunc cucul- lata, stigmate bilabiato. Anthera bilocularis, septo medio non partibili ; infra apicem columne inserta, Pollinia 4, libera, (8 Q ) incumbentia; nunc basi materie granulosà cohzrentia.—Herbze supra arbores et sax% vigentes, foliorum basibus in pseudo-bulbos dilatatis, rhizomate pune crasso squamoso, nunc obsoleto. Folia coriacea sæpiùs venis distinctis —— MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. 39 wqualibus, nune quibusdam crassioribus costata v. plicata. Racemi terminales v. radicales e squamis (bracteis sterilibus) corneis erumpentes. Flores speciosi sepe odorati. Obs. This genus is nearly related to Cymbidium among Vandee and to Cattleya among Epidendrez, from both which its peculiar habit is alone sufficient to distinguish it, From Dendrochilum it is only known by the absence of horn-like processes from its column ; for the lip of some of the Gomphostylis section is entire, and C. (Panisca) parviflora is a Dendro- chilum in every thing except the want of these processes. "There isa strong tendency to produce a gland in some species such as C. praecox, uniflora, and fimbriata ; but this is a mere granular mass such as the filum Y Epidendrez and will not be confounded with the cartilaginous gland of andez. l. C&rocvxE flaccida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1961. C. pseudo-bulbis oblongis angulatis squamis coriaceis acuminatis ustulatis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis long? petiolatis, racemo flexuoso nutante, bracteis deciduis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labello ovato trilobo: lineis tribus elevatis flexuosis : lobo medio ovato basi au- riculato, columná integerrimá. Hab. ad Noakote, Napalie, supra arbores crescens, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores mediocres, albi. Labellum intus flavum, immaculatum. Vaginis ustulatis conspicua. 2. CeLocvxkE cristata. Lindley. C. pseudo-bulbis oblongis demüm angulatis rhizomati crasso squamoso insidentibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, racemo radicali nutante flexuoso basi squamis corneis vaginato, bracteis oblongis divaricatis persistenti- bus, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, labelli trilobi cristà duplici interrupta : inferiore pectinatà, lobo medio rotundato apiculato, columná denticulatà. ? Cymbidium strictum. Don Prodr. Ceelogyne cristata. Lindl. Cell. Bot. p. 33. Wall. Cat. no. 1958. Hab. in montibus Napalensibus supra saxa et arbores, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Flores maximi generis, albi, odorati, divaricati. Sepala et petala conformia, lanceolata, leviter undulata. Labellum leviter cum basi columne con- . natum, cristis duabus parallelis luteis interruptis antice subintegris, postice pectinatis, et ex Wallichio, in seriebus 5 pilorum longorum sim- plicium s. bifidorum basi desinentibus. 3. C&rocvxx speciosa. C. “ bulbis oblongis tetragonis monophyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ner- vosis, scapo nutante retroflexo paucifloro, labello intus cristis 2 muri- catis." Blume. Chelonanthera speciosa. Blume p. 384. tab. 51. grecum nervosum. Rumph. Herb. Amb. tom. 6. t. 48. Hab. in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, supra arbores, florens Octobri-Junio, Blume. * Flores majusculi; sepala exteriora oblonga, acuta, carinata, margine reflexa, albo lutescentia. Labellum infrà albo griseum, intüs fulvum, lobo medio emarginato undulato.” , 40 MALAXIDEZE. PLEUROTHALLE. 4. CarocxNE incrassata. C. * bulbis oblongis subtetragonis, foliis lanceolatis nervosis, pedunculo nutante multifloro, labello intus bicristato nudo, limbi lobo medio ovato incrassato.' Blume. Chelonanthera incrassata. Blume p. 384. Hab. in sylvis montis Pantjar, Jave, florens Junio-Julio. Blume. “ Flores sordide albi, diaphani; labelli limbo fusco undulato." 5. CeLocvrNwE elata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1959. C. pseudo-bulbis oblongis angulatis in rhizomate crasso squamoso insiden- tibus, foliis oblongis in basi attenuatis longe petiolatis, scapo terminali stricto foliis breviore subracemoso squamis distichis vaginato, bracteis deciduis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli trilobi medio bicristati lobo medio ovato crenulato, columná integrà. Hab. in sylvis Napalie et Syllet, Wallich, Februario Martio vigens. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Species sesquipedalis et ultrà. Flores albi, inodori. Labellum lobis late- ralibus rotundatis, intermedio basi ocellis duobus flavis. Capsula lucida trigona clavata sesquipollicaris. Wallich Mss. 6. C&rocvwE prolifera. Lindl, l. c. no. 1956. C. pseudo-bulbis ovatis angulatis rhizomati crasso squamoso insidenti- bus, foliis lanceolatis long? petiolatis, scapo terminali gracili erecto foliis duplo longiore prolifero sub quoque racemo squamis distichis va- ginato, bracteis deciduis, petalis linearibus, labelli trilobi lobo medio retuso integerrimo undulato, column4 subdenticulatà. Hab. ad Noakote et Toka, Napalie, supra arbores et rupes, florens Maio, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico floribus delapsis.) Character floris ex Wallichii Mss, Flores ex viridi flavi. Sepala ovata leviter patula, semi-unguicularia, acutiuscula. 7. C&rocvwE nitida. Lindley l. c. no. 1954. C. pseudo-bulbis ovatis czspitosis subcostatis squamis nitidis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis racemis nutantibus zqualibus, bracteis deciduis, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis, labelli lobo intermedio subrotundo cordato-ovato, disco lineis duabus elevatis, columna integra. Cymbidium nitidum. Roxb. Hort. Beng. Cologyne? nitida. Lindl. coll. p. 33. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Flores candidi, odorati. Labellum maculis duabus oblongis venisque cro- ceis in cucullo, et ocellis duobus aurantiacis ad basin lobi intermedi plicà parv4 ad basin labelli inter duas lineas elevatas. 8. CeLocyne ocellata. Lindl. l. c. no. 1953. C. pseudo-bulbis ovatis ezspitosis subangulatis squamis nitidis vestitis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis in petiolo angustatis racemis strictis equa libus, bracteis deciduis, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis, labelli lobo intermedio ovato ad basin utrinque lamellà abbreviatà interrupt? disco lineis tribus lamellatis, columnà obsolet? trilobà. ! Cologyne punctulata, Lindl, coll. p. 33. MALAXIDE A. PLE UROTHALLE. 4] Hab. in Sylhet et Sermore Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Priori affinis habitu et colore florum, differt sepalis petalis labelloque lon- gioribus, racemo erecto, et lamellis labelli. Obs. C. punctulata mihi olim, ex exemplare solitario descripta, hujus loci est. Nomen mutavi quia dubius hereo an flores reveráà sint punctati. 9. C&rocvwE Gardneriana. Lindl. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. vol. 1. p. 33. t. 38. C. pseudo-bulbis ampullaceis teretibus, foliis lanceolatis 5-costatis acumi- natis long? petiolatis, racemis nutantibus densifloris terminalibus radi- calibusque foliis multd brevioribus, bracteis deciduis, sepalis petalisque oblongis, labelli denticulati basi saccati lobo medio bilobo lateralibus minore. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. l. c.) Maxima generis. Pseudo-bulbi 6 uncias longi; folia sesquipedalia; ra- . cemi spithamei. Flores candidi immaculati. Bractez oblonge. 10. Ca@Locyne fuscescens. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1962. C. pseudo-bulbis oblongis teretibus, foliis oblongis plicatis coriaceis utrinque acutis, racemo nutante multifloro, bracteis deciduis, petalis linearibus, labello trilobo trilineato: lobo medio amplo ovato acuto un- dulato, columná integra. Hab. in Napalia supra arbores, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores ampli e viridi fuscescentes. Sepalum supremum lateralibus majus. Labellum disco loborum lateralium et maculis duabus rotundis ad basin lobi medii cinnamomeis. 1}. CerocvwE trinervis. Lindl. l. c. no. 1955. C. pseudo-bulbis ovatis in rhizomate crasso squamoso insidentibus, foliis lanceolatis plicatis in petiolum longum acuminatis, racemo brevi stricto, bracteis deciduis, petalis linearibus patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis ro- tundatis: intermedio undulato lineis tribus flexuosis elevatis, columna integrá. Hab. in Tavoy ore Tenasserim, Indie Orientalis; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Angio- Indico.) Species elegantissima C. fuscescenti affinis. 12. CaLocyne odoratissima. Lindl. l. c. no. 1960. c. pseudo-bulbis czspitosis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis petiolatis racemi bi- triflori longitudine, bracteis cymbiformibus divaricatis, petalis lineari- lanceolatis, labello trilobo tricristato: lobo medio undulato rotundato, columnà integerrima. Hab. in monte altissimo Zeylone, Nuera Ellia dicto, supra arbores, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Planta parva, 4 circiter uncias alta, rhizomate vix ullo. . Pseudo-bulborum vagine virides concolores. Flores candidi, fragrantissimi, unicolores, maculis nullis. Petala magis reflexa quam sepala et multd angustiora. 13. Carocvws fimbriata. | Lindl. C. pseudo-bulbis oblongis in rhizomate squamoso insidentibus, foliis lan- May, 1830, G 492 MALAXIDE. PLE UROTHALLE2. ceolatis pedunculo terminali vaginato bifloro duplo longioribus, petalis linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi lobo medio undulato fimbriato, columnà apice dentatà. Cologyne fimbriata. Lindl. in B. Reg. t. 868. Wall. Cat. no. 1957. Broughtonia linearis. Wall. in Bibl. Angl. Ind. ic. pict. n. 649, Hab. in China; etiam in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico, v. v. cult. et iconem pict.) Herba rhizomate annulato latè repente. Flores luteo-virides. Labellum carneum, basi saccatum, limbo fusco-aurantiaco medio bicristato, cristà utrinque minore abruptà. Pollinia basi materie granulosà coherentia. Bractez in indica magne persistentes, in hortensi deciduz. 14. C@LOGYNE uniflora. Lindl. l. c. no. 1966. C. pseudo-bulbis ampullaceis aggregatis rhizomate insidentibus, foliis li- neari-lanceolatis acuminatis, scapis radicalibus unifloris pseudo-bulbis subzqualibus, petalis lanceolatis, labello oblongo : lobis lateralibus bre- vibus falcatis. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich, (v. iconem pict. in Museo Anglo- Indico.) Planta spithamza. Flores dilute carnei, sepalis lateralibus carinatis, pe- talis lanceolatis conformibus. Labellum sepalis fere duplo latius, medio maculis tribus aurantiacis parüm elevatis notatum, de quibus linez 4 due ex media inferiore, parumper elevate decurrunt. Wallich Mss. In this species it appears from Dr. Wallich's figure that there is a pro duction at the base of the pollen masses, indicating I presume from its colour a formation of granular matter as in some other species that I have examined. It is nevertheless possible that the artist may have intended to represent a cartilaginous gland, in which case the species would be rather referable to Cymbidium. I have seen no specimen. 15. C«rocvwE longifolia. C. * bulbis oblongis tetragonis diphyllis, foliis longo-lanceolatis, racem? elongato flexuoso multifloro, labello intüs bicristato: limbo rotundato emarginato patulo." Blume. Chelonanthera longifolia. Blume p. 385. tab. 51. Hab. circa originem fluminis Tjiburrum in monte Gede, Jave, supra 2” bores; ad montem Salak in sylvis altioribus prope Passir Java, flore Aprili-Junio, Blume. ** Flores majusculi, helvoli. -Sepala externa oblonga, carinata, Labellu? basi concavum." ; 16. C@LoGYNE miniata. C. ** bulbis oblongis subtetragonis diphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, ™ cemo erecto paucifloro, labello intüs lineis 2 elevatis: limbo erecto tiusculo.” Blume. Chelonanthera miniata. Blume p.385. Hab. prope cataractas fluvii Tjikundul, ad monte in ali m Gede, Jave, et in montis Salak supra arbores, florens Junio, etc. Blume. j ec $i. 7. Flores miniati ; sepala acuta, exteriora leviter carinata." j MALAXIDEJAE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. 43 § Gompuosrty.is. Wall. Mss. Pleione. Don Prodr. nep. Folia serotina, Pseudo-bulbi vaginis reticulatis tecti, depressi, cute tenerd nec corned lucidd. Flores solitarii radicales pedunculo vaginato. Labellum fimbriatum basi saccatum. Columna apice petaloidea cucullata. ^ Pollinia materie granulosá coherentia. I am unable to distinguish any thing like an essential difference between the plants of this section and Ceelogyne proper; their habit is remarkable but there is a close approach to it in C. uniflora, The granular matter by which their pollen masses cohere is of exactly the same nature as that of C. fimbriata, 17. CcrocvNEÉ humilis. Lindley. C.folis ......., labello integro emarginato fimbriato, disco cristis plu- rimis fimbriatis, columná apice subintegrá. Epidendrum humile. Smith Exot. Bot. t. 98. Cymbidium humile. Smith in Rees. Pleione humilis. Don. Prodr. 37. Ceelogyne humilis. Lindl. coll. p.37. Wall. Cat. ne. 1963. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores candidi. Labellum sanguineo maculatum. Vagine virides imma- culate, Columna sanguineo punctata. 18. CaLocyxE Wallichiana. C foliis... , labelli lobo medio ovato denticulato apice bilobo integro cum apiculo: lateralibus obsoletis, disco cristis quinque incompletis den- ticulatis, basi breviter calcarato, columnà apice dentatà, stigmatis labio inferiore tricuspidato. Hab. in Pundua, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores purpurei, prioris. 19. CeLocyne maculata. C. foliis lanceolatis plicatis, labelli lobis lateralibus abbreviatis integris : intermedio ovato retuso undulato, disco lineis quinque rectis denticu- latis, columná integrà, bracteà ventricosá. Gomphostylis candida. Wallich in ic. pict. in Museo Anglo-Indico n. 651, Hab. in Pundua, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in l. c.) Flores candidi. Labellum medio sanguineo-lineatum, ad latera lobi inter- medii guttatum. Pseudo-bulbi fusci. 20. Catocyne precox. Lindley. C. foliis oblongis ovatisque plicatis, labelli lobo medio oblongo emarginato fimbriato : disco cristis quinque serratis, basi breviter calcarato, column& apice dentatà. Epidendrum precox. Smith Exot. Fl. t. 97. Cymbidium precox. Smith in Rees, Pleione praecox. Don Prodr.37. Celogyne precox. Lindi. Coll. Bot. p. 37. Wath, Cat. no. 1965. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Endico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores purpurei, labelli limbo albo. Pseudo-bulbi maculati. Vaginz infe- riores pedunculorum maculata. 44 MALAXIDEE. PLEUROTHALLE.£. § PaNiIsEA. -Sepala petala et labellum «qualia conniventia conformia: hoc integerrimo ecristato. Columna alato-marginata ecornis. Inflorescentia radicalis. Cælo- gyni et Dendrochilo pariter affinis, huic labello illo columnd, ab utroque diversa. An genus proprium ? 91. Cc&rocxNE parviflora. C. pseudo-bulbis czspitosis ovatis elongatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis ob- tusis racemi stricti imbricati longitudine, bracteis ovatis acutis pedicellis brevioribus, floribus imbricatis, petalis sepalisque lineari-oblongis æqua- libus conniventibus, labello petalis conformi basi sigmoideo flexuoso integerrimo, columnà cuneatà integrà. ? Dendrobium demissum. Don Prodr. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Petala basi cordata. Scapus radicalis, capillaris, 4-5-uncias longus. This plant occupies an intermediate position between Coelogyne and Dendrochilum, agreeing with the former in its winged column, differing in its entire lip, and connivent flowers, and agreeing with the latter in its entire-lip with a sigmoidal flexure at the base, but differing in the structure of the column and especially in the want of the lateral horn-like processes. XXVI. DICRYPTA. Sepala libera, erecta, qualia. Petala conformia pauld minora. Labellum oblongum, obsolete? trilobum, carnosum, cum columna articulatum, lineà elevatà interruptà disci. Columna cum ovario continua, semiteres, ad basin antice clavata., Clinandrium convexum. Anthera obsolete bilo- cularis. Pollinia 4, complanata, incumbentia ( 8:8 ): posticis minori- bus, materie granulosa leviter coherentia. Habitus et patria ignoti. 1. Dicrypta Baueri. Habitt -= s (v. ic. Bauerianam.) : Pedicellus medio articulatus, bracteà oblong’ glabrà vaginatus. Ovarium pedicello paulo longius, cylindraceum, angulis placentariis costalibusque subzqualibus. Flos luteus sepalis extüs punctatis. Clinandrium con- vexum emarginatum, cavitate levi pro anthera recipienda. Anthera papillosa. Capsule valvule subzquales. I only know this curious plant from a sketch of the flowers made by Mr. Bauer from a plant that blossomed at Kew, September 3, 1806. It is not noticed in the 5th volume of the Hortus Kewensis published in 1813. XXVII. MESOCLASTES. Sepala conniventia v. (anthesi peractà ?) reflexa, equalia, libera : laterali- bus carinatis. Petala sepalis subequalia. Labellum integrum, conca- vum, cum columnà parallelum, subcochleatum, medio interruptum, dimidià superiore ovatà subcordatà; venis simplicibus a basi labelli radiantibus. Columna cum ovario continua, non cum labello articulata; MALAXIDE Æ. PLEUROTHALLE.E. 45 nana, aptera. Anthera subrotunda, inappendiculata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, libera, medio foveata. Ovarium triquetrum.—Herbe caulescentes, foliis teretibus, floribus solitariis v. paucis. 1. MEsocrasTEs uniflora. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1993. M. floribus solitariis, labelli dimidià superiore medio callosá, Hab. in Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. ex Herb. Anglo- Indico.) Labellum dimidiz inferioris venis incrassatis. Sepala conniventia. Folia pauló majora quam in sequente. Capsula lineari-oblonga sesquiuncialis. 2. Mesocuastes brachystachys. Lindl. l. c. no. 1994. M. spicis brevibus densis paucifloris, labelli dimidià superiore ecallosà. Hab. in Sylhet, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. ex Herb. Angl. Ind.) Sepala demum reflexa. Labellum dimidiz inferioris venis versus basin evanescentibus. Caules duri. Folia filiformia subtortuosa. Hujus tan- tum vidi pollinia. Section II. DENDROBIEÆ. ORCHIDER; Tribus Malaxidee,** Dendrobiem. Lindley in Bot. Reg. fol. 1291. Columna in ovario recumbens, ad basin longiüs producta. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. Pollinia 2; v, 1 bipartibile. Labellum bilobum (cum columna continuum) Petala unguiculata. Sepala lateralia omnind connata 29. LYRÆA. Petala sessilia. Sepala lateralia basi tantum connata 28. CocnLia. Labellum integrum, v. trilobum (cum columna articulatum) Petala multifida : laciniis clavatis appendiciformibus 36. EPICRANTHES. Petala indivisa Labellum calcaratum - - - 35. MicRoc&Lia. Labellum ecalcaratum Folia plana - - - - 39. DIGLYPHoOsa. Folia equitantia - - - = 44, OXYSTOPHYLLUM. Pollinia 4. (nunc in unum connata.) Petala nulla - - - E - - . 87. MonomeEria. Petala duo. Sepalum posticum majus, lateralibus alt? connatum 30. MEGACLINIUM. Sepalum posticum liberum Labellum cum columna connatum Labelli limbus long? unguiculatus - - 38. STENOGLOSSUM. Labelli limbus sessilis dilatatus - - 46. METACHILUM. Labellum liberum, v. tantum cum basi producta co- lumnæ connatum Labellum unguiculatum, planum; (sæpiùs inte- gerrimum et carnosum) Sepala lateralia acuminatissima supremo nano 32, CIRRHOPETALUM. ' Sepala lateralia supremo subzqualia Petala et labellum minima conformia - 33. Trias. Labellum petalis majus difforme Sepala reflexa . - - 34. MACROSTOMIUM. Sepala erecta - = - 31. BOLBOPHYLLUM, 46 MALAXIDEZ. DENDROBIEZ. Labellum sessile cucullatum ; (ssepius trilobum et membranaceum) Folia plana Labellum posticum. Flores carnosi. Ala- | 4z, bastra trigona - - - - . Labellum anticum (ssepius). Flores membra- . macei. Alabastra teretia - a Folia equitantia - - - - Pollinia 8. PoLvsTACHYA. haz. DENDROBIUM. 43. APORUM. Clinandrium cucullatum, margine erecto membranaceo. An- } 41. PHREATIA. thera immersa - - - - - - - Clinandrium non cucullatum. Sepala lateralia basi equalia - - - - 40. MYCARANTHES. Sepala lateralia basi valde obliqua - - - 42. ERIA, XXVIII. COCHLIA. Cochlia. Blume Büdr. 320. tabellen 59. Sepala erecta: lateralibus basi connatis. Petala minora. Labellum basi angustatum, ungui columnae junctum, adscendens, superne in limbum semilunatum margine revolutum et verrucosum dilatatum. Columna bicornis, recumbens. Anthera semibilocularis, columnam posticé ter- minans. Pollinia 2, ovata, libera.—Herba epiphyta caulescens. Caules- vaginis scariosis imbricati. Folia coriacea, ovato-elliptica, suprà con- vexa, subtüs concava. Pedunculi laterales, solitarii. Flores capitati, violacei. Character ex Blume. 1. Cocuria violacea. Blume l. c. Hab. ad montem Salak insule Jave, supra`arbores, florens Novembri Decembri; Blume. XXIX. LYRÆA. Sepala conniventia inæqualia : lateralibus inter se et cum basi producta colummz connatis. Petala nana, spatulata. Labellum alté bilobum, cum basi productà columne continuum, (nec articulatum). Column? nana, in ovario recumbens. Pollinia 2, in uno connata.—Herba, habitu Bolbophylli. Char. ex A. Richard. orch. Maur. p. 62. This genus agrees entirely with Bolbophyllum in habit. It is distin- guished by its labellum being deeply lobed and continuous, not articulated, with the columna; by its spatulate petals, and by the cohesion of the lateral sepals. 1. Lvnza prismatica, Bulbophyllum prismaticum. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 109. A. Rich. orch. Maur. p. 62. 1.8. no Hab. in insulis Mauritii ((Thouars, Bory), Borbonie (Bory), supra arbores et saxa; A. R. Folia gemina e pseudo-tubere subtetragono, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolat® obtusa, oblique emarginata. Seapus gracilis radicalis, palmaris, versus basin squamatus. Rachis gracilis. Flores lutescentes in spicam rara dispositi, ex axilla bractee semicordatz amplexicaulis. MALAXIDEA. DENDROBIB&. 47 XXX, MEGACLINIUM. Megaclinium. Lindl. in Bot, Reg. 989. Sepala erecta, inequalia: lateralibus minoribus cum columna connatis. Petala nana, Labellum nanum integerrimum cum basi columne elastic? articulatum. Columna nana marginata disciformis in apicem ovarii prona basi vix producta. Anthera obsolete bilocularis. Pollinia 4, libera, per paria coherentia, equalia.—Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate repente pseudo-bulbifero. Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi radicales. Rachis dilatata, compressa. A genus nearly related to Bolbophyllum from which however it is abun- dantly distinct. 1. MEcacriNIUM falcatum. Lindley. M. foliis binis ovalibus emarginatis biplicatis, rachi compressà faleatà cre- natà, sepalo supremo obtuso apice utrinque calloso: lateralibus reflexis bidentatis, petalis minimis subulatis obtusis. Megaclinium falcatum. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 989. Hab. in Sierra Leone (v. v. cult.) The lip of this plant is elastically articulated with the column, and ex- hibits a beautiful instance of vegetable irritability, analogous to that of some species of Pterostylis. The lip moves up and down with great ra- pidity, much in the same way as the head of the Chinese images of Man- arins. 2. MEGacLINIUM maximum. Hab. in S, Leone; Smeathman (v. s. sp. in Herb, Banks, sine floribus et foliis.) Rachis 5 uncias longa, semunciam lata, complanata, crenata. Scapus pe- dalis. Rhizoma penne cygnez crassitudine, Pseudo-bulbus oblongus, verosimiliter angulatus, XXXI. BOLBOPHYLLUM. Bulbophyllum. Thouars orch. Afr. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 832. Orch. scel. no. 143.—Bolbo- phyllum. Spreng. syst. 3. p. 732.—Diphyes. Blume Bijdr. 310. tabellen 66,—Tribrachia. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 832.—Anisopetalum. Hooker Fl. Exot, 149. Sepala erecta, acuminata, subequalia, lateralibus cum pede columne con- natis et basi obliquis. Petala nana (rarissimé sepalis subzqualia). La- bellum cum pede columne articulatum, unguiculatum, szepiüs integrum, et posticum. Columna nana, antic? bidentata, v. bicornis. Anthera 1-v. 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, libera, valdé inequalia, nunc in uno connata, nunc per paria coherentia, altero cujusvis paris minuto lobuliformi.— Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate repente pseudo-bulbifero, Folia coriacea, avenia. Racemi radicales. I have no hesitation in referring all the above cited genera hither. When I published Tribrachia I was only acquainted with Bolbophyllum through Du Petit Thouars’s figures; I now know them to be the same. Diphyes is obviously a synonym. Dr. Hooker's Anisopetalum differs only in the greater inequality of the sepals. Even Cirrhopetalum itself is less distinct from Bolbophyllum than would appear from the inspection of the lst and 2nd species. * 48 MALAXIDE Æ. DENDROBIE. § I. Flores fasciculati v. solitarii, radicales, speciosi. 1. BorsoPnHvLLvuw leopardinum. ^ Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1981. B. pseudo-bulbis czspitosis ovato-oblongis vestitis, foliis coriaceis rigidis oblongis solitariis petiolatis, floribus radicalibus fasciculatis globoso- campanulatis, sepalis ovatis guttatis subequalibus, petalis minoribus conformibus, labello carnoso ovato obtuso integerrimo. Dendrobium leopardinum. Wallich Tentamen vol. 1. p. 39. t. 28. Hab. in India Orientali in monte Chandaghiry super arborum truncos; Wallich. (habeo s. spont. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) This is the handsomest species of the genus and is remarkable for its large globose pale yellowish green flowers spotted with purple. Dr. Wal- lich's description in the work above quoted is excellent. : 9. Bors2oPHvLLUuM affine. Lindl. l. c. no. 1982. B. rhizomate crasso repente, pseudo-bulbis oblongis teretibus, foliis cori aceis rigidis oblongis solitariis petiolatis emarginatis, floribus radicalibus solitariis, sepalis petalisque æqualibus ovato-lanceolatis, labello carnoso ovato-lanceolato obtuso integerrimo. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) This species is nearly related to the preceding, with which it agrees in the position and size of its flowers, but it differs from it in their being solitary, in the more lanceolate figure of the floral envelopes, and especi- ally in the petals being as large as the sepals ; a solitary case in this genus. 3. BorsornvrLuM mutabile. B. “ foliis coriaceis lanceolatis retusis, pedunculis folio brevioribus bifloris. , Blume. Diphyes mutabilis. Blume Bijdr. 312. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak insule Jave, florens Julio Septembri ; Blume. * Caules ebulbi. Pedunculi breves pauciflori. Gynostemium bicuspidatum. Anthera 1-locularis. - Flores virescentes demum crocei; sepala exteriors acuminata ; labellum miniatum ; limbus obtusus, subcrenulatus.” Blume. 4. BorsoPnHvLLuM ciliatum., B. * bulbis remotis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, pedunculis folio brevioribus. Blume. Diphyes ciliata. Blume Bijdr. 317. Hab. ad originem fluvii Tjiburrum Jave, in montosis Gede, florens Junio; Blume. ** Pedunculi solitarii uniflori. Flores violacei, sepalis exterioribus acumi- natis, labelli limbo ciliolato.” ^ Blume. 5. BOLBOPHYLLUM cernuum. : _B. * bulbis approximatis, foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis folio longioribus cernuis.” Blume. -Diphyes cernua. Blume Bijdr. 318. . Hab. in sylvis humidis montis Salak, Jave, florens Septembri ; Blume» ** Pedunculi solitarii uniflori. Flores purpurascentes, sepalis exterioribU* elongatis, labelli limbo margine reflexo, antherà cristata.” - Blume. MALAXIDE. DENDROBIE. 49 6. BoLBornyYLLUM parvulum. B. “ bulbis approximatis depressis, foliis ovalibus obtusis, pedunculis folio vald? longioribus, sepalis exterioribus inzqualibus acutis, labelli limbo obtuso glanduloso tumido." Blume. Diphyes pusilla. Blume Bijdr. 317. Hab. in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, ad corticem arborum, florens Junio Decembri ; Blume. ** Pedunculi solitarii uniflori. Flores aurantiaci, sepalo dorsali nervoso.” Blume. 7. BorsoPnvLLUx hirsutum. B. ** bulbis approximatis, foliis lanceolatis, sepalis exterioribus subæqua- libus apice hirsutis, labelli limbo obtuso intus glanduloso." Blume. Diphyes hirsuta. Blume p. 318. Hab. prope cataractas calidas montis Gede supra arbores et in altioribus Salak, Jave, florens Maio Augusto; Blume. * Flores aurantiaci, sepalis ovali-oblongis acutis striatis, labello interne lineis 2 elevatis notato." 8. BorsornvLLvw ovalifolium. B. “ bulbis approximatis, foliis ovalibus, sepalis exterioribus lanceolatis inequalibus, labelli limbo obtuso." Blume. Diphyes ovalifolia. Blume p. 318. Hab. in montosis Gede, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. * Flores flavo-virentes, sepalis lateralibus dorsali majoribus, labello brunneo." 9. BorsoruvrLuw inequale. B. ** bulbis approximatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, sepalis latera- libus postico fer? duplo longioribus acuminatis, labelli limbo verrucoso.' Blume. Diphyes inequalis. Blume p. 319. T in sylvis primævis montis Pangoerangoe, Jave, florens Novembri ; lume. “ Flores aurantiaci, nervis atropurpureis. Labellum atropurpurascens.”’ 10. BorsornvrLvw bicolor. B. pseudo-bulbis ovalibus, foliis solitariis oblongis coriaceis emarginatis floribus longioribus, corymbo trifloro pedunculato, sepalo supremo ob- longo cuspidato : lateralibus lanceolatis longioribus, petalis oblongis cuspidatis, labello ovato obtuso. Hab. in China; Reeves. (v. ic. pict. Sinens. in Bibl. Hort. Soc.) Flores speciosi, crocei. Sepalum supremum et petala apice purpurea purpureo punctata. Labellum croceum puncticulatum. ll. BorsornvrLvuM tenellum. B. “ bulbis approximatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusis, sepalis ineequalibus : lateralibus ovalibus obtusis dorsali lanceolato majoribus, labelli limbo tumido verrucoso." Blume. Diphyes tenella. B/ume p. 319. t. 66. Mo. Sot. Garden, May, 1830, H 19000. T vu MALAXIDE. DENDROBIEJE. Hab. prop? Passir Ipis provincie Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Julio; Blume. * Flores pallide aurantiaci; labellum atropurpureum, infern? canalicu- latum." 19. BorsoPnuvLLu gracile. B. “ bulbis approximatis, foliis lineari-spatulatis, sepalis exterioribus acu- minatis.' Blume. Diphyes gracilis. Blume p. 319. Hab. in sylvis humidis montis ignivomi Gede, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. “ Flores pallide aurantiaci, limbo labelli obtuso, glanduloso.” 13. BonLnBoPHYLLUM mucronatum. B. ** bulbis remotis, foliis ovalibus planis mucronulatis, labello carinato." Blume. Diphyes mucronata. Blume p. 317. Hab. in montanis Pantjar, Jave, florens Junio Julio; Blume. ** Pedunculi confert? multiflori. Flores pallide flaventes, sepala exteriore acuminata, subequalia, interne spatulata, acuta. Gynostemium inte- grum," 14. BorsornvrLuM tenuifolium. B. “ bulbis remotis, foliis ovalibus margine recurvis, labello internà cari- nato.' Blume. Diphyes tenuifolia. Blume p. 316. Hab. in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri ; Blume. * Pedunculi conferte multiflori. Flores pallide flavi, sepalis exterioribus subequalibus, dorsali nervis atropurpureis, interioribus minutissimis, obtusis, margine punctis purpureis variegatis. Labellum eglandulosum. Anthera dorso cristata.” Blume. 15. BorsoPrnvriLvM violaceum. B. “ bulbis remotis, foliis lanceolatis obtusis, sepalis interioribus oblique emarginatis." Blume. Diphyes violacea. Blume p. 316. Hab. in sylvis Salak, Jave, florens Septembri; Blume. ** Pedunculi conferté multiflori. Flores violacei, sepalis exterioribus acu* minatis. Labellum obtusum, limbo flavo. Anthera dorso glandulosa- 16; BoLBOPHYLLUM tortuosum. B. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis, labello utrinque hirsuto, gynostemii appen- dicibus tortuosis." Blume. Diphyes tortuosa. Blume p. 311. Hab. in arboribus ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Octobri ; Blume. ** Sepala exteriora nervis 3 atropurpureis. Labellum carnosum, atropuf" pureum, limbo luteo. Caules ebulbi.” $.IL. Flores spicati v. racemosi ; rach filiformi. 17. BeusornviLvM.auricomum, Lindl: in Wall. Cat, no. 1985. B. pseudo-bulbis ovatis teretibus, foliis ......; scapis elongatis erectis MALAXIDE XE. DENDROBIE Æ. 51 $picà cernud multiflora, sepalis ovatis acuminatis equalibus glaberrimis, petalis obtusis ciliatis, labello minimo ovato obtuso carnoso integerrimo. Hab. in Tavoy, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Pollinia 4, per paria coherentia, interioribus minimis lobuliformibus. 18. BorsornviLvM hirtum. Lindl. l. c. no. 1989. B. pseudo-bulbis cespitosis ovatis teretibus, foliis ......; scapis erectis pubescentibus, spicis recurvis villosis multifloris, sepalis acuminatis subequalibus, petalis minutis ovatis, labello lineari integerrimo retuso. Stelis hirta. Smith! in Rees. Tribrachia hirta. Lindley Coll, 41. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Omnes partes floris valde hirte. Flores virescentes. Scapi 4-unciales ; spice equilonge. Pollinia 4, per paria coherentia; interioribus minimis excavatione majorum jacentibus. " 19. BorsornvrLuM Careyanum. Spreng. B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis ovatis angulatis, foliis lineari-loratis erectis solitariis, spicis cylindraceis densifloris erectis pseudo-bulbis longioribus, sepalis lateralibus maximis, petalis triangularibus apice subulatis, labello trilobo plano: lobis lateralibus abbreviatis. Pleurothallis purpurea. Don Prodr. 33. Tribrachia purpurea. Lindl. Coll. Anisopetalum Careyanum. Hooker l. c. t. 149. Bolbophyllum Careyanum. Spreng. syst. 3.732. Wall. Cat. no. 1990. Hab. in Napalia et Martabania, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Angl. Ind.) Flores in icone Hookerianá sepalis sordidé luteis purpureo maculatis, pe- talis flavis, labello plumbeo -violaceo, columnà croceà ; in Wallichiano fusco-purpurei sine ullo alio colore. Pollinia 4, per paria coherentia, interioribus minimis nec equalibus ut vult cel. Hooker. 20. BorsornvnLuM reptans. Lindl. l.c. no. 1988. B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis ovatis teretibus, foliis solitariis line- aribus apice obsolete bidentatis, scapo erecto foliis breviore, racemo laxo, bracteis membranaceis ovario longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis sub- equalibus: lateralibus basi obliquis, petalis minutis oblongis obtusis, labello ovato integerrimo, columné bicorni. Tribrachia reptans. Lindley Cell. 41. t. A. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Sepala pallidé crocea; petala alba; labellum disco purpurascens. Pseudo- bulbi juniores ramentis vestiti ; adulti nudi. 21. BorsornvLLuM variegatum. Thouars. B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis ovato-subrotundis teretibus, foliis binis lineari-loratis acutis, scapis erectis folii$ brevioribus, spicis nutan- tibus, sepalis acuminatis, petalis ovátis, labello canaliculato integerrimo obtuso, bracteis maximis. Bulbophyllum variegatum. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 105. 106. A. Rich. orch. Maur. p. 64. Bulbophyllum nutans. 4f. Rich. orch. Afr. p. 63. t. 8. no. 2. Hab. in insula Borbonie ; Thouars. 59 MALAXIDE. DENDROBIEZ. 22. BorBoPrHuyLLuM nutans. Thouars. B. rhizomate repente filiformi, pseudo-bulbis subrotundis subquadratis, foliis binis oblongis retusis, scapis foliis longioribus subnutantibus, se- palis ovatis acutis, petalis minoribus conformibus, labello ovato canali- culato subcordato. Bulbophyllum nutans. Thouars t.107. Ach. Rich. orch, Maur. p. 63. Hab. in insulis Mauritii et Borbonie, Commerson, Thouars. 93. BornsoPnyrLuM pendulum. Thouars. B. rhizomate filiformi, pseudo-bulbis subrotundis subquadratis, foliis binis lineari-oblongis emarginatis, scapis foliis brevioribus recurvis, sepalis oblongis acutis: lateralibus collateralibus majoribus, petalis ovatis, la- bello carnoso cordato-ovato obtuso. Bulbophyllum pendulum. Thouars t. 104. A. Rich. p. 65. Hab. in Mauritio ; Thouars. 24. BorsornvrLLUM densum. Thouars. B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis ovalibus, foliis binis lineari-loratis oblique emarginatis scapis brevioribus, spicis erectis, sepalis ovatis 10- ferioribus majoribus, labello ovato-cordato integerrimo. Bulbophyllum densum. Thouars t. 108. 4. Rich. p. 64. Hab. in Mauritio, 'Thouars. 25. BorBoPHvLLUM incurvum. Thouars. B. pseudo-bulbis subquadratis, foliis solitariis ovali-oblongis oblique emar- ginatis, scapis erectis foliis longioribus, spicis nutantibus, sepalis acl” minatis, petalis linearibus, labello oblongo ciliato, columnà bicorni. Bulbophyllum incurvum. Thouars t. 95. 4. Rich. orch. Maur. p. C4. Hab. in Mauritio ; Thouars. 26. BorsornvLLuM gracile. Thouars. B. pseudo-bulbis ovalibus compressis, foliis geminis lineari-loratis ema” ginatis scapo erecto gracili brevioribus, vaginis scapi inflatis, Sp! filiformi multiflorà. Bulbophyllum gracile. Thouars t. 101. Hab. in Mauritio ; Thouars. Flores minimi, vix noti; verosimiliter tamen hujus generis. 27. BorsorHviLux minutum. Thouars, B. rhizomate filiformi, pseudobulbis subrotundis foliis binis oblong“ emarginatis subzequalibus, scapo erecto elongato, spicà pauciflorá, se palis ovatis petalisque acutis, labello oblongo convexo integerrimo. Bulbophyllum minutum. Thouars t. 110. Hab. in Madagascar ; 'Thouars. 28. BonsornvnLLvM Commersonii. Thouars: B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis oblongis subangulatis, foliis solitariis - oblongis obliqué emarginatis, scapo erecto multifloro foliis longio™ Borbus ..... | Bulbophyllum Commersonii. Thouars t. 97. Hab. in Borbonia ; Thouars, . MALAXIDEE. DENDROBIES. 09 29. BoLBOPHYLLUM erectum. Thouars. B. rhizomate filiformi; pseudo-bulbis subrotundis angulatis, foliis oblongis solitariis emarginatis, scapo erecto foliis longiore, spicà laxà nutante, sepalis lateralibus acuminatis: supremo acuto, petalis subulatis, labello oblongo ciliato, column& mutica. Bulbophyllum erectum. Thouars t. 96. Hab. in Madagascar ; Thouars. 30. BoLBOPHYLLUM recurvum. B. pseudo-bulbis ovatis compressis cespitosis, foliis solitariis oblongis ob- lique emarginatis subtüs purpureo-maculatis, scapis pendulis foliis dupló longioribus, spicis quadrifariam imbricatis, sepalis ovatis acutis ciliatis, petalis obovatis, labello ovato integerrimo carnoso. Tribrachia pendula. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 963. Hab. in Sierra Leone. (v. v. cult.) Flores virescentes; rachi et labello purpureis. Pollinia 4, omnia cohe- rentia, interioribus obsoletis. 3l. BorsornvyriLvM tetragonum. B. pseudo-bulbis ovatis acute tetragonis, foliis solitariis, rachi tetragon& pubescente, bracteis oblongis acutis dorso pubescentibus capsularum longitudine, sepalis ovatis «qualibus, petalis subulatis, labello ovato apiculato margine membranaceo serrato. Hab. in Sierra Leone. (v. v. cult. sine floribus, et s. spontaneum.) Exemplar seminiferum et spice partem tantüm vidi. Rachis flexuosa tetragona sulcata, pilis nigris raris adspersa. Bractee cymbiformes, subtüs pilosz, florum longitudine, sessiles, semiamplexicaules. Flores parvi, recti, sepalis ovatis, conniventibus, «qualibus, petalis subulatis columná paul) longioribus erectis. Columna subrotundo-ovata, antic? alata (alis marginem rotundatum formantibus a basi anticà usque ad cardinem anthere, ubi in processu ovato connascuntur) callo plano prominente elliptico transverso ad ipsam basin anteriorem. Stigma pulvinatum subquadratum, in facie columne intra margines. , Labellum minimum, oblongum, carnosum, marginatum, faciei columna incumbens apice reflexo, marginibus tenuibus serratis. This curious little plant was formerly cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, but is now lost. It is frequently sent from Sierra Leone mixed with other epiphytes, and is, I should think, very common in that colony. 32. BorsornvLLvx polyrhizum. B. pseudo-bulbis ovatis cespitosis, foliis ........, scapis erectis, spicis laxis erectis 5-6-floris, sepalis ovatis obtusis aequalibus, petalis minimis, labello sessili ovato obtuso integerrimo. Hab. in India Orientali ; Wallich. (v. ic. pict.) Pseudo-bulbi atrovirides, Flores viridi lutei. 33. BorsornvrLuM cylindraceum. B. pseudo-bulbis nullis, foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis petiolatis seapis dupl? brevioribus, spicà densissimà cylindraceà ad basin spathá involutà, 54 MALAXIDE.JE. DENDROBIE X. sepalis lateralibus semiovatis planis collateralibus: supremo minore, petalis minimis ovatis obtusis, labello ovato obtuso. Hab. in India Orientali ; Wallich. (v. ic. pict.) Folia pedalia, atroviridia, squamis cinnamomeis ad basin. Scapi sesqui- pedales, erecti; spice 6-unciales. Flores albi, densissime? imbrieaíi, labello et sepalis lateralibus semper posticis planis: supremo antico abbreviato acuto. I know this very remarkable plant only from an excellent drawing in Dr. Wallich's possession. It is not more remarkable for its very A imbricated flowers, which have a great spathe-like bractea at the base 0 their spike, than for the want of the spurious bulbs, which are, with this single exception, characteristic of the genus. 34. BorsornvrLuM gibbosum. B. * foliis petiolatis lanceolatis obtusiusculis coriaceis, labelli limbo ob- tuso lineato margine nudo, ungue gynostemii gibboso." Blume. Diphyes gibbosa. Blume Bijdr. 312. tab. 66. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. ** Caules radicantes ebulbi. Pedunculi elongati, solitarii, spicato-multiflori. Gynostemium bifidum. Flores pallide flavi, labello aurantiaco bas! canalieulato. Variat foliis acuminatis." Blume. 35. BoLBoPHYLLUM odoratum. B. * foliis petiolatis lanceolatis nervosis, labello interne glanduloso. Blume." Diphyes odorata. Blume Bijdr. 312. Hab. in truncis arborum ad originem fluvii Tjiburrum, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. * Caules radicantes ebulbi. Pedunculi elongati, solitarii, spicato-multi* flori. Gynostemium bifidum. Flores flavi parvi odoratissimi." Blume 386. BorBoPHYvLLUM flavescens, B. “foliis breviter petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis, pedunculo basi vaginal? multifloro, labelli limbo obtuso ciliato." Blume. Diphyes flavescens. Blume Bijdr. 313. Hab. in montosis Jave supra arbores; Blume. * Caules radicantes ebulbi. Pedunculi elongati, solitarii, spicatò-multi- flori. Gynostemium bifidum. Flores pallide flavi, sepalis exterioribus acuminatis inzequalibus ; labellum inferne carinatum aurantiacum. Jt riat a, spicis trifloris, floribus concoloribus; /)foliis latioribus longite petiolatis, spicis multifloris, floribus minoribus concoloribus, labello at- gusto." Blume. 37. ? BoLBoPHYLLUM pumilum. BC" caule radicante filiformi bulbifero, bulbis monophyllis, folio oblong% scapis basilaribus tenuissimis elongatis apice flexuosis." Swartz. Dendrobium pumilum. Swartz. Pers. syn, 2. 523. Hab. in Sierra Leone; Swartz. MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEX. 55 § III. Flores spicati; rachi clavatá v. incrassatd. 38. BorsoPruviLnuM clavatum. Thouars. B. pseudo-bulbis ovatis diphyllis, foliis oblongo-loratis emarginatis obtusis, rachi clavatà, floribus semi-immersis, sepalis lateralibus connatis. | Bulbophyllum conitum. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 100. Bulbophyllum clavatum. Jd. t. 99. A. Rich. orch, Maur. p. 61. Hab. in Mauritio; Thouars. Flores purpurascentes. Pollinium solitarium, subbilobum. 4. Rich. Obs. Medium inter Bolbophyllum et Lyrzam, illius speciebus conveniens labello, petalis et habitu, vix hac ob sepala lateralia connata consoci- andum. 39. BorsornvrLvM pusillum, Thouars. B. rhizomate filiformi, pseudo-bulbis subquadratis foliorum magnitudine, foliis solitariis oblongis obtusis, scapis erectis foliis longioribus, rachi clavatà, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus, labello ovato-cordato carnoso integerrimo. Bulbophyllum pusillum. —ZAouarst.102. <4. Rich, p. 64. Hab. in Mauritio; Thouars. 40. BorsornvrLuM cespitosum. Thouars. B. rhizomate repente intrícato, pseudo-bulbis oblongis subquadratis, foliis geminis lineari-oblongis oblique retusis, scapis erectis foliis subæquali- bus, rachi clavatá, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus acutis, labello sagit- tato ovato obtuso. Bulbophyllum cespitosum. Thouars t. 103. Hab. iù Borbonia ; Thouars. § IV. Flores capitati. (Cirrhopetalo proxima.) 41. BorsornyLLUuM radiatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1986. B. rhizomate crasso, pseudo-bulbis elongatis teretibus, foliis oblongis apice integerrimis, scapis erectis filiformibus foko brevioribus, bracteis mi- nimis, floribus capitatis radiatis, sepalis acuminatissimis acutis. Hab. in Tavoy, Indie Orientalis, Wallich, (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Sepala equalia. Petala long? aristata., Pollinia4, per paria coherentia interioribus minimis. This species differs from the next in its very taper sepals, in the petals being also finely acuminate, in its obsolete bractee, and in the squame of the scape being very small, not dilated as in B. odoratissimum. It approaches Cirrhopetalum from which it differs in the equal size of its sepals, and it forms a transition from Cirrhopetalum to Bolbophyllum. 42. BorsornvrLvw odoratissimum. Lindl. l. c. no. 1987. B. rhizomate filiformi repente, pseudo-bulbis cylindraceis, foliis solitariis longis striatis retusis, scapis erectis folio brevioribus, bracteis mem- ranaceis acuminatis floribus capitatis subaequalibus, sepalis carnosis acuminatis obtusis. Sulis odoratissima, Smith? in Rees. caudata, Don. Prodr. 32. Tribrachia odoratissima, Lindl, Coll. 41. 56- "MALAXIDEX. J| DENDROBIEE. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich; fort etiam in China. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores in capitulis rotundis, depressis. Bracteæ longe scariose, persis- tentes, Sepala antica basi connata. Petala minuta, membranacea, ob- tusa. Labellum parvum, ovatum, carnosum, sulcis tribus in medio, in columnam pronum. Columna apice bicornis. Pollinia per paria coht&- rentia, interioribus minoribus. There is a Chinese drawing in the collection of the Horticultural So- ciety of what appears to be this species. 43. BorsoPruvrtLvM umbellatum. Lindl. l. c. no. 1984. B. rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbis ovatis subangulatis, foliis solitariis lineari-loratis obtusis emarginatis, scapis foliis triplo brevioribus, flori- bus corymbosis, sepalis lateralibus obliquis faleatis obtusis majoribus, petalis ovatis obtusis, labello cordato ovato complicato integerrimo, columnà marginata bicorni. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores subumbellati, virides, long? pedunculati, majores. Sepalum supre- mum lateralibus multo minus, Pollinia tantum 2, ex icone Wallichiano. 44. BóLNOPHYLLUM caudatum. Lindl. l. c. no. 1983. B. rhizomate filiformi intricato, pseudo-bulbis ovatis subquadratis, foliis ' ovatis solitariis, floribus capitatis, scapis pseudo-bulbis equalibus, sepalis lateralibus longissimé filiformi-acuminatis: supremo acuminato, petalis minutis ovatis, labello trilobo, columnà bicorni. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) ; This beautiful little species is at once recognized by the long filiform terminations of its lateral sepals, and the shorter termination of the upper. The flowers are small, pure white, and almost hidden among the leaves. 45. BorsorHYLLUM capitatum. B. * bulbis remotis compressis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, pedunculo brevi, floribus 5-7 laxé capitatis bracteis canaliculatis cinctis." Blume. Diphyes capitata. Blume p. 314. Hab. ad truncos arborum in sylvis primevis Gede et Salak, Javea, florens Aprili ; Blume. ] “ Flores mediocres, pallidé flaventes, sepalis exterioribus acuminatis, la- teralibus dorsali majoribus ; interioribus obtusis: labellum tumidum; basi canaliculatum ; limbus obtusus. Variat bulbis teretiusculis et sub- compressis, foliis acutiusculis v. obtusis." Blume. 46. BorsoPHYLLUM obtusum. B. “ bulbis subremotis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, pedunculo brev! apice 2-3-floro.” Blume. Diphyes obtusa. Blume p. 315. Hab. in sylvis obscurioribus montium Gede et Salak, Jave, florens Aprili Maio; Blume. * Planta pusilla; flores pallidé flaventes, sepalis exterioribus acuminatis : lateralibus dorsali majoribus apice incrassatis, interioribus acutis ; lab limbo obtuso. Variat bulbis fusinis et ovatis, et etiam latitudine folio" j rum.” Blume. i MALAXIDE. DENDROBIEEX. 957 47. BorszoPHYLLUM sulcatum. B. ** bulbis ovatis oblongis sulcatis remotis ; foliis lineari lanceolatis ob- tusis, pedunculis filiformibus folio longioribus 3-floris, sepalis exterio- ribus acuminatis subequalibus." Blume. Diphyes sulcata, Blume p. 314. Hab. in cacumine montis Salak, Jave, florens Augusto; Blume. * Planta pusilla, hinc T. angustifoliz inde T. obtuse affinis, floribus pallide flavescentibus." 48. BorsornvrLLuM angustifolium. B. ** bulbis fusinis remotis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, pedunculis folio brevioribus, floribus laxe capitatis.” Blume. Diphyes angustifolia. Blume p. 314. Hab. in montosis Gede et Salak, Jave, florens Junio Octobri ; Blume. “ Flores parvi, sepalis exterioribus acuminatis apice aurantiacis. Variat bulbis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis v. obtusis, in sylvis montis Salak prope Passir Java, florens Augusto." Blume. 49. BorBornvLLUM croceum. B. “ bulbis remotis, foliis lato-lanceolatis, pedunculis nutantibus, floribus dens? capitatis." Blume. Diphyes crocea. Blume p. 313. Hab. in sylvis montosis Salak et Burangrang, Jave, florens Junio No- vembri; Blume. “Flores crocei, sepalis exterioribus longissime acuminatis. Labellum crassum ; limbus intern? pubescens. Variat floribus pallide flaventibus foliis angustioribus." Blume. 50. BorsoruvrLvuw laxiflorum. B. “ bulbis remotis, foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis cernuis.” Blume. Diphyes laxiflora. Blume p. 316. Hab. ad margines fluvii Tjiapus supra arbores, Jave, florens Decembri ; Blume. Flores pallide flavi, sepalis acuminatis; labellum intern? linea promi nente notatum, inferne aurantiacum." Species dubie v. parùm cognite. 51. ? BorsorHyLLUM serpens. B. “ caule radicante bulbifero, bulbis diphyllis, foliis ovatis, scapis radi- calibus.” Swartz. Cymbidium reptans. Swartz nov. act. Ups. 6. p. 71. Dendrobium reptans. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p.247. Willd, no. 25. Pers. syn, de Hab. in Mauritio ; Swartz. 52. ? BorsornvrLUM galeatum. B. ** eaule communi reptante radicantique, partialibus vaginatis mono- phyllis, folio lato-lanceolato obtuso, racemo multifloro, floribus conicis Incurvo-galezformibus." Swartz. Dendrobium galeatum, Swartz Pers syn. 2.523. May 3, 1830. T1 58 MALAXIDEZ. DENDROBIE Æ. Hab. in Sierra Leone; Afzelius. (adest in Herb. Banks.) Non Dendrobium, vix Bolbophyllum ; nescio quid. Flores magni, desic- catione nigri, verosimiliter carnosi. 53, BoLBOPHYLLUM pygmaeum, B. rhizomate repente filiformi, foliis solitariis subsessilibus ellipticis pu- bescentibus coriaceis. Dendrobium pygmzum. Smith in Rees. Hab. in Nova Zelandia. (v. s. defloratum in Herb. Smith.) ** Stems thread-shaped, slender. Leaves alternate on very short foot- stalks, elliptical, obtuse, revolute, coriaceous rather than fleshy ; ribbed and roughish beneath; clothed above with short, prominent downy hairs. Each footstalk proceeds from a little round bulb like a ring, smooth and shining yellowish and much wrinkled in a dry state but apparently very succulent when fresh." Smith l. c. XXXII. CIRRHOPETALUM. Cirrhopetalum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 832. (Oct. 1824). Orch. scel. no. 149.—Z ygoglossum. Reinwardt in Bot. Zeitung 1825, vol. 2. p. 4. Sepala ringentia: lateralibus acuminatis, valde obliquis, basi product columne adnatis, supremo multo longioribus. Petala nana apiculata. Labellum integrum, cum basi columnz articulatum. Columna minima basi longé producta, apice cornubus duobus petaloideis. Anthera bilo- cularis. Pollinia 4, quorum 2 interiora multó minora, lamelliformia.— Herbe epiphytz, rhizomate repente, pseudo-bulbos monophyllos ge rente. Folia coriacea avenia. Flores dens? racemosi, nunc radiati, 10 apice scapi radicalis. The great obliquity of the base, and elongation of the apex of the lateral sepals distinguish this from Bolbophyllum, with which it is connected through B. caudatum which has a short upper sepal. 1, CigngHoPrETALUM Thouarsii. Lindl. C. petalis ciliatis sepaloque supremo aristatis, foliis oblongis obtusis emar- ginatis scapo brevioribus. Epidendrum umbellatum. Forst.! non Swartzii. Bulbophyllum longiflorum. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 98. Cirrhopetalum Thouarsii. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 832 in textu. Zygoglossum umbellatum. Reinw. l. c. Cymbidium umbellatum. Spreng. syst. 3. 723. Hab. in Otaheite (Forster); in Java (Reinwardt); in Mauritio et Mado gascar (Thouars). (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. sine floribus.) Flores fusci; Thouars. 2. CIRRHOPETALUM Roxburghii. C. petalis ciliatis acutis, sepalis omnibus acuminatis, foliis lanceolatis umbellá radiatà multiflora. Aerides radiatum. — Rozb. Mss. in Museo Indico. Hab. arborum epiphytum ad ostia Gangis, florens tempore pluvioso; Ro* burgh. . Affinitatem cum C. Wallichii indicavit cl. Wallich. Folia 3-4 uncias long* | MALAXIDE.JE. DENDROBIEZ. 59 unà latitudine minora, Scapus umbellam 10-12-floram gerens. Flores lutei : sepalum supremum et petala purpureo-venosa: sepala lateralia basi leviter connata supremo quintd v. sextd longiora, falcata. Columna anticé alata. Roxb. Mss. 3. CiRRHOPETALUM vaginatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1979. C. sepalo supremo obtuso mutico; inferioribus longissimé acuminatis, vaginis scapi oblongis obtusis ventricosis, racemo paucifloro recurvo. Hab. ad Singapore, supra arbores crescens, florens Octobri, Wallich. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Mus. Anglo-Ind.) Rhizoma repens tortuosum. Pseudo-bulbi parvi ovato-oblongi. Folia ignota. Scapus 4 uncias altus vaginis tribus vestitus. Racemus brevis recurvus, 4-5-florus, bracteis acuminatis elongatis. 4. CinnHoprETALUM Blumii. C. petalis pubescentibus acutis, sepalis omnibus acuminatis, foliis lineari- lanceolatis, pedunculis unifloris. Ephippium ciliatum. Blume Bijdr. 309. tab. 65. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. Pseudo-bulbi ovati, sulcati. Sepalum dorsale canaliculatum inferné ci- liolatum. Labellum orbiculatum longissim? cuspidatum. Columna bicornis ; ex Blume. 5. Crrruoretatum Wallichii. Lindl. i.c. no. 1980. C. petalis sepaloque supremo oblongis retusis muticis, foliis oblongo-lan- ceolatis obtusis scapi longitudine. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Species ceteris dupló minor, caule filiformi pseudo-bulbifero. Pseudo-bulbi ovati monophylli. Folia coriacea, 3 uncias longa, obtusa, subseptem- venia, subtus purpurea punctulata. Scapi radicales 3-unciales squamis circiter tribus vestita. Umbelle 4-flore, (6-8-flore, Wall.) bracteis paucis subulatis, Flores fulvi, horizontales. Petala et sepalum supre- mum conformia trivenia, basi leviter sanguinea ; sepala lateralia basi torta, falcata, acuminata. Labellum ovatum conduplicatum integerri- mum petalis multó minus, cum pede incurvo columns articulatum, intüs punctatum. Columna bidentata. Pollinia 2? potius 4 per paria agglu- tinata. 4d iconem Wallichianam. i 6. CinnnorgTALUM Macrei. C. petalis apiculatis nudis, sepalis omnibus acuminatis, foliis oblongo-lan- ceolatis obtusis emarginatis scapo subzqualibus. Hab. in sylvis Zeylonz arboribus insidens ; Macrae. (habeo s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Umbella pauciflora. Flores pallide virides fusco-rubro venosi. Sepalum supremum acuminatum ; lateralia valdé elongata acuminatissima cum basi valde producta columnae connata. Petala falcata, sepalo supremo pauld minora, obtusa, purpurea, apiculata, glabra. Labellum non vidi, cum columnz pede articulatum. Columna libera, utrinque alata, ad apicem in cornua duo membranacea falcata hinc bidentata elongata. Pollinia 4, quorum duo interiora multó minora lamelliformia, een 60 MALAXIDE EX. DENDROBIEZE. XXXIII. TRIAS. Sepala æqualia, ovata, patentia, basibus suis connata, a pede columne fer? libera. Petala minima, erecta. Labellum minimum, indivisum, in co- lumnam pronum et cum ejus basi producta articulatum, ad latera leviter semidentatum. Columna nana, semiteres, marginata, libera. Anthera bilocularis, apice in membranam petaloideam, cuneatam, emarginatam, producta, Pollinia 4, duobus interioribus minoribus.—Herbe minime, pseudo-bulbis subrotundis glabris cespitem densum formantibus, mo- nophyllis, foliis parvis coriaceis aveniis. Pedunculi erecti, radicales, foliis breviores, uniflori. Flores majusculi, viridi-fusci, aperti triangu- lum efficientes. Est Stelis inter Dendrobieas. 1. Trias oblonga. Lindl. in Wall. Cat, no. 1977. T. foliis oblongis. Hab. in Moalmyn, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. ex Herbario Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Flores fusco-virides, labello purpurascente, petalis fusco- viridibus. 2. Trias ovata. T. foliis ovatis. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict.) An prioris mera varietas, foliorum formà et labello viridi nec purpureo precipue diversa. Petala alba rubro striata. XXXIV. MACROSTOMIUM. ; Macrostomium. Blume Bijdr. p. 335. t. 37. Sepala reflexa; lateralibus cum basi producta columne in calcar breve obtusum connatis. Petala minora, reflexa. Labellum ecalcaratum, un- guiculatum, medio dilatatum, concavum, cum ungue column: basi con- natum, eodem continuum; limbo elongato, spatulato, emarginato, recto, supra columnam fornicato. Anthera denti dorsali columnz insert? bilocularis, convexa. Pollinia duo, bipartibilia, ovato-oblonga, cereacet margini stigiatis ligulato adherentia. Ex Blume. This appears to differ from Aporum in nothing but its reflexed sepals; a character however of no mean importance. 1. Macrostomium aloefolium. Blume l. c. t. 37. ú Hab. in arboribus excelsis montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. XXXV. MICROCCELIA. Sepala libera, qualia. Petala conformia, pauld minora. Labellum cum columna articulatum, calcaratum, calcare ventricoso, limbo nano indi viso. Columna minima, libera, cum ovario continua. Anthera stipitats apice membranacea, bilocularis. Pollinia libera, in loculis solitat™ medio foveata.—Herba forté aphylla, caulescens, radicibus numerosis imis intricatis. Spice plurimae ascendentes filiformes. Flores mint . tissimi, MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEX. 61 1. Microce ia exilis. Hab. in Madagascar supra arborum ramulos; Forbes. (hab. s. sp. Soc. Hortic. benign? commun.) Sepala ovata, obtusa. Calcar ad os constrictum. Pollinia depressa, ro- tunda, versus medium foveà magis pellucida, quasi reniformia apicibus approximatis. For my specimens of this very curious little plant I am indebted to the Horticultural Society, who received it from Mr. Forbes. It has the smallest flowers of any Orchideous plant I know ; it grows upon the young branches of trees covering them with its numerous thread like roots. It appears to be leafless. I suspect that Angraecum aphyllum of Du Petit Thouars, t. 73. belongs to this genus. XXXVI. EPICRANTHES. Epicranthes. Blume Bijdr. 306. tabellen 9. Sepala tria, patentia. Petala multifida, laciniis clavatis carnosis appendi- ciformibus (nulla ex Blume, qui petala processus columne appellat). Labellum sepalis brevius, integrum, margine revolutum, glanduloso- tumidum, articulatione irritabili cum columnz ungue incurvo unita. Columna simplex. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, ovata.—Herba epiphyta, caulibus scandentibus vaginatis pseudo-bulbiferis ; pseudo- bulbis tetragonis monophyllis. Folia ovalia suprà convexa, subtüs concava, Pedunculi uniflori, e caule ad basin foliorum orti. Char. ex Blume. |. Eptcranrues Javanica. Blume l. c. pr in altis montibus Jave supra arbores, florens Septembri et Decembri ; ume. XXXVII. MONOMERIA. Sepala ringentia, inzequalia, lateralibus a supremo valde distantibus, inter- vallo denticulato, basi invicem et cum pede columnz connatis intus barbatis, Petala O0. Labellum cum pede columne articulatum, incum- bens, ovatum, trilobum, lamellis 4 parallelis in disco, lobis lateralibus antrorsüm falcatis apice bidentatis. Columna basi longé producta, semi- teres, apice cornubus duobus minutis. Anthera cristata, unilocularis. Pollinia 4, in massam singulam cohzrentia.—Herba rhizomate crasso repente, pseudo-bulbos gerente. Folia solitaria, coriacea, avenia. Ra- cemi radicales multiflori. Note. This is the only known genus of Orchidez in which the petals are abortive. Nothing is found in their room, but there is a wide tooth- letted interval between the upper and lower sepals. l. Monomeria barbata. Lindley ín Wallich. Cat. no. 1978. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Angl. Ind.) Pseudo-bulbi ovati. Folia longissime petiolata, pedalía, erecta, Racemus 69 . MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEJE foliis brevior. Scapus pallidus, squamulis quibusdam, maculatus. Flores pallidi, purpureo-maculati. Labellum lutescens. Pes columne dens? purpureo punctata. XXXVIII. STENOGLOSSUM. Stenoglossum. Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et sp. pl. 1.356. Sepala clausa : lateralibus cum basi columns connatis, equilateris. Petala minora. Labellum posticum, cum columna in urceolum connatum, limbo spatulato longè pedunculato. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, libera.—Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caulis foliosus, simplex. Flores terminales, spicati, pedicellati, bracteati. Character ex Kunth. 1. SrENoGLossuM coriophorum. Kunth. Stenoglossum coriophorum. Kunth l. c. t. 87. Synops. 1.340. Stenoglossum corynephorum. Spreng. syst. 3.742. Hab, in Andibus Regni Novo-Granatensis, alt. 1080 hex. florens Novembri; Humboldt et Bonpland. XXXIX. DIGLYPHOSA. Diglyphosa. Blume Büdr. 336. tabellen 60. Sepala erecta, subringentia, Petala latiora. Labellum concavum, intus membranaceo-cristatum, ungui columnz elastic? adherens, ascendens; limbo indiviso patente. Columna superne incurva, Anthera convexo anticé bifida, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, angulata, compressa.—Herba ter" restris ebulbis. Radices (Rhizoma) repentes, fibrose. Caulis teres subcarnosus, apice monophyllus. Folium membranaceum, nervosum, elliptico-lanceolatum, glabrum. Pedunculus radicalis, basi vaginatu* spicato-multiflorus. Flores pedicellati, bracteati. Character ex Blume. 1. DicrvPHosa latifolia. Blume l. c. ere in umbrosis montanis Meggamedong, insule Jave, florens Aprili; lume. XL. MYCARANTHES. Mycaranthes. Blume Bijdr. p. 352. t. 57. Sepala clausa v. patentia, æqualia v. inzequalia, extüs lanata, lateralibi pedi columne adnatis sed nullo modo obliquis. Petala minora. J^ bellum cum basi producta column articulatum, trilobum, cucullatu™ disco. cristato v. appendiculato. Columna nana, basi longe produc? marginibus alatis introflexis. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, locul* quadrilocellatis: Pollinia 8, parva, ovata.—Herbz in arboribus, v. ™ pibus crescentes, caulescentes. Folia carnosa, v. coriacea, non plica? Racemi terminales multiflori. , This genus differs from Eria in nothing but its dwarf column the m gins of which are inflexed, and the want of obliquity in the lateral sepals) but as its habit is peculiar I do not hesitate to adopt it. MALAXIDE Æ. DENDROBIE:E. 63 1. MvcanaNTHES oblitterata. Blume. M. “ labelli lobo medio oblitterato, foliis subcoriaceis." Blume L. c. Hab. in sylvis montium Salak, Gede, &c. Jave, florens Junio Septembri ; Blume. 2. MvcanaxTHEs latifolia. Blume. M. ** labelli lobo medio abbreviato eroso, sepalis exterioribus versus apicem . * .. * LJ . , incrassatis foliis lato-linearibus subcarnosis. Blume l. c. t. 57. Hab. in sylvis obscurioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Julio Augusto ; Blume. 3. MvcanaxTHES lobata. Blume. M. “ labelli lobo medio dilatato undulato sub-bilobo, foliis rigidis." BL. L. c. Hab. in montosis Salak, Pantjar, Seribu, &c. Jave, florens per fere totum annum; Blume. 4. Mycaranrues stricta. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1970. M. caulibus teretibus, spicà secundà densà multiflora, labello scrotiformi per medium calloso, perianthio lanato clauso, column: marginibus alatis introflexis, foliis 1-2 lineari-lanceolatis sessilibus. Octomeria secunda. Wallich. Mss. : Eria stricta. Lindl. Coll. t. 41. B. Hab. in Napalia supra arbores et rupes, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores extus glauci, intus pallide ochroleuci. XLI. PHREATIA. Dendrolirii pars. Blume. Sepala conniventia, subzqualia: lateralibus cum basi producta columne connatis, Petala minora conformia. Labellum integrum, carnosum, cum pede columnz articulatum. Columna nana, clinandrio alt® im- merso: margine membranaceo subintegro. Anthera intra clinandrium inclusa, bilocularis ; loculis obsolete 4-foveatis. Pollinia 8, spheerica, materie viscidà coherentia.—Herbx czspitose, epiphyte, pseudo-bul- bose. Folia non plicata. Scapi radicales. Obs. Character ad P. elegantem solam confectus; species Blumiane ob habitum huc relatz. 1. Punzar1A elegans. P. foliis linearibus coriaceis apice obliquis emarginatis, scapis gracilibus foliis longioribus subnutantibus, spicis multifloris, labello ovato obtuso Intus piloso. Hab, super arbores in sylvis montosis pagi Peradenie, Zeylone; Macrae, b. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Àn Phr. laxiflora eadem ? Sepala conniventia acuta: lateralibus majoribus basi paululum v. vix ob- liquis; contextu valde laxo cellulari. Petala conformia, pauld minora, acuta. Labellum indivisum, basi producte columne affixum, ovatum, carnosum, Flores albi. 64 MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIE&. 2. Pureattia retusa. P. ** bulbis ovato-globosis 2-3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblique re- tusis subcarnosis, spicis brevibus densifloris." Blume. Dendrolirium retusum. Blume p. 351. Hab. in altis montis Salak, Jave, florens Julio Septembri; Blume. Planta pusilla. 3. Purearia laxiflora. P. “ foliis membranaceis linearibus apice inequali-obtusis, spicis folio valde longioribus strictis laxifloris, labelli limbo dilatato concavo. Blume. Dendrolirium laxiflorum. Blume p. 350. Hab. prope catarractas fluvii Tjapus ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Sep- tembri Octobri; Blume. 4. Purearia densiflora. P. ** foliis membranaceis lato-linearibus inzquali-obtusis, spicis elongati flexuosis densifloris, labello limbo ovato concavo." Blume. Dendrolirium densiflorum. Blume p. 350. Hab. prope catarractas fluvii Tjapus ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Au- gusto Novembri; Blume. 5. PunzariA pusilla. P. * folis membranaceis angusto-linearibus, spicis erectiusculis folio aequalibus, labelli limbo rotundato patente." Blume. Dendrolirium pusillum. Blume p. 350. tab. 68. Hab. in montosis Pantjar Provincie Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Junio Au” gusto; Blume. 6. PunREaTIA secunda. P. “ foliis carnosis angusto-linearibus, spicis nutantibus secundis folio subzequalibus, labelli limbo rotundato patente." Blume. Dendrolirium secundum. Blume p. 350. Hab. in montosis Pantjar Provincie Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Junio Au- gusto; Blume. ** Planta pusilla Dendrolirio pusillo affinis, sed characteribus indicatis sat diversa." Bl. 7. Parearia coriacea. P. *' foliis coriaceis linearibus oblique retusis, spicis erectis folio longiori- bus laxiforis, labelli limbo intus pubente dilatato coneavo." Blume. Dendrolirium coriaceum. Blume p. 351. Hab. in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, florens Augusto; Blume. Affinis P. laxiflore. MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEZE. 65 XLII. ERIA. Erin. Lindl. in Bet. Reg. 904.—Dendrolirium. Blume Bijdr. p. 343. 1. 69.— Pinalia: Lindl. orch. scel. n. 71. p. 23. c. ic. Sepala semipatentia, v. clausa, inzequalia, extüs lanata v. glabra, lateralibus basi valdé obliquis cum pede column: connatis calcar emulantibus. Petala sepalo superiori qualia v. minora. Labellum cum basi pro- ducta columne articulatum, trilobum, rard subintegrum, cucullatum, disco calloso, v. cristato. Columna basi long? producta. Anthera ter- minalis, bilocularis, loculis obsolet? 4-locellatis. Pollinia 8, nunc om- nind libera, nunc materie elasticà glandulam mentiente coherentia.— Herbe in arboribus crescentes ; caulibus carnosis, vaginatis, cicatricibus foliorum notatis. Folia sæpiùs plicata. Racemi simplices, erecti, brac- teis sæpiùs dilatatis. Flores nunc conspicui. This genus is essentially distinct from Octomeria, in having the lateral sepals very oblique and connected with the elongated base of a short co- lumn, of which the foot is much longer than the column itself; and also in habit. Eria is a genuine genus of Dendrobiee with the column incumbent upon the ovarium ; Octomeria on the contrary must be consi- dered, notwithstanding the slight elongation of the base of its column, to belong to the genera characterized by the column being continuous with the ovarium. In Octomeria the sepals are of equal size; in Eria the lateral sepals are much larger than the upper one. l. Eria paniculata. Lindl. l. c. no. 1971. E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subtüs glaucis, caulibus teretibus pendulis elongatis, racemis terminalibus aggregatis cylindraceis multi- floris, sepalis lanatis ovatis obtusis petalisque minoribus guttatis, labello trilobo basi apiceque calloso: lobis guttatis: intermedio truncato. Lindley in Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. vol. 1. p. 39. t. 36. Hab. in Pundua, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (v. s. sp. in herb. Anglo-Indico.) 2. Erra flava. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. no. 1973. E. foliis lanceolatis distichis basi dilatatis, caulibus ovalibus, sepalis dens? lanatis ovatis, petalis minoribus glabris, labelli trilobi lobo medio re- curvo crenulato apiculato, racemo erecto multifloro, bracteis ovato- lanceolatis ovarii longitudine. Eria pubescens. Lindl. in B. Reg. 904. endrobium pubescens. Hook. Erot. Fi. t. 124. tomeria flava. Wail. Octomeria pubescens. Spreng. syst. 4.310. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico. ) gras viridi-flavescentes odorati, labello postico. Bracteæ membranaceæ Sca. 3. Era bicolor. E. foliis pluribus lanceolatis, caulibus elongatis attenuatis, sepalis petalis- que equalibus glabris ovatis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobo medio ovato T0, racemo stricto multifloro foliis breviore, bracteis lanceolatis ab- reviatis, rachi pubescente. Hab. ad Maturatam, Zeylone, supra arbores, Macrae, (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Caulis vaginis fuscis densé vestitus. Rachis roseo-purpurea. Flores can- May, 1830. K 66 MALAXIDE A. DENDROBIE&. didissimi. Pollinia non vidi." Labellum medio lineis tribus elevatis sed cristà nullà. 4. Erra flavescens. i E. “ bulbis oblongis subcylindraceis, apice 3-4-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis nervosis, spicis intrafoliaceis erectis stellato-pubentibus, bracteis coria- ceis margine revolutis, labelli limbo intüs discoideo-viscoso: lobo medio ovato obtuso." Blume. Dendrolirium flavescens, Blume p. 344. t.69. Hab. in cortice arborum ad montes Salak, Tjerimai, &c. Jave, florens Maio Octobri ; Blume. * Bractew flavescentes.” Huic et 5 sequentibus Labellum ungue columne majus, intüs callosum Y. crispatum, limbo subtrilobo. Bractee magne colorate. Flores specios rariüs minuti. ex Blume. 5. Era rugosa. ; E. “ bulbis oblongis triquetris apice 1-2-phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis nervosis, spicis erectis sepalisque exterioribus tenuiter fusco-tomentoss, bracteis membranaceis, labello intüs membranaceo-crispato, limbi lobo medio ovato acuto." Blume. Dendrolirium rugosum. Blume p. 345. Hab. in sylvis umbrosis montis Salak, Jave, florens Septembri Octobri; Blume. 6. Eria ornata. E. ** bulbis ovalibus compressiusculis sub-3-phyllis, foliis oblongo-lance olatis rigidis nervosis, spicà radicali vaginatà sepalisque exterioribus fusco-tomentosis, bracteis coriaceis margine recurvis, labello intüs cri* _ pato-cristato, limbi lobo medio acuminato." Blume. Dendrolirium ornatum. Blume p. 345. Hab. in sylvis altioribus Provinciarum Buitenzorg et Bantam, Jave, florens Januario Martio; Blume. * Bracteæ rubræ, demum aurantiace. Species pulcherrima." 7. Eria albido-tomentosa. E. “ bulbis ovalibus compressis sub-3-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis rigid spicà subradicali sepalisque exterioribus albido-tomentosis, bract membranaceis, labello intüs crispato, limbi lobo medio acuto.” B} Dendrolirium albido-tomentosum. Blume p. 345. Hab. ad arbores in vallibus Lowong Salassie Provincie Tjanjor, Ja% florens Junio Julio; Blume. 8. Era Hyacinthoides. E. “ bulbis ovatis compressiusculis apice 2-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis j^ carinatis coriaceis nervosis, spicis lateralibus erectis sepalisque DUC" bracteis minutis, labello intüs calloso verrucoso: limbi lobo medio tuso." Biume. Dendrolirium hyacinthoides. Blume p. 346. Hab. ad arborum truncos in declivitate occidentali montis Salak, Jah florens Septembri; Blume. : “ Flores candidi.” MALAXIDE Æ. DENDROBIEE. 67 9. Eria bicristata. E. “ bulbis oblongis subcylindraceis vaginatis apice sub-2-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis ; spicà laterali pauciflorà sepalisque exterio- bus tenuissimé sericeo-tomentosis, bracteis minutis, labello intüs lineis 2 longitudinalibus hirsutis: limbi lobo medio incrassato." Blume. Dendrolirium bicristatum. Blume p. 346. Hab. in umbrosis montis Salak ad arbores Jave, florens Januario ; Blume. * Flores albidi, ad basin labelli dilute purpurei." 10. Eria rosea. Lindley. E. foliis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis solitariis in pseudo-bulbis costatis ovatis, sepalis glabris carinatis petalisque oblongis obtusis, labelli trilobi ungue bicostato lamina tricostatà, spicà axillari pauciflorà, bracteis fo- liaceis floribus longioribus. Eria rosea. Lindley in B. Reg. 978. Octomeria rosea. Spreng. syst. 4.310. Hab. in China. (v. v. cult.) Surculi juniores e squamis magnis viridibus distichis mox ad margines emarcidis et pseudo-bulbum formantibus. Flores albo-rosei. Labelli criste luteo-aurantiace. ll. Erm stellata. Lindley. E. foliis lanceolatis carnosis 5-costatis, sepalis pubescentibus petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli tricostati lobis lateralibus obtusis intermedio acuminato, scapo elongato radicali multifloro ovarioque pube ferruginea lanatis. ? Dendrobium javanicum. Swartz in act. Holm. 1800. p. 247. Willd. n. 23. Eria stellata. Lindl. in B. Reg. t. 904. Octomeria stellata, Spreng. syst. 4.310. Hab....... Colitur in Hortis Anglie ex Java, ut aiunt. (v. v. cult.) 12. Eria alba. E. foliis distichis basi vaginantibus plicatis, pseudo-bulbis ovatis cartila. gineis multicostatis, sepalis petalisque oblongis subzequalibus glabrius- culis, labelli trilobi medio tricallosi lobo intermedio ovato obtuso, racemis geminis terminalibus foliis aequalibus, bracteis subulatis. Octomeria alba. Wail. Hab. in monte Sheopore, Napalie, supra arbores crescens, Wallich. (hab. 8. sp. communic. cl. Rudge.) Flores albi mellis odorem spirantes. Labellum flavescens lobis lateralibus apice roseis; ex Wallichio. 13. Erta excavata. Lindl. l. c. no. 1974. E. foliis lanceolatis binis plicatis, caulibus oblongis obtusis sulcatis, sepalis basi pilosis petalisque oblongis obtusis, labelli trilobi tricarinati lobo medio emarginato, racemis lateralibus erectis foliis brevioribus, bracteis obovatis recurvis ovario mult brevioribus. Octomeria excavata. Wall. Hab. rariüs supra arbores montis Sheopore, Napalie, Wallich, (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Tota planta intense viridi-czrulea. Rachis rosea pubescens. Bractes 68 MALAXIDEE. DENDROBIEX. pallide virides, striate, Flores mediocres, (flavescentes, sepalis petalis- que tenuissimé diaphanis, striis dilutissimis roseis notatis ex Wallichio). Labellum lobo medio olivaceo-purpureo. Columna teres stigmate alt? excavato, labio superiore ovato, inferiore maximo porrecto 4-dentato. 14. Eria pumila. Lindl. l. c. no. 1972. E. foliis geminis lineari-lanceolatis plicatis caulibus teretibus erectis sub- zqualibus, sepalis petalisque acuminatis basi subpilosis, labeli trilobi ecallosi lobis lateralibus subulatis patentibus : intermedio ovato, spicis capitatis lateralibus subsessilibus. : Hab. in Pundua, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Ovarium pubescens. Sepala inferiora basi valdé producta. Vagine cau- lium late membranacee. 15. Erra obesa. Lindl. l. c. no. 1976. E fotus... , caulibus crassis teretibus, sepalis petalisque obtusis sub- glabris, labelli trilobi ecallosi lobis lateralibus rotundatis : intermedio cuneato retuso, racemis paucifloris, bracteis lineari- lanceolatis pedicello capsularum longissimarum vix equalibus. Hab. ad Attran Martabanie, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Exemplaria quidam vidi foliis destituta facie E. excavate pumile sed ex- eavationibus nullis. Pedunculi 3-4-flori, ovariis semimaturis vald elongatis.: Pollinia defuere. Species distincta, sed recognoscenda. 16. Eria erecta. E.“ bulbis cauliformibus supern? compressiusculis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, spicis laxifloris oppositifoliis erecto-patentibus." Blume. Dendrolirium erectum. Blume p. 348. - Hab. in montanis Gede et Salak, Java, florens Martio Septembri; Blume. ** Flores mediocres, odorati. Variat caulibus hinc planis inde teretibus, spicis folio dupló brevioribus, in altioribus Salak.” Blume. Obs. Huic et speciebus tribus sequentibus labellum ungue columnae majus; inferne processubus duobus inflexis instructum, pseudo-bulbi elongati cylindracei, quasi cauliformes, infern? vaginati apice foliis instruct, spice oppositifolie, bracteze minute, flores parvi ; ex Blume. 17. Era abbreviata. E. * bulbis cauliformibus teretibus, foliis lanceolatis acutis lucidis, spicis oppositifoliis brevissimis." Blume: Dendrolirium abbreviatum. Blume p. 348. Hab. in altis montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. 18. Era multiflora. E. “ bulbis cauliformibus teretibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, spicis densifloris oppositifoliis nutantibus folio dimidio brevioribus." Blume. Dendrolirium multiflorum, Blume p. 349. à Hab. in sylvis obscurioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio, &c. Blume . 19. Erra micrantha. E. ** bulbis cauliformibus teretibus, foliis lineari- lanceolatis obtusiusculi* spicis densifloris oppositifoliis cernuis folio zequalibüs," MALAXIDE E. DENDROBIEZ. 69 Dendrolirium micranthum. Blume p. 349. Hab. in sylvis obscurioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. * An varietas E. multiflore, differt tantum foliis et floribus valde minori- bus."—An Phreatia ? 20. Eria robusta. E. “ bulbis compressis vaginatis apice 2-phyllis, foliis lato-linearibus ob- tusiusculis rigidissimis, spicà inferne vaginatà tomentosà longitudine foliorum." Blume. Dendrolirium robustum. Blume p. 347. Hab. in montanis Provinciarum Buitenzorg et Tjanjor supra arbores, Jave, florens Junio Septembri ; Blume. “ Flores flavescentes vel purpurascentes." Huic et 3 sequentibus labellum ungue columne brevius, inferne cuculla- tum, limbo indiviso, bractee minutz, flores parvi, sepala in omnibus feré tomentosa, ex Blume. 21. Erra ebulbis. E. “ foliis geminatis linearibus obtusis rigidis basi fere ebulbis, spicis to- mentosis folio dimidio brevioribus." Blume. Dendrolirium ebulbe. Blume p. 347. Hab. ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Junio, &c. ; Blume. “ Flores intern? purpurascentes.”’ 22. Eria acuminata. E. “ bulbis oblongis compressis 5-7-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acu- minatissimis rigidis, spicà subtomentosà longitudine foliorum." Blume. Dendrolirium acuminatum. Blume p. 347. t. 69. Hab. in altis montium Gede et Salak ad originem fluviorum supra arbores, Jave, florens Maio Julio; Blume. “ Flores intùs purpurei." 23. En1a sulcata. E. “ bulbis ovatis sulcatis sub-2-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis, . Spicis erectis superne sulcatis nudis folio longioribus." Blume. Dendrolirium sulcatum. Blume p. 347. Hab. in sylvis humidis ad montem Gede, Jave, florens Maio Junio; Blume. 24. Eria appendiculata. E. “ bulbis ovato-oblongis vaginatis 3-4-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis coriaceis obtusis, spicà arachnoideo-tomentosá longitudine foliorum. : Blume. Dendrolirium appendiculatum. Blume p. 352. t. 69. Hab. in arboribus et ad ripas montium Salak, Géde, Burangrang, &c. Jave, florens Maio Septembri ; Blume. Generis valde dubii. Fort? Vandea quaedam. 70 = MALAXIDES. DENDROBIEZ. § Praia. Stigma prominens. Columna teres, clavata. Anthera dorsalis. Pollinia apice materie viscidá coherentia. I formerly thought that the characters by which the following species is distinguished were of sufficient importance to justify me in separating it from Eria as a particular genus, for which I accordingly adopted Dr. Hamilton's manuscript name of Pinalia. Subsequent experience has how- ever led me to doubt the value of these characters unconnected with other differences, and I have accordingly reduced the genus to a subgenus of Eria. I may however observe that the degree of developement of the viscid matter by which the pollen masses cohere is greater in Pinalia than in any other Malaxideous plant with which I am acquainted, and that it exhibits an instance of a near approach to the cartilaginous gland of Vandee. 25. Erra convallarioides. Lindl. l. c. no. 1975. E. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis distichis plicatis, caulibus compressis teretibus striatis, sepalis petalisque ovatis inzequalibus extüs villosis, labello un- guiculato ovato apice tridentato, spicis axillaribus oblongis densissumis pedunculatis foliis multó brevioribus, bracteis subulatis. Octomeria spicata. Don. Prodr. 31. Pinalia. Lindl. orch. scel. n. 71. p. 23. c. ic. Pinalia alba. Hamilton Mss. apud Don. Prodr. Octomeria convallarioides. Wallich in ic. Bibl. Anglo-Indice n. 141. Hab. supra arbores Napalie ad Toka, et alibi, florens Julio, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores albi densissimi, magnitudine fere Convallariz majalis inodori ; ex Wallichio. Labellum posticum. Capsule oblonge, utrinque obtuse, apterg. XLHI. APORUM. Aporum. Biume Bijdr. p. 334. t. 39. Sepala carnosa erecta, lateralibus majoribus obliquis eum basi producta column: connatis. Petala sepalo supremo minora. Labellum cum pede columnz articulatum, posticum, indivisum v. trilobum : limbo cristato calloso v. nudo. Columna semiteres, basi long? producta. Anther@ sessilis, bilocularis, nunc apice membranacea. Pollinia 4, per paria col- lateralia.—Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. Folia disticha, equitanti& ancipitia, Flores subsolitarii, e paleis membranaceis erumpentes, szepils herbacei coloris. : Different as the plants of this genus are from Dendrobium in appearance, it is impossible to distinguish them by characters derived from the fruc” tification; the distichous equitant leaves however offer an excellent mar of distinction. 1. AronuM indivisum. Blume. A. foliis ovatis carnosis obtusis, floribus solitariis terminalibus, sepalis i carnosis : lateralibus ovatis obtusis patentibus supremo petalisque mult? majoribus, labello postico oblongo cristato indiviso carnoso, caulibus erectis. Aporum indivisum. Blume Bijdr. p. 334. 1.39. Wail. Cat. no. 2018. MALAXIDEZ. DENDROBIEZ. 71 Hab. in montibus Seribu, Jave, florens Februario Julio; Blume; ad Sin- gapore, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores ex icone in Museo Anglo-Indico lutescentes extüs obscure purpurei, quam A. ancipitis dupld majores. 2. AronuM incrassatum. Blume. A. “ labelli limbo rotundato incrassato revoluto." Blume p. 334. Hab. ad montem Salak, Jave, florens Octobri; Blume. 3. Aporum lobatum. Blume. A. “ labelli limbo semitrifido, lobo medio rotundato crenulato.” Blume Bijdr. p. 334. Hab. in montanis Provincie Buitenzorg, Jave, florens toto anno; Blume. 4. Aporum anceps. Lindl. l. c. no. 2020. A. foliis scalpelliformibus carnosis acutis, floribus solitariis geminisve, sepalis carnosis: lateralibus ovatis patentibus supremo petalisque multd majoribus, labello postico unguiculato ecalloso inappendiculato cuneato emarginato crenulato, caulibus pendulis. Dendrobium anceps. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. no. 18. Bot. Heg.t.1239. Hab. in India Orientali supra arbores presertim ad estuaria fluminum, Wallich. (v. v. cult. et habeo s. sp. e Museo 4nglo- Indico.) Flores virides, labello paululum colorato. 5. Aporum Serra. Lindl. l. c. no. 2021. A. foliis scalpelliformibus acutis carnosis, floribus . . . .. ....j caulibus basi tantum foliosis apice aphyllis teretibus subramosis floriferis. ? Dendrobium acinaciforme. Roxb. Mss. ? Herba supplex quinta. Rumphius 6. t. 51. f. 2. Hab. ad Singapore et Penang, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores, quos non vidi, e paleis membranaceis imbricatis brevissimis erum- punt ad partem aphyllam caulis dense fasciculatis. , lsuspect that the figure above quoted from Rumphius may possibly be intended for this. It is however too uncertain to be quoted with confi- dence. The leaves are much narrower than in A. Serra ; and the flowers of the latter have not been seen by me. XLIV. OXYSTOPHYLLUM. Oxystophyllum. Blume Bijdr. p. 335. t. 38. Sepala erecta, lateralibus majoribus obliquis cum. basi producta columne connatis. Petala sepalo supremo subequalia. Labellum cum pede columnz articulatum, indivisum : limbo carnoso, subtüs tuberculato. Columna semiteres, basi longè producta, clinandrio marginato. Anthera denti dorsali columnæ insidens, bilocularis, convexa. Pollinia 2 non Partibilia —Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. Folia equitantia, ensiformig, basi vaginata, rigida v. carnosa, Flores subcapitati, intra-foliacei, ses- siles, paleis cincti, Character ex icone et descriptione Blumii. 79 | MALAXIDEJE.. DENDROBIEE. I know this genus chiefly by Blume's figure and description. It seems to differ from Aporum in nothing but having two pollen masses instead of four, and in the presence of a tubercle below the tip of the lip on the under side. I have not been able to satisfy myself upon the first point, in exa- mining the flowers of Dr. Wallich's specimens of O. carnosum ; but I presume Dr. Blume's observations, made upon fresh flowers are accurate as to this. 1. OxysTorpHyLLUM carnosum. Blume. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subfalcatis, racemis lateralibus pa- leis imbricatis distichis vaginatis, labello cuneato supra tomentoso : tu- berculo apicis minuto, petalis erosis. Herba supplex prima. Rumphius 6. t. 50. f. 2. O.carnosum. Blume l. c. t. 38. Aporum concinnum. Lindl. in Wallich. Cat. Herb, Ind. no. 2019. i Hab. in sylvis montium Jave, florens Julio, &c. Blume ; Amboyna, Rumph. Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores parvi coriacei. Sepala in sicco acuta, in vivo obtusiora (ex Blumii icone). Herba erecta, cespitosa, palmaris, caulibus simplicibus, ad basin usque foliosis. I originally considered this a species of Aporum, not having been able to procure any flowers; the examination of one or two withered blossoms has since enabled me to ascertain that it is the Oxystophyllum carnosum of Blume. Rumphius's figure is characteristic. 2. OxvsroPHYLLUM rigidum. Blume. O. * foliis strictis coriaceis, labelli tubertulo obtuso." Blume p. 336. Hab. in sylvis montium Salak, Pantjar, &c. Jave, florens toto anno; Blume. 3. OxysTOPHYLLUM excavatum. Blume. O. * foliis rectis subcoriaceis, labelli limbo intüs excavato extüs convexo." Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Decembri; Blume. XLV. POLYSTACHYA. Polystachya. Hooker Exot. Fi.103.. Sepala erecta, acuta: lateralibus majoribus cum basi producta column& connatis. Petala minora. Labellum sessile, cum basi producta co- lumne articulatum, trilobum. Columna semiteres, brevis. Anther? bilocularis. Pollinia 4, collateralia, zqualia, per paria coherentia.— Herbz epiphyte caulescentes nunc pseudo-bulbose. Folia leviter ner- vosa. Flores paniculati, parvi, alabastris trigonis. When I published the type of this genus in my Collectanea Botanica, in 1821, I had seen only imperfect pollen masses ; one lying in each cell 0 the anther. Subsequently Dr. Hooker, in founding the genus in his Exotic Flora, represented them adhering to a common pedicel and gland, 4 in num ber, and not lying side by side, but upon each other. Finally M. Achille Richard, in his account of the Mauritius Orchideous plants, states the number of pollen masses to be 2, without any stalk or gland. All these observations are however inaccurate, as I have recently satisfied mys¢ MALAXIDE JE. DENDROBIEJE. 73 from an examination of good specimens sent from Ceylon by Mr. Macrae. The pollen masses are in reality 4 in number and lie loosely side by side, two in each cell of the anther. l. Potystacuya luteola. Hooker. P. spicà paniculata, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis multinerviis scapo breviori- bus, floribus ovariisque glabris. Epidendrum minutum. ubl. 2.824. Cranichis luteola. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 3.1433. Epidendrum parviflorum. Pavon. in Herb. Lambert. Dendrobium polystachyon. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 247. Willd. no. 21. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 85. Lindl. Coll. Bot.t. . A. Rich. orch. Maur. 59. Polystachya luteola. Hooker Exot. Fl. 1.103. Spreng. l. c. Polystachya Mauritiana. Spreng. syst. 3. 742. Hab. in Mexico, Pavon ; insulis Caribeis, Swartz; Mauritio, Thouars ; Zey- lona, Macrae. (habeo s. sp. et v. v. cult.) Variat floribus luteo-viridibus (occidentalis) et luteo-purpureis (orientalis). 2. PonvsrAcmva puberula. Lindley. P. spicà paniculatà thyrsiformi, foliis lanceolatis septem-nerviis scapo longioribus, floribus ovariisque pubescentibus, pseudo-bulbis ovatis. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 851. Hab. in Sierra. Leone. (v. v. cult.) 3. PorvsrAcnva affinis. P. spicà simplici cylindrace4, foliis ovalibus versus basin attenuatis 9-ner- viis scapi longitudine, floribus. ovariisque pilosis, pseudo-bulbis glabris depressis. Hab. in Sierra Leone. (habeo s. sp. ex Herb. Hort. Soc.) An P. puberule varietas ? 4. Potysracuya fusiformis. Lindley. P. caulibus articulatis fusiformibus carnosis, foliis lineari-oblongis oblique emarginatis, paniculis terminalibus foliis brevioribus, floribus glabris. Dendrobium fusiforme. Thouars orch. Afr. t. 86. Polystachya fusiformis. Lindley in Bot. Reg. p. 851. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. I refer this and the succeeding to Polystachya chiefly on account of their habit, It is however by no means clear to me what they really are. M. Du Petit Thouars figures 2 pollen masses, in this, and he, and M. Ach. Richard both find two in P. cultrata. There is also some peculiarity in the attachment of the pollen masses to the stigma which requires more investigation. 5. Potystacuya cultrata. Lindley. P. spicà composiíá pauciflorA, folio solitario basi auriculato oblongo cultri- formi, floribus ovariisque glabris. Dendrobium cultriforme ; Thouars orch. Afr. t. 87. Ach. Rich. orch, Maur. 59. Polystachya cultrata. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 851. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. Pollinia 2, ex Thouars et Ach. Rich. — May, 1830. : L 74 MALAXIDE E. DENDROBIEZX. XLVI. METACHILUM. Sepala conniventia subeequilonga: lateralibus cum basi elongata columne connatis. Petala nana. Labellum ventricosum, integrum, cum margine pedis columnae connatum, intüs appendiculatum. Columna stigmate prominente apice membranaceo bilobo. Anthera bilocularis, dorsalis. Pollen ignotum.—Herbe epiphyte, caulibus pendulis teretibus distichè foliosis. Flores parvi, laterales et terminales, spicati, capsulis reflexis. A very remarkable genus nearly related to Dendrobium with which it agrees in habit, but from which the cohesion of the labellum with the margin of the column sufficiently distinguishes it. Its pollen is unknown. 1. Meracuiuum cyathiferum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 2022. Hab. ad Singapore, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Caules penduli. Folia lineari-oblonga, apice oblique emarginata, disticha; vagine laxe. Sepala lateralia carinata. Appendix disci labelli cyathi- formis. XLVII. DENDROBIUM. Dendrobium. Swartz nov, act. Ups. 6. p. 82. t. 5. f. 5. Brown Prodr. 1. 332.—Onychium. Blume Bijdr. p. 323. t. 10.—Pedilonum. Jb. p. 320. t.36.—Sarcostoma. Ib. p. 339. f. 45.—Desmotrichum. Jb. p. 329. t. 35.—Grastidium. Ib. p. 333.— Ceraia. Loureiro Fi. Cochinch. p. 518. Sepala membranacea, erecta v. patentia, lateralibus majoribus obliquis cum basi producta columne connatis. Petala sepalo supremo sepitis major? nunc minora, semper membranacea. Labellum cum pede column at ticulatum v. connatum, semper sessile, indivisum v. trilobum, saepius membranaceum, nunc appendiculatum. Columna semiteres, basi long? producta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria collateralia.— Herbe epiphyte, nunc caulescentes, nunc rhizomate repente pseudo bulbifero. Folia plana, sepiüs venosa. Flores solitarii fasciculat) V. racemosi, speciosi. The most genuine form of Dendrobium is no doubt that of having ca lescent stems with fascicles or racemes of membranous coloured flowers; but there are insensible gradations from this into rhizomata having false bulbs, and there are also species in which the flowers are by no means conspicuous.and rather fleshy. From Bolbophyllum it is distinguished readily by its lip being always sessile, never unguiculate as in that genus and also in the texture of the same part being almost always of nearly the same consistence as the sepals, while in Bolbophyllum it is always re markably fleshy. It appears to me that Blume's genera which I have here reduced f? Dendrobium, have no characters to distinguish them ; unless Sarcostem? be kept apart on account of a slight peculiarity in its pollen masses the nature of which however I do not well understand. § I. Rhizoma pseudo-bulbos gerens apice foliosos. _Bolbophyllis proxima. 1. Denprosium amplum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 2001. D. rhizomate repente squamoso pseudo-bulbos ovatos squamosos diphyllos gerente, foliis ovato-oblongis emarginatis petiolatis, floribus solitary longipedunculatis axillaribus e bracteis duabus oblongis petaloideis pt? MALAXIDE X. DENDROBIEX. 75 venientibus, sepalis ovatis acuminatis obtusis petalis angustioribus, la- bello sessili trilobo medio lamellato : lobis lateralibus abbreviatis rotun- datis, intermedio ovato crenulato acuto. ; Hab. in Pundua et Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. deftoratum e Museo Anglo- Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Flores straminei, intüs guttati, expansi 3 uncias lati: labellum cum basi dilatata column: articulatum; lamellis tribus in medio, quarum inter- media abbreviata; lobo intermedio atropurpureo. Ovarium fere tres uncias longum, bracteá ad basin solitarià ovatà. Pedunculus vix unciam excedens bracteis 2 magnis foliaceis albis ex basi ortis tectus. This beautiful species approaches nearer to the genus Bolbophyllum than any with which I am acquainted. Its flowers are not exactly those of Dendrobium, the labellum being shaped differently from what is usual in that genus. It is however comprehended within the definition I have given of it, and will by no means enter Bolbophyllum with which it is its habit chiefly that accords. 2. DENDROBIUM muscicola. Lindl. l. c. no. 2017. D. pseudo-bulbis rotundis cespitosis induviatis, foliis binis petiolatis li- neari-lanceolatis v. sessilibus ovatis apice subemarginatis uncinatis, racemis terminalibus erectis 3-4-floris foliis longioribus, bracteis cuspi- datis florum longitudine, sepalis petalisque æqualibus membranaceis linearibus acuminatis conniventibus, labello lanceolato obtuso inte- gerrimo. ? Dendrobium demissum. Don Prodr. 34. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. A. B. Lambert.) Planta pusilla 3 uncias vix excedens. Pseudo-bulbi parvi, rhizomate in- conspicuo. Folia primordialia ovata subsessilia ; terminalia persistentia lineari-lanceolata petiolata. Bractee oblonge cuspidatea membranaceo marginate, Labellum sessile. 3. Denprosium Macrzi. D. caulibus flexuosis moniliformibus pendulis pseudo-bulbos turbinatos monophyllos gerentibus, foliis oblongis obtusis sessilibus, floribus 2-3 axillaribus fasciculatis subsessilibus, sepalis petalisque subaqualibus ovatis acutis, labello trilobo: lobo medio crenato plicato marginibus recurvis. Hab. in Zeylona supra arbores in sylvis agri Peradenie, florens Augusto, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. defloratum, et v. ic. pict.) Caules longi articulis brevibus Sertularie ad instar. Pseudo-bulbi lutei teretes apice virides, fusco-striati. Flores albi, versus unguem labelli paululum lutescentes. ) This curious species has the habit of the next division, but is covered With clavate spurious bulbs, from the apex of which springs a solitary ob- long leaf, producing from its axilla 2 or 3 snow-white flowers. I only know the latter from Mr. Macrae's drawings. 4. Denprosivm braccatum. fol tis sub D. pseudo-bulbis sphzricis cespitosis depressis diphyllis, foliis ovatis sub- membranaceis, floribus solitariis foliis brevioribus, bractea arm perd loideà ovato-subrotundà ad basin ovarii brevissimi, sepalis pe Jabelloque ovalibus obtusis subzequalibus. 76 MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEE. Hab. in Zeylona supra saxa cespites densos formans, florens Novembri, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict. alabastra tantum juniora examinavi.) Herba pusilla 2-3-uncialis. Pseudo-bulbi fuliginosi lineis ab apice ad basin radiantibus notati, ovato-subrotundi, depressi. Flores albi. Bractea sanguineo-lineata. Labellum basi luteum lineis tribus sanguineis. Se- pala lateralia basi lutea vena unicà sanguinea. A beautiful little species, of which my description is chiefly taken from a drawing communicated by Mr. Macrae ; the specimens I received from him having been unfortunately in young bud only. The great petaloid bractea at the base of the very short ovarium characterizes the species distinctly. 5. DrwpnoniUM angulatum. D. * bulbis (monophyllis) angulatis, foliis ovali-lanceolatis subemarginatis, floribus subsolitariis, labelli limbo dilatato setaceo-multifido." Blume p. 329. t. 35. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Augusto Octobri; Blume. 6. DENDROBIUM fimbriatum. D. ** bulbis (monophyllis) ovali-oblongis compressis, foliis oblongo-lan- ceolatis obtusiusculis, floribus subsolitariis, labelli limbo dilatato bifido plicato." Blume p. 329. sub Desmotricho. ` Hab. in sylvis humilioribus provinciarum occidentalium Jave, florens Junio Septembri; Blume. Variat in sylvis Nuse Kambangz insule foliis latioribus, florens No- vembri; Blume. 7. DENDROBIUM comatum. D. ** bulbis (monophyllis) oblongis compressiusculis, foliis oblongo-lan- ceolatis emarginatis, floribus fasciculatis, labelli limbo comato.” Blume p. 330. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in montanis circa Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Septembri; Blume. 8. DeNpnoniUM appendiculatum. D. “ bulbis (monophyllis) linearibus compressis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, floribus fasciculatis, labelli limbo crispato appendiculo bifido instructo." Blume p. 330. sub Desmotricho. Hab. ad montem Pantjar, Jave, florens Junio Augusto ; Blume. 9, DreNpnoBivM angustifolium. D. ** bulbis (monophyllis) oblongis pedicellatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis retusis, floribus solitariis, labello intüs discoideo-lineato, limbi lobo medio bifido." Blume p. 330. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, florens Augusto; Blume. Flores flavi. Bi. 10. DenpRosiuM convexum. D. “ bulbis (monophyllis) ovalibus, foliis ovali-lanceolatis emarginatis suprà convexis infra concavis floribus solitariis, limbi lobo medio bi- fido." Blume p. 331. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in arbores ad pedem montis Salak, Jave, florens Januario ; Blume MALAXIDE X. DENDROBIEEX. 77 11. Denprosivum grandiflorum. D. “ bulbis (monophyllis) ovalibus, foliis ovalibus emarginatis planis, floribus solitariis, labello intùs 3-cristato, limbi lobo medio bilobo un- dulato." Blume p. 331. sub Desmotricho. Hab. ad montem Salak prope Passir, Jave, florens Julio Augusto; Blume. 12. DExpnoBiuw pusillum. D. “ bulbis (diphyllis) pedicellatis oblongis, foliis ovali-lanceolatis obliqué retusis, floribus solitariis, labelli limbo undulato." Blume p. 331. t. 35. sub Desmotricho. Hab. ad littora Nusæ Kambange insule Jave, florens Octobri Novembri ; Blume. 13. Denprosivm triflorum. D. ** bulbis (diphyllis) ovatis compressis senioribus tetragonis, foliis ovali- lanceolatis oblique retusis, racemo subtrifloro, labelli limbo ovato. Blume p. 331. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in sylvis Salak, Jave, florens Junio ; Blume. 14. DenpRosium Cymbidioides. D. * bulbis (diphyllis) ovato-globosis pentagonis sub-2-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis retusis, racemo 3-7-floro, labello intüs abrupté calloso-lineato, limbi lobo medio ovato-tumido." Blume p. 332. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montium Gede et Salak, Jave, florens Aprili Augusto; Blume. “ Sepala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, patentia, pallide flavescentia; labellum superne utrinque lineis purpurascentibus et maculA sulphureà notatum. Variat bulbis confertis et remotis, ut etiam longitudine foliorum." Blume. 15. DENDROBIUM elongatum. D. * bulbis (diphyllis) oblongis quadrangularibus 2-phyllis, foliis lanceo- latis retusis, racemo elongato multifloro, labello intüs membranaceo- lineato, limbi lobis obtusis." Blume p. 332. sub Desmotricho. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montium Gede et Salak, Jave, florens Julio Augusto; Blume. e Sepala lineari-acuminata, erecto-patentia, flavescentia ; labelli limbus semi-trilobus." Blume. 16. DENDROBIUM geminatum. D. * bulbis (diphyllis) oblongis compressis subtetragonis 2-phyllis, foliis nceolatis retusis, racemis subgeminatis paucifloris, labello intüs lineo- lato, limbi lobo medio ovato acuto." Blume p. 332. sub Desmotricho. ru in sylvis altioribus montium Gede et Salak, Jave, florens Augusto ; ume, « Sepala acuminata, flavescentia; labellum versus basin purpurascens, limbo sulphureo." Bi. $ II. Caules undique foliosi, cylindracei, sepe penduli. 17. Denprosium aureum, D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, internodiis abbreviatis, foliis lineari-ob- longis apice obliquis emarginatis, floribus geminatis, sepalis ovatis 78 | MALAXIDE E. DENDROBIEEX. obtusis, petalis undulatis obtusis sepalis majoribus, labello cucullato: limbo ovato obtuso undulato integerrimo intüs pubescente. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores, in montem Nuera Ellia, florens Januario, Macrae, (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Flores magni, aurei, ex Macrae odoratissimi. Labellum disco aurantiaco. 18. DEeNpnonivM biflorum. Swartz. D. caule tereti simplici, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis planis, pedun- culis bifloris lateralibus e paleis erumpentibus, labello trifido acuminato. Epidendrum biflorum. Forst.! Prodr. n. 318. ; Dendrobium biflorum. Swartz. act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. no. 17. Hab. in Societatis insulis, Forster; Nav. Cook. (v. iconem Forsterianam in Bibliotheca Banksiana, et s. sp. sine floribus in Herb. Banksiano.) Obs. Flores e paleis corneis ex internodiis provenientibus erumpunt. 19. DENpRoniIUM macrostachyum, D. caulibus teretibus pendulis flagelliformibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sub- membranaceis, floribus ternatis racemum spurium formantibus, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis lanceolatis sepalo supremo subzqualibus, labello cucullato venoso: limbo ovato obtuso ciliato intüs pubescente. Hab. supra arbores Zeylone, florens Julio, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Flores virescentes quam D. cucullati multó minores. Sepala et petala apice violacea. Labellum apice viride, venis roseis pulcherrime pictum. From a dried specimen of this species communicated to me by Mr. Macrae I picked a small living shoot, which has since sprouted forth 1 the Garden of the Horticultural Society where it is now growing. 20. Denprosium heterocarpum. Wail. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongis acutis planis, floribus gemi" natis odoratis racemum spurium formantibus, sepalis lineari-oblong!s acutis, petalis ovatis acutis sepalo supremo majoribus, labello unguicu" lato, limbo subpanduriformi holosericeo medio elongato acuminato plano. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores dilutissime flavescentes, fragrantissimi (ex cl. Wallich). Labellum luteum intüs rubro obscuro pictum. Capsule ex Wallich carnosa, 19- crassate, subclavate, angulis crassissimis bilobis. Very near D. cucullatum from which it is distinguished by its pale yellow fragrant flowers, and the form of the labellum. 21. DENDROBIUM amenum. Wall. D. caulibus pendulis gracilibus nebulosis floriferis aphyllis, foliis lance? latis acutis, floribus geminatis racemum spurium formantibus lo pedunculatis divaricatis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis obtusis sepalo supremo pauld majoribus, labelli cucullati limbo ovato obtuso crenulaio leviter ciliato: disco villoso. ? Dendrobium aphyllum. Roxb. Mss. Hab. supra arbores in Napalia, florens Aprili Maio, Wallich, (v. ic. pict. ™ Museo Anglo-Indico.) Planta florifera omnino aphylla, caulibus gracilibus nebulosis dignoscend? Flores albi maculà parvà violaceà ad apicem cujusvis segmenti. bellum intüs versus basin viridi-luteum. MALAXIDEZR. DENDROBIEZ. 79 This lovely species is abundantly distinguished by its slender stems, leafless, and clouded with dusky brown when in blossom ; and also by its delicate white flowers, the tips of whose segments are remarkably blunt and tinged with delicate violet. Dr. Wallich remarks in his Mss. that its fragrance is exquisite, not un- like that of Olea fragrans. 22. Denprosium Pierardi. Roxb. D. caulibus pendulis glabris, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, floribus gemi- natis racemum spurium formantibus, sepalis acuminatis membranaceis, petalis sepalo supremo majoribus acuminatis, labello cucullato dilatato subtruncato pubescente ciliato. Dendrobium cucullatum. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. t. 548. Dendrobium Pierardi. Rorb.! Hort. Beng. Hooker Exotic Flora t. 9. Wall. Cat. no. 2007. Hab. in India Orientali calidiore, presertim circa Chittagong et ad ostia Gangis, sepits Mangiferee adnascens, Roxb. Mss. (hab. s. e Museo Anglo- Indico, et v. v. cult.) Flores diaphani, dilute rosei, inodori. Labellum luteum, basi rubens, callo transverso supra unguem, lateribus purpureo-venosis. The flowers vary in size according to the health of the individual; they also are occasionally seen with the sepals and petals more acuminate than usual. A variety with stems spotted with purple is known in our hot houses. There can be no doubt that the plant figured in the Exotic Flora as D. Pierardi, that cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta under the same name, and the D. cucullatum of the Botanical Register, are all one and the same species. The latter exhibits D. Pierardi in the state in which it commonly appears in our stoves; but whether the flowers appear from among the leaves, or occupy the old leafless stems, depends not upon any specific difference, but upon the state of health of particular individuals. Dr, Roxburgh says that the leaves of his D. Pierardi are emarginate and the flowers yellow. It is not impossible that he has confounded D. Pie- rardi, D. transparens and D. heterocapum, all which, although slightly different, are undoubtedly distinct. 23. DenpRosium transparens. Wallich. Cat. no. 2008. D. caulibus pendulis teretibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice obliquis, floribus geminatis, sepalis acuminatis, petalis obtusis sepalo supremo majoribus, labello oblongo undulato ciliolato obtuso intüs levis- sim? pubescente, Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo "Anglo- Indico.) Flores dilut? rosei, labello concolore. Very like D. Pierardi, from which it is distinguished by its leaves being 9nger and emarginate at the apex, by the petals being obtuse and the la- ‘liom much less hairy, and pink not yellow. The stems are also far Shorter. ?4. DExpnoniUM nobile. i : D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongis obliqué emarginatis obtusis, ribus geminatis, sepalis ovalibus, petalis conformibus majoribus, la- bello subrotundo cucullato cordato. ini aus 80 MALAXIDEEE. DENDROBIEX. Hab. in China, Reeves. (v. ic. pict. sinens, in Bibl. Hort. Soc.) Flores maximi, speciosissimi, carnosi, albi, ad basin extüs virescentes, apice purpurei. Labellum apice purpureum, basi intense sanguineum. Anthera purpurea. 25. DenprRosium chrysanthum. Wall. Cat. no. 2012. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis contortis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus ternatis inter folia nascentibus, sepalis carnosis oblongis obtusis: venis extüs tuberculatis, petalis obovatis retusis carnosis sepalo supremo latioribus, labello cucullato denticulato retuso obsolete trilobo. Dendrobium chrysanthum. Bot. Reg. 1299. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. v. cult.) Flores intense lutei carnosi, extüs tuberculis crebris muniti; petala tamen minus tuberculata. Labellum intüs maculà atrosanguineà. 26. Denprosium longicornu. Lindl. in Wall, Cat. no. 1997. D. caulibus erectis hispidis flexuosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis apice vald? obliquis, floribus fasciculatis v. solitariis terminalibus, bracteis ovatis acuminatis hispidis pedicello multó brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus 1n calcare longo acuminato connatis, petalis sepalo supremo conformibus, labello infundibulari cucullato integro dentato basi cum pede column? accreto. Lindley in Bot. Reg. fol. 1315. Hab. in Sylhet et Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et %. v. cult.) Caules erecti, pedales sesquipedalesve. Flores albi, 1i unciam, ab apice column: ad apicem sepali supremi, longi. Labellum luteum extüs al- bum, intüs lineà axili venisque multis croceis. Columna brevis, semr teres, basi longissime producta ; clinandrium dente postico acuto, late ribus elevatis dentatis. Anthera subrotunda, antice lanuginosa. This remarkable species would be referable to Dr. Blume's Pedilonum if that genus were adopted. It has flowered in the Garden of the Horti- cultural Society, where I examined it. The structure of its stigma is high curious, and unlike that of any other Orchideous plant with which I am acquainted. That part which Richard calls the rostellum, and through which impregnation takes effect is a two-lipped process, the lower lip ? which is thick and abruptly truncate, the upper thinner, very irritable, inflected when the pollen is humid, but curving back with considerable elasticity if afterwards touched. The whole of the orifice of the stigmatit canal is choked up with a thick mucus. I am not sure that this remarkable ceconomy is not sufficient to com stitute a particular genus ; but I am unwilling to make use of it, especially as it is an obscure character, unless it shall be found that a similar strut- ture exists in other species which can be combined with it. 97. DenprRosium Sarcostoma. D. folis linearibus subcarnosis basi vaginantibus, floribus terminalibus subsolitariis. ides Sarcostoma javanica. Blume p. 340. t. 45. Hab. in sylvis opacis montis Salak, Jave, florens Julio Septembri ; Blume “Herba parasitica, pusilla, subcaulescens. Folia pauca linearia; vaginantia, subcarnosa, Flores è paleis erumpentes, terminales, subs” ie sete nee s MALAXIDEZE. DENDROBIEZ. 81 litaria. Labellum unguiculatum, superne? latius, concavum, gynostemio incumbens; limbus subtrilobus, lobo medio carnoso. Gynostemium (columna) superne incrassatum, antic ad apicem rostello brevi in- structum. Anthera cristata, bilocularis. Masse pollinis 4, obovate, per paria elasticé coherentes. Blume. 28. Denprosium gemellum. D. “ foliis membranaceis lanceolatis acuminatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis subbifloris, limbo labelli acuminato." Blume. Pedilonum biflorum. Blume p. 322. Hab. locis humidis umbrosis montis Salak, Jave, florens Maio; Blume. Floris emarcidi fabricam accurate explorare non potuit indefessus Blume. 29. DenpRosium secundum. Wallich. Cat. no. 1996. D. caulibus pendulis, foliis oblongis apice obliqué retusis, racemis latera- libus terminalibusque secundis, sepalis ovatis: lateralibus basi in cornu longum obtusum incurvum connatis, petalis supremo pauló minoribus, labello integerrimo acuto apice tumido. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1291. Pedilonum secundum. Blume p. 322, Hab. in Freti Malaccensis insula, Wallich; circa Tjikao in montosis Jave, florens Junio Julio, Blume; etiam in Sumatra. (v. v. cult. e Sumatra al- latum : hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico ; et v. ic. pict. Wallichian.) Flores amceni purpurei, Fumariæ cujusdam facie, concolores, labelli apice aurantiaco. Pollen purpureum ! 30. Denprosium formosum. Roxb. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis pilosis, foliis distichis ovatis apice oblique emarginatis obtusis, racemo brevi terminali 4-5-floro, bracteis brevibus ovatis, (floribus maximis), sepalis oblongis acutis : lateralibus basi longè productis, petalis dupló latioribus acutis, labello obovato dilatato retuso cum basi columne in calcar obtusum connato. Lindley in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. no. 39. Dendrobium formosum. Korb. Mss. Wall, Cat. no. 1998. Spes B Silhet, Napalia, et Martabania, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- nd. s 31. DENDROBIUM polyanthum. Wall. Cat. no. 2009. . D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice integris, racemis 3-4-floris lateralibus foliis brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis: la- teralibus supremo subequalibus, petalis majoribus oblongis undulatis obtusis, labello obovato cucullato ciliato, capsulis fusiformibus. Hab. in Moolmayne, Indie Orientalis, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico floribus delapsis.) Capsule teretes, angulis nullis, floribus non coronat. 32. DENDROBIUM bifarium. Wall. Cat. no. 2002. 2 caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis bifariis oblongis sessilibus nitidis ‘pice bilobis obliquis, racemis subterminalibus brevibus multifloris, racteis ovatis reflexis eevee eevee eseeener*e 9229 e€*99»292*9*9999* cum purpureum primum. Rumphius 6. t. 49. f. 2. Hab. in Penang, Wallich, (hab. s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo- Indico.) June, 1830, M 82 MALAXIDE XE. DENDROBIE X: Flores non vidi. Capsule ovales 6-costatz, pisi magnitudine. The habit of this species is so peculiar that it is not likely to be con- founded with any other species. Its flowers have not been seen. The leaves of my dried specimens are glossy and beautifully marked with the longitudinal and transverse veins. The stems are as much as two feet long, while the leaves are only 13 inch long and 2 inch broad. 33. Denprospium vestitum. Wall. Cat. no. 2005. D. caulibus pendulis villis deciduis dense vestitis, foliis coriaceis lanceolatis apice obliquis obtusis integris suprà sparse subtüs densissime villosis, racemis elongatis multifloris flexuosis bracteis ovatis coriaceis persis- tentibus floribus capsulisque villosis, sepalis lateralibus in cornu obtuso porrecto connatis, petalis sepalo superiore minoribus. Hab. ad Singapore, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Species valde singularis, superficie villosissimà ab omnibus distincta. Florum ad apicem capsularum vestigia emarcida mutila tantum vidi Folia adulta 6 uncias longa. 34. DENDROBIUM ramosum. Lindl. l. c. no. 2003. D. caulibus pendulis gracilibus ramosis glabris, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis apice integerrimis, floribus subracemosis, bracteis membranaceis reflexis obtusis, sepalis lateralibus magnis in cornu elongatum rectum connatis petalis minoribus, labello cucullato acuto crispo. Hab. in montibus Pundua, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Flores malè conservatos et mutilos tantum vidi. Species D. Pierardi af- finis, distincta tamen habitu ramoso magis gracili, floribusque subrace mosis nec geminis ternisve. Formam labelli et petalorum haud licut detegere. : 35. Denprosiom pulchellum. Roxb. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subplicatis, race mis lateralibus strictis multifloris, bracteis brevibus ovatis obtusis, se ovatis acuminatis subcostatis, petalis oblongis obtusis tenuioribus et la e APPERS labello unguiculato cochleariformi obtusissimo ciliato pet reviore. Dendrobium pulchellum. Roxb, Mss. Hab. supra arbores et saxa in sylvis Sylhet, florens Maio Junio, Roxb. Mss: (v. ic. pict.) Sepala albida. Petala rosea. Labellum lutescens maculà basi rubro" aurantiacá. 36. DENDROBIUM moschatum. Wall. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis s.. -s.o sor cecece eo ennag ACI lateralibus laxis 6-floris, bracteis brevibus oblongis obtusis, sepalis ob longis obtusis patentissimis petalisque oblongis retusis latioribus obsolet? tessellatis, labello unguiculato cochleariformi obtusissimo extàùs villos® Dendrobium moschatum. Wall. Mss. Don Prodr. 34. Epidendrum moschatum. Hamilt. apud Symes. Emb. 3.315. c. ic. Hab. in Pegu, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in Mus. Anglo-Indico.) Flores speciosissimi diametro 23-3 unciarum, amænè sed pallide aurantia® | Labellum extüs ejusdem coloris, intus luteum basin versus utrin maculis duabus amplis coccineis, venis quinque cristato-fimbriatis. [o MALAXIDE Æ. DENDROBIEH. 83 This superb species flowers without its leaves in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, in May. The blossoms exhale a faint smell resembling that of Rhubarb, as I learn from Dr. Wallich’s Mss. 37. T DeNpRosium Calceolaria. Hooker. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis linearibus obtusis, racemis lateralibus laxis 5-floris, sepalis patentissimis petalisque oblongis obtusis latioribus venosis reticulatis, labello unguiculato cochleariformi obtusissimo mar- gine abrupte inflexo pubescente. Dendrobium Calceolaria. Hooker. Ex. Fl. 184. Hab. in India Orientali, Hooker. Flores rosei, magnitudine D. moschati, versus columnam flavescentes. Labellum lutescens, intüs maculis duabus amplis coccineis (venis nullis fimbriatis ex Hookero) ungue luteo. Columna et anthera atropurpuree, antice lutez. This species approaches very nearly to Dendrobium moschatum, with which however Dr. Hooker does not contrast it. It appears to differ in the characters I have pointed out, especially in the absence of the 5 crested veins that are found in the inside of the lip of D. moschatum, which Dr. Hooker would no doubt have both figured and described had they existed in his D. Calceolaria. Upon referring to Dr. Wallich's Mss. I find that his Dendrobium Cal- ceolus is the same as D. moschatum, and that he described it from Dr. Carey's Garden. It is therefore strongly to be suspected that this and D. moschatum are both the same. 38. Denprosium fimbriatum. Wall. Mss. D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, racemis lateralibus multifloris, sepalis oblongis undulatis patentissimis, petalis majoribus undulatis ciliatis, labello indiviso cucullato rotundato fimbriato, fimbriis laceris. ; Dendrobium fimbriatum. Hooker. Exot. Fl. 71. Wall. Cat. no. 2011. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores intense aurei, in icone Hookeriano unicolores, salvis striis quibusdam versus basin aurantiacis ; verosimiliter tamen basi sanguineo-maculati 1n spontanea planta. This species has in some respects the appearance of Dendrobium chry- santhum, from which however it is distinguishable both by its inflores- cence and by the different shape of its petals. 39. Denprosrum auriferum. : : D. caulibus teretibus pendulis, foliis oblongis obtusis integris, racemis lateralibus horizontalibus clavatis foliorum longitudine, bracteis curte latis dense imbricatis, sepalis petalis labelloque lineari-lanceolatis con- niventibus acuminatissimis. Hab. in China, Reeves. (v. ic. pict. sinens. in Bibl. Hort. S0.) Flores aurei, Bracteæ virides. Sepala lateralia basi parum dilatata, 40. Denprosium moniliforme. Swartz. D. caulibus erectis ramosis, internodiis tumidis, d emarginatis obtusis, floribus geminatis foliis longioribus, foliis oblongis oblique sepalis petalis- 84 MALAXIDES. - DENDROBIEZ. que oblongis acutis venosis, labello cucullato acuto conformi. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. fol. 1314. Fu Ran. Kempf. amen. t. 865. Epidendrum moniliforme. Linn. sp. pl. 1352. Dendrobium moniliforme. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 246. Willd. no. 19. Hab. in Japonie rupibus et arboribus. (v. ic. pict. v. cult. e China allatum.) The Epidendrum monile of Thunberg, which that writer says has acute leaves and white flowers, is a distinct species. See D. catenatum. 41. DenpRosiuUM catenatum. D. caulibus teretibus erectis: internodiis tumidis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, racemis lateralibus 4-5-floris, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acu- minatis, labello oblongo tridentato. Epidendrum monile. Thunb. Fl, Jap. Hab. in Japonia, Thunberg; in China, Reeves. (v. ic. pict. sinens. in Bibl. Hort. Soc.) Sepala viridia. Petala alba. Labellum disco fulvum sub apice tridentato purpureo-maculatum. 49. DENpRoziUM denudans. Don. D. caulibus brevibus czspitosis erectis vaginis laxis foliorum vestitis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis submembranaceis apice obliquis emarginatis, racemis lateralibus terminalibusque nutantibus multifloris, sepalis act minatis: lateralibus basi incurvis, petalis minoribus, labelli trilobi lobo medio crenulato recurvo: lateralibus serratis. Dendrobium denudans. Don. Prodr. 34. Wall. Cat. no. 2014. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pid. Wall.) Flores albi, virescentes. Labellum viride, concolor. This species is the most variable that I know in point of size. Some of Dr. Wallich's specimens are not more than an inch and half high, with two or three leaves and as many flowers on each individual, while others are six or seven inches high, with numerous distichous leaves, and three or four long nodding racemes, each consisting of eight or nine flowers. The species is always distinguishable by the loose membranous sheaths which clothe the stem when the leaves have fallen off. 43. DrEwpnonivM cuspidatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 2015. D. caulibus brevibus erectis 3-5-phyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis apice obli- quis emarginatis, racemis terminalibus 3-4-floris foliis brevioribus, bracteis lineari-ovatis acutis, petalis sepalisque lineari-lanceolatis act- minatis equalibus: horum lateralibus basi incurvis cornu referentibus labelli trilobi petalis duplo brevioris lobis lateralibus maximis erect? rotundatis integerrimis: intermedio ovato acuminato. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. Museo Anglo-Indico.) ; This species resembles in many respects D. denudans, from which it i$ abundantly distinguished by the loose sheaths of the fallen leaves not e vering the stem, and by the peculiar form of the lip. My specimens are from 3 to 4 inches high. The flowers appear to be white. 44. Denprosivum barbatulum. Lindl. l. c. no. 2013. D. caulibus teretibus......, foliis...... . racemis lateralibus term | MALAXIDEZ. DENDROBIEZ. 85 nalibusque strictis multifloris, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, petalis obovatis acutis sepalo supremo majoribus, labello plano obovato obtuso apiculato integerrimo basi barbatulo. Hab. in India Orientali, Heyne. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Flores diaphani D. macrostachyi magnitudine. Very nearly related to D. pulchellum from which it is distinguished by the much smaller size of the flowers, and the form of the labellum. 45. DENDROBIUM pygmeum. Lindl. l. c. no. 1999. D. caulibus erectis czespitosis vaginis laxis foliorum vestitis, foliis lineari- lanceolatis, racemis suberectis terminalibus multifloris foliorum longi- tudine, rachi angulato, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis, sepalis infe- rioribus ovatis acuminatis ad basin cornu incurvo connatis: supremo petalisque lineari-spatulatis acutis, labello unguiculato cuneato integro: callis duobus longitudinalibus in disco; margine anteriore carnoso crispo plicato lobo intermedio ovato. ? Dendrobium pusillum. Don. Prodr. 35. Hab. ad Prome, Martabanie, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Herba 2-3-pollicaris, verosimiliter cespitosa. Pseudo-bulbi nulli. Ra- cemi erecti v. cernui. D. denudanti affinis, sed labelli latera nullo modo serrata, et figura diversa. 46. DExpnoniUw lingueforme. Swartz. D. caulibus teretibus repentibus, foliis sessilibus obovatis alte trisulcatis, racemis erectis multifloris, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatissimis, labelli abbreviati lobo medio undulato tricarinato. Dendrobium lingueforme. Swartz act. Holm. 1800. p. 247. Smith Exot. Bot, t. 11. Willd. n.24. R. Brown Prodr. 333. Hab. in insulis maris Pacifici; Nova Hollandia, Banks, R. Brown. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Flores pallide flavi. Labellum cristis luteis, lobis lateralibus czruleis, 47. DENDROBIUM rigidum. R. Brown. D. e caulibus repentibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis carnosis longi- tudine racemi pauciflori patuli, perianthii foliolis oblongis acutiusculis &quantibus labellum laminà oblongà obtusà." Brown Prodr. 333. Hab. in N. Hollandia tropica; R. Brown. 48. Drxpnoniva flavescens, D. “ ebulbe, foliis paucis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis basi canaliculatis, flo- ribus alternis subspicatis terminalibus pubentibus, labello intüs pubes- cente, limbo emarginato plicato." Blume. Onychium flavescens. Blume p. 325. Hab. in montosis Salak et Seribu, Jave, florens Martio Octobri; Blume. Flores parvi, flavi, Bl. 49. Denprosium nudum. D. « foliis lineari-lan ceolatis inzequali-acuminatis membranaceis, racemis paucifloris, sepalis interioribus lanceolatis dorsali angustioribus." Blume. Onychium nudum. Blume p. 325. Hab, in altis montis Salak, Jave, florens Maio Junio; Blume. 86 MALAXIDE E. DENDROBIEZ£. * Caules articulati, superne flexuosi; flores dilute purpurascentes, demüm flavescentes ; labellum ad basin unguiculo preditum. Bl. 50. DeNpnonivM mutabile. D. * foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis obliqué retusis membranaceis." Blume. Onychium mutabile, Blume p. 324. Hab. in montosis Jave, florens Septembri Octobri ; Blume. Flores dense racemosi dilute rosei, labello glandulis tribus sulphureis'or- nato. Gynostemium antic? pubescens. Petala sepalo supremo latiora. Labellum inferne unguiculo libero instructum. Bl. 51. Denprosivm rigidum. D. “ foliis lato-lanceolatis obliqué retusis rigidis," Blume. Onychium rigidum. Blume p. 324. Hab. in montosis Jave, florens Septembri, &c. Blume. “ Flores albidi, labello glandulis tribus flavescentibus instructo ; forsan varietas precedentis (D. mutabilis) sed firmitate partium discrepat." Bl. 59. DENDROBIUM erosum. D. “ foliis subcoriaceis lanceolatis obtusis, racemis brevibus oppositifoliis subterminalibusve, sepalis obtusis, dorsali interioribus latiore, labelli limbo rotundato concavo eroso." Blume. Pedilonum erosum. Blume p. 323. Hab. in sylvis altioribus Salak, Jave, florens Junio ; Blume. 53. DeNpnoniUM hymenophyllum. D. “ foliis membranaceis lanceolatis inzquali-acuminatis, pedicellis brevi- bus, sepalo dorsali interioribus obtusis equali, sacco calcariformi lon- gissimo, limbo labelli undulato." Blume. Pedilonum undulatum. Blume p. 322. t. 36. Hab. in sylvis Salak, Jave, florens Junio ; Blume. Sepala purpurascentia ; labellum flavum. B4. 54. Denprosium villosulum. Wall. Cat. no. 2006. D. caulibus flagelliformibus longissimis pube deciduA hispidis, foliis ovate lanceolatis apice oblique bilobis rectis, floribus .......* Hab. in Penang, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. sine floribus e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Frustula tantum vidi. Species valdé distincta sed recognoscenda. 55. DENpnoniUM acuminatissimum. D. “ foliis membranaceis linearibus sepalisque acuminatissimis," Blume Grastidium acuminatissimum. Blume p. 335. Hab. in convallibus montis Salak supra arbores, Jave, florens Maio Junio; Blume. . Flores virescentes, Bl. 56. DENDROBIUM salaccense, D. “ foliis membranaceis lineari-lanceolatis oblique retusis, sepalis acutis, labello obtuso intüs 1l-lineato," Blume. MALAXIDE Æ. DENDROBIEE. 87 Grastidium salaccense. Blume p. 333. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Augusto Decembri ; Blume. Flores lutei. Bl. 57. DENpRoBIUM rugosum. D. * foliis subcoriaceis lanceolatis apice emarginatis, sepalis et labelli limbo acuminatis, labello intùs membranaceo-rugoso." Blume. Grastidium rugosum. Blume p. 333. : Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Februario ; Blume. Flores flavi. Bl. 58. DENpRonBiIUM Kuhlii. D. * foliis submembranaceis lanceolatis apice inzquali-obtusis, sepalo dorsali interioribus lato-lanceolatis latiori, labelli limbo spatulato acuto.” Blume. Pedilonum Kuhlii. Blume p. 321. Hab. in montibus altioribus provinciarum occidentalium Jave, florens Maio Julio; Blume. Flores pallidé purpurascentes. Bl. 59. Denprosium Hasseltii. D. “ foliis rigidis lanceolatis profund? oblique emarginatis, sepalo dorsali interioribus lato-lanceolatis zequali, labelli limbo lineari-acuto." Blume. Pedilonum Hasseltii. Blume p. 321. Hab. ad montem Pangoerangoe ad truncos arborum, Jave, florens Maio Junio; Blume. Flores profunde purpurascentes. Bl. 60. DENDROBIUM emulum. R. Br. D. * caulibus erectis apice 2-3-phyllis, foliis ovali-oblongis integerrimis Tacemo terminali multifloro brevioribus, perianthii foliolis linearibus, labello infra divisuram carinà triplici; lobo intermedio semiovato acu- tiusculo unicarinato." Brown. Dendrobium zmulum. Br. Prodr. 333. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2906. Hab, ad Portum Jackson, Nove Hollandie ; R. Brown. Flores ex icone Hookeriano albidi labello rubroguttato. 61. DENDROBIUM speciosum. D. caulibus erectis, apice 2-3-phyllis, foliis ovali-oblongis integerrimis racemo terminali multifloro brevioribus, perianthii foliolis angusto- oblongis, labello infrà divisuram carina unicà; lobo intermedio latiore quam longo ecarinato." Brown Prodr. 332. Dendrobium speciosum. Exot. Bot. t. 10. Hab, in Nova Hollandia tropica, etiam ad Portum Jackson. (v. s, sp.) 62. Denprosium undulatuni. R. Br. : D. “ foliis bifariis ovali-oblongis emarginatis, racemis oppositifoliis lon- Eissimis, labello intüs 5-carinato, lobo intermedio oblongo foliolisque ‘nterioribus perianthii undulatis." , Brown Prodr. 332. 88 MALAXIDES. DENDROBIE E. Hab. in N. Holl. tropica; R. Brown; Bustard's Bay, Bay of Inlets, Cape Grafton, &c. Banks. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks. et habeo flores comm. a celeb. Brown.) Nore, The figures of Rumphius Vol. 6. t. 47. £. 1 — —— t. 50. f. 1. — t. 51. f. 1. belong to this section—but to species with which I am unacquainted. $ III. Caules undique foliosi, basi incrassati. 63. DENDROBIUM crumenátum. Swartz. i D. caulibus cæspitosis erectis basi incrassatis teretibus, foliis ovato-ob- longis obtusis emarginatis, racemo terminali 3-5-floro, sepalis petalis- que ovatis acuminatis subundulatis conformibus, labello cucullato undu- lato acuminato. Angrecum crumenatum, — Rwmph.6.t. 47. f. 2. Dendrobium crumenatum. Swartz. Wiüd.no.20. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 7. p. 70. Onychium crumenatum. Blume p. 326. Hab. supra arbores, Jave, Blume; Sumatre, Raffles; Penang, Wallich. (v. v. cult.) Flores albi, odorati, apicibus roseis, labelli disco luteo. Variat floribus albidis et lilaceis, etiam foliis ovalibus v. oblongis retusis crassioribus ; Bl. 64. DenpRoBiIUM angulatum. Wall. Cat. no. 2010. MN D. caulibus gracilibus subramosis basi fusiformibus carnosis glaberrimis folis linearibus basi latioribus apice emarginatis obliquis, floribus € gemma paleacea exortis solitariis 1... «eee cece esee eee eet Hab. ad Attran, Martabanie, Wallich. (habeo s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico fe | defloratum.) | Florem unicum mutilum tantum vidi, magnitudine et facie Apori ancipiti Sepala lateralia ceteris muļtò majora. Petala sepalo supremo veros militer pauló minora. Folia minora. 65. DENpDnRonivM Blumii. D. ** foliis lineari-lanceolatis obliqué retusis, floribus subterminalibus e leis cinctis, labello intüs disco superné tricuspidato instructo, limbi lo medio abbreviato fimbriato-bifido." Blume. Onychium fimbriatum. Blume p. 325. Hab. in sylvis montis Pantjar, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. Caules compressi ad basin bulbo dilatato-tetragono instructi. Bl 66. DENDROBIUM tricuspe. D. * foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, floribus terminalibus paleis cinctis, labello intüs disco superne? tricuspidato instructo, limbo lo medio rotundato integerrimo.” Blume. Onychium tricuspe. Blume p. 326. E Hab. ad arbores in sylvis montis Salak, Jave, florens Octobri; Blume. t Caules compressi, supra basin bulbo compresso instructi. Accedit POL ! cedenti (Onychio suo fimbriato) cui differt limbo labelli integerrimo- i r— MALAXIDE E. DENDROBIE Æ. 89 67. Denprosium lamellatum. D. “ foliis lato-lanceolatis in bulbis compressis vaginantibus, pedunculis confertis paucifloris ex apice bulborum erumpentibus, labelli limbo un- dulato, ungue gynostemii appendice lamellato instructo." Blume. Onychium lamellatum. Blume Bijd. 326. t. 10. Hab. prope Passir Ipis in Provincia Buitenzorg, Jave, florens Junio Au- gusto; Blume. 68. DrENpnRonrUM tetraedre. D. “ foliis linearibus emarginatis membranaceis (parvis), floribus oppositi- foliis alternis, labelli limbo undulato, caule tetraedri.” Blume. Onychium tetraedre. Blume p. 327. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Jave, florens Junio; Blume. “Planta parva; bulbi fusini. Flores albido-purpurascentes, labello in- fern? unguiculo instructo, limbo semitrilobo.' BL. 69. DENDROBIUM connatum. D. “ foliis membranaceis ovali-oblongis, retusis, floribus oppositifoliis so- litariis, labello infernè cum ungue gynostemii connato intùs verrucoso, limbo rotundato." Blume. Onychium connatum. Blume p. 328. Hab. ad pedem montis Salak, Jave, florens Septembri Octobri; Blume. ‘ . : . : : se - : 1 i * Caules incrassati, quasi articulati, foliis bifariis verticalibus. Flores albido-virescentes," Blume. 70. Denprosivm japonicum. D s foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis, floribus subterminalibus al- ternis, pedicellis basi incrassatis, labello intüs pubescente, limbo ovato acuto." Blume. Onychium japonicum. Blume p. 328. Hab. in hortis Javze ex Japonia allatum ; Blume. S Caules ebulbi sed supra basin incrassati, teretiusculi, articulati ; flores iliacei, odorati; labellum basi ad marginem subciliatum, intüs pube- PH basi non appendiculatum ; unguis gynostemii latus, concavus.” ume. 71. DeNpnoniUM Ceraia. Ceraia simplicissima. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 518. Hab. in sylvis Cochinchine et Chine, rupibus et arboribus inhzrens, — rero. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) In Herbario Banksiano adest exemplar ab ipso Loureiro, nomine Keranthi insignitum, quod procul dubio Ceraie ejus simplicissime pertinet. Uni- cum folium habet parvum lineare, sed flores nullos; esse autem Den- Tobium quoddam D. crumenato valde affine nihil dubito. Caules Palmares basi tumidi fusiformes. Note, The figures of Rumphius Vol. 6. t. 44. f. 1. ¢ 45. f. b. T t. 46. f. 9... Ong to this section, but to species with which I am unacquainted. J une, 1830, N 90 MALAXIDES. DENDROBIEX. $ IV. Caules undique foliosi versus apicem sensim incrassati, unde. clavati fiunt, This section, and the preceding one also, represent the stem of Den drobium passing towards the pseudo-bulbous state of Bolbophyllum. 72. DenpRosium densiflorum. Wail. Cat. no. 2000. D. caulibus articulatis clavatis pendulis apice foliosis, foliis oblongis acutis nervosis, racemis lateralibus multifloris foliis longioribus : Junio: ribus strobiliformibus, bracteis oblongis plicatis recurvis pedicellis longioribus, sepalis patentissimis ovatis obtusis, petalis conformibus majoribus, labello majore rhomboideo unguiculato serrulato retuso ‘Lindl. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. no. 40. Epidendrum Dumunsuttu. Buchan, in Herb. Smith. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo-Indico, % ic, pict. et s. sp. in Herb. Smith.) 73. DENDROBIUM nutans. D. caulibus articulatis subclavatis hispidis apice foliosis, foliis ovato lanceolatis apice valdè obliqué uncinato-bilobis, pedunculis subtermn? libus bifloris foliis brevioribus, bracteis minimis, petalis sepalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis zequalibus membranaceis, labello conform carnoso crenulato indiviso, capsulis oblongis nutantibus. Hab. in collibus Peradenie, Zeylone, supra arbores, florens Novembr, Macrae. (habeo s. sp. et vidi iconem pictam.) Caules pedales v. sesquipedales, subflexuosi. Folia in genere d subtüs minutissim? hispidiuscula. Flores albi, subvirescentes, Er luteo. Capsule oblonge, angulis depressis, sterilibus vitteform! marginatis. 14. Denprosivum bicolor. D. caulibus erectis elongátis subclavatis apice foliosis, foliis py ^ latis acutis, racemo brevi erecto terminali v. subterminali 3-4-fio foliis multd breviore, bracteis oblongis obtusis petaloideis venosis, Pf talis sepalisque oblongis obtusis zequalibus, labello trilobo obtuso : l lateralibus erectis rotundatis. Hab. in Monte Nuera Ellia, Zeylone, supra arbores crescens, Augus” florens, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. defloratum, et vidi iconem pict.) Bractee magne oblonge petaloidez venose bicolores, apice virides bis fusco rubre. Flores albidi. : 75. DENpnRonivuM Heyneanum. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. no. 1995. " D. caulibus erectis flexuosis clavatis vaginis laxis foliorum vestitis, 10. lineari-lanceolatis acutis, racemis axillaribus patentissimis mult bracteis minimis ovatis, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis * aequalibus, labello trilobo cum basi columnz connato, callo longitud ; in disco: lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio subrotundo carnoso 19 crenato. Hab. in India Orientali, Heyne. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Racemi pedunculati multiflori patentissimi unà cum-figura labelli speci” distinguunt., MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEX. 9l * § V. Folia teretia, subulata, v. semicylindracea. 76. DenpRosium crispatum. Swartz. D. caule ramoso virgato tereti, foliis cylindraceis filiformibus subincurvis, racemis lateralibus simplicibus, labelli lobo medio revoluto undulato crenato. Epidendrum crispatum. Forst.! Prodr. n. 315. Dendrobium crispatum. Swartz. act. Holm. 1800. p. 247. Willd. n. 22. Hab. in Societatis insulis, Banks. (v. iconem Forsterianam in Bibliotheca Bank- siana, et s. sp. in Herb. Banks.) Caulis articulatus, rigidus, levigatus, graminis cujusdam ad instar. Folia teretia. Racemus terminalis. 77. Denprosium canaliculatum. R. Brown. D. “ caulibus erectis abbreviatis bulbiformibus apice subtriphyllis, foliis semicylindraceis- canaliculatis acutis carnosis, scapo terminali, racemo multifloro, perianthii foliolis oblongis, labelli lobis lateralibus oblongis ; intermedio subrotundo acuto disco 3-lamelloso." "Brown Prodr. 333. Hab. in N. Hollandia tropica; R. Brown. 78. Denprosivom teretifolium. R. Brown. D. * caulibus repentibus, foliis filiformibus teretibus, perianthii foliolis elongato-linearibus apice angustatis, labello tricarinato; lobo intermedio lineari-lanceolato acuminato crispato.” Brown Prodr. 338. Hab. ad Portum Jackson, N. Hollandie ; R. Brown. 79. Denprosium tenellum. D. * foliis lineari-subulatis, floribus subterminalibus solitariis alternis, labelli limbo emarginato." Blume. Onychium tenellum. Blume p. 327. Hab. in arboribus circa catarractas calidas ad montem Gede, Jave, florens Maio; Blume. “ Bulbi ovales, sulcati ; flores albidi, sepalis acutis; labellum intùs striis Purpurascentibus notatum." BL 80. Denprosivum gracile. D. Wu foliis lineari-subulatis, floribus alternis solitariis geminisve, labelli limbo obtuso. Blume. Onychium gracile. Blume p. 327. Hab. in altioribus montis Gede, Jave, florens Aprili; Blume. “ Bulbi ovales; flores nutantes, lilacini, sepalis obtusiusculis.” Bl. 81. DENDROBIUM subulatum. D. « foliis subcarnosis subulatis teretibus, pedicellis alternis subspicato- terminalibus, labelli limbo undulato emarginato." Blume. Onychium Subulatum. Blume p. 328. Hab, locis humilioribus ad arbores Jave, florens toto anno ; Blume. Caules ebulbi, Flores flavido- purpurascentes. Bi. 99 MALAXIDEZ. DENDROBIEZ. * Species defectu exemplarium et ob descriptiones mancas valde dubia— omnes recognoscenda. 82. ? DENDROBIUM carinatum. Willd. D. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis compressis articulatis, scapis ramosis. Willd. no. F- Bontia luzonica. Petiv. gazoph. t. 44. f. 10. Epidendrum carinatum. Linn. sp. pl. 1350. Hab. in insulis Luzonum. 83. ? DENDROBIUM paniculatum. Swartz. D. “ caule infernè vestito foliis oblongis obtusis emarginatis, supernè an- cipiti-vaginato, spiculis filiformibus paniculatis contiguis." „Swartz. Dendrobium paniculatum. Swartz. Pers. syn. p. 523. Hab. in Sierra Leone. 84. ? DENDROBIUM roseum. Swartz. D. * caule aphyllo erecto vaginis membranaceis ovato-lanceolatis vestito, racemo terminali, floribus deltoideo-conicis, labello spatulato crenulato. Swartz. Dendrobium roseum. Swartz. Pers. syn. p. 523. Hab. in Sierra Leone. This very difficult and extensive genus, stands still in great need e reformation: particularly in the arrangement of the species. lam 3 quainted with several more than are here mentioned, but I am unwilling to introduce them without better materials. EOE mem tenete nn MALAXIDEJE. DENDROBIEZE. 93 I cannot conclude my account of the tribe of Orchideous plants with waxy pollen-masses destitute of glands and other secreting apparatus, without adverting to the genus Angrecum. I adopted this genus, some years since, from M. Du Petit Thouars, and published it in my Collectanea Botanica, t. 15. referring to it a plant, A. maculatum, found equally in Brazil and on the West coast of Africa, and now very common in the hot- houses of England. I described the pollen masses of this plant as desti- tute of a gland, and my drawing was in conformity with that description. I subsequently examined an imperfect living specimen of a Sierra Leone plant which I believe to be the Limodorum luridum of Afzelius, and which is in all probability also an Angrzcum, and I took the pollen masses to be be as I had before seen them in my Angr. maculatum, that is to say des- titute of a gland. In a memoir upon the Orchideous plants of the Mau- ritius and neighbouring islands, published in 1828, M. Achille Richard, who has examined specimens of several of Du Petit Thouars's Angre- a €ums, expressly declares that in all these there is no gland, he says he has not seen any thing like caudicula (which is never found without a gland) in any one of them. Hence it would seem that no fact can be supported by more conclusive testimony than that Angraecum belongs to Malaxidez; and yet this testimony I distrust so much that, without absolutely reject- ing it, I cannot receive it; and for the following reasons. In the first place, I now know that my observation upon A. maculatum was incorrect; that plant has distinctly both a caudicula and gland; secondly, Du Petit ouars in some cases, as t. 81. (Conia Auberti m.) distinctly represents the pollen masses with glands, of which however M. Achille Richard de- nies the existence. Now in this case I prefer the evidence of M. Du Petit Thouars whose figure was taken from a fresh specimen. In the third place, M. Ach, Richard states that there is no gland in Angrecum gladii- folium ; this happens to be the only Isle of France species I possess, and in my specimens I find a gland from which the pollen masses have fallen. ourthly, the manifest close affinity between the Isle of France Angrecums and the Limodorum falcatum of Japan, and my Aeranthes grandiflorum, in both of which glands undoubtedly exist, persuades me that they are not really different in structure. Finally, the genus Angrzcum has in some cases, as A. calceolus, caulescens, crassum, palmatum, &c. so completely the habit of the East Indian Aerides, that I feel great difficulty in believ- ing them to be essentially different in the structure of their pollen masses. This question can only be decided by a careful examination of good Specimens, of which I am entirely destitute. I recommend the enquiry to those Who are in possession of the requisite materials, or who are willing to oblige me by communicating them to me. MALAXIDE Æ. 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Pollen in massas cereaceas (pollinia) definitas cohzrens, telà cellulosà in caudiculas elasticas pulvereas sæpiùs replicatas coherente, glandulà pro- prià diaphanà nulla. Anthera terminalis, opercularis. Herba epiphyte V. terrestres, sep? caulescentes, nunc foliorum basibus v. caulibus in- crassatis, rarissime radicibus carnosis lobatis. The distinction of this Tribe depends upon the peculiar state of the caudicula, which is not transparent, and connected with the stigma by means of a gland as in Vande, but powdery, and very often turned back upon the face of the pollen masses. Some of the genera, such as Ceratium, in which this caudicula is very much reduced in size, approach Malaxidee ; nevertheless the limits of the Tribe seein sufficiently well defined. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. Pollinia 2. Sepala et petala patentissima. Labellum semi-lunatum 48. COLLABIUM, Pollinia 4. Labellum cum columna connatum. lumna mutica elongata. Caudicule 4 = S 2:495 Dem Columna nana bicornis. Caudicule 2. Labellum basi 50. DiNEMA. tantum adnatum B = e na = Columna mutica. Caudicule 2, Labellum plicis — I PLOCOGLOTTIS. ido ranaceis inflexis columnz connatum x: 7 ellum liberum, v. fere, basi in calcar productum ovario adnatum — - - 57. BROUGHTONIA. caratum, | circa columnam convolutum, anticum. Sepala petaloidea explanata — - — - 56. CATTLEYA. posticum. Sepala herbacea conniventia - ~ 51. ENCYCLIA, explanatum, rectum. Sepalalibera - | - - 52. IsocHILUS. medic refractum. Sepala lateralia in calcar spu- } 53. PonRRAs rium connata — - 3 * " July, 1831, m 96 EPIDENDREE. Pollinia 8. Labellum calcaratum, (calcare ab ovario libero), subintegrum, v. leviter trilobum, Anthera 8-locularis 63. PHAJus. alté trilobum, posticum. Anthera 2-locularis - - 64. CyTHERIS. anticum. Anthera 6-8-locularis - E 66. ANIA. Labellum ecalcaratum, nunc basi saccatum, integerrimum, circa columnam convolutum, sepalis difforme. Anthera septis marginatis 54. BRASSAVOLA sepalis conforme. Anthera septis incompletis 70. Taina. patentissimum convexum - - 65. CALLOSTYLIS. trilobum, sessile, lobo medio unguiculato, basi tuberculato - - - 59. SPATHOGLOTTIS. basi nudo. Labellum basi in calcar produc- } 58. 'TETRAMICRA: tum ovario adnatum - - E lobo medio sessili. Sepala lateralia basi equilatera. Labellum posticum - - - 55. LÆLIA. Labellum anticum. Anthera 8-locularis. Labellum } 60. BLETIA. cum columna articulatum Anthera 4-locularis. Labellum } 62. ARUNDINA. circa columnam convolutum Sepala lateralia basi obliqua - - 67. CERATIUM. unguiculatum, basi saccatum. Anthera 4-8-locularis. Sepala conniventia 68. ApPATURIA. Anthera 2-locularis. Sepala explanata 61. IPSEA. basi non saccatum - - - 69. TRicHOTOSIA XLVIII. COLLABIUM. Collabium, Blume Bijdr. 357. Sepala patentia v. reflexa, lateralibus inferne in calcar obtusum cons | Petala conformia. Labellum ecalcaratum, ungue brevi sepalis late | bus intern? adnatum, limbo plano, semilunato, basi interne bici columnam amplectente. Columna obtusa, tortuosa, aptera. Ant 2-locularis. Pollinia duo, ovato-globosa, caudiculis elasticis affixa. is Herba terrestris, radicibus (rhizomate?) repentibus, annulaus. a radicalia, remota, petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, nervosa, membran: nebulosa. Pedunculi radicales, elongati, simplices. Flores spicati, P dicellati, nutantes. Character ex Blume. 1. CorraBiUM nebulosum. Blume, l. c. Hab. in convalli fluvii Tjapus ad montem Salak, Java; Blume. XLIX. EPIDENDRUM. Epidendrum. Linn. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6. p. 66. t. 5. f.2. Brown in Hort. Ke ed.5. 5.217. Auliza and Amphiglottis Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1.261. &€. — Sepala patentia, subequalia. Petala sepalis zqualia, v. angustiora, H latiora, patentia v. reflexa. Labellum cum marginibus column ^ | nino v. parte connatum, limbo integro v. diviso, disco sepits costato, v, tuberculato ; nunc in calcar productum ovario accretum a cuniculum formans. Columna elongata: clinandrio marginato EPIDENDREX. 97 fimbriato. Anthera carnosa, 2-4 locularis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis toti- dem replicatis annexa. Herbs (Americanz) epiphytz, caule nunc apice v. basi pseudobulboso, nunc elongato apice folioso. Folia carnosa, rarissime venis elevatis striata. Flores spicati, racemosi, corymbosi, v. paniculati, terminales v. laterales. This most natural genus is unknown in the Old World. In its divi- sions I have followed M. de la Llave in distinguishing the pseudobulbous and caulescent species as two distinct tribes, to which I have added a third, characterized by its winged rachis. I know not how far the distinction between the species with a cuniculate ovarium, and those in which the labellum ends abruptly at the base of the column is important; but it is at present inapplicable to the genus, the circumstance not having been attended to in a great number of species. $1. Foliis in pseudobulbos insidentibus. $2. Foliis in caulem teretem distichis v. alternis; rachi terete. a. Labello indiviso; v. repando. b. — —— bilobo. c. trilobo; lobis lateralibus integerrimis: intermedio indiviso v. tantum emarginato. d. ———— trilobo; lobis lateralibus laciniatis: intermedio indiviso v. tantum emarginato. e. — —- quadrilobo ; nempé trilobo : lobo intermedio bipartito. $3. Foliis distichis; rachi alata ancipiti. $I. Foliis in pseudobulbos insidentibus. Bot. Reg. 1415. 1. Ertpenprum vitellinum. E. foliis in pseudobulbos binis oblongis obtusis apice recurvis, racemo secundo terminali, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis subzequa- libus patulis, labello cuneato oblongo semilibero basi calloso. Hab. in Mezico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Scapus 6-9 uncialis. Flores magni crocei nutantes. Labellum cum basi tantum columnz connatum. 2. Epipenprum cochleatum. Linn. E. foliis in pseudobulbos ovales geminatim insidentibus oblongis acumi- natis subundulatis, sepalis petalisque paul angustioribus lineari-lanceo- atis reflexis, labello cordato cochleato subrotundo, columna brevissimá. Epidendrum cochleatum. Linn, sp. pl. 1351. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 605. Willd. no. 1. Bot. Mag. t. 572, Hab. in insulis Indie Occidentalis vulgatissimum. (v. v. c. et hab. s.) Sepala et petala viridia. Labellum purpureum apice intus viride ; basi icallosum. Ovarium cuniculo nullo. 3. i : EripENDRUM fragrans. Swartz. E. foliis in pseudobulbum solitariis lanceolatis apice recurvis, scapo folio "*Viore, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acumi- natis patentibus, labello subrotundo cuspidato lineato integerrimo, ra- cemo subtrifloro. Epidendrum li aes ineatum. Salish. stirp. p. 10. A PWendrum fragrans. Swarts Prodr, 122. Fl, Ind. Occ. 3.1487. Willd. no. 2, Bot. mori no. 1669. Bot. Cab. t. 1039. ab. super truncos arborum vetustos Jamaice interioris ; Swartz. (v. v. e.) tbizoma repens. Pseudobulbus ovalis. Flores pallidè virides, labelli Postici lineis purpureis, odore nocturno et vespertino grato ambrosiaco.. 98 EPIDENDRE E. 4. ErrpENpRuM lancifolium. Pavon. Mss. E. pseudobulbis elongatis teretibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, racemo stricto terminali, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis re- flexis, labello cordato oblato-ovato cochleato. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Facies Epid. cochleati. Labellum venosum crist4 nulla. 5. Eprpenprum bracteolatum. Presl. in Reliq. Henk. p. 100. E. pseudobulbis sulcatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, scapo Me simplici, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis patentibus, labello obcordato 0b- tuso crenulato basi cristato. Hab. in Guayaquil; Presl. E. cochleato videtur affine. 6. ErrpENpRUM ligulatum. La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.26. E. foliis in pseudobulbos binis? lanceolatis striatis, scapo filiformi, sepalis petalisque ligulatis reflexis, labello obcordato limbo subcrenato, capsu glabra. Hab. in montibus Irapzi Mexici; La Llave. Planta gracilis. Pseudobulbi ovati nudi. Flores purpureo-fusci, labello lutescente. Secundum autorem laudatum ** E. adenocarpo differt fro sed aliis notis est illo valdé affinis ;" at labellum huic tripartitum 1 J integrum, si fides ulla descriptionibus. 7. ErrpENpmuM pastoris. La Llave, Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.23. i TM ; dius : ipiti E. foliis in pseudobulbos binis ternisve elliptico-oblongis, scapo d depresso paucifloro, sepalis petalisque subzqualibus lineari-lanceo patentissimis, labello cordato auriculato disco sulcato. x ae ium Hab. supra arbores Mezici versus Acuitzuine, Undamzeum usque ad Anu in provincia Michuacanensi ; Llave. ae : ; pE. Planta repens parasitica. Flores odorem, quasi Vanille suavissim emittentes, lutescentes lineis purpurinis striatis, labello purpureo ms culato ; Llave. 8. Eprpenprum labiatum. Swartz. x : : : : n- E. foliis oblongis acutis apice reflexis supra v. sub pseudobulbum pv tibus, scapis filiformibus paucifloris, sepalis petalisque oblongis O * concavis patentibus : anterioribus sub labello basi connatis, labello 9 vato subemarginato deflexo medio calloso. Epidendrum labiatum. Swartz Prodr.124. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1.1493. Willd. no. 7. Liparis labiata. Spreng. Syst. 3. 741. Hab. in arboribus Crescentie, &c. Hispaniole ; Swartz. Folia sesquipollicaria. Flores parvi. Petala purpurea luteo striata. Le bellum sæpè posticum ; Swartz, 9. EripENDnRuM bidentatum. E. foliis obovato-lanceolatis apice recurvis supra v. sub pseudobulbu® nascentibus, racemo terminali erecto paucifloro, sepalis lanceolatis P? talisque angustioribus patentibus, labello semilibero rhomboideo ang" utrinque uni-dentato, Hab. in Mezico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) EPIDENDRE.E. 90 Scapus palmaris e spatha magna foliacea ortus. Squame pseudobulborum coriaceze nitide Coelogynes more. Labellum apice callosum, tuberculis disci nullis. 10. EptpenpRum odoratissimum. Bot. Reg. 1415. E. foliis in pseudobulbos ovatos corrugatos binis ensiformibus, racemo subsimplici longiore, sepalis oblongis petalisque cuneatis patentibus, labelli feré liberi trilobi lobis oblongis obtusis integris subzqualibus disco calloso depresso. Macradenia lutescens. odd. Bot. Cab. non Bot. Reg. Encyclia patens. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3013. Hab. prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. cult.) Flores viridi-purpurei odoratissimi. This is a very different plant from Dr. Hooker's original species of Encyclia, and is distinguishable from Epidendrum in nothing whatever except the labellum being only slightly connected with the columna, in Which respect it agrees with Epidendrum vitellinum, 11. Epipenprum squalidum. La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.24. E. foliis lanceolatis retusis in pseudobulbos binis, scapo simplici flexuoso, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus patulis, labello tripartito : laciniis late- ralibus linearibus intermedià subreniformi emarginatà undulata 3-sul- cata. Hab. in montibus Mezici prope Vallisoletum ; Llave. Flores herbacei luridi, extüs purpurascentes, labello albido postico ; Llave. 12. Eptpenprum concolor. La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.25. E. foliis in pseudobulbos confertos lenticulares solitariis lato-lanceolatis acutis, scapo filiformi 5-floro, sepalis ligulatis, petalis linearibus, labello tripartito laciniis integris intermedià majore. Hab, supra arbores Mezici prope Vallisoletum ; La Llave. Planta gracillima. Bractex brevissima. Flores diluté ochroleuci con- colores ; labellum striatum. 13. ErDENDRUM venosum. E. foliis ensiformibus obtusis supra et sub pseudobulbos fusiformes nas- centibus, racemo striato simplici, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis petalisque angustioribus patentissimis, labello semilibero tripartito : laciniis late- ralibus ovatis acutis intermediâ subrotunda apiculatà multo majore callo aseos et lineis tribus disci subramosis elevatis. Hab. in Mexico ; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Scapus terminalis pedalis. Labellum usque ad dimidiam columne adna- ‘um, album venis elevatis violaceis. M. EPIDENDRUM auropurpureum, E. foliis in pseudobulbos ternis lanceolatis margine revolutis, scapo erecto multiflor 9, sepalis petalisque patentibus oblongis cuneatis subaequalibus ~oloribus, labe]]i tripartiti laciniis lateralibus parvis ovatis integris, intermedia maxim) cuneat& dilatatà alt? biloba. Helleborine floribus auropurpureis. Plumier Mss, —— atropurpureum, Sp. 9. ic. 178. E d. ed, Burmanni, ndrum atropurpureum, Willd. no. 115. SERE ae Ld A 100 EPIDENDREZ, Hab. in Hispaniola ; Plumier. Flores aurei apicibus purpureis, labello undique purpurascente, callo disci atrorubente ; Plumier. Plumier’s Mss. and descriptions appear, from the copy in Mr. Lamberts Herbarium, to give a very clear account of this beautiful species ; yet Burmann has, with his usual skill, converted the figure into a caricature and the name auro-purpureum, into atropurpureum. :15. EPIDENDRUM adenocaulon. La Llave l. c. 2.22. E. foliis in pseudobulbos binis v. ternis ensiformibus coriaceis, scapo sim- plici glanduloso, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis subzequalibus pa- tentissimis, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus acutis involutis: inter- media cordatà emarginatà obtusa. Hab. in Mezico supra arbores prope Vallisoletum ; Llave. Scapus bi-tripedalis. Bracteze membranacez vaginantes. Pedunculi glan- dulosi. Flores dilute violacei; labello venoso ; Llave. 16. Errpenprum adenocarpon. La Llave l. c. 2.24. E. foliis in pseudobulbos binis lanceolatis coriaceis, scapo simplici, sepalis petalisque ligulatis obtusis, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus acutis: intermedià maxima subrotundà, capsulà glandulosa. Hab. in montibus Irapzi, Merici; Llave. Flores lutei, punctis linearibus purpurinis miniati. Labellum luridum, ungulà lineis rubris striatà ; Llave. 17. Eripenprvo bifidum. ubl. E. foliis in pseudobulbos subternis lanceolatis, scapo ramoso foliis mult? longiore, sepalis oblongis acutis petalisque lanceolatis patentibus, labe cuneati lobis lateralibus ovatis: intermedio maximo apice dilatato 5U reniformi sulcato basi in disco biappendiculato. Helleborine flore papilionaceo. Plum. sp. 9. ic. 186. f. 1. Epidendrum bifidum. Aubl. Guian. p.824. 20. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ.3.1489. Willd no.3. Redout. Lil. t. 84. Epidendrum papilionaceum. West. St. Cruc. p. 230. sec. Willd. Hab. in arboribus ins. St. Christophori, Bartholomei; Swartz; St. Thome Riedley. Scapus bitripedalis. Flores pallide purpurei. Labellum atropurpureum, à ciniis lateralibus ovatis ; intermedia basi angustà, supra medium s lacinulis duabus rotundatis sanguineis sulco adnatis: apice dilatata su” reniformi: lobis subrotundis leviter undulatis, patulis, venosis ; Swarts la- 18. ErrpENpmvuM ciliare. Linn. E. foliis in pseudobulbos geminatim insidentibus, sepalis petalisque ur ribus acuminatissimis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus setaceo-pectina intermedio setaceo brevioribus, spicà subquinqueflorà. Epidendrum ciliare. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349. Jacq. Amer. 224. t. 179. f. 89. Swartz. Not Act. Ups. 6.69. Willd. no. 21. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 784. Auliza ciliaris. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. l. c. hob Hab. in Martinica; Jacquin ; in ins. St. Vincentii; Hooker. (v. v. c. € s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) E. cuspidato simillimum ; gracilius et laciniis labelli tenuissimis. Fs pallidé virides ; labellum album. Ovarium cuniculatum. Bracte® neari-lanceolate, acuminate. Pseudobulbi clavati, vestiti, EPIDENDRE.JE. 101 19. EripENDRUM cuspidatum. Loddiges. E. foliis in pseudobulbos ternatim insidentibus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis conformibus latioribus, labelli trilobi lobis latera-: libus falcatis laciniatis intermedio lineari subequalibus, spicà subtriflora. Epidendrum cuspidatum. odd. Bot. Cab. 10. Ker in Bot. Reg. 10.783. Epidendrum ciliare. Bot. Mag. 463. Hab. in Dominica ; Loddiges; Mexico; Pavon. (hab. s. et v. v. c. ; adest in Herb. Lambert.) Bracteze breves, oblongo-lanceolate, sphacelatz. Flores magni, lutei. Clinandrium denticulatum. Ovarium cuniculatum. 20. EPIDENDRUM polystachyum. Humb.et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1.352. E. foliis oblongis obtusis striato-nervosis geminatim in pseudobulbum in- sidentibus, scapo polystachyo, sepalis reflexis suboblongis acutis, petalis lanceolato-spatulatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus irregulariter obo- vatis crenulatis : intermedio minore profunde emarginato. Hab. in subfrigidis Andium Pastoensium inter pagum Yayanquer et flumen Guaitara: item sub colo mitiori provincia Lozensis in convallibus Ma- lacatensibus que Cinchonam tolerant, alt. 900-1080 hex. Humboldt. Scapus subbipedalis polystachyus. Spathe marcide. Spice solitariz, gemine aut terne, alterne, distantes, subsesquipollicares, patule. Flores lutei. Kunth. 21. EPIpENDRUM Michuacanum. La Llave l. c. 2.26. E. foliis in pseudobulbos pyriformes ternis quaternisve ensiformi-lanceo- latis, Scapo ramosissimo, sepalis petalisque angustioribus cuneato-lan- ceolatis, labello tripartito lacinià intermedia reniformi bilobà. Hab. in montibus Mexici, provincie Michuacanensis, et prope Valliso- letum; La Llave. Pseudobulbi magni. Folia pedalia et ultra conduplicata. Flores parvi, inodori, ochroleuci labello albicante ; La Llave. $IL Foliis in caulem teretem distichis, v. alternis ; rachi terete. a. Labello indiviso v. repando. 22. : : EripENDRUM fruticosum. Pavon, Mss. : foliis distichis ovato-oblongis acutis, caule ramoso fruticoso, racemo terminali nutante, sepalis cartilagineis petalisque membranaceis ovato- ?nceolatis acutis erectis, labello subrotundo cordato retuso apiculato i Undulato callis 4 magnis confluentibus in disco. ab, i ; E à. ìn Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. Herb. Lambert.) aulis ramosus, ascendens, vestigiis vaginarum vestitus, pennam colum- inam crassus. Bractez lineari-lanceolate ovarii feré longitudine. 3. ErIDENDRUM filicaule. E caule gracili ramosissimo, foliis linearibus acutis, sepalis c ngis acutis petalisque filiformibus patentibus, labello subrotun Sordato retuso repando, spicis terminalibus 3-floris, rachi capillari. ab. in Brazilia, (hab. s. sp. comm. amiciss. Prescott.) Ores parvi lineis tribus elevatis ad basin labelli. 102 EPIDENDRE.E. 24. EpipeNDRUM ramosum, Jacq. E. foliis linearibus obtusis emarginatis, racemis terminalibus laxis i floris, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis petalisque linearibus acutis patenam labello subcordato ovato acuto concavo rigido, bracteis ovarii longitu dine, caule ramoso. E Epidendrum ramosum, Jacq. Amer. 221. t. 132. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1.1505. Willt: no. 16. Isochilos ramosum. Spreng. Syst. 3.734. n Epidendrum rigidum. —Zodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1600. non Jacquini. i Hab. in montibus Jamaice, in arboribus parasiticum; Swartz; m Marti- nice sylvis; Jacq. : : s c ore : : "nitudine Caulis subdichotomus. Flores parvi viridi-lutei. Variat magnitudin partium, simul ac latitudine foliorum ; Swartz. 95. EripENDRUM diffusum. Swartz. E. foliis oblongis, caule ancipiti, paniculà terminali ramosissimà, us lineari-lanceolatis petalisque setaceis erecto-patentibus striatis, labe cordato acuminato basi bicalloso. Epidendrum diffusum. Swartz Prodr. 121. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3.1503. Willd. no. 15. Hab. in arboribus Jamaice temperatioris; Swartz ; Mezico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis semipedalis, erectus, infernè aphyllus, supernè subflexuosus. Eun nicula szp? pedalis. Flores parvi sanguinei; Swartz. Descrip du optime Swartzii nihil addere velim, nisi sepala petalis latiora et striata, dum hzc tantum semel. 26. EripENpRUM geminiflorum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1.954. E. foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, pedunculis subbifloris, sepalis e latis acuminatis patulis margine revolutis, petalis conformibus p labello ovato cordato subcucullato, caule repente ramoso. Ux e t Hab. in montanis opacatis provinciæ Popayanensis, inter flumen Mayo € pagum la Crux, alt. 1040 hex. Humboldt. ji Caulis semipedalis. Pedunculi rard. triflori spathà oblongà obtusà po cari inclusa. Flores flavovirentes ; Kunth. 27. Errpenprum fimbriatum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1.351- E. foliis distichis linearibus obtusis rigidis, margine crenulatis, caule r*? moso, sepalis oblongis obtusis patentibus, petalis conformibus ve latioribus, labello ovato-subrotundo fimbriato, rachi racemi flexuos- : : in Hab. in Andibus Popayanensium, locis subapricis Parami Puracensis et! convalli fluminis El Vinagre, alt. 1370 hex. Humboldt. : Caules sex aut octopollicares. Flores albi. Labellum rubro-maculatw?; ex Kunthio. 28. Eripenprum umbellatum. Swartz. E. foliis distichis oblongis subundulatis obtusis, sepalis lineari-oblon£ obtusis petalisque linearibus patentibus, labello indiviso rotundato pando transverso basi bicalloso, floribus corymbosis. "ri Epidendrum umbellatum. Swartz Prodr.121. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 68. Willd. "^7 © Bot. Mag. 2030. Hort. Kew. 5. 218. Epidendrum difforme. Jacq. Amer. 223. t. 136. Epidendrum corymbosum, Fl. Peruv. Syst. 246 ? EPIDENDRE&. 103 Hab. in Jamaica; Swartz; in Martinica; Jacquin; in ins. St. Vincentii; Hooker; in Mexico; Pavon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker. et v. v. c.) Epiphyta, palmaris et ultra, nunc sesquipedalis. Flores virides. An- thera intra clinandrium abscondita. Ovarium cuniculatum. I retain the name of umbellatum, because it is now that which is gene- rally adopted, although that of Jacquin, difforme, has the right of priority. 29. EripENDRUM orchidiflorum. Salzman. E. foliis distichis lineari-oblongis obtusis, caule apice nudo vaginato, ra- cemo brevi terminali, floribus carnosis, sepalo supremo obovato latera- libus oblongis dimidiatis, petalis linearibus cuneatis, labello subrotundo basi unicalloso apice tridentato : dente intermedià minore. Hab. in fruticetis sabulosis Bahie ; Salzman. (hab. s. sp.) Folia unciam v. sesquiunciam longa, 3-4 lineas lata, carnosa, lucida. ws florifer pedalis. Ovarium cuniculatum. Flores magnitudine - fusci. 30. ErrpzxpRUM gramineum. E. foliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acutis striatis, racemo terminali pani- culato, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis linearibus, labello cordato acuto medio plicato basi calloso. Hab. in Peruvia ; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) I have only examined the unexpanded buds of this, but it is apparently à Species distinct from any mentioned in the Fl. Peruviana, unless it should the E. acuminatum of that work, 31. Eripenprum acuminatum. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 248. E. y foliis lanceolato- linearibus, racemo terminali, labello subhastato acu- minato basi utrinque auriculato.” Hab. in Huassahassi montibus Peruvie; Ruiz et Pavon. 32. EPIDENDRUM ferrugineum. Fil. Peruv. Syst. 245. ‘ec I ici E foliis oblongo-lanceolatis emarginatis, racemo simplici erecto, labello acuminato integro.” ab. in Chinchao montibus nemorosis Peruvie ; Ruiz et Pavon. = Erwwenprum lineare. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 249. «c Ee à : : foliis linearibus, racemo terminali subpaniculato, labello obcordato- cuneiformi basi utrinque dentato." Hab. ; : E : ‘ , ab. in nemoribus Chinchao, Muña, et Huassahuassi Peruvie ; Ruiz et avon, 3 4. Eringx pna ? flexuosum. Meyer Fl. Essequeb. p. 260. foliis distichis carnosis lanceolatis emarginatis, caule flexuoso, sepalis 5 Eeolatis, petalis rhomboideis, labello acuminato subquadrato margine ro qe in arboribus ad ripas rivi Arowabischkreek in Essequebo; Meyer. pu 2-3 pedalis, compressus, a vagina ad vaginam flexuosus. Folia "Pollicaria, Flores purpurei; ez Meyero. July, 1831, P 104 EPIDENDREE. b. Labello bilobo. 35. EpipENpRuM radicans. Pavon. Mss. E. foliis distichis cordatis ovatis obtusis, caule simplici apice aphyllo va- ginato, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis patentibus, labello bipartito laciniis subcuneatis deflexis fimbriatis basi bicalloso. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Facies E. elongati. Caulis radices longissimas albas simplices promens. 36. ErrpENpRUM cordatum. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 944. E. “ foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus, paniculà flexuos4, labelli bifidi laci- niis acuminatis recurvis." Hab. in Chinchao montibus nemorosis et runcationibus supra arbores et saxa; Ruiz et Pavon. 37. EripENDnuM volubile. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 247. E. “ foliis oblongo-obovatis, ramis volubilibus, labelli bifidi laciniis lan- ceolatis.” Hab. in Peruvie preruptis, ad Acobamba; Ruiz et Pavon. c. Labello trilobo ; lobis lateralibus integerrimis : intermedio indiviso t. tantum emarginato. 38. EPIDENDRUM fuscatum. Swartz. E. foliis distichis oblongis undulatis apice recurvis, sepalis oblongo-lan- ceolatis, petalis linearibus, labelli trilobi cordati lobis lateralibus jas datis: intermedio leviter emarginato disco calloso, spicà globosà recurv Epidendrum fuscatum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6.69. Smith Spicil. Bot. 21. t. 23. Willd: no. 23. Bot. Reg. t. 67. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2844. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 887. Epidendrum anceps. Jacq. Amer. 224.t.138. Amphiglottis lurida. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. l. c. Hab. in Jamaicá; Swartz; Martinicá; Jacquin. (v. v. c. et hab. s. c.) A E: : a -virides. Spica pedunculo foliis longiore squamoso insidens. Flores fusco viris Petala in icone Hookeriano lutea, secundum alios fuscoviridia ut sepal Dr. Hooker's figure represents the species in a monstrous state: and the labellum is made too entire: the 3 lobes are very distinctly separate in all the specimens that I have seen. 39. ErrpENDRUM ovalifolium. E. foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acutis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, pe talis linearibus, labelli trilobi cordati lobis lateralibus rotundatis mucro natis: intermedio lineari bilobo disco calloso basi bituberculato, racem? elongato. Hab. in Mezico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) E. fuscato valde affine; differt praecipue foliorum formå, labelli lobis late ralibus mucronulatis intermedio lineari bilobo, et racemis elongatis. 40. Epipenprum Henkeanum. Presl. Rel. Henk. 100. eee . : i : . is E. foliis distichis ovato-lanceolatis nervosis acutis, spicà paniculata, sept oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis in basin attenuatis, petalis spatulati$ labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis, medio minore obcordato. Hab. in montosis Peruvie ; Presl. Scapus pedalis. Sepala 10 lineas longa. Folia 10 lineas lata. EPIDENDRES. 105 41. Epmenprvm pallidiflorum. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2980. E. foliis distichis oblongis linearibus obtusis, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis obtusis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis subzequalibus rotundatis: inter- medii marginibus involutis, spicà corymbosá pedunculatà. Hab. in insula St. Vincentii; Guilding. Flores pallide ochroleuci concolores. 42, EripENDRUM lignosum. La Llave l. c. 2. 28. E. foliis distichis lineari-lanceolatis emarginatis, sepalis petalisque paten- fibus s... Tabelli 3-partiti laciniis lateralibus obtusis intermedia convexà integrà, florum fasciculis sparsis. Hab. supra arbores Mezici prope Vallisoletum ; Llave. Valde affinis E. anisato. Flores herbacei punctati; labellum striis pur- pureis ad basin; Llave. 43. EripENpRUM nocturnum. Linn. E. foliis distichis oblongis acutis, floribus subgeminis terminalibus, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis latera- libus ovatis integerrimis intermedio setaceo brevioribus. Epidendrum nocturnum. Zinn. Sp. Pl.1349. Jacq. Amer. 225. t. 139. Swartz Nov. Act. 6.69. Wilid. no. 20. Hab. in sylvis montosis Martinice ; Jacquin. Planta vix pedalis. Flores tripollicares, viridi-lutei, noctu odorem sua- vissimum exhalantes; Jacquin. 44. Epipenprum nutans. Swartz. E. foliis oblongis distichis undulatis obtusis, racemo nutante multifloro, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis obtusis paten- tibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus cordatis ovatis: intermedio trans- Vérso truncato apiculato basi bicalloso venis tribus elevatis. Epidendrum nutans. Swartz Prodr.121. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1.1499. Willd. no. 13. Hooker Exot. Bot. 1. t. 50 optime. Hab. in arboribus montium Jamaice occidentalis ; Swartz. (v. v. c.) Flores albo-virides vespere odorati. Ovarium cuniculatum. : 45. EPIDENDRUM longiflorum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1. 354. E. foliis oblongis obtusis striatis coriaceis, floribus paniculatis, sepalis petalisque lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis margine revolutis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus ovatis obliqué truncatis revolutis : inter- media lanceolatà acuminatà margine revolutà duplo longiore. Hab. in declivitate montis Puruguay, inter Andes Novo-Granatenses emi- cantis, juxta villam Aguacillas, alt. 1480 hex. Humboldt. - Caulis pendulus, Flores 4-5-pollicares, flavi; Kunth. 46. EPIDENDRUM cernuum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 353. E. foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, spicà cernud, sepalis lanceolatis wd kh Eine revolutis cuspidatis, petalis conformibus paulo longioribus, labe » trilobo margine reflexo: lobis lateralibus subrotundis intermedio trip majore ovato obtuso. o> ad arbores in crepidinibus Andium Popayanensium, intra villam La Fre et convallem Yanacatu alt. $80 hex. Humboldt. 106 EPIDENDRE.E. Caulis tripedalis et altior. Spica tripollicaris. Flores suavolentes flavo- virescentes. Kunth, 47. Epipenprvm gladiatum. E. foliis distichis gladiiformibus, racemis terminalibus fasciculatis corym- bosis recurvis, sepalis oblongis obtusis margine reflexis petalisque spa- tulatis patulis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus subquadratis rotundatis intermedio multó minore obcordato basi bituberculato. Hab. in Peruvia; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis pedalis, verosimiliter simplex, basi nudus, durus, pennam scriptoriam crassus, superne foliosus curvus. Racemi breves e vaginis pluribus erumpentes. Sepala 4 lineas longa. Folia 4 uncias longa, 3 lineas lata. 48. ErrpENpRUM conopseum. R. Br. E. foliis binis radicalibus rigidis coriaceis, scapis multifloris, sepalis line- aribus obtusis petalisque angustioribus spatulatis patentibus, labello obcordato obtuse trilobo. Epidendrum conopseum. R. Br. ín H. Kew. 5.219. Nutt. Gen. 2. 198. Epidendrum Magnolie. Muhl. Cat. 81. Hab. in Magnoliis Caroline et Georgie ; Nuttall, Baldwin. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Planta 4-uncialis v. mints. Flores lutei. 49. Eprpenprum scabrum. FI. Peruv. Syst. 248. E. * foliis ovato-lanceolatis marginibus vaginisque scabris, racemo ter- minali, labello cruciformi.” Hab. in Pillao et Muha montibus Peruvie ; Ruiz et Pavon. d. Labello trilobo ; lobis lateralibus laciniatis v. emarginatis : intermedio indiviso v. tantum emarginato. 50. EripENDRUx polyanthum. E. foliis distichis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis, caule ramoso, racemis plu- rimis multifloris cernuis basi spathaceis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutls striatis, petalis linearibus reflexis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus ovatis dimidiatis denticulatis: intermedio lineari retuso disco tricostato. Epidendrum polystachyum. Pavon. Mss. non H. B. K. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis pennam anserinam crassus, longus, ex axilla omni racemos m promens. Folia sex uncias longa, 1$ lata. Sepala dura (in sicco), use lignosis. Labelli laciniz laterales erect, intermediz margines incur’ 59. EPipENDRUM cinnabarinum. Salzmann. oe TIAM . . . . : e: E. foliis distichis oblongis carnosis acutis convexis subrecurvis, pe simplici apice aphyllo vaginato, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acu " subzqualibus patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis lac niatis intermedio lingueformi apice furcato zqualibus. Hab. in fruticetis sabulosis Bahie ; Salzmann. (hab. s. sp.) Facies E. elongati, sed flores triplo majores. 52. ErinENDRUM imatophyllum. E. foliis distichis ligulatis obtusis subemarginatis, caule simplici ap! EPIDENDRE.XE. 107 aphyllo vaginato, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis æqualibus patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus laciniatis patentibus: intermedio cuneato subundulato apiculato. Hab. in Guiana; Hooker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 53. ErrpENpRUM ibaguense. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 359. E. foliis distichis oblongis obtusis carnosis, caule simplici apice aphyllo, sepalis suboblongis acutis patentibus, petalis conformibus pauld mino- ribus, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio obcordato crenulato-fimbriato la- teralibus fimbriatis ovatis dimidiatis apice rotundatis. Hab. in locis temperatis regni Novo-Granatensis inter urbem Ibague et nobilissimum montem Tolimz, alt. 740 hex.; Humboldt. Flores aurantiaci > Kunth. 54. Eptpenprum elongatum. Jacq. E. foliis distichis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, caule apice longe aphyllo Squamoso, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-lanceolatis gqualibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus truncatis denticulatis: intermedio dupld majore cuneato apice dilatato emarginato denticulato basi calloso: callo carnoso concavo acuminato, racemo brevi oblongo. Epidendrum elongatum. Jacg. Ic. Rar.3.t. 604. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6.69. Willd. "0.24. Bot. Mag. t. 61]. Amphiglottis secunda, Salisb. Hort. Trans. l. c. Hab. ad Caraccas 3 Jacq. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) Flores pallida coccinei. Ovarium cuniculatum. Tubus inter labellum et columnam septo dividitur longitudinali ex apice ovarii orto sub stigmate desinente 55. EPIDENDRUM crassifolium. E. foliis distichis ovato-oblongis obtusis carnosis concavis, caule apice onge aphyllo Squamoso: squamis superioribus lineari-lanceolatis acu- "natis, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-oblongis aequalibué, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus dimidiatis denticulatis : intermedio cuneato ^piculato denticulato majore basi calloso: callo carnoso concavo ob- tuso, racemo brevi subcorymboso. FPidendrum ellipticum. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 1216. non Graham. ab. in insula St. Vincentii; Hooker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) This is known from E, ellipticum by the form of its leaves, by the lateral segments of the labellum being smaller than the middle one, by the upper Scales of the aphyllous stem being somewhat foliaceous with a long rigid Point, and if Mr. Loddiges's figure be correctly quoted, which I can “earcely doubt, by the lilac colour of its flowers. dis EribENpnUy ellipticum. Graham in Hook. Exot. Bot. t. 207. E, foliis distichis ellipticis obtusis concavis succulentis, caule apice long? 3phyllo Squamoso, sepalis petalisque patentibus lineari-lanceolatis "qualibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis laciniatis: inter- medio minore’ truncato apice denticulato basi calloso, racemo brevi corymboso, pe In. Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro; Graham, Forbes. (hab. s. sp.) Very near E. elongatum, from which it differs in its elliptical blunt suc- Pe leaves, small middle segment of the labellum and more corymbose ers, which are also paler. 108 EPIDENDREX. 57. Eripenprum secundum. Linn. E. foliis distichis oblongis emarginatis, caule apice long? aphyllo squa- moso, sepalis petalisque equalibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus emar- ginatis conniventibus intermedio subrotundo concavo emarginato ascen- dente paulo minoribus, racemo brevi secundo. Epidendrum secundum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1349. Jacq. Amer, 224. t.137. Willd. no. 22. Hab. in sylvis Martinice montosis ; Jacquin. Flores toti purpurei; ex Jacq. 58. Eripenprum dichotomum. Presl. Rel. Hank. 101. E. foliis distichis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis, caule apice aphyllo squamoso subdichotomo, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acutis reflexis, labelli tri- partiti laciniis fimbriatis : lateralibus rotundatis patentissimis intermedià majore obcordatà. Hab. in montosis al Huanoco Peruvie ; Presl. Scapus bipedalis. Folia 3 pollices longa. Flores flavescentes. Seems very near E. elongatum. e. Labello quadrilobo, nempé trilobo : lobo intermedio bipartito ; v. sexlobo. 59. EripENDRUM verrucosum. Swartz. E. foliis distichis lanceolatis oblique patentibus vaginis verrucosis, floribus subpaniculatis, sepalis oblongis concavis acutis petalisque lineari-lan- ceolatis patulis, labello 4-lobo laciniis linearibus obtusis divaricatis: anterioribus minoribus. vier verrucosum. Swarts Fl. Ind. Occ.3.1497. Willd.no.11. Lodd. Bot. Cak: t. 1084. Hab. in truncis arborum Jamaice ; Swartz. Caules simplices, erecti, 2-pedales v. suborgyales; sepala et petala pallid? viridia; labellum luteum; scapi radicales; Swartz. Panicula term" nalis; Loddiges. An due species hic confuse ? 60. ErrpENpRUM patens. Swartz. E. foliis distichis oblongo-lanceolatis, racemo terminali, sepalis petalisque subzqualibus oblongis acutis concavis patentibus, labelli quadrilob! lobis lateralibus subrotundis: anterioribus linearibus obtusis con® ventibus. Epidendrum patens. Swarts Fl. Ind. Occ.1.1495. Willd. no.10. Bot. Cab. t. 1537: Hab. in sylvis montium Jamaice ; Swartz. Caulis spithameus v. pedalis. Flores pallidi. Sepala extüs carinatà ferruginea. 61. EripENpRUM paniculatum. Fl. Peruv. Syst. p. 243. E. foliis distichis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, caule apice vaginis acu” minatissimis membranaceis vestito, paniculà confertà multiflora, sepalis oblongis venis extüs varicosis, petalis filiformibus, labelli quadrilob! laciniis posticis brevibus oblongis obtusis: anticis linearibus divaricatis disco callis tribus et tuberculis duobus. Hab. in Huayaquil ; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Species spectatissima. Panicula fer? pedalis floribus confertissimi* Bractez subulate, EPIDENDREZ. 109 62. EripENDAUM anisatum. La Llave l. c. 2. 27. E. foliis distichis elliptico-lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque patentibus linea- ribus obtusis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus obtusis intermedià profunde bilobà: lobis acutis. Hab. supra arbores Mezici prope Vallisoletum ; Llave. Planta pedalis. Flores luridi noctu odorem anisatum emittentes, szpius impunctati. Labellum lineis tribus purpureis ad insertionem ; Llave. 63. EripENDRUM floribundum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1.353. t.86. E. foliis lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis submembranaceis, panicula ter- minali, sepalis reflexis lanceolatis, petalis filiformibus, labelli quadrilobi basi bituberculati lobis lateralibus subrotundis, terminalibus linearibus divaricatis. Hab. in locis temperatis nemorosis provincie Bracamorensis inter Amazo- num flumen, pagum Puyaya et urbem Jaen, alt. 230 hex. Humboldt ; in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis pedalis. Panicula semipedalis. Sepala viridia. Petala et labellum alba. Variat foliis oblongis, lanceolato-oblongis et linearibus ; Kunth. 64. EripENDRUM raniferum. E. foliis distichis lanceolatis obtusis, racemis terminalibus lateralibusque divaricatis multifloris, sepalis ligulatis undulatis apice recurvis petalis- que linearibus cuneatis mucronulatis patentissimis, labelli sexlobi basi bicallosi laciniis integerrimis: posticis rotundatis—intermediis linea- ribus—anticis linearibus obtusis retrorsum falcatis. Hab. in Mexico; Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Caulis crassus, verosimiliter 2-3-pedalis. Folia 7 uncias longa, unam lata. Racemi semipedales. Sepala 10 lineas longa. This is in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium from Pavon under the names both of Ophrys tigrina, and Epidendrum racemosum ; as I have no means of ascertaining which of these names was intended to be applied by the latter Botanist, I have not hesitated, in this and in other cases, to reject both. 65. Eprpenprum coronatum. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 242. E. ae foliis ovato-lanceolatis, racemis dependentibus, labello trilobo: laci- niis bifidis intermedià minori." Hab. in Pozuzo supra arbores et saxa; Ruiz et Pavon. 66. Eripenprum cristatum. Fl. Peruv. Syst, 243. E. “ foliis lanceolatis, racemo dependente, labello tripartito : lacinià medià bifidà, lateralibus tripartitis.” Hab. supra arbores in nemoribus Pozuzo; Ruiz et Pavon. 67. Epipenprum viride. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 244. ua foliis lanceolatis acutis, racemo terminali, labii trilobi laciniis late- ralibus obcordatis, intermediA bifida.” Hab. in Peruvie nemoribus ad Pozuzo vicum supra arbores ; Ruiz et Pavon. 68. Epipenprum parviflorum. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 245. E. ** foliis lanceolato-linearibus, racemo brevi, labelli trilobi laciniis sub- rotundis: intermedià bipartità acuta. Hab. in Muña et Chaclla montibus Peruvie ; Ruiz et Pavon. 110 EPIDENDRE.E. § III. Foliis distichis; rachi alatd ancipiti: bracteis carinatis. 69. Erinenprum bifarium. Swartz. E. foliis distichis cordato-lanceolatis horizontalibus, spicà terminali flex- uosa, rachi ancipiti, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis convexis, petalis brevioribus setaceis, labelli dilatati trilobi lobis lateralibus subrotundis integris: intermedio bilobo. Epidendrum anceps. Swartz Prodr. 121. Epidendrum bifarium. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ.3.1509. Willd. no. 19. Hab. in montibus altis Jamaice australis, supra truncos arborum ; Swartz, (v. s. sp. in Herb. Smith.) Caulis 2-4-uncialis. Flores viridi-albi. Bractez subfalcate, carinat&, ovarii longitudine ; Swartz. 70. EripnENDRUM rigidum. Jacquin. E. foliis distichis ovato-oblongis obtusis, spice flexuose rachi ancipiti, sepalis coriaceis ovatis obtusis patentibus lateralibus majoribus, petalis linearibus membranaceis, labelli postici cordato-ovati obtusi palato calloso cuniculo inflato, bracteis foliaceis dolabriformibus carinatis ovarii longitudine. Epidendrum rigidum. Jacq. Amer. 292. 1.134. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1507. Willd. no. l. B. labello subrotundo. Hab. in sylvis montium Jamaice ; Swartz; Martinice; Jacquin ; St. Vin- centü ; Hooker; Hispaniole ; Mackenzie; B Mexico; Pavon. (hab. $. SP* comm. cel. Hooker et Mackenzie; exam. B in Herb. Lambert.) : Caules simplices, palmares, ancipites. Flores parvi, virides. B forte species diversa. 71. EprpenprvuM imbricatum. E. foliis distichis lineari-oblongis obtusis, caule ramoso, spicis ovato- oblongis imbricatis, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis zequalibus erectis, labello ovato acuto obsolete crenulato, bracteis carinatis obtusis. Hab. in Brazilia. (hab. s. sp. comm. amiciss. Prescott.) Ovarium alte cuniculatum. ** Species obscure, valde dubie, auctoribus descripte, sed systemate vix admittenda. Epidendrum vomeriforme (Swartz Prodr. 194. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1511. Willd. no. 25.) ; “ caulescens foliis bulbis innatis carnosis ovato-acuminatis CON- vexis canaliculatis subtus carinatis, scapis e sinu foliorum." — Jamaica; Swartz. Species minima. Flores ignoti. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Smith.) Epidendrum angustifolium (Swartz Prodr. 193. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1512. Willd. no. 26.) ; ** folio lineari bulbo innato, scapo paniculato." Jamaica; Swartz. Epidendrum ? turbinatum (La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 9. 41.); “ bulbis oblongo-turbinatis confertis membranis laceratis precinctis, scapo €x bulbis prodeunte, foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis bulbo adnatis. Mexico; La Llave. Epidendrum ? mayzifolium (La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.49.) ; * bulbis fu- siformibus pedalibus articulatis, foliis distichis ensiformibus trinerviis." Mexico; La Llave. N. B. Species reliquas Florz Peruvian: praetereo, E 3 Ü E EPIDENDREEE. FH L. DINEMA. Dinema. Orch. Sceletos, p. 6. Sepala et petala subzequalia, herbacea, patentia. Labellum majus, mem- branaceum, indivisum, unguiculatum, cum basi columne accretum. Columna nana, bicornis. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria caudiculis duobus replicatis adnata. Herba epiphyta, rhizomate re- pente annulato pseudobulbifero. Folia coriacea. Flores solitarii, ter- minales, pedunculo vaginato. This genus differs from Isochilus chiefly in its labellum being large, membranous and extremely different in appearance from the petals ; and in these last, and the sepals being spreading not connivent. It is distin- guished from Epidendrum by its short two horned labellum. 1. Dixgwa polybulbon. Epidendrum polybulbon. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1491. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 112. Hab. in Jamaica, Swartz; in Mexico, Pavon. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Pseudobulbi ovales, squamis ovatis obtusis vestiti. Folia bina, oblonga, obtusa, pedunculis qualia. Sepala et petala viridia, venis sanguineis. Labellum album. Columna sanguinea. LI. ENCYCLIA. Encyclia. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2831. Sepala et petala subzqualia, conniventia. Labellum (posticum) cucul. latum, columnam involvens, apice trilobum, basi callosum. Columna libera, semiteres, clavata, cum labello parallela. Anthera 4-locularis, septis marginatis. Pollinia 4, collateralia, caudiculis totidem revolutis. Herba epiphyta, pseudobulbosa, Epidendri facie, foliis coriaceis. Inflorescentia terminalis. This genus differs from Cattleya in its small half-closed flowers, the labellum of which is posterior with a great callus at its base, and also in its panicled flowers; otherwise it approaches it very nearly. From Epi- dendrum it cannot be distinguished either by its herbage, or inflorescence, and in its fructification is so similar to that genus that with the exception of its four celled anther, and cucullate labellum, it possesses no peculiar character. The posterior labellum is observed in many undoubted Epi- dendra, and in some species of the same genus the cohesion between the lip and the column is very slight. So slight indeed are the marks of dis- tinction between Encyclia and Epidendrum that Dr. Hooker's sécond species of the former (E. patens) unquestionably belongs to the latter genus ; see Epidendrum odoratissimum. l. Encycuia viridiflora. Hooker l. c. Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro ; Hooker. Pseudobulbi ovati vaginà scarioså tecti. Folia ensiformia, subrecurva, acuta, per paria nata. Panicula multiflora. Flores herbacei, versus basin purpurascentes. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, lateralia subfalcata. Labellum lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis, intermedio margine undulato. Aug. 1831. Q 112 EPIDENDREZ. LII. ISOCHILUS. Isochilus. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 209. Kunth Nov. Gen et Sp. Pl. 1.340. Sepala et petala subzequalia, libera, conniventia; illorum anterioribus nunc basi paululum dilatatis et invicem connatis. Labellum unguiculatum, indivisum, petalis sepius conforme, cum columna articulatum. Cona clavata, semiteres, bi-tricornis. Anthera 4-locularis. Pollinia 4, col lateralia, caudiculis ligulatis replicatis. Herbæ parve epiphyte, caule nunc tereti distiché folioso, nunc pseudobulboso apice tantum folioso. Flores parvi, albi v. purpurei. 1. IsocmiLvs lineare. R. Br. I. caule tereti, foliis distichis linearibus emarginatis, racemo cernuo ter- minali, labello lanceolato obtuso. Epidendrum lineare. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349. Jacq. Amer. 221. t. 131. f. 1. Cymbidium lineare. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6.72. Willd. no. 13. Isochilus linearis. R. Br. 4. c. Kunth Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1.340. Bot. Reg. 9. t, 745. Bot. Cab. t. 1341. Hab. in sylvis densis Martinice ; Jacquin. (v. v. c.) Flores purpurei. Labellum sanguineo maculatum. 2. Isocuirvs globosum, I. caule simplici subunifloro, foliis teretibus canaliculatis, labello ovato acuto concavo, petalis quam sepala minoribus. Epidendrum globosum, Jacq. Amer, 222, t.133.f.1. Swartz Prodr. 121. Cymbidium globosum. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1467, Willd. no, 17. ds Hab. in summis ramis arborum Jamaice interioris, Swartz; Martinice, Jacquin ; St. Vincentii, Hooker. (v. s. sp.) Flores minuti, rubicundi. Petala minora lutea. 3. IsocniLvs teretifolium. I. caule simplici folioso, foliis distichis teretiusculo-triquetris obtusis K nosis, flore solitario, labello striato apice triquetro incrassato, pet quam sepala dupld minoribus. Epidendrum teretifolium, Swartz Prodr. 121. Cymbidium teretifolium, Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1463. Willd. no. 15. Hab. in arboribus in montibus excelsis Jamaice australis; Swartz. Caulis pedalis. Flos luteo-viridis, terminalis in caule versus apicem nudo subcompresso. 4. IsocnuiLvs graminifolium, Kunth. I. caule ramoso folioso, foliis distichis linearibus acuminatis membranaceis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, labello obovato-oblongo obtuso basi an gustato, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis subequalibus. Isochilus graminifolius. Humb, Bonpl. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1.340. tab. 79 Synops. 1.329, Hab. in declivitate Andium Popayanensium, nemoribus opacissimis inhor- rescentium, juxta villam La Erre, ad radices Parami de Puruguay, alt. 1064 hexap. florens Novembri; Humboldt. Caules erecti-subpedales. Folia sesquipollicaria, vix duas lineas lata. Calyx albus, glaber. Capsula glabra; ex Kunthio. EPIDENDRE&. 113 5. Isocaiuus proliferum, R. Br. I. caule carnoso tereti subcylindraceo prolifero apice subdiphyllo, foliis linearibus emarginatis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis, labello lineari obcordato ungue calloso. Epidendrum proliferum. Swartz Prodr. 124. Cymbidium proliferum. Swartz Fl. Ind. Occ. 1451. Willd. no. 5. Isochilus prolifer. R. Br. in H. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 209. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 10. t. 825. Hab. supra truncos vetustos inter muscos in montibus altis Jamaice aus- tralis; Swartz. (v. v. c.) Flores albi e bracteis imbricatis nati. Labellum disco discolore. 6. Isocnizus fusiforme. I. caule ovato tereti carnoso basi angustato prolifero, foliis linearibus emarginatis mucronatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus nudis, labello ob- longo membranaceo apice dilatato triangulari. Hab. in Trinidad ; Lockhart. (v. v. c.) Facies I. proliferi quo differt internodiis fusiformibus, floribus majoribus solitariis ebracteatis magis patentibus, et labelli disco non discolore. Flores albi concolores. § Elleanthus; Presl. Genus fort? distinctum, sed, characteribus autoris nimis vagis, ab Isochilo nihil diversum nisi bracteis membranaceis floribus longioribus. a 7. IsocuiLvus ? linifolium. I. caule simplici folioso, foliis distichis linearibus apice tridentatis, spicà distichA terminali, floribus bracteis inclusis. Elleanthus linifolius. Presl. Relig. Henk. p. 97. Hab. in montanis Peruvie ad Huanoco; Presl. Caules semipedales, ancipites. Folia sesquipollicem longa, 1 lineam lata, glabra. Spica pollicaris breviorque. Bractee 5 lineas longa. Flores flavescentes, sesquilineam longi; Presl. 8. IsocuiLvs ? lancifolium. I. caule ancipiti vaginato apice triphyllo, foliis lanceolato-nervosis serru- latis plicato-nervosis apice tridentatis, spicà distichà terminali reflex4, floribus bracteis inclusis. Elleanthus lancifolius. Presl. Relig. Henk. 97. Hab. in Guayaquil ; Presl. Caulis pedalis. Folia 4 pollices longa, vix 5 lineas lata. Vagine tuber- culato-scabre. Bractez ovato-lanceolate, longè acuminate, floribus dupló longiores. Flores flavescentes ; Presl. LIII. PONERA. Sepala membranacea, lateralia pauld majora, basi in saccum connata. Petala multd angustiora. Labellum posticum, membranaceum ; ungue concavo cum basi producta sepalorum lateralium articulato, ascendente, laminá refractà lineari subsagittatà truncatà subemarginaté. Columna 114 EPIDENDRE.E. semiteres cum ovario continua. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, col- lateralia, caudiculis reflexis. Herba epiphyta, caule erecto, he. simplici, filiformi. Folia linearia subulata canaliculata secunda. cemi subbiflori terminales, Flores parvi. Bracteæ ovate acute. 1. Ponera juncifolia. Epidendrum graminifolium. Pavon, Mss. Hab. in Mezico ; , Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) : re ee ee : ‘ ex Caules palmares. Folia vaginis minutissim? verrucosis. Racemus axilla folii terminalis quadruplo quintuplové longioris. JO AE BRASSAVOLA. Brassavola. R. Brown in Hort. Kew, ed. 2. 5. 216. Sepala et petala subzqualia, libera, acuminata. Labellum cnc integrum, columnam involvens. Columna marginata, clavata, Per g infundibulari, clinandrio posticè tridentato. Pollinia 8, ip As quibusdam aliis parvis interjectis. Anthera 4-locularis, septis m? 5 natis, loculis semibipartitis. Herba: caulescentes, epiphyte, pit folium unicum v. alterum, semicylindraceum, carnosum, suprà sulca ke apice subulatum, gerentes. Flores terminales, magni, speciosi. 1, BnassavoLA cucullata. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 216. E B. labello cucullato fimbriato apice integro petalis sepalisque acuminatis- simis. Helleborine floribus albis cucullatis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 179. f. 1. Epidendrum cucullatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1350. Bot. Mag. 543. Cymbidium cucullatum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 73. Hab. in India Occidentali. Flores solitarii ochroleuci labello albo. 2. BnassavoLA tuberculata. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2878. B.labello oblongo cuspidato integerrimo, sepalis pedunculo ovarioque tuberculatis, dentibus clinandrii fimbriatis. Hab. in Brazilia ad Rio Janeiro ; Hooker, Forbes. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp-) Folia szpiüs tribus sulcis exarata. Sepala rubro-fusco maculata. Petala et labellum alba. Flores inodori. Dr. Hooker's figure in the Botanical Magazine is excellent, and pu larly well represents the rare circumstance of a few additional minute pol m masses being found with the usual ones. I formerly called this Brassavo trinervis, under which name it was distributed by the Horticultural Society: 3. BnassaAvoLA nodosa. B. labello cordato acuminato integerrimo, sepalis petalisque acuminatis brevibus, dentibus lateralibus clinandrii integris posticA bifida. Epidendrum curassavicum Orchidi affine. Herm. Parav. 187. t. 187. Viscum delphinii flore minns, &c. Sloane Jam. 1.251. t. 125. F i 28. Epidendrum nodosum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1350. Jacq. Amer. 226. t.140. Swartz Obs. 32 Cymbidium nodosum. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups.6.73. Willd. no. 24. Hab. in sylvis insule Baru, Jacquin, Jamaice ; Sloane. EPIDENDREZ. 115 Planta pedalis speciosa. Flores sessiles, magni, elegantes, de die fer? in- odori, noctu autem odore przditi fragrantissimo, vix ulli cedente, quid- dam habente Lilii albi, nectarium (labellum) gerunt niveum, et germen petalaque subflavescentia ; Jacquin. 4. BnassavoLa subulifolia. B. labello integro, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis, spicà pauciflorà, foliis longissimis subuliformibus. Hab. in insula Nevis; Tobin. (v. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) - Caules teretes, graciles, 4-5-unciales, cæspitosi, vaginis membranaceis cinereis arcte vestiti. Folia palmaria et ultrà, angustissima, acumina- tissima. Ovarium collo gracillimo longissimo. Flores foliis breviores. Cetera haud bene vidi. Species distinctissima, LV. LALIA. Sepala explanata, lanceolata, æqualia. Petala majora, pauld difformia, carnosa, explanata. Labellum posticum, 3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam convolutum. Columna aptera, carnosa, antice canaliculata. Anthera ......... Pollinia 8, caudiculis quatuor elasticis. Herbae epiphyta, rhizomate pseudobolbophoro. Folia carnosa. Scapi termi- nales, pauci v. multiflori. Flores speciosi, odorati. Character ex descriptione Llavei; genus videtur proprium, Cattleye proximum, labello postico et polliniis 8 diversum. Phajo differt labello postico ecalcarato, foliisque carnosis in pseudobulbos insidentibus. An congener Cattleyze Domingensis ? 1. Lauia grandiflora. L. foliis lanceolatis, scapo 1-2-floro v. dichotomo, pseudobulbis pyrifor- mibus. Bletia grandiflora. Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.17. Hab. supra truncos arborum in tota provincia Michuacana Mezici, florens Maio et Junio; Vernaculé Lirio, Flor di Corpus; Itzumaqua inter Mi- chuacanos ; Llave. Folia bina aut terna. Bractee membranacez, amplexicaules. Flos pur- purinus, spithameus, paululüm odoratus. Sepala lanceolata. Petala ovata, majora, carnosa, venosa, lateraliter emarginata. Labellum pur- pureo-violaceum, ad basin et medium albicans, profunde 3-partitum ; lacinià intermedià maximé, emarginatà, subcrenatà, limbo undulato purpurascente, prominentiis variis petaloideis lutescentibus sulcatà, punctis coloratis diversimode maculatà. Llave. 2. Læra autumnalis. L. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis carinatis arcuatis, scapo elongato multifloro, pseudobulbis turbinatis sulcatis. Bletia autumnalis. Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2. 19. Hab. in montibus Vallisoleto Mexici urbi vicinis, florens autumno. Ver- naculé Flor de los Santos; Llave. Pseudobulbi bipollicares. Folia bina aut tefna. Scapus tripedalis, pur- purascens, bracteis membranaceis cinctus. Flores fragrantissimi, duplo minores quam in precedente. Llave. An Cattleya Domingensis, cujus pollinia et folia ignota, huc referenda? 116 EPIDENDREZ. LVI. CATTLEYA. Cattleya. Lindl, Coll. Bot. tab. 33. Sepala membranacea v. carnosa, patentia, equalia. Petala sepiüs majora. Labellum cucullatum, columnam involvens, trilobum v. indivisum. Co- lumna clavata, elongata, semiteres, marginata, cum labello articulata. Anthera carnosa, 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. Pol- linia 4, caudiculis totidem replicatis. Herbe epiphyte, (Americanz) pseudobulbose. Folia solitaria v. bina coriacea. Flores terminales, speciosissimi, sep? e spatha magna erumpentes. This genus passes into Broughtonia through C. Domingensis. 1. Cartieya crispa. Lindl. C. sepalis lineari-obovato-lanceolatis acutis, petalis latioribus oblongo- lanceolatis undulatis crispis, labelli indivisi limbo ovato acuminato quam maxime undulato-crispato, pseudobulbis subcylindraceis angulatis, spa- tha magna foliaceà. Cattleya crispa. Bot. Reg. t. 1172. Hab. in Brazilia; (v. v. c.) Flores maximi albi puri, labelli disco tantum purpureo. 9. CarTLEYA labiata. Lindl. C. sepalis linearibus, petalis membranaceis lato-lanceolatis acutis subun- dulatis, labello obovato undulato obtuso indiviso, pseudobulbis oblongis angulatis, spathà maxima foliaceà. Cattleya labiata. Coll. Bot. tab. 33. Hooker Exot. Fl. 157. Hab. in Brazilia ; Swainson. (v. v. cult.) Flores maximi lilacini, disco labelli sanguineo. 3. CaTTLEYA Grahami. C. sepalis lanceolatis acutis, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis un- dulatis triplo latioribus membranaceis, libelli trilobi marginibus eden- tulis: lobo medio maximo plano subrotundo. Hab. in Mezico; Dom. Graham. (hab. florem singulum comm. cel. Grahamio.) Species spectatissima cujus flores tantum noti verosimiliter violacei, con- colores, magnitudine C. labiate. 4. CarrLEYA maxima. C. sepalis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, petalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis undulatis tripld latioribus membranaceis, labelli oblongi trilobi lobo medio oblongo undulato alt® emarginato. Hab. in Huayaquil ; Ruiz et Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Flores maximi, verosimiliter violacei, expansione 7 unciarum ab apice sepali posterioris ad emarginationem labelli. C. Grahami affinis: differt forma lobi medii corollz, nec non floribus fere duplo majoribus. Folium oblongum, angustum, carnosum, utrinque obtusum. 5. CaTTLEYA Loddigesii. Lindl. C. sepalis lineari-oblongis petalis oblongis obtusis membranaceis pauló angustioribus, labelli trilobi lobis denticulatis: intermedio transverso undulato, pseudobulbis angustis cylindraceis, spatha magná foliaceà. EPIDENDRE JE. 117 Epidendrum violaceum. — Zoddiges Bot. Cab. t. 337. Cattleya Loddigesii. Col. Bot. tab. 37. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. c.) Flores lilacini, labello pallidiore, apice albido, maculà nullà disci, per axia 5-striato. 6. CarTLEYA intermedia. Graham. C. sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis subaequalibus, labelli trilobi lobis denticulatis : intermedio cordato rotundato in disco macu- lato, pseudobulbis clavatis compressis, spathà herbaceà. Cattleya intermedia. Graham in Bot. Mag, t. 2851. Hab. in Brazilia ; Prof. Graham. Flores lilacini, labello pallidiore in disco sanguineo. Iadopt this species in deference to the opinion of Drs. Graham and Hooker, not having had an opportunity of seeing the plant myself. From the beautiful figure of the latter, it appears to differ from C. Loddigesii in nothing but having the middle lobe of the lip rounder, and the disk stained with purple. No dependence is to be placed upon the proportion between the length of the scape and the peduncle; that character being very much affected by the degree of vigour of the individual. 7. CarTLEYA Forbesii. Lindl. C. sepalis petalisque subundulatis lineari-lanceolatis subzequalibus, labelli trilobi lobo medio cordato subrotundo-ovato argute? dentato undulato apiculato : lateralibus minoribus rotundatis planis, pseudobulbis cylin- draceis cinereis vestitis, spathà cylindraceà membranaceà pedunculo breviore. Cattleya Forbesii. Coll. Bot. t. 37. in textu. Bot. Reg. t. 953. Hab. in Brazilia prope Sebastianopolim ; Forbes. (v. v. cult.) Sepala et petala viridi-lutea. Labellum album intüs luteum rubro veno- sum et punctatum ; per axin lineis duabus elevatis. 8. CarTLEYa citrina. C. floribus carnosis pendulis, sepalis ovatis, petalis angustioribus emar- ginatis crenulatis, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio undulato emarginato, pseudobulbis turbinatis. i “ Corticoatzontecoxochitl. Hernand. Mex. 1. p. 240.” Sobralia citrina. Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.21. Hab. supra arbores in montibus Vallisoleto, urbi Mezici, proximis, florens Maio et Aprili; vernaeulé Tatzingueni; Llave. Folia glaucescentia. Flores bini v. solitarii, citrini, odoratissimi, con- colores; labelli lobo medio venoso. 9. CarTLEYA elatior. C. sepalis petalisque oblongis equalibus acutis, labelli trilobi lobis latera- libus rotundatis: intermedio plano cuneato unguiculato apice bilobo, Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. cult.) Caules cæteris elatiores. Flores magnitudine C. Forbesii. Sepala luteo- rosea, Petala rosea. Labellum lobis lateralibus albis, intermedio roseo ; axis elevatus, carnosus, 7 striatus. 118 EPIDENDRE Æ. 10. CaTTLEYA guttata. Lindl. C. floribus carnosis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, petalis conformibus paulo latioribus undulatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis: intermedio cuneato obcordato disco tuberculato, foliis concavis, spathà obsoletà. Bot. Reg. fol. 1406. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. cult.) Flores pallide virides sanguineo guttati. Labelli lóbi laterales albi, in- termedius purpureus, lineis disci purpurei tuberculatis. C. elatiori affinis. 11. CarrrLEvA Domingensis. C. sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis petalis oblongis obtusiusculis triplà angustioribus, labello indiviso obovato obtuso plicato-crispo, scapo tereti squamoso apice racemoso multifloro basi bulboso. Hab. supra arbores in insula St. Domingo ; Mackenzie. (hab. s. spont. comm. cel. Mackenzie.) Folia ignota. Flores verosimiliter violacei, in genere minores, membra- nacei. Scapus bipedalis, teres. Facies Broughtonie sed character Cattleyz. . LVII. BROUGHTONIA. Broughtonia. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 217. Sepala angusta, patentia, lateralia basi obliqua, cum labelli basi connata et decurrentia. Petala latiora, Labellum indivisum, ascendens, basi column adnatum, in calcare lineari, mellifluo, ovario connato decurrens. Columna brevis, crassa, apice dilatata. Anthera 4-locularis, septorum marginibus membranaceis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis replicatis. Herba epiphyta, pseudobulbosa, foliis carnosis, scapo terminali multifloro. This genus differs essentially from Cattleya not only in its habit, but also in the presence of a spur adhering to the ovarium, and to the decur- rent front edge of the lateral sepals. It is true that the presence OF absence of such a spur is accounted of no importance in Epidendrum, but in that genus it is unattended by other characters either of structure or habit. ; Mr. Brown seems to be acquainted with other species of Broughtonia, but as I am in possession of no other than B. sanguinea I have not thought it advisable to retain his specific diagnosis. Tetramicra, which agrees with Broughtonia in its cuniculate ovarium, is I think essentially distinct. 1. Broveuronta sanguinea. R. Br. Viscum radice bulbosà minus, &c. Sloane Jam. 119. Hist. 1. 250. t. 121. f. 2. Satyrium parasiticum, &c. Brown Jam. 324. Epidendrum sanguineum. Swartz Prodr. 124. Dendrobium sanguineum. Swartz Fl. Ind. 0cc. 1529. Willd. no. 3. Broughtonia sanguinea. R. Br. /. c. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 793. Hab. non procul a litoribus Oceani Jamaicam alluentis, in arboribus ve- tustis Bombacis, Rhizophorz, Conocarpi, &c.; Swartz. (v. v. c.) Pseudobulbi aggregati, ovati, compressi, nitidi. Scapus terminalis pedalis et ultra, racemosus. Flores toti purpureo-sanguinei. Pollinia alba. Labellum subrotundum, cordatum, truncatum, margine erosum, basi luteum, venis purpureis pictum. EPIDENDREZE. 119 LVIII. TETRAMICRA. Sepala et petala lineari-oblonga, patentia, subzequalia. Labellum expla- natum, tripartitum, cum columna parallelum, lacinià intermedià sub- unguiculatà disco lineatà; calcare ovario connato. Columna alata, in labellum prona. Anthera 8-locularis, loculis 4 minoribus. Pollinia 8, quorum 4 minima, per caudiculas quatuor coherentia. Scapus lon- gus, teres, squamosus, apice racemosus. Folia brevia, linearia, carnosa, recurva. Spathoglotti et Bletiz valde affinis; priore differt labelli lobo medio basi non tuberculato, secundo labello tripartito explanato, ambobus foliis carnosis nec plicatis, et polliniis 4 subobsoletis. Broughtonia distin- guitur anther& 4-loculari, dissepimentis membranaceo-marginatis, pol- liniis 4, et collo ovarii valde elongato. 1. TETRAMICRA rigida. Cymbidium rigidum. Willd. no. 48. Helleborine foliis rigidis angustis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 181. f. 1. Hab. in Hispaniola; Dom. Mackenzie. (hab. s. sp.) Scapus gracilis, erectus, bipedalis. Folia 4-uncialia. Labelli lacinie la- terales oblonge rotundate ; intermedia angustior, spatulata, rotundata, lineata. LIX. SPATHOGLOTTIS. Spathoglottis. Blume Bijdr.400. tabellen 76. Sepala patentia, libera, equalia. Petala pauld latiora magisque membra- nacea, patentia v. conniventia. Labellum cum basi columne articula- tum, nunc saccatum, tripartitum, lacinià intermedià unguiculatà basi tuberculatà v. cristatà sæpiùs utrinque unidentatà. Columna alata v. petaloidea. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 8. Herb: Asiaticz, ter- restres, cormis subterraneis, foliis ensiformibus plicatis. Flores vero- similiter lutescentes. This genus is distinguished from Bletia by the middle segment of the deeply three parted lip being unguiculate with two tubercles or lamelle at its base, and by its two-celled anther. 1. SPATHOGLOTTIS plicata. Blume. S. racemo multifloro, bracteis petaloideis lanceolatis coloratis, sepalis ovatis acutis patentibus, petalis oblongis obtusis conniventibus, labelli laciniis lateralibus cuneato-oblongis truncatis: intermedia unguiculatà cuneata retus4 basi bituberculatà utrinque unidentatà. Spathoglottis plicata. Blume Bijdr. p. 401. tab. 76. Bletia angustata. Gaudich. Voy. p. 421. tab. 32. Hab. in locis sylvaticis insule Jave, Blume; in Penang, Wallich; in Luzonibus, Gaudichaud. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Folia plura, ensiformia, plicata. Scapus nunc bipedalis, multifloris, nunc sesquipedalis 2-florus. Labellum ad axillas tuberculorum pilosum. Sepala, petala, et bracteze post anthesin grandescunt. Columna elongata, semiteres, apice inflexa. Aug. 1831. (OR 120 EPIDENDRE. 9. Sparuociortis pubescens. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3744. S. foliis binis lineari-lanceolatis basi angustatis striatis scapo erecto lon- gioribus, racemo secundo, bracteis minutis acutis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis oblongis obtusis, labelli basi saccati laciniis lateralibus oblongis erectis : intermediA tricarinatA basi bituberculatà cuneatà parum longiore, pedunculis sepalis ovariisque pubescentibus. Hab. in Prome, monte Taong Dong et alpibus Sillet; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Tuber nucis avellane magnitudine, subdepressus. Folia bina, lineari- lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, scapo breviora. Scapus radicalis, as- cendens, pubescens, sesquipedalis, squamis paucis distantibus obtusis vaginatus. Racemus 2-8-florus, secundus. Flores sordid? lutei. La- bellum basi subviolaceum. 3. SrATRHOGLOTTIS ixioides. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3745. S. foliis binis lineari-lanceolatis basi angustatis scapi unibiflori longitudine, bracteis vaginantibus obtusis, sepalis ovatis acutis petalisque oblongis undulatis patentibus, labelli ventricosi saccati laciniis lateralibus erectis apice angustatis obtusis: intermedià minore cuneatà basi bidentatà ungue bilamellatà. Cymbidium ixioides. Don Prodr. Nep. 36. Hab. in Gossain Than; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Cormi pisi magnitudine. Scapus 3-4-uncialis. Flores diametro unciali. Columna petaloidea. Lamelle labelli utrinque pilose. 4. SPATHOoGLOTTIS? trivalvis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3742. Hab. ad Singapur; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. defloratum e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Species vix nota, huc ex autoritate cl. Wallichii relata. Flores ignoti racemosi. Capsula fabe equine magnitudine, 3-valvis, valvis oblongis intermediis nullis. Folia bina, linearia, obtusa, scapo subramoso erecto multà breviora. LX. BLETIA. Bletia. Fv. Peruv. Syst. 229. Gyas. Salisbury in Act. Hort. Soc. 1. 261. Sepala patentia, qualia, Petala nunc patentia, nunc conniventia, sepalis subeequalia. Labellum cucullatum, cum columna articulatum, nunc basi saccatum, trilobum, disco szpiüs lamellato v. tuberculato. Columna elongata, semiteres. Anthera carnosa, S-locularis. Pollinia 8, equali® caudiculis 4 pulvereis coherentia. Herbe subterrestres, foliis enst- formibus plicatis, scapis racemosis multifloris, floribus sæpiùs speciosis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1401. Phajo differt labello ecalcarato, cum labello articulato, sæpiùs trilobo, €t habitu peculiari; Spathoglotti accedit per Bletiam coccineam. 1. BrET1A catenulata. Fl. Per. B. sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalisque ovato-lanceolatis patentibus, la- belli cucullati lobis lateralibus rotundatis abbreviatis: intermedio su rotundo emarginato convexo unguiculato, foliis lanceolatis. Bletia. Fl. Perwv. Prodr. t.26. —— catenulata. FI, Perwv, Syst. p. 229. EPIDENDREX. 121 Hab. in montibus et runcationibus Pozuzo, et Chaclla, versus St. Domingo et Llamapahaui Peruvie tractus; Ruiz et Pavon. (adest in Herb. Lambert.) Characterem ad iconem Flore Peruviane et exemplar defoliatum innomi- natum in herbario Lambertiano confeci; an recte? Icon exemplari satis respondet, et exemplar diagnosi Flore Peruviane, 2. Brera florida. R. Br. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 206. B. sepalis ovali-lanceolatis obtusiusculis subpatentibus, petalis latioribus obtusis supra columnam fornicatis, labelli disco costis quinque rectis indivisis : lobis lateralibus rotundatis abbreviatis, intermedio cuneato crispo lamellis tribus undulatis apice abruptis, scapo simplici radicali, foliis ensiformibus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1401. Cymbidium floridum. Salisb. Prodr. 9. Gyas florida. Salisb. in Act. Soc. Hort. 1. 261. Bletia pallida. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 629. Hab. in Trinidad ; Loddiges. (v. v. c.) Flores pallide carnei. In the Botanical Register I have pointed out the differences between this and B. verecunda, and also explained my reasons for rejecting the sy- nonym of Redouté quoted by Mr. Brown, and for considering B. pallida as the real B. florida. 3. Buetia verecunda. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5.206. B. sepalis ovatis acutis subpatentibus, petalis oblongis obtusis supra co- lumnam fornicatis, labelli lobo medio latiore quam longo undulato : disci costis plurimis crispis nunc ramosis, scapo radicali ramoso, foliis ensiformibus. Helleborine radice arundinaceá, foliis plicatis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 189. Helleborine Americana, &c. Mart. Cent. t. 50. Mill. ic. 145. Limodorum altum. Linn. Syst. Veg. 680. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 3. t. 602. Swartz Obs. 323. , Bot. Mag.930. Limodorum verecundum, Salisb. Prodr. 9. Limodorum tuberosum. Jacq. Coll. 4. 108. Limodorum trifidum. Mich. Amer. 159. Cymbidium verecundum. Swartz Nov. Act. 6. 75. Willd. no. 43. Cymbidium altum. Willd. no. 44. Pers. Syn. 2.516. Limodorum purpureum. Redout. Lil. 83. Gyas verecunda. Salisb. in Act. Soc. Hort. 1. 261. Hab. in India Occidentali. (hab. s. c. et v. v. c.) Sepala purpurea extüs pallidiora. Petala purpurea. Labelli purpurei coste lutee nunc ramosz, nunc omnino simplices, margo pallidior. Pollinia vix cereacea, potius cereaceo-pulverea. The character of the ribs of the disk of the labellum being branched in this species, as stated by Mr. Brown in the Hortus Kewensis, is inconstant. With regard to the union of Cymbidium altum with Cymbidium vere- cundum ; the former was introduced by Willdenow upon the supposition that its labellum was destitute of ribs, and that the figure given by J. Burmann in his edition of Plumier was a faithful one at least in general character. It is however evident from Plumier's drawings, of which I have examined copies in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, that Burmann's figure is execrable, and that the plant discovered by Plumier is in no re- spect different from Cymbidium verecundum. , Another blunder has been committed by the same Burmann and co- pied without comment by others, which is of less importance, but rather 122 EPIDENDREZ. more curious, He makes Plumier call the ensiform leaves of this species lyrate! In the collection of Plumier there are two drawings, one of the natural size, the other reduced ; on one of them is written foliis licatis, an obvious clerical error for plicatis ; on the other foliis liratis, a further mis- take of the same nature. 4. Brera hyacinthina. R. Br. B. sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis patentibus, labello cucullato medio lamellato: laciniis crispis intermedià emarginatà, bracteis subpetaloideis, racemo simplici paucifloro terminali foliis ensiformibus equali v. parum longiore. Limodorum striatum. Thunb. Jap. 28. Ic. Pl. Jap. t. 9. Epidendrum striatum. Thunb. Act. Soc. Linn. 2.327. Cymbidium striatum. Swartz Nov. 44ct. 6.77. | Willd. no. 60. 3 Cymbidium hyacinthinum. Smith Exot. Bot. 1. t. 60. Bot. Mag. 1492. Gyas humilis. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. Bletia byacinthina. Brown. in Hort. Kew. 5. 206. Hab. in China, et Japonia; Thunb. (hab. s. cult. v. v. c. et s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) Scapus foliosus. Flores rosei, concolores. Bractez roseæ, margine vire- scentes. In the Hortus Kewensis the labellum is called imberbe ; it is however distinctly lamellate. There can be no doubt of Thunberg's synonym ; but his figure is very bad ; Japanese specimens in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium establish the fact beyond controversy. 5. Brera speciosa. Kunth. B. scapo radicali subunitloro, sepalis lanceolatis reticulatis patulis, petalis paulo majoribus oblongis obtusis crenulatis, labelli trilobi lobo medio subrotundo-ovato obtuso crenulato, foliis lineari-oblongis, pseudobulbis oblongis. Bletia speciosa. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1.342. Synopsis 1.330. Hab. in locis calidis regni Mericani juxta littus Oceani Pacifici inter portum Acapulci et Playas de Coyuca, florens Februario ; Humboldt. Herba p:rasitica. Folia striata, tripollicaria, dimidium pollicem lata, va- ginantia. Scapus sexpollicaris, glaber. Calyx-violaceus? glaberrimus; sepala subtripollicaria ; labelli lobus medius sesquipollicaris ; er Kunthio. 6. BLeria campanulata. Llave. B. sepalis petalisque lanceolatis subzequalibus campanulatis, labelli laciniis lateralibus convolutis: intermedia planà appendicibus petaloideis long! tudinaliter sulcatà ; limbo undulato, foliis ensiformibus. ** Tzacucochitl, sev florida Tzautli. Hernandez Mexic. v. 1. p. 238. ed Madrit.” Bletia campanulata, Llave Nov. Veg. Desc. 2. 17. Hab. prope Vallisoletum urbem Merici, versus Irapeum et Acuitzium, florens Augusto; Llave. Planta pedalis, gracillima. Flores purpureo-violacei; petala albicantia ; . labellum albo-violaceum ; ex Llave. 7. Bueria coccinea. Llave. B. sepalis petalisque subaequalibus, labelli tripartiti ‘laciniis sz snes convolutis: intermedi pendulà profunde emarginata 5 gm tribu petaloideis, foliis binis ensiformibus scapo tereti brevioribus. EPIDENDREZ. 123 “ Tonaloxochitl, sive Tzacuxochitl altera. Hernand. Mexic. v. 1. p. 239. ed. Madrit.” Bletia coccinea. Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2. 16. Hab. rarissim? juxta Ttzitzium, prope Vallisoletum, urbem Mezici, supra radices arborum, florens Augusto; Llave. (adest in Herb. Lambertiano.) Bractee breves acuminate. Flores dilute coccinei, velutini; ex Llave. . Obs. Costz disci labelli ad basin lobi intermedii abrupte prominent; hinc Spathoglottis faciem quodammodo induit. 8. Brera punctata. Llave. B. sepalis petalisque subzqualibus cuneiformibus, labelli trilobi lacinià intermedià latiore: limbo undulato, foliis lato-lanceolatis scapo bre- vioribus. Bletia punctata. L/ave Nov. Veg. Descr. 2. 15. Hab. supra arborum radices, in montibus Trapei, Mezici, florens a Junio ad Augustum ; Llave. Sepala et petala ferrugineo-virescentia, punctis purpureis variegata. La- bellum luteum eodem modo punctatum. Columna lineis rubris macu- lata. Scapus tripedalis, ferrugineus, punctis rubris maculatus ; ex Llave. 9. Bueria capitata. R. Br. B. * labello prope basin intus callo adnato, caule folioso, floribus capitatis." R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5.906. Hab. in India Occidentali ; R. Brown. 10. Brera obcordata. B. caulescens, sepalis petalisque linearibus equalibus obtusis, labelli tri- lobi patuli lobis lateralibus abbreviatis rotundatis : intermedio obcor- dato, scapo laterali multifloro racemoso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- minatis. Hab. in Sillet; Wallich. (v. ic. pict.) Caulis erectus pedalis. Folia 6 uncias longa, sesquiunciam lata, subquin- quenervia. Seapus foliis demissior, pedalis, basi squamis quibusdam laxis obtusis vaginatus. Flores parvi, longipedunculati, ochracei, pedicellis capillaribus. Labellum rubro leviter venosum. 11. Brera tuberculosa. Spreng. Syst. 3. 744. B. sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis patentibus, labelli cucullati ventricosi apice trilobi laciniis crispis: intermedià majore transversà emarginatà basi trituberculatà, foliis .... ..... Limodorum tuberculosum. Thouars tab. 31. Hab. in Madagascar ; Thouars. Flores purpureo-lutei ; Thouars. 12. Brera villosa, Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 42. B. sepalis petalisque angustioribus ovato-lanceolatis acutis patentibus, la ello integerrimo subcordato undulato acuminato medio villoso, foliis ellipticis acutis. Limodorum villosum. Thouars tab. 32. Hab. in Mauritio ; Thouars. 124 EPIDENDRES. Flores purpurascentes; labellum concavum, non cucullatum ; columna libera. An omnino congener, cum differt labello integerrimo non cu- cullato ? 13. Brera aphylla. Nuttall Genera 2.194. B. aphylla, labello trifido costato, scapo racemoso squamoso. Hab. in Carolina, et Florida; Nuttall. Species singularis Nuttallio tantum descripta, qui characterem fer? nullum peculiarem demonstravit, nisi foliorum absentiam. 14. Breria latifolia. Gaudich. Voyage p. 421. B. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis striato-multinerviis (9-15) membranaceis planis scapum subzequantibus, scapo elongato simplici erecto multifloro.' Gaudich. Hab. in insulis Moluccis (Rawak) ad terram ; Gaudichaud. An potius Spathoglottis ? Neta. Adsunt preterea in Systemate Flore Peruviane et Chilensis species quatuor, imperitissim? notate, quarum due auctoribus illius operis tantum ex iconibus Tafalle iunotuére. Has omnes pretermitto, prout mera scientie enigmata. LXI. IPSEA. Sepala pubescentia, explanata, equalia, lateralibus basi obliquis cum pede columnz connatis saccum mentientibus. Petala subzqualia. Labellum concavum, trilobum, lamellatum, columná parallelum, sed nullo modo convolutum, ungue brevi saccato cum basi producta columns arti- culato. Columna elongata, semiteres, subclavata. Anthera membra- nacea, bilocularis, tuberculis duobus carnosis intus ad basin. Pollinia 8, quorum 4 minora, caudiculis pulvereis colligata. Herba terrestris, radice carnosà subbilobà, lateralibus fibrosis. Folia serotina, ensiformia, mea Scapus simplex, vaginatus. Flos solitarius, speciosus, ter- minalis, Genus notatu dignissimum ob radices carnosas bilobas Orchidis cujusdam ad instar, charactere insolito inter Orchideas polline cereaceo donatas, et inter Epidendreas plan? ignoto, nisi fort? in Apaturia cujus radices nondum vise sunt. Ab hoc genere, przter habitum, differt sepalis explanatis, lateralibus basi obliquis cum pede columns connatis. Bletia distin- guitur labello convoluto, anthera 2-nec 8-loculari, nec non sepalis late- ralibus equilateris. 1. IpsEa speciosa. Hab. in montibus Zeylone, in apricis, rarissime, florens Novembri ; Ma- crae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Radix media nucis castanee magnitudine, succulenta, inequaliter biloba, gemma solitarià in summo; laterales fibrose, succulente, Orchidis cujusdam ad instar. Folia bina, basi vaginata, anguste ensiformia, palmaria. Scapus pedalis v. sesquipedalis, purpureus, pubescens, va- ginis quibusdam apice sub-foliaceis tomentosis. Flores sæpiùs solitarii, EPIDENDREE. 195 nunc gemini, speciosi, lutei, unicolores, odoratissimi. Sepala pube- scentia, fer duas uncias longa, oblonga, lateralibus basi obliquis cum basi columns producta connatis. Petala pauló angustiora, obtusa. Labelli lacinia media oblonga, obtusa, lamellis 5 distantibus, laterales late, acute. Ovarium et columna pubescentes. Anthera villosa. LXII. ARUNDINA. Arundina, Blume Bijdr. p. A01. tabellen 73. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, qualia, basibus paululium connatis, patula. La- bellum circa columnam convolutum, cum ea non articulatum, trilobum v.integrum, medio cristatum v.lineis quibusdam elevatis. Columna recta, cum labello parallela, semiteres, clavata. Anthera 4-locularis. Pollinia 8, æqualia. Herbe caulescentes, terrestres, foliis distichis ensiformibus plicatis. Flores purpurei, speciosi. Phajo differt precipue labello ecalcarato omninó libero, antherà 4-loculari, columnà basi non product, et foliis distichis. l. AnvNDiNA bambusifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3751. A. labello intus lamellis duabus carnosis undulatis cristatis et alterà rectà intermedià breviore: lobis lateralibus abbreviatis integris subobsoletis, intermedio bilobo laciniis divaricatis crispis, petalis lanceolatis, foliis acuminatis. Cymbidium bambusifolium. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 63. Bletia graminifolia. Don. Prodr. Fl. Nep. 29. i in Napalia, Sillet, et Chittagong, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- ndico.) Caulis verosimiliter 2-3-pedalis Bambusze facie. Folia ensiformia, acumi-^ nata, patentia, pedem longa, 6 lineas lata. Racemus multiflorus, foliis longior, subramosus. Bractee ovate, acute, cucullate. Flores speciosi. Labellum unciam et dimidiam longum. 2. ARUNDINA minor. A. labello intus lineis 3-5-elevatis integro apice obtuso undulato, petalis sepalis parum latioribus, foliis apice abrupt? acutis. Hab. ad ripas fluvii Mahawelli Ganga in Zeylona, Macrae. (Aab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Herba terrestris, pedalis, caule simplici, stricto, basi in cormum dilatato. Folia 3 uncias longa, 22 lineas lata, apice triangularia acuta. Racemus pauciflorus foliis elatior. Bractex ovate, acute, cucullate. Petala et sepala lanceolata rosea. Labellum luteum, liberum, circa columnam con- volutum, apice roseum. 3. AnuNDiNA Chinensis. Blume Bijdr. p. 402. A. “ labello intus lineis 5 nudis cristato, limbi lobo medio rotundato." Blume. Hab. in Java, forté e China introducta, Blume ; prope Macao, Rev. G. H. Vachell. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Henslow.) Folia strictissima, acuta, superiora 7 uncias longa 3 lineas lata. Racemus terminalis, folia vix excedens, subsexflorus. Bracteæ rigide, ovate, cucullate. Flores circa 15 lineas a basi ad apicem longi, speciosi. 126 EPIDENDRE X. Sepala lineari-oblonga, obtusa. Petala duplo latiora, et paulo longiora, oblonga, utrinque angustata. Labellum magnum, ventricosum, lobis lateralibus maximis rotundatis undulatis intermedio rotundato bipartito. Talia video in exemplare Chinensi. An species Blumii omnind eadem? I have some doubt whether the Chinese species now described is the same as Blume's Arundina Chinensis. Of the peculiarities comprehended in his very brief diagnosis, one, the nature of the lines upon the disk of the labellum, cannot be ascertained in my specimens, and the other, the rounded form of the middle lobe of the limb, although in accordance with that of the plant before me, nevertheless not being connected with a refe- rence to the bipartite state of the same part, can by no means be said to be exactly recognized. Iam however unwilling to create a new species out of materials so imperfect as mine. 4. ARUNDINA speciosa. Blume Bijdr. p. 401. t. 73. . A. labello intus lineis 3 barbatis cristato, lobis integris subundulatis apice angustatis, intermedio multó longiore: ungue lato plicato, limbo latiore quam longo rotundato emarginato undulato, petalis lanceolatis. Hab. in lapidosis provinciarum Buitenzorg, Tjanjor, Krawang, &c. insule Jave, Blume. LXIII. PHAJUS. Phajus. Loureir. Fl. Cochinch.2.529. ^ Pachyne. Salisb. in Act. Soc. Hort. 1. 261. Sepala et petala subzqualia, patentia, libera. Labellum spits cucullatum, cum basi columne adnatum, calcaratum, integrum v. trilobum, sæpiùs suprà carinatum lamellosum v. cristatum. Columna erecta, cum ovario continua, semiteres, marginata, elongata. Anthera 8-locularis. Pollinia 8, subæqualia. Herbæ terrestres, (Asiaticæ) caulescentes v. acaules, foliis latis plicatis. Scapi radicales. Flores speciosi. From Bletia this genus is distinguished by the labellum being constantly connate with the base of the column and spurred, while in Bletia the la- bellum is constantly articulated with the column and never spurred. l. Passus grandifolius. Loureiro. P. acaulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, sepalis petalisque oblongo- lanceolatis intùs discoloribus, labello oblongo cucullato integro crispo apice emarginato, calcare arcuato emarginato. Phajus grandifolius. our. Fl. Cochinch. Limodorum Tankervilliz. Hort. Kew. ed.1.3.¢.12. Willd. no. l. Limodorum Incarvillei. Pers. Syn. 2.520. Pachyne spectabilis. Salish. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. ` Bletia Tankervilliæ. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 207. Bot. Mag. 1924. Illustrations of Orchideous plants, passim. Hab. in China. (v. v. c.) Flores albi intüs fusci. Labellum album intüs aureo rubroque varium, supra bicarinatum. 2. Puasus Wallichii. P. acaulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, sepalis petalisque Janceolatis labelloque cucullato crispo integro acuminatissimis, calcare arcuato emarginata, bracteis acuminatis. Lindl, in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. vol. 2. p. 46. tab. 158. EPIDENDREJE. 127 Phaius grandifolius. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3747 nec Lour. Hab. in Sillet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Facies omnind P. grandifolii cum quo malè confudi. Sepala extüs nivea intüs fusca. Petala intüs fusca, extüs mints nivea. Labellum album, intüs pallido flavo et rubore paululüm suffusum. In Dr. Wallich's Catalogue I committed what I now believe to have been an error, in referring this to the Phaius grandifolius of Loureiro. In general appearance it bears much resemblance to it, but upon more full consideration I have come to the conclusion that the Sillet plant is to be distinguished by its very acuminate bractez, sepals and petals, and also by the labellum not only having a point gradually tapering into a long point, as in Brassavola nodosa, but being also destitute of the rich yellow and red marking of the Chinese species, 3. Passus Blumei. P. “ sepalis acuminatissimis, labello intüs bicristato, limbo semitrilobo, lobo medio maximo undulato, gynostemio subnudo." Blume Bijdr, p. 374 sub Limodoro Incarvillei. Hab. ........ Cultus in hortis Jave ; Blume. The above diagnosis applied by Dr. Blume to his Limodorum Incarvillei is so entirely at variance with Phaius grandifolius and with all others here described that I cannot doubt its belonging to a distinct species. 4. Puasus veratrifolius. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3746. EF. caulescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutiusculis, labello obovato-oblongo crispo integro re- pando apice emarginato, calcare recto conico obtuso. Dendrobium veratrifolium. Roxb, Hort. Beng. p. 63. Hab. in Sillet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Pseudobulbi oblongi, nigro-virides. Caulis bipedalis. Folia immaculata, Scapus caule brevior. Bracteze obovato-lanceolate. Sepala et petala pallide flava. Labellum luteum, non cucullatum, lobis lateralibus ob- soletis ab intermedio parvo emarginato vix distinguendis ; ergo integrum repandum dicitur.—Obs. Descriptio et diagnosis ab icone Wallichiano, cum exemplaria nimis sint imperfecta ad partes rité distinguendas. This must not be confounded with Limodorum veratrifolium of Rox- burgh, which is the type of the genus Calanthe. 5. Paasus maculatus, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3748. P. caulescens, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis maculatis, sepalis petalis- que oblongis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis apice plicato-crenatis : latera- libus rotundatis intermedio ovato obtuso multd minoribus, calcare recto oblongo obtuso. - rm flava, Wall. in Bibl. Anglo-Indica ic. 1147. etia Woodfordii. Hooker. Hot. Ma g. t. 2719. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich; nec in insula Trinitatis. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico et v. ic. pict.) Caulis bipedalis. Pseudobulbi ovato-oblongi, Scapus radicalis, foliis duplà brevior 10-12-florus. Bractez obovate. Flores flavi. Labellum = apices loborum fusco-purpureo marginatum et maculosum. Columna pilosa, Aug. 1821 ^ 128 EPIDENDRE X. There must have been some mistake on the part of Mr. Aiton, when he communicated this fine plant to Dr. Hooker as a native of Trinidad. The Nipalese specimens in Dr. Wallich's possession are indeed imperfect, but I have been permitted to examine a drawing in the possession of the East India Company, which supplies all deficiencies in the specimens, and which agrees entirely with the figure in the Botanical Magazine. I could not adopt Dr. Hooker's name without perpetuating an error, and that of Dr. Wallich is preoccupied by Dr. Blume; this will I trust be considered a satisfactory explanation of a new specific name having been applied. 6. Puasvs bicolor. P. acaulis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, sepalis petalisque (angustioribus) lanceolatis acuminatis, labello cucullato ventricoso integro limbo obtuso cuspidato undulato, axi versus basin lamellis duabus planis, calcare cy- lindraceo arcuato apice emarginato ovarii longitudine. Hab. in pascuis siccis ad latera collium Zeylone, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v- ic. pict.) Scapus foliis elatior. Sepala et petala lutea. Labellum roseum calcare luteo. 7. Puasus albus. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3749. P. caulescens, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis subtus glaucis, sepalis pe- talisque oblongo-lanceolatis acutis subzequalibus, labello oblongo cucul- lato denticulato apice rotundato: disco 5-cristato, calcare rectiusculo emarginato. Lindl. in Wallich. Plant. As. Rar. vol. 2. t. 198. Hab. in Napalia, et montibus Sillet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico et v. ic. pict.) Epiphytus. Caulis subbipedalis, foliis inferioribus minoribus, infernis squamæformibus. Racemus terminalis, 3-4- florus, foliis brevior. Bractee magne, herbaceæ, oblongo-lanceolatæ, concave, fere floribus æquales. Flores albi, speciosi. Labellum fere 2 uncias et dimidiam longum, disco luteo, venis roseis, 8. Pna:vs callosus. P. sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusiusculis subundulatis, labello cucullato trilobo plicato margine crispo: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio bilobo brevioribus, apice bicalloso axi elevato carnoso, calcare recurvo obtuso emarginato, columnà nudiusculà. Limodorum callosum. Blume Bijdr. 374. tab. 61. Hab. in montosis Jave, florens fer? per totum annum; Blume. 9. Puasvs flavus. P. “ subcaulescens, sepalis obtusis, labello semitrilobo intüs tricristato : lobo medio cristato, gynostemio villosiusculo.” Blume sub Limodoro- Limodorum flavum. Blume Bijdr. 375. Hab. in sylvis elatis montis ignivomi Gede insulà Jave; Blume. LXIV. CYTHERIS. Sepala patentia, subzequalia: lateralibus basi calcari adnatis; supremo cum petalis latioribus membranaceis parallelo, recurvo. Labellum posticum EPIDENDREE. 129 calcaratum, planum, trilobum, disco cristato. Columna brevis, alata, clavata. Anthera membranacea, bilocularis. Pollinia S, zequalia. Herba Indica terrestris, foliis planis petiolatis plicatis. Scapus termi- nalis. Flores minores. 1. CvrnuEnis cordifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3750. Hab. in montes Sillet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) Herba spithamza, caule tenui, vaginis laxis membranaceis vestito. Folia cordata, oblonga, acuminata, 5-plicata, longè petiolata. Bractez li- neares, acute. Calcar breve, clavatum, obtusissimum. . Labellum ob. longum, basi angustatum, lobis lateralibus intermedio ........ multd minoribus integris, medio lineis tribus approximatis elevatis subundu- latis, apice liberis. LXV. CALLOSTYLIS. Callostylis. Blume Bijdr. 340. tabellen 74. Sepala erecto-patentia, lateralibus subtus connatis. Petala pauló angus- tiora. Labellum parvum, integrum, disco callosum, patens, irritabile, cum basi calloso incurvo column: articulatum. Columna incurva, clavata, libera. Anthera 2-locularis, loculis 4-lócellatis. Pollinia 8, compressiuscula, caudiculis elasticis connata. Herba epiphyta, cau- lescens. Caules radiciformes, pseudobolbophori. Folia rigida, lanceo- lata, obliqué retusa. Scapi terminales, spicato-multiflori. Character ex Blume. - 1. CarrosTYLis rigida. Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis altioribus montium Salak, Gede, Pantjar, Burangrang, in- sule Jave ; Blume. LXVI. ANIA. Sepala et petala lineari-lanceolata, aequalia, conniventia. Labellum cum basi columne (nunc producta) in calcar v. saccum connatum, trilobum, planum, medio lamellatum. Columna alata, elongata, erecta. Anthera 6-8-locularis. Pollinia 8, quorum 4 in specie altera minora. Herbae (habitu Eulophiz) epiphytæ, rhizomate repente. Folia plicata, mem- branacea, solitaria. Scapi multiflori. Of the two species, of which this genus at present consists, one has the labellum completely calcarate, with no elongation of the base of. the co- lumn; the other has it attached in a slight degree only to the elongated base, with which it forms a little sac; the latter has the pollen masses of equal size, and eight cavities in the anther for their reception ; the former has two pair of the pollen masses much less than the others, and only 6 cells in the anther, of which four are for the four larger masses, and two for the two smaller pairs. In this respect Ania approaches Ceratium which is however very different in other respects. 1. Ania angustifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3740. A. folio lanceolato petiolato scapi longitudine, labello calcarato apice tri- 130 EPIDENDRE. lobo lobis lateralibus dentiformibus intermedio rhomboideo majore, lamellis disci tribus mediis continuis duabus lateralibus interruptis. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Pollinia 4 minora. Calcar breve, obtusum. Anthera 6-locularis. Scapus sesquipedalis. Petala cylindrum fere formantia. 2. Anta latifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3741. 7 A. folio oblongo plicato scapo breviore, labello unguiculato cum basi producta columnæ in saccum connato trilobo : lobis lateralibus obtusis intermedio subrotundo-ovato acuto brevioribus, lamellis unguis tribus truncatis infra sinus loborum desinentibus lobi medii quinque denticu- latis : lateralibus brevioribus. Hab. in montibus Sillet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) Scapus bipedalis. Pollinia æqualia. Anthera 8-locularis. Petala sub- patentia. ; LXVII. CERATIUM. Ceratium. Blume Bijdr. 341. tabellen 46. Sepala subringentia, lateralibus ungui columnæ obliquè insertis, erecto- patentibus. Petala breviora erecto-conniventia. Labellum concavum, intüs cristatum, cum ungue columnæ articulatum, adscendens : limbo semitrilobo, undulato, fornicato. Anthera 4-locularis. Pollinia 8, quo- rum 4 obsoleta, caudiculis elasticis colligata. Capsula siliquæformis. Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caules simplices. Folia sessilia, lanceolata, coriacea. Spice oppositifoliæ, solitariæ. Flores bracteati. Character ex Blume. 1. CERATIUM compressum. Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis primævis montium Gede et Salak insule Jave ; Blume. LXVIII. APATURIA. Sepala patula, pubescentia, lateralibus nunc majoribus basi obliquis. Petala angustiora, patentia. Labellum unguiculatum, cum basi magis minusve producta columnæ articulatum, basi ventricosum, carnosum, apice tri- lobum, disco cristato. Columna teres, clavata, arcuata, clinandrio alato. Anthera 4-8-locularis. Pollinia 8. Herbæ terrestres, aphyllæ. Scapi vaginis scariosis filamentosis vestiti, Bracteæ membranaceæ. Flores racemosi, penduli, pubescentes. Trichotosiæ proxima, habitu diversissimo et labello basi inflato distincta. l. ApaTuRIA senilis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3739. A. petalis lineari-oblongis: venis tribus distantibus, labelli lobis laterali- bus subfalcatis, intermedio ovato undulato paulo longiore: lineis tribus glandulosis quarum laterales majores elevate ad apicem labelli secus marginem excurrunt. Hab. in montibus Sillet, Wallich; in Uligapur et Kalegung, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Indico.) EPIDENDRE X. IO Scapus pedalis. Bractee lanceolate. Sepala 5 lineas longa, ovato-ob- longa, obtusa. This resembles A. Smithiana in appearance so much as to be likely to be confounded with it. To the above characters which will I hope dis- tinguish it, may be added the much less crowded racemes and larger flowers. 9. APATURIA Smithiana, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3737. A. petalis spatulatis unguiculatis in medio 3-veniis, labelli lobis lateralibus obtusis, intermedio subrotundo emarginato : lineis quinque elevatis un- dulatis in medio lobi medii clavatim desinentibus. Hab. ad Kudjurea-ghaut, in regno Oude, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo "Anglo- Indico.) Scapus sesquipedalis. Racemus multiflorus. Bractee subulate longis- sima. Sepala 4 uncias longa, ovata, acuta, subzequalia. 3. APATURIA Chinensis, A petalis lineari-oblongis univeniis, labello trilobo : lobis obtusis æqua- libus intermedio apiculato, lineis disci 5 equalibus crispatulis intra apicem tantum lobi medii desinentibus. Hab. in China prope Macao, Reverendus Dominus G. H. Vachel. (hab. s. sp. commun. cel. Henslow.) Scapus pedalis. Sepala semunciam longa, ovata, acuta, patula. Petala longiora, patentissima. Pollen ignotum. 4. Aparuria montana. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 3738. A. petalis linearibus univeniis, labelli lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio Ovato concavo ciliato brevioribus, lineis 5 disci cristatis undulatis. Hab. in summo monte Nuera Ellia, Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Apicem scapi tantum vidi. Sepala semunciam longa; lateralia dupld latiora, Labellum magis ventricosum et columna magis basi productum quam in ceteris. Pollen ignotum. LXIX. TRICHOTOSIA. Trichotosia. Blume Bijdr. 342. tabellen 11. Sepala pubescentia, lateralibus ungui columne adnatis, calcar mentientibus. Petala conformia, glabra. Labellum unguiculatum, ungui columne basi adnatum, limbo sublobato v. integerrimo. Columna basi lon- £iüs producta, Anthera 2-locularis, loculis 4-partitis. Pollinia 8, ope materiei elastic; pulveree cohzrentia. Herbe epiphyte, caule- scentes, pilosiuscule. Caules simplices. Folia sessilia, coriacea, v. sub- carnosa. Pedunculi oppositifolii, solitarii, pauciflori. Flores bracteati. Character ex Blume. An pollen recté descriptum ? l. Tricnorosia microphylla. Blume. T. “ pubescens; foliis carnosis ovalibus acutis, pedunculo oppositifolio unifloro tribracteolato, labelli limbo patente obtuso integerrimo.” Blume 1. c. Hab. in arboribus prope Tjitjalobak ad montem Salak, insulze Jave; Blume. T32 EPIDENDRE Æ. 2. 'TuicHnorosiA annulata. Blume. T. “ caulibus ad insertionem foliorum pilis ferrugineis annulatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimis glabriusculis, labelli limbo rotundato- patente." Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis altis ad montem Salak, insule Jave ; Blume. Flores albidi, labelli limbo sulphureo, anthera atropurpurea; Bl. 3. Tricuorosia ferox. Blume. T. ‘* rubro-pilosa; foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis flexuosis, labelli limbo patente, bilobo." Blume l. c. Hab. in sylvis opacis montis Salak, insule Jave ; Blume. 4. Tricuorosta pauciflora. Blume. T. * pubescens, foliis lanceolatis, pedunculis paucifloris, labelli limbo erecto emarginato." Blume l. c. tab. 11. Hab. in arboribus ad montem Pantjar, insule Jave ; Blume. LXX. TAINIA. Tainia. Blume Bijdr. 354. tabellen 48. Sepala ringentia, acuminatissima, lateralibus labello suppositis ungui co- lumnz adnatis. Petala conformia. Labellum columnà articulatum, indivisum, acuminatum, intüs lineatum, sepalis minus. Columna semi- teres, basi producta. Anthera subcarnosa, incomplete 8-locularis. Pollinia 8, ope materiei pulverez elastice coherentes. Herba ter- restris, glabra, caulibus radicantibus. Folia membranacea, plicata, long? petiolata, petiolis basi bulboso-tumidis. Scapus lateralis spicato-multi- florus. Character ex Blume. An pollen recte descriptum ? l. Tarnia speciosa. Blume l. c. Hab. in umbrosis montis Salak, insulae Jave; Blume. LXXI. PLOCOGLOTTIS. Plocoglottis. Blume Bijdragen 380. tabellen 21. Flores ringentes. Sepala majora, lateralibus sub labello inferne connatis. Petala apice incurva. Labellum basi utrinque cum plicis membranaceis inflexis columne connatum ; limbo convexo indiviso patente demum erecto. Columna superne libera. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, rO- tunda, caudiculis duabus longis replicatis. Herba terrestris. Folia in petiolo tumido solitaria, oblongo-lanceolata, plicata. Scapus radi- calis, erectus, multiflorus. Flores pedicellati, bracteolati. Character ex Blume, 1, PrLococLorris Javanica. Blume l. c. Hab. locis umbrosis et humidis ad pedes montium Salak, Pantjar, &c. in- sule Jave ; Blume. EPIDENDREE. 188 Nore. The total number of Orchideous plants belonging to the Tribe Epidendrez is as follows ; Described 149 Doubtful 4 . Total 153 Their geographical arrangement is thus : o i © : 2a g i so : a) |3 JE E BIS Ze 8 d : ^ E JiS & Salg 9 = Š az E gj? ES Si 8-195) 8 9 SIR HIS ule zs e E wig S| sie is be aleen $ at is le Sl rao ,|3 à|g| 8.3 $|$ s|E|S|E|E |S JAMESESESESESERETEIESEREREREIETETE: Names of the E 2|5|Bb alk] z S| 8. A SIBISIBIS E E Genera. ajlzjz|z|oj|o|8|6|$|z|2|4|a|d|35. zZ 48. Collabium . . : : 1 . A . 49. Epidendrum 1 is £ i : 50. Dinema : 3 2 1 i 51. Encyclia . . i 1 * 52. Isochilus a 8 ^ 53. Ponera~ = =. E 1 : 54. Brassavola : . : : 4 š 55. Lælia s : : : : 2 Š 56. Cattleya : ~ : : : : 11 57. Broughtonia . 3 : . . . 1 . 58. Tetramicra . ; é A * E ‘ * 1 s ^ ‘ 59. Spathoglottis . e 1 1 . 2 ~ . . : . : . 60. Bletia . . : 1 1 : 1 1 1 B 109 : . 61. Ipsea E : . : 2 1 ‘ i ; : s 5 > ^ . 62. Arundina . . ¿ : : 1 1 1 1 : 3 ° : . = O32 Phains - . . : e 4 1 3 1 . 5 * E . A A a 64. Cytheris . . E $ 1 : : " : s 4 : * : : 65. Callostylis Ced Ens . i 3 1 s : X ; è : : 00. Ania . . s 1 1 . 2 i E x A 5 » d 5 67. Ceratium : ? i . ` 1 E A - > . - k ; 68. Apaturia : 2 POSEE > 1 : ‘ č . : . : 69. Trichotosia 3 : : 4 z j : . i : : 70. Tainia . > : : 1 is : A ; 71. Plocoglottis ` : 1 . . . Total! 2 $8-[:-5 4} 16] 4 1 . [112 . 2 . ORCHIDE. Æ.. Tribe III. VANDEÆ. OncHIDEZ, Tribus VANDER. Lindl. Orch. Sceletos. Pollen in massas cereaceas (pollinia) definitas cohzrens, sub anthesi la- mellz elasticz (caudicule) et glandule stigmatis agglutinatas. Anthera terminalis, rard dorsalis, opercularis. Herb: epiphyte v. terrestres, nunc (presertim in Americanis) pseudobulbis oligophyllis gaudentes, nunc (presertim in Asiaticis) caulescentes; fer? omnes intra tropicos provenientes. The presence of the elastic or transparent strap called caudicula, which separates along with the gland of the stigma about the period of impreg- nation, and forms a strict adhesion with the pollen masses, forms the dis- tinctive character of this tribe. In Epidendree the caudicula is present, but in neither those nor in Malaxidez, the only tribes with which Vandez can be easily confounded, is there any separation of the gland from the stigma. In some genera of Vandeæ such as Cymbidium, there is no dis- tinction between the caudicula and the gland; but the spontaneous sepa- ration of the latter sufficiently indicates the real affinity of such genera. Through Calanthe we have a direct passage from Vandez to Ophrydez. _ It is probable that this very extensive tribe is susceptible of subdivision into several tolerably well defined groups, of which Maxillaria, Cymbidium, Eulophia, Masdevallia, Oncidium, Aerides, and Calanthe might be taken as the types. But it would be premature to attempt such a subdivision in the absence of more precise knowledge of the structure of a great number of species. I therefore propose, in the mean while, the following artificial table, as a ready means of analysing such genera as I am at present ac- quainted with. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. A. Pollinia 2, integra, v. sulcata, v. alte biloba; v. 4. 1. § Caudicule 2. Sepala lateralia basi in calcar spurium connata. - Sepala libera, basi non producta, spatulata unguic. Petala lobata. Labellum 4 partitum. sessilia. Labellum cum ung. product. columnz artic. Unguis columne calcarat. - Unguis columns mutica. E Dec. 1832. T - 154. PopocuiLus. 160. CRvPTOPUS. - - 159. AERANTHES. B 82. BIFRENARIA. v» ufi 1 36 IANDE ) VANDEA Labellum sessile, calcaratum. - à = - 161. CEoNiA. basi saccatum, 5 integrum. - - - - ]11. DipopIUM. trilobum. - - - 133. TETRAPELTIS. basi planum, trilobum anticum. Glandulæ 2. - - 106. CHELONANTHERA. indivisum posticum. Gland. 1. - - 108. Sunipia. 2. $ Caudicula 1. * Calcarate; cornute; v. saccate. 1. Labellum cum columna alté connatum. Sepala reflexa, petalis aleform. patent. longè minora. - 116. LissocHILus. Sepala et petala subzqualia. Sepala lateralia labello adnata. - E 140. Microsaccus. Sepala omnia libera. Labellum utroque margine cornutum. - - 135. TRICHOGLOTTIS. Labellum muticum bilobum. Col. alata. - 107. ACANTHOGLOSSUM. 2. Labellum sessile, liberum; v. cum columna parüm connatum. Sepala lateralia connata, labello supposita. — - - 121. RoDRIGUEZIA. Sepala omnia libera. Labellum basi tantüm saccatum, (v. si leviter cornutum carnosissimum, sepalis [equale v. majus) $ cum columna continuum, integrum y.leviter lobatum, planum. Perianth. expl. carnosum. Anth. valv. persist. Calcar labelli unicum. - - 137. VANDA. Calcaria labelli duo. - - 139. DiPLOCENTRUM. cucullatum. Perianth. claus. membr. Anth. » : valy. deciduze. - B 02. GEoponuw. cum columna parallelum medio reflexum. Peri- anth. clausum. - - cum col. articul. 3-lob. sepalis linearibus Eder bus multi brevius. - = Labellum calcaratum. Calcar ventr. 1-loc. limbo integro, v. obsoleto, v. leviter lobato, fauce aperta, 120. Jonopsis. } 138. RENANTHERA. vacuum. Sepala omnia libera. ~ - 144. SACCOLABIUM. Sep. lat. basi connata. - - 145. TÆNIOPHYLLUM. intus dente dorsali auctum. - - 146. CLEISOSTOMA. fauce marg. inflexo clausá, biglandulosé, -` 151. CERATOCHILUS. Calc. ventr. 1-loc. limbo lobato. - - 152. ECHIOGLoSSUM. Calc. ventr. 2-loculare. - E 153. SARCANTHUS. Calc. cornutum. Col. antice bicirrhosa. - - - 158. ScucGNORCHIS. Col. mutica. Labellum indiv. carnos. peus mult latius Perianth. expl. - } 162. ANGRECUM. Labellum lobatum (cepits cucullatum). Poll. 2, Epiphyta. - - 156. CEcEOCLADES. Poll. 4. Terrestris. - - 165. TIPULARIA, 3. Labellum liberum basi (sæpiùs longè) productæ columnæ affixum. Sepala et petala æqualiter patentia. - - 157. AERIDES. Sepala et petala secunda. Labellum basi infundibuliforme, cucullatum, indivisum 112. GALEANDRA. Labellum basi cornutum, v. brevius calcaratum, lobatum 110. Europnia. VANDEEE. 137 ** Ecalcarate ; nemp nec sacco nec calcare ullo pone basin labelli. 1. Labellum cum columna connatum. Sepala lateralia invicem libera, labello basi adnata. - - - 72. NANODEs. supremum basi petalis adnatum. - - 73. ASPASIA. Sepala lateralia connata. Petala cum sepalo supremo connat. - - 76. TRIZEUXIS. Petala libera. Columna antice bicorn. - - 75. ACRIOPSIS. Sepala omnia libera (conniventia). - - 74. ORNITHIDIUM. 2. Labellum liberum sessile, v. subsessile. Sepala omnia connata. - - - 118. MASDEVALLIA. Sepala lateralia magis minüsve connata. . Perianth. globos. Lab. 3-lob. medio articulat. - 95. PERISTERIA. Perianthium patens. Sepala lateralia obl. calcar referentia, - - 85. ALAMANIA. Sep. lat. subzequilatera. Anth. dorsalis. Col. aptera. - = 117. NoTYLIA. Anth. terminalis. Col. biaurita. - - - bis 125. ONCIDIUM. Col. aptera. Lab. apice l-cameratum, cum sepalis HL Bice longé connatum. - Lab. apice saccatum, sepalis fere liberum. 143. MicRoPERA. Sepala omnia libera. Labell. petalis conforme. - - - 101. TRICHOCEROS. Labell. petalis difforme. Columna alata, v. aurita ; apice aurita. - - - 122. MACRADENIA. utrinque aurita. Pollinia cava. - = - 125. ONCIDIUM. Pollinia solida. - - - 126. FERNANDEZIA. petaloidea. Lab. ventricosum. ~ - - 109. CALYPSO. Lab. planum, - - - 127. PACHYPHYLLLM. versus apicem alato-marginata. Lab. cum ungue tuberculato continuum, 130. CYRTOCHILUM Lab. medio constrictum, hypochilio cavo. 91. STANHOPEA. Columna aptera. Poll. 4, distincta. Flores esperti. Rostellum ls Soa au 77. ORNITHOCEPHALUS. Flores cylindracei. = - 99. CREMASTRA. Poll. 2, solida, fissa. v. 2-partita. Columna bicirrhosa. Labellum ventricosum carnosum posticum. 89. CATASETUM. Labell. explanatum petaloideum anticum, 88. MYANTHUS. Col. mutica. Perianth. connivens. Lab. cucull. — px 102. Groponum. contin. - Lab. plan. carnosum, petalis conforme. - - 83. DicRYPTA. petalis difforme. - - 155. ADENONCOS. Perianth. explanatum. Columna teres l-cornis. = - - 136. TELIPOGON. Col. semiteres, mutica. : i Poll. pr distantia, — - - 100. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. Poll. basi contigua. j Labell. plas. integr. 1-callos. 129. PHyYMATIDIUM. Lab. plan. integ. ecallosum. 132. Brassia. Labell. cucullatum columnam involvens. - 103. SoBRALIA. columná parall. antic. Poll. r posticè fissa. . CYMBIDIUM. luta ; "Labell. — ACROPERA. saccatum. Labell. ventricos. posticum } 90. MONACHANTHUS. indivisum. - - Poll. 2, cava, convo- e 98. + 138 VANDE AE. 3. Labellum liberum, c. basi producta column: articulatum ; v. longè unguiculatum. Sepala lateralia basi producta, columná v. invicem connata s omnia connata. - - - - 148. CRYPTOGLOTTIS. supremum liberum. Lab. cucullat. v. ventric, Sepala secunda. - - - 115. CYRTOPERA. Sepala æqualiter patentia. Lab. c. columna articulatum. Poll. incumbentia £ 8. E 80. MAXILLARIA. Poll. collateralia oo oo. - - 96. EUCNEMIS. Lab. c. columna continuum. - -= 79. SARCOCHILUS. Lab. planum, v. tantum canaliculatum. patentissimum, Poll. 4. Pet. sepalis angustiora. - 86. PSITTACOGLOSSUM. Poll. 2. Pet. sepalis latiora falcata. - 87. CYCNOCHES. in columnam incumbens. Col. 2-cornuta. - - - 150. EPHIPPIUM. Col. mutica. . Lab. hastat, longè unguiculatum. — - 105. Donrris. Lab. sessile, bilobum. - - - 142. CHiLoscHISTA. subtrilobum. - - 84. GOVENIA. lateralia libera ; supr. et pet. columná connat. - - supremum liberum. Stigma verticale. Anth. dorsal. - Stigma terminale. Anth. term. 92. GONGORA. 78. CiRRH £A. Pet. sepalis multó majora. E - 134. PHALENOPSIS. Pet. sepalis subzequalia. Clinandr. cucull. anth. includens. - 123. CRYPTARRHENA- Clin. immarginatum. Lab. cucull.2-lob. ungue nudo. -~ 94. ANGULOA. Lab. galeat. ungue appendice pocu- liformi incluso, = r } 93. CORYANTHES. Lab. planum. . dicm Prep Ab cid 128. Dicu xa. Perianth. explan. Lab. indivis. lamina patente basi cristatà. Perianth. equaliter patens. 131. ODoNTOGLOSSUM- Plone a secundum, - 113. ZvGOoPETALUM. -3-partit. c. basi product. agr tei continuum. - 114. CvRTOPODIUM. b. flabelli F - a ee Co 124. CUITLAUZINA. B. Pollinia 8. Labellum c. columna connatum. Sep. et pet. inæq. Labellum medio constrictum. Sep. et pet. subeq. Labell. continuum. Labellum liberum, - 163. AGROSTOPHYLLUM- E 164. CALANTHE. calcaratum. » = 2 - 166. LimaToDEs. ecalcaratum ; v. leviter saccatum. Sepala in tubum connata. - - =- 119. CRvPTOCHILUS. Sepala basi tantum connata. Columna basi in unguem producta. - - 149. CERATOSTYLIS. Col. c. labello parallela. - : x 168. THELASIS. Sepala omnino? libera, v. levissime connata. Col. basi producta. Perianth. tubulosum, ventricosum, fauce Em 104 strictum. i s $ ACANTHOPHIPPIUM. Per. non tubulosum. Lab. ecalcaratum. - - - 147. APPENDICULA. Lab. calcaratum. - - 81. ARPOPHYLLUM, Col. non basi producta. E E - 169. GLomera. | VANDEE. 139 LXXII. NANODES. Nanodes. Lindl, in Bot. Rey. t. 1541. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum fornicatum ; lateralia labello supposita eoque basi connata. Petala sepalis lateralibus conformia iis- que subparallela, libera. Labellum carnosum, indivisum, cum columna connatum (more Epidendri). Columna ad utrumque marginem cli- nandrii alata. Anthera 2-locularis, rostrata. Pollinia 4, compressa, collateralia, in glandulam ovatam sessilia. Epiphyta humilis, czspi- tosa, caulescens. Folia coriacea, disticha, vaginantia, approximata. Flores discolores, in apice caulium sessiles, solitarii. l. Nawonrs discolor. Lindl. l. c. Hab. in Brazilia, in sylvis prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. c.) Caules aggregati, 2-3 pollices alti, simplices, dense foliosi, nihil bulbosi. Folia ovato-oblonga, emarginata, basi amplexicaulia et vaginantia, inter- nodiis duplo longiora, viridi-purpurea. Flores solitarii, sessiles, termi- nales, obscure purpurei, inter folia immersi. Sepalum supremum as- cendens, lineari-oblongum, convexum; petala declinata, cum sepalis lateralibus labello suppositis parallela. Labellum carnosum, ovatum, minutissimé crenulatum. LXXIII. ASPASIA. Aspasia, Lindl. in Hook. Bot. Misc. ined. Perianthium patens, s: quale. Sepala lateralia libera; supremum cum pe- talis basi connatum. Labellum oblongum, concavum, ecalcaratum, obsolete? 4-lobum, cum columna semi-connatum. Columna labello pa- rallela, semiteres, marginata. Anthera .. . . Pollinia 2, pyriformia, postic® sulcata, caudiculà planà cuneatà, glandulà parva. Herbae epiphyte, caulescentes, pseudobulbose. Folia subcoriacea. Spice radicales, breves. Flores mediocres. l. Aspasra epidendroides. Lindl. l. c. Hab. in Panama et Columbia occidentali, Cuming. (no. 1997.) (hab. s, sp.) Pseudobulbi 1-2-phylli, compressi, dipteri. Folia pedalia. Racemi e basi Pseudobulborum, quibus sunt paulo longiores. LXXIV. ORNITHIDIUM. Ornithidium. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1.293. Perianthium clausum, liberum, equale. Labellum cum basi columne connatum, cucullatum, disco callosum. Columna labello parallela, te- retiuscula, rostello brevissimo. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipar- tibilia, lobis incumbentibus ; in glandulam parvam triangularem sessilia, — Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caules ramosi, pseudobulbos axil- lares gerentes. Folia subcoriacea. Racemi sessiles, axillares, effusi. 140 YANDEE. ]. Ornithidium coccineum, Salisb. l. c. Helleborine coccinea multiflora. Plum. sp. 9. ic. 180. f. 1. Epidendrum coccineum. Linn. sp. pl. 1348. Jacq. Amer. 222. t. 135. 1437 Cymbidium coccineum, Swartz. Nov. dct. Ups. 6.70. Willd. 4.94. Bot. Mag. t. ' Ornith. coccineum. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 210. Hooker. Exot. Fl. t. 38. Hab. in sylvis Martinice humidis, precipue ad torrentes, Jacquin; St. Vincentii, Guilding. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Flores in axillis foliorum fasciculati, exserti, nutantes. Pedunculi ad nodos bracteoliferi. Bracteee membranacez, vaginantes. Ovarium obscure costatum. Perianthium roseum, connivens; sepala ovata, acuminata; petala conformia, minora. Labellum columnæ appressum, ungue con- cavo; cum basi columna cava nectarifera connatum, sursum dilata- tum in laminam ovato-lanceolatam, subundulatam, patentem, in medio columnze proximo verrucam magnam luteam gerentem. Columna petalis brevior, basi antic& gibbosa, intense? lutea. Stigma concavum infra apicem columnas. Anthera opercularis, decidua, apiculata, dorso cristata, septo incompleto. Pollinis mass: quatuor, geminate, cereace®, in vertice columne incumbentes, caudicule plane cum glandula in margine anteriore stigmatis coherente adnate. LXXV. ACRIOPSIS. : Acriopsis. Blume Bijdr. 376. tabellen 71. Reinwardt in Bot. Zeitung, 1825, v. 2. P. 4 Perianthium patulum, tetraphyllum, petalis sepalisque subaequalibus. La- bellum basi columns in tubum connatum, limbo patente cordato cristato. Columna erecta, cornubus duobus porrectis apice glandulosis. Anthera bilocularis, intra clinandrium fornicatum abscondita. Pollinia 2, fusi- formia, caudiculà filiformi, glandulà parva subrotunda. Herba ept- phyta. Folia pseudobulbis insidentia, lineari-lanceolata, obtusa. Pe- dunculi radicales, paniculati, Flores pedicellati. Character ex Blume. 1. Acriopsis Javanica. Blume, l. c. Reinw. l. c. Hab. in arboribus montium Jave occidentalis; Blume. LXXVI. TRIZEUXIS. Trizeuxis. Lindl. collect. bot. t. 2. Perianthium globosum. Sepala lateralia connata, labello supposita; SU- premum cum petalis conformibus basi connatum. Labellum posticum, basi levissim? columnà connatum, integrum, concavum, acutum. Co- lumna labello parallela, teres, clavata, stigmate longitudinali. Anthera l-locularis, carnosa. Pollinia 2, basi discreta, solida, caudiculà maxima oblonga, glandulà parva ovali—Epiphyta parva, acaulis. Folia fal- cata, disticha. Scapi paniculati. Flores aggregati, minuti. l. Trizeuxis falcata. Lindl. l.c. Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 126. Hab. supra arbores in Indid occidentali. (v. v. c.) VANDE E. 141 LXXVII. ORNITHOCEPHALUS. Ornithocephalus. Hooker, Exot. Flora, t. 127. (1825.) l'erianthium patens. Sepala obtusa, lateralia reflexa, supremum fornica- tum. Petala conformia, incurva. Labellum posticum, ecalcaratum, un- guiculatum, acuminatissimum, sepalislongius. Columna brevis, aptera, rostello longissimo subulato. Anthera 4-locularis, rostello conformis. Pollinia 4, solida, cruciatim caudicule longissime subulate affixa ; glandula parva, ovalis. Herba epiphyta, acaulis. Folia equitantia, carnosa. Spica axillaris. Bractez amplexicaules. Flores inconspicui. l. OrniTHOCEPHALUS gladiatus. Hooker, L. c. Hab. in insulà Trinitatis, De Schack. LXXVIII. CIRRHZEA. Cirrhzea. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 930 et 1538. Perianthium patens. Sepala libera, equalia. Petala multó angustiora, linearia, flexuosa. Labellum longè unguiculatum, columná continuum, tripartitum; laciniis angustis intermedià minore. Columna erecta, clavata, teres, stigmate subquadrato, horizontali! rostello cirrhato. Anthera dorsalis! membranacea, sub-unilocularis. Pollinia 2, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elastic? prosilientia, caudiculà brevi corned, gland- ulà incurvé. Herbe epiphyte, pseudo-bulbose. Folia plicata. Racemi penduli, multiflori, radicales. Flores maculati. 1. Cirruxa Loddigesii, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1538. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis linearibus flexu- Osis, labelli lobo medio lineari-spatulato lateralibus acutis. Cymbidium dependens. Zodd. Bot. Cab. Hab. verosimiliter in Braziliá ; nec China ut aiunt Hortulani. (v. v. c.) Pseudo-bulbi ovati, costati, 1-93 poll. longi, sæpiùs nudi. Folia solitaria, pedalia, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, costis 7 subzqualibus. Racemi radicales, penduli, multiflori, foliis breviores. Sepala ob- longa, obtusa, equalia, et tali modo patentia ut triangulum equilaterum efficiunt; apice maculata. Petala linearia, flexuosa, basi cum sepalo Supremo parallela. Labellum ungue longo tereti, lobis lateralibus acuminatis, erectis, intermedio lineari-spatulato obtuso dupld breviore. Columna libera, arcuata, teres, clavata, apice truncata et stigmatifera. Stigma subhorizontale, obliquum ; rostello subulato, elongato, cirrhoso. Anthera postica, opercularis, unilocularis, decidua, in clinandrio dorsali incumbens, valvis membranaceis involutis. Pollinia 2, cereacea, parallela, oblonga, compressa, elasticé prosilientia, glandule unice affixa. 2%. Cirruaa viridipurpurea. Lindl. l. c. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis linearibus arcuatis, labelli lobo medio acuminato lateralibus zquali. Gongora viridi-purpurea. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2978. Hab. in Braziliá, supra arbores in sylvis ad sinum Botofogo. Sepala extüs let? viridia, intüs vitellina purpureo-maculata. 142 VANDEE. 3. CIRRHÆA fusco-lutea. Lindl. l. c. C. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labelli lobo medio ovato lateralibus obtusis. Hab. supra arbores Brazilie ad Corcovado (exam. s. sp. et v. ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) This very much resembles C. Loddigesii; but the flowers are twice as large, the sepals are dusky brown, with a few reddish lines, and the petals greenish yellow; while all the parts are destitute of spots except the middle lobe of the labellum. LXXIX. SARCOCHILUS. Sarcochilus. R. Brown, Prodr. 332. Perianthium patens. Sepala lateralia cum ungue labelli subtüs connata. Petala conformia. Labellum posticum, ecalcaratum, cum ungue columnz continuum, calceiforme ; lobo intermedio carnoso, solido. Columna.. Anthera.....Pollinia 9, in glandulam deltoideam sessilia. Epi- phyta acaulis, v. brevissim? caulescens. Folia disticha, lineari-lanceo- lata, falcata. Racemi axillares, erecti, 5-6 flori, secundi. Bractee breves, late, ovate. Flores speciosi, I have been scarcely able to ascertain. any thing satisfactory as to the structure of the Pollen masses. They appeared, in the only specimen I examined, to be like those of Cymbidium. 1. Sarcocuiuus falcatus. R. Br. l. c. Hab. in Novd Hollandid, ad Hunters River et Newcastle, Brown, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Brown.) LXXX. MAXILLARIA. Maxillaria. F7, Peruv. Prodr. 116. t. 25. syst. 219. Xylobium. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 897. Colax. Jb. eod. loc. (nomen posted mutatum.) Perianthium connivens, rard patens. Sepala lateralia cum basi producta, columne connata. Petala subconformia. Labellum trilobum, cucul- latum, sessile, cum basi productà columne articulatum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia v. 1n* tegra, caudiculà brevi, glandulà transversà. Epiphyte, (American) pseudobulbose, acaules, v. caulescentes. Folia plicata, v. coriacea. Pedunculi radicales, axillares v. terminales, uni v. multiflori. The species of this genus may be separated into the following subdivi- sions. $ 1. Axilliforæ. Pedunculi axillares. (EUMAXILLARIA.) $ 2. Scapigere. Pedunculi radicales. a. Labellum anticum. (Corax.) 5. Labellum posticum. (XYLOBIUM.) $ 3. Spathacee. Pedunculi terminales, e spatha vaginante erumpentes. (NoTHIUM) § 1. Avilliflore. Pedunculi axillares. (EvMaxILLARIA.) Sp.-1—16. 1. MaxinLamia platypetala. Fl. Peruv. Syst. p. 221. M. caule folioso axillis pseudobulbiferis, pseudobulbis oblongis 1-2phyllis, VANDEX. 143 folis oblongis obtusis nunc emarginatis coriaceis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedunculis vaginatis pseudobulbis longioribus, sepalis patulis oblongis rotundatis lateralibus basi connatis, petalis conformibus duplo minoribus, labello oblongo concavo obtuso tuberculo oblongo truncato in medio. Hab. in Perwie montibus nemorosis ad Muña et Chaclla vicos, Ruiz et Pavon; ad Camino real alt. 6000 ped. Hall (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker). Sureuli juniores imbricati, Fermandezie elegantis facie. Folia 3-4 poll. longa, 9-10 lin. lata. Sepala guttata. Petala verosimiliter immaculata. 2. Maxituaria ochroleuca. Loddiges Bot. Cab. ined. M. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus strictis, floribus fasciculatis radicalibus pseudobulbis brevioribus, sepalis lineari- lanceolatis acuminatissimis, labello duplo breviore cucullato medio cal- loso trilobo: lobis lateralibus membranaceis subundulatis obtusis in- termedio oblongo carnoso recurvo, : Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro, Loddiges (v. v. c.) Bracteæ longæ membranaceæ acuminate. Flores albidi, odorati. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuminatissima, lateralibus basi parüm obliquis, cum ungue producto columne cornu breve obtusum formantibus. Petala &quilonga, conformia. Labellum sepalis dupló brevius, cum columna parallelum, cucullatum, trilobum; lobis lateralibus membranaceis apice ovatis obtusis subundulatis porrectis, intermedio longiore oblongo car- noso convexo recurvo subcrispo; callo magno levi omnem axin labelli lobo intermedio excepto occupante. Columna clavata marginata. An- thera membranacea, unilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria inzqualia in glandulam lunatam sessilia, incumbentia (88 3. MaxiLLARIA longipetala. FI. Peruv. Syst. p. 22. M. pseudobulbis ... ... , foliis ligulatis apice tridentatis basi vaginanti- bus, pedunculis vaginatis axillaribus unifloris, petalis sepalisque linearibus acuminatis conniventibus, labello triplo minore trilobo : lobo intermedio angusto oblongo acuto margine crispo apice acutiusculo. Hab. in Peruvie nemoribus Pillao, Acomayo et Pati supra saxa et arbores, Ruiz et Pavon (exam. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Folium 8 poll. longum, retusum, dentibus apicis lateralibus sep? rotun- datis v. obliteratis. Superficiem labelli haud observare licuit. 4. MaxinraniA alba. ~ m M. caule folioso axillis pseudobulbiferis, foliis 1-3 ligulatis acutis coriaceis aveniis, floribus solitariis axillaribus erectis, sepalis patulis ovato-lan- Ceolatis obtusiusculis: lateralibus basi connatis, petalis conformibus, labello oblongo obtuso tuberculo oblongo carnoso in medio. Dendrobium album. Hooker Exot. FI. t. 142. roughtonia alba, Spreng. Syst. 3.735. Hab, in Jamaica; Hooker; in Cayenna, Lamarck. (v. s. sp. in herb. Vahl.) Planta verosimiliter epiphyta, Ornithidii facie. Flores candidi. Ovarium longissimum, rectum. M. platypetale affinis, foliis. longis ligulatis sepalisque angustioribus precipue diversa. 5. MaxtLLARIA undulata. Fi, Peruv. Syst. 221. M. * bulbis ovato-oblongis striatis, foliis lanceolatis 5-7-nervibus, scapo brevi racemoso.” Dec. 1839. U 144 VANDE Æ. Hab. in nemoribus Chinchao et Muña supra arbores et saxa; floret Augusto et Septembri; Ruiz et Pavon. 6. MaxiLLamiA variegata. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 999. : M. “ bulbis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis plicatis, scapo variegato racemoso. Hab. in Muña nemoribus calidis ; floret a Junio ad Septembrem; Ruiz et Pavor. 7. MaxirLaRiA ligulata. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 222. M. * bulbis ovatis, foliis ensiformibus, scapo volubili, floribus paniculatis, nectarii labio ligulato.”’ Hab. in Pillao et Acomajfó nemoribus ; floret Augusto et Septembri ; Ruiz et Pavon. 8. MaxiLLania hastata. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 999. . . : ET - is- M. “ bulbis oblongis, foliis ensiformibus, scapo volubili, pedunculis di tantibus racemosis, nectarii labio hastato.” el 1 t Hab. in Pillao sylvis supra saxa; floret Augusto et Septembri; Ruiz e Pavon. 9. MaxiLLARiA paniculata. Fl. Peruy. Syst. 223. M. “ bulbis oblongo-ovatis, foliis ensiformibus plicatis, floribus panr culatis.” Hab. in Pillao montibu S et petrosis locis; floret Septembri et Octobri; Ruiz et Pavon. 10. MaxiLLamiA cuneiformis. FJ. Peruv. Syst. 293. M. “ bulbis ovatis, foliis ensiformibus c petalis cuneiformibus, nectario cordifo Hab. in Tarmae Provincie preruptis versus Acobamba et Picoy vicos; floret Julio et Augusto ; Ruiz et Pavon. n 2 : is analiculatis, floribus racemosis5; rmi.” 11. MaxinLamia bicolor. FI. Peruv. Syst. 994, LI LJ . LSU ee . LÀ e i i us M. ** bulbis ovatis ancipitibus, foliis ensiformibus margine scabris, florib racemosis, pedicellis subdichotomis." : . . : ^. : n. Hab. in Huassahuassi saxosis 3 floret Novembri et Decembri ; Ruiz et Pavo Vernaculé Fa¢a-¢aca, id est, Empedrado desencaxado, quia copiosissimi bulbi LI LI LI e e t. extra terram aggregati veluti pavimentum lapidibus formatum refer s Incolæ ad sitim mitigandam bulbos succosos subinsipidos frequen masticant et sugunt. Id, 12. MaxiLLamiA tricolor, F], Peruv. Syst. 224. M. “ bulbis ovatis compressis, foliis ensiformibus striato-nervosis, floribus racemosis erectis tricoloribus.” Hab. in præruptis et calidis locis et Novembri ; Ruiz et Pavon. 13. MaxitLAniA triphylla. M. “ bulbis Ovatis t mosis, petalis nec bri Huassahuassi supra saxa; floret Octo Fl. Peruv. Syst. 225. Li . LES L . = H i S "e riphyllis, foliis ensiformibus carinatis, floribus ™ tarioque unguiculatis acutis.” VANDEEE. 145 Hab. in Tarme provincie nemoribus versus Vitoc et Collac vicos, preser- tim ad fluvii Maraynioc littora, ubi Joannes Tafalla eam delineavit ; floret Augusto et Septembri; Ruiz et Pavon. 14, Maxinuaria undatiflora. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 225. M. “ bulbis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis quinquenervibus, floribus paniculatis.” Hab. in nemoribus Tarme ad Vitoc arcem, unde Joannes Tafalla ad nos iconem et descriptionem misit; floret Aprili et Maio; Ruiz et Pavon. 15. MaxirLaniA prolifera. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 225. M. “ bulbis oblongis sulcatis, foliis lanceolatis, scapo bulbifero foliiferoque, floribus axillaribus 2-4-nis nutantibus." Hab. in Huassahuassi frigidis locis ubi cl. Tafalla plantam descripsit et de- lineavit ; floret Aprili et Maio; Ruiz et Pavon. 16. MaxitLARia ramosa. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 226. M. “ bulbis fibrosis, caule radicante vaginato, floribus axillaribus solitariis." Hab. in nemoribus Chinchao supra arbores ad Mesapata et Machaynio pra- edia; floret Junio et Julio; Ruiz et Pavon. Obs. Habitu hzc species à reliquis differt ; attamen fructificatio sub eodem genere eam inserere jubet; Id. $ 2. Scapigere. "Pedunculi radicales. * Labellum anticum (Corax). a. Scapi uniflori. Sp. 17-27. 17. MaxiLLamiA tetragona. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1428. M. pseudobulbis ovatis tetragonis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis basi in petiolum angustatis solitariis, scapis solitariis pseudobulbis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis patulis subaequalibus, labello carnoso ventricoso trilobo erecto: lobis lateralibus parvis acutis intermedio ovato extüs convexo, disci appendice carnoso tabulari in- cumbente. . Maxillaria tetragona. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 3146. Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. c.) Pseudobulbi 3, folia 8-9 poll. longa. Flores virides, odore violarum nuper carptarum, apice cinnamomei, labello nunc luteo-viridi nunc albo intüs purpura maculato. Pollinia subquadrata, caudiculà lineari diaphana, glandulà parvA ovata. 18. MaxiLLamia viridis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1510. dmg M. pseudobulbis ovatis foliosis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis m catis, scapo unifloro vaginato brevi, sepalis petalisque conniventi " oblongo-subrotundis obtusis subequalibus striatis, labelli brevis trilobi lobo medio transverse rhomboideo unguiculato plano. M. placanthera. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 3173. Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. c.) » Flores virides, intüs purpureo seriatim maculati. Labellum cum basi pa- run producta columne articulatum, a : mute poe ractum, lilaci is lateralibus minoribus erectis. An i » lilacinum, lobis 1 embranaceis transversim de- sissima, bilocularis, loculorum valvulis m 146 VANDE £. hiscentibus, Pollinia 4, per paria basi discreta glandule fusce sulcate utrinque alate adherentia. 19. Maxiniaria Parkeri. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2729. M. pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis monophyllis, folio lanceolato linga- lato coriaceo obscurè striato basi angustato, scapis unifloris vaginatis erectis pseudobulbo parüm longioribus, vaginis ventricosis Serene sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, labello trilobo cucu lato lined media longitudinali clavatà: lobis lateralibus integris inter- medio oblongo undulato. Hab. in Demerara; Parker. Folium pedale, 2-23 poll. latum. Vagine roses viridi-limbate. Sepala fulva; petala alba purpureo seriatim maculata. Labellum fusco-lilaci- num, apice album, in axi luteum. Columna sanguinea. Pollinia in glandulam sessilia, bipartita. 20. MaxiLLARiA aromatica. Graham in Hooker's Exot. Fl. 219. M. pseudobulbis ovatis compressis, foliis pluribus oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis scapis unifloris erectis longioribus, sepalis ovato-oblongis per lisque conformibus acutis, labelli semicylindracei laciniis lateralibus porrectis serrulatis: intermedia bilabiatà ! labio superiore truncato nano inferiore spatulato apice recurvo serrulato. Colax aromaticus. Spreng. Cur. Post. 307. Hab. in Mexico; Graham. Scapi 4 poll. longi, filiformes, vaginati. Flores luteo-aurantiacl, extiis virescentes. Labellum intüs guttulis quibusdam aurantiacis et seriebui duabus pubescentiæ. Pollinia subglobosa, postice fissa, caudiculà long lineari, glandulà rhomboideo-ovatà. 21. MaxiLLaniA stapelioides. M. pseudobulbis ovatis obtusangulis sulcatis 1-2-phyllis, foliis ovato- lanceolatis membranaceis glaucis 1-costatis, pedunculis brevissimis unl" floris, ovariis pseudobulbis brevioribus, floribus patulis, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis subæqualibus, labello ovato ventricoso 3-lobo: lobis lateralibus linearibus obtusis erectis intermedio ovato acuminato disco Cymbidium stapelioides. Zink et Otto Abbild. p. 111. 4. 52. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) Pseudobulbi 9 lineas longi. Folia 3 pollices longa, venis secundariis tenu- issimis. Flores flavi Stapelie aspectu, purpureo interrupte maculati et fasciati, 22. MaxiLLaniA picta. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3154. M. pseudobulbis ovatis subsulcatis 1-2-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis planis, scapis erectis unifloris distanter vaginatis foliis duplo breviores; sepalis-petalisque lanceolatis globoso-conniventibus, labello trilobo apice cordato-ovato apiculato disco elevato pubescente. Hab. in montibus Organ Brazilie ; Harrison. Species pulchri generis longe pulcherrima. Fo purpureo-maculati extüs ochroleuci, lumna elongata, purpurea, angustissimam sessilia, lia pedalia. Flores magn intüs salvo labello vitellinis. C9 Pollinia subzqualia, in glandulam lunatam VANDE.£. 147 23. MaxiLLanRiA Barringtoniz. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1824. M. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis costatis, foliis subternis oblongo- lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis, scapo radicali vaginato unifloro erecto pseudobulbo vix longiore, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobo medio ovato rotundato fimbriato, callis duobus per hypochilium decurrentibus. Epidendrum Barringtoniz. Smith. ic. pict. t. 25. Dendrobium Barringtonim. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.82, Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.132. Hooker Exot. FI. t. 119. : Colax Barringtonie. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 897. Dendrobium ciliatum. Swartz. Pers. Syn. 2.523. Maxillaria ciliata. FZ. Peruv. Syst. p. 221. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1206. Hab. supra truncos arborum in Jamaica. (v. v. c.) Flores magni, olivacei, labello sordide luteo. 24. MaxinLARia Deppii. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1612. M. pseudobulbis ovatis obtusangulis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis basi vaginantibus, scapo erecto unifloro foliis breviore: vaginis ventri- cosis acuminatis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis patentissimis, petalis mi- noribus oblongis undulatis conniventibus, labello cucullato 3-lobo apice recurvo in axi calloso. Hab. in Mexico, prope Xalapam ; Deppe. Scapus 5-6 poll. longus. Sepala feré bipollicaria, viridia, sanguineo seria- tim maculata. Petala nivea, lineis quibusdam purpureis interruptis ad basin. Labellum vitellinum, sanguineo parce guttulatum. Lonly know this beautiful species from Messrs. Loddiges' excellent figure. Is it not rather a Cymbidium allied to C. marginatum ? 25. MaxirLARIA subulata. M. pseudobulbis aggregatis angustissimis oblongis sulcatis diphyllis, foliis semiteretibus subulatis, pedunculis radicalibus densissimè vaginatis pseudobulbis brevioribus, floribus patulis, sepalis oblongis acutis : late- ralibus parüm obliquis, petalis obtusissimis supra columnam conniven- tibus, labelli trilobi cucullati unguiculati lobis lateralibus erectis inter- medio ovato obtuso subundulato, callo magno in axi. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. ic. a Dom. Bauer ad plantam in Hort. Kew. floridam Novembre 1818 depict.) Folia 4 poll. longa. Flores intense fusco-rubri, immaculati, Columna utea interrupt vittata. Pollinia 4, per paria glandule lunate elongate adherentia, Anthera scabra. 26. MaxirrARIA grandiflora. M. pseudobulbis ovatis compressis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, scapis unifloris, floribus explanatis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis lateralibus apice revolutis, petalis angustioribus, labello ovato obtuso complicato subun- dulato basi transverse plicato. Dendrobium grandiflorum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1.359. t. 88. roughtonia grandiflora. Spreng’. Syst. 3.735. : : Hab. in radicibus Andium Puraguayensium prope rupem El Pupito, villam La Erre, et planitiem montanam Sacondonvensium alt. 1060 hexap. florens Octobre ; Humb. et Bonpl. Pseudobulbi fuscescentes, nitidi, subtripollicares, Flores albi, carnosi. unth, 148 VANDE E. 27. Maxinvaria parvula. Hooker Exot, Fl. t. 217. M. pseudobulbis oblongis incurvis subcostatis, foliis binis linearibus? ob- tusis, floribus solitariis, sepalo supremo petalisque parallelis lineari- lanceolatis acuminatis: lateralibus basi valde productis triangularibus acuminatis, labello obovato cucullato repando obtuso glandulà longitu- dinali oblongé pilosa. Colax parvulus. Spreng. Cur. Post, 307. Hab. in Brazilia supra truncos arborum in montibus Organ ; Harrison. Flores magni speciosi. Sepala fulvo-aurantiaca. Petala magis lutea. Labellum fusco-purpureum, apice fulvo-aurantiacum, levissimé trilobum, potius repandum dicas. Folia serotina; perfecta ignota. b. Scapi 9-multiflori. Sp. 28-35. 28. MaxinLAn1A Harrisonie. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 897. M. pseudobulbis ovatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis basi angustatis pli- catis, scapo erecto bifloro foliis breviore, sepalis oblongis patentibus : lateralibus basi valde obliquis connatis calcar longum spurium referen- tibus, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis subszequalibus rotundatis margine crispis disco elevato calloso piloso. Dendrobium Harrisoniz. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 120. Colax Harrisonim. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 897. Spreng. Syst. v. 3.727. Maxillaria Harrisoniz. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2927. Hab. in Brazilia prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. c.) Inter speciosissimas generis. Flores cerini, pallide fiavi. Sepala lateralia 2 uncias longa. Labelli lobi purpurei, discus luteus. Pollinia sessilia in glandulam latam subquadratam bidentatam. 29. MaxiLLARIA palmifolia. M. pseudobulbis conicis striatis, foliis solitariis lato-lanceolatis in basin petioliformem angustatis acuminatis plicatis, scapis erectis multifloris secundifloris foliis brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis basi productis in calcar spurium connatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis parüm minoribus, labello concavo curvo columnz incumbente fauce canaliculato-striato ; laminá crassiusculà reflex. Epidendrum palmifolium, Swartz. Prodr. 123. Dendrobium palmifolium. Zb. N. Act. Ups. 6.82. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.132. Swartz. Fi, Ind. Occ. 3. 1527. Colax palmifolius. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 897. Hab. in arboribus Jamaice temperatioris ; Swartz. Pseudobulbi 1-1j-unciales. Folia plus quam pedalia, petiolis 2-3-pollica- ribus canaliculatis. Scapi radicales, 3-4-pollicares, squamis magnis membranaceis vaginantibus acuminatis. Flores magni, albi; ex Swartz 30. MaxiLLARiA Warreana. Lodd. Bot. Cab. ined. M. pseudobulbis foliosis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- minatis plicatis, scapo radicali erecto vaginato multifloro foliis longiore sepalis ovatis concavis acutis basi subzequalibus, petalis minoribus con- formibus, labello brevissime unguiculato obovato-oblongo indiviso cucullato obtuso jugis tribus in medio elevatis carnosis, superficie laminte seriatim corrugatà marginibus planis. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) VANDEJE. 149 Sepala fulvo-lutea: lateralibus basi parüm inzqualibus nullo modo pro- ductis. Labellum basi luteum, apice pallidum, medio purpureum, cum columna vix articulatum. 31. MaxirLAmRiA racemosa. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 9789. M. pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis monophyllis, foliis oblongo- lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis multifloris brevioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis: lateralibus basi valde elongatis in calcar spurium connatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis tripló minoribus, labello oblongo cucullato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, columná pubes- cente. M. racemosa. Zodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1318. opt. Hab. in Brazilia prope Rio Janeiro; Harrison. (v. v. c.) Pseudobulbi 2 poll. longi. Folia 4 poll. longa, basi in petiolum angus- tata. Scapus pedalis. Flores sordide flavi, membranacei. Sepala patentia: superius cum petalis parallelum Cymbidiorum more. Labellum cum sinu sepalorum lateralium articulatum, album v. sordide flavum purpureis maculis pallidis notatum. Anth. 1-locularis. Pollinia postice sulcata, caudiculà brevi, glandulà parva. This species is extremely well figured in the Botanical Cabinet; the representation in the Botanical Magazine appears to have been taken from a withered specimen. 32. MaxiLLamriA pallidiflora. Hookerin Bot. Mag. t. 2806. M. pseudobulbis aggfegatis cylindraceis monophyllis, folio lato-lanceolato trinervi striatoque, scapo erecto gracili pseudobulbis subzqudli bracteis distantibus linearibus instructo, sepalis lateralibus basi saccum rotun- datum efficientibus petalisque subzqualibus angust? lanceolatis, labello oblongo obsolete? bituberculato margine undulato. . Hab. in insula St. Vincentii ; Guilding. Pseudobulbi 2-4 poll. longi. Folium 4-6 poll. longum. Bracteæ nullo modo vaginantes, Flores pallidi, viridi-flavi. Pollinia in glandulam parvam sessilia. 33. MaxiLLARIA maculata. M. * bulbifera ; foliis lanceolatis acutis, foliolis calycinis lanceolato- oblongis acutiusculis margine undulatis." Dendrobium maculatum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1,359. Broughtonia maculata. Spreng. Syst. 3.735. Hab. in locis sylvosis provincie Bracomorensis juxta urbem Jaen, et pagos Sagique et Pucara ; item prope cataractam Renteme in ripa fluminis Amazonum, alt. 200-680 hexap. florens Augusto; Humb. et Bonpl. Bulbus ovatus, compressus, longe sulcatus. Folia submembranacea, pe- dalia et longiora. Scapus folia superans, compressus, multiflorus, Flores suaveolentes, spicati. Bracteæ sesquipollicares, acutz, carinate. Flores patentes, virides, fusco-maculati, pollicares. Sepala dupló latiora. La- bellum oblongum, acutum, undulatum, album, striis violaceis longitu- dinalibus pictum, basi unguiculatum. Pollinia 4. Ex Kunth, 34. MaxirzAn1A latifolia. M. ** terrestris, foliis obovato-oblongis acutis, basi angustatis trinerviis membranaceis, foliolis calycinis oblongo-lanceolatis, labello oblongo.’ 150 VANDEJE. Dendrobium latifolium, Humb, et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 360. Hab. in Andibus Pastoensibus, inter flumina Guaytara, et Mo Meneses, Voisaco, et pagum La Cruz alt. 800-1000 hexap. flore Octobre; Humb. et Bonpl. Terrestris. Folia pedalia et longiora, vix 4 poll. lata. Scapus ror multiflorus. Flores spicati, flavo-rosei, subbilabiati, patuli. à kim acuta, sepalo superiore breviore. Labellum cucullatum, apice rel pu basi unguiculatum, sepalis duplo brevius, apicem versus’ punctis rantiacis pictum. Anthera ignota. Ex Kunth. 35. MaxiLLan1A longifolia. M. ** terrestris ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis novem-nerviis menaa ceis, foliolis calycinis lanceolatis acutis, labello ovato undulato-crenato. Dendrobium longifolium. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 360. : Xylobium? longifolium, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 732. Spreng. S. V. 3. 732. Hab. in temperatis humidis Provincie Popayanensis inter montem Pita- tumbe, villam Guayacanes et urbem Almaguer, alt. 1380 hex.; florens Novembre ; Humb. et Bonpl. Terrestris. Folia pedalia, pollicem lata. Scapus" bipedalis, pecus Bractec lineari-subulate. Flores patuli. Sepala 6-7 lin. longa. Petala paulo latiora et tenuiora. Labellum obtusum, basi cucullatum, ungul- culatum, margine sinuato-reflexum, purpureum, interius papillis 2 strils setisque nigrescentibus obsitum (barbatum ?). Columna virescens, basin versus macula purpureá notatum. Anth. ignota. Ex Kunth. * * Labellum posticum. (XyLosium.) Sp. 36—37. 36. MaxirLamiA decolor. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1549. M. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis utrinque acuminatis, scapo radicali multifloro vaginato foliis breviore, sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis patentibus, petalis dupló mr noribus conniventibus, labello postico obsolete trilobo obtuso cucullato callis 5 clavatis parallelis equilongis ultra medium procurrentibus. Hab. in Jamaica, Hort. Angl. (v. v. c.) Folia diverse forme et magnitudinis, nunc 8 poll. longa, 3 p. lata, nunc 18 p. longa, 2 p. lata. Scapus 4-pollicaris. Flores ochroleuci, im- maculati, 37. MaxirLamia squalens. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 9955. M. pseudobulbis ovatis teretibus diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis plicatis bas! valde angustatis, scapo racemoso multifloro vaginato pseudobulbis dupl longiore, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis subundulatis acutis, la trilobi postici lobo intermedio ovato subundulato calloso. Dendrobium squalens. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 732. Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 1059. Xylobium squalens. Jd. fol. 897. Hab. in Brazilia prope Rio Janeiro. (v. v. c.) Flores sordidé lutei, labello apice purpureo. Pollinia postice sulcata in glandulam lunatam sessilia. VANDEJE. 151 §. 3. Spathacea. Pedunculi terminales, e' spatha vaginante erumpentes. Caules cylindracei, non bulbosi. (Noraium.) Species recognoscenda, habitu omnino Cattleyz. Sp. 38. 38. Maxinuaria? spathacea. M. caulibus cylindraceis sulcatis, foliis solitariis ovato-oblongis obtusis subemarginatis planis coriaceis, pedunculo terminali e vagina compli- cata oblonga acinaciformi erumpente, racemo 3-5-floro, sepalis latera- libus basi valde productis calcar spurium formantibus, labelli obovati cucullati trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis subdentatis intermedio ovato. : Hab. in Brazilia, Boaz. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Species pulchra, floribus M. Harrisonie facie et magnitudine. Pollen et Anthera ignotae. | ` Donix. 39. MaxiLLARIA? aggregata. M. “ caule ramoso repente foliato, foliis distichis lanceolatis obtusis, floribus terminalibus aggregatis." Dendrobium aggregatum. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. 1. 358. Hab. in crepidinibus Andium mitioris temperiei, inter villam Meneses et urbem Pasto alt. 1480 hexap. florens Novembri, Humb. et Bonpl. Folia coriacea, sesquipollicaria aut pauld longiora, vix 4 lineaslata. Flores plures ad apicem ramorum aggregati, patuli. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, striata, 3 lin. longa: lateralibus planiusculis, basi ungui labelli adnatis. Petala lanceolata, acuminata, striata, sepalis pauld breviora et tenuiora. Labellum unguiculatum, ovatum, obtusum, carinatum, apice revolutum. Pollinia 4. ex Kunth. 40. MaxiLLan1A lyncea. Coatzonte Coxoahitl sen Lyncea. Hernand. Thesaur. Rer. Med. Nov. Hisp. p. 266. Anguloa Hernandezii. Kunth. Synops. 1. 332. Hab. in Mexico ; Hernandez. LXXXI. ARPOPHYLLUM. - Arpophyllum. La Llave et Lerarz, 2. 19. Perianthium patulum. Sepala lateralia basi in gibbum connata. Petala multóangustiora. Labellum cum basi productà columne articulatum ?, indivisum, concavum, breviüs calcaratum. Columna erecta. Pollinia 8, pyriformia, inter se * manipulis glutinosis ligata." Epiphyta, ebulbis. capus e sinu folii coriacei ortus. Flores parvi, dens? spicati. här. ex autoribus citatis. i , The manner in which this plant is described leaves me in doubt whether it may not belong to Epidendrez rather than to Vandeg. It is apparently nearly related to Maxillaria ; and is perhaps not distinct from Appendicula. l. ARPoPHYLLUM spicatum. Lezarz. et Llav. l. c. Hab. in Mexico, juxta Arumbaro, florens Septembre et Octobre; La Llave, Planta epiphyta, ebulbis. Caules cylindrico-depressi, membranulis scari- osis involuti. Folia solitaria, crassa, coriacea, longissima, canaliculata, lciformia. Spatha membranacea, colorata, monophylla, lateraliter de- iscens, liquorem glutinosum stillans. Scapus conico-elongatus, pur- Purascens, teres. Flores parvi, diluté purpurei, sessiles, glutinosi, numeri, in spicam cylindraceam densissim? conglomerati ; ex e, Dec. 1832. x 152 VANDE. LXXXII. BIFRENARIA. Sepala patula, libera, subequalia; lateralia cum basi productà columne adnata, vix basi obliqua. Petala sepalis dupld minora. Labellum cum pede mucronato columne articulatum, cucullatum, trilobum, medio callosum. Columna brevis, semiteres, mutica. Anthera mutica, sub- cristata. Pollinia 4, per paria incumbentia, caudiculis duabus distinctis materiei viscide rostelli adherentibus, glandulA .... Epiphyta, pseudobulbosa, Maxillariz (Colacis) habitu. Nearly related to Maxillaria, especially to the Colax division ; but dis- tinct in its double caudicula, and want of an obvious gland. i. Birrenaria atropurpurea. Maxillaria atropurpurea. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1877. Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro; Warre. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Lod- diges.) Pseudobulbi ovati, obtusi, tetragoni. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata, solitaria. Racemi radicales, 3-flori, pseudobulbis pauld longiores. Flores atropurpurei, odoratissimi. Labellum lobis lateralibus brevibus diver- gentibus, intermedio transverso sub-3-lobo revoluto suberoso; callus in medio antice tridentatus. LXXXIII. DICRYPTA. Heterotaxis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1028, charactere erroneo. Dicrypta. Supra p. 44. Sepala libera, erecta, equalia. Petala conformia, pauld minora. Labellum oblongum, obsoleté trilobum, carnosum, cum columna articulatum, callo elevato interrupto disci. Columna cum ovario continua, semiteres, ad basin antice clavata. Clinandrium convexum. Anthera obsolete bi- locularis. Pollinia 4, complanata, incumbentia (Q S8): posticis minori- bus, caudiculà brevi lineari, glandulA lunatà. Herba epiphyta, acaulis. Folia coriacea, ligulata, cum basi nunc bulbosa articulata. Flores solitarii, axillares, pedunculis vaginatis. 1. DicnxrrA Baueri. Heterotaxis crassifolia. Zindl. in Bot. Reg. t.1028. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1651. Hab. in Jamaica, sec. hortulanos ; an potius in Brazilia? (v. v. c.) This plant is a memorable instance of the danger of describing Orchid- eous plants from imperfect cultivated specimens. I first met with it m 1824, in Mr. Lee's Nursery at Hammersmith when I found the pollen masses, in the words of my notes at that time made, ** linearia hinc crassiora, e grantis plurimis minutis angulatis filo axili coherentibus." I accordingly introduced this character into the definition of the genus Heterotaxis, which in fact received its name because it was as it were of two different orders, being a Vandea in appearance and an Arethusea in structure. ‘Subsequently n 1830 when I for the first time saw, in Mr. Bauer's Portfolio, an analysis of this same plant, its pollen was represented so differently that I did not recognise it to be Heterotaxis, but took it for a new genus and called it Dicrypta. Mr Bauer had drawn the pollen masses as four, lying in pal's one upon the other so that the external masses which are the largest con- cealed the internal ones, whence the name. Neither gland nor caudic having been found by Mr. Bauer I referred the plant to Malaxidee. MY VANDEJE. 153 surprise then may be easily imagined when, about the end of January 1832, I saw in Mr. Bauer's possession a drawing of the plant of Dicrypta Baueri from which had been taken the analysis of the flower I had de- scribed, and recognised it to be my Heterotaxis crassifolia ; nor was this sur- prise diminished when, upon the occasion of the species flowering in the Horticultural Society's Garden on the 24th of April 1832, I finally ascer- tained that not only was my original description in 1824 wholly erroneous, but that Mr. Bauer's drawing, otherwise admirably correct, was wrong in representing the pollen-masses without caudicula or gland. Ifound them to be seated upon a narrow short caudicula with a broad narrow lunate gland ; and this is no doubt the true structure. Iam thus obliged to reproduce Dicrypta in its more correct position and to request that the genus may be erased from the station formerly as- signed it among Malaxidee. I abolish the name Heterotaxis because it was given in mistake. LXXXIV. GOVENIA. Govenia. Lindl. in Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1709. Perianthium bilabiatum. Sepala lateralia falcata, labello supposita, basi paululum connata, supremo paulo majora. Petala sub sepalo supremo conniventia, breviora, obliqua. Labellum integerrimum, ecalcaratum, concavum, cum basi parum productà columne articulatum, sessile. Columna basi pauló producta, teres, subfusiformis, apice utrinque mar- ginata. Anthera calyptriformis, 1-locularis. Pollinia 4, solida, incum- bentia, caudiculà brevi, glandulà minore triangulari. Terrestris. Folia plicata. Spice radicales, multiflore. Flores speciosi. 1. Goventa superba. Lindl. l. c. Maxillaria superba. Lexarz. et Llave Orch, Mex. 2. 13. Hab in montibus Mezici, prope Vallisoletum, florens Augusto ; Llave. (® v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) Flores aurantiaci, sanguineo-maculati. Petala cuneata, collateralia, cus- pidata, basi valdé obliqua. LXXXV. ALAMANIA. Alamania. La Llave et Lexarz. Nov. Veg. 31. (1825.) Perianthium patens, equale. Sepala lateralia basi connata, calcar referen- tia. Labellum petalis conforme, basi glandulosum aut tuberculatum. Columna carnosa, tricuspidata, aptera, basi in calcar tubulosum pro- ducta. Anthera 4-locularis. Pollinia 4, pedicellata. Herba epiphyta, pumila, pseudobulbosa. Scapi simplices multiflori. Flores speciosi. Char. ex aut. citat. An partes rect? descriptae ? An caudicula polliniorum simplex, duplexve ? l. Avamania punicea. La Llave et Lezarz. l. c. Hab, super arbores Mezici in monte excelso Quinzeo, prope } La Llave. Planta exigua. Pseudobulbilli oblongi, conferti, subdiphylli, membranis scariosis tecti, Folia ovata, crassa, acuminata, fusca. Scapus terminalis, ‘allisoletum ; 154 VANDE&. bipollicaris, coloratus. Flores punicei, inodori. Labellum glandulà baseos lutescenti. Anthera atropurpurea. LXXXVI. PSITTACOGLOSSUM. Psittacoglossum. La Llave et Lexarz. Nov. Veg. 29. (1825.) Perianthium patens. Sepala elongata, lanceolata ; duobus lateralibus infra labellum paulo connatis. Petala conformia, angustiora, incurva. La- bellum crassum, scabrum, obscure auriculatum, ad unguem tuberculo concavo! instructum. Columna clavata, incurva, subtriquetra. Anthera 2-locularis, (petaloideo-mitrata Llav.) Pollinia 4, lenticularia ; exteri- oribus majoribus, caudiculà .... glandulà .... Herba epiphyta. Pseudobulbi ancipites, monophylli. Scapus uniflorus, squamis imbricatis vestitus. Flos magnus atropurpureus. Character ex autoribus citatis. 1. PsrrTACcOGLOsSUM atratum. La Llave et Lezarz. l. c. Hab. in Mexico, supra arbores inter lichenes, prope Jesus del Monte; Llave. Floret vere. Pseudobulbi conferti, subrotundi, oblongi, depressi, ancipites, 1-phylli. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, levigata, conduplicata. Scapus radicalis, brevis, squamulis membranaceis, cuneatis, vaginantibus, distiche imbri- catis tectus. Flos magnus, atropurpureus, terminalis, erectus. Tabel- Jum concolor, nigricans ; ex Llave. LÀ -3 LXXXVII. CYCNOCHES. Cycnoches. Lindi. in Lodd. Bot. Cab. ined. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia lanceolata, basi paululüm sub labello connata; supremo angustiore. Petala latiora, falcata, decurva. Labellum liberum, ecalcaratum, columná continuum, lanceolatum, in- tegerrimum, ungue abrupto calloso. Columna elongata, arcuata, teres, apice clavata, auriculis duabus falcatis ad latera clinandrii. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, subpedicellata, caudiculà lineari, glandulà grossà. Habitus Cataseti. 1. Cycnocnes, Loddigesii. Lindl. 1. c. Hab. in Surinami, Loddiges. (v. v. c; comm. amic. Loddiges.) Flores maximi, viridifusci. virescens. Of this most remarkable plant I have only seen a single expanded flower, from which this account has been taken. Labellum album, sanguineo-guttatum, apice LXXXVIII. MYANTHUS. Myanthus. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 1538. Perianthium explanatum. Se lib ; . lulüm ascendentib pala libera, zqualia, lateralibus pau U us, Petala conformia, angustiora, sepalo supremo supposit4 VANDES. 155 Labellum planum, obovatum, 3-dentatum, sepalis brevius. Columna erecta, teres, basi bicirrhosa, postice ad cardinem anthere longè pro- ducta. Anthera et pollinia Cataseti. Epiphyta, Cataseti omnind vegetatione. Catasetum cristatum is intermediate between this genus and Catasetum. 1. Myanruus cernuus. Lindl. l. c. Hab. supra arbores Brazilie, prope Rio Janeiro. (v. s. sp. et ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) Racemi cernui, pedales, v. ultra. Flores luteo-virides, punctis atropur- pureis confertissimis notati, LXXXIX. CATASETUM. Catasetum. Richard. in Kunth. Synops. 1. 330. Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Sepala et petala sub- equalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, nudum ventricosum, v. expla- natum fimbriatum ; sub apice saccatum, obsolete trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera, libera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, antice truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba v. sulcata, caudiculà maxima nudà demum elastic? contractili, glandulà cartilagineà subquadratà. Herbe terrestres v. epiphyte, caulibus brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. Flores Speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. l. Carasetum maculatum. Kunth. Synops. 1. 331. C. “ foliolis calycinis duobus interioribus maculatis ; labello ciliato.” Hab. in Regno Novo-Granatensi, prope Turbaco, alt. 180 hexap. florens Maio; Kunth. Folia membranacea, tripollicaria. Sepala angustiora, viridia ; duo lateralia cornuum in modum arcuatim patentia; tertium petala amplectentia. Petala ovata, margine subserrata, inferne nigro-maculata. Labellum maximum, inflatum, margine ciliatum, interne rubro-maculatum; ex Kunth. 2. CaTAsETUM tridentatum. Hooker. Exot. Fl. tt. 90. 91. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, perianthiis compressis conniven- tibus, sepalis petalisque acuminatis, labello cucullato apice tridentato, C. tridentatum. Bot. Mag. ? C. macrocarpum. Rich. in Kunth. Synops. 1. 331. C. Claveringi. Zodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1344. B. Floribus majoribus, sepalis petalisque acutis. C. Claveringi. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 840. C. floribundum. Hooker. Exot. Fl. 151. Hab. in America equinoctiali; in insula Trinitatis. Hooker ; B. in Brazilia ad sinum Sancti Salvatoris, nec non in insula Trinitatis ; Hooker. (v. v. c.) Sepala viridia v. luteo-viridia. Petala viridia purpureo plus minus macu- lata, nunc omnino purpurea. Labellum apice sepius vitellinum, intüs plerümque maculatum. I am persuaded these are all varieties, or rather states, of the same species, wbich flowers very differently in different states of health. C, 156 VANDEE. Claveringi has indeed less acuminate petals and sepals, and larger flowers, but these are but slender distinctive marks; and C. floribundum differs from the last in nothing but its greener flowers with a less internal spot- ting. I have also seen varieties with smaller flowers, and other marks of difference, but they are not worth notice. Most likely Richard's C. macrocarpum from Cayenne belongs here. At least there is nothing in the half dozen words said about it by Mr. Kunth to shew the contrary. 3. CarasETUM Hookeri. Lindl. Coll, Bot. t. 40. C. foliis lanceolatis triplicatis, perianthiis globosis, labello apice incurvo: lateribus denticulatis. Hab. in Brazilia; Swainson. (v. v. c.) - Flores in genere minores, sepalis subtestaceis, petalis viridibus, labello viridi, apice luteo, intùs purpureo maculato. 4. CATASETUM semiapertum. Hooker. Exot. Fl. t. 213. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis multiplicatis racemo compacto longioribus, perianthiis subpatentibus, labello apice incurvo : lateribus denticulatis. Hab. in Brazilia ; Hooker. Flores virides, unicolores, salvo apice luteo labelli; majores quam 1 C. Hookeri cui proximum locetur. 5. CamasETUM purum. Nees ab Esenb. Plantarum in h. med. Bonnens. Icon. p.t. 1. C. foliis lineari-lanceolatis, perianthio patente obsolete punctato, labello ventricoso apice incurvo concolore ciliato integerrimo. ‘Hab. in Brazilia ; Nees ab Esenb. Planta rarissima, in anno 1824 in Horto medico Bonnensi sub auspiciis Sinningii hortulani periti floruit. C. lurido valdè similis est, sed folia hujus quadrupld latiora ; an eadem ? Flores virides immaculati, v. vix maculati, magnitudine C. Hookeri. 6. CarasETUM luridum. C. foliis oblongis 5-plicatis, perianthio globoso vix maculato, labello ven- tricoso concolore apice recto integerrimo. Anguloa lurida. Link. in Verhandl. des Vereins. Z. bef. des Gartenb. in dem Kinigl Preuss. Staat. 1. p. 289. t. 6. Hab. in Brazilia ; Link. C. Hookeri simillimum; verosimiliter diversum foliis latioribus, labello minüs maculato et minds apice incurvo, nec ad marginem denticulato. An idem ac C. semiapertum ? diferre videtur labelli marginibus integer" rimis, nec serrulatis. 7. CaTAsETUM cristatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 966. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis multiplicatis, perianthiis explanatis, sepalo st- premo petalisque conniventibus, labello fimbriato cristatoque expanso. Hab. in Brazilia ad sinum Si. Salvatoris; G. Don. (v. v. c.) Flores virides ; labellum album fimbriis clavatis. . " EP y " Myanthus esset, si saccus labello abfuit cirrhioue abapiee columne. VANDEJE. 157 XC. MONACHANTHUS. Monachanthus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1538. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala zequalia, deorsüm versa. La- bellum posticum, carnosum, indivisum, ventricosum, sepalis multd majus. Columna brevis, crassa, mutica. Anthera.... Pollinia.... Epiphyta, Cataseti habitu. This genus differs from Catasetum in the want of cirrhi upon its short column, and in the expanded perianthium, the five segments of which are turned all one way, like those of Eulophia. l. MoNacnBANTRUS viridis. Hab. in Brazilia, supra arbores in Corcovado. (v. ic. pict. et s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) The fleshy stems are exactly those of Catasetum, as are the leaves, ex- cept that they are shorter. In the drawing I have examined, the flowers are represented in pairs from the apex of an erect scape about 9 inches high: they are fleshy, and of a deep uniform green, with a labellum that Spur something like a hood drawn over a little face represented by the column. XCI. STANHOPEA. Stanhopea. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2948-9. (Nov. 1829.) —— Ceratochilus. Lindl. in Lodd. Bet. Cab. 1414, non Blumii. Perianthium membranaceum, patentissimum v. reflexum. Sepala libera, subundulata, mole suA ruentia. Petala conformia angustiora. Labellum liberum, anticum, ecalcaratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum ; dimidio superiore (epichilio) convexo, inferiore (hypochilio) excavato. Co- lumna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. Anthera 2-locularis. Pol- linia 2, elongata, fissa, caudiculà quàm glandula biloba stipitata breviore. ——Epiphyte pseudo-bulbose. Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vagi- . nati, pauciflori. Flores maximi magis minüsve maculati. 1. Stanhopea insignis. Hooker l. c. S. labello medio quàm maxime constricto, hypochilii subrotundi lateribus cornutis incurvis, epichilio ovato medio depresso cornubus duobus baseos incurvis, i Epidendrum ; 27 grandiflorum. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. eq. p. 94. t. 27. a o grandiflora. Jd, a. g. et sp. pl. 1 343, Kunth. Synops. 1.332. Spreng. Syst. Hab. supra arborum vetustarum truncos in umbrosis sylvis prope Cuenca in Quito; Humb. et Bonpl. (v. v. c.) Sepala carnosa, flava, intüs sanguineo guttata. Petala undulata, reflexa, minüs lutea, sanguineo interrupt? fasciata. Labellum albidum, atro- sanguineo dense guttatum. 2. Stanhopea Bucephalus. S. labello medio constricto, hypochilio cymbiformi utrinque carinato mar- ginibus muticis, metachilio subtus calloso pulvinato marginibus carnoso- petaloideis auriculatis carinatis inflexis sublobatis, epichilio ovato-lan- ceolato basi bicorni: cornubus spatulatis carnosis divaricatis elongatis. * 158 VANDES. Hab. in Mezico ; Ruiz. et. Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in Hort. Lambert.) Folium fere pedale, in petiolum longum angustatum, membranaceum, parüm plicatum. Flores magnitudine S. oculatz. Sepala lateralia lanceolata angusta et petala undulata. Hypochilium metachilio longius a fronte angustatum. — Épichilii cornua metachilio et hypochilio simul sumptis longitudine æqualia ; lamina verosimiliter concava basi an- gustata, cornubus longior, basi squamulà recurvà aucta. Flores duos apertos et folium unicum charte agglutinatum tantum vidi. 3. Srannopea grandiflora, S. labello oblongo non medio constricto, hypochilio pone basin bicorni, epichilio ovato acuto, metachilio dupló longiore solido plano-convexo antice truncato tridentato, scapo erecto bifloro petalis breviore. Ceratochilus grandiflorus. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 1414. Hab. in insula Trinitatis; Loddiges. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) Flores candidi. 4. SrANHOPEA eburnea. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1529. S. labello oblongo non medio constricto, hypochilio pone basin bicorni, epichilio ovato-oblongo obtuso, metachilio dupld longiore solido plano- convexo antic? truncato bidentato, scapo pendulo bifloro petalis duplà- longiore. Hab. in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro ; Loddiges. (v. v. c. comm. cl. Bateman.) Scapi penduli, biflori, cum ovario 4} poll. longi. "Vaginz laxe, ovate, obtuse, internodis vix zquales. Flores candidi. Sepala oblongo- lanceolata, 2X poll. longa, 13 lata. Petala conformia, angustiora. La- bellum cornubus ? medio margine hypochilii, metachilioque lineis quibusdam interruptis purpureis notatis. 5. STANHOPEA oculata. S. labello medio constricto, hypochilii elongati lateribus cornutis erectis basi bimaculatis, epichilio ovato acuminato cornubus duobus baseos 1n- curvis. Ceratochilus oculatus. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 1764. . Hab. in Brazilia, Loddiges. (v. v. c.) Flores pallide lutescentes, maculis plurimis sanguineis ocellatis conspersi. Labellum hypochilio vitellino, utrinque maculà atropurpure& ovali m notatum, XCII. GONGORA. Gongora. Fl, Peruv. Prodr. 117. t. 25. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia libera divaricata; supremum cum dorso columnz connatum. Petala minora, columnz medio adnata. Labellum cum basi columnz continuum, liberum, unguiculatum, hypo- chilio explanato utrinque cornuto, epichilio verticali ancipiti (faciebus oppositis complicatis connatis) acuminato. Columna longissima, arcu ata, clavata, marginata. Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, lineari in caudiculam cuneatam sessilia. Herbe epiphyte pseudobulbos®- Folia plicata. Racemi longissimi, flexuosi, multifiori. VANDE Æ. 159 l. GoxcGora atropurpurea. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 178. G. foliis multiplicatis, sepalis e lata basi acuminatis, hypochilio sub-4-cor- nuto denticulis interjectis. : Hab. in insula Trinitatis ; Hooker. Pseudobulbi costati. Racemi bipedales. Flores atropurpurei, immaculati. 2. Goncora quinquenervis. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 927. G. foliis 5-plicatis lanceolatis, sepalis concavis basi angustatis, hypochilio bicorni dorso calloso. Hab. in sylvis Pozuzo supra arbores; Ruiz et Pavon. Floret Augusto. Septembre et Octobre. Flores luteo-purpurascentes ; ex Fl. Per. XCIII. CORYANTHES. Coryanthes. Hooker. Bot. Mag. 3102. Perianthium patentissimum. Sepala dilatata, flexuosa, conduplicata ; late- ralibus maximis, basi distinctis. Petala multó minora erecta. Label- lum unguiculatum, maximum, galeatum, cum basi columnz continuum, nullo modo articulatum, tridentatum, in medio unguis appendice pocu- liformi circumdatum. Columna teres, basi bicornis, elongata, apice re- curva, bialata. Stigma rima transversa. Antherabilocularis. Pollinia 2, compressa, postice sulcata, caudiculA lineari arcuatà, glandulà lunat& apicibus approximato-recurvis. Herbe epiphyte, pseudobulbose. Folia striata, Racemi penduli. Flores maximi. 1. CORYANTHES speciosa. Hooker l. c. C. foliis angustè lanceolatis, scapis erectis bifloris, labello unicolore. Gongora speciosa, Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2755. Hab. in Brazilia praesertim supra arbores in collem Victoria dictum prope sinum Si. Salvatoris, ubi cæspites latos efficit. (v. v. c. comm. cel. Harrison.) Flores odorem subingratum spirant. The two horns at the base of the column secrete from their points a great quantity of honey, which is caught in the cup-like appendage of the lip. Mr. Harrison informs me that the sepals when newly expanded open Out flat like a bat's wing, and that they are approaching the period of withering when in the state represented in Dr. Hooker's plate. 2. ConvaxTHES maculata. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3102. C. foliis lato-lanceolatis, scapis nutantibus multifloris, labello intts purpu- reo-maculato, Hab. in sylvis Demerare, supra arbores; Parker. Scapi floribus 5 maximis onusti et decurvi. 3. CORYANTHES macrantha. Hooker l. c. C. foliis sees, SCapis...., labello basi utrinque quater plicato: plicis deflexis, Jan. 1833, Y 160 VANDES. Gongora macrantha. Hooker in Bot. Miscell. t. 80. Hab. in Caraccis ; Lockhart. Flores maximi generis. Columna basi utrinque auriculata. XCIV. ANGULOA. Anguloa. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 118. t. 26. Perianthium clausum, globosum. Sepala et petala libera, concava, subæ- qualia. Labellum long? unguiculatum, cucullatum, bilobum, lacinula intermedia reflexà. Columna semiteres, clavata, apice bicornis. An- thera rostrata. Pollinia 2, caudiculA lanceolatà, (bifidà 2): glandulà parva ovali. Herba pseudobulbosa. Folia plicata. Scapi uniflori. Character ex Fl. Peruvianá. 1. Ancutoa uniflora. Fl. Peruv. Syst. p. 228. A. “ bulbis ovatis ancipitibus, foliis lanceolatis 7-nervibus plicatis, scapis unifloris.”’ ‘Hab. in Muña et Chincao runcationibus, vernacul? Carpales dictis, et pro- fuse in Tarme nemoribus ad Huayahal, Chanchamayo et Siusa tractus; floret Augusto et Septembre ; Ruiz et Pavon. 2. ANcULOA superba. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 343. t. 93. Kunth. Synops. 1. 332. A. “ foliis subtrinerviis, pedunculis multifloris, calycibus clausis.” Periquito Hispanorum. Hab. supra arbores in temperatis Provincia Tumbezensis, juxta Zeruma Peruvianorum, et pagum Catacocha; colitur in hortis Loxensibus, alt. 1050 hexap. ; floret Julio; Humboldt et Bonpl. Odorem dulcem, nec tamen suavem spirat. Pseudobulbi oblongi, striato- costati, monophylli. Folia petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, .acuminafa, undulata, 10-poll. longa. Scapus pauciflorus, folio brevior. Perian- thium subglobosum, foliolis coriaceo-carnosis, rubris, maculis purpureis variegatis. Labellum posticum, inferne angustatum, superne trilobum; purpureo-maculatum, medio zoná transversali albà notatum, tuber culis- que 2 alzformibus instructum : lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio emarginato latioribus. Columna subalata, carnosa, brevis, nivea, basi margine punctis raris picta. Ex Kunth. XCV. PERISTERIA. Peristeria. Hooker Bot. Mag. 3116. Perianthium globosum. Sepala basi subconnata, concava, basi labello connata. Petala conformia, pauld minora. Labellum erectum medio articulatum ; dimidio superiore obovato truncato medio pulvinato infe- riore bilobo column4 continuo. Columna erecta, semiteres, basi mag- na dilatatà. Anthera ecristata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice fissa glandulà sessili nudå rostellum involvente. Herba subterrestri5 pseudobulbosa. Folia plura, plicata. Scapi vaginati, radicales, multi- Hori. Flores speciosi. VANDE Æ. 161 l. Peristeri elata. Hooker l. c. Hab. in Panama, ubi vernaculè appellatur El Spirito Santo. — (v. v. c. comm. cel. Harrison.) ` . Pseudobulbus ovatus, ovi cygnei magnitudine, folia 3-5 gerens, 2-3-pe- dalia, 6 poll. lata, lanceolata, acuta, plicata. Scapus 4-pedalis, multi- florus. Flores albidi, globosi, odorem subaromaticum debilem spirantes. Labellum cum columna continuum nec articulatum, tripartitum, lobo medio (epichilio) cum inferiore elasticè articulato, carnoso, convexo, purpureo-punctato, apiculato, bicorni ; cornubus tenuibus planis obtusis porrectis subdenticulatis; lobi laterales in medio tuberculo depresso, angulato, acuto, augentur. XCVI. EUCNEMIS, Sepalum supremum cum petalis parallelum galeam referens; lateralia la- bello indiviso inappendiculato supposita, cum pede parüm producto columna connata. Columna alato-marginata. Pollinia 4, collateralia (00 00), per paria connata, caudiculà lineari, glandulà parvà. Folia plicata, membranacea, ex ochrea infundibulari exserta. Scapus termi- nalis, distanter vaginatus, multiflorus. Flores bilabiati. #1. EucxEuis brevilabris. Hab. in Mezico; Ruiz et Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Folia oblongo-lanceolata, basi vald® angustata, plicata. Scapus foliis longior. Bractez oblonge, acutz, ovario longiores. Alabastri acinaci- formes, obtusissimi. Labellum ovatum planum, membranaceum, indi- visum, XCVII. CYMBIDIUM. Cymbidium. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 70.——Camaridium. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. t. 844. Perianthium explanatum, petalis sepalisque subaequalibus liberis. Label- lum sessile, liberum, ecalcaratum, concavum, cum basi columnz nunc articulatum, nunc leviter connatum, indivisum v. trilobum. Columna erecta, semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sepius postice bi- loba, in glandulam subtriangularem subsessilia. Cymbidium, as understood in this work, is no doubt made up of several Very different genera, the characters of which, from want of sufficient in- ormation and the knowledge of a greater number of species, cannot be Positively made out. I presume each section will be hereafter recognised as distinet, for which reason I have given them names which may be re- tained either as generic or sectional. y The first, or the Eucymbidia, are the genuine species, all of which have two lamelle more or less distinctly shewn upon the lip———Camaridium might perhaps have been safely continued separate. Bolbidium is very near Maxillaria.— — Angidium is altogether distinct, but I am not sure that I have made out its characters rightly. $1. Acaulia, ebulbia, foliis sepius ensiformibus, floribus galeatis, labello lamella duplici. (Eucymsipium.) $ 2. Caulescentia, ebulbia. (PSEUDO-VANDA.) : . Caulescentia, axillis pseudobulbiferis, floribus noa galeatis. (CAMARIDIUM.) $4. Rhizoma re ens, pseudobulbos 1-2-phyllos gerens. (BOLBIDIUM.) $5. Acaulia, táberosa" follis plicatis, columná alata, labello indiviso nudo. (ANGiDIUM.) t Species dubiæ, 162 VAR. $ I. Acaulia, ebulbia, foliis sepids ensiformibus, floribus galeatis, labello lamellá ; duplici. (EUCYMBIDIUM. ) ; 1, Cymsipium sinense. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 111. C. foliis lanceolato-ensiformibus subcarnosis striatis, scapis erectis multi- floris, bracteis ovario subequalibus, sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceo- latis (vix striatis,) labello oblongo obtuso indiviso revoluto: lamellis arcuatis apice dilatatis conniventibus. Epidendrum sinense, Andr. Bot. Rep. 3. t. 216. Bot. Mag. 888. C. fragrans. Salisb, in Hort. Trans. 1.261. Hab. in China. (v. v. c.) Flores fusco-purpurei odoratissimi, labello luteo-viridi maculato. Adest speciei alterius icon in Bibl. Hort. Soc. Lond. (C. floribundim.) a C. sinense diverse floribus numerosissimis minoribus, sepalis obtusis, la- bello trilobo sanguineo medio luteo. 2. CvuniDivM ensifolium, | Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.77. C. foliis ensiformibus striatis acutis, scapis erectis multifloris, bracteis ovario dupld brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutis, la- bello indiviso planiusculo oblongo obtuso revoluto : lamellis arcuatis in- conspicuis continuis. Epidendrum ensifolium. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1352. Smith Spicileg. Bot. 22. t. 24. Limodorum ensatum. Thunb. Jap. 29. Banks. Ic. Kempf. t. 3. E C. ensifolium. Willd. Sp. PI. 4.112. . Bot. Mag. 1751. Hab. in China. (v. v. c.) Flores viridi-lutei venis purpureis striati. Labellum maculatum. 3. CymBIDIUM xiphiifolium. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 529. : C. foliis lineari-ensiformibus cartilagineo-serrulatis striatis acutis, Scapis erectis 4-5-floris, bracteis inferioribus acuminatis ovario brevioribus superioribus majoribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutis unl coloribus, labello indiviso cucullato revoluto obtuso intüs bicalcarato. Hab. in China ; Hort. (hab. s. c. et v. v.) Flores pallidi virides unicolores. 4. Crmprpium hematodes. C. foliis lineari-ensatis 3. costatis, scapo erecto multifloro, bracteis lanceo- latis acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis lineari-oblongis acutis, petalis lanceolatis undulatis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis obsoletis inter- medio ovato undulato acutiusculo: lamellis arcuatis integris. Hab. in Zeylona, in locis humidis umbrosis sylvarum, florens Julio, Ma- crae ; (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Racemus 6-7-florus. Sepala et petala albida, venis roseis lineata. Label- lum album maculis parvis sanguineis circa ora guttatum. Columna lutea. 5. Cymuiprum macrorhizon. C. foliis...., rhizomate repente subterraneo articulato, scapo ascendente laxé vaginato, racemo stricto laxo paucifloro, sepalis lineari-oblong}s, petalis latioribus acutioribus, labelli trilobi concavi lobis lateralibus ro- tundatis intermedio elongato obtuso convexo revoluto: lamellis arcua- tis apice dilatatis conniventibus. Hab. prope viam in Cashmere circa gradum 31 lat. bor. in vallibus sole fervido calentibus, Royle. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Royle.) Verosimiliter aphyllum. Vagine et bractez inferiores ventricose, acute Sepala lineas 10 longa. VANDEJE. 163 6. Cympipium cyperifolium. Wall. Cat. no. 7353. C. foliis lineari-ensiformibus acutis striatis tricostatis scapis strictis longi- oribus, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovariis longioribus, sepalis petalis- que lineari-oblongis acutis striatis, labelli 3-lobi canaliculati lobis late- ralibus acutis intermedio ovato refracto: lamellis subparallelis continuis. Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Sepala et petala 1i poll. longa, viridia, basi purpurascentia. Labellum pallidé viride, laminà bis quaterve purpureo-maculatà, hypochilio venis purpureis confluentibus marginato. 7. Cymsrpium longifolium. Don. Prodr. Nep. 36. Wall. Cat. no. 7356. C. foliis lineari-ensiformibus striatis acutis, scapo erecto nutante multi- floro, bracteis minutis, sepalis lineari-oblongis petalisque lineari-spatu- latis falcatis acutis striatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus brevibus acutis intermedio ovato acuto subcordato: lamellis parallelis continuis integerrimis. Limodorum angustifolium. Hamilt. ic. penes Dom. Bauer. Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Sepala et petala 13 poll. longa, viridia, sanguineo-striata. Labellum cum pede columne connatum, flavum, venis maculisque quibusdam sanguin- eis notatum. 8. Cymprpium giganteum. Wall. Cat. no. 7355. C. toliis ensiformibus stríatis acutis racemo cernuo multifloro longioribus, bracteis minutis, sepalis oblongis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus parvis acutis basi pubescentibus inter- medio multó majore ovato acuto undulato medio barbato : lamellis arcu- atis apice connatis pilosis. Limodorum longifolium. — Hamilt. ic. penes Dom. Bauer. ? Cymb. iridioides, Don. Prodr. 36. Hab. in Napalia ; Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Scapus 13 pedalis, nutans, vaginis inflatis acuminatis. Flores fusco-pur- purei, ochroleuco marginati, Sepala 2 poll. longa, 3 lata.» Labellum cum basi columna: connatum, ochroleucum, fusco-purpureo venosum et maculatum, ciliatum. Capsula 4 poll. longa, 6-costata, ovalis. Racemi post anthesin erecti, Obs. Anthera non cum columna articulata, sed a facie ad dorsum usque omninó continua ; reverà est mera cavitas apicis columne. 9. CYMBIDIUM elegans. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7354. C. foliis lineari-ensiformibus acutis striatis racemo (densissimo) oblongo nutante longioribus, bracteis brevibus squamiformibus, floribus cylin- draceis, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis, labelli cuneati canaliculati apice trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio recto acuto parium longiore: lamellis connatis basi abrupte discretis. Limodorum Cyperifolium. Hamilt. ic. penes Dom. Bauer. Hab. in Napalia ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Racemus aliquando 8 poll. longus, 33 p. latus, oblongus; nunc multo 164 VANDE Æ. minor, 10-florus. Vaginæ scapi inflatæ, acuminate, internodiis longi- ores. Flores viridi-lutei. Labellum intùs sanguineo-punctatum. Pol- linia pyriformia, postice? fissa, basi discreta. 10. Cymprpium lancifolium. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 51. C. foliis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis scapis erectis paucifloris longioribus, bracteis ovario 3pló brevioribus, labello 3-lobo apice re- curvo lineà medià elevatà sulcatà, caulibus fusiformibus carnosis. Hab. in Napalia ; Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Sepala candida; petala: candida medio rosea; labellum candidum sangui- neo-maculatum, lobo medio acuto. Labelli fabricam non videre conti- git; Icon Wallichiana indicat duas lamellas contiguas, ll. Cympipium suave. Brown Prodr. 331. €. “ foliis elongato-linearibus carinatis, scapis axillaribus basi bractes imbrieatis, racemis multifloris, perianthio patenti foliolis obtusis, label- lo ecarinato indiviso." Hab. in Nova Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson ; R. Brown. 19. Cympipium canaliculatum. Brown Prodr. 331. C. “ foliis elongatis linearibus alte carinatis rigidis, scapis axillaribus E bracteis imbricatis, racemis multifloris, perianthio patenti foliolis acutis, labello intüs bicarinato : apice trilobo.'' Hab. in Nova Hollandia tropica ; R. Brown. 13. Cymsiprum Finlaysonianum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7358. C. foliis ...., scapo gracillimo (pendulo?) flexuoso multifloro, bracteis brevissimis squamzeformibus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis ves sis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio oblongo undulato obtuso recurvo : lamellis ultra medium interruptis : dimidiis superioribus calcaratis. Hab. in Cochinchina, ad simum Turon, Finlayson. (hab. s. sp. sine folis e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Sepala 14 poll. longa. 14. Cymsrpivum bicolor. C. foliis ensiformibus carnosis oblique obtusis, racemis pendulis mult floris, bracteis minutis, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutiusculis, labelli trilobi saccati lobis lateralibus intermedioque ovato acutis : le mellis sigmoideis clavatis medio interruptis basi callosis. C. aloifolium. Blume Bijdr. t. 19. non Swartz. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae; etiam in Java, ad radicem montis Salak, Blum. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Sepala et petala purpurea, viridi pallido limbata. Labellum apice revolu- te pallidé viride, intra apicem purpureum, extüs ad sinus bimacu- atum, Nearly related to C. aloifolium, but certainly distinct in its saccate la- bellum, the lamellæ of which are curved like an S, clavate at the ape* interrupted in the middle, thicker in the lower half, and having a callus at their base. The flowers are smaller, and very differently coloured. VANDE Æ. 165 15. Cymnrpium aloifolium. Swartz, Nov. Act. Ups. 6,73. C. foliis ensiformibus coriaceis oblique obtusis, racemis pendulis multi- floris, bracteis minutis, petalis sepalisque lanceolatis obtusiusculis, la- belli revoluti lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio oblongo obtuso : lamel- lis interruptis clavatis postice arcuatis. Kansyram-maravara. Rheede Mal. 12. t. 8. Epidendrum aloifolium. Linn. Sp. Pi 1350. Aerides Borassi. Smith / in Rees Cycl. suppl. Hab. supra arbores per omnem continentem Indie orientalis, in insulis verosimiliter ignotum ; floret Aprili; Roxburgh, Buchanan. (v. v. c. et s. sp.) Sepala patentia; petala circa columnam suberecta. Labellum cucullatum, 3-lobum, integerrimum, basi saccatum, disco duobus paribus callorum, uno pare in medio clavato altero versus basin arcuato. Columna semi- teres, erecta, libera, stigmate concavo elliptico transverso. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, 1-locularis, non cristata, decidua. Pollinia 2, sessilia in glandulam stigma relinquentem, trigona, postice lobulo aucta. 16. Cymprpium Wallichii, C. foliis latis ensiformibus apice oblique retusis emarginatis, racemis lon- gissimis pendulis multifloris, bracteis minutis, sepalis petalisque lineari- oblongis acutis intermedio lineari-oblongo : lamellis continuis parallelis. C.aloifolium. Wail. Cat. no. 7352. Hab. in Cochinchina, Finlayson; in Penang, Porter; ad ripas fluminis 4tiran, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Angl. Ind.) 17. Cymsripium pendulum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.73. Willd. no. 30. C. foliis ensiformibus coriaceis oblique obtusis, racemis pendulis multi- floris, bracteis minutis, petalis sepalisque lineari-oblongis obtusis, label- li trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio ovato acuto: lamellis con- tinuis approximatis apice confluentibus. Epidendrum pendulum. Roxb. Corom. 1. 35. t. 44. C. crassifolium. Wall. Cat. no. 7357. Hab. in arbores in provincia Silhet, Roxburgh; etiam ad Noakote, florens Maio, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Racemus 2-pedalis. Flores straminei, venis sanguineis lineati. Folia 13- 3-pedalia. An idem? C. pendulum, Blume Bijdr. “ foliis lato-line- aribus basi canaliculatis rigidis apice oblique retusis, spicà longis$i- m4 pendula, labello intus carinato." Hab.ad marginem fluminis Tjapus, in montanis Salak Jave; cui sepala lineari-oblonga acuminata margine revoluta, flavescentia, basi sordide purpurascentia. 18. CvwsipivM limbatum. Hooker in Herb. C. foliis oblongis coriaceis planis, racemis (pendulis ?) multifloris, bracteis minutis, sepalis petalisque linearibus obtusis, labelli trilobi canaliculati lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio lineari obtuso, loco lamellarum callis duobus sub sinubus squamisque 2 obliquis carnosis pone basin labelli. Hab. in insula Trinitatis : Shepherd, (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) 19. ? Cymerpium violaceum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1.341. C. *' foliis distichis oblongo-ellipticis obtusis canaliculatis interne macula- 166 VANDE E. tis, pedunculo paucifloro, calycis foliolis exterioribus lanceolato-oblon- , gis: duobus interioribus subcrenulatis, labello trilobo : lobo intermedio subrotundo emarginato crenulato intern? ruguloso-venoso. Hab. in sylvis Orinocensibus prope Cataractas Aturensium, et San Fernando de Atabapo, florens Maio: Humb. et Bonpl. Epiphyta. Folia coriacea vix 3-poll., pollice latiora, basi vaginantia, Vagine inferiores aphylle, apice acuminate, 1$-2-poll. Scapus sub. 8-poll. usque supra medium vaginis vestitus. Flores violacei, patentis- simi. Sepala acuta, crassiuscula, 2-pollicaria. Petala utrinque acuta exterioribus paulo longiora. Labellum basin versus flavum. Pollinia ignota. Ex Kunth, 20. Cymarpium flabelliforme. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.73. C. “ acaule, compressum, foliis basi attenuatis carinatis superne planis ovato-lanceolatis nervosis, scapis abbreviatis unifloris. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3.1471. Epidendr. flabelliforme. Swartz. Prodr. 123. Hab. rarius in arboribus montium Jamaice ; Swartz. Folia omnia radicalia in formam flabelli disposita ; media plusquam pedalia. Scapi radicales foliis multo breviores. Bractee 2, spathaces, ovate, acutz, sub flore breviter pedicellato magno. Sepala et petala undulata, subzqualia, pollicaria, ovato-lanceolata, lineato-venosa, concava, alba. Labellum conforme, patens, ante columnam bicarinatum, marginibus ad basin erectis, undulatis ; apice planiusculum acutum. Ex Swartz. 21. CyvuBiDivM aculeatum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799-225. C. foliis linearibus patentibus scapo erecto flexuoso brevioribus, racemo denso paucifloro, sepalis petalisque conniventibus oblongis obtusis, la- belli obovati trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio oblongo recto rotundato : lamellis basi integris apice aculeatis. Satyrium aculeatum. Linn. Suppl. 402. Serapias aculeata. Zhunb. Prodr. 3. C. aculeatum. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 71. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 108. Eulophia aculeata. Spreng. Syst. 3. 720. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp., in summo Taffelberg, in planitiem frontis, Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lehmann.) ; Flores parvi, flavi ; labelli lamine albze purpurezque. 22. CymBIDIUM tabulare. Swartz in Schrad. Diar. 1799-224. C. folio lineari solitario, scapo flexuoso striato, floribus 5 cernuis, sepalis ovatis obtusis concavis erectis, petalis conformibus patentibus, labello breviore convoluto concavo obtusissimo tripartito : lobis ovatis integris intermedio concavo breviore exciso. Satyrium tabulare. Zinn. Suppl. 402. Serapias tabularis. Thunb. Prodr. 3. C.tabulare. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.108. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 70. A ad Cap. B. Sp., in planitiem montis tabularis prope frontem, Thun- erg. "— seein Labellum totum flavum. Scapus vix pedalis. Folium igitale. VANDEAE. 167 23. CvuniDiUM flabellatum. C. foliis lineari-loratis distichis flabellatis scapo longioribus, racemo pau- cifloro, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis erectis brevioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio crispo trilobo : lobo terminali emarginato. Limodorum flabellatum. Thouars Orch. Afr. t. 39. 40. Hab. in Madagascaria ; Thouars. ` Folia 2 pedalia. Flores purpureo-lutei. 24. Cymarpium subulatum. Swartz. N. Act. Ups. 6.73. C. ** acaule, foliis subulatis sulcatis, racemis radicalibus.” Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1473. Epidendrum subulatum. Zd. Prodr. 123. Hab. supra arbores in sylvis Jamaice interioris ; Swartz. Folia subpedalia, carnosa, parum recurvata, Racemi radicales 1-2-polli- cares, 4-6-flori, laxi. Petala et sepala Jato-linearia, subpatentia. Label- lum ovatum, acutum, concavum, petalorum magnitudine. Ez Swariz. §. Caulescentia, ebulbia. (PsEvDo-VANDa.) 25. CvuBrDIUM tenuifolium. Willd. no. 39. C. foliis teretibus, umbellis subsessilibus, sepalis linearibus obtusis paten- tibus sub apice mucronatis, petalis longioribus, labello oblongo concavo . disco tricalloso basi auriculato apice membranaceo bilobo. Tsierou-mau-maravara. Rheede 12. t. 5. Epidendr. tenuifolium. Zinn. Sp. 1348. Hab. in Malabaria, Rheede; in Zeylona, supra arbores ad Peradeniam, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Sepala luteo-viridia, basi leviter connata, labello breviora. Petala ejusdem coloris. Labelluin pallide viride, purpureo pictum, facie Ophrydis cujus- dam. Columna parva, libera, quadrata ; stigmate totam faciem occu- pante. Pollinia 2, solida, leviter hinc excavata ; caudiculA lata elasticá ; glandulà lata. 26. CvwnibiUw triste. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.99. C. foliis teretibus, umbellis subsessilibus, sepalis petalisque conniventibus carnosis oblongis cymbiformibus, labello oblongo sepalis duplo latiore. Epidendrum teres. Thunb. Pidendrum triste. Forst, Prodr. n. 314. misia teretifolia, Gaudich. Voy. 497. t. 37. anda? trichorhiza. Hooker Exot. FI. 72. ab. in. Nova Caledonia, Forster ; insulis Marianis, Gaudichaud ; Japonia, Thunberg; ad Noakote Napalie, Wallich; Zeylona, Macrae; (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Columna brevis semiteres, carnosa. Anthera l-locularis, mucronulata. Poll. 9, globosa, cava, caudiculà brevi deltoideà, glandulà oblonga. Ex- emplaria vermibus destructa tantüm vidi. : Caulis simplex, palmaris, vaginis sulcatis foliorum obtectus. Folia teretia, 6-7-uncias longa, arcuata. Spice laterales, breves, rigide, multiflore. Bractez rotundatz, nanz. Perianthium connivens. Sepala ovata, obtusa. Petala conformia, pauld minora. Labellum saccato-concavum, liberum, oblongum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, intermedio rotundato transverso. (Columna brevis. Anthera subrotunda, ecristata. Pollinia 2, obovata, caudiculà obovata, rostello longo hamato. Ex Gaudich. Jan. 1833. z 168 VANDEJE. §. 3. Caulescentia, axillis pseudobulbiferis, floribus non galeatis, (CAMARIDIUM.) 27. CvuBiDiUuM vestitum. Swartz. N. Act. Ups. 6.70. C. “ caule dichotomo vaginis undique imbricato apice axillisque bulbifero, bulbis 1-phyllis, floribus confertis e vaginis caulis." Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 3.1448. Camaridium purpureum. Spreng. Syst. 3. 735. Epidendrum vestitum. Swartz. Prodr. 124. Hab. in arboribus Jamaice temperatioris, nec non ad latera rupium; Swartz. Folium sessile, lato-lanceolatum, submembranaceum, integrum, rigidum. Flores minuti, purpurei. Sepala et petala subequalia: hec pauld an gustiora, ovato-lanceolata, concava, subpatentia. Labellum petalis di- midio minus, deltoideum, inferne angustius, convexum, callo bifido co- lumnz basi approximatum, medio concavum, subreflexum, angulis marginalibus erectiusculis, apice attenuatum obtusum. Capsula ovata, parva, sub-3-gona, 3-carinata. Ex Swartz. 28. CYMBIDIUM ochroleucum. C. caulescens, axillis pseudobulbiferum, foliis ligulatis carinatis apice ob- lique emarginatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, sepalis petalisque æquê- liter patentibus lineari-oblongis subspatulatis acutiusculis, labello cu- cullato trilobo- disco barbato. Camaridium ochroleucum, Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 844. Hab. in insula Trinitatis. (v. v. c.) Columna libera, erecta, semiteres. Stigma fornicatum, rotundatum. An- thera semibilocularis, Poll. 4, compressa, parallela, caudiculà ovata, glandulà sublunatà. 29 ? Cympipium glandulosum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 340. C. ** bulbo oblongo, foliis latè linearibus acutis, pedunculo paucifloro pe* diceliisque glandulosis, calycis foliolis spathulatis, labello trilobo : lobo intermedio emarginato,” Hab. in crepidinibus opacatis montis Avila’ v. Silla de Caracas, alt. 1280 hexap. florens Februario; Humb. et Bonpl. Epiphyta. Folia coriacea, subsexpoll, vix 4 lin. lata. Scapus sub5- poll. Flores 3-4, concolores, exsiccati aurantiaci. Sepala et petala spatulata, acuta, reticulato-venosa, ipoll Labellum brevius, tr! bum, basi concavum columnam involvens ; lobo intermedio lateralibus majore subrotundo planiusculo. Pollinia ignota. Ex Kunth. 30. ? Cymsipium candidum. Humb, et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 342. C. * bulbo oblongo, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis, pedunculo bifloro; ps lycis foliolis exterioribus lanceolato-oblongis interioribus subrotun e ovatis crenulatis, labello trilobo : lobo intermedio subrotundo emar£ nato crenulato.” Hab. ad truncos Uvarie propefurbem Carthaginem Popayanensium, " coeve fluminis Caucæ, alt, 470 hexap. florens Septembri ; Humb. & npl. Folia coriacea, nervoso- striata, sub 8-poll., 2 : ta, Flores c?» didi. Sepala acuta, uo: Spo. poll. fer? lata bipollicaria et longiora. Petala pauld longior? * VANDEJE. 169 tenuiora. Labellum canaliculatum, lineis roseis pictum, basi flavescens, lobo intermedio violaceo. Pollinia 4, pedicellata, subrotunda, cereacea. Ex Kunth. Certainly not a Cymbidium, if the Pollen is rightly described. 31. ?Cympipium cordigerum. Humb, et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1.341. C. bulbo oblongo, foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, pedunculo paucifloro, calycis foliolis spathulatis, labello trilobo: lobo intermedio obcordato subcrenulato.” Hab. regione ferventissimà Provincie Venezuele, inter Santa Barbara, et Porto Cabello, alt. 85 hexap. florens Februario; Humb. et Bonpl. Epiphyta. Folia coriacea, vix pedalia, poll. lata. Scapus pedalis. Flores circiter 6. Flores patentes, purpurei? Sepala et petala acutiuscula, nervosa, subpollicaria. Labellum longius, lobis lateralibus obliqué ovatis obtusis, intermedio maximo plano, exsiccato aurantiaco basin versus purpureo. Pollinia ignota. Ex Kunth. §. 4. Rhizoma repens, pseudobulbos 1-9-phyllos gerens. (BoLBip1um.)—An hujus loci Maxillaria picta alizeque ? 32. CywnipivM diurnum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. Bot. 1799. 221. Willd. 4. 106. C. pseudobulbis ovatis diphyllis, foliis coriaceis lineari-oblongis rectis obtusis, scapo terminali paniculato multifloro, sepalis petalisque paten- tibus subzqualibus, labelli trilobi axi carinatà lobis lateralibus erectis abbreviatis acutis membranaceis dentatis intermedio unguiculato obo- vato-oblongo bilobo convexo marginibus revolutis, Limodorum diurnum. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 3. 1.603. Hab. in Bahamis ; Hooker, in arboribus ad Caraccas, Jacquin. (eram. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Pseudobulbus 13 poll. long. Folia 8-poll. Scapus bipedalis. Sepala concava; petala plana obtusiora. Labelli laciniz laterales columnam amplectentes eoque pauló longiores. Labellum ecristatum, basi cum columna subparallelum, posted patentissimum. ^ Columna utrinque Marginato-alata. Clinandrium | utrinque marginatum denticulatum. Pollinia 9, obscure visa. .. Af Jacquin's figure be correct in the form of the labellum, then the plant I have described from Dr. Hooker's herbarium must be a different species ; but I am rather inclined to think that the figure is unfaithful. 33? Cymsiprum trinerve. Meyer Esseq. 258. C. * foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis trinervibus; scapo paniculato, bracteis petalisque margine crispato-undulatis, labelli lobo medio lati- ore emarginato.” Hab. in Essequebo, in locis altis arenosis regionis rivi Arowabischkreek ; Meyer, Floret Octobre. Planta 4-5-pedalis, glaberrima. Folia membranacea, firma, basi invicem Se amplectentia et imbricata, alterna, disticha, lineari-lanceolata, acu- minata, inferné carinata, trinervata, lineata. Scapus erectus, teres, panicula subpedali terminatus. Rami panicule alterni, adscendentes, simplices. Bracte ad ramorum pedicellorumque basin singule, unci- ales, oblonge, acuminate, margine crispato-undulate, una cum corolla hervato-reticulate et colorate. Flores alterni, remoti, pedicellis semi- 170 VANDEEX. . pollicaribus unifloris suffulti. Calycis foliola patentia, oblonga, acuta, undulata, e fusco lutea. Labellum calycis foliolis duplo brevius, quad- rato-subrotundum, sulphureum ; laminà trilobà, lobis rotundatis, inter- medio planiusculo emarginato, lateralibus adscendentibus, tripló mi- noribus, integrisque. Gynostemum petalis dupld brevius, adscendens, anticé concavum. Capsula prismatica, nitida. Meyer. 34. CymBIDIUM marginatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1530. C. pseudo-bulbis ovato-oblongis teretibus 1-3-phyllis, foliis lineari-lance- olatis coriaceis erecto-recurvis, scapis unifloris gracilibus vaginatis foliis brevioribus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis minoribus con- formibus, labello oblongo-lanceolato obtuso cucullato subrepando in- diviso. ? Maxillaria gracilis. Zodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1837. ? Bletia humilis. Link. et Otto. Neu. et Selt. Gewächs. t. 27. Hab. in Brasilia, prope Rio Janeiro ; ? etiam in Mezico ; Deppe. (v. v. c.) Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 6-7 lineas lata, atroviridia. Scapi palmares, vaginis longis fuscis distantibus. Flores lutei. Sepala pollicem longa, rubro- marginata; supremum cum petalis parallelum labium superius, latera- libus divergentibus inferius constituentibus, Labellum interrupté um- brino-limbatum. The Mazillaria gracilis of Mr. Loddiges is either a sickly specimen of this, or a nearly allied species. It may be the same as Bletia humilis of Link and Otto, a plant I have never seen, but which is most likely another species, very nearly related to this. 35. Cympipium Javanicum. Blume Bijdr. 380. C. “ bulbis cauliformibus teretibus 3-foliatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acu- minatissimis membranaceis, spicà laterali pauciflorà, labello intüs ca- rinato.” Hab, in Java ad radices arborum in sylvis montium Seribu ; Blume. Sepala lineari-oblonga, acuta, patentia, diaphano-albicantia, interiora la- bellumque purpurascente-maculata. Pollinia ovalia v. subglobosa. Bi. This perhaps belongs to the Eucymbidia, near C. lancifolium. 36. CymBipium cuspidatum. Blume Bijdr. 379. C. “ bulbis ovato-oblongis compressiusculis sub-4-phyllis, foliis lineari- lanceolatis cuspidatis coriaceis, spicà radicali 3-5-florà, labello intùs carinato medio bicalloso." Hab. in Jave montanis Salak et Tjerimai; Blume. Sepala oblonga, acuminata, pallide flavescentia, lineis purpurascentibus notata, duobus lateralibus exterioribus arcuato-conniventibus. Masse pollinis ovales v. subglobose. Bl. $. 5 Acaulia, tuberosa, foliis plicatis, columnd alatd, labello nudo, polliniis 2 integris. (ANGIDIUM.) 37. Cymeipivum utriculatum. Swartz, Nov. Act. Ups. 6.75. Willd. Sp. PI. 107. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1477. Limodorum utriculatum. Swartz. Prodr. 119. Jacq. Fragm. Bot. 29. t. 32. f. 4. Hab. in sylvis subhumidis Jamaice, Swartz, Mucfadgen ; Hispaniole, Swartz. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) VANDE E. 171 Verosimiliter est genus distinctissimum ; sed exempl. manca in herb. Hooker. que solùm vidi, non mihi omnino satisfaciunt. Hec tamen vidi, columnam alatam, labellum oblongum acutum indivisum elamel- latum, pollinia 2, stigma ad apicem columne, nec ad basin ut vult cel. Swartzius, scapum erectum foliis longiorem pubescentem. De- scriptionem Swartzii subjungo. Radix tuberosa, subrotunda, difformis, carnosa, succulenta, sepe magni- tudine tuberum maximorum Solani tuberosi. Huic insidet Bulbus subrotundus, vaginis emarcidis vestitus, radiculis filiformibus longis sub bulbo prope tuber exsertis. Folia duo, subpedalia, lato-lanceolata, acuta, integra, longitudinaliter plicato-nervosa, utrinque glabra; basi cincta vaginis alternis, quarum una magna, elongata, medio valde ven- tricosa, apice acuminata, interdum bifida, glabra, lineato-nervosa, copia aque limpide plerumque distenta. Scapus e radice intra vaginam in- flatam, foliis dupld longior, teres, crassitie calami scriptorii, vaginulis aliquot remotis arctis cinctus. Flores terminales, alterni, distantes, sessiles, majusculi, albi, succulenti, hinc facillim? decidui. Bractee lanceolate, breves, sub floribus. Petala 5, supremum exterius conca- vum, cum duobus interioribus lanceolatis falcatis in galeam quasi con- nivens : lateralia exteriora apice ad superiora approximata, falcata, basi antice gibba. Labellum basi latum, ovato-concavum ; lamina erecta, apice subrecurva obtusa, tribus maculis purpureis notata. Columna erecta, petalis paullulum brevior, gibba, antice excavata, purpureo-fas- ciata; apice in fovea prebens Antheram subconicam, quadrilocularem, globulis pollinis solitariis, subrotundis, flavis. Germen cylindricum, contortum. Stigma ad basin columnz labello oppositum. Capsula magna, oblonga, basi et apice acuminata et torta, tricarinata, 6-sulcata. + Species omnino dubie. 38. Cvunipivw vexilliferum. Llave et Lexars. Nov. Veg. Descr. 2.11. “ Planta terrestris, vix pedalis. Radix tuberosa, bulbo unico oblongo tunicato, fibrillis capillaribus ad collum tecta ; radiculz simplices vermi- formes. Folia radicalia lanceolato-ovata, nervosa, levigata, vaginantia. Scapus 3queter, angulis decurrentibus, floribus spicà diffusà ordinatis, cernuis. Bracteæ lineares, acute, amplexicaules. Perigonium herba- ceo-membranaceum, luridum, segmentis 3 externis lato-lanceolatis, duobus interioribus lineari-elongatis, omnibus patentibus marginibus revolutis. Labellum magnum, ovatum, carinatum, purpureo-fuscum, venosum, ad marscescentiam nigricans, vexillum papilionacearum emu- lans, limbo integerrimo. Gynostemium conico-incurvum, antic? cana- liculatum, ad apicem incrassatum, auriculis 2 carnosis foveam stigmatis concludentibus. Anthera opercularis caduca. Pollinis masse 4, ovate, pedicello brevi glutinoso affixe. Operculum petaloideum, reniforme, biloculare, herbaceum.” Habitat in montibus Vallisoletanis. Verosimiliter genus distinctum. An Cremastre species 2 39. CvunipiUM tabulare. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.37. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 70. Satyrium tabulare. Zinn. Suppl. p. 403. Serapias tabularis. Thunb. Prodr. Fl. Cap. 3. Hab. ad C. B. S. in planitiem montis tabularis prope frontem ; floret Janu- ario ; Thunberg. : 172 VANDES. Radix bulbosa. Folium radicale, solitarium, lineare, patens, glabrum, digitale. Scapus flexuosus erectus, striatus, vix pedalis. Vagine in scapo bine v. 3. Flores circiter 5, cernui. Bractea sub singulo flore lanceolata, capsulà brevior. Corolla irregularis, virescens, 5-petala; tria exteriora consimilia, ovata, obtusa, venosa, concava, erecta, ungui- cularia; lateralia basi antice ad latera labelli parüm producta; duo interiora vix angustiora, subpatentia. Labellum totum flavum, reliquis petalis latius, et pauló brevius, convoluto-concavum, obtusissimum, tripartitum, lacinie ovate integrae ; intermedia concava, subinde brevior, excisa. Thunb. 40. CymBipium montanum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 72. C. * caule simpliciusculo, foliis lato-lanceolatis apice subrecurvis, racemo terminali, floribus secundis, lamina labelli trifida.” Swartz. Fk Ind, Occ. 3. 1469, | Epidendrum montanum. Swartz Prodr. 121. Hab. in arboribus in montibus ceruleis Jamaice australis; Swartz. Caulis 1-2-pedalis, simplicissimus, teres, inferne aphyllus, vaginatus, geni- culatus, ad genicula infima subdivisus, superne? foliosus. Racemus lpedalis, flexuosus, compressus, multiflorus. Flores albi. Bracteæ cu- cullatz. Sepala et petala ovato-lanceolata, concava, patentia. Labellum cymbiforme, lacinià intermedià longiore, medio sanguineo-punctatà. Er Swartz. XCVIII. ACROPERA. Sepala patentia, supremum galeatum, lateralia divaricata. Petala nana, obliqua, apice truncata, subpatentia. Labellum unguiculatum, cum basi column: elastic? articulatum, trilobum, lobo intermedio minore saccato. Columna erecta, marginata, basi saccata. Pollinia 2, linearia, convoluta, caudiculà lineari-subulatà, glandulà minutd. Rostellum subulatum. Epiphyta, racemis cernuis multifloris, vegetatione Maz- illarie Colacis. This genus is very near Maxillaria, from which however its curious labellum, and stunted petals sufficiently distinguish it. 1. AcnorERA Loddigesii. Maxillaria galeata. Lindl. in Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 1645. Hab. in Mezico prope Xalapa, Loddiges. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) floret Julio. Flores fusco-crocei. Labellum rubescens ob elasticitatem unguis ligu- lati semper vacillat. Ovarium cylindraceum, viridi. purpureum, subspi- raliter convolutum. i XCIX. CREMASTRA. Perianthium tubulosum, apice patens. Sepala et petala angusta, sube- qualia, omnind libera. Labellum longe unguiculatum, cum columna parallelum, apice dilatatum 3-fidum : appendice ad basin limbi carnoso, navieulari, ascendente. Columna longissima, semiteres, erecta, libera. Pollinia (4, ovata, plana, glandulà dilatatà. Wallich.) Terrestris; pseudobulbis annulatis, aggregatis. Folia membranacea, subplicata. VANDE Æ. 173 1. Cremastra Wallichiana. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7349. Cymbidium appendiculatum. Don. Prodr. 36. Hab. in Napalia, ad Sheopore, supra arbores et rupes. Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Bulbi magni, globosi, fasciculati, subannulati, pollicares. Folia oblongo- lanceolata, in petiolum angustata, acuminata, tricostata, striata, per- gamenea. Scapus 1-14-pedalis, striatus. vaginatus. Flores sesqui- pollicares, racemosi, congesti, penduli, cylindracei, apicibus recurvis, Hyacinthum simulantes, rosei, labello intüs purpureo maculato. C. GRAMMATOPH YLLUM. Grammatophyllum. Blume Bijdr. 377. tabellen 20.—-—Gabertia. Gaudich. Voyage.425. Perianthium explanatum, patens, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus. Label- lum cum columna articulatum, nanum, trilobum, cucullatum. Columna arcuata, erecta, semiteres, basi callosa. Anthera subbilocularis. Pol- linia 2, globosa, basi sulcata, in extremitatibus glandule arcuate ses- silia Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caules simplices incrassati. Folia linearia, disticha, striata. Pedunculi radicales, longissimi, (v. termi- nales?) multiflori, Flores speciosissimi. Cymbidio differt tanttm polliniis et glandulA. l. GnaMMATOPHYLLUM speciosum. Blume Bijdr. 377. G. caule carnoso, foliis ensiformibus plicatis, scapis radicalibus. Angrecum scriptum. Rumph. Amb. 6.95. t. 42. Epidendrum scriptum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1351. Cymb. scriptum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. p. 218. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 100. Gabertia scripta. Gaudich. Voy. 425. Hab. in Java circa Buitenzorg in arboribus, Blume; in Amboyna, Rum- phius ; in Moluccis, supra rupes nudos, Gaudichaud ; in freti Malaccen- sis insula Pulo Dinding, Finlayson. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) An diverse species hic confuse ? Caulis erectus simplex foliosus. Folia lanceolata, acuta, disticha, paten- tissima, 9-15-striata, plana, membranacea. Scapus erectus, longissi- simus, multiflorus. Flores luteo-virides, brunneo maculati ; laciniis obovatis. Fructus succulentus. Gaudich. 2. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM ? Finlaysonianum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no 7561. G. caule cylindraceo striato, foliis distichis emarginatis basi latioribus, racemis terminalibus longè pedunculatis, bracteis distichis confertis ovatis concavis acutis rigidis. Hab. in Sincapore, Finlayson, Wallich ; (hab. s. sp. deflorat. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Herba facie Epidendri elongati Folia 4 poll. longa. Racemi 2$ polli- cares. Flores duos inspexi quorum unus apertus, alter alabastrus, ambo vermibus destructi. Ex his judico Perianthium explanatum, 2 pollices latum; sepala lanceolata, zqualia; petala ascendentia dupld latiora; labellum liberum, columnàá articulatum, cucullatum, 3-lobum, appendicibus cristisve nullis, nisi in discum lacinie intermediz ubi tuberculosum ; columnam erectam semiteretem, membranaceo-margi- natam, basi nullo modo productam ; antheram bilocularem ; pollinia 2, postice excavata. Glandulam vix vidi. 174 VANDEJE. CI. TRICHOCEROS. Trichoceros. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 338. Perianthium explanatum, regulare, petalis sepalis labelloque subconform- ibus, Columna nana, villosa, utrinque processu petaloideo piloso in- structa; rostello acuminato. Anthera unilocularis? ad dorsum ros- telli. Pollinia 2, solida, obovata, caudiculà unicà elongata. Herbe epiphyte, pseudobulbosz, caulescentes. Scapi distanter vaginati, mul- tiflori. Flores mediocres. 1. TmicHocERos parvifiorus. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 337. t. 76. T. processubus columnz linearibus ascendentibus exannulatis sepalis paulo brevioribus, Hab. in faucibus Andium Novogranatensium, juxta ripam fluminis Xayo et confluentem Sambingi, ubi sylve humidis flatibus perstringuntur nè- que solis foventur radiis alt. 1118 hexap. floret Novembri; Humboldt et Bonpl. ° Planta parasitica. Caules teretes, glabri, subpedales, basi foliati, apice pauciflori. Pseudobulbi oblongi, glabri, virescentes. Folia oblongo- lanceolata, acuminata, plana, coriacea, glabra, basi vaginantia, bipolli- caria, 6 aut 7 lin. lata. Flores subspicati, pedicellati, bracteati ; brat- teå ovatà, acuminatà, striatà, membranaceà, glabrà. Perianthium patens, glaber, exsiccatus flavescens; sepala subequalia, oblonga, acuta, flavi" uscula, 5-venia, 5-lineas longa; petala simillima, pauló minora. La- bellum oblongum, acutum, magnitudine sepalorum, 7-venium, planius- culum, ciliatum, internis presertim basin versus pilis violaceis tectum. Columna brevis, violaceo-pilosum, utroque latere processubus linearibus, pilosis, membranaceis, ascendentibus, non annulatis, calyce paul brevioribus. Kunth l. c. quibusdam mutatis. 2. Tricnoceros antennifer. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1.338. T. processubus columnz annulatis arcuatis antenneformibus. Epidendrum antenniferum. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. Æq. 1.98. t. 28. Flor de Mosquito Incolarum. Hab. in temperatis subfrigidis regni Quitensis, prope Cuenca, alt. 1351 hexap. florens Julio ; Humboldt et Bonpl. Planta parasitica. Pseudobulbi ovati, compressi, glabri. Folia et caulis praecedentis. Spica 6-9-flora. Flores paralleli, bracteati, iis proxim antecedentis dupló majores. Perianthium patens, glabrum. oblonga, acuta, interiüs violaceo punctata, exteriüs viridia; pe pauló minora. Labellum oblongum, violaceo punctatum. Processus antenniformes 2, arcuati, annulati; annuli albi, glabri, cum violaceis pilosis alternantes.. Kunth. 3. Tricnoceros muralis. T. proesesubue columnz oblongis obtusis planis sepalis duplo brevior- ibus. Hob in ki y ad Cuenca, supra muros; Jamieson. (Aab. s. sp. comm. cel. VANDEJE. 175 Caulis ascendens, brevis. Folia brevia, oblonga, carnosa, densa, cuspida- ta. Scapus gracilis, erectus, 4 p. longus, distanter squamatus. Race- mus brevis, corymbosus. Sepala ovata, acuta. Petala conformia, basi ciliata. Labellum oblongum, obtusum, sepalis longius, basi pilosissi- mum, cum columna nana alata villosa continuum ; processus petaloidei oblongi, obtusi, patentissimi, plani. CII. GEODORUM. Geodorum. Jackson in Bot. Repos. 626. (1810.) Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 207.— Cistella. Blume Bijdr. 293. tabellen 55.—Otandra. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1.261. (1812) Perianthium connivens, sepalis petalisque liberis, subsecundis, subzequali- bus. Labellum cucullato-ventricosum, sessile, cum columna non ar- ticulatum, versus basin saccatum. Coluinna brevis, erecta, semiteres. Anthera bilabiata. Pollinia 2, posticé biloba, caudiculà brevissimá, glandulà transversá. Herbz terrestres, tuberose. Folia plicata. Racemi apice recurvi. The species of this very natural genus require to be all re-examined in a fresh State. I have adopted Dr. Brown's definitions in the Hortus Kew- ensis without, however, being entirely satisfied with them. 1. GEoponvw purpureum. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 9. 5. 907. G. scapo foliis longiore, racemo pendulo, floribus alternis, labello ovato acuto picto. R. Br. L c. Limodorum nutans. Roxb. Corom. 1. t. 40. Malaxis nutans. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. 93. Hab. in India Orientali, in convallibus humidis montosis, florens sub initio temporis pluviosi ; Roxburgh. 2. GEoporum pictum. G. « racemo pendulo multifloro, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ovaria sube- quantibus, labello ovato retuso picto: callo disci ovato apice soluto dentato, foliis lanceolato-oblongis.” Cymbid. pictum. Brown Prodr. 331. Hab. in.Nova Hollandia tropica; R. Brown. Verosimiliter idem ac G. purpureum. 3. Geoporum dilatatum. R. Br. in H. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 207. G.scapo foliis breviore, spicà pendulà, floribus congestis, labello subcal- carato apice dilatato crenulato. R. Br. L. c. Bela-Pala. Rheede H. Malab. 11. t. 25. pers recurvum. Roxb. Corom. 1. t.39. Swartz Nov. Act. Ups.6.79. Willd. Sp. » 4. 124. Malaxis cernua. Willd. Sp. PI. 4.93. M cd cernua,” Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. istella cernua. Blume Bijdr. 293. t. 55. Hab. in India Orientali cum G. purpureo, Roxburgh ; Sylhet, Wallich ; Java, Blume. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia oblonga, basi paràüm angustata. Flores carnei venis roseis picti. Jan. 1833, aa 176 VANDES. 4. GroponuM pallidum. Don Prodr. 31. G. scapo foliis breviore, spicà congestà nutante, labello basi saccato ovato integerrimo cucullato. Limodorum candidum. Roxb. MSS. Geodorum candidum. Wall. Cat. no. 7374. Hab. in Sylhet, Roxburgh ; Moalmayne, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Habitus omninó G. dilatati. An mera varietas ? 5. Geoporum citrinum. Jackson in Bot. Rep. t. 626. G. scapo foliis breviore, spicà pendulà, floribus congestis, labello basi subcalcarato apice obtuso integerrimo. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5.207. Hab. in India Orientali; in provincia Chittagong, Wallich: (hab. 8. sp.é Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia basi angustata. Labellum integerrimum. Flores citrini. CIII. SOBRALIA. Sobralia. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 120. t. 26. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 33. Perianthium maximum, subcarnosum, explanatum, patens. Sepala et petala subequalia. Labellum cucullatum, columnam involvens, basi angustatum, bilobum. Columna erecta, elongata, marginata, clavata, apice utrinque alata. Anthera bilocularis: loculis connectivo lato dis- cretis. (Pollinia 2, caudiculà lineari. ex Fl. Peruv.) Herbz ter- restres, alte, caulescentes. Folia plicata, vaginantia. Flores axillares et terminales, speciosissimi, teneri. (* Plante perennes paucis prolibus. Radices fasciculatz, longissim®, flexuose, lanuginosz. Caules aut Culmi virgati, orgyales et ultra, simplicissimi. Folia vaginantia, lata, nervosa. Pedunculi axillares ra- cemosi, Flores magni, fragrantissimi, purpureo-violacei." R. et P.) 1. Sopratia dichotoma. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 232. Prodr. t. 26. S. foliis oblongis acuminatis basi in petiolum brevissimum supra vp contractis, racemo axillari flexuoso multifloro, bracteis ovario mult brevioribus, alis columnz brevibus, labello crispo medio lamellato. Tahuetahue vernacule. Hab. abunde in Peruvie nemoribus Muña, Pozuzo et Chinchao per run ones in locis calidis et saxosis ; Ruiz et Pavon. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert Floret a Junio ad Octobrem. Florem unicum examinavi ex herb. Lambert. Pollinia haud inveni. La- mellæ labelli 5, apice divergentes. 2. SoBnaLi1A biflora. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 232. S. ** bulbis fasciculatis, floris.” Hab. in Peruvia, in Pozuzo runcationibus et calidis locis, versus Chef? et Tramo tractus : Ruiz et Pavon. Floret a Maio ad Septembrem, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutissimis, culmis bi VANDEJE. 177 3. SoBRALIA liliastrum. S. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo brevi terminali flexuoso, bracteis acuminatis ovario longioribus, alis columne maximis falcatis. ` Epidendrum liliastrum. Salzm. Herb. Bah. Hab. ad Bahiam, in fruticetis sabulosis ; Salzmann. (hab. s. sp.) Partes omnes succulentas, exsiccatione contusas, examini ulteriori sub- jicere nequivi. 4. SonnaL1A? Caravata. S. foliis lanceolatis pubescentibus, capitulis imbricatis terminalibus. Caravata-Miri Vernacule. Serapias Caravata. Aubl. Guian. 2. 816. t. 320. Cymbidium hirsutum. Willd. Sp. PL. 4. 94. Hab. in sylvis Guiane supra arbores; Aublet. Flores lutei. Dubie. ? 5, SonnALIA amplexicaulis. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 233. S. “ bulbis fasciculatis, foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus, racemo terminali.”’ Hab. affatim in Peruvia, in Chinchao runcationibus et locis meridionalibus, florens à Maio ad Augustum ; Ruiz et Pavon. Labellum squamis linearibus apice dilaceratis conspersum. Germen ca- lyculo 3-dentato connatum. Folia nervosa venosaque evaginata. R. et P. ? 6. Huc etiam fortasse referenda est Bletia ciliata Presl. Reliq. Henk p. 99. que S. dichotoma esset, si flores majores. Hab. in Peruvia. CIV. ACANTHOPHIPPIUM. Acanthophippium. Blume Bijdr. 353. tabellen 47. Perianthium ventricosum. Sepala agglutinata, lateralia ungui columne adnata, dorsali cum petalis spatulatis fornicato. Labellum unguicula- tum, cum basi long? producta columne elastic? articulatum, limbo tri- lobo indiviso, complicato : disco lamellato. Anthera carnosa, bilocula- ris. Pollinia 8, inzequalia, sessilia. Herba terrestris, subcaulescens. Caulis inferne bulbosus, vaginatus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata. Pedunculus vaginatus, pauciflorus. Flores speciosi. l. AcauTHOPHIPPIUM Javanicum. Blume l. c. A. petalis triangularibus, labelli lobis lateralibus truncatis, perianthio ovato. Hab. in Java, in sylvis altioribus montis Salak ; Blume 2. ÅCANTHOPHIPPIUM Sylhetense. A. petalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, labelli lobis lateralibus acutis, perianthio obovato. Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis spithamzeus, basi fusiformis, carnosus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, plicata, Spica radicalis, triflora, caule multo brevior: squamis magnis, inferioribus foliaceis, vaginatus. Flores 2 poll longi, albi, gic Sepala agglutinata. Lamelle labelli tres, carnose, denticulate. 178 VANDE E. CV. DORITIS. Perianthium explanatum. Sepalum supremum et petala obtusa conformia aequalia, lateralia basi valde obliqua cum ungue long? producta colum- nz connata. Labellum deflexum, cum pede columne elastic? articula- tum, unguiculatum, lamin4 hastato-trilobà : lineà medià elevatà. Co- lumna alato-marginata, rostello proboscideo porrecto. Anthera ovata, acuminata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba, caudiculà subulatà longissimà, glandulà parvà ovata. Herba epiphyta, caulescens, radices undique promens. Folia disticha. Spica axillaris, stricta, multiflora. 1. Doritis pulcherrima. Lindl. in Wallich. Cat. no. 7348. Hab. in Cochinchina, ad sinum Turon; Finlayson. (hab. s. sp. e Museo An- glo-Indico.) Folia oblonga, carnosa, 33 p. longa. Spica laxa, ramosa, 1}-2-pedalis, multiflora. Sepala antice ad basin producta, crispata, Labellum un- gue canaliculato,sub lamina utrinque 1-dentato: callo parvo inter dentes. CVI. CHELONANTHERA. Chelonanthera §1. Blume Bijdr. 382. tabellen 51. Perianthium patens. Sepala equalia. Petala linearia. Labellum cum basi columnà articulatum, emarginatum, utrinque dente inflexo auctum. Columna erecta, petaloidea, infra apicem antherifera. Anthera bilocu- laris, (ex icone 4-valvis, transverse dehiscens). Pollinia 4, cava, he- misphzerica, caudiculis 2 filiformibus, glandulà hamatà. Herbe Jes phytæ, pseudobulbosæ, pedunculis multifloris. Flores bracteati, distichi. Character ex Blume. 1. CHELONANTHERA gibbosa, Blume l. c. C. “ bulbis oblongis quadrangularibus subdiphyllis; foliis lanceolatis, ra- cemis elongatis nutantibus flexuosis, labello medio bidentato.” Hab. in Java, in montosis, ubi supra arbores associata est ; Blume. Sepala externa ovalia, recurvata; interiora linearia, patentia. Floret Oct.—Febr. Bi. 2. CHELONANTHERA ventricosa. Blume l.c. t. 51. C. “ bulbis oblongis compressiusculis sulcatis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis nervosis, scapo erecto, labello medio bidenticulato." Hab. in Java, circa flumen Tjapus in monte Salak ; Blume. Sepala exteriora ovata, acuta; lateralia carinata ; posticum leviter forni- catum ; interna linearia. Floret Sept —Oct. Bl. 3. CHELONANTHERA sulphurea. Blume l. c. C. “ bulbis oblongis trigonis submonophyllis; foliis lancevlatis coriaceis labello margine infern? utrinque carinato." , Hab. in Java circa flumen Tjapus in monte Salak ; Blume. Sepala exteriora oblonga, acuta, carinata, patentia; interna linearia, re- voluta. Floret Sept—Oct. Bi. MM Á VANDES. 179 CVII. ACANTHOGLOSSUM. Acanthoglossum. Blume Bijdr. 381. Perianthium patulum. Sepala petalis latiora. Labellum basi ventricosum : limbo reflexo-patente, bilobo, interné bicalloso. Columna superne libera, utrinque membranaceo-marginata. Anthera bilocularis, infra-apicilaris, rostello emarginato incumbens. — Pollinia 4, obovata, glandulà hamata. Herba epiphyta, bulbifera, habitu Chelonanthere. Character ex Blume. l. AcaNTHOGLOSSUM nervosum. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, ad arbores in sylvis altioribus Salak ; Blume. Floret Octobri. CVIII. SUNIPIA. Sunipia. Buchanan in Rees Cyclop. sub Steli. Lindl. Orch. scelet. Perianthium ringens. Sepala equalia, basi discreta; lateralibus labello suppositis. Petala nana. Labellum posticum, integrum, petalis majus, erectum, (cum columna articulatum ?). Columna nana. Anthera dorso fixa, bilocularis: loculis discretis verticaliter dehiscentibus! Pollinia 4, per paria caudiculis duabus affixa, glandulA unica. Herbe epiphyte, pseudobulbosz, monophylle. Folia carnosa. Spice radicales, distiche, multiflore. Flores parvi, bracteis longis spathaceis stipati. l. Sunipra scariosa. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7373. S. spicis foliis dupló longioribus, floribus bracteis brevioribus, labello ovato basi concavo. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Folia 4 poll. longa. Bractez carinate, glumacee. Flores albi, roseo suffusi. Sepala ovata, obtusa. Petala triplo breviora, rotundata. La- bellum glaberrimum, ovatum, acuminatum, obtusum. 2. Sunipia bicolor. S. racemis foliis subzequalibus, floribus bracteis longioribus, labello obovato apiculato serrulato-ciliato. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) ; Præcedente triplò minor. Folia atriora. Pseudobulbi subglobosi. Bracteæ ovatæ, acuminatæ. Sepala alba, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi venis 3 purpureis : lateralia longiora, agglutinata. Petala alba, ovata, obtusa, duplò breviora. Labellum atropurpureum, obovatum, utrinque serrulato- ciliatum, apiculo obtuso glabro ad apicem. CIX. CALYPSO. Calypso. Salisb. Paradis. 89.—Cytherea. Jb in Hort. Trans. 1. 301.—Norna. Wahi. Ff. ^ Suec. 561.—Orchidium. Swartz in Svensk, Bot, 518. Perianthium patens, equale, secundum, Labellum concavum, sub apice saccatum, trilobum : lobis lateralibus connatis intermedio dilatato bar- bato suppositis, Columna erecta, petaloidea. Anthera infra-apicilaris, 180 VANDES. bilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartita, incumbentia, in glandulam membra- naceam, subquadratam, transversam sessilia. Herba terrestris, bul- besa. Folia solitaria, plicata. Flos terminalis, solitarius, speciosus. 1. Carvrso borealis. Salish. Parad. Lond. t. 89. Cypripedium bulbosum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1347. Limodorum boreale. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.123. Cymbidium boreale. Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. 6.76. Calypso borealis. Hook. Ex Fl. t.12. Id. Bot. Mag. t. 2763. Calypso americana. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5.208. Orchidium boreale. Swartz in Svensk. Bot. t.518. Norna borealis. Wahlenb. Fl. Suec, 561. Hab. per omnes regiones septentrionales Europe, Asie et Americe M pratis collinis apricis inter lucos latiores. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) Dr. Hooker is certainly right in considering the American, European and Asiatic plants as the same. CX. EULOPHIA. Eulophia. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. t. 686. (Feb. 1823.).—Eulophus. Jdem in Bot. Reg. 578. (Oct. 1821) absque char. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petalisque ascendentibus, subaequalibus, aut omnino liberis, aut cum ungue magis minusve producto column? connatis. Labellum cornutum, aut breviüs calcaratum, sessile, venis cristatis, barbatis v. omnind levibus ; sæpiùs trilobum, nunc indivisum. Columna semiteres, marginata. Anthera 1-2-locularis. Pollinia 2, po* tice biloba, v. cava, caudiculà lineari brevi, glandulà transversà.—— Herbe terrestres, pseudobulbose. Folia longa, membranacea, plicata v. pluries costata. Scapi radicales, multiflori. $1. Genuine. Folia plicata cotemporanea. $ 2. Desciscentes. Folia equitantia. $3. dphylle. Folia serotina. Flores penduli secundi. +t Species dubiz. $ I. Genuine. Folia plicata cotemporanea. 1. Eurornia explanata, E. foliis ........ racemo stricto laxo multifloro, sepalis patentissimis pe talis oblongis angustioribus, labello ovato obtuso subundulato concavo brevissime calcarato: lamellis basi conniventibus dilatatis apice dive gentibus decrescentibus: duabus intermediis parallelis contiguis. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) 9. EvLopuiA nuda. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7371. E. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo paucifloro laxo secundo foliis - giore, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusis, labello oblongo obtus subundulato nudo basi brevissime? calcarato. Dipodium Roniate. Hamilt. Mss. Hab. $: India Orientali, in colles Morang ; Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. € Mus. Angl. Ind. 3. EuLoPnurA bracteosa. Lindl. in Wallich. Cat. no.7366. E. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis scapo terminali longioribus, bracteis foliaceis floribus subæqualibus, sepalis petalisque (latioribus) carnosis ob- VANDEE. 181 longis acutis, labello oblongo canaliculato apice retuso undulato elevato venoso versus apicem glanduloso-barbato, calcare infracto tumido acu- tiusculo. Hab. in Ind. Or. provincia Chittagong, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 4. Eurornia grandiflora. E. foliis lanceolatis plicatis, scapi vaginis longissimis laxiusculis acutis internodiis longioribus, bracteis acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis carnosis oblongis undulatis acutis, petalis retusis, labello oblongo sub- repando basi angustato apice concavo disco subapice glanduloso, calcare inflexo obtuso. Hab. in Zeylona; Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Ex habitu cum E. bracteosa consociatur. Sed nescio an scapi revera sint ` terminales. 5. Evrormi4 Promensis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7365. E. folio unico long? petiolato lineari-lanceolato scapo radicali longiore, sepalis concavis oblongis acutiusculis, petalis conformibus brevioribus obtusis, labello oblongo medio constricto basi ventricoso utrinque tu- mido sub apice rotundato plano processubus pluribus aggregatis carnosis truncatis munito, calcare brevi recto tumido acutiusculo. Hab. in collibus Promensibus ; Wallich, (exam. s. sp. in herb. soc, Linn.) 6. Evtopnia guineensis. Bot. Reg. t. 686. E. foliis latis oblongis acutis in petiolum angustatis, scapo laxo multifloro, bracteis ovario longioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis, labelli cucullati lobis lateralibus abbreviatis: intermedio ovato subun- dulato obtuso majore infrà lineis pluribus elevatis verruculatis inscripto, calcare ascendente apice incurvo. Hab. in Sierra Leone. (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala viridia, purpureo venosa. Labellum album, venis quibus- dam roseis striatum, basi compressum, cum columna semiconnatum. Anthera ad cardinem biaurita. 7. Evrornia articulata. E. pseudobulbis articulatim connatis, foliis ...., scapo multifloro, racemo elongato, sepalis reflexis petalisq. patentibus contortis, labelli trilobi lobo medio -ovato obtuso deflexo margine crispo: disco lineis callosis crispis rugosissimo basi tuberculato. Jangkosno vernaculé. Limodorum articulatum. Schumach. Fl. Guin. 2.173. Hab. in Guinea, passim, Thonning. Flores incarnati, labello violaceo. Scapus 2-4-pedalis. 8. Evrorura concolor. E. foliis brevibus oblongis acutis concavis lax? vaginantibus, racemo ter- minali flexuoso paucifloro subcorymboso, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus ascendentibus acutis intermedio convexo oblongo crenato erispato, calcare recto conico. Limodorum concolor. Thouars Orch. Afr. t. 45. Hab. in Borbonia ; Thouars. Flores lutescentes ; Th. 182 YANDE.E. 9. EuLoPHiA herbacea. E. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis scapo erecto brevioribus, racemo se- cundo, sepalis herbaceis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, petalis brevioribus ob- longis obtusis acutisve, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus abbreviatis inter- medio oblongo subundulato: venis omnibus pubescentibus, calcare brevi tereti obtuso. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae; in India septentrionali, ad ripas fluminis Giree, intra seriem montium Suen, necnon ad ripas Agurwal in faciem septentr. orient. montium Mussooree in convallibus calidis, florens Augusto, tem- pore pluvioso, Royle. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Folia juniora angusto-lanceolata, adulta, latiora, nitida plana, 5-costata, Sepala viridia, petalis labelloque candidis; ex ic. Royle. 10. Evrorura lurida. E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis scapo ramoso multà brevioribus, bracteis min- imis subulatis, sepalis lineari-spathulatis obtusis, petalis paulo latioribus, labelli tripartiti basi callosi lobis lateralibus obtusis recurvis: interme- dio obcordato, calcare cylindraceo iuflexo obtuso. Limodorum luridum. 4fzel. in Pers. Synops. 2. 521. Hab. in Sierra Leone, Afzelius, G. Don. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) 11. Eurornia scripta. E. caulibus carnosis oblongis, foliis lineari-loratis subdistichis, scapis ra- dicalibus ramosis, bracteis pedicellis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis, labelli tripartiti lobis lateralibus apice dilatatis rotundatis : intermedio cuneato rotundato tuberculato bicrista- to, calcare brevissimo recto obtuso. Limodorum scriptum. Thouars Orch. Afr. tt. 46.47. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 48. Hab. in Madagascaria, Forbes ; Borbonia, Thouars. (hab. s. sp.) Flores speciosi, purpureo-lutei. Th. 12. EvuLornia pulchra. E. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis racemis strictis multifloris subaqualibus, sepalis petalisque oblongo-linearibus acutis, labello oblongo basi ven- tricoso obtuso subundulato (medio calloso?), calcare brevi recto subdidymo. Limodorum pulchrum. Thouars Orch. Afr. t. 43. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 49. Hab. in insula Borbonia, Thouars, Flores speciosi, purpureo-maculati. 13. EvuLornmia graminea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no, 7372. E. foliis gramineis, scapo ramoso, bracteis primordialibus oblongis acutis concavis, floribus erectis in fructu pendulis, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutissimis, labello trilobo basi angustato: lobo intermedio oblongo crispo : venis tribus mediis contiguis subparallelis fimbriato-appendicu- latis, calcare brevi clavato. Hab. in Singapur, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Affinis E. virenti, floribus minoribus primå facie distincta. Vagine infi- mæ scapi ventricosæ. 14. EvurLornHi virens. R. Br. E. foliis gramineis lineari-lanceolatis scapo ramoso brevioribus, sepalis pe” VANDES. i83 petalisque oblongis obtusis basi angustatis tessellatis, labelli trilobi bar- bati lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio ovato obtuso, calcare erec- tiusculo conico. Serapias epidendrea. Retz. Obs. 6. 65. Limodorum virens. Rowb. Corom. 1. t.38. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.79. Willd, Sp. PI. 4. 123. Limodorum epidendroides. Willd. l. c. p. 124. Hab. in India Orientali; prope Madras supra arbores, Wight; in Zeylona locis umbrosis, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) 15. Europnia carinata. E. foliis linearibus complicatis carnosis fractu facilibus, scapo simplici, labello concavo spatulato apice repando, calcare ecarinato. Katou-Kaida-Maravara. Rheede Hort. Mal. 12. 51. t. 26. Limodorum carinatum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 124. Hab. in terra, et in arboribus Malabarie ; Rheede. Hujus speciei exemplaria nusquam inveni. Folia lata, carinata, fractu fa- cilia, 3 pedes alta pollicem lata, nitentia, glabra bene distinguunt. 16. EuLorniA macrostachya, E. foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis plicatis subtricostatis, scapo sim- plici radicali foliis longiore, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, peta- lis conformibus latioribus undulatis, labelli suborbicularis trilobi lobis lateralibus intermedio alte bilobo abbreviato subzqualibus: lamellis duabus nanis ad basin, calcare subrotundo inflato obtuso. Hab. in Zeylona in locis umbrosis sylvarum, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Scapus 3-pedalis. Sepala et petala viridia apicibus costaque purpureis. Labellum citrinum venis purpureis pictum : lobo medio luteo. Crista antherz solitaria dorsalis. 17. EvLoPmuiA hians. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3. 720. E. foliis (equitantibus ?) ensiformibus integerrimis, scapo radicali squamis cucullatis vaginato, sepalis petalisque obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis late- ralibus parvis ovatis intermedio ovato-obcordato striato-venoso, cal- care tereti arcuato ovarii longitudine. Satyrium hians. Zinn. Suppl. 401. Limodorum hians. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 76. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp., Thunberg. Flores 4-5, cernui, brevissime? pedicellati. 18. Evropata ensata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1147. E. foliis lineari-lanceolatis plicatis, scapo simplici, racemo capitato, sepa- lis petalisque oblongis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus abbreviatis obtusis glabris intermedio linguiformi disco barbato, calcare brevi rec- to conico obtuso, bracteis membranaceis venosis. Hab. ut aiunt ad Cap. B. Sp. ; an potius in S. Leone ? (v. v. c.) Flores flavi. An eadem ac E. barbata ? 19. Evropnia atrovirens. E. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis patentibus scapo erecto simplici mul- Jan. 1833. Bb 184 VANDEJE. tifloro subzqualibus, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis, labello cucullato trilobo : lobis rotundatis intermedio transverso, calcare subinfundibulari obtusissimo. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. e Bibl. Angl. Ind.) Flores ochroleuci sepalis extùs purpureo-maculatis. Petalum utrumque hinc serie solitarià punctorum sanguineorum notatum. $. 2. Desciscentes. Folia equitantia. 20. EcLornuia tristis. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3. 720. E. foliis ensiformibus equitantibus serrulatis scapo terminali subramoso brevioribus, bracteis acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis petalisque conniventibus oblongis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio oblongo obtuso crispo : venis 7 subparallelis basi lamellosis apice convergentibus fimbriatis, calcare brevi obtuso, anther§ bicristatà. Satyrium triste. Linn. Suppl. 402. Limodorum triste. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 74. Willd. Sp. Pl.4. 124. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp. juxta Zeeko-rivier, et in summo Hottentots-Holland- berg, Thunberg, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lehmann.) Scapus subcompressus. Flores fusci (s. tristes). Labellum dorso vires- centifuscum. 21. Eurornia lamellata. E. foliis ensiformibus equitantibus integerrimis scapo terminali dupld brevioribus, bracteis acuminatis, sepalis petalisque conniventibus ob- longis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio oblongo obtuso crispo : venis omnibus lamellis laceris cristatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; Villet. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) E. tristi affinis. Flores majores, folia integerrima, labellum diversissimum. 22. EvLornuia micrantha. E. foliis ensiformibus equitantibus recurvis margine serrulatis, scapo ramoso terminali basi squamis longis membranaceis vaginato, spici$ simplicibus elongatis, perianthio connivente, sepalis anguste ovatis obtu- sis carnosis subcarinatis, petalis tenuioribus et latioribus, labelli concavi 3-lobi lobis lateralibus divergentibus acutis intermedio rotundato sinubus sinuatis facie 3-lamellato, calcare brevi ventricoso. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Tota planta sesqui-2-pedalis. Inflorescentia Draczenam quandein simulat. 23. EuLorniA barbata. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3.720. E. foliis lineari-ensiformibus recurvis integerrimis, scapo compresso flex- uoso foliis dupló longiore, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acuti, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus minoribus intermedio oblongo crispo disco barbato, calcare obtuso. Serapias capensis. Linn. Mantiss. 293. Limodorum barbatum. Z'hunb. Fi. Cap. 75. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp. 'Thunberg. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Flores albidi, Th. Adsunt in herb. Hooker exemplaria duo, quorum alterum scapo flexuoso palmari florido, alterum plusquam sesquipedali gaudet. Folia sunt parva, graminea, recurva; bractee longissime membranacee ; labelli lobi laterales quasi abscissi; vena feré omnes fimbriatz, usque ad lobos laterales, sed citra nude. VANDEJE. 185 $ III. 4phylle. Folia serotina. Flores penduli secundi. 24. Evrornmnra rupestris. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7368. E. floribus pendulis subsecundis, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis, labello trilobo basi angustato : lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio oblongo dentato: lamellis 3 contiguis obsoletis integris in axin seriebusq. 5 bre- vibus denticulorum in laminam lobi medii. Limodorum dubium. Hamilt. Ic. penes D. Bauer. Bletia Dabia. Don. Prodr. Nep. 30. Hab. in Napalia; Wallich, Hamilton. (hab.s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Nomen Dabia quasi vernaculum a cel. Donio citatum, nihil est nisi verbum dubium male lectum. Flores carnei; labellum sanguineo maculatum, cyaneo limbatum. 25. EuLornia campestris. Wall. Cat. no. 7367. E. floribus secundis cernuis, sepalis petalisque lineari-spatulatis obtusius- culis, labello oblongo trilobo venoso: lobo intermedio rotundato trans- verso crenulato lineis tribus brevibus barbatis ad basin, calcare brevi conico incurvo. Hab. in regno Oude, ad Bhurtapoor, Wallich ; in dumetis densissimis val- lium Himalayensium; Royle. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia ex icone Royliana tria, serotina, lineari-lanceolata, quorum ultimum tantum perfectum. Flores fusco-purpurei, labello albido roseo-margi- nato. Statura nunc palmaris nunc pedalis, imo sesquipedalis. 26. EvurLoPnia ramentacea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7370. E. aphylla, bracteis subulatis ovario brevioribus, floribus erectis, sepalis petalisque lineari-spatulatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio un- dulato obtuso, lamellis disci tribus interruptis apice laceris, calcare conico obtuso. Dipodium ramentaceum. Hamilt. Mss. Hab. in India orientali,ad Dumdoho ; Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) : T Species valde dubie. 27. Limodorum cristatum ; scapo elongato tereti remote vaginato, floribus dis- cretis resupinatis, labello basi ventricoso brevi calcarato, lamina oblongà recurvatà medio muricato-cristatà, lateribus deflexis crispis venosis. Afz. in Pers. Syn. 2.521. Hab. in Sierra Leone. 28. Limodorum cucullatum; scapo elongato remot? vaginato, floribus discre- tis, labello erecto cuculliformi trilobo medio majore emarginato, cal- care brevissimo obtuso. fz. l. c. Hab. in Sierra Leone. 29. Bletia stricta ; foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis planis tricos- tatis, scapo stricto vaginato erecto, floribus laxe spicatis, labello trilobo : lobo medio obcordato crenulato, calcare incurvo brevi, sepalis eequalibus. Presl. Reliq. Henk. p. 98. Hab. in insula Luzon. 30. Mazillaria liliacea (Llave et Llexars. Orch. p. 12) “ radice tuberosà, foliis ensiformibus plicatis, floribus spathà vera tectis." Hab. in Mezico prope Vallisoletum, sub umbra arborum, aliquandove supra radices, floretque mensibus eestivis.—Vernacule Azuzena del Monte.—— Iztactepetzacuxochitl, Icohueyo, Hernand. 2, 237. ed. Madr. Llave, mE 186 VANDE X. Planta liliacearum habitu. Folia radicalia, bina aut terna, ensiformia, pe- tiolata, ad basin membranis purpurinis convoluta. Scapus subpedalis, erectus, spathd membranaceà, monophyllà, lateraliter dehiscente ad ex- tremitatem cinctus. Flores nivei thyrsoidei. Bractes lanceolate, demüm, ut tota planta marcida, nigricantes. Perianthium ringens, 3 segmentis superioribus connatis, quorum 2 lateralia lineis purpurinis variegata, duobus inferioribus lunulatis convergentibus eodem modo maculatis. Labellum concolor, ovatum, carinatum, ascendens, limbo integro, ad basin punctis ochreis maculatum, obscure calcaratum. Co- lumna clavata, canaliculata, incurva, versus apicem amplificata. Pol- linia 4, reniformia, cereacea. Anthera bilocularis, acuminata. Ll. If this is rightly described it may be a new genus; but it is not impro- bable that it may be a Eulophia the Pollen-masses of which are inex- actly mentioned ; or is it not rather another species of Govenia? CXI. DIPODIUM. Dipodium. R. Brown Prodr. 1. 330. Perianthium patens, petalis sepalisque qualibus. Labellum subconforme, utrinque infra medium auriculatum, disco barbatum, basi saccatum et cum columna connatum. Columna erecta, marginata, semiteres. An- thera membranacea, 2-locularis? Pollinia duo, oblique biloba, caudicu- lis duabus glandule communi affixis. Herbe terrestres, aphylle. Radix crassa, ramosa. Caules squamosi. Racemi speciosi. 1. Drropnruw punctatum. R. Br. Prodr. 331. D. squamis radicalibus distantibus, labello recto disco pubescente. Dendrobium punctatum. Smith, Exot. Bot. 1. 21. t. 12. Hab. in Nova Hollandia ad Portum Jackson, necnon in Insula Van Diemen, R. Brown. (hab, s. sp. comm. cel. Brown.) 2. Diropium squamatum. R. Br. l.c. D. squamis radicalibus oblongis carinatissimbricatis, labello barbato de- flexo. Ophrys? squamata. Forst. Prodr. 310. Cymb. squamatum. Swartz. dct. Holm. 1800. 238. Dipodium squamatum. Smith. in Rees Suppl. . Hab. in Nova Caledonia, Forster. CXII. GALEANDRA. Galeandra. Lindl. Illustr. of Orch. Pl. Gen. t. 8. Perianthium patens v. connivens, sæpiùs (an semper ?) sepalis petalisque ascendentibus, liberis. Labellum infundibuliforme, calcaratum, 1m% visum, sessile, intüs leve, margine nunc fimbriato. Columna erecta, membranaceo-alata, clinandrio declivi. Anthera galezformis, cristà re- curva cum dorso clinandrii cardinatà. Pollinia Q, postice excavala, caudiculà brevi, cum glandula elongata basi divergenti-biloba articula- ta. Herbe terrestres, foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus v. racem" terminalibus, : r case YVANDEE. 187 l. GarEANDRA Baueri. Lindl. Illustr. of Orch. Pl. l. c. G. foliis oblongis acutis, racemo terminali paucifloro folio superante, se- palis petalisque lineari-oblongis acutiusculis, labello maximo antico re- pando emarginato apiculato, calcare ovario longiore. Hab. in Guiana, Martin. (v. ic. Bauer.) 2. GALEANDRA gracilis. G. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis scapo vaginato radicali brevioribus, sepalis petalisque explanatis ovatis acutis, labello antico infundibulari obtuso margine fimbriato. Eulophia gracilis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 742. Limodorum ciliatum. Schumach. Pl. Guin. 2. 174. Hab. in Sierra Leone, G. Don, Thonning. (v. v. c.) Scapus 1j-2-pedalis. Flores virides, apicibus sanguineo-maculatis. 3. GALEANDRA extinctoria. G. foliis... ., racemo erecto simplici subsecundo paucifloro, sepalis conni- ventibus(?) obovatis serratis, petalis brevioribus integerrimis obtusis, labello postico extinctoriiformi obtuso margine fimbriato. Hab. in Sierra Leone, G. Don. (hab. s. sp.) . An aphylla? CXIII. ZYGOPETALUM: Zygopetalum. Hooker. in Bot. Mag. t. 2748. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petalisque ascendentibus, subzqualibus, cum ungue producto columnz connatis. Labellum muticum, indivi- sum, patens, ungue ascendente: cristà magn4 transversà carnosà. Co- lumna brevis, arcuata, semiteres. Anthera subbilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, in glandulam transversam subsessilia. Herbe terrestres, subacaules, foliis plicatis patentibus. Flores speciosi, labello ceruleo. This genus is extremely near Eulophia, to which I once reduced it: The subsequent discovery of other species has convinced me that I was wrong, and that it has characters of its own sufficiently pronounced to en- title it to a station by itself. 1. Zycoretatum Mackaii. Hooker l. c. Z. foliis lorato-lanceelatis striatis apice recurvis racemo brevioribus, sep- alis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, labello obcordato pubescente callo baseos crassissimo retrorsum bilobo. Eulophia Mackaiana. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1433. Zygopetalum Mackati. odd. Bot. Cab. t. 1664. D. crinitum, venis labelli magis pilosis. Zygopetalum crinitum. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1687. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala viridia, sanguineo-maculata; labellum albidum maculis purpureis. 188 VANDE. 9. ZvcopPETALUM maxillare, Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 1776. Z. foliis lanceolatis undulatis acuminatis racemo flexuoso longioribus, sep- alis petalisque ovato-oblongis acutis, labello obovato callo baseos max- imo lunato margine crispo. Hab. in Brasilia, Loddiges. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) Sepala et petala viridia, sanguineo-subvittata ; labellum czeruleum, unico- lor, callo multó intensiore. 3. ZvaoPETALUM rostratum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2819. Z. foliis lato-lanceolatis patentibus scapo sub-unifloro longioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis undulatis acuminatis, labello subquadrato callo baseos lunato margine crispo, clinandrio alato dentato. Hab. in Demerara, Parker. Sepala et petala fusco-viridia ; labellum album venis roseis, callo margine ceruleo-purpureo. Anthera dorso in subulam erectam producto. CXIV. CYRTOPODIUM. Cyrtopodium. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 216. Perianthium explanatum, equale, sepalis petalisque liberis. Labellum unguiculatum, cum basi productà columnz continuum, tripartitum, èx- planatum, ecalcaratum. Columna semiteres, Anthera bilocularis. Pol- linia 2, posticé biloba, caudiculà lineari brevi, glandulà ovatá. -Plan- tæ terrestres, fruticosz, caulibus fusiformibus carnosis, foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus vaginatis, floribus speciosis. N. B. Character vegetationis tantüm ad C. Andersonii. 1. Cyrtroropium Andersonii. R. Br. in H. Kew. 5.916. Bot. Mag. t 1800. C. sepalis petalisque ovatis undulatis, labelli lobis lateralibus oblongis ob- tusis intermedio ovato rotundato convexo disco concavo. Cymbidium Andersonii. Bot. Rep. 651. Hab. in India Occidentali. (v. v. c.) Flores flavi. Discus labelli inter lobos laterales callosus. 2. CvnTOPODIUM glutiniferum. — ** Raddi in Act. Soc. Ital. xix. €. ic. Colla Illustr. et Ic. Hort. Ripul. App. 2. p. c. Hab. in Brasilia, Raddi. I know little of this. It would appear to be distinct from C. Ander- sonii, as Raddi must have contrasted it with that species; unfortu- nately I have not the Acta Italiana to consult. A plant in the Garden Ei the Horticultural Society, sent by the Honble. Mr. Strangways !5 e" distinguishable from C. Andersonii. From all the fleshy stemmed Orchidee a viscid extract is obtained and used for glue in Brazil. 3. Cyrropopium punctatum. C. foliis lanceolatis plicatis, scapo paniculato, vaginis maximis laxis ma branaceis, sepalis petalisque undulatis acutis maculatis, labelli lobis lateralibus cuneatis intermedio rotundato papilloso. VANDEJE. 189 Helleborine ramosissima cauliculis et floribus maculosis. Plum. Sp. 9.t. 187. Epidendrum punctatum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349, Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 116. Hab. in Hispaniola. (hab. s. sp. communic. cel. Mackenzie.) Discus labelli inter lobos laterales tuberculatus. CXV. CYRTOPERA. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petalisque ascendentibus subequalibus cum ungue longè producto columnae connatis. Labellum ecalcaratum, concavum, subventricosum, trilobum, venis axeos callosis v. cristatis, v. tuberculatis. Columna semiteres, marginata. Anthera 1-2-locularis. Pollinia 2, postic® biloba, caudiculà brevi subtriangulari. Herb terrestres, foliis plicatis, caulibus carnosis, nunc fusiformibus elongatis, nunc abbreviatis. Flores racemosi, speciosi, scapis radicalibus. — - CyrTOPERA plantaginea. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 5-costatis racemo radicali brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis latioribus brevioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus erectis incurvis rotundatis intermedio ovato obtuso undulato: lamellis disci duabus basi tenuibus connatis medio incrassatis apice undulatis, venis tribus brevibus callosis interjectis. Limodorum plantagineum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 41. 42. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars, Forbes. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis 15-poll. altus. Flores purpurascentes. Th. 2. CynToPERA Woodfordii. C. caulibus fusiformibus carnosis, foliis lanceolatis plicatis patentibus, scapo radicali multifloro, bracteis subulato-lanceolatis, sepalis lineari- lanceolatis acutis, petalis oblongis conniventibus brevioribus, labelli gibbosi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio emarginato basi bicorni. Cyrtopodium Woodfordii. Bot. Mag. t. 1814. Lindl.in Bot. Reg. t. 1508. Hab. in insula Trinitatis ; Martinied, Richard, Isert. (v. v. c. et s. sp. in herb. Vahl. et Hornem.) Flores virides, labello purpureo. 3. Cyrrorera scabrilinguis. C. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi angustatis, scapo erecto multifloro, brac- teis acuminatissimis, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis falcatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato ob- tuso longiore : totà facie papillis truncatis densissimis versus callum ob- longum medio hypochilii situm decrescentibus obsità. Hab. in Peruvia, Ruiz et Pavon. (exam s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Spica faciem habet omnino C. Woodfordii. 4. Cyrropera flava. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7364. C. foliis longis lanceolatis plicatis, scapo stricto multifloro, sepalis petalis- que ovatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio angustiore obtuso crispo, venis tribus ramentaceis. 190 VANDES. Hab. in India orientali ; in montes Morang, Hamilton ; in convallibus Hima- layensibus infra Surkunda, Shalma, et Mussooree, Royle. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Scapus tripedalis. Flores lutei, unicolores, speciosissimi. 5. Cyrropera obtusa. C. foliis longis lanceolatis plicatis, scapo stricto multifloro, sepalis peta- lisque obtusissimis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus abbreviatis obtusis intermedio oblongo obtuso : axi elevato carnoso basi bituberculato. Hab. in India Orientali ; ad ripas fluminis Tonse prope Deokhutul, Royle. (v. s. sp. in herb. Royle et ic. pict.) Precedenti valde affinis, floribus mints numerosis, scapo graciliore, brac- teis sepalis petalisque obtusissimis, denique labelli fabricà abundé diversa. 6. CYRTOPERA bicarinata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7363. C. aphylla?, scapo gracili.distanter vaginato, racemo compacto oblongo, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis undulatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus truncatis integris intermedio cuneato undulato bilobo, pede columnz elongato. Epipactis? bicarinata. Hamilt. ic. Hab. in India orientali, prope Patgang, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores virentes; labello lilacino striato, medio flavo. 7. CYRTOPERA plicata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7362. C. foliis acuminatis, scapo lax? vaginato 6-8-floro, sepalis lineari-lanceo- latis petalisque latioribus acutis, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi lobis late- ralibus rotundatis erectis intermedio subrotundo retuso. Hab. in India Orientali, in montes Morang, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. € Mus. Angl. Ind.) Scapus sesquipedalis. Folia juniora tantum vidi. 8. Cyrrorera pedicellata. C. foliis subsolitariis ensiformibus plicatis, scapo laxè vaginato, floris racemosis cernuis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis patenti-erec " lateralibus angulatis, petalis subequalibus, labelli trilobi lobis Mes patentibus: intermedio longiore subconcavo supra sulcato ramen brevissimis obsito. Satyrium capense. Linn. Sp. Pl. 2. Satyrium pedicellatum. Linn. Suppl. 402. ; Serapias pedicellata. Thunb, Prodr. 3. 2. Cymbidium pedicellatum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. 224. Thunb. Fl. Cap.7 Hab. ad C. B. Sp. prope Zeeko-rivier et alibi ; Thunberg. Scapus pedalis, et ultra. 9. CvnropenA? gigantea. C. foliis carnosis equitantibus ensiformibus recurvatis scapo erecto brevi" oribus, racemo multifloro, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis patentibus, labelli hastati lobis lateralibus deltoideis obtusis utrinque productis 12 termedio majore oblongo integro convexo: disco longitudinaliter pli cato limbo undulato. VANDE Æ. 191 Satyrium giganteum. Linn. Suppl. 402. Limodorum giganteum. Thunb. Prodr. 4. Cymbidium giganteum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. 224. Willd. Sp. Pl, 4. 107. Thunb. FI. Cap. 73. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, juxta Zeekoe-rivier, prope ostium maris ; Thunberg. Epiphyta. Scapus bipedalis et ultra. Flores flavescentes. Labellum basi subtüs album, supern? purpureo striatum. Th. CXVI. LISSOCHILUS. Lissochilus. R. Brown in Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 31. (1821). Perianthium explanatum. Sepala herbacea, parva, reflexa, v. patentia, libera. Petala maxima, patentia, aleformia. Labellum saccatum, con- ø Cum, subintegrum, v. trilobum, cum basi columne spits connatum. Columna erecta, brevis, semiteres. Anthera bilocularis, cristata. Pol- linia 2, postice biloba, caudiculA lineari brevi, glandula triangulari. Herba terrestris, pseudobulbosa, acaulis. Folia striata v. plicata. Ra- cemi radicales. Flores speciosi. This genus is scarcely distinguishable from Eulophia except by the great disproportion between the sepals and petals. 1. Lirssocminvs speciosus, R. Br. l. c. L. foliis carinatis, scapo multifloro, sepalis ovatis reflexis subzqualibus, petalis oblongis, labello cum basi columnz connato basi auriculato : epi- chilio convexo sulcato emarginato, gibbo brevi convexo acutiusculo. Lissochilus speciosus, Bot. Reg. t. 573. Hab. ad Cap. B. Sp, Griffin. (v. v. c.) 2. LissocuiLus streptopetalus. L. foliis plicatis, scapo radicali multifloro, sepalis oblongis obtusis paten- tibus, petalis duplà latioribus basi tortis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus ascendentibus obtusis intermedio convexo rotundato emarginato 3-cos- tato, gibbo conico abbreviato. Eulophia streptopetala. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1002. Graham in Bot. Mag. 2931. Hab. in Brazilia, Hortulani. An potius Africana? (v. v. c.) Sepala viridia, purpureo seriatim maculata. Petala labellumque vitellina, 3. Lissocnirvs parviflorus. L. feliis...., scapo 6-8-floro, sepalo supremo ovato concavo unguiculato reflexo lateralibus petalis subzequalibus patentibus, petalis oblongis sub- unguiculatis, labello sublibero basi auriculato : epichilio oblongo obtuso 3-carinato, gibbo porrecto obtuso antice sulcato. Hab, ad Cap. B. Sp. in Stony Vale, Dr. Gill, (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) 4. Lissocniius macranthus. L. bracteis maximis oblongis convolutis cuspidatis, sepalis lineari-oblon- gis obtusis reflexis equalibus, petalis latè oblongis obtusissimis, labello sublibero basi infundibulari abrupt? acuminato : lobis lateralibus rotun- datis intermedio ovato crenato. March. 1833, cc 192 VANDER. Hab. ad Boney in Africa equinoctiali, H. Shepherd. (v. s. sp. in herb, Hooker.) Planta speciosissima. Folia ignota. Petala 14 poll. longa. Fabricam la- belli haud bene vidi. 5. Lissocnirvs arabicus. L. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis, racemo laxo multifloro, sepalis ob- longis obtusis patentissimis inferioribus duplo longioribus, petalis ob. longis obtusis subunguiculatis, labelli lobis lateralibus acutis: interme- dio obovato convexo venis 5 elevatis lamellatis, gibbo conico obtuso antice carinato. Orchis flava. Forsk. Cent. 6.156. Hab. in Arabia, prope Moschajam Djygàb, Forskül. (v. s. sp. in herb. Vahl.) Sic in schedis Forskälii ; forte vox moschaia vult templum, angl. mosque. CXVII. NOTYLIA. Notylia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 930. (1825.) Perianthium explanatum, squale; sepalis 2 lateralibus connatis labello suppositis. Labellum liberum ecalcaratüm, patentissimum, integrum, medio callosum. Columna erecta, teres, acuminata. Stigma: rima verticalis. Anthera dorsalis, unilocularis, cum stigmate parallela. Cli- nandrium planum, antice callosum, posticé marginatum. Pollinia duo integra, caudiculà elongato-cuneatà, glandulà minutà. Herbe epiphyte. Folia solitaria, striata, stipitata, Pleurothallidis more. Spice radicales. Flores inconspicui. 1. NorvLiaA punctata. Lindl. l.c. N. racemo pendulo, labello obcuneato unguiculato acuto basi calloso, sepalis petalisque obtusis. Gomeza tenuiflora. odd. Bot. Cab. Pleurothallis punctata. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 759. Hab. in insula Trinitatis ; (v. v. c. comm. dom. Bateman.) 2. NorvriA multiflora. Lindl. l. c. N. racemo erecto ? labello cordato-ovato acuminato ecalloso long? ungui- culato, sepalis petalisque acutissimis. Pleurothallis sagittifera. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 365. t. 91. Synops. l. yr Hab. supra arbores juxta Turbaco, regione subcalidà regni Novogranaten- sis, alt. 180 hexap ; Humb. et Bonpl. CXVIII. MASDEVALLIA. Masdevallia. Fl. Per. Prodr. 122. t. 27. Perianthium clausum ; sepalis acuminatis v. aristatis in tubum campanu- latum connatis. Petala nana. Labellum nanum, oblongum, concavum, integrum, cum columnáà articulatum. Columna erecta, linearis, can? liculata. Anthera .... Pollinia du di : Herbe f Pleurothallidis, seapis unifloris. o, caudiculà brevi. VANDE E. 193 1, MaspEvavriA uniflora. Fl. Per. Syst. 238. Humb. et Kunth, N. G. et Sp. 1. 361. t. 89. M..folis oblongo-spathulatis, pedunculis unifloris longissimis, sepalis aristatis. Rima-Rima vernacul?. Hab. in Huassahuassi locis saxosis; Ruiz et Pavon; in locis subfrigidis regni Quitensis, alt. 1180-1600 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. 2. MaspEvaLLrA caudata. M. folis obovato-oblongis scapo pauld brevioribus, sepalis longissime aristato-caudatis. Hab. in subfrigidis regni Novogranatensis, prope S. Fortunato, florens Junio ; Gudot. (hab, s. sp.) 3. Maspevauuia infracta. M. foliis obovato-oblongis breve petiolatis scapi longitudine, floribus ven- tricosis sub sepalis lateralibus infractis, sepalis long? aristatis. Hab. supra arbores in montes Organ, Brasilie ; (v. ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) Flores violacei, basi pallidiores, aristis luteis. Pi CXIX. CRYPTOCHILUS. Cryptochilus. Wallich Tent. p. 36. Perianthium tubulosum, fauce contractum, basi antic® gibbosum. Sepala fer? omnind connata, apice tantüm libera. Petala libera, pauld minora. Labellum indivisum, liberum, cum basi productà columns continuum. Columna semiteres: clinandrio 4-dentato. Anthera 2-locularis. Pol- linia 8, paribus 4 glandule communi adherentia. Terrestris, pseu- dobulbis aggregatis. Folia semicoriacea, striata, Spica secunda, multiflora. 1. CavProcniLvus sanguinea. Wall. l. c. t. 26. Hab. in Napalia, ad cacumen Chandaghiry supra saxa ; etiam in montibus Cachar, Sylhet confinibus, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores sanguinei, pollicares, pubescentes. CXX. IONOPSIS. lonopsis. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 348. Perianthium clausum. Sepala lateralia basi approximata cum basi labelli connata. Petala sepalis conformia. Labellum sepalis multd majus, basi saccatum, ungue bicalloso column parallelo, lamina explanat& patente biloba. Columna erecta, aptera, semiteres, rostello rostrato. Anthera 1-locularis rostrata. Pollinia 2, posticé sulcata, caudiculà lineari inclusà, glandulà obovatà. Herbe epiphyte, acaules. Folia coriacea, Scapi paniculati, vaginati. Flores parvi, pallidi. Jantha. Hooker Exot. Fl. 113. — : loxopsis testiculata. icosi E foliis tereti-subulatis, sepalis acutis antice. didymo-ventricosis, labello Ovato-acuminato. 194 VANDE Æ. Epidendrum Satyrioides. Swartz. Prodr. 123. Dendr. testiculatum. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1533. Hab. in arboribus (Crescentia) montium Hispaniole et Jamaice rarior; Swartz. Flores vernales, minuti, odore Viole odorate fragrantes, albi; labello petalisque sanguineo-venosis. 2. Ionopsis utricularioides. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 39, A. I. foliis lineari-oblongis, sepalis petalisque obtusis antice non ventricosis, labello obovato emarginato basi bituberculato. Epidendrum utricularioides, Swartz. Prodr. 122. : Dendr. utricularioides. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. v. 6.83. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. 133. Iantha pallidiflora. Hooker Exot. Fl, t. 113. 4 Hab. in insula Trinitatis ; Mexicosuper arbores Hiematoxylum, Citrum, &c.; in campis siccissimis Jamaice, Swartz ! ; supra arbores Coffee in Parahi- bg, Merkel. (v. v. c. et s. sp. in herb. Vahl. et Hornem.) An dus species hic confuse? 3. Ionorsis pulchella. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 348. t. 83. Synops. 1. 335. Hab. locis temperatis subcalidis regni Novogranatensis inter Carthaginem et Bugam, ad truncos Psidii pomiferi et Crescentize Cujete, alt. 488 hex- ap. Humb. et Bonpl. | Flores violacei. Vix aliter differt ab*.I. utricularioide; verosimiliter sunt eedem. CXXI. RODRIGUEZIA. Rodriguezia. Flor. Peruv. Prodr. 115. t.25.—Gomeza. R. Brown in Bot. Mag. 1748. Perianthium patens, subzquale, sepalis 2 lateralibus connatis labello sup- positis. Labellum integrum, unguiculatum, basi cornutum, medio cat- losum ; ungue cum columnà parallelo. Columna teres apice barbata. Anthera unilocularis, earnosa. Clinandrium nudum, retrorsùm declive. Pollinia 2, posticè excavata, caudiculà elastic. Herbæ epiphyt® subpseudobulbosæ. Folia coriacea, v. membranacea, plicata. Spice ^7» secunde. Flores speciosi, 457527. 5... 1, Ropriguezia secunda. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 367. t. 92. R. pseudobulbis compressis ovalibus, foliis lanceolatis apice emarginatis obliquis, spicà cylindraceà foliis longiore recurvà, sepalo supremo for- nicato, petalis ovatis obtusis, labello abrupte deflexo disco calloso apice cuneato emarginato. Hab. in insula Trinitatis, Ryan. in herb. Vahl; in locis calidis et subtem- peratis Provincie Popayanensis, prope Carthaginem in truncis Crescen" tie Cujete, alt. 500 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. (v. v. c.) Flores atro-rosei. 2. Ropnicvuzzia lanceolata. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 219. E bulbis obovatis, foliis lanceolatis striatis, scapis racemosis dependen ibus. Hab. in Tarme provinci& montibus, vulgd Montañes de los Andes, ad Vitoc, Palca, Collac, et Monobamba vicos ; K. et P. VANDEJE. 195 3. Ropricuezia ensiformis. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 918. R. “ bulbis oblongis, foliis ensiformibus lineatis, scapis racemosis erectis." Hab. in nemoribus Pozuzo supra saxa et arbores, versus Chenico et Tramo tractus; Ruiz et Pavon. 4. Ropriguezia recurva. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. v. 7. p. 67. R. foliis lanceolatis *plicatis, racemo recurvo, petalis sepalisque undulatis, ~~’ labello revoluto emarginato. Gomeza recurva. Bot. Mag. t. 1748. Hab. in Brasilia, Douglas. (v. v. c) Flores lutei. 5. RopniGuEzia planifolia. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. v. 7. p. 67. R. foliis binis planis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque angustatis subaveniis, ra- cemis recurvis. Gomeza recurva. Bot. Cab. t. 660. Hab. in Brazilia. (v. v. c.) 6. Ropricuezia suaveolens. R. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis striatis, capo erecto multifloro; sepalis petalisque acuminatis, labello ovato re- flexo basi longitudinaliter bituberculato membranisque duabus erectis, Pleurothallis foliosa. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2746. Hab. in Brasilia. Flores odore Primule veris, lutescentes, labello luteo. CXXII. MACRADENIA. Macradenia. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. 612. (1822.) Perianthium explanatum, liberum, subequale. Labellum sessile, cuculla- tum, concavum, indivisum, acuminatum. Columna erecta, labello equalis, semiteres, clavata, lobis lateralibus apicis in cucullum antheram amplexantem conniventibus ; rostello longo subulato. Anthera bilocu- laris, rostro producto rostellum involvente. Pollinia duo, solida, cau- diculà cuneatà basi longe angustatá, glandulà ovali. ——-Herba epi- phyta, pseudobulbosa. Folia coriacea. Scapi radicales, multiflori. l. MacnapEwia lutescens. Brown l. c. t. 612 Hab. in insula Trinitatis. Scapus erectus, foliis brevior. Flores luteo-virides, laciniis intus purpu- reo-fusco marmoratis. CXXIII. CRYPTARRHENA. Cryptarrhena. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. t. 153 (1816.) Perianthium explanatum. Sepala libera, petalis obovatis zqualia. La- bellum dependens, unguiculatum, ecalcaratum, limbo convexo truncato utrinque bicorni. Columna nana, tumida, aptera. Anthera apice cu- 196 VANDE Æ. cullato columnæ inclusa. Pollinia 4. Herba acaulis. Folia cespi- tosa, coriacea. Scapus terminalis, multiflora. Flores parvi lutei. Char. ex opere et icone citato. An hujus tribûs. Descriptio Brownii valdè marca. 1. CRYPTARRHENA lunata. Brown in Bot. Reg. 153. Hab. in Jamaica. CXXIV. CUITLAUZINA. Cuitlauzina. La Llave et Lexarz. Nov. Veg. 32. (1825.) Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petalisque subrotundis carnosis, ut pluri- müm irregularibus. Labellum unguiculatum, flabelliforme ; ungue canaliculato, limbo bilobo undulato rugoso. Columna brevis, tumida, apice auriculas tres petaloideas gerens. Anthera petaloidea, unilocu- laris, cucullata. Pollinia 2, pyriformia, cava, caudiculà unicà.—— Herba epiphyta, pseudobulbis depressis rugatis. Folia coriacea. Sca- pus nudus! pendulus, multiflorus, radicalis. Flores speciosi. Char. ex autor. citat. l. CurrLAvziNA pendula. Llave l. c. Hab. in Mezico, supra arbores juxta Jesus del Monte, prope Vallisoletum, florens Junio et Julio; Llave. Folia bina, lanceolata, basi equitantia. Flores odoratissimi, albi aut v10- lacei, purpureo-variegati. Labellum concolor discolorve, ungue lutes- cente punctis coccineis miniato, Anthera aleque candida. Llave. CXXV. ONCIDIUM. Oncidium. Swartz. Act, Holm. 239. 1800. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 215. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala sepius undulata: lateralibus nunc sub labello connatis. Petala conformia Labellum maximum, ecalcaratum, cum columna continuum, varié lobatum, basi tuberculatum v. cristatum. Columna libera, semiteres, apice utrinque alata. Anthera semibilocu- laris, rostello nunc abbreviato, nune elongato rostrato. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudiculà plana, glandulà oblonga. Herbz epiphy tæ, nunc pseudobulhose. Folia coriacea. Scapi paniculati vaginati, rarius simplices. Flores speciosi, lutei, sepids maculati, rard albi. A. Labellum 3-lobum. (Evoncipium.) $.1. Folia plana, v. complicata. a. Sepala lateralia connata. * Labelli laciniz lat. nanz v. obliterate. ** Labelli laciniz lat. intermedie longitudine equales, *** Labelli lacinie lat. intermedia majores. b. Sepala lateralia libera. * Labelli laciniæ lat. nanz v. obliterate. ** Labelli laciniæ lat. intermediz longitudine zquales. *** Labelli laciniz lat. intermediA majores. $. 2. Folia triquetra, v. teretia. B. Labellum integerrimum. (Genus ?) VANDER. 197 A. Labellum 3-lobum. (Evoncipium.) §. 1. Folia plana, v. complicata. a. Sepala lateralia connata. * Labelli laciniz laterales nane, v. obliterate. 1, Oncip1um crispum. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1854. O. pseudobulbis oblongis sulcatis rugosis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis cori- aceis acutis, scapo simplici multifloro, sepalis recurvis undulatis obtusis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis dupló majoribus oblongis undulatis un- guiculatis, labelli lobis lateralibus cornuformibus recurvis nanis inter- medio maximo unguiculato subrotundo-cordato undulato, cristà duplici serie deltoideà dentatà, columns alis rotundatis denticulatis carnosis. Hab. in Brazilia in montibus Organ supra arbores mortuos. (v. ic. pict. in herb. Hooker.) . Folia 6.7-poll. basi purpureo maculata. Scapus ascendens simplex, 50- 60-florus. Flores aurantiaci luteo limbati, diametro 3-pollicari. 2. Onciptum nubigenum. Lindl. in Hooker Bot. Misc. ined. O. pseudobulbis 1-2-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, scapo simplici pauci- floro (3-10), sepalis lateralibus rectis semiconnatis petalisque oblongis acutis undulatis, labelli lobis lateralibus nullis intermedio subrotundo subsexlobo, cristà trituberculatà compressà, columnz alis rotundatis carnosis. Hab. in Andium Peruvianorum jugo Assuay supra truncos arborum putres- centes, alt. 14,000 ped. rard infra, florens Augusto, Jamieson. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Folia 24 poll. Scapus spithameus. Flores magnitudine O. bifolii pallide purpurei, 3. Oncrprum viperinum. Lindl. l. c. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis planis, scapo simplici cernuo flexuoso racemoso denso multifloro, sepalis lateralibus basi connatis divaricatis petalisque latioribus lanceolatis undulatis recurvis acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus obsoletis denticulatis semisagittatis intermedio subrotundo-re- niformi plano subbilobo, cristà medio tuberculat basi et apice bicorni, columne alis parvis rotundatis. Hab. Supra truncos arborum emortuos solo pingui in Uruguay. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) This closel y resembles O. bifolium, differing chiefly in the acute, spreading 9r recurved petals, in the lower sepals being united only at the base, in the form of the tubercles of the crest, and in the flowers being more closely arranged. The crest when seen in profile resembles strikingly a cluster of young vipers' heads. 4. Oxciprvw bifolium. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1491. O. pseudobulbis oblongis diphyllis, foliis lanceolatis patentibus planis, Scapo simplici cernuo racemoso laxo multifloro, sepalis (quorum latera- la semiconnata) petalisque obtusis concavis undulatis, labelli lobis late- ralibus nanis obtusis recurvis intermedio maximo subunguiculato reni- formi plano bilobo repando, cristà medio interrupt? callosà utrinque tu- erculis linearibus patentibus munitá, columnz alis rotundatis integris. O. bifolium. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 1845. Hab, in Monte-Video, 198 VANDE Æ. Folia 5-6-pollic. 7-8 lin. lata. Scapi S-pollices longi, imd pedales 6-12- flori. Sepala et petala luteo-olivacea rubro maculata. Labellum lu- teum immaculatum. 5. Oncrpium pauciflorum. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 27. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis complicatis acuminatis subfalcatis integris, scapo simplici apice 2-3-floro, sepalo supremo unguiculato lateralibus- que connatis cochleatis, petalis majoribus acutis, labelli lobis lat. nanis rotundatis runcinatis: intermedio subsessili reniformi bilobo, cristà 5- lobà, column alis acinaciformibus. Epidendrum acinaciforme. Pavon in Herb. Lamb. Hab. in Mezico, Pavon. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Pseudobulbi nulli. Sepala petalis multó minora, obtusa, inferiüs emargi- nata. Labellum petalis dupló longius; crista lamellà unà biloba a tergo, tribusque minoribus quarum intermedia major a fronte. Flores parvi maculati. 6. Oncipium tetrapetalum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 112. O. foliis lanceolatis acutis falcatis carinatis complicatis integris, scapo simplici v. paniculato multifloro, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis acumina- tis : inferioribus in unum connatis cymbiforme labelli longitudine apice divergenti-bilobum, labelli lobis lateralibus linearibus: intermedio reni- formi unguiculato emarginato, cristà 5-tuberculatà, alis column: ac naciformibus denticulatis. Epidendrum tetrapetalum. Jacq. Amer. 230. t. 142. Cymb. tetrapetafum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 74. O. quadripetalum. Zb. dct. Holm. 1800, p. 240. Hab. in Jamaica, Mac Fadgen. (v. s. sp. in herb. Banks. ; et exam. in herb. Hooker.) Folia radicalia 4-5-poll. Scapus bipedalis. Tota planta quanddque triplO minor. 7. Oxcıvium variegatum. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800. p. 240. O. foliis oblongis acutis complicatis falcatis margine cartilagineo-serru" latis, scapo multifloro simplici v. paniculato, sepalis obtusis: lateralibus in unum cucullatum integrum connatis, petalis obtusis sublobatis, la- belli lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis recurvis intermedio reniformi UD" dulato bilobo minoribus, cristà trilamellatà, columnz alis acinaciform! bus integris. Viscum delphinii flore albo guttato, minus, radice fibrosi. Sloan. Jam. p. 251. t. 148. f. 7. Epidendrum variegatum. Swartz.! Prodr. 122. Cymbidium variegatum. Jb. N. Act. Ups. 6.74. O. variegatum. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. 113. Hab. supra arbores (praesertim Crescentiam) in montosis Hispaniole, Swartz. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Mackenzie.) Swartz has well observed that this is distinguished from Oncidium tetrapetalum by its broader serrulated leaves, and its acuminate not - tuse sepals. For fine specimens gathered in Saint Domingo I am indebte to Charles Mackenzie, Esq. Like many other species it varies remarkably in stature; the spec" rye in the Banksian Herbarium from Swartz are not half the size of mine. VANDEXE. 199 8. Oncipium cornigerum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1542. O. pseudo-bulbis oblongis sulcatis monophyllis, foliis ovalibus acutis sessilibus striatis scapo simplici decumbente paucifloro brevioribus, sepalo supremo petalisqueobovatis concavis undulatis obtusis: inferioribus minoribus angustioribus basi connatis, labelli lobis lateralibus linearibus cornutis intermedio obovato subrepando undulato, cristà antict verrucosa truncata postice lamellà crenatá transversá cornuta, columnee alis lineari- bus obtusis porrectis. Hab. in Brasilia, Herbert. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, patentissima. Scapus debilis, 5 poll. longus. Anthera membranacea, truncata ; clinandrio valdé proclivi. 9. Oncrptum pubes. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. t. 1007. O. pseudobulbis subcylindricis 1-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis subcostatis, pani- culà simplici multiflorà subsecundA, sepalis obovatis obtusissimis fas- ciatis : anteriore bidentato, labello pandurato cuneato utrinque bicornuto, cristà duplici: posteriore depress transversim rugosà antice bicorni: anteriore cordatà, (antic? obsolete 3-dentatà dente medio submembra- naceo fornicato : lobo lineari canaliculato utrinque è regione cristæ anterioris dependente), columns alis linearibus truncatis, stigmate rostelloque pubescentibus. O.bicornutum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3109. Hab. in Brasilia, prope Rio Janeiro, Douglas. (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala virentia, rubro-fasciata. Labellum pallidum, sanguineo marginatum, 10. Oncipium flexuosum. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2203. O. pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis 2-phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, Striatis, paniculA ramosissim4 multiflora : ramis ascendentibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis obovatis undulatis, labelli lacinià media trans- versà rotundatà subquadrilobà basi truncata lateralibus auriculefor- mibus, cristà postice pulvinatà antice in lobos 3 laceros divisà utrinque tuberculatà, columne alis rotundatis. Hab. in Brasilia. (hab. s. cult. comm. illustr. Cometiss. Amherst.) Flores lutei, nitidissimi. * * Labelli laciniz laterales intermedize longitudine zequales. 11. Onciprum fimbriatum. O. pseudobulbis ...... , folis ......, scapo ......, sepalo supremo obovato fornicato inferiore 2 partito acuminato labello subzquali, petalis obovatis undulatis sinuatis, labelli lacinià intermedià subrotunda api- culatA lateralibus linearibus ascendentibus, cristà tuberculis fimbriatà posticé cuneatà truncatà antice divergentibiloba, columne alis ovatis apice corrugatis, clinandrio fimbriato. Hab. in Brasilia, Hort. Reg. Kew. (v. ic. Bauer.) Flores lutei; sepala et petala sanguineo maculata ; labellum unicolor. Crista postic? ochracea, anticé sanguinea. March 1833. pd » 200 VANDEZ. * * Labelli laciniz laterales intermedie equales. 12. Oncrpium ciliatum. O. pseudobulbis ovatis compressis monophyllis, foliis complicatis lineari- oblongis obtusis scapo erecto flexuoso apice paucifloro pluries bre- vioribus, sepalis undulatis lineari-oblongis obtusis: anteriore bilobo, petalis obovatis crispis, labello zqualiter tripartito sepalis breviore: laciniis obovatis sinubus suis latissimis fimbriatis, crist& 5-corni cornubus posticis divergentibus anticis collateralibus tuberculis quibusdam inter- jectis, columne alis ovatis acutis. Hab. in Brasilia, Hort. Reg. Kew. (v. ic. Bauer.) Folia 2-3 poll. longa. Scapus debilis, subpedalis, sanguineo punctatus. Flores lutei, sanguineo maculati. Labelli lacini: unicolores. *** Labelli laciniz laterales intermedià majores. 13. Oncipium barbatum. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 97. O. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis monophyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis coriaceis obtusis emarginatis, scapo flexuoso paniculato, sepalis lanceo- latis undulatis acutis: duobus inferioribus basi connatis divergentibus, petalis conformibus obtusis, labello transverso sepalis breviore : lobis lateralibus obovatis intermedio minimo bilobo ; disco barbato, cristà depressá trilobà lobo medio tricrenato, alis columnz brevibus rotundatis. Hab. in Brazilia, Swainson. (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala fusca punctata. Labellum flavum disco sanguineo mar lato. Columna lutea fuscopurpureo variegata. Scapus gracilis 2-pedalis. b. Sepala lateralia libera. * Labelli laciniz laterales nanze, v. obliterate. 14. Oncrpium altissimum. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 240. O. pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, foliis ensiformibus rigidis carinatis carnosis scapo (6-pedali) erecto ramoso multd brevioribus, sepalis vie lisque labelli longitudine lineari-lanceolatis undulatis, labello corda utrinque introrsüm arcuato apice dilatato subreniformi emarginato, cristà enneadactylà, column: alis abbreviatis. a. Alis columnz rotundatis. Epidendrum altissimum. Jacq. Amer, 229, t. 141. in Bot. . altissimum. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1481. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 112. Hooker Mag. 2990. B. Alis columne truncatis. O. Baueri. Ilustr. of Gen. & Sp. of Orchideous Plants, t. 7. Genera. Epidendrum Gigas. Richard in Herb. Vahl. . Hab. in Panama et Columbia occidentali, Cuming, No. 1947 ; in ay alibique in India occidentali in truncos arborum, Swartz ; ad Porto ] West in herb. Vahl; Cayenna, Richard. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) Flores flavescentes fusco marginati et guttati. Labellum luteum fec lat& lateritià. Huc procul dubio Epid. Gigas Richard in herb. Va : cui ** Bulbi bifolii oblongi compressi pollicares, scapus radicalis 9-pe dalis, et folia ensiformia 9-pedalia" tribuuntur. Obs. Crista labelli in icone Hookeriana polydactyla, et flores vix maculàti ; an recte? VANDE Æ. 201 15. Oncrpium pictum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et. Sp. PL. 1, 346. t. 81. O. pseudobulbo ovato-oblongo, foliis latè linearibus coriaceis, scapo pani- culato multifloro, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis unguiculatis petalisque obtusis undulatis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis nanis intermedio transverso retuso undulato, cristà 7-8-tuberculatà, columne alis subulatis ascendentibus Hab. in temperatis Provincie Popayanensis inter villam el Naranjo et pagum Roldanilla alt. 540 hexap. florens Octobri, Humb. et Bonpl. This differs from O. altissimum in its leaves being narrower, its scape much shorter, the wings of the column subulate, and the spots of the flower red, not brown. Kunth. 16. Oncipium funereum. Llave et Lezars. st. nov. 2, 37. O. foliis ensiformibus acutis, scapo stricto paniculato multifloro, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis undulatis: inferioribus subfalcatis longioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis nanis: intermedio sub- rotundo sessili apice et utrinque versus basin emarginato, cristà tuber- culatà, columnz clavate alis abbreviatis integerrimis semisagittatis. Hab. in Mexico, Pavon ; precipue juxta Irapæum et Jesus del Monte, flo- rens Novembri, Llave. (exam. s. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Michuacanenses accolz veluti ornamenta sepulchralia flores hujus adhibent. Pseudobulbi lenticulares, subrotundi, depressi, diphylli. Llave. Scapus longissimus. Flores magnitudine O. Carthaginensis. 17. OxcipiUM Carthaginense. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 240. O. foliis oblongis acutis rigidis carnosis, scapo paniculato multifloro, sepalis undulatis : supremo unguiculato obtuso cochleato reflexo late- ralibus lanceolatis acutis patentibus, petalis obtusis undulatis lobatis, labelli lobis lateralibus acutis recurvis intermedio subrotundo-reni- formi emarginato majore, crist& trilobá carnos4 lobis tuberculatis inter- medio acuto elongato, columns alis carnosis obliquis rotundatis repandis. Epidendrum Carthaginense. Jacq. Amer. 228, t. 133. f. 4. p, Carthaginense. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 112. Pidendrum undulatum. Bot. Mag. t. 777 mala. Hab. in Carthagene sylvis densis, Jacquin. (v. v. c.) Flores olivacei, maculati, labello basi luteo sanguineoque variegato. Glan- dula polliniorum maxima, postice membranaceo-biaurita ; caudiculà nullà. Crista labelli omnino ranam refert. 18. OxcipivM luridum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 727. 0. foliis oblongis acutis rigidis carnosis, scapo paniculato multifloro, se- Palis petalisque undulatis obovatis ; superioribus obtusis, inferioribus acutis, labelli lobis lateralibus nanis obtusis intermedio undulato trans- Verso emarginato, cristà tuberculis 2 ad basin 2 majoribus intermediis aerei) tribus cruciatis à fronte, columnz alis unguiculatis rotundatis revibus, | ? d ; Epidendrum guttatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1351. ; cO mbidium guttatum, Willd. Sp. Pi. 4, 102. ? Oncidium cuneatum. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 27. Hab, in Jamaica, Waters ; etiam in insula Trinitatis. (v. v. c. et s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) This althou Carthaginense, is undoubtedly e gh very nearly related to O. Carthaginense, stedy « stinet, Its petals and mis sepal are very obtuse and nearly alike in 202 VANDEJE. form, the former are not lobed, the side lobes of the labellnm are much smaller, and the tubercles of the crest are quite different. ‘The gland of this, although very like that of O. Carthaginense, has the membranous auricles larger. I presume the very obscure Cymbid. guttatum must be this plant. 19. Oncipium olivaceum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 347. O. * bulbo ovato-oblongo, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, pedunculo simplici multifloro, foliolis calycis carnosis reflexis, labello trifido : lacinià inter- media subreniformi emarginatà, gynostemio basi alis rotundatis instruc- to apice cucullato.” Hab. in crepidinibus montis ignivomi Puracé, prope urbem Popayan, alt. 1754 hex. florens Octobri. Humb. et Bonpl. Folia 3-4-pollicaria Scapus 1-2-pedalis. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, 9-10 lin. longa. Petala oblonga, acuta, sepalis breviora. Labellum maximum ; lacinià intermedià crenulatà, planà, roseà, poll. lata, bp longá, basi angustatà, tuberculo conico flavo cristata; lateralibus obli- qué ovatis, undulatis, distantibus, rubro-maculatis, 4-5 lin. longis. Ex Kunth, 20. Oxcipium ampliatum. Lindl. in Bot. Miscell. n. s. ined. O. sepalis omnibus liberis, labello bilobo subrotundo transverso: lobis lateralibus brevissimis, callo baseos 3-lobo : lobis lateralibus teretibus intermedio compresso, alis columnz 3 cuneatis dentatis lateralibus re- flexis, pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis, foliis planis oblongo-lan- ceolatis, scapo erecto apice ramoso. Hab. in Panama, et Columbia occidentali, Cuming ; no. 1312. (hab. s. sp.) 21. Oncipium Harrisonianum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1569. O. pseudobulbis subglobosis monophyllis, foliis carnosis lineari-oblong's acutis recurvis, paniculà ramosà multiflorà, sepalis petalisque linearibus obtusissimis, labelli laciniis lateralibus minutis auriculeformibus 1M- termedià unguiculatà transversà emarginatá, cristà 5-lobà centro pu* bescente, columns alis deltoideis rectiusculis. Hab. in Brasilia, in montibus Organ, Gul. Harrison. (v. v. c.) 22. Oncinium globuliferum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 347. O. “ bulbo subgloboso, foliis oblongis brevissime mucronatis, scapis sium plicibus subunifloris, foliolis calycis subzqualibus crenulato-undulo- tis, labello subreniformi apice emarginato-bilobo, gynostemio apice crenulatà cincto ?" i d : jue valli fluvii Hab. supra arbores in declivitate Andium Popayanensium in conv alli flu iir et juxta pagum Timbio, alt. 730 hex. florens Octobri. Humb. et npl. Folia sesquipoll. 7-8 lin. lata. Scapi sesquipoll. Bractee plures; imbri- catæ, acuminatæ. Flores rubro-maculati. Sepala et petala obtusa. Labellum maximum, basin versus angustatum, laciniis lateralibus m imis rotundatis. Ex Kunth. 23. Oncipium iridifolium. Humb. et Kunth. N. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1. 34* O. foliis ensiformibus brevibus equitantibus, scapo simplici subuniflor?, ims supremo obtuso : lateralibus acutis collateralibus, petalis Mts undulatis majoribus, labelli lobis lateralibus parvis subrotundis ung"! VANDE E. 203 culatis: intermedio multd majore subrotundo bilobo utrinque versus apicem emarginato, cristà...., columne ala crenulatà circumdante. Epidendrum pusillum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1352. Cymbidium pusillum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.74. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 104, Hab. in Americd equinoctiali; Mexico, Pavon; Surinam, Dahlberg; Nov, Grenada, Humb. et Bonpl. (v. v. sp. in Herb. Lambert.) Flores flavi, sub-maculati. Statura 2-3-pollicaris. 24. Onciptum Papilio. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 910. O. pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis rugosis monophyllis, foliis ob- longis coriaceis obtusis maculatis, scapo perennante debili ancipiti ar- ticulato apice paucifloro, sepalo supremo petalisque linearibus longissi- mis-basi angustatis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis revolutis undulatis labello longioribus, labelli lacinià intermedià emarginatà subrotundà crispà basi valde angustatà lateralibus rotundatis, criste glandulis for- mam rane cubantis referentibus, columnz alis serratis. O. Papilio. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2795. Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 1086. Hab. in insula Trinitatis. (v. v. c.) 25. ONciDIUM tigrinum. Llave Orch. Mez. 2. 36. O. “ bulbis ovatis ancipitibus ; foliis lanceolatis bulbo innatis; scapo tere- ti simplici ; floribus laminá labelli reniformi long? unguiculatà." Flor de Muertos vernaculé. Hab. in Merici montibus Irapæi prope Vallisoletum, florens Novembri; Llave. Pseudobulbi 3-poll. et ultra, 2-3-phylli. Scapus teres, 2-pedalis, 3-5-flo- rus. Flores odore viole suavissimo, magni, speciosi, pellem tigrinam referentes. Sepala et petala lanceolato-ovata, lutescentia, maculis ti- grinis castaneo-purpureis totà superficie variegata. Labellum maxi- mum, luteum, immaculatum, laminå amplissimá, carnos4, reniformi aut bilobatà, undulata. Columns alæ acuminate. Variat 1°, scapo ramoso giganteo multifloro, et 2°. scapo attenuato elato, floribus gracillimis prope Paracho. Llave. * * Labelli laciniz laterales intermedic longitudine æquales, 26. Oxcipiuw onustam. Lindl. in Bot. Miscell. n. s. ined. O. sepalis omnibus liberis, labello bilobo transverso: lobis lateralibus linearibus apice subdilatatis, callo baseos oblongo cochleato antice ap- pendiculà tuberculiformi instructo, alis columne 2 integerrimis, foliis linearibus complicatis falcatis, scapo simplici, racemis cernuis secundis multifloris, Hab. in Panama et Columbia occidentali ; Cuming, no. 1908. (hab. s. sp.) 27. Onciptum panduriferum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 346. t. 82. O. “ foliis lanceolatis, pedunculo paniculato multifloro, calycis foliolis sub- equalibus undulatis unguiculatis, labello panduriformi apice emargina- to, gynostemio apice alà quinquelobà cincto. Hab. in convallibus Regni Novogranatensis, sub ccelo mitiori, ad radices Parami Pitatumbe, juxta pagum Pongo, inter urbes Almaguer et Pasto, alt. 1370 hex, florens Novembri, Humb, et Bonpl, 204 VANDEXE. Folia 7-8-poll. longa, sesquipoll. vix lata. Scapus sub 4-pedalis. Flores exsiccati aurantiaci. Sepala et petala subrotundo-ovata obtusa, La- bellum laciniis lateralibus intermediz subtruncate subaequalibus, sinu- bus interjectis valde apertis; tuberculis 4 cristatum. Columna cucul- lata margine petaloideo utrinque bilobo, inde, cucullo numerato, * alà 5-lobà cincta." Ex Kunth. 28. Oncipium echinatum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 845. t. 79. O. “ bulbo oblongo; foliis .oblongo-lanceolatis, pedunculo paniculato multifloro ; labello trifido basi bialato, gynostemio alato rostrato, rostro elongato adscendente ; capsulà glandulosà echinatà. Hab. ad litora Mezicana, occidenti soli opposita, prope Acapulco, regione ferventissimá, florens Aprili. Humb. et Bonpl. Pseudobulbus oblongus, subpollicaris. Folia sesqui-aut bipollicaria. Scapus pedalis. Sepala et petala lanceolata, acuminata, patentia, sube- qualia. Labelli lacini; laterales rotundate, intermedie ovate obtuse unguiculate feré zquales. Al duse, lineares, ad basin lacinie interne labelli. Columna brevissima, longissime? rostrata, alis lineari-lanceo- latis divaricatis. Ex Kunth. 29. OxciprUM ornithorhynchum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 345. t. 80. O. “ bulbo oblongo, foliis lanceolatis, pedunculo paniculato multifloro, labello subpanduriformi apice emarginato, gynostemio alis duabus cu- neatis erectis coronato long? rostrato : rostro recto." Hab. in temperatis regni -Mezicani prope el Puerto de Andaracuas, inter urbes Guanaxuato et Valladolid de Mechoacan, alt. 1010 hex. florens Septembri. Humb. et Bonpl. Pseudobulbus oblongus, glaber, sesquipollicaris. Folia lanceolata, acuta, striato-nervosa, vix coriacea, 4-5-poll. longa, 7-lin. lata. Sepala sube- qualia, spatulata, apice rotundata. Petala oblonga, obtusa. Labellum angustum, lacinià media contractá, et ideò lac. laterales, que alioqui nanz essent, ei fere aequales. Crista, ex icone, 5-loba. Ale columne denticulate. Ex Kunth. ` 30 ? Onerpivm hyalinobulbum. Llave Orch. Mex. 2. 38. O. ** bulbis lenticularibus subhyalinis; foliis lineari-lanceolatis ; scapo filiformi flexuoso ; floribus insectiformibus resupinatis; laminà labelli lanceolatà ; gynostemio cuneiformi long? rostrato." Hab. in Mezico, supra arbores ad Acuitzium, florens vere. Llave. Planta exigua. Pseudobulbi punctati, diphylli. Scapus pauciflorus. Se- pala et petala lanceolata subequalia. Labellum carnosum, 3-partitum, basi tribus auriculis tuberculosis prominentibus : lobulis lateralibus cu- neatis subrotundis, intermedio ovato acuminato pendulo. Llave. Vix hujus generis. 31. Oncrpium serpens. Lindl. in Bot. Misc. ined. O. caule repente tortuoso filiformi ad nodos radicante pseudobulbifero, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis pedunculis bifloris brevioribus, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis planis zqualibus, labello oblongo obtuso medio constricto basi bilamellato, columnáà marginatà apice membrana- ceà cucullatà. - VANDEJE. 205 Hab. supra arbores ad Patacocha in via Esmeraldas ducente, alt. 1000 hexap. Hall. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Caulis pennà corvinà,minor. Folia 2-poll. longa, £-p. lata, inferiora ex- tra pseudobulbos minora, vaginis latis striatis. Flores lutei, castaneo maculati, ferè pollicem lati, facie Macradenie lutee. Clinandrium cucullatum : membraná in margines columna decurrente. Alc obsole- te. Anthera et pollinia ignota. * * * Labelli lacini: laterales intermedià majores. 32, Oncipium macranthum. O. sepalis cordatis oblongis obtusis undulatis unguiculatis, petalis æqua- libus conformibus paulo latioribus et brevius unguiculatis, labelli hastati laciniis lateralibus subfalcatis intermedià acuminatissimà majoribus, cristà basi hastatà apice dentibus duabus runcinatis, columns alis ro- tundatis. Hab. in Guayaquil, Ruiz et Pavon. (exam. forem unicum s. in herb. Lambert.) Adest praterea folium oblongo-lanceolatum 2-costatum, pedale; sed nes- cio an flori ver? pertineat. Floris diametrum 3-pollicare. 33. Oncipium divaricatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1050. O, foliis oblongis obtusis apiculatis concavis coriaceis margine sæpè fissis, Scapo paniculato divaricatissimo, sepalis petalisque obovatis obtusis :equalibus, labelli crenulati cordati lobis lateralibus rotundatis interme- dio sub-cordato rotundato emarginato majoribus, cristà pulvinatà pu- bescente 4-lobà, columns alis rotundatis integerrimis. B. cupreum ; perianthii foliolis angustioribus cupreis vix maculatis. Hab. in Brasilia ; ad Corcovado prope Rio de Janeiro, Herb. Hooker. (v. v. c. et s. sp. in Herb. Hooker.) Pseudobulbi subrotundi, compressi, monophylli. Scapus 3-4-pedalis. Flores viridi-lutei, rubro maculati. 34. Onciprum pumilum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 920. Bot. Cab. 1732. O. pseudobulbis nullis, foliis rigidis ovalibus obliquis, paniculà erect& thyrsoideà foliorum longitudine, sepalis petalisque obovatis incurvis, labello subrotundo trilobo : lobis ovatis obtusis: intermedio paulo mi- nore: disco callis duobus longitudinalibus sinubus loborum oppositis cristato, alis columnz integerrimis. B. alis columne cuneiformibus truncatis, cristà labelli obsoleta, foliis atroviridibus vix maculatis, staturà majore. Hab. in Brasilia ; Harrison, Douglas. (v. v. c.) $. 2. Folia triquetra, v. teretia. 35. Oncipium triquetrum. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 216. O. * petalis acutis: anticis connatis, labelli lobo medio subrotundo indi- viso, Scapo racemoso, foliis triquetris." R. Br. Epidendrum triquetrum. Swartz. Prodr. 122. 4 Cymbidium triquetrum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.74. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 104. Hab. in Jamaica, Swartz. (v. s. sp. in herb, Banks.) Folia triquetra, cultrata, apice compressa, lanceolata, acuta. Sw. Sca- 206 VANDEJE. pus simplex, 5-florus. Sepalum supremum erectum, lanceolatum, un- guiculatum, acuminatum: Petala majora, ovata, acuta, medio colorata. Labellum szpe posticum, ovato-cordatum, ecristatum !, utrinque emar- ginatum, apiculatum. Columne ale oblique, rotundatz, plane. 36. Oncipium pulchellum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2773. O. foliis acut? triquetris carinatis subfalcatis integris, scapo simplici apice racemum subsimplicem cernuum gerente, sepalis cymbiformibus acu- minatis lateralibus connatis, petalis obovatis rotundatis planis, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio subrotundo sessili retuso sube- qualibus, cristà trilobà antice 1-callosà, alis columne acinaciformibus denticulatis. Hab. in Jamaica, Mac Fadgen; Demerara, Parker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) This very remarkable species has the habit of O. variegatum, and teira- petalum, from both which it is readily distinguished by the large lateral lobes of its labellum, and the cymbiform upper sepal. Its crest is also essentially different, consisting of three narrow nearly equal collateral elevati calli, in front of which is placed a short tubercle. Its flowers are pure white with a little orange about the crest of the lip. The column is pink. 37. Oxcrprum Cebolleta. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800. p. 240. O. foliis radicalibus teretibus subulatis, scapo stricto paucifloro, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis unguiculatis, labelli laciniis lateralibus abbreviatis erectis intermedià unguiculatà reniformi emarginatà, columne alis re trorsüm falcatis rotundatis integris. j Helleborine maculosa, foliis junceis et sulcatis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 184. f. 2. Epidendrum Cebolleta. Jacq. Amer. 230. t. 131. f. 2. Oncidium Cebolleta. Willd. Sp. Pi. 4. 113. Epidendrum juncifolium. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1351. Cymbidium juncifolium. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 102. Oncidium juncifolium. Lindl. Coll. Bot. p. 27. Hab. in India occidentali, insula Se. Lucie, Herb. Banks; Carthagene sylvis, Jacquin. (v. s. sp. in herb. Banks.) Pseudobulbi nulli: Folia 9-19 uncias longa, subulata, teretia, basi mem- branaceo-vaginata. Scapus erectus, pauciflorus, angulatus, glaber. Perianthii lacini? subequales, patentes, tessellate, lanceolate, acute, undulate. Labellum 3-lobum : lobis lateralibus brevibus, oblongis; ob- tusis, erectis; medio unguiculato, maximo, plano, subrotundo-renifor- mi, emarginato ; cristà .... Ale columne magne, retrorsum falcat® rotundate, integre. B. Labellum integerrimum. 38. ? Oncip1um emarginatum. Meyer Fl. Esseq. 259. O. * foliis lanceolato-linearibus obtusis emarginatis, floribus terminalibus labello obovato integerrimo, gynostemii alis ovato-subrotundis." Meyer. Hab. in Essequebo, Meyer. Caules spithamei, sulcati. Folia 2-93-poll. longa, integerrima. Flores : > A A "bes . parvi, purpurei, punctis argenteis notati. Per. foliola 3 ext. age lanceolata, acuminata, inferiora 9 paululüm breviora, oblonga, at" VANDEJE. 207 Labellum obovatum, basi attenuatum, integerrimum, planum, supra tuberculis rugzeformibus notatum. Gynostemium breve, apice alis 2, parvis, patenti-erectis, rotundatis instructum. Meyer l. c. CXXVI. FERNANDEZIA. Fernandezia. Fil, Peruv. Syst. 239. Lockhartia. Hooker. Bot. Mag. 2715- Perianthium patens. Sepala libera. Petala conformia, sub sepalo supre- mo conniventia. Labellum anticum v. posticum, ecalcaratum, liberum, trilobum, disco tuberculatum. Columna brevis, utrinque aurita. An- thera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, solida, obovata, glandulà ........ Cau- dieculà .: F. Epiphytæ caulescentes. Folia disticha, equitantia, imbricata. Racemi pauciflori, terminales v.laterales. Flores parvi lutei. This genus, as understood by the authors of the Flora Peruviana, cer- tainly comprehended species not only of Pachyphyllum and Dichza, but also of Isochilus. Several of the species here introduced from the Systema Flore Peruviane, are therefore doubtful, and are most likely repeated elsewhere ; for this reason I have not numbered them. l. FER NANDEzIA elegans. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1214. F. foliis obtusis ovatis carinatis, floribus paniculatis, bracteis obtusis mem- branàceis, labelli hastati lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio oblongo ob- tuso, disci tuberculis anticis minimis aggregatis : posticis maximis colo- ratis, Lockhartia elegans. Hooker. in Bot. Mag. t. 2715. Hab. in insula Trinitatis, Ryan in herb. Vahl. (v. s. sp. sine floribus.) 2. Fernanpezia denticulata. Fl. Per. Prodr. p. 240. F. * foliis oblongis acuminatis carinatis denticulatis, caule nutante, pe- dunculis 3-5-floris.”’ Hab. in Pillao supra arbores et saxa. R. et P. 3. Fernanpezia subbiflora. Fl. Per. Prodr. 240. F. “ foliis ensiformibus carinatis, caulibus virgatis, pedunculis subbifloris." Hab. in Muña supra arbores et saxa. R. et P. Species omnino dubie ; in Systemate Vegetabilium Flore Peruviane ad- misse, sed verosimiliter sub Pachyphyllo, Dichza, aliisque iterate. Fern. punctata. F. * foliis linearibus inzqualiter emarginatis, ramis dichotomis, floribus axillaribus, nectarii labio prominentià notato." p. 239. In Muna, Supra arbores et saxa. Fern, laxa. F. “ foliis lanceolatis acuminatis contortis, caule laxo, nectarii labio utrin- que denticulo recurvo.” p. 240. Cum precedente. Fern. hematodes. i . . . Li . . vn F. “ foliis ovato-lanceolatis margine scabris, caulibus erectis, floribus ter nis, petalis interioribus brevioribus.” p. 241. —-Cum precedente. April, 1833. Ee 208 VANDE Æ. Fern. graminifolia. F. “ foliis linearibus emarginatis, caule radicante, ramis furcatis, floribus è furcaturå sessilibus.” p. 241. In nemoribus Pillao, ad Chacahuassi tractus. Fern. conferta. F. *' foliis linearibus integerrimis reflexis, caule radicante, ramis confertis, floribus axillaribus solitariis." p. 241. Cum precedentibus. CXXVII. PACHYPHYLLUM. Pachyphyllum. Humb. et Kunth. N. - et 2 ws Fernandezia. Fi. Per. Prodr. £22,559. 5. 4. Perianthium connivens, Sepala et petala libera, qualia, acuta. Labellum liberum, indivisum, sessile, basi unituberculatum, apice hitubercy ME Columna petaloidea. Pollinia 2. Herba epiphyta, caulescens, fotis distichis, spicis axillaribus recurvis bifariìm imbricatis. Flores incon- spicui. ]. PacuyrnyLLUM distichum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1.339. t. 77. Synops. 1. 328. Hab. in arboribus Peruvie, prope Loxam et Gonzanam, alt. 1070 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. ; xs pM d M hee pyre almarum. Flores virides, ex axillis distiche spicati, bracteis bifariis more Palma CXXVIII. DICHZEA. i Dichea, Lindl. in Hooker. Bot. Miscell. ined. Fernandezia. Fl. Per. Prodr. t. 97.f. Perianthium connivens. Sepala et petala libera, acuta, æqualia. Le lum unguiculatum, nudum, ecalcaratum, deltoideum, cum co p articulatum. Columna erecta, teres, aptera. Anthera bilocularis. dul linia 4, geminata, collateralia (oo 00) caudiculà cuneatà, glan . a ee jsticha. minutà. Epiphyte, caulescentes, repentes. Folia parva, distic Flores solitarii, axillares, minuti. 1. Dicnza echinocarpa. D. caule pendulo, foliis ovatis acutis, labello pubescente sagittato, capsu- là subrotundà echinatà. Epidendrum echinocarpon. Swartz. Prodr. 124. Cymbidium echinocarpon. Swartz.! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1452. Limodorum pendulum. Aubl. Guian. t. 322. . r . s, in Hab. in Guiana, Aublet; ad latera saxorum arborumque inter muscos, umbrosis montium Jamaice australis, Swartz ; in Mezico, dom. Grem (hab. s. sp.) 2. Dıcnæa latifolia. D. caule pendulo, foliis’ oblongis obtusis apiculatis, capsulis longè pedun- culatis angustis oblongis echinato-villosis. Hab. in insula Si. Vincentii, Guilding. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) . . .. . LI LÀ . . r D. echinocarpe valde affinis ; foliis latioribus obtusissimis, et fructus Supe ficie satis diversa, VANDEX. | 209 3. Dicn za muricata. D. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, labello .. . ., capsulà muricat&, Cymbidium muricatum. Swartz.! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1454. Hab. in truncis muscosis arborum, versus juga montium Jamaice austra- lis, Swartz. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker. ex Dom. Bancroft.) Mera videtur varietas D. echinocarpe. Folia latiora; flores majores, gib- bosiores, glabre, sec. Swartz. icon. Verosimiliter adest etiam in Brasilia. 4. Dicuma trichocarpa. D. foliis linearibus subreflexis, labello subrotundo concavo, capsulà sub- rotunda albo-hirsutà. Epidendrum trichocarpon. Swartz. Prodr. 124. Cymbidium trichocarpon. Swartz. ! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1455. Hab. in truncis muscosis arborum, versus juga montium Jamaice australis, Swartz, (v. s. sp. defl. in herb. Vahl.) 5t Dicuaa graminoides. D. caulibus erectis, foliis linearibus acutis, petalis sepalisque acutis, label- lo cuneato-sagittato, capsulà glabrá. Epidendrum graminoides. Swartz. Prodr. 125. Cymbidium graminoides. Swartz.! Fl. Ind. Occ. 1459. Isochilus graminoides, Hooker. Exot. Fl. t. 196. Hab. in arbores regionis temperate montium Jamaice australioris, Swartz ; in Guiana, insula Trinitatis et Demerara, Parker. (hab. s. sp. comm. clar. Hooker.) Variat longitudine foliorum. 6. DicuzaA Panamensis. Lindl. in Bot. Misc. ined. D. caule erecto, foliis glaucis linearibus acutis rectis, pedunculis capillari- bus, labello ovato subsagittato, fructu glabro. Hab, in Panama, et Columbia occidentali, Cuming no, 1999. (hab. s. sp.) 7. Dicuxa glauca. D. caule compresso erectiusculo, foliis lineari-oblongis acutis subtus glaucis, capsulis glabris. Epid. glaucum. Swartz. Prodr. 124. Cymbidium glaucum. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1457. Hab. in arboribus versus summum jugum montium ceruleorum Jamaice australis, Swartz. (v. s. sp. defl. in herb. Hooker.) Maxima generis. Caulis 1-2-pedalis. Flores albidi, parvi. CXXIX. PHYMATIDIUM. membranacea. Labellum Columna libera, alato- Herbe pusille, acaules, Flores distichi racemosi. Sepala et petala subæqualia, patentia, libera, subunguiculatum, indivisum, basi callosum. marginata, basi tumida. Anthera.... ebulbes. Folia gracilia, racemis breviora. 210 VANDE.£. 1. Poymatipium delicatulum. P. foliis brevibus lineari-subulatis, bracteis distichis acerosis, petalis sepalisque acutis, labello rhomboideo acuto. Hab. in insula Se. Catharine, Brasilia, Fischer. (hab s. sp.) 9. Puymatipium falcifolium. P. foliis longis subulatis falciformibus, bracteis membranaceis, petalis ob- tusissimis, labello suborbiculari basi undulato. Hab. in Brasilia, Prescott. (hab. s. sp.) CYRTOCHILUM. Cyrtochilum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 335. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala libera, lateralia unguiculata. Petala pauló minora: Labellum ecalcaratum, indivisum, ungue tuberculato cum basi columnz continuo. Columna brevis, alata. Anthera bilocu laris. Pollinia 2, caudicula filiformi, glandulà minutà. Herbe epl- phytæ, v. terrestres, pseudobulbose. Folia coriacea. Scapi radicales, paniculati. Flores speciosi. y l. CvnrocnuiLUM undulatum. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. 1. 349. t. 84. Synops. 1. 335. C. “ foliolis calycinis ovatis, undulatis, patentibus." Hab. locis rupestribus Andium Novogranatensium aére temperato utenti- bus, prope pagum La Ascension et Paramo de los Papas, alt. 1045 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. Folia lanceolato-oblonga, 11-13-nervia, subpedalia. Scapus orgyalis, apice ramosissimus, paniculatus. Flores fuscescentes, albo flavoque maculati. Labellum ovato-lanceolatum, convexum, basi tuberculis numerosis cristatum, sepalis tripló brevius, exterius roseum, interius flavum, maculis rubris et albis variegatum. Kunth. 2. Cyrrocuitum flexuosum. Humb et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1. 350. Synops. 1. 336. C. “ foliolis calycinis undulatis, reflexis, exterioribus spathulatis, interi- oribus obovatis.” Hab. in radicibus altissimi montis, Paramo de las Achupallas, inter urbem Almaguer et pagum La Cruz alt. 1580 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. Pseudobulbi oblongi, 3-pollicares. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata basi valdé angustata, coriacea, 11-13-nervia. pedalia et longiori 2-foll. lata. Scapus plurium pedum altitudine, ramosissimus, rami triangularibus. Sepala spatulata, undulata; petala obovata brevior Labellum ovatum acutum, convexum, basi tuberculato - cristatu™ sepalis tripló brevius. Kunth. . Cyrtocuitum pardinum. Lindl, in Hooker. Bot. Miscell. ined. C. foliis lineari-oblongis basi angustatis striatis, petalis undulatis sepalis- que angustioribus lanceolatis, labello unguiculato ovato-lanceolato : unguis axi cum colunina connato utrinque lamellato ; callis quibus? elevatis iniqualibus linearibus productioribus e medio. VANDES. ; 211 Hab. in Peruvia, in sylva inter Cumhe et Jima ad viam Loxe, cùm epiphytum tim terrestre ; Novembri florens invenit Jamieson ; etiam ad Surucacho. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) 4. CvnrTOcniLUM ixioides. C. foliis membranaceis lineari-lanceolatis striatis, scapo simplici apice ra- cemoso, labello oblongo obtuso basi bilamellato medio 5-tuberculato. Hab. in regno Novogranatensi locis humidis Paramo S. Fortunato, Gudot. (hab. s. sp.) Scapus 13 pedalis. Sepala ovata, unguiculata. Petala conformia sessilia. Flores verosimiliter lutei. CXXXI. ODONTOGLOSSUM. Odontoglossum. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 351. Perianthium explanatum, quale; sepalis petalisque angustis acuminatis liberis. Labellum indivisum, ecalcaratum, unguiculatum; ungue cum basi columnæ continuo ; laminá patente basi cristata. Columna erecta, membranaceo-marginata, apice utrinque alata. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, solida, caudiculà lineari, glandulà hamatà. Herbz epi- phyte, pseudobulbifere. ‘Folia plicata. Scapus terminalis, vaginatus. Flores speciosi. Character ex Kunthio. l. Oponrociossum epidendroides. Humb. et Kunth. N. G. et Sp. Pl. 1.351. t. 85. O. pseudobulbis ovato-oblongis compressis, foliis lanceolatis subcoriaceis, scapo erecto multifloro, sepalis petalisque acuminatis undulatis, labello unguiculato oblongo obtuso undulato-crenato, basi trituberculato. Hab. in regione subcalida Provincia Bracamorensis, inter flumen Amazo- , Rum et urbem Jaen, alt, 240 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. Scapus li-pedalis. Flores lutei, inodori, maculati. 2. Opontociossum cirrhosum. Lindl. in Hooker. Bot. Misc. ined. O. sepalis lanceolatis petalisque latioribus undulatis acuminatissimis ma- culatis labello longioribus, labelli laminà cordatà acuminatissimà, co- lumná apice apterá bicirrhosà. Hab. in Guayaquil; in valle Mindo alt. 1000 hexap. invenit Hall. (exam s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Flores verosimiliter flavi, maculis quibusdam magnis, et interveniis la- belli, purpureis. 3. OpoxroaLossuw maculatum. Llave Orch. Mer. 2. 35. O. “ bulbis ovatis subancipitibus monophyllis; foliis lanceolatis condu- plicatis ; scapo elongato depresso multifloro ; floribus bicoloribus macu- latis ; lamina labelli integra cordata acuminata." Hab. in Mezico supra arbores in montibus Irapa@i, Jesus del Monte prope Vallisoletum. | Llave. Pseudobulbi ancipites, 1-phylli. Scapus simplex. Sepala lanceolata, castaneo-fusca, carinata, acutissima ; petala majora, lurida, venosa, pauló breviora. Labellum basi carnosum, biauriculatum, dentibus 2 incurvis, laminá cordatà, acuminata, maculata. Llave. 219 VANDE Æ. 4. OpowTocLOossuMw Cervantesii. Llave. Orch. Mex. 2. 34. O. “ bulbis ovatis ancipitibus confertis ; foliis solitariis lanceolatis, basi attenuatis bulbo innatis ; scapo distiche vaginato ; floribus long? pedun- culatis ; gynostemio alato.” Hab. in montibus Mezici prope Irapeum ; Llave. Planta habitu gracillima, odore grato. Pseudobulbi lenticulares, v. an- cipites, pollicares, monophylli, Scapus flexuosus. Flores nivei, macu- lis concentricis versus basin purpurinis aut sanguineis variegati. La- bellum ungue bilobo lutescente : dentibus duobus instructo ; lamina cor- datà, nervosáà, undulatà, sublacerata. 5. OpowTocLossuM apterum. Llave Orch. Mer. 2. 35. ©. “ bulbis ovatis depressis ; foliis lato-lanceolatis nervosis conduplicatis; scapo tereti paucifloro; gynostemio aptero crasso." Hab. cum precedente ; Llave. Precedenti simillimum. Labellum petaloideum, crenatum. CXXXII. BRASSIA. Brassia R. Brown. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 215. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala angusta, libera, zqualia; his nune minoribus. Labellum planum, indivisum, ecalcaratum, columnà continuum, basi bi-cristatum. Columna libera, aptera, nana. Anthera l-locularis. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudiculà brevi, glandulà crassà, Epiphytz pseudobulbosz. Folia pergamenea. Scapi radica- les vaginati. Flores speciosi, spicati. 1. Brassta maculata. Brown. insHort. Kew.5.215. Bot. Mag. t. 1691. B. sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis zqualibus, labello postico sub- rotundo emarginato. Hab. in Jamaica. (v. v. c.) 2. Brassia caudata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 832. B. sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis: lateralibus longissimis, petalis acutis minoribus, labello acuminato. Helleborine ramosissima, caulibus et floribus maculosis. Plum. Sp. 9. ic. 277. Epidendrum caudatum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1349. Malaxis caudata. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 93. Hab. in India occidentali. (v. v. c.) CXXXIII. TETRAPELTIS. Tetrapeltis. Wall, Mss. Lindl. in Bot. Reg.1522. Perianthium subpatens. Sepala libera, æqualia. Petala angustissima, æquilonga. Labellum liberum, sessile, saccatum, geniculatum, trilo- bum, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis, intermedio indiviso. Columna erecta, petalorum longitudine, semiteres, clavata ; clinandrio cucullato ; rostello rostrato recto. Pollinia 4, globosa, postice foveata ; geminatim caudiculis duabus angustis glandulà communi connexis adherentia.—— Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caules squamis vaginati, curvi. Folia VANDER. 213 geminata, lanceolata, plicata. Spica erecta, multiflora, foliis brevior. Flores albi. 1l. TETRAPELTIS fragrans. Wallich. Ic. ined. Hab. verosimiliter in Nupalia. (v. ic. in bibl. Angl. Ind.) Caulis ascendens, brevis, squamatus, teres, internodio ultimo 3-pollicari, angulato, subnudo. Folia bina, breviüs petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, 6-8 unc. longa, plicata. Racemus terminalis, erectus, 6-unc. long. à latere baseos foliorum, basi squamis viridibus vaginatus; rachi flex- uosà. Bractez decidue. Flores albi. Sepala uncialia, lineari-lanceo- lata. Petala linearia. Labelli lobi laterales acutiusculi, intermedius ovato-lanceolatus acutus, medio sulcatus. CXXXIV. PHAL/ENOBPSIS. Phalenopsis. Blume Bijdr. 294. tabellen. 44. Perianthium explanatum, patens, sepalis liberis, petalis majoribus dilata- tis. Labellum cum basi paulo productà columne connatum, liberum, basi callosum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus ascendentibus petaloideis, in- termedio angustiore bicirrhoso. Columna in ovarium recumbens, semi- teres; rostello gladiato. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudiculà planà spatulatà, .glandulà maxima cordatà. Herba epi- phyta. Caules radicantes, simplices. Folia rigida, lato-lanceolata, apice oblique retusa. Flores paniculati. Character ex Blume. l. PraLENoPsis amabilis. Blume l. c. Epidendrum amabile. Lina. Sp. PI. 1351. Wiltd. Sp. PI. 4.115. Angrecum album majus. Rumph. Amb. 6. 99. t. 43. Hab. in sylvis littoralibus Nuse Kamange insule, Blume ; Amboyna, Rum- phius. Folia bina, oblonga, coriacea, radicalia, pseudobulbo nullo. Scapus pe- dalis et ultra, 3-4-florus. Flores magni, albi. Sepala oblonga, obtu- sa. Petala suborbiculata, unguiculata. Labellum laciniis lateralibus ovatis, obtusis, incurvis, versus basin lutescentibus; basi callo elevato, truncato, luteo, sagittato instructum. CXXXV. TRICHOGLOTTIS. Trichoglottis. Blume Bijdr. 359. tabellen 8. Perianthium explanatum, patens; sepalis lateralibus labello suppositis. Labellum cum marginibus columna connatum, saccatum, utroque mar- gine cornutum, limbo carnoso indiviso ; callo saccum subclaudente. Columna erecta, basi unicornis. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 2, glo- bosa, biloba, caudiculà unicà lineari, glandulà parvà hamata v. peltata. Herbz epiphyte, subramose, radicantes. Folia coriacea aut car- nosa, Pedunculi laterales v. oppositifolii, brevissimi, pauci aut 1-flori. Character ex Blume. 214 VANDEZE. 8. 1. Labellum utrinque dente acuto inflexo auctum, intus pubescens ; limbus pa- tens. Columna apice utrinque dente instructa. — Pollinia inequalia, 1. TRicHocLoTTIS retusa. Blume l. c. t. 8. T. ** foliis linearibus retusis rigidis, floribus lateralibus subsolitariis, la- belli limbo piloso.” Hab. in Java, in sylvis montanis Provinciarum Buitenzorg et Bantam, Blume. 2. TricuocLorrTis lanceolaria. Blume l. c. T. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis, pedunculis paucifloris oppositifoliis, . labelli limbo imberbi.”’ Hab. in Java, circa Buitenzorg et in sylvis montis Pantjar, Blume. §. 2. Labellum intus imberbe, dentibus lateralibus obtusis ; limbus abbreviatus subfornicatus. Columna obtusa. —Pollinia equalia, basi sulcata. 3. Tricnociorrtis rigida. Blume l. c. T. ** foliis lineari-lanceolatis carnosis, floribus oppositifoliis subsolitariis, labelli limbo dentibusque lateralibus callosis."' Hab. in Java, in sylvis altioribus Salak, Blume. -" CXXXVI. TELIPOGON. Telipogon. Humb. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 1. 336. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala angusta, acuta. Petala latè ovata. La- bellum petalis conforme, sed paulló majus. Columna pilosa, teres, clinandrio postice processu subulato uncinato instructo. Anthera uni- locularis, alt bivalvis, processu clinandrio pedicello elongato fistuloso uncinato affixa. Pollinia 4, caudiculà.... glandulà. Herbe epi- phyte. Caules foliosi, pauciflori. Flores terminales, subspicati, pedi- cellati, flavescentes. Char. ex Kunth. An partes rit? descriptae. 1. TELIPOGON angustifolius. Kunth l. c. t. 75. T. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; labello imberbi.”’ Tradescantia nervosa. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 18. Hab. supra arbores in locis temperatis regni Norogranatensis, juxta Sa. Anna Maraquita, alt. 400 hexap. Humb. et Bonpl. Flores flavescentes. 9. TTELiPocow latifolius. Kunth. l. c. T. “ foliis lanceolato-oblongis, acutis ; labello basi barbato.”’ Hab. in regione ferventissima Provincia Jaen de Bracamoros, inter pagos Choros et 'l'omependa, juxta confluentem et Chinchipes fluminis ÀAmazo- num; Humb. et Bonpl. Precedente omnibus partibus major. VANDE Æ. 215 CXXXVII. VANDA. Vanda. R, Brown in Bot. Reg. t. 506. (1820.)——Luisia. Gaudich, Voyage. t. 37.—— Fieldia. Id. 424. Perianthium explanatum, patens, petalis sepalisque subzqualibus. La- bellum saccatum, v. obconico-calcaratum, cum basi columne continu- um, subtrilobum : lobo medio carnoso. Columna crassa, libera, abbre- viata, rostello obtuso. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, oblique biloba, caudiculà lineari, glandulà subrotundá. Herbe epiphyte, caulescen- tes. Folia disticha, coriacea. Spice oppositifolie. Flores speciosi. 1. Vanna Roxburghi. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. 506. V, foliis apice obliquè tridentatis, racemis erectis foliis longioribus, sepa- lis petalisque oblongo-obovatis undulatis obtusis, labelli lobo medio ovato emarginato. Vanda. Sir W. Jones in As. Res. 4. 302. Cymbidium tesselloides. Roxb. Fl. Ind. Mss. Hab. in India orientali, supra arbores presertim Mangifere, Roxburgh, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) 2. VANDA furva. Angræcum furvum. Rumph. Amb. 6. t. 46. f. 1. Epidendrum furvum. Zinn. Sp. Pl. 1348. Cymbidium furvum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.103. Hab. in Amboyna, Rumphius. This obscure species was originally taken up by Linnzus, apparently from the figure above referred to in Rumphius; for he adopts the name of that author, although he also cites the wholly different plant figured in Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus, vol. 12. t. 4, which is a representation of Saccolabium papillosum. There is nothing in either the figure or description of Rumphius' A. furvum, that would not apply well enough to Vanda Roxburghi; but as it is impossible to say to which it belongs, without some Amboyna specimen, and as it may be different from either, I leave it as a mark to which future botanists may direct their attention. 3. VANDA longifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. ‘no, 7322. V. foliis longis loratis apice obliquis obtusissimis, racemis horizontalibus foliis tripló brevioribus, sepalis oblongis obtusis (undulatis ?), petalis angustioribus, labelli hypochilio concavo pubescente apice rotundato : cristå carnosà per axin, epichilio subrotundo-ovato obtuso. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia pedalia et ultra. Flores minores, carnosi. 4. Vanna gigantea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7326. V. foliis late loratis apice obtusissimis emarginatis subequalibus, racemis foliis dupld brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo-obovatis obtusis, labello incurvo canaliculato basi cordato apice dolabriformi obtuso: callo conico in medio. Hab. in Moalmyne, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia sesquipedalia, 24 poll. lata, carnosa. Flores magnitudine V. Rox- burghi. May, 1833. rf 216 VANDE Æ. 5. Vanna spatulata. Spreng. Syst. 3.719. V. foliis ovato-oblongis obtusis oblique emarginatis, racemis erectis mul- tifloris foliis et caule multd longioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis ob- tusis planis, labelli hypochilio antic® bicalloso epichilio rhomboideo apice incurvo medio cristato, ovario hexaptero. Ponnampou maravara. Rheede 12. t. 3. Epidendrum spatulatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1348. Limodorum spatulatum. Willd. Sp. 4. 125. Aerides maculatum. Smith! in Rees suppl. Hab. in Mysore, Buchanan, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel, Wight.) Species pulcherrima. Folia et racemi guttulis sanguineis notati. Flores aurei, immaculati ; hypochilio intüs albo. 6. Vanpa peduncularis. V. foliis loratis apice alt& et oblique bilobis, pedunculo longissimo filifor- mi subramoso apice paucifloro corymboso, sepalis oblongis obtusis, pet- alis dupló minoribus, labello oblongo retuso villoso basi bilamellato. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Pedunculus sesquipedalis, purpureus. Flores magnitudine et facie Ophry- dis apiferee. Sepala et petala pallide viridia, purpureo striata. Label- lum purpureum, viridi marginatum. 7. Vanna multiflora. Lindl. Collect. Bot. 1. 38. V. foliis loratis apice obliquis emarginatis, pedunculis subramosis erectis subcorymbosis foliis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis maculatis subzequalibus, labello ecristato : lobo medio ovato acutius culo. Aerides rigidum. Smith! in Rees Suppl. Hab. in China; in Napalia, Hamilton, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. et v. c.) Flores inter minores, lutei, sanguineo punctati. 8. Vawnpa lissochiloides. V. foliis ensiformibus emarginatis racemo multifloro terminali brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis, labello oblongo canaliculato apice uncinato. Fieldia lissochiloides. Gaudich. Voy. 424. t. 36. Hab. in insulis Moluccis, Gaudizhaud. Epiphyta, rhizomate repenti articulato. Folia longa, ensiformia, coriace^ emarginata, 12-15 uncias longa. Scapus terminalis, simplex, 1-3-peda- lis. Spica multiflora. Flores speciosi, lutei, purpureo maculati- Brac- teæ breves, ovatæ, rigidæ. Sepala et petala æqualia, oblonga, obtusa. Labellum oblongum, apice uncinatum, canaliculatum, basi saccatutn et utrinque lobis duobus parvis ascendentibus instructum. — Caudicula CU- neata. Glandula maxima, hamata. 9. Vanna cristata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7398. V.foliis canaliculatis recurvis apice truncatis oblique excisis tridentatis, racemo erecto trifloro foliis breviore, sepalis oblongis obtusis fornicatis, petalis angustioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus acutis intermedio vittato oblongo convexo apice saccato inæqualiter tricorni. Aerides cristatum, Wallich. Ic. ined. VANDE Æ. 217 Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores albi, viridi tincti. Labellum album, villis maculisque atropur- pureis. 10, Vanna teres. Lindl. in Wall, Cat. no. 7324. V. foliis teretibus, racemis ascendentibus sub-bifloris foliis zequalibus, se- palis oblongis obtusis: supremo erecto lateralibus semitortis labello suppositis, petalis majoribus suborbiculatis undulatis, labello basi conico: laciniis lateralibus ascendentibus subtruncatis intermedià pubescente apice dilatatà truncata emarginatà. Dendrobium teres. Wallich Mss. ; Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores omnium maximi, 43 uncias ab apice unius petali ad apicem alterius. CXXXVIII. RENANTHERA. Arachnis. Blume Bijdr. 365. tabellen 26. Aerides. Blume Bijdr. 366. tab. 24. Renanthera. Loureir. Fl; Coch. 521. Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala et petala linearia, subzequalia, v. lateralibus majoribus. Labellum liberum, nanum, cum columna elastic? articulatum, trilobum, medio saccatum ; lobo medio carnoso. Columna aptera, abbreviata, erecta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, biloba, caudiculà unicàá, glandulà subtriangulari peltatà. Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Caulis radicans, ramosus, altissimè scandens. Folia cori- acea. Flores paniculati, speciosi. l. RENANTHERA coccinea. Lour. Fl. Coch. 2. 637. Bot. Reg. t. 1131. Bot. Mag. t. 2997. R. caule disticho folioso, foliis apice obliquis emarginatis, paniculis latera- libus multifloris, sepalis lateralibus unguiculatis undulatis lanceolatis obtusis superiore petalisque lineari-spatulatis longioribus, labelli lobis lateralibus truncatis: intermedio linguiformi reflexo. Hung too han. Jc. Sin. in Bibl. Soc. Hort. no. 45. Hab. in Cochinchina, supra arbores, Loureiro ; nunc in hortis Chinensium vulgata, (v. v. c.) Flores sanguinei. 2. Renanruera arachnites. R. caule altissime scandente, foliis lanceolatis, sepalis petalisque = cuatis &qualibus linearibus apice latioribus, labelli hirsuti lobis ovatis sub- &qualibus : intermedio intüs cristato apice bidentato, Angurek Katong-ging. Kempf. A 868. c. i [ : pf. Amen. + €, ic. Epidendrum flos aeris, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1348. imodorum flos aéris. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 1740. p.37. Aerides arachnites. Swartz in Schrad. Journ. 1799. p. 233. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 131. Arachnis moschifera. B/ume Bijdr. 365. t. 26. Hab. in Japonia, Kempfer ; inde in hortis Jave adducta, Blume. 3. RENANTHERA Sulingi. R. “ caulibus subramosis, foliis linearibus retusis, spicis simplicibus pauci- floris, sepalis subzequalibus obtusiusculis, limbo ovato incrassato tuber- culis lineato." 218 VANDEZ. Aerides Sulingii. Blume 4 c. Hab. in Java, in rupibus ad montem Suling, provincie Buitenzorg, Blume Flores sordide purpurascentes. 4. Renanruera elongata. R. * caule ramoso, foliis lato-linearibus oblique emarginatis, paniculis elongatis nutantibus, sepalis exterioribus lateralibus internis latioribus spatulatis, labelli limbo ovato basi bicalloso.” Aerides elongatum. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, in rupibus calcareis prope Kuripan, Blume. Flores punicei. 5. RENANTHERA matutina. R. “ caule ramoso, foliis linearibus oblique retusis, pedunculis paniculatis nutantibus, sepalis lateralibus exterioribus connexis; labelli limbo ovato abbreviato.” Aerides matutinum. Blume l. c. t.24. Hab. in Java, in arboribus ad radicem montis Salak ; Blume. Flores coccinei, pulchelli. CXXXIX. DIPLOCENTRUM. Diplocentrum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1522. Perianthium subclausum, liberum. Sepalum supremum lateralibus paullo obliquis multó minus. Petala sepalo supremo paululüm majora. La- bellum cum columna articulatum, indivisum, bicalcaratum. Columna minuta, semiteres, rostello obtuso. Pollinia 2? caudiculà subulatà, glandulà maximà concavá. Epiphyta, caulescens. Folia complicata, carnosa, recurva. Racemi paniculati, recurvi. Flores minuti. Calcaria brevia, obconica, incurva. 1. DiPLockNTRUM recurvum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7331. Hab. in India Orientali, Heyne (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) CXL. MICROSACCUS. Microsaccus, Blume Bijdr. 367. Sepala linearia, lateralia labello adnata. Petala conformia. Labellum columne antice adnatum, basi saccatum ; limbo abbreviato fornicato. Columna nana, aptera, obtusa. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 4 obovata, basi foveata, caudiculà unicà. Herba epiphyta, pusilla. Caules simplices, compressi. Folia scalpelliformia, equitantia, rigida. Pedunculi intrafoliacei, pauciflori, Character ex Blume. 1. Microsaccus Javensis. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, in sylvis montis Salak supra arbores, Blume. VANDEE. 219 CXLI. CAMAROTIS. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia invicem et cum dorso labelli connata, apice libera. Petala paululüm minora, libera. Labellum obo- vatum, canaliculatum, apice monocameratum, appendiculatum. Columna erecta, teres, libera, longissime sigmoideo-rostrata: antherà dorsali, apiculatà, semibiloculari. Pollinia 2; caudiculà longissima, subulata ; rostello forficato. Caulescens. Folia disticha, coriacea. Racemi axillares, multiflori. 1 Camarotis purpurea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7399. Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Folia emarginata, oblongo-linearia, apice subzqualia. Flores pallide purpurei, labello apice intensiore. Labellum apice sub appendiculo subulato inflexo foramine instructum, quod os est camerz calceiformis, totum apicem labelli constituentis; latera labelli paululum agglutinantur, sed margines patuli. CXLII. CHILOSCHISTA. Chiloschista. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1522. Perianthium subpatens. Petala sepalis majora, cum sepalis lateralibus basi longè productæ columnz adnata. Labellum cum ungue columne arti- culatum, bipartitum, medio cristatum. Columna minima, erecta, semi- teres. Pollinia 2, caudiculà brevi, subulatà, glandulà minuta. Herba humilis, epiphyta, hirsuta, aphylla; radicibus complanatis viridibus (quasi foliaceis !). Spice erectz. Plores albi, odorati. l. Cuttoscuista usneoides. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7330. Epidendrum usneoides. Don. Prodr. Nep. 37. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Racemi 5 uncias longi; ovariis pubescentibus. CXLIII. MICROPERA. Micropera. Lindl. in Bot. Reg.1522. Perianthium zequale, patens, sepalis lateralibus basi labelli adnatis. La- bellum cum basi column: continuum, calceiforme, leviter trilobum, lobo intermedio minimo, lateralibus majoribus erectis. Columna brevis, ros- tello maximo inflexo. Pollinia 2, caudiculà subulatà.———Epiphyta, caulescens. Folia disticha, linearia, arcuata, apice equalia, emarginata. Spice laterales, horizontales, foliis breviores. Flores citrini. l. Micropera pallida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat, no. 73921. Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Caulescens. Folia latè linearia, apice obliqua, subtridentata. Racemi breves, 8-15-flori. Flores pallide flavi, mediocres. Capsule anguste, teretes, 2 uncias longa. 220 VANDE&. CXLIV. SACCOLABIUM. Saccolabium. Blume Bijdr. 292. tabellen 50. Gastrochilus. Don. Prodr. Nep.32.— Robiquetia. Gaudich, Voyage, 426. Gussonea. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 76.—— Rhyncostylis. Blume l. c. 285. t. 49. Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala petalis qualia, lateralia sepits majora. Labellum indivisum, calcaratum, basi columne accretum, Co- lumna erecta, semiteres, rostello subulato. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudiculà elongata, glandulà minuta.—Herbe epiphytz, caulescentes. Folia disticha, coriacea, apice spits obliqua. Flores axillares, racemosi v. solitarii. § I. Labelli calcar perianthio patenti equale, v. brevius; apice sepius in laminam petaloideam productum. 1. SaccoLaBivM pusillum. Blume Bijdr. 292. t. 50. S. pusillum caulescens, foliis linearibus rigidis distichis, floribus axillaribus subpedicellatis solitariis. ; Hab. in Java, in sylvis altis montis Gede, Blume. 2. SaccoLABIUM micranthum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7300. S. foliis oblongo-loratis apice obliquis obtusis altè bilobis, racemis cernuis densifloris foliis brevioribus, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis, petalis linearibus obtusis, labelli calcare subrotundo : laminà obovatA obtusá v. acutà basi callo reflexo instructà. Hab. in Napalia, et Sylhet, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Species parva, pulchella. Folia 2-3 poll. longa. Flores parvi. Sepala et petala violacea : labellum intensé roseum. 3. SaccoLaBiUM densiflorum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7311. S. foliis lorato-oblongis apice obliquis obtusis emarginatis, racemis densis cylindraceis foliis qualibus v. brevioribus, floribus extüs scabris, sepalo supremo fornicato, labello infundibulari : apice calcaris ventricoso quater gibboso: laminá acuminata. Aerides densiflorum. Wall. Ic. Hab. in Sy/het et Penang, supra arbores et saxa, JVallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Folia circiter 6 uncias longa, 1 lata, atro-viridia. Sepala et petala Mas roseo-lateritia, medio alba, extüs fusca. Labellum lutescens, antic rubescens. 4. SacconaniuM guttatum. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. no. 7308. S. foliis longis canaliculatis inzqualiter truncatis arcuatis, racemis is draceis densifloris arcuatis æqualibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis duplò ni gustioribus, labelli calcare compresso truncato-conico intüs pubescente : laminå lanceolatà inflexà dorso subcostatà, capsulis oblongis hexagonis. Ansjeli-maravara. Rheede 12. t. 1. Epidendrum retusum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1351. Limodorum retusum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.80. Aerides retusum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. p.233. Willd. Sp, Pi, 4.130. Aerides guttatum. Roxb. Mss. ? Rhyncostylis retusa. Blume Bijdr. p. 286. Sarcanthus guttatus. Lindl. Bot, Reg. t. 1443. VANDE. 221 Hab. in India Orientali, Malabaria, Rheede ; Java, Blume ; Sylhet, Chitta- gong, et Napalia, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. v. c.) Species pulchrior omnibus. Folia pedalia. -Flores albi roseo-violaceo guttati; lamina labelli unicolore. 5. SACCOLABIUM spicatum., S. © foliis lineari-lingulatis recurvis apice truncatis cum mucronulo, spicis basilaribus elongatis multifloris, labello indiviso ovali margine undulato demum inferne cornuto, foliolis perianthii subrotundo-ovalibus : anticis maximis aleformibus, calcare saccato descendente." Don. Epidendrum Hippium. Hamilt. Mss. Aerides spicatum. Don. Prodr. Nep. 31. Hab. in Napalia, Hamilton. 6. SaccoLABIUM praemorsum. S. foliis radicalibus linearibus canaliculatis apice premorsis cuspidatis, ra- cemis longissimis, labelli calcare infundibulari obtuso recurvo : laminà ovata acutå. Biti-marum-maravara. Rheede 12. t. 2. Aerides premorsum. Willd. Sp. PI. 4.130. Rhyncostylis premorsa. Blume Bijdr. p. 286. Hab. in insulis et continente Indie Orientalis, Rheede, Blume. 7. SACCOLABIUM ringens. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7313. S. foliis ......, racemo subramoso stricto crassiusculo multifloro, peri- anthio ringente, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis pauló minoribus, labelli calcare infundibulari obtuso incurvo: lamina trilobà basi callosà : lobis lateralibus nanis rotundatis intermedio ovato acuto. Hab. in India Orientali prope Madras, Wight (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) Flores magnitudine S. guttati. 8. SACCOLABIUM giganteum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7306. S. foliis latis loratis carnosis apice uncinato-bilobis obliquis, racemis cylin- draceis multifloris, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis angustioribus obo- vatis, labelli calcare conico laminà breviore obovatà carnosà apice 3-lobà : lobis rotundatis intermedio inflexo minore. Hab. in India Orientali, prope Prome, Wallich (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl, Ind.) Flores magnitudine S. guttati. 9. SACCOLABIUM Wightianum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7308. S. foliis canaliculatis angustis obtusis carnosis apice subaequalibus, racemis erectis ramosis foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis, labelli calcare cylindraceo obtuso arcuato: laminà lanceolatà basi callo bilobo Carnoso instructà: lobis lateralibus rotundatis, capsulis tripteris et tri- costatis, S. lineare, Lindl. l c. no. 7312. Hab, in India Orientali, Heyne, Wight (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et comm. amic. Wight.) Exemplaria Heyneana florifera manca et nimis sub exsiccatione compressa haud veram partium structuram docent; Wightiana fructifera floribus carent nisi vestigiis quibusdam corrugatis in apicem capsularum. Olim 229 VANDEJE. diversas species putavi, nunc autem, re meliüs perpensd, conjungo.—— Racemi 6-8 poll. longi. Flores magnitudine S. guttati. JO. SaccoLaBiuM curvifolium. S. foliis linearibus canaliculatis arcuatis apice oblique premorsis, racemis erectis densis multifloris, sepalis ovatis: lateralibus majoribus, petalis obovatis, labelli calcare cylindraceo obtuso laminá lineari truncata. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich; Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict, in Bibl. Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia angusta 8-9 unc. longa. Racemi breviores, 24 unc. longi. Flores ruberrimi. 11. Saccouasium rubrum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7310. S. foliis canaliculatis arcuatis apice bidentatis, racemis erectis multifloris, sepalis petalisque ovatis, labelli caleare cylindraceo obtuso incurvo la- mina ovali acuminatà apice subcarnosá basi bicorniculatà. Saccolabium ampullaceum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7307 vix distinguendum. Hab. in Napalia, Moalmyne, ad ripas fluminis Attran, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Species pulcherrima S. curvifolio simillima, sed structura labelli cor diversa; color ferè idem sed pauld magis roseus ; an mere varietates! 19. SaAccoLanBiUM papillosum. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. t. 1552. S. foliis ligulatis apice obliquis cuspidatis, racemis brevissimis capitatis, sepalis carnosis lineari-ovatis obtusis, labelli calcare obconico obtuso intüs villoso laminà ovatà carnosà papillosà recurva. Thalia maravara. Rheede 12, t. 4. Cymbidium premorsum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6.75. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 103. Epidendrum premorsum. Roxb. Corom. 1.34. t. 43. Aerides undulatum. Smith. in Rees. suppl. i Hab. in Malabaria, Rheede ; juxta Prome, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. v. c.) Caulis arcuatus, subpedalis, distich® foliosus, radices tortuosas prone Folia atroviridia, 4-6 poll. longa. Racemi parvi, foliis triplo breviore Flores albi, luteo purpureoque picti. 13. Saccoraniuw dasypogon. S. acaule, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis apice oblique bidentatis, corymbis subumbellatis densifloris foliis zequalibus, sepalis petalisque lineari? longis incurvis, labelli lamin4 dilatatà subcordatà denticulatà. Epidendrum umbellatum. Hamilt. Mss. Aerides dasypogon. Smith. in Rees. suppl. Hab. in Napalia, Hamilton. (v. ic. pict. penes Dom. Bauer.) Sepala et petala extüs viridia, intus sanguinea, Labellum album, puncts luteis sanguineisque maculatum. 14. SacconaBiUM undulatum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7301. S. acaule, foliis anguste? loratis undulatis acuminatis apice obliquis obtusP racemis brevibus multifloris, sepalis ovato-oblongis acutis, petalis dup angustioribus, labelli calcare oblongo apice subinflato : laminà oblongà obtus& levissime? trilobA. dab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus, Angl. Ind.) Flores parvi. VANDEAE. 293 15. SaccoLanBiUM acutifolium. S. foliis oblongo-loratis carnosis acutis apice integerrimis, corymbis multi- floris, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis acutiusculis, labelli calcare brevi ventricoso: laminá dilatatà trilobA denticulatà : lobis lateralibus intermedio majoribus. Aerides umbellatum. Wallich. Ic. 1137. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in bibl. Angl. Ind.) Folia ex icone rigida, disticha, 6-8 p. longa. Flores lutei, unicolores ; labello albo, medio rubescente. 16. SaccornaBiuM calceolare. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7302. S. subacaule, foliis loratis acuminatis apice obliqué bidentatis, corymbis multifloris breviter pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis obtusis, labelli calcare inflato orbiculato : laminá lunatà rotundatà ciliatà. Gastrochilus calceolaris. Don. Prodr. Nep. 32. Aerides calceolare. Smith. in Rees. suppl. Hab. in Napalia et Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Folia 9 p. longa, basi maculata. Sepala et petala flava, maculis subro- tundis purpureis notata. Labellum album ; laminá basi luteo et coccineo punctata. 17. ? SaccoraBiuM clavatum. S. “ caulescens, pendulum, foliis lineari-clavatis apice bidentatis, spicis oppositifoliis, labello inflato barbato." W. Epidendrum clavatum. Retz. Obs. 6. p. 50. Limodorum clavatum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.126. Hab. in arboribus Indie Orientalis. 18. SacconABiUM obliquum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7304. S. acaule, foliis lat? loratis apice obtusis bilobis valde obliquis, corymbis brevibus axillaribus multifloris breviter pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-obovatis obtusis, labelli calcare inflato orbiculato: laminá del- toideà fimbriatà. Hab. in India Orientali, supra montem Toong Dong, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Folia glauco-viridia, undulata, 6-10 poll. longa, fer? 2 poll. lata. Flores lutei, labello albo; macule quadam minute rosee adsunt ad basin pe- rianthii et marginem labelli. 19. SaccoraniuM ascendens. S. caule ramoso repente, foliis coriaceis planis basi vaginantibus, racemis lateralibus elongatis, sepalis petalisque conniventibus subaequalibus, la- belli calcare clavato: lamin& trilobà parvà : laciniis lateralibus inflexis. Robiquetia ascendens. Gaudich. Voy. 426. t. 34. : Hab. in insulis Moluccis ad arborum truncos, Gaudichaud. 20, SaccoraBIUM aphyllum. S. aphyllum, caulibus tortuosis squamosis scandens, radicibus longissimis tortuosis, racemis brevibus erectis multifloris, sepalis petalisque ovalibus, labelli calcare infundibulari apice inflato obtuso : lamina ovata acuta. May, 1833. cg 224 VANDEX. Angrecum aphyllum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 73. Gussonea aphylla. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 76. t. 11. Hab. in insulis Mauritio, Borbonia, et Madagascaria, Thouars. Flores minuti, rubescentes. 21. SacCOLABIUM striatum. S. foliis loratis apice oblique bilobis, racemis erectis rari floris foliis brevio- ribus, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis, labelli calcare conico obtuso in lamina ovatà acutà producto. Angrecum striatum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 72. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. Flores mediocres, albi. 22. SACCOLABIUM coriaceum. S. * foliis caulinis ovatis acuminatis subcoriaceis lineatis, spicis pani- culatis." Sw. Aerides coriaceum. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. Bot. 1799. 234. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 131, Hab. in Madagascar, Swartz. 23. SACCOLABIUM ramosum. S. foliis angustis planis arcuatis apice obliquè præmorsis erosis, racemis ramosissimis erectis foliis longioribus: ramis divaricatis, sepalis obovato- oblongis obtusis, petalis obovatis angustioribus, labelli calcare Mes subarcuato obtuso margine dentato: laminà oblongà rotundatà lobis lateralibus obsoletis. Aerides ramosum. _ Wall. Ic. no. 654. Hab. supra arbores Delte Gangetice, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in bibl, Angl. Ind.) Folia 6 uncias longa, semunc. lata. Flores parvi; petala et sepala pallid? lateritia margine lutescentia; labellum album roseo tinctum. 24. SACCOLABIUM racemiferum. S. foliis loratis planis apice oblique emarginatis obtusis, racemis rae foliis brevioribus, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus, labelli calcare bs obtuso compressiusculo : margine anteriore loco laminz acuto denticu subulato utrinque instructo. Aerides racemiferum. Wallich. Ic. no. 655. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. (v. ic. pict. in bibl. Angl. Ind.) Folia pedalia et ultra, Flores parvi. Perianthium intüs fasco-rubra™ laciniis per axin et margine lutescentibus. Labellum albidum, ve similiter carnosum. S, densifioro affine. 25. SACCOLABIUM niveum. S. foliis distichis lineari-loratis rectis apice obtusis emarginatis niei libus, pedunculis ancipitibus ramosis foliis multo longioribus, flori " spicatis, sepalis conniventibus dorsali lateralibus dupló minore, labe calcare cylindraceo obtuso lamin spatulate carnose equali. Hab. in Zeylona, supra saxa in collibus altis ad Peradeniam, Macrae. (hab. S. Sp. et v. ic. pict.) Folia 23 p. longa, 3 1. lata, exsiccatione recurva. Spice ramose, 6-8 P. LI LI . LI . li longæ. Flores minuti, albi, basi virescentes. Petala sepalo dorsa majora, lateralibus minora. VANDE Æ. 225 26. SAccoLaBiUM reflexum. — Lindl.in Wall. Cat. no. 7309. S. foliis brevibus anguste oblongis apice bilobis, racemis erectis ramosis multifloris, sepalo supremo petalisque reflexis linearibus undulatis: la- teralibus conformibus dupló longioribus et latioribus, labelli calcare scrotiformi ventricoso lobis lateralibus rotundatis marginato lamina ovata acuta. Hab. in Sincapore, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis facie omnind Epidendri elongati. Racemi pedales, lignosi. Flores minuti, Lipareos cujusdam facie. $IL Ceratipium. Labelli calcar perianthio clauso tripló longius ; lamind obsoletd. An genus distinctum? An Teniophyllo meliüs referendum ? 27. SaccoraBiUM brevifolium. S. foliis lineari-oblongis brevibus obtusis apice subaequalibus emarginatis, racemis horizontalibus foliorum longitudine, sepalis petalisque conni- ventibus, labelli calcare recto sub-cylindraceo apice conico obtuso sepalis tripld longiore; laminà minima acutà. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores ad Maturatam, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Z Folia sesquipollicaria, 4 lineas lata. Flores parvi sanguinei ; labello basi luteo. 28. SaccorABiUM roseum. 5. foliis linearibus apice obliquis obtusis emarginatis, racemis paucifloris foliis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque inaequalibus conniventibus acutis, labelli postici calcare longissimo obtuso cylindraceo incurvo: laminá minima acutà. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores in sylvis submontanis, Macrae. (hab. s, sp. €t v. ic. pict.) Pusilla, caulescens. Folia 2 p. longa, 2 lineas lata. Flores parvi, rosei. Sepala zqualia, libera; petala dupld latiora. Labellum sepalis fere ter longius, in calcare botuliformi obtuso subincurvo productum ; margine faucis leviter inflexo; laminà nullà nisi dente parvo. Caudicula longa subulata, 29. SACCOLABIUM gracile. S. foliis ensiformibus apice valde obliquis subfalcatis, racemis strictis gracilibus multifloris foliis cqualibus, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis qualibus reflexis, labelli calcare conico sepalis duplo longiore : lamin& minimá acutà, Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores in sylvis submontanis, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. €t v. ic. pict.) Species parva, gracilis, verosimiliter ab arboribus dependens. Folia 5 p. longa, 3 lin. lata. Flores parvi, nivei. CXLV. TZENIOPHYLLUM. Tzniophyllum. Blume Bijdr. 355. tabellen 70. Perianthium connivens. Sepala basi connata ; lateralibus labello adnatis. Labellum calcaratum, basi columne accretum ; limbo integro; calcare 226 VANDE. inappendiculato. Columna nana, erecta, rostello ovato. Anthera semi- bivalvis. Pollinia 4,caudiculà capillari, glandulà minutissimà. ——Herbe pusille, epiphyte, acaules. Folia fasciculata, linearia, plana, fasciolata, Flores spicati, bracteolati, minutissimi. Character ex Blume. 1. TæxiopayLLUM glandulosum. Blume l. c. T. “ spicà elongatà retroflexà glandulis adsperså laxiflorà, labelli limbo acuminato intùs ad apicem denticulo instructo.” Hab. in Javu, sylvis altioribus montium Gede et Pangurangu, Blume. 2. TxNioPHYLLUM hirtum, Blume l. c. T. “ spicà elongatà leviter flexuosa laxiflorà hirtà, labelli limbo acuminato intùs edentulo, rostello anticè valde producto.” Hab. in Java, in arboribus ad montem Gegar Bentang, Blume. 3. TaNIoPpHYLLUM acuminatissimum. Blume l. c. T. ** spicà abbreviatà retroflexà glabrà pauciflorà, bracteis approximatis, sepalis et labello acuminatissimis margine inflexis." Hab. in Java, montosis Pantjar provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. 4. 'TxNioPHvrLLuM obtusum. Blume l. c. T. “ spicis abbreviatis strictis scabris, bracteis bifariam imbricatis, labelli limbo obtuso." ^ Hab, in Java, ad montem Burangrang provinciæ Krawang, Blume. CXLVI. CLEISOSTOMA. Cleisostoma. Blume Bijdr. 362. tabellen 27. Sepala et petala patentia, linearia, subzqualia, anterioribus labello sup- positis. Labellum calcaratum, cum basi columns accretum ; calcare dente clauso; limbo tridentato. Columna erecta, semiteres. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 2, biloba, subglobosa, caudiculà filiformi, glandulà minutà hamatà. Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes. Caules radicantes. Folia disticha, rigida, subcarnosa. Spice oppositifolie, subramose. Character ex Blume. . 1. CLEisosTOMA suaveolens. Blume l. c. C. “ foliis lato-linearibus oblique retusis, labelli limbo fornicato cum mu- crone fimbriato." Hab. in Java, sylvis Nuse Kambangze insule, Blume. 2. CrEisosTOMA subulata. Blume l. c. C. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice contracto-subulatis, labelli limbo ovato acuto margine utrinque tumido." Hab. in Java, prope Tjilele in montanis Parang provincie ‘Tjanjor, Blume. 3. CLEISOSTOMA sagittata. Blume l. c. t. 97. C. “ foliis linearibus retusis, labelli limbo recto sagittato.” Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar, provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. Variat, floribus minoribus, foliis angustioribus, VANDE E. 227 4. CrLEisosTOMA spatulata. Blume l. c. C. “ foliis lato-linearibus oblique retusis, spicis simplicibus, labelli dentibus lateralibus abbreviatis obtusis, limbo spatulato." Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar provinciz Buitenzorg, Blume. 5. CrEisosTOMa callosa. Blume l. c. C. “ foliis linearibus oblique retusis, spicis simplicibus, labelli dentibus lateralibus rotundatis interne callosis, limbo ovato brevissimo." Hab. in Jara, in montanis Pantjar, provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. 6. CLEIsosToMA maculosa. C. caulescens, foliis loratis distichis apice bilobis obliquis obtusis, spicis erectis subramosis, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis patentibus zequa- libus, labelli calcare poculiformi : dente dorsali ovato, laininà brevissimà rotundatà. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Folia 6-8 p. longa, plana, carnosa. Flores minores, extüs rosei, intüs lutei maculis fuscis confluentibus maculosi. Labellum album. 7. CLEISOsTOMA acaulis. C. acaulis, foliis loratis apice obliqué et acut? bilobis, corymbis brevipe- dunculatis paucifloris, sepalis petalisque subrotundo-oblongis carnosis- simis, labello saccato cymbiforimi acuto carnosissimo. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores in locis montosis, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) E Folia 3-4 p. longa. Flores parvi. Sepala et petala lutescentia apice virescentia, maculis parvis sanguineis notata. Labellum album medio flavum, cum basi columnz continuum, basi intüs dente valido solitario auctum. ? 8. Limoporum complanatum (caulescens simplex pendulum, foliis retusis convexis subtüs carinatis, spicA oppositifolià compress4, labello retuso). Willd, Sp. Pl. 4. 196. Epidendrum complanatum. Retz. Obs. 6. 50. Hab. in arboribus Indie Orientalis. CXLVII. APPENDICULA. Appendicula. Blume Bijdr. 297. tabellen 40. Perianthium clausum. Sepala basi subconnata; lateralibus ungui longe producto column oblique adnatis, calcar obtusum zmulantibus ; dor- sali subfornicato. Petala minora. Labellum liberum, concavum, indi- visum, basi appendiculatum, v. margine elevato cinctum, ungui columne longe producto affixum. Columna nana. Anthera dorsalis, 2-locularis : loculis sub-4-locellatis. Pollinia 8, nunc abortu pauciora, clavata, basi attenuata, glandulà longá, caudiculà verá nulla. Epiphyte, simplici- caules, v. ramosze, teretiuscule, rariüs foliose. Folia disticha, plerum- que membranacea. Pedunculi spicato-multiflori, rariüs solitarii. Character ex Blume. 228 VANDEE. § I. Flores in spicis elongatis. Labellum sepalis lateralibus rard connatum, integrum. 1. AprPENDICULA pendula. Blume l. c. A. * caulibus simplicibus superne compressiusculis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice tricuspidatis, spicis axillaribus lateralibus terminalibusve solitariis confertisve pendulis folio longioribus, labelli limbo ovato obtuso cum mucrone." Hab. in Jara, in montanis provinciarum Buitenzorg, Bantam et Tjanjor, Blume. Bracteze ovales, obtuse, concave reflexa. Q. APPENDICULA cristata. Blume l. c. -A. “ caulibus ramosis compressis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice tricuspi- datis, spicis oppositifoliis axillaribus terminalibusve solitariis longissimis subramosis inferne nudis compressis, labelli limbo rotundato emarginato interne utrinque cristato.”’ Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar, Blume. 3. ArPENDICULA anceps. Blume l. c. A. * caulibus simplicibus foliaceis, foliis lanceolatis apice tricuspidatis, spicis oppositifoliis terminalibusve solitariis geminisve folio brevioribus, labelli limbo obtusiusculo reflexo.” "Hab. in Java, in montibus provinciarum occidentalium Jave insule, Blume. Sepala lateralia exteriora ungui labelli inferne adhzrentia. 4. APPENDICULA alba. Blume l. c. A. ** caulibus simplicibus compressiusculis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis io od mucronatis, spicis axillaribus simplicibus terminalibusve sep? gemina folio brevioribus, labelli limbo obtuso." Hab. in Java, locis umbrosis ad montem Salak, Blume. Flores albi mediocres. 5. ArPENDICULA ramosa. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus ramosis teretiusculis, foliis ovali-oblongis (parvis) bre mucronatis, spicis paucifloris oppositifoliis terminalibusve solitariis fo subaequalibus labelli limbo obtuso interne bicalloso.” Hab. in Java, ad marginem fluvii Tjapus in montosis Salak, Blume. 6. APPENDICULA pauciflora. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis ovalibus (parvis) retuso men nulatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis brevissimis subunifloris, labelli lim obtuso cum mucrone." Hab. in Java, in sylvis altioribus montis ignivomi Gede, Blume. 7. APPENDICULA buxifolia. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus ramosis teretibus, foliis linearibus (parvis) oblique mucro- nulato-retusis rigidis lucidis, spicis axillaribus terminalibusve pum folio brevioribus paucifloris, labelli limbo rotundato crenulato intus ™ marginem tumido." Hab. in Java, supra montem Pantjar, &c. Blume. Flores parvi, flavescentes, VANDEJE. 229 8. APPENDICULA carnosa. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis linearibus apice inzequali-obtusis carnosis, pedunculis axillaribus v. intrafoliaceis brevissimis 1-2-floris, labelli limbo rotundato emarginato recto.” Hab. in Jaea, sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Blume. Flores parvi, albido-virescentes ; sepala lateralia exteriora calcar obtusum referentia, ungui labelli adglutinata. 9. APPENDICULA angustifolia. Blume l. c. A. ** caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis linearibus oblique retusis cana- liculatis rigidiusculis, spicis axillaribus solitariis folio brevioribus, limbi acuti marginibus incurvis." Hab. in Java, sylvis altioribus Salak, Blume. 10, ArPENDICULA reflexa. Blume l. c. A. ** caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis ovalibus retuso-mucronulatis, spicis supra-axillaribus solitariis folio brevioribus densifloris, labelli limbo patente obtuso cum mucrone." Hab. in Java, in arbores ad ripas fluvii Tjapus et in humidis montis Pantjar, Blume. - Flores minuti, albidi ; labellum inferne sepalis lateralibus exterioribus adhærens. ll. APPENDICULA undulata. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus compressis, foliis ovalibus retuso-mucronulatis, spicis oppositifoliis solitariis folio aqualibus, labelli limbo ovato un- dulato." Hab. in Java, in sylvis Pantjar, Blume. Labellum inferne sepalis exterioribus junctum, intùs appendiculo ligulato emarginato instructum. 12. APPENDICULA purpurascens. Blume l. c. A. * caulibus simplicibus compressis, foliis ovalibus retuso-mucronatis, spicis filiformibus subramosis oppositifoliis terminalibusve folio multo longioribus, labelli limbo ovato acutiusculo," Hab, in Java, sylvis montium Salak et Gede, Blume. — 13. APPENDICULA cornuta, Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis ovalibus retuso-mucronulatis, spicis terminalibus oppositifoliisve solitariis folio brevioribus paucifloris, labelli limbo obtuso intus calloso, gynostemio utroque latere dente recurvo instructo." | Hab. in Java, in sylvis montium Seribu et Pantjar, Blume. Flores albi mediocres. 14. APPENDICULA congenera. Blume l. c. A. * caulibus foliis et spicis preecedentis sed labello reflexo-rotundato con- cavo intus nudo, gynostemio edentulo. : Hab. in Java, supra montem Pantjar, Blume. Flores magnitudine precedentis. 230 " VANDEJE. 15. APPENDICULA torta, Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus compressis, foliis ovalibus retuso-mucronulatis, spicis terminalibus solitariis bracteis coloratis (roseis) bifariam imbri- catis, labello torto.” Hab. in Java, montanis Seribu et Pantjar, Blume. § IL. Flores terminales, capitati, bracteis paleaceis cincti. Labellum sepalis lateralibus exterioribus plerumque inferné adnatum, sublobatum. 16. AprPENDICULA callosa. Blume l. c. A. “ caulibus simplicibus teretiusculis, foliis lineari-ovalibus retuso-mu- cronulatis, vaginis foliorum bidentatis, labelli limbo lato-ovato interne calloso patente.” Hab. in Java, montanis provinciarum Bantam et Buitenzorg, Blume. 17. APPENDICULA Hasseltii, Blume l. c. A. ** caulibus simplicibus teretibus, foliis lato-linearibus retuso-mucronu- latis, vaginis foliorum edentulis, labelli limbo erectiusculo crenulato. Hab. in Java, calcareis provinciarum Bantam et Buitenzorg, Blume. 18. ArPENDiCULA longifolia, Blume l. c. A. ** caulibus simplicibus compressis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis retusis, flo- ribus dense capitatis." Hab. in Java, sylvis altioribus montium Salak, Pangurang, &c. Blume. CXLVIII. CRYPTOGLOTTIS. Cryptoglottis. Blume Bijdr. 296. tabellen 42. Perianthium clausum. Sepala basi connata; lateralibus cum ungue co lumne in calcar longum basi didymum productis, supra medium inter seconnatis, Labellum inclusum, unguiculatum, integerrimum, cum pede columnz elasticé articulatum. Columna nana, in ovarium recumbens, rostello subulato erecto. Anthera fere dorsalis, 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, clavata, inzqualia, sterilibus quibusdam intermixtis, caudiculà tenui brevi, glandulà hamatà. Herba epiphyta, pusilla, subramosa. Folia linearia, cuspidata. Pedunculi terminales, subsolitarii, pauciflori. Flores bracteolati, parvi, albidi. Character ex Blume. 1. CnvProcLorTiS serpyllifolia. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, in arbores montium Seribu, Blume. CXLIX. CERATOSTYLIS. Ceratostylis. Blume Bijdr. 304. tabellen 56. Perianthium clausum. Sepala basi connata; lateralibus basi product? calcar breve obtusum emulantibus. Petala sepalo supremo subequau^ Labellum subinclusum ; ungue longo incurvo ; limbo indiviso, concavo crasso. Columna brevis, basi longè producta, libera. Anthera 2-loct VANDE. 231 laris ; loculis 4-partitis. Pollinia 8, in glandulam sessilia. Epiphyte, subcaulescentes, ebulbe. Pedunculi l-flori, ad basin foliorum positi, paleis cincti. Character ex Blume. 1, CERATOSTYLIS graminea, Blume l. c. C. ** caulescens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimis, pedunculis soli- tariis geminisve subtomentosis, labello apice incrassato margine ciliato.” Hab. in Java, ad montem Salak, Blume. 2. CERATOsTYLIS latifolia. Blume l. c. C. “ caulescens, foliis lanceolatis obtusis, pedunculis solitariis geminisve villosiusculis, labello intus lineis duabus pubescentibus notato." Hab. in Java, in cacumen montis Gede, Blume. 3. CEnaATOsTYLIS simplex. Blume l.c. C. “ caulibus simplicibus teretibus 1-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis retusis, pedunculis solitariis sepalisque glabris, labello superne cucullato." Hab. in Java, in vicinitate cataractarum fluvii Tji-Kundulin montanis Gede, Blume. 4. CERATOSTYLIS anceps. Blume l. c. C. “ caulibus simplicibus subfoliaceis 1-phyllis, foliis lanceolatis retusis, pedunculis 1-3 sepalisque exterioribus arachnoideo-pubescentibus.” Hab. in Java, in vicinitate cataractarum fluvii Tji-Kundul in montanis Gede, Blume. 5. CERATOSTYLIS gracilis. Blume l. c. C. ** caulibus simplicibus teretibus 1-phyllis, foliis lineari-subulatis semi- teretibus, pedunculis 1-4 ovariisque villosiusculis." Hab. in Java, in montanis Seribu et Pantjar, Blume. 6. CERATOsTYLIS subulata. Blume l. c. C. “ caulibus simplicibus teretibus 1-phyllis, foliis subulatis teretibus leviter canaliculatis, floribus confertis arachnoideo-pubescentibus."' Hab. in Java, in montanis Salak, Pantjar, &c. Blume. Flores minimi, flavescentes ; sepala lateralia exteriora in caleare didymo coalita. CLI. EPHIPPIUM. Ephippium§2. Blume Bijdr. 308. tabellen 65. Perianthium subringens, sepalis lateralibus latioribus cum ungue producta columnz connatis. Labellum parvum, selleforme, integrum, cum basi productà columne elastic? articulatum. Columna in ovarium recumbens, nana, antic® bicornuta. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, caudiculà (ex icone) clavata. Herbz epiphyte. Caules radiciformes. Folia solitaria, plerumque pseudobulbo insidentia, coriacea. Pedunculi ad basin pseudobulborum orti, basi vaginati, apice pauci-aut multi-flori. Flores subpedicellati, bracteati, purpurascentes. May, 1833. ah 232 VANDES. Character ex Blume. Bolbophyllo valde simile videtur, sed glandulà maxima differt. An recte descriptum ? Plures species, Cirrhopetalo fort? referende, sed olim omissz, in supplemento nostro mox describentur. 1. Epuiprium lepidum. Blume l. c. E. “ bulbis ovatis pentagonis, foliis lanceolatis obtusis emarginatis, floribus in pedunculo elongato ad apicem capitatis, sepalis lateralibus exterioribus cohzrentibus reliquis valde majoribus, dorsali interioribus- que ciliolatis acuminatissimis." Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar, supra arbores, Blume. 2. Epnippium cornutum. Blume l. c. c. ic. E. ** bulbis ovato-oblongis subtetragonis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, pedunculo brevi 1-floro, sepalis acutis, lateralibus exterioribus reliquis valde latio- ribus, labello ad marginem inferne ciliato.” Hab. in Jaca, in sylvis elatis montis Salak, Blume. CLI. CERATOCHILUS. Ceratochilus. Blume Bijdr. 358. tabellen 25 (1825). Omza. 4.359. ?erianthium patens. Sepala 2 lateralia labello supposita. Petala angus- tiora. Labellum parvum, sacco v. calcare compresso; cum columnà connatum, fauce biglandulosum, limbo trifido integrove. Columna nana. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, globosa, biloba, caudiculà filiformi, glandulà hamata. Herbe pusille, epiphyte. Caules simplices, V- subramosi. Folia disticha, crassa, linearia, subtriquetra. Flores pedun- culati, solitarii. Character ex Blume. 1. CERATOCHiLUS biglandulosus. Blume l. c. C. labelli calcare ventricoso laminà subulat4, caulibus simplicibus. Hab. in Jaca, in sylvis elatioribus montium Gede, Salak, &c. Blume. 2. CERATOCHILUS micranthus, C. labelli calcare compresso emarginato: lamine trifide lacinià medio erecta incrassatà, caulibus subramosis flexuosis. Omza micrantha. Blume Bijdr. 359. Hab. in Java, in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Blume. Flores minuti, flavescentes, 3. ? CEnaATOCHILUS orchideus. C. ** caulescens simplex articulatus pendulus flexuosus, foliis distichis lanceolatis acutis, floribus axillaribus subsolitariis, labello bifido, corn" germine dupld breviore." Jy. Epidendrum Orchideum. Retz. Obs. 6.48. Limodorum Orchideum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.126, Hab, in arboribus Indie Orientalis. > VANDE A. - 233 CLII. ECHIOGLOSSUM. Echioglossum. Blume Bijdr. 364. tabellen 28. Perianthium explanatum, patens. Sepala et petala subæqualia. Labellum cornutum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus erectis, intermedio difformi utrin- que calloso, in ligulam bifidam patentem producto ; cornu dente clausum. Columna semiteres, aptera. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, caudiculà filiformi medio auriculatà, glandulà arcuatá dilatatà. Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Folia disticha, lineari-lanceolata, cuspidata, rigida. Spica oppositifolia pubescens. Character ex Blume. l. EcurocrLossuw Javanicum. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, ad truncos arborum in monte Salak, Blume. CLIII. SARCANTHUS. Sarcanthus. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 39 B (1826.) Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala subequalia. Labellum breve calcaratum, trilobum, carnosum, cum columná articulatum ; calcare intus Jbiloculari. Columna erecta, semiteres. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- linia 2, postice lobata, caudiculA glanduláque variis. Herbe epiphyte caulescentes. Folia disticha, plana v. teretia. Racemi oppositifolii. Flores speciosi. l. SagcaxTHvus paniculatus. Illustr. of Orchideous Plants, t. 9. Genera. S. foliis longis loratis apice oblique bilobis obtusis, spicis paniculatis, se- palis petalisque lineari-oblongis undulatis obtusiusculis, labelli calcare recto obtuso subemarginato in lamina bicorni medio callosa producto. Aerides paniculatum. Ker. in Bot. Reg. t. 220. Vanda paniculata. R. Br. in Bot, Reg. fol. 506. Hab. in China. Flores lutescentes, sepalis petalisque medio sanguineo bivittatis. Labellum luteum, laminz cornubus albis, callo virescente. 9. SancaxTHUS rostratus. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 39 B. S.foliis lanceolatis acutis planis subrecurvis, spicà simplici horizontali foliis subzequali, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis obtusis patentibus, labelli calcare recto obtuso in lamina incurva rostrata producto. Hab. in China, (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala luteo-viridia sanguineo marginata. Labellum violaceum. Rostellum rostratum. 3. SancaxTHvus succisus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1014. S. foliis oblongis subundulatis premorsis, spicà simplici horizontali v. de- flexà foliis longiore, rachi ancipite, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis, labelli calcare apice didymo inflato in lamina ovata acuta carnosa producto. Hab. in China, (v. v. c.) 234 VANDES. Sepala et petala viridi-lutea medio purpurea. Labellum luteum, apice sanguineum. 4. SARCANTHUS teretifolius, S. foliis teretibus, spicà simplici horizontali foliis zequali, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis reflexis, labelli calcare recto obtuso intus pubescente in lamina ovata acuta carnosa producto, facie columne villosa, Vanda teretifolia. Lindl. Coll, Bot. t, 6. Hab. in China. (v. v. c.) Sepala et petala luteo-viridia, venis tribus sanguineis notata. Labellum album, margine faucis violaceo. Rostellum truncatum. CLIV. PODOCHILUS. Podochilus. Blume Bijdr. 295. tabellen 12.——-Platysma. Id. 295. tabellen 43.—— Apista. Jd. 296. Perianthium clausum. Sepala basi connata ; lateralibus latioribus cum v. sub ungue producto column: connatis. Petala angustiora, libera. La- bellum cum pede columne elastice articulatum, integrum, unguiculatum, Columna in ovarium recumbens, clinandrio bicorni membranaceo. Anthera fer? dorsalis, 2-locularis. Pollinia 4, caudiculis duabus, mem- branaceis, convolutis. Herba epiphyte, caulescentes. Folia disticha, parva. Flores parvi, solitarii v. spicati, seepiüs terminales. ]. Popocuirvs lucescens. Blume l. c. t. 19. P. foliis ovalibus emarginatis rigidis lucidis, petalis obtusis, labello sagit- tato basi bicalloso, rostello subulato, glandulA sagittata. Hab. in Java, in arbores montium Salak, Pantjar, Meggamedung, &c. Blume. 2. Popocuinvs microphyllus. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7335. P. foliis angust? ovatis acutis oblique tortis, petalis obtusis, labello sagit- tato emarginato, rostello obtuso, glandulà subrotundà. Hab. in Penang et Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Omnes partes florum minutissimz. Petala obovata, obtusa, sepalis minora. Columns cornua membranacea, truncata. Stigma subrotundum, TF gine membranaceo antice? truncato circumdatum. 3. PopocmiLvs cultratus. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7336. P. foliis equitantibus imbricatis acutis cultratis, spicis brevissimis pauciflori* Hab. in Napalia inferiore ad Hetounda, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. defl. € Mus. Angl. Ind.) Florum fabrica vix nota; eadem videtur ac in precedente. 4. Popocuiuvs falcatus. P. foliis equitantibus imbricatis obtusis falcatis, spicis laxis terminalibus nutantibus, petalis subulatis, labello lanceolato integerrimo in ungue sigmoideo angustato. Hab. in Zeylona, supra saxa in montem Nuera Ellia, Macrae. (hab. 5. $P) VANDER. 235 5. Popocuiuvs saxatilis. P. foliis equitantibus retrorsum cultratis obtusis, spicis brevibus cernuis, petalis obtusiusculis, labello lanceolato integerrimo in ungue sigmoideo angustato. Hab. in Zeylona, supra saxa in colles altiores ad Peradeniam, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Caules 2-3 poll. alti, carnosi, atrovirides. Folia parva, magis quam in cæ- teris speciebus carnosa. Flores parvi, flavi; labello in medio sanguineo. 6. Ponocuirvs gracilis. P. foliis linearibus distichis cuspidatis, caulibus repentibus, floribus soli- tariis sessilibus, petalis obtusiusculis, labello sagittato obovato mucro- nato, capsulà glandulosà. Platysma gracile. Blume Bijdr. 295. t. 42. Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar et Seribu, Blume. 7. Ponocnuirvs tenuis, P. foliis distichis linearibus acuminatis, caule ramoso, spicis subtermina- libus paucifloris, floribus minutissimis bracteolatis. Apista tenuis. Blume Bijdr. 296. Hab. in Java, in sylvis altioribus montium provinciarum Buitenzorg et Bantam, Blume. Omnia Podochili (Jucescentis), sed columnA lati, utrinque emarginat4, lo- culis anther disjunctis massisque pollinis per paria pharetratis, emar- ginaturis columnz utrinque pedicellis respondentibus. Blume. CLV. ADENONCOS. Adenoncos. Blume Bijdr.381. Sepala et petala erecta, subzqualia. Labellum concavum, carnosum, intus glanduloso-tumidum, erectum : limbo indiviso. Columna brevis, ob- tusa. Anthera semibilocularis. Pollinia 4, (an 2, bipartibilia?) sub- globosa, compressiuscula, caudiculà brevi, glandulà peltatà. Herba epiphyta, inter minores. Caules simplices. Folia disticha, linearia, acuta, carnosa, suprà canaliculata. Pedunculi oppositifolii, solitarii, pauciflori. Flores sessiles virentes. . Character ex Blume. l. ADENoncos virens. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, supra arbores in sylvis montis Pantjar, Blume. CLVI. CECEOCLADES. CEceoclades. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. fol. 1522. Perianthium patens, v. ringens, v. connivens, subzquale, liberum, non secundum. Labellum liberum, sessile, cum columna articulatum, nu- dum v. basi bilamellatum, calcaratum ; calcare curvo sepe obconico, laminà lobatà cucullatà, v. complicatà, v. concavà. Columna sæpè 236 VANDES. elongata, semiteres. Anthera 2-locularis. Pollinia 2, posticé sulcata, caudiculà angustà, glandulà minutà. Epiphytz, acaules v. caules- centes, nunc pseudobolbose. Folia coriacea, aut raro membranacea, nunquam plicata. Flores szpiüs minuti. This genus differs from Angreecum in its usually shorter spur and longer column, and especially in its lobed lip which is almost always cucullate. The flowers are either ringent as in Œceoclades maculata, or spread flat as in many others. CEceoclades will probably comprehend all the Eulophia- like epiphytes that have not a second perianthium and a crest at the bottom of the labellum ; it is very near Eulophia, from which its coriaceous, not plaited leaves, distinguish it among other things. 1. CEcEocrapzs tenera. CE. caulescens, foliis oblongis carnosis emarginatis, spicis S-4-floris hori- zontalibus foliis brevioribus, sepalo supremo erecto galeato lateralibus labello suppositis zequali, petalis galeà parallelis conformibus: omnibus basi valde discretis, labello sepalis breviore trilobo cucullato laciniis lateralibus erectis emarginatis truncatis intermedià carnosà trilobà planà basi bicallosà, calcare brevi incurvo. Hab. in Zeylona, supra frutices in sylvis montanis, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v, ic. pict.) Textura omnium partium, presertim florum, lax? cellulosa. Labellum cum col. nec articulatum nec connatum. Columna brevissima, lateri- bus inflexis callosis. Pollinia 2, globosa, postice biloba, caudiculà lineari elongatà, retinaculo deltoideo. Flores luteo-fulvi apicibus san- guineis, labelli lamina albà. 2. CEckEocLADEs paniculata. CE. caulescens, foliis oblongis apice bilobis erosis, paniculis lateralibus foliis dupld longioribus, floribus minutis, sepalo supremo acuto galeato lateralibus breviore, petalis sepalo supremo minoribus acutis, labello sinuato cordato apice long? acuminato, calcare brevi ventricoso. Hab. in India Orientali, ad Gualpara, Hamilton ; in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Flores extus discolores, quasi sphacelati, intus fulvi luteo marginati ; la- bellum luteum. 3. CEckocraprs flexuosa. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7333. CK. subacaulis, foliis lineari-loratis apice vald® obliquis subbilobis erosis, paniculis flexuosis erectis divaricatis, floribus minutis, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis, labello oblongo obtuso repando intüs piloso, calcare conico incurvo lamina longiore: dentibus marginis 2 acutis. Hab. in India Orientali, in Deltæ Gangetice arbores, nec non ad ripas flu- minis Attran, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Petala et sepala intus flavo-rosea extus herbacea, Labellum album roseo pallide fasciatum. 4. CEcEocrapzs parviflora. CE. “ cáule brevissimo, foliis sæpiùs 4 lineari-lanceolatis acutis sessilibus, scapo gracili simplici, floribus parvulis, laciniis calycis brevibus bas! coalitis, labello trifido: calcare ascendente," 4. R. VANDEÆ. 237 Angrecum parviflorum. Thouars. Orch. Afr.t.60. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. p, 71. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. 5. CEcEocrApESs ? gracilis. CE. * caule brevissimo, foliis linearibus longissimis striatis apice bilobis basi subcarinatis striatis, floribus minimis in spica gracili longissima dispositis, calcare recurvo ovarii longitudine." A. R. Angrecum gracile. Thouars. Orch. Afr.t.77. Ach. Richard, Orch. Maurit, p. 74. Aerobion gracile. Spreng. Syst. 3. 717. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. 6. CEcEocrApEs pusilla. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7332. CE. subacaulis, foliis obovato-oblongis apice zqualibus acutis bilobis ra- cemis ascendentibus gracilibus brevioribus, floribus minutis, sepalis obovatis obtusis, petalis conformibus minoribus, labello hastato-trian- gulari, calcare infundibuliformi incurvo labello longiore. Hab. supra ramulos arborum in sylvis Sylhetensibus, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) An Œ. Retzii hujus loci, foliis delapsis ? 7. (EcEocrAprs Retzii. CE. ** aphylla, subarticulata, fasciculata, cortici appressa, racemis simpli- cibus" W. Epidendrum pusillum. Retz. Obs. 6.49. Limodorum pusillum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.126. Hab. in arboribus Indice Orientalis, Retz. 8. CEckocrapzs funalis. CE. * aphylla, radicans, pedunculo bifloro, limbo labelli bilobo, cornu longissimo subulato." S. Epidendrum funale. Swartz. Prodr. 126. Limodorum funale. Id. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3.1521. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.127. Hab. supra truncos vetustos in montibus Jamaice, Swartz. Flores magni, albidi. Radices 2-3-pedales, 9. CEckocrapts falcata. Œ. caule simplici, foliis distichis linearibus canaliculatis acutis, floribus axillaribus solitariis longè pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque patentibus linearibus acutis, labello trilobo: lobo medio emarginato, calcare lon- gissimo filiformi incurvo. Limodorum falcatum. Bot. Mag. 2097. nec Willd. Angrecum falcatum, Lindl. in Coll. Bot. 15. Hab. in China. The plant described by Thunberg in his Flora Japonica, under the name of Orchis falcata, and supposed to be this, has a scape and flowers in spikes ; besides which it appears to be terrestrial. How then are we to consider it the same with this which has not one of these important characters ? 10. CEcrocrApEs maculata. CE. pseudobolbosa, foliis solitariis lanceolatis maculatis coriaceis, scapis radicalibus foliis longioribus, floribus ringentibus, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio rotundato emarginato, calcare recto obtuso lamina basi bree viter bilamellatà breviore. 238 VANDEÆ. Angræcum maculatum. Lindl. Coll, Bot. t.15. Bot. Reg. 618. Geodorum pictum. Link et Otto Abbild. t. 14. Aerobion maculatum. Spreng. Syst. 3.718. Angrecum monophyllum. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 66. t. 9. Hab. in Brazilia, nec non in Africa æquinoctiali; in Mauritio, Commerson. (v. v. c.) Flores albo et roseo picti. Pollinia 2, triangularia, collateralia, in utraque facie integerrima, caudiculà brevi glandule viscide adharente. Species ‘omnind anomala; an Cymbidio potius referenda? an sui generis? CLVII. AERIDES. Aerides. Loureir. Cochinch, 525.——Dendrocolla. Blume Bijdr. 286. tabellen 67. Perianthium patens v. clausum. Sepala lateralia, basi sæpiùs obliqua, cum ungue producto columnæ connata. Labellum cum ungue columne articulatum, saccatum v. calcaratum, trilobum : lobis lateralibus nanis ; limbo cucullato, aut subulato, aut abbreviato-tumido, aut subfornicato. Columna in ovarium recumbens, brevis, aptera. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice suleata; caudiculáà lata v. filiformi, glandulà peltatà subrotundá. Herbe epiphyte caulescentes. Caules subsimplices, radicantes, Folia disticha, coriacea, aut subcarnosa, Flores racemosi, v. Spicati. § I. CucurLA, Blume. Spice bracteis carinatis sepius carnosis instructa. Labelli limbus cucullatus, rarius expansus. 1. AERIDES arachnites. A. “ foliis lato-linearibus retusis, sepalis longiter acuminatis, labello intus appendice ligulato instructo." Dendrocolla arachnites. Blume l. c. 287. Hab. in Java, ad pedem montium Salak et Seribu provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. Floret omni tempore. Q. AERIDES testaceum. A. foliis loratis acutis bilobis inter lobos cuspidatis, racemis strictis sim- plicibus multifloris foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque obovato-oblongis obtusis, labelli infundibularis laciniis lateralibus erectis obtusis inter- media lineari patente apice dilatatà reniformi bilobà dentatà lineis duabus elevatis callosis in disco, calcare conico incurvo. Hab. in Zeylona, supra arbores, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et. ic, pict.) Pedunculi maculati. Flores Vande Roxburghi paulo minores, pallide tes- tacei, maculà violaceà in medio labelli. Capsule clavate, hexagon. 3. ArznipEs Wightianum. Lindl. in Wall, Cat. no. 7390. A. foliis loratis apice obliquis obtusis bilobis inter lobos cuspidatis, racemis strictis simplicibus multifloris foliis longioribus, sepalis petalisque 0v3- libus anticis majoribus, labelli infundibularis laciniis lateralibus pedi columne adnatis obtusis intermedià subcuneata apice trilobA rotundatà: disco lineis pluribus elevatis crispis cristato, calcare brevi conico. Hab. in India Orientali, prope Madras, Wight. (hab. s. sp. e Mus, Angl. Ind.) Capsule clavate, alis sex brevibus. VANDE. 239 4. AERIDES odoratum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 525. A. foliis flaccidis apice obtusis obliquis, racemis pendulis multifloris foliis longioribus, labelli cucullati infundibularis laciniis lateralibus erectis cuneatis rotundatis intermedia ovata acutà intlexA, calcare conico incurvo. A. odoratum. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5.212. A. cornutum. Roxb. Mss. Bot. Heg. t. 1485. Hab. supra arbores in India Orientali, prope Daccam et Noakote, in Sylhet, Chittagong et Moalmyne, Wallich; in sylvis Chine et Cochinchine, Loureiro. Flores candidi, apicibus roseis, spectabiles, odoratissimi, ad cameras or- nandas aptissimi. 5. AERipEs affine. Wallich. Cat. no. 7316. A. foliis canaliculatis subrecurvis retusis mucronatis, racemis cylindraceis multifloris erectis foliis equalibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis con- formibus majoribus, labello czeteris majore ovato membranaceo obsolete trilobo, ungue saccato geniculato: calcare parvo cornuto lamine supposito. Epidendrum geniculatum. Hamilt. Mss. Hab. in montes meridionales Indie Orientalis, pone Sheopore, in Sylhet et Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Flores pulcherrimi, rosei, maculis quibusdam atrioribus. 6. AEnipEs crispum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7319. A. foliis planis apice obtusis obliquis, racemis ........, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus obtusis, labello ceteris majore ovato membranaceo mar- gine crispo basi bicalloso : ungue recto ; calcare parvo cornuto obtuso laminz supposito. Hab. in India Orientali, prope Courtallum, Wallich. (hab. flores et folia spont. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 7. AERIDEs teniale, A. subacaule, radicibus compressis repentibus foliaceis, foliis ovalibus acutis membranaceis radicibus multó brevioribus, racemis erectis 5-6- floris foliis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque ovalibus acutis anticis dupld latioribus basi labelli adnatis, labelli infundibularis laciniis lateralibus pedi column adnatis erectis apice obtusis denticulatis intermedia lineari- oblongà integerrimA acutà, calcare brevi conico. Hab. in Napalia, inter Jungermannias, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Rudge.) Flores inter minores. Labellum violaceum. Herba facie Chiloschiste usneoides. Radices verosimiliter foliorum vices gerunt. 8. AERIDES obtusum. " oe caule compresso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis emarginatis cum mucrone intermedio sepalis obtusiusculis, labello interne villoso.’ Dendrocolla obtusa. Blume l. c. 287. Hab. in Java, sylvis altioribus Salak, Blume. 9. AERIDES amplexicaule. As Kus cordatis amplexicaulibus, sepalis oblongis acutis, labello iuterne muricato.” Dendrocolla amplexicaulis. Blume l. c. 288. Hab, in Java, in montanis Salak et in calcarcis prope Kuripan, Blume. May, 1833. T 240 VANDEJE. 10. AERIDES purpurascens. A. “ caulibus compressiusculis, foliis lanceolatis emarginatis purpurascens tibus, sepalis acutis." Dendrocolla purpurascens, Blume l. c. 288. Hab. in Java, sylvis humidis montium Pangurangu et Gede, Blume. Flores flavi. 11. AERIDES acuminatissimum. A. “ caulibus subramosis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis emarginato-mucronatis (carnosis), sepalis et labelli limbo longiter acuminatis. Dendrocolla acuminatissima., Blume l. c. 288. Hab. in Java, sylvis montanis Pantjar, Blume. § II. Tusera Blume. Spice bracteis coalitis et scrobiculatis munite. Labelli limbus, callosus, abbreviatus. 19. AERIDES compressum. A. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice bicuspidatis (carnosis), pedunculo com- presso bracteis nempe basi ad apicem carnosis carinatis connatis tecto. Dendrocolla compressa. Blume J. c. 289. Hab. in Java, sylvis humidioribus provinciarum Buitenzorg et Bantam, Blume. 18. AERIDEs tessellatum. Wight in Wall. Cat. no. 7318. A. foliis loratis apice truncatis rotundatis subzequilateris, racemis pauci floris horizontalibus foliis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque patentibus un- guiculatis obovatis obtusis crispis tessellatis, labelli calcare recto conico lamina ovatà convexáà dentibus lateralibus erectis acuminatis column? longitudine. Epidendrum tessellatum. Roxb. Corom. 1. t. 42. Cymbidium tessellatum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 75. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 102. Hab. in India Orientali, supra truncos ramosque arborum in montes Circar, Roxburgh. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores magni, viridi-lutei, speciosi. 14. Arrives cylindricum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7317. A. foliis teretibus, racemis brevibus subbifloris, sepalis ovatis ob EL talis oblongis latioribus, labelli cucullati infundibularis laciniis laterali , m ° " cto oblongis obtusis intermedie carnosz ovate obtuse adnatis, calcare re conico. ? Epidendrum subulatum. Retz. Obs. 6. 50. ? Limodorum subulatum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.126. Hab. in India Orientali, Wallich. Wight. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 15. Arnipzs teres. A. “ foliis lato-linearibus basi angustioribus apice obtuso-emarginatis, pe dunculo elongato tereti bracteis scrobiculatis tecto.” Dendrocolla teres. Blume l. c. 289. Hab. in Java, montanis provinciae Buitenzorg, Blume. ; : : oe jatus Sepala oblonga, obtusa, inferne angustiora. Labelli limbus abbrer e callosus. Foliis latioribus rigidioribus obtusissimis ct pedunculo te ab 4. compresso solummodo diversum, Bi, VANDEÆ. 241 16, AERIDES pusillum. A. “ foliis lato-lanceolatis, pedunculo versus apicem bracteis paucis obsesso, sepalis acutiusculis, labelli auriculis profunde bifidis." Dendrocolla appendiculata. Blume l. c. 289. Hab. in Java, ad arbores in monticulis calcareis prope Kuripan, Blume. Planta pusilla. Flores miniati. 17. AERIDES emarginatum. A. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblique emarginatis, pedunculis confertis hirsutis versus apicem paucifloris, sepalis acutis, labelli auriculis emar- ginatis,"' Dendrocolla emarginata. Blume l. c. 290. Hab. in Java, sylvis montanis Pantjar et Meggamedong, Blume. Flores flavi, labello candido intus maculis 2 flavescentibus. 18. Arrives pallidum. A. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis oblique retusis, pedunculo superne bracteis paucis instructo, sepalis obtusis, labello extus cum tuberculo," Dendrocolla pallida. Blume l. c. 290. Hab. in Java, sylvis opacis Nuse Kambange insule, Blume. 19. AERIDES spurium. A. * caulibus elongato-clavatis superne tetragonis diphyllis (foliorum pri- vatione ?), foliis lanceolatis, floribus e scrobiculis lateralibus caulis erum- pentibus,” Dendrocolla spuria. Blume l. c. 290. Hab. in Java, vallibus montium Seribu, Blume. An hujus generis et sectionis? Blume. 20. AERIDES minimum. A. “ caulibus simplicibus (vix semipollicaribus), foliis paucis lanceolatis acutiusculis, spicis brevibus ad apicem paucifloris, sepalis carinatis obtusiusculis, labelli limbo obliterato.” Dendrocolla minima. Blume l. c. 290. Hab. in Java, in montanis Pantjar, Blume. $ III. Fornicaria, Blume. Spice supern? bracteis subulatis congestis præ- dite, labelli limbo abbreviato fornicato. 21. Arrives angustifolium. A. * foliis carnosis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis obtusis emarginatis, pedunculis brevibus paucifloris." Dendrocolla angustifolia. Blume l. c. 291. Hab. in Java, in montosis Salak et Seribu, Blume. 22. Arrives subulatum. A. “ foliis carnosis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis apice contractis subu- latis, pedunculis brevibus paucifloris." Dendrocolla subulata. Blume l. c. 291. Hab. in Java, in montosis Salak et Seribu, Blume. A, angustifolio valde affine, floribus etiam aurantiacis, Bl. 242 VANDE.E. 23. AERIDES hystrix. A. “ foliis linearibus basi angustioribus apice retusis, pedunculis elongatis apice congesto-multifloris.” Dendrocolla hystrix. Blume l. c. 291. Hab. in Java, ad arbores circa Buitenzorg, Blume. Bractez subulatz. Labelli limbus fornicatus, pubescens, interne cum appendiculo lamellato. 24. AERIDES anceps. A. “ caulibus ancipitibus, foliis lanceolatis mucronulatis, pedunculis fili- formibus apice paucifloris.” Dendrocolla anceps. Blume l. c. 292. Hab. in Java, in elatis Salak, Blume. Flores albido-flavescentes ; labelli limbo fornicato, hirsuto. $ IV. Prrkamia. Labellum pileiforme ; appendiculá tabulari carnosá intàs a dorso projiciente. 25. AERIDES appendiculatum. Wall. Cat. no. 7315. A. foliis teretibus racemo flexuoso multd brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari-oblongis obtusis reflexis anticis duplà latioribus, columnà elon- gatà basi excavatà pubescente, labelli pileati obtusi trilobi lobis omnibus brevibus intermedio complicato basi unicorni pubescente, callo magno tabulari a dorso calcaris projiciente. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) An genus proprium ? Labellum omnino pileum conicum refert dorso intus appendiculatum, nec calcar adest ullum nisi apex pilei. Columna pe- talis fert longitudine equalis. Anthera et pollinia omnino Aeridis. $ V. Orniruocuitus, Wallich. Labelli lamina biloba, dilatata, unguiculata. 26. Arrives difforme. Wall. Mss. A. acaule, foliis oblongis carnosis planis acutis apice levissime obliqu? bilobis, racemis strictis simplicibus foliorum longitudine, sepalis oblongis obtusis lateralibus majoribus obliquis, petalis linearibus obtusis, labelli cucullati laminà maxima biloba unguiculatà : lobis rotundatis fimbriatis, calcare conico arcuato. Ornithochilus fuscus. Wallich. Ic. Hab. supra arboribus Napalie, Wallich. (v. ic.) Folia 6 poll. longa, 23 lata. Flores fusco-lutei, purpureo vittati, odorati, inter minores. ** Labellum posticum, nitidum, incumbens, ungue cum basi columne articulato; calcare cylindrico, assurgente, viridescente, lamina breviore, fauce clausá villis copiosis albis; lamina lata, retusa, reniformis cum cuspidulà intermedia, subunguiculata, margine laciniato- fimbriata, lobis divaricatis verticalibus; disco cristà elongato-acutà longitudinali. Columna recta, crassa, purpurascens, brevissima, apice acuta, postice hamosa, antheram affigens. Anthera terminalis, obliqua, obtusa, postice producta, bilocularis; pollinia duo, globosa, dura, pos- ticé profunde biloba, membrana propria apici columnz affixa. Stigma obliquum, magnum, infra apicem columnae." Wall. Mss. iaiiaeeeai a aa VANDEÆ. 243 CLVIII. SCHŒNORCHIS. Schenorchis. Blume Bijdr. 361. tabellen 23. Reinwardt in Bot. Zeit. 1825. 2. 4. Perianthium clausum. Sepala et petala labello multò minora. Labellum calcaratum, v. saccatum, basi columnæ accretum, limbo obscurè trilobo. Columna semiteres, aptera, basi bicornis, rostello cornuto. Anthera semibilocularis, cornuta. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, globosa, caudiculà filiformi, glandulà parva hamatá. Herbs epiphyte, caulescentes. Caules subramosi, teretes. Folia linearia v. subulata, carnosa, Spice simplices v. ramosa. Character ex Blume. § I. Labellum basi calcaratum ; limbus patens. Columna mediocris. Bl, 1. Scu@norcuts juncifolia. Blume l. c. Reinw. l. c. S. * foliis subulatis basi canaliculatis, spicis intrafoliaceis simplicibus, labelli calcare incurvo.” Hab. in Java, in sylvis montanis, Blume. $ II. Labellum basi saccatum ; limbus erectus conicus. Columna brevissima, Bl. 2. Scu@norcuis micrantha. Blume l.c. Reinw. l. c. S. * foliis subulatis basi canaliculatis, spicis simplicibus axillaribus." Hab. in Java, in, sylvis montanis Gede, Salak, &c. Blume. 3. Scngxonocnis paniculata. Blume l. c. S. “ foliis linearibus canaliculatis, spicis paniculatis axillaribus." Hab. in Jara, circa Buitenzorg et in montanis Salak et Seribu, Blume, x CLIX: AERANTHUS. Aeranthus. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 817. (Aug. 1824.) Perianthium connivens. Sepala acuminata ; lateralia majora, basi obliqua, ungui producto columnz adnate. Petala pauló minora. Labellum integrum, cucullatum, calcaratum, petalis conforme, cum ungue co- lumne articulatum. Columna brevis, in ovarium recumbens, apice alata, Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, globosa, hinc perforata, cau. diculà nullà, glandulis duabus! Herbe epiphyte, caulescentes, Folia disticha, emarginata. Scapi radicales, squamosi, uniflori. 1. AznaNTHUS grandiflora. Lindl. l. c. A. pedunculis debilibus unifloris, columne pede longius producto, calcare abbreviato. ? Dendrobium arachnitis. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 88. ? Aeranthus arachnitis. Lindl. l. c. Hab, in Madagascaria, Thouars, Forbes. (v. v. c.) Subacaulis. Folia undulata, tenera, apice alté obliqu? biloba. Pedunculi Squamz anguste, sphacelate, acute, vaginantes. Sepala et petala vi- ridia, apice lutescentia, labellum album apice lutescens ; omnia acu- minata apice canaliculata. 244 VANDEEE. I formerly thought Du Petit Thouars’s Dendrobium arachnitis distinct from this, but a better acquaintance with the habits of tropical Orchidee has now induced me to cancel that supposed species. 2. AERANTHUS sesquipedalis. Lindl. l. c. A. pedunculis rigidis bifloris, calcare longissimo filiformi. Angrecum sesquipedale. Thouars. Orch. Afr, tt. 66 et 67. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars, Flores maximi in genere, albi. CLX. CRYPTOPUS. Cryptopus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 817. (dug. 1824). Maurit. 78. (1828). Perianthium explanatum. Sepala libera, spatulata, equalia. Petala paulo majora, unguiculata, lobata. Labellum calcaratum, basi columne con- natum, 4-partitum, Columna erecta, brevis, teres. Anthera 2-locu- laris. Pollinia 2, obovata, postice sulcata, caudiculis 2, apice excavatis, glandulis 2 dimidiatis villosis. Herba epiphyta, caulescens. Folia disticha, coriacea. Panicule multiflorz, laterales. Flores speciosi. At the time when I first distinguished this genus I knew it only from the figures and account of Du Petit Thouars; I consequently took his characters upon trust. At a subsequent period having procured the plant from Mr. Prescott, I found that the pollen masses and the caudicula were not as Du Petit Thouars had represented them, but as I have now de- scribed them. At the very period of sending this to press Dr. Hookers excellent Botanical Miscellany has reached me, in which I have the satis- faction to find nearly the same structure represented as I had sketched in my herbarium and added to my notes some years since. Beclardia. deh. Rich. Orch. 1. Crypropus elata. Lindl.l.c. Hooker in Bot. Misc. n. s. 1. p. 45. t. 115. Angrecum elatum. Z'ouars. Orch. tt. 79. 80. Beclardia alata. 4. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 78. t. 11. f. 3. Limodorum dipterum. Tausch. in Sieber. Herb. Maur. no. 43. Hab. in insulis Madagascaria, Mauritio, Borbonia, 'Thouars, Sieber. (hab. s. sp comm. cel. Prescott.) CLXI. CEONIA. CEonia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 817. (Aug. 1824.) Perianthium explanatum, petalis sepalisque subzqualibus, liberis. Label- lum sessile, cucullatum, 3-lobuin, horizontale, calcaratum. Columna nana, erecta. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice 2-loba, caudiculà nulla, glandulis duabus ! Herbz epiphyte, caulescentes. Folia cori- acea, disticha. Spice oppositifolie, multiflore, Flores speciost. Character ex Thouarsio et Ach. Richardio. 1. GEonia Auberti. Lindl. l. c. : GE. long? caulescens, foliis ovalibus acutis, labello cucullato cuneato bi- lobo cuspide intermedio obsoleto, calcare brevi conico. Epidendrum volucre. Thouars. Orch, t. 81. Hab. in Madagascaria, 'Thouars. VANDEX. 245 9. CEonra macrostachya. GE. foliis loratis canaliculatis obtusis obliqu? bilobis, labello cucullato cu- neato sublacero bilobo cuspide intermedio obsoleto, calcare conico medio constricto. Epidendrum macrostachys. Thouars. Orch. t. 83. Beclardia macrostachya. 4. Rich. Orch. Maurit. p. 79. t. 11. f. 2. Hab. in Borbonia et Mauritio, Thouars, Neraud. 3. Gonta brachystachya. Œ. subacaulis, foliis loratis apice obtusis leviter oblique emarginatis, racemo simplici paucifloro. Epidendrum brachystachyum. Thouars. Orch. t. 84. Beclardia brachystachya. 4. Richard. Orch. Maur, p. 80. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. CLXII. ANGRZECUM. Angrecum, Pet. Thouars Orch. Afr. passim. Aerobion. Spreng. Syst. 3.716. Perianthium patens. Sepala et petala subæqualia, libera. Labellum ses- sile, cum basi columnz continuum, carnosum, indivisum, petalis multd latius; calcare recto cornuto, sæpiùs subcylindraceo, perianthio multd longiore, raró obconico. Columna nana, subteres, raró elongata, semi- teres, Anthera 2-locularis, truncata. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia, caudiculA brevi angust4, glandulA triangulari. Epiphytz, caulescentes. Folia coriacea, ligulata, apice obliqua. Flores solitarii v. racemosi, albi, nunc citrini, v. herbacei. I am very slightly acquainted with the species of this genus, which requires a careful revision by some one in possession of the requisite materials. Asit is now limited, it seems to be perfectly natural; with the exception of the American species which perhaps do not belong to it. l. ANGrzcum eburneum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 65. A. caule simplici, foliis coriaceis lucidis apice obliquis 7-striatis, spicis multifloris secundis, labello cordato subrotundo cuspidato basi jugo elevato cristato, calcare sepalo supremo parallelo ct dimidio longiore, ovario scabro. Limodorum eburneum. ** Bory Voyage 1.359. t. 19." Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.125. Angrecum eburneum. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 71. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1522, Hab. in insulis Borbonia, ‘Thouars Madagascaria, Forbes. (v. v. c.) 9. Ancracum superbum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. tt. 62, 63, 64. Aerobion superbum. Spreng. L c. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars. Mera videtur varietas precedentis, labello magis quadrato, nec aliter quantum video, diversa. 3. Ancrzcum crassum, Thouars. Orch. Afr. tt. 70 et 21. A. foliis loratis apice obtusis oblique bilobis, racemis secundis horizonta- libus, sepalis petalisque minoribus acutis, labello ovato, calcare pendulo ovario breviore. Aerobion crassum. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars. 246 VANDEE. 4. Ancr&cum palmiforme. Thouars. Orch. Afr. tt. 68, 69. A. “ caule erecto tereti basi nudo, foliis caulem coronantibus elliptico- oblongis bilobis obtusis, floribus magnis, laciniis patulis, labello concavo lanceolato acutissimo, calcare ascendente brevissimo." Ach. Rich, Orch. Maur. 72. t. 10. no. 1. Aerobion palmiforme. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in insula Borbonia, 'Thouars. Caulis 2-pedalis. Flores albi, 5. Ancracuom gladiifolium. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 53. A. “ foliis lanceolatis acutis distantibus, labello lanceolato acuto plano, calcare pedunculo subtriunciali pauld longiore." Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 69. Orchis Mauritiana. Poir. Dict. 4. 601. see A. Rich. Aerobion gladiifolium. Spreng. le c. Hab. in Borbonia et Mauritio, 'Thouars, Commerson, &c. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bonton.) 6. Ancracum fragrans. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 54. Ach. Rich. l. c. 69. A. foliis loratis angustis obtusis oblique bilobis, petalis angustissimis de- curvis, labello ovali-lanceolato, calcare filiformi pendulo pedunculo dimidio breviore. Aerobion fragrans. Spreng. l c. B A.recurvum. Thouars. l. c. t. 56. A.rectum. Idem t.55. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 70. Aerobion recurvum e£ rectum. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. Folia loco Thee Borboniz indigenis utuntur, sub nomine faam seu fahen. Ach. Rich. 4. recurvum calcare longiore, foliisque longioribus tantum differre videtur; verosimiliter mera est varietas. 7. ANGRECUM filicornu. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 52. Ach. Rich. l. c. 68. A. foliis linearibus obtusis emarginatis, sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis patentibus, labello ovato-lanceolato, calcare longissimo filiformi. Aerobion filicornu. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars, 8. Ancracum expansum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 57. Ach. Rich. l c. 70. A. foliis lineari-loratis obliqué bilobis, sepalis petalisque patentissimis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labello ovato acuminato, calcare filiform! ascendente triplo longiore. Aerobion expansum. Spreng. l c. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars. 9. ANcRECcUM implicatum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 58. A. foliis brevibus oblongis obtusis oblique bilobis, sepalo supremo labello- que ovatis acuminatis ceteris partibus pauld majoribus, calcare longis simo filiformi. Aerobion implicatum. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Madagascaria, 'Thouars. VANDEÆ. 247 t10. Ancræcum carpophorum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 76. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars, Subacaule. Folia lorata, obtusa, obliquè biloba. Racemi erecti, pauci- flori. Flores parvi. Calcar filiforme, fructu 3-angulari et 3-costato nunc longius nunc brevius. ll. Ancracum triquetrum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 49. Ach. Rich. l. c. 67. A, subacaule, foliis lineari-loratis apice obtusis bilobis, pedunculis subra- dicalibus unifloris, sepalis petalisque angustis acuminatis, labello con- cavo acuto calcare dependente longiore, fructu obovato triquetro. Aerobion triquetrum. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. 12, ANcRacum inapertum. Thouars. Orch. Afr.t.50, Ach. Rich. l. c. 67. A. subacaule, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, sepalis petalis labelloque acutis, calcare incurvo obtuso. Aerobion inapertum. Spreng. l c. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, 'Thouars. 13. ANcr&cum cucullatum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. A8. A. “ pusillum, foliis approximatis elliptico-angustis obtusis emarginatis, laciniis exterioribus calycis :zqualibus patulis, labello cucullato subin- tegro orbiculato obtuso." Ach. Rich. l. c. 67. Aerobion cucullatum. Spreng. |. c. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars. Parva species, supra corticem arborum vegetans, caleare infundibulari obtuso labeiloque magno orbiculato in genere insignis. An potius GEceocladeos species ? 14. Avcrzcum pectinatum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 51. Ach. Rich. l. c. 68. t. 10. n. 5. A. * caule repente, ramis adscendentibus foliosis, foliis numerosis lineari- oblongis distichis approximatis carnosis obtusis, floribus axillaribus solitariis subsessilibus, sepalis labelloque patentibus oblongis (obtusis) subzequalibus, cornu rectiusculo ovario breviore." Hooker. in Bot. Misc. n. $. 1. A7. t. 116. Aerobion pectinatum. Spreng. l c. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars, Boier, aliique. (had. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 15. Ancracum caulescens. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t.75. Ach Rich, 1. c. 3. / t. 10. no, 3. A. “ caule brevi, foliis paucis lato-linearibus distichis coriaceis, pedunculis elongatis paucifloris, sepalis oblongo-ovatis patentibus sub«qualibus, labello cochleato acuminatissimo (acuminato), cornu incurvato (clavato) ovarium contortum subzquante." Hooker. in Bot. Misc. n. 5. 1.48. t. 117. Aerobion caulescens. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars, Telfair. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 16. ANGn CUM multiflorum. Thouars. Orch. Afr.t.74. Ach. Rich. Lc. 73 A. caulescens, ramulosum, foliis brevibus loratis obtusis oblique bilobit May, 1833. K k 248 VANDES. racemis subcorymbosis axillaribus foliis brevioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis conformibus minoribus, labello ovato acuto calcare horizontali incurvo obtuso zquali. Aerobion multiflorum. Spreng. l. c. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. 17. Axcræcum calceolus. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t.78. Ach. Rich. l. c. 75. t. 10. n. 4. A. subacaule, foliis loratis obtusis bilobis valde obliquis, floribus panicu- latis, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis, labello concavo acuminato cal- care recto clavato horizontali dupló breviore. Aerobion calceolus. Spreng. l c. Hab. in Borbonia, Commerson, Mauritio, Thouars. 18. ANGRÆCUM capense. A. foliis radicalibus equitantibus subensiformibus obtusiusculis digitalibus, scapis flexuosis erectis digitalibus spithameisve, floribus secundis spi- catis, sepalis lanceolatis apice recurvis lateralibus hinc obtuse? unidentatis, petalis brevioribus et angustioribus, labello lanceolato acuto basi bical- loso, calcare filiformi obtuso pollicari. Epidendrum capense. Linn. suppl.407. Limodorum longicornu. Swartz. in Schrad. Diar. 1799. p. 230. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 125. Thunb. Flora Cap. 1. 73. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in truncos arborum, Thunberg. Char. ex Thunb.; nusquam inveni. 19. Ancrzcum filiforme, A. “ aphyllum, radicans, pedunculis subtrifloris, labello ovato, cornu bre- vissimo apice capitato." S. Epidendrum filiforme. Swartz. Prodr. 126. Limodorum filiforme, Swartz. Fl. Ind. 0cc. 3,1523. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 127. Hab. in arborum ramos Hispaniole, Swartz. Flores minuti, sordid? lutei. CLXIII. AGROSTOPHYLLUM. Agrostophyllum. Blume Bijdr. 368. tabellen 53. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lata, eequalia, lateralibus labello suppo* sitis. Petala linearia. Labellum cum basi column connatum, sacc® tum, medio constrictum, limbo truncato indiviso. Columna semiteres, erecta. Anthera 2-locularis: loculis bipartitis. Pollinia 8, elongata, cuneata, sessilia. Epiphyta, caulescens. Folia linearia, acuminata. Flores capitati, terminales, bracteis paleaceis cincti. Character ex Blume. 1. AcnosToPuvLLuM Javanicum. Blume L. c. Hab. in Java, in sylvis montanis provinciarum Buitenzorg et Bantam, Blum VANDEÆ. 249 CLXIV. CALANTHE. Calanthe. R. Brown in Bot. Reg. 578. absque charact. (Oct. 1821). Centrosis. Thouars. Orch. Afr. Amblyglottis. Blume Bijdr. 370. tabellen 64. Perianthium explanatum, liberum, v. sepalis lateralibus labello paullulüm adnatis, subeequale. Labellum cum columna connatum, lobatum v. in- tegrum, calcaratum v. muticum, disco lamellatum v. tuberculatum. Columna brevis, rostello sepius rostrato. Pollinia 8, basi valde atte- nuata, quaternatim glandule bipartibili adhzrentia. —— Terrestres, scapis erectis multifloris. Folia lata, plicata. Flores albi, aut lilacini, raró lutei. l. CaLanTue veratrifolia. R. Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 720. C. scapo stricto foliis oblongis acutis longiore, bracteis oblongis concavis, racemis densis multifloris, labello 4-lobo basi sulcato et glanduloso, cal- care filiformi pendulo labello pauló longiore. Flos triplicatus. Rumph. Amb. 6. t. 52. f. 2. Orchis triplicata. Willimet. in Ust. Ann. 18. p. 52. Limodorum veratrifolium. Willd, Sp. Pl. 4. 122. ? Amblyglottis flava. Blume Bijdr. 370. t. 64. Hab. in insulis Archipelagi Indici; Java, Blume, Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) Flores nivei. Varietatem habeo e Zeylona, triplo minorem, sepalis conni- ventibus, labello olivaceo medio sanguineo, et bracteis minoribus. Nescio an diversa sit species. 2. CALANTHE purpurea. C. scapo erecto foliis latis oblongis petiolatis acuminatis longiore, racemis laxis multifloris, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus nanis rotundatis paten- tibus intermedio angusto cuneato divergenti-bilobo, calcare ovario vix breviore. Hab. in Zeylona, in sylvis Peradeniz, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Flores pallide purpurei; labello apice atropurpureo. An mera varietas C. masuce ? v. C. veratrifolie ? 3. CALANTHE masuca. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7337. C. scapo erecto foliis latis oblongis petiolatis acuminatis longiore, racemis laxis multifloris, labello trilobo basi bicristato : lobis lateralibus inter- medio retuso transverso appressis, calcare pendulo clavato ovario pu- bescente duplo longiore. Zeduba masuca. Hamilt. Mss. Bletia masuca. Don. Prodr. Nep. 30. ? Amblyglottis veratrifolia. Blume Bijdr. l c. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich, Hamilton; Zeylona, Macrae; Java? Blume. (hab, s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Flores pallide czeruleo-purpurascentes. Calcar unisulcatum. 4. CALANTHE emarginata. C. ** foliis lato-lanceolatis, spica erecta pubente, labello basi calloso, limbo trilobo, lobo medio emarginato-spatulato, lateralibus minutis, calcare lineari compressiusculo ovarium æquante.” Amblyglottis emarginata. Blume l. c. 370. 250 VANDEJE. Hab. in Java, in sylvis primevis montis Gede, Blume. Flores magni, violacei, callis labelli aurantiacis. 5. CALANTHE vestita. Wall. Cat. no. 7345. C. molliter villosa, scapis laxis multifloris, pedicellis filiformibus flexuosis, labelli laminà trilobà: lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis intermedio cuneato divergentibilobo inappendiculato, calcare filiformi inflexo la- bello breviore. Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) ^capus pedalis et ultra. Flores maximi generis. 6. CALANTHE sylvatica. ©. scapo stricto foliis dupld longiore, racemo laxo multifloro, labello basi cordato auriculato trilobo ore glanduloso lobo medio cuneato dilatato emarginato apiculato plano subconcavo, calcare arcuato ovario breviore. Centrosis sylvatica. Thouars. Orch. Afr. tt. 35. 36. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars, Bouton, Sieber. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bouton.) : Flores magni purpurascentes. 7. CALANTHE plantaginea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7346. C. scapo erecto basi lax et alt® vaginato foliis subaquali, foliis petiolatis ovali-oblongis acutis, labello trilobo: lobis obovatis sub:equalibus in- termedio basi sulcato, calcare filiformi horizontali apice bidentato, ovario pubescente. Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Flores pallide lilacini. 8. CALANTHE speciosa. C. “ foliis lato-lanceolatis, Spica erecta, sepalis interioribus rhomboideis, labello intus bicristato, limbo subtrilobo, lobo medio ovato emarginato cum mucrone, calcare clavato recto ovario breviore." Amblyglottis speciosa. Blume 371. : Hab. in Java, in sylvis obscuris montanis provinciarum Bantam et Buiten- zorg, Blume. Flores aurantiaci. 9. CALANTHE pulchra. C. “ foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, spica erecta, labello basi bituberculato, .: AR à ato limbo :semitrilobo, lobo medio ovato acuto, calcare subulato arcus ovarium zquante."' Amblyglottis pulchra. Blume 371. Hab. in Java, in sylvis montium Seribu, Blume. Flores pallide aurantiaci. 10. CanawTHE densiflora. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7344. ; C. seapo lax? vaginato foliis multà breviore, racemis densis multifont subcorymbosis, labello obovato obtuso bilobo? cum columna elong? parum connato, calcare longo recto pendulo apice clavato. Hab. in montes Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia sesquipedalia et ultra. Clinandrium marginatum. Flores lutei, VANDEX. 251 ll. CALANTHE clavata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7343. C. scapo foliis breviore, racemo congesto cernuo long? bracteato, labello suborbiculato mucronato integerrimo basi bicalloso, calcare clavato sulcato recto. Hab. in Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia angusta, cum caule bipedalia. 12. CaALANTHE angustifolia. C. “ foliis lineari-lanceolatis cuspidatis, spica radicali, limbo emarginato undulato, calcare obtuso ovarium aquante.” Amblyglottis angustifolia. Blume 369. Hab. in Java, in umbrosis montium provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. Flores albidi, labelli limbo intüs sulphureo. 13. CALANTHE curculigoides. Wall. Cat. no. 7340. C. scapo crasso foliis dupló breviore, racemo denso multifloro, labello ovatoacuminato indiviso basi undulato, calcare gracili acuto apice incurvo. Hab. in Penang et Sincapur, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia bipedalia. Scapus pedalis. Flores inter minores. 14. Caranta striata. R. Br. in Bot. Reg. 578. C. labello trilobo subbicostato basi angustato: lobis lateralibus falcatis truncatis intermedio lineari cuneato emarginato, calcare brevi conico. Limodor um striatum. Banés Ic. Kempf. t.2, Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. p. 79. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.123. Hab. in Japonia, Kempfer. Differt a Limodoro striato Thunb. Jap. sec. Thunb. in Act. Soc. Linn. 2,327. 15. Catanrne abbreviata. C. * foliis lanceolatis, spica erecta, labello basi cum tuberculo hirsuto, limbi trifidi lobo medio semibifido, calcare obtuso minimo." Amblyglottis abbreviata, Blume 371. : Hab. in Java, circa catarractas fluvii Tjikundul in montanis Gede, Blume. Flores albi, 16. Caranrne brevicornu. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7338. C. racemis secundis, labelli laminA trilobà : lobis lateralibus ovatis acutis intermedio cuneato bilobo lamellis 2 petaloideis in disco, ealcare bre- Vissimo, ovario pubescente. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Scapus Spithamzus, foliis subzequalis. Flores lateritio-rosei albo vittati. 17. CALANTHE gracilis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7341. C. Scapis gracilibus multifloris basi alté vaginatis, labello basi saccato trilobo bilamellato : lobis lateralibus acutis abbreviatis intermedio sub- rotundo crispo indiviso. Hab. in montes Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia angusta, cum caule ultra pedem longa. Scapus pauld brevior. Flores Parvi. Ovarium et basis sepalorum pubescentes. 259 VANDEX. 18. CALANTHE tricarinata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7339. C. foliis oblongis scapo stricto lax® racemoso multd brevioribus, labello ecalcarato trilobo: lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis nanis intermedio obovato crispo lamellis tribus petaloideis crenulatis in disco. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Scapus fere sesquipedalis. 19. CarawTHEÉ puberula. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7349. C. scapo foliis aequali lax? racemoso, braeteis lineari-lanceolatis ovario longioribus, sepalis ovatis lateralibus obliquis, petalis linearibus, labelli hastati inappendiculati ecalcarati lobis lateralibus subfalcatis intermedio lanceolato. Hab. in montes Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia pedalia, angusta. Flores leviter pubescentes. CLXV. TIPULARIA. Tipularia. Nutt. Gen. Amer. 2.195. Perianthium patens. Sepala obovata, petalis conformibus latiora. Label- lum nanum, liberum, trilobum, longe calcaratum. Columna marginata, erecta, labello equalis. Anthera bilocularis. -Pollinia 2, bipartita, cau- diculà lineari, glandulà parvA transversà. Herba terrestris. Pseudo- bulbi czspitosi, monophylli. Folium plicatum. Flores racemos (ebracteati sec. Nuttall.) 1. Trevvaria discolor. Nuttall. l. c. Orchis discolor. Pursh Fl. Am. Septentr. 2. 586. Hab. in pinetis sterilibus in Americe Septentrionalis provinciis australibus, Pursh, Nuttall. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Folium unicum, ovatum, petiolatum, plicato-nervosum, glabrum, subtüs purpurascens. Petiolus margine plicato-undulatus. Scapus pedalis, nudus, vagina una alterave instructus, teres, glaber. Flores laxe spi- cati, brevissime pedicellati, nutantes, tristi-seu ex viridi-purpurascentes. Petala oblonga, acutiuscula, flexuosa. Labellum petalis longius, mar- gine subundatum. Cornu adscendens, filiforme, flexuosum, purpureum. Pursh. N. B. Cel. Nuttall labellum integrum describit: sed certissime? trilobum est in exemplaribus Herb. Lambert ; an 2 species hic confuse CLXVI. LIMATODES. Limatodes. Blume Bijdr. 375. tabellen 62. Perianthium erecto-patens, subzquale, liberum. Labellum liberum, m- divisum, calcaratum : limbo interne tumido. Columna erecta, semiteres. Anthera 2-locularis: loculis subquadrilocellatis. Pollinia 8, obovat® caudiculà brevi filiformi, glandulà minutà. Herba terrestris. Caules basi tumidi. Folia lato-lanceolata, nervosa, membranacea. Pedunc laterales, solitarii, pauciflori. Flores albi. Character ex Blume. VANDEÆ. 253 l. Lımaropes pauciflora. Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, in sylvis opacis montis Salak, Blume. CLXVII. GLOMERA. Glomera. Blume Bijdr. 372. tabellen 68. Perianthium clausum. Sepala lateralia latiora, carinata, labello supposita. Petala angustiora. Labellum liberum, indivisum, saccatum, columnam amplectens. Columna brevis, carnosa, versus apicem dilatata. Anthera truncata, bilocularis : loculis incomplete bilocellatis. Pollinia 8, ovata, compressa, in glandulam sessilia. Epiphyta caulescens. Caules sim- plices, elongati, compressiusculi. Folia lineari-lanceolata, oblique emarginata, coriacea, glabra. Flores dense capitati, terminales, paleis bracteati. Character ex Blume. l. Gromera erythrosma. Blume l. c. : Hab. in Java, in arbores excelsos provinciarum occidentalium, Blume. CLXVIII. THELASIS. Thelasis. Blume Bijdr. 385. tabellen 75. Perianthium clausum. Sepala basi connata, Petala libera minora. La- bellum liberum, ecalcaratum, indivisum, concavum, columnà parallelum. Columna semiteres, rostello elongato, cornuto. Anthera dorsalis, ros- trata, bilocularis. Pollinia 8, subglobosa, caudiculà longà filiformi, glandulà hamatá. Epiphyte, sociales, glabre. Folia subcarnosa, sepius pseudobulbis imposita. Flores in scapo radicali spicati, sessiles. Character ex Blume. l. TuELasis obtusa. Blume 386. T. * foliis e bulbis solitariis lato-linearibus oblique retusis, spica elongata." Hab. in Java, in arbores ad montem Pangoerangoe, Blume. 2. Tuevasis carinata. Blume l. c. T. “ foliis distichis elongato-linearibus obliqué retusis inferné carinatis, spica elongata." Hab. in Java, in sylvis Salak, Blume. 3. TuELasiIS capitata. Blume l. c. T. ** foliis in bulbos difformes lineari-lanceolatis oblique retusis, floribus capitato-confertis demum laxe spicatis." Hab. in Java, in truncos montium Salak, Pantjar, &c. Blume. 254 VANDEZE. Nore. The total number of Orchideous plants belonging to the Tribe Vandee is as follows ; Described 477 Doubtful 10 'Total 487 Their geographical arrangement is thus : Names of the Genera. | Europe. Siberia and Northern Asia. North America. Northern India and Nipal. Continent of India. Indian Archipelago. | Ceylon. China. Japan. . Nanodes . Aspasia . Ornitbidium . Acriopsis | Trüxeoxis << Ornithocephalu hem - - . Sarcochilus . Maxillaria . . Arpophyllum . Bifrenaria . Dicrypta . Govenia Alamania . s Psittacoglossum. . Cycnoches . Myanthus . . Catasetum Monachanthus : " ; . Stanhopea Gongora . .. Coryanthes . Anguloa . . Peristeria Eucnemis . . Cymbidium . = P. Acropera . Cremastra . Grammatophyllum Trichoceros . Geodorum . Sobralia " . Acanthophippium . Doritis PR . Chelonanthera . . Acanthoglossum . . Sunipia è . Calypso $959 7$. aie * « » «usw 4 oe Cie ee qe qi MV wi 4 ui € n a més e Mn mon M s oe s m We eee ee oa Eu | New Holland. | South Sea Islands. 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LI ^ Angræcum fisg, Paria Los Tetrapeltis alenopsis , Trichoglottis Telipogon anda amaroti. icropera » Aerides : * Schenorchis `. d Aeranthes AA topus , grostophyllum `, Calanthe “i ` O mI * e aD" A — jon * ow? wr’ Cm* e e LE ° to &° =e mL em ORO * * un^ . =É. ^o RA OO om * o t NO OU Bo S i CO OO eR OS $ 29 9 C War a el. . P SF —« 9 € 4 We XY 49 99 5 9... 4 Pt. rra QUE Mee see "9-4. 02 CE T WE e. $e 9, 7999 €.94 285 9.8 99 AO 9 o w I E Wi 99; €. WARS € $' € e » c 58 41 | 24 ~ A £ ORCHIDE.E. Tribe IV. OPHRYDEÆ. ORCHIDEE, Tribus OpHRYDER. Lindl. Orch. Sceletos. Pollen in massas cereaceas (pollinia) innumeras coherens, axi arachnoideá elasticà glandule stigmatis agglutinatà colligatas. Anthera terminalis, erecta v. resupinata, omninó persistens: loculis completis.————Herbze omnes terrestres, foliis succulentis planis, quorum radicalia semper majora sunt, et sensim in vaginas caulis demumque bracteas transeunt. Flores omnium galeati. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. A. Anthere loculi contigui paralleli, basi nullo modo elongati vel divaricati. * Glandule cucullo stigmatis incluse. Glandula solitaria duo pollinia colligans. - = 174. ACERAS. Glandule due. Cucullus solitarius. Labellum calcaratum, inappendiculatum, anticum. - - - E 169. Orcuis. posticum. - - - E 173. NIGRITELLA. basi bilamellatum - - - 170. ANACAMPTIS. Labellum ecalcaratum - - 200. SERAPIAS. Cuculli duo distincti. (Labellum convexum mutieum. ) 204. OPHRYS. ** Glandule nude, aut seminude. Bases loculorum antherz truncati. Galea mutica. - - - - - 171. GYMNADENIA. Galea calcarata. - - 199. MoNADENIA. Bases loculorum anthere in cucullum spurium bivadvem dilatati 184, SCOPULARIA, B. Anthere loculi sejuncti, basi divergentes, sepe elongati. * Glandule cucullis stigmatis incluse. Cuculli nudi, univalves, dimidiati. E - - - - 178. HEMIPILIA. completi. Calcar infundibulare. E - B 175. Hororunix. Calcar vesicatum. - - - 176. .GrossasPis. bivalves, - - - 172. PERULARIA. Cuculli lobo antherze valvalaram supertecti. - - 194. BARTHOLINA. August, 1835. ul 258 OPHRYDE. *'* Glandule nude. Sepala omnia saccata. - - - - 205. DISPERIS. Sepala lateralia tantum saccata. - - - 180. SacciDiuM. Sepalum supremum saccatum aut calcaratum. Anthera erecta. - - - - 198. Disa. Anthera resupinata v. horizontalis. - - 197. REPANDRA. Sepala omnia mutica; omnia connata. - - - - 183. Monotris. lateralia connata. - - - 203. Convciuw. lateralia libera. Labelli unguis faciei column: adnatus. — - E 202. PTERYGODIUM. Labellum liberum : vel margine tantum columns adnatum. Anthera stipite distincto inserta. Labellum posticum bicalcaratum. - 196. SATYRIUM. Labellum muticum. Anthere basis a brachiis stigmatis rostello 181. PACHITES. crassissimo interceptus - Antherz basis brachiis stigmatis zequalis - 201. PENTHEA. Anthera sessilis. Stigma processubus 2 carnosis liberis auctum. Rostellum maximum liberum ; fornicatum. Perianth. galeat. E 189. BoNATEA. planum. Perianth. campanulat. - 190. DiPLOMERIS. Rostellum partum anthere agglutinatum. Faux calcaris dente corneo canaliculato aucta. 188. ATE. Faux inermis. Labellum a columna liberum. - 187. HABENARIA. Labellum columnz adnatum. - 191. CYNORCHIS. Stigma muticum, vel processubus suis adnatis. Labellum ab anthera petalisque liberum. Sepala campanulata. Labellum calcaratum, - - 179. PERISTYLUS. Labellum inerme. - - - 186. HERMINIUM. Sepala lateralia reflexa. Labellum calcaratum, basi planum, processubus o. - - 177. PLATANTHERA. basi excavatum, processubus adnatis. 182. CŒLOGLOSSUM. abellum inerme. - B - 185. AoPLA. Labellum petalis obliquis connatum, calcaratum. - - - - - 192. TRYPHIA. muticum. - - E - - 193. ARNOTTIA. Lab. cum anthera petalisque connatum - 195. BICORNELLA- CLXIX. ORCHIS. Orchis. Zinn. Sp. Pl. Swartz. in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 205. Brown in Hort. Kew.5, Richard. Annot, in Orch. Europ. 188. Flores galeati. Sepala subzqualia; supremum cum petalis in formicis speciem connivens; lateralia nunc convergentia nunc reflexa. Petala erecta sepalo subzqualia. Labellum anticum, calcaratum, integrum Y: indivisum, cum basi columnz connatum. Anthera erecta, loculis C007 tiguis parallelis. Glandule polliniorum 2, distinct, cucullo commun! (i. e. plicatura cucullata stigmatis s. rostelli) inclus. Herbe ter- restres, radicibus tuberculiferis, foliis plerisque radicalibus, tactu mol- libus, subsucculentis, sep? maculatis. This genus, disembarrassed as it now is of a very large number of species, appears to form a truly natural assemblage; and this being the case, I think we may well excuse the minute characters by which it 5 OPHRYDE. 259 defined ; the more especially as those characters are easily discoverable on the recent plant by the most unskilful ; and it is to be supposed that those who attempt to examine dried specimens have a sufficient degree of skill for such an operation. Although the character taken from the number of glands to which the pollen masses adhere, is obscure, and often difficult to determine in dried specimens, yet it seems necessary to employ it, in order to exclude the Satyrium hircinum of Linneus, which is evidently a near ally in nature of Aceras anthropophora. Dr. Brown, indeed, retained the former species in Orchis, and he has been followed by myself in the Synopsis of the British Flora, and by Dr. Hooker in his British Flora. Nevertheless, considering the evident trace of a spur in Aceras anthropophora, the shortness of that of Satyrium hircinum, the complete accordance of these two species in other respects, and especially the evident unimportance of the spur, when very short, in Herminium, I think it most advisable, after a careful examination of all the species I know, to adopt Richard’s idea of the genus Himantoglos- sum; à name, however, that I cannot, in common with continental writers, prefer to the more ancient one of Aceras; which can hardly be said to be objectionable because some species have spurs, inasmuch as such species form the exception to the general rule. It is usual to divide the species by the structure of their roots, a cha- racter unemployed in a similar manner in any other genus. Independently of the inconvenience of being unable, by such a mode of division, to arrange species, or determine specimens, the roots of which are unknown, there is the additional disadvantage in employing the roots for a principle of divi- sion, that very unnatural groups are formed ; for example, O. sambucina 1s separated from O. pallens, &c. &c. A better distinction exists in the direction of the sepals, of which either all converge, forming a sort of helmet, whence they may be called Müitares, or the two lateral sepals diverge, as in O. mascula and its allies. By this means the genus is divided into two groups, each of which is so natural, that it may almost be doubted whether they are not distinct genera. $ 1. MascULE. Sepalis lateralibus reflexis v. patentibus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1701. * Labello indiviso; v. tantum lacero; v. obsoletissimé trilobo. Sp. 1—6. * * Labello 3-4-fido. Sp. 7—21. $2. MinrTARES. Sepalis conniventibus galeam referentibus. Lindl. 1, c. (HERORCHIS.) * Labello indiviso. Sp. 22—24. * * Labello trilobo. Sp. 25—31. : Mes * ** Labello 4-fido v. 4-partito; mucrone inter crura media semper interjecto. Sp. 32—end. $1. Mascunz. Sepalis lateralibus reflexis v. patentibus. * Labello indiviso ; v. tantum lacero; v. obsoletissim? trilobo. I have placed in this section all the species in which the laceration of the margin of the lip, of whatever degree, does not regularly take the form of three distinct and well defined lobes. And I have referred to the next section all those which, like O. pallens and sambucina, have often a nearly entire lip, but with a manifest tendency to divide into three lobes. l. Oncmis salina. — Tourtchaninoff MSS. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis erectis, spicà laxiflorà, sepalis angustis obtusis 960 OPHRYDE.E. lateralibus longioribus, labello rhomboideo crenato subtrilobo acuminato pubescente calcare pendulo acuminato breviore, bracteis herbaceis lineari- lanceolatis florum longitudine, tuberculis palmatis. Hab. in Sibiria, in locis subsalsis prope pagum Uburun, Tourtchaninoff, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Caulis gracilis vix spithameus. Flores minores quam in O. latifolia varie- tate ulla. Huic affinis est, sed statura exili labello et calcare acuminato diversissima est. 2, Oncnis iberica. Bieberst. in Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 25. O. foliis ensiformibus erectis in caulem ascendentibus, spicà laxà angustà multiflora, sepalis anguste ovatis obtusis patulis, labello subquadrato pubescente emarginato mucronato calcaris penduli filiformis longitudine, bracteis herbaceis lineari-lanceolatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis elongatis apice bi-tripartitis. O. angustifolia. Bieb. FI. T'aur. Cauc. 2, 368. Hab. ad rivulos Caucasi orientalis subalpini; necnon in Tauria meridionali florens Junio, Bieberstein ; circa Constantinopolim Domina Liston. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Facies fere O. laziflore floribus minoribus, et magis aggregatis. 3. Oncnis latifolia. — Linn. ! Sp. Pl. 1334. O. foliis erectis lanceolatis acutis laxé vaginantibus, spicà cylindraceà mul- tiflorà, sepalis ovatis acutiusculis, labello rhomboideo vel oblongo cre nato nunc leviter trilobo lateribus deflexo lineà cordiformi notato, calcare pendulo cylindraceo v. conico, bracteis herbaceis acuminatis flore sæpiùs longioribus, tuberibus palmatis. a, vera; floribus majoribus, labello latiore calcari æquali, foliis immacu- latis. O. latifolia. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,28. FL. Danica. t. 266. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 3,251. Ens Bot. t. 2308. Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ice Smith, Eng. Fl. 4, 21. Rchb. Fl, Excurs. ^^ Plante Critice, 6, t. 564. Mayrhof. Dissert. p. 24. D. indica ; floribus majoribus, labello rotundato sublobato calcare ovarium &quante breviore. O. Hatagirea. Don. Prodr. Fl. nep. 23. Wallich. Cat. No. 7062. y. cruenta; floribus minoribus, labello acutiore calcare breviore; foliis maculatis. O. cruenta. Müll. Fl. Danica. t. 876. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 29. O. hematodes. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 126. ò. conica; calcare magis conico, bracteis brevioribus, spicà laxà pauci florà. O. latifolia. Sommerfeidt ! in Wahl. Fl. Suec. Supp. O. cruenta. Rechb.! Fl. Excurs. 127. “ Rochb. Bann. t. 1, fig. 1." fide Rchb. t. angustifolia ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis. O. angustifolia. Lois. Fl. Gall. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 9, ¢. 848. o. MP C WE Rich. Merat. Fl. Paris ed. 2.2. p. 94. De Brébiss. Act. Soc. Linn, Calvados P» . O. comosa. Scop. Carn. No. 1120, Č. atropurpurea; calcare apice dilatato, floribus bracteisq. atropurpurels- O. atropurpurea, Z«usch. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. pee. 19 OPHRYDE Æ. 261 Hab. per omnem Europam frigidiorem et Asiam cistropicam in pratis, sylvis dumetisque; a. Ins. Fieroe Lyngbye; B. Gossainthan, Shalma, Choor, Peer Punjal Royle; y. Norvegia, Pyrenæis, Mont. Himalayens. Royle; 6. Nordlandia, Sommerfeldt, Lapponia Carling, Monte Sarko Hungarie; e. prope Fallesiam et per omnem Germaniam, (v: v. sp. et hab. 8. sp.) It is after a most careful examination of specimens that I have deter- mined upon combining the above supposed species. Although they do appear in extreme cases to be distinct, [ nevertheless am quite at a loss for any precise character by which they can be defined with anything like certainty. O.cruenta of Flora Danica has smaller flowers than what I have considered the true O. latifolia, and its spur is perhaps a trifle longer ; but the latter circumstance can, I think, be esteemed but of slight importance in à case where the habit of both is so very similar. Of the O. cruenta of Reichenbach I have seen authentic specimens from Mount Sarko in Hungary, in the Herbarium of Dr. Von Martins; they agree precisely with specimens gathered in Nordland by Sommerfelt, and preserved in Dr. Lehmann's collection, and seem to me a more Alpine or Northern state of O. latifolia; indeed, with the exception of the rather shorter bracts, and more conical spur, I can make out nothing like a specific character for it ; and I find all that relates to the spur aud lip so much subject to variations, between which no limits can be seen, that I am compelled, in this species, to pass them by. O. Hatagirea is, I conceive, the Indian form of the species; it has entirely the habit of the European O, latifolia, and, like it, seems to produce a smaller flowered form, which may be compared to O. cruenta ; its lip is sometimes round, and scarcely lobed, sometimes slightly three-lobed: in Mr. Royle's Herbarium is a suite of specimens completely connecting both those states. In Smith's Herbarium is a specimen gathered near Tangier by Durand, Which is very like this species in a gigantic state; but which has the lip three-lobed, as in O. maculata, and is possibly O. foliosa. It is probable that this plant varies in other ways. I have a Russian specimen, which has a rhomboidal crisped lip, with the habit of O. sam- bucina, and which is either this or a new species; and I have a thing from Irkutsk which, without being exactly O. latifolia, is not O. maculata. 4. Orcuis majalis. Rchb. Pl. Crit. VI. 770. O. foliis patentibus oblongis acutis laxe vaginantibus, spicà crassà oblonga, sepalis obtusis, labello orbieulato lacero-crenato plano maculà cordi- formi notato calcare cylindraceo conico breviore, bracteis herbaceis ovato- lanceolatis flore longioribus, tuberculis palmatifidis. O. majalis. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 126. Mayrhof. Dissert. p. 24. Hab. in Germania; prope Dornbach Jacquin (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Jacquin.) Differt ab. 0. latifolia: foliis oblongis patentibus plerumque nigro aut rubro maculatis subtus glaucescentibus, caule humiliore, spica crassiore, flori- bus majoribus saturatius rubris aut purpureis; et precipue tempore flo- rendi in eodem loco multo precociore. I quote Reichenbach's figure upon his own authority ; but I must con- fess it is very unlike the plant I have described, for which I am indebted to Baron Jacquin. 262 OPHRYDE. 5. Orcuis sesquipedalis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 30. O. * labello obovato lateribus reflexo emarginato dentato, petalis superi- oribus acutis conniventibus, cornu cylindraceo germen subequante, bracteis lanceolatis flore longioribus." Willd. O. latifolia? Link. MSS. Hab. in Lusitania, Link. Radix palmata. Caulis sesquipedalis. Folia lato-lanceolata. Spica flo- ribus alternis remotiusculis, Labellum indivisum obovatum lateribus reflexum apice emarginatum, margine acute dentatum, Cornu fere lon- gitudine germinis cylindraceum crassum, Willd. 6. Oncuis saccata. Tenore, Append. Prima. 65. O. foliis radicalibus ovato-oblongis acutis patentibus caulinis minoribus vaginantibus, spicà laxiflorà, sepalis obtusis, labello oblongo obtuso crenato calcare crasso pallido pendulo longiore, bracteis herbaceis florum longitudine. O. colina. Banks. MSS. in Herb. Smith. O. saccata. D’Urville in Act. Soc. Linn. Par. 1,375. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 122. Hab. in Europa Australi; in Colchide, D'Urville; Sicilia, Gussone, Lucanie pratis montosis, Tenore, prope Tergestum, Rchb. etiam in Barbaria, prope Algeriam, Broussonet (hab. s. sp. comm. cell. Tenore, Tineo d Gussone.) Folia maculata. * * Labello 3-4-fido, v. distinct? trilobo. 7. Oncnis aristata. Fischer in Litt. O. foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis caule subdiphyllo longioribus, spicà ovatà densiflorà, sepalis acuminatissimis, labello ovato acuto levissime versu apicem trilobo lateribus deflexo, calcare crasso pendulo labello longiore, bracteis herbaceis acuminatis floribus longioribus, tuberculis palmatis. Hab. in Unalaschka, Fischer (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Fischer.) Intermediate, as it were, between O. latifolia, from which it differs gi acuminate sepals and in stature, and O. sambucina, which 1s equally tinguished by the same character. 8. Oncnis sambucina. | Linn. ! Sp. Pl. ; O. folis obovato-oblongis obtusissimis in caulem ascendentibus, densà oblong4, sepalis obtusiusculis, labelli obsolete? trilobi rotun m lobo intermedio angustiore, calcare pendulo inflato labello dupló puso ovarium zquante, bracteis foliaceis oblongis acutis floribus longioribus, tuberculis palmatis. a. floribus ochroleucis. O. sambucina. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,50. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 108. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 9, B. floribus purpureis. O. incarnata. Linn. Sp. Pl. Willd. p. 50. O. Schleicheri, Sweet Fl. Garden, 2, 199. O. sambucina. j.incarnata. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 9, t. 810. O. Traunsteineri. Saut, Rchb. Fl. Excurs, 19 t. 809. nd, Hab. per omnem Europam meridionalem et mediam ; etiam in Jutla Hb. Hornem, Scania, Fries (hab. s, sp.) OPHRYDES. 263 9. Orcuis pallens. Linn, O. foliis obovato-oblongis obtusissimis in caulem ascendentibus, spicá densi oblonga, sepalis ovatis obtusis, labelli rotundati trilobi lobis equalibus integris, calcare horizontali recurvo inflato labello dupld longiore, bracteis membranaceis lineari-lanceolatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis indivisis. O. pallens. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 27. Jacq. Fl. Austr. 1, t. 49. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 9, ¢. 808, ° opt. Fl. Excurs. 122. O.sulphurea. Bot. Mag. t. 2569. Hab. in Europa media (hab. s. sp.) 10. Oncnis pseudo-sambucina. Tenore Synops, ed. 1, p. 89. Fl. Neap. vol. ii. p. 284, t. 86. O. foliis linearibus spathulatis obtusis subundulatis in caulem ascendenti- bus, spicà cylindraceà laxiusculá, sepalis ovatis obtusis, labelli latioris quam longi trilobi lobis subzequalibus integris, calcare gracili horizontali labello dupld longiore, bracteis foliaceis lanceolatis acutis floribus lon- gioribus, tuberculis palmatis. O. romana. Sebast. et Maur. Rom. Pl. Fasc. 2, t.3. Fl. Rom. Prodr. 308, 7.9. Rehb. Fl. Excurs. 126. O. bracteata. Tenore, Fi. Neap. Prodr. p. 52, non Willd. Hab. in Italia Australi, Tenore ; etiam in Tauria Stephan ; et Iberia ? Prescott (hab. s. sp.) Differt ab O. sambucina calcare graciliore horizontali, et ab O. pallente bracteis longis foliaceis tuberculisque. Variat floribus rubris. 11. Orcuis provincialis. Balbis Misc. t. 2. O. foliis lanceolatis omnibus radicalibus, spicà laxà, sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis, labelli latioris quam longi pubescentis trilobi crenulati lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio truncato subemarginato, calcare gracili ascendente apice inflato labello triplo longiore, bracteis membranaceis apice subulatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis indivisis. O. provincialis, De Cand. Synops. Fl. Gall. p. 169. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. p. 122. Tenore, . p. 456. 0. Cyrilli E App. Prima. 64. FI. Neap. vol. ii. p. 287, t. 87. B. pauciflora; floribus majoribus, labello magis pubescente, foliis im- maculatis. O. pauciflora. Tenore, l. c. Fl. Neap. vol. ii. p. 288,1. 88. Syll. p. 456. Hab. in regno Neapolitano ; f). in nemoribus montosis Stabiarum regionis editioribus, et in Lucania, Tenore (hab. s. sp. comm. cell. Tenore et Tineo, et v. v. c.) Differt ab 0. pallente foliis acutis, labello, et calcare duplo longiore gra- cili arcuato apice inflato. I have authentic specimens from Professor Tenore of his O. pauciflora, Which certainly has, as he states in his Sylloge, a broad, convex, hairy lip; but I cannot think it more than a variety of O. Cyrilli from mountainous places. 12. Orcuts canariensis. O. foliis oblongis acutis in caulem ascendentibus et acuminantibus, spicà laxiusculà, sepalis petalisque ovato-oblongis acutis, labelli oblongi medio pubescentis leviter trilobi lobo medio truncato crispulo lateralibus multo 264 OPHRYDE.X. majore, calcare crasso obtuso labello breviore, bracteis membranaceis apice subulatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis indivisis. Hab. in rupestribus elatioribus Los Organos dictis supra vallem Oratave, Webb et Berthelot (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Webb.) Facies fere O. mascule, calcare brevi crasso abund? diversa. Flores vero- similiter purpurei. 13. Orcus foliosa. Soland. MSS. Lowe, Prim. Fl. Mader. p. 13. O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis laxe vaginantibus, spicà oblonga multiflorà, sepalis ovatis acutis, labello latiore quam longo obsoleté trilobo plano: laciniis lateralibus emarginatis intermedià acutà multi majoribus, calcare pendulo cornuto labello duplo breviore, bracteis her- baceis acuminatis flore sep? longioribus, tuberculis palmatis. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 1701. Hab. in sylvis dumetisque Madere, Lowe (eram. v. cult. et s. sp. in herb. Henslow.) Omnino O. latifoliam refert; sed omnibus partibus major est, labello plano manifeste trilobo nec rhomboideo, calcare breviore graciliore, caule elatiore. 14. Orcuis mascula. Linn, ! Sp. Pl. O. foliis oblongis obtusis omnibus radicalibus, spicd lax multiflora, sepalis oblongis obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus divergentibus subintegris intermedio emarginato subequalibus, calcare horizontali obtuso labello longiore, bracteis apice subulatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis im- divisis. O. mascula. Eng. Bot. 9, t. 631. D. labello minus fisso. O. ovalis. Schm. fide Reichenbachii. Hab. in pratis per omnem Europam septentrionalem vulgatissima, (v. ° sp.) Variat floribus incarnatis albidisque. 15. Oncnis parvifolia. Chaubard in Amans, Fl. Agen. 369, t. T. O. * foliis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis, spicà densa, calcare heu obtuso ovario duplo breviore, labelli trilobi lobis crenulatis rotun intermedio paulo longiore et angustiore, sepalis divaricatis." Chat”. Hab. in pratis humidis Gallie meridionalis, Chaubard. Flores purpurei ; labellum albidum maculis purpureis punctatum. e cula oblonga. Facies O. mascule, qua differt floris forma et canaliculatis. Chaub. 16. Orcuis brevicornu. Viviani, Fl. Ital. Fragm. t. 12, f. 2. rarus : : AME: iore, O. ** fabio trilobo denticulato, calcare conico obtuso ovario triplo brevio sepalis acutiusculis exterjoribus reflexis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis." AC? Fl. Excurs. p. 123. Hab. in Italia, Viviani, O. mascule proxima, imprimis calcare brevi distincta, spicà etiam axa. Rehbe Possibly the same as O. parvifolia. OPHRYDEE. 265 17. Orcuis stabiana, Tenore! Syll. Fl. Nap. p. 453. O. foliis lanceolatis omnibus radicalibus, spicà laxA multiflora, sepalis acuminatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus divergentibus subdentatis intermedio truncato emarginato duplo brevioribus, calcare horizontali obtuso labello longiore, bracteis apice subulatis floribus brevioribus. Hab. in nemoribus Stabiarum, Tenore (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Tenore.) Folia leté virentia nec pallida, immaculata. Labelli lobus medius concolor. Flores odori. Tenore. This looks like O. speciosa more than O. maseula, but differs entirely in the form of the lip. 18. Oncnis patens. Desf. Fl. Atl. 2, p. 318 t. 248. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 19. O. foliis omnibus radicalibus angustis spathulatis acutis, spicà laxiflora, sepalis ovatis obtusis, labelli trilobi oblongi plani laciniis lateralibus divergentibus crenatis truncatis abbreviatis intermedià cuneatà triden- tata, calcare crasso obtuso pendulo labello breviore, bracteis linearibus apice subulatis membranaceis ovario brevioribus. Hab. in Atlantide, Desfontaines (exam. s. sp. in Hb. Lehmann.) 19. Orcuts speciosa. Host. Fl. Austr. 9, 597. Mayrh. Dissert. 6. O. foliis oblongis obtusis omnibus radicalibus, spicà multiflorà, sepalis acuminatis, labelli subrotundi crenulato-incisi trilobi lobis omnibus ap- proximatis intermedio rotundato integro bifidove, calcare horizontali obtuso labello zquali, bracteis apice subulatis floribus brevioribus, tuberculis indivisis. O. mascula. Jacq. Miscell. 2, 375, t. 180, et verosimiliter Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 18, pluri- morumgue aliorum. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 6, t. 563, mala. Fl. Excurs. p. A O.signifera. Vest. in Hb. Martii. Hab. in pratis pascuisque Austrie (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Jacquin.) Folia, uti et caulis ipse, punctis maculisque atropurpureis apud nos sep? numerosissimis, rariüs paucis notata. Flores speciosi in spicam longam formosam collecti, ex rubro purpurei, rariüs albi. Labellum subquadri- fidum, rariüs trifidum, punctatum, laciniz obtuse modice? reflexe, media plus minus emarginata, labelli discus villosus. Mayrhofer. My specimens of this plant from Baron von Jacquin have altogether the habit of O. mascula ; from which, however, they seem to differ essentially in the very taper pointed sepals, and in the form of the lip. It may, how- ever, be doubted whether it is anything more than a variety of O. mascula. 20. Orcuts laxiflora. Lam. Encycl, 4, 553. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis in caulem ascendentibus, floribus dis- tantibus, sepalis obtusissimis, labelli subcrenati trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis cum intermedio emarginato confluentibus, calcare horizontali labello subzquali, bracteis lanceolatis floribus subzequalibus, tubereulis indivisis, O. laxiflora. Reichenbach, Fl. Excurs. 1, 122. -ensifolia. Vill. Delph. 2,29. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 25. “palustris. Jacy. Ic. Rar. 1, t.181. Willd. Sp. Pl.4, 26. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 9, t. 831. : Tabernemontani. Gmel. sec. Rchb. ‘Mediterranea. “ Gussone, Pl. Rar. p. 235.” sec. Tenore. Hab, per omnem Europam meridionalem vulgaris; etiam in Gotilandia, Fries ; et prope Gorenki, Prescott (hab. s. sp.) September, 1835. Mm 266 OPHRYDES. Species caule folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, et spicà gracili laxà distinctu facillima. Labelli lobi nunc leviores nunc profundiores ; vix autem varietates indicant, occurrunt enim in eodem individuo. 21. Oncnis maculata. Linn.’ Sp. Pl. O. caule gracili, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis remotis superioribus sensim diminutis acuminatis, spicà densà conicà v. cylindraceà, sepalis ovatis . acutis, labelli plani subcuneati apice trilobi lobis omnibus acutis : latera- libus subcrenulatis intermedio acuto latioribus, calcare gracili pendulo labelli longitudine, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis herbaceis flo- ribus equalibus, tuberculis palmatis. O. maculata. Willd. Sp. Fl. 4, 31. Fl. Dan. t. 933. Eng. Bot. t. 632, Hooker, Fi. Lond. c. ic. Rchb. Plant. Crit. 6, t. 566. Fl. Excurs. 126. Mayrh. Dissert. 23. O. tetragona. Heuffel in Bot. Zeit. 1833, No. 23, bracteis paulo longioribus. Hab. per omnem Europam temperatam et frigidiorem ; Islandia, Mark in Hb. Hornem. (hab, s. sp. et v. v. Sp.) § 2. MinrranEs, — Sepalis conniventibus galeam referentibus. (HrRorcuis.) * Labello indiviso. 22. Oncnis rubra. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 1, t. 183. O. scapo basi precipue folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis arcte vagi- natis, sepalis oblongis acutis, labello crenulato unguiculato calcari conico incurvo pendulo æquali. a. labello rhombeo acuto. O. rubra. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,24. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. p. 123. O. papilionacea. Bot. Reg. t. 1155, et plurium auctorum. B. labello rotundato, sæpè latiore quam longo. O. expansa. Tenore, Sylloge, p. 455. ? O. papilionacea. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 24, aliorumque. O. papilionacea. Fi. Grec, t. 928. Hab. in Europa Australi; a. per omnem Italiam ; (3. in regno Neapolitano, Tineo, Creta, Zuccarini, Grecia, Sibthorp, Sicilia, Gussone, (hab. s. P- v. V. cult.) Statura palmaris ad pedalem et ultra. Folia acuta, sspe subundulata, s : : : n : ibus circa radicem precipué ordinata, vaginis arctis. Bracteze rose® florib fere equales. Flores sanguinei, venosi, magni. Varietas 8. nullo modo distinguenda est nisi labello obtuso rotundato e quasi unguiculato ; Vere O. papilionacee tantum accedit, pra exemplaribus creticis, ut dubius omnino hereo an revera sint specie diverse. 23. Orcuis papilionacea. Linn.! Sp. Pl. 1331. O. scapo undique folioso, foliis laxé vaginantibus, sepalis oblongis e labello maximo venis flabelliformibus denticulato calcare gracili re pendulo longiore. O. papilionacea. Desf. Fl. Atl. 2,316. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. p. 123. i Hab. in Hispania, Alströmer ; Lusitania, Langsdorff; Algeria, Desfontaine ; (v. s. sp. in Hb. Linn. Smith et Bentham.) Oo. rubra proxima, labello lato rotundato sessili magis regulariter d venis flabelliformibus semper in denticulo desinentibus tantum tinguenda. Caulis nunc 3-uncialis, nunc pedalis. OPHRYDEJ. 267 24. Oncnis spectabilis. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1337. O. foliis binis oblongis obtusis scapi longitudine, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, labello lanceolato calcari clavato pendulo æquali. O. spectabilis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,36. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 587. Beck, Bot. of North and Middle States, p. 347. O. humilis. Michaux, : Habenaria spectabilis. Spreng. Syst. 3, 689. Hab. in America Septentrionali; sylvis umbrosis a Canada ad Carolinam, Beck, Goldie, Pursh. (hab. s. sp.) Species nulli affinis; labellum albidum ; sepala viridi-purpurea. * * Labello trilobo. 25. Oncuis coriophora. Linn.! Sp. Pl. 1332. O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis sursum evanescentibus, spicà elongatà, sepalis in galeam agglutinatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labello tri- lobo calcari conico æquali : laciniis lateralibus deflexis intermedia lanceo- latà multd brevioribus. O. coriophora. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2, 363, et verosimiliter auctorum plurium. O.cassidea. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 3, 600. O. Polliniana. Spreng. . O. fragrans. Pollini. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 124. Hab. in Europa Australiore; et Tauriæ meridionalis udis, Bieberstein ; montosis Dalmatie; Monspelii, Delile; Tergesti, Agardh, Rome kic Florentiz, Strangways ; Calabria et Apulia, Sieber; necnon in Barbaria, Desfontaines (hab. s. sp.) Flores sordide purpurei, fuscescentes. Petala tota in cucullum cordato- lanceolatum acutum coherentia : apiculis tantummodo brevissimis con- niventibus liberis. Labelli faux purpureo-punctata. Bieberst. Quite distinct from O. cimicina, in its long sepals, which form a compact upper lip, and in the long spur, which is fully equal to the lip in length. It does not dry of the sooty colour of O. cimicina ; and its flowers are sweet scented. Reichenbach distinguishes three varieties, but they are of no importance. Steven (Observ. in Pl. Rossicas. p. 64) seems to consider O. cassidea distinct from O. coriophora; whence I conclude that by the latter name he means O. cimicina, which is, therefore, found in Iberia and Caucasus, 26. Oncnurs cimicina. Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 6, 498. : O. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis sensim decrescentibus, spicà oblonga, sepalis in galeam conniventibus ovatis obtusis siccatione fuliginosis, labello trilobo calcare incurvo duplo longiore: laciniis lateralibus deflexis intermedià integrà parüm brevioribus. O. coriophora. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 16? Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 122. Rchb. Plant. Crit. VI. 473. Fl. Excurs, 123. Mayrhofer, Dissert. 18. Hab. in Gallia et Austria; etiam in Iberia et Caucaso cisalpino, Steven (hab. $. sp. comm. illustr. Jacquin.) ; Spica brevis, densa, triste ferrugineo- purpurea. Flores non magni foeto- rem spargunt veré cimicinum. Sepala sordide rubentia arcte connivent. Mayrh. Labium rubro-punctatum lobis oblique truncatis virentibus, calcar roseum. Rchb. Generally confounded with O. coriophora, from which Reichenbach has 968 OPHRYDEX. well distinguished it. I have seen no specimens, except French and Austrian ones, for the latter of which I am indebted to Baron Jacquin, It dries like O. fusca. As it appears from the Linnzan Herbarium that the true O. coriophora is what is usually called O. fragrans, I have restored the name O. cimicina to this. 27. Oncmis sancta, Linn.! Sp. Pl. 1330. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 41. O. foliis ......, caule vaginato aphyllo, spicà elongata, sepalis in galeam agglutinatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labello trilobo calcari conico inflexo longiore: laciniis lateralibus acuté bilobis intermedia acutá pauli brevioribus. Hab. in Palestina, Linneus (v. s. sp. in herb. Linn.) O. coriophore adeo similis ut meram varietatem dicas; sed labellum et calcar sunt plane diversa. Folia et tubercula in specimine herbarit Linnzani deficiunt. Oss. O. sancta, D’ Urville in Act. Soc. Linn. par. 1, 376, ad sepes insule Coi communis, Maio florens, toto caelo differt. Nescio cui specie referenda est. 28. Orcuis acuminata. Desf. Atl. 2, 318, t. 247. O. foliis ovalibus acutis cuspidatis, sepalis acuminatissimis, labello tri- partito glaberrimo calcari pendulo incurvo «quali: laciniis lateralibus truncatis abbreviatis intermedià subrotundà crenulatà, bracteis acumi- natis floribus subzqualibus. O. acuminata. Willd. Sp. Pl.4, 17. Rchb. Fl, Excurs.194. Bot. Mog. t. 1932. Cam bess. En. Fl. Balear. 140. O. parviflora. Tenore, Fl. Nap. Prodr. p. 52. i O. lactea. Poir. in Lam. Dict. 4,594. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 24, fide Cambessedis. i : : : Bs : : : : s Hab. in Algeria, Desfontaines ; Sicilia, Tineo ; insulis Balearicis, Cambessede (Aab. s. sp. comm. cel. Tineo.) ; : : sretius Adest in Hb. Lehm. a Lamarckio sub nomine O. lacere; an Poiret lacteam pro lacera scripsit solità incurià ? 29. Oncnuis corsica, Viviani. : O. ** bulbis 2, foliis ovato-ellipticis, spicà contract4 globosa, petalis geri -bus conniventibus ovato-acuminatis: 2 interioribus lateralibus pa io minoribus, labello trifido: lobis lateralibus falcatis dentatis m apicem versùs rotundato expanso dentato, calcare incurvo obtuso B men duplo superante." Reich. Pl. Crit. IF. p. 70. Hab. in Corsica, Viviani. An Anacamptis ? 30. Orcuis morio. Linn. ! Mantiss. 485. i : : : F : ee : lo O. foliis oblongo-linearibus obtusis, sepalis oblongis obtusis lineatis, pe trilobo latiore quam longo sepalis majore calcari horizontali o pesi subequali: laciniis lateralibus dentatis intermedià subemarginatà m joribus. E b. O. morio. Willd. Sp. PL. 4,18. Eng. Bot. t, 2059. Smith, Engl. Flora, 4, M- Reh Fl. Excurs, p. 122. Mayrhof. Dissert. 14. Hab. in Europe pratis vulgatissima (v. v. sp.) Reichenbach correctly observes that this is often confounded Wer O. longicornis ; especially in herbaria. It is a much larger plant, wit OPHRYDEZ. 269 very broad lip, the lateral segments of which are always wider than the middle one, and deeply notched. The flowers vary from dark purple to pink or white; and, although spotted with crimson on a white ground in the middle of the lip, are by no means so gaily variegated as O. longicornis. Quid O. morio, Loureir. 2, 629, in sylvis montosis Cochinchine ? 31. Oncnis longicornis. Desf. Fl. Atl. 2, 317, t. 246. O. foliis oblongo-linearibus obtusis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, labello trilobo sepalis zequali calcare horizontali apice inflato breviore: laciniis laterali- bus subintegris intermediz zqualibus v. minoribus. a. labelli lobis lateralibus integris atropurpureis rotundatis, intermedio albo variegato. O. longicornis. Bot. Mag. t. 1944. Bot. Reg. t. 202. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 122. B. labelli lobis subeequalibus intermedio ovato lateralibus truncatis den- tatis. O. picta. Lois, Fl. Gall. t. 26. Y. labelli lobis lateralibus oblique truncatis dentatis acutis intermedio rotundato minoribus. ? O. morio. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2, 364. Hab. in Europe Australioris et Barbarie pratis necnon Taurie ; a. in Sicilia, Gussone, Algeria, Desf., Italia, Tenore; B. in Gallia meridionali, Loise- leur, Helvetia, Schleicher; y. in Russia meridionali, Prescott (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) The small size of the lip, and the greater width of its middle than lateral lobes, taken together with the inflated apex of its long spur, abundantly dis- tinguish this species. The French and Swiss specimens are paler than those from the south of Europe. In the genuine state of the species, as it occurs im Barbary and the south of Italy, the two lateral lobes of the lip are intensely purple and separated by a well defined line of colour from the "middle lip; but in the varieties 9. and y. the purple is no darker than what 18 seen in O. morio. No two species can well be more distinct than this and O. morio, if they are once correctly understood. *** Labello 4-fido vel 4-partito. 32. Orcuis spherica. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2, 362. O. foliis omnibus lanceolatis acutis, spicà subglobosà, sepalis aristatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus acutiusculis incurvis intermedio quadrato retuso apiculato subzequalibus, calcare labello breviore, bracteis lineari- subulatis herbaceis floribus brevioribus. Hab. in Iberia media, Steven (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Reichenbach combines this with O. globosa ; but it differs not only in the Characters above mentioned, and in its white flowers, but also in its much narrower bracts, more aristate sepals, which never terminate in a blunt appendage, and in its broader and shorter labellum. 33. Oncnis globosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1332. O. folio inferiore oblongo obtuso superioribus lanceolatis acutis, spica sub- globosà, sepalis aristatis apice sæpè appendiculatis, labelli trilobi angusti lobis lateralibus truncatis divergentibus intermedio rhomboideo emargi- 270 OPHRYDES. nato cuspidato brevioribus, calcare labello breviore, bracteis lineari- lanceolatis herbaceis floribus brevioribus. O. globosa. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 265. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,14. Rchb. Pl. Crit. VI. 767. Nigritella globosa. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 121. Mayrhof. Dissert. 31. O. Halleri. Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 488. Hab. in Germania media et Australi, et Helvetia; necnon in Caucaso, Wilhelm (hab. s. sp.) Caulis in locis demissioribus pedalis et altior, in alpinis vix semipedalis, erectus, teres, foliosus. Bracteæ lanceolate virides, germen subequantes. Flores leviter odori, colore O. variegatæ, plerumque resupinati, rariüs recti. Sepala ex purpureo carnea, ovata, longè acuminata, apice incras sata, medium brevius. Petala sepalis breviora, acutiora. Labellum perigonio concolor, punctis purpureis notatum ; laciniz laterales lineares, media latior, longior, emarginata ut plurimum cum denticulo in emarg!- natura. Mayrhofer. Sepala et apex labelli sepe in appendicem spatulatam laceram producuntur, quod non vidi in O. spherica. Label- lum punctis minutis acutis crystallinis pruinosum. I do not perceive upon what ground this species has been referred to Nigritella. As limited by Richard, that genus is perfectly natural ; but if its character is extended to receive this, it must then be merged in Orchis. The truly posterior labellum of Nigritella is very different from that of O. globosa, which is as often anterior as posterior, and has all the fleshiness of Orchis. 34. Orcuts conica. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 14. O. “ labello tripartito, lacinià medià elongatà apice dilatatà emarginatà, petalis conniventibus aristatis, cornu germine breviore, spicà densà conicá, foliis ovatis." Willd. ? O. globosa. Brotero, Fl. Lus. Hab. in Lusitania, Link. “ Media fer? inter O. globosam et acuminatam.” W. . An O. varies gate repellenda ? 35. Oncuis variegata. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 599. O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, spicà corymbosA, sepalis scams simis, labello calcari rectiusculo pendulo quali: laciniis denticula lateralibus oblique truncatis intermediz cuneate bilobe subsequalibus, bracteis aristatis ovario longioribus. . : O. variegata. Hall. Helv. no. 1275, t. 30. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,21. De Cand. Fl. Fr.» i Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2,366. Bot. Reg. t.367. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 124. May? Dissert. p. 20. O. tridentata. Scopol. = Hab. in Europa Australi; Gallia, De Cand.; Germania, Rchb. ; Sicilia, Tenore; necnon in Taurie et Caucasi sylvis Bieberst. Iberiaque, Steven (hab. s. sp.) Variat labelli laciniis lateralibus brevioribus, intermediàque altius fissà O. militaris more; semper dignoscitur spicà subcorymbosá, bracteisqué longis aristatis. Caulis 6-19 uncias altus. Folia immaculata. e violacei. *' Petala cum sepalo impari intus linea atropurpurea, pin lateralia duabus ejusmodi lineis notata. ^ Labellum planum palli carneum, punctis crebris saturate rubris eleganter variegatum. Calcar striatum." Mayrh, y OPHRYDEX. 271 36. Orcuts taurica. O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis lax& vaginantibus in caulem ascendentibus, spica pyramidali, sepalis oblongis acutis, labello calcari rectiusculo sub- horizontali equali: laciniis integris lateralibus acutis apice incurvis intermedia cuneatà apice dilatatà tridentatà multà brevioribus, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ovario longioribus. O. pyramidalis. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2, 363. Hab. in Taurie et Caucasi nemorosis, Bieberstein (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) O. variegatz affinis, characteribus supra datis facile distinguenda. Flores purpurei sec. Bieberst. 37. Orcuis militaris. Linn.! Sp. Pl. 1334. O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, spicà cylindraceà, sepalis acutis ob- tusisve, labello medio pubescente calcare pendulo incurvo v. rectiusculo duplo longiore: laciniis lateralibus linearibus intermedie cruribus di- vergentibus truncatis pluriveniis, bracteis brevissimis. a. vera ; sepalis obtusis, labelli lacinia intermedia lineari biloba: cruribus plus minus oblongis divaricatis. O. militaris. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 3, 248 (a.) Jacq. Ic. Rar. 4, t.598. Eng. Bot. t. 2675. Smith, Eng. Fl.4,14. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 8, 0.701. Fl. Excurs.125. Mayrhof. Dissert. 20. O. cinerea. Suter, sec. Rchb. b O. Rivini. Gouan, illustr. 74. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2,t. 162. Hall. Helv. t. 27, sinistr. p. galeata ; sepalis acutissimis, labelli lacinià intermedià cuneatà biloba: cruribus brevibus truncatis. O. galeata. Lam. Dict. 4,593. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 3,249. Rchb. Fl. Excurs.125. Tenore, Sylloge. p. 454. O. mimusops. Thuillier, Fl. par. 1, p. 458, ex D. C. ? O. militaris. Bieberst. Fl. Cauc. 2, 365. Sweet, Brit Fl. Gard. 2, 1.163. Hall. Helv. t. 28. Y. hybrida; labello tripartito punctato-scabro, laciniis remotis linearibus mucrone intermedio elongato reflexo, calcare recto, Bénningh. ex Rchb, Fl. Excurs. 195 (Orchis hybrida.) Hab. a. per omnem Europam mediam et temperatam; etiam in Grusia, Steven, montibus altaicis, Fischer; (9. in Germania Australi, Gallia, et Hel- > vetia, Rchb. D. C. Haller; y. in Thuringia et Bohemia, Rchb. (Aab. a. et D. s. sp. et v. a. sp.) Caulis pedalis et ultra. Folia lucida, immaculata. Spica densa, oblonga, floribus nunquam siccatione fuliginosis. Bractee purpurez. Flores lilacini, rosei, v. albi. Sepala sepiüs venosa. Labellum medio decolor, apicibus coloratis, punctis quibusdam hispidis cruentis conspersum, per axin pubescens; mucrone longitudine et forms vario inter crura interjecto. There can, I think, be little doubt that the synonyms above quoted are rightly referred to this plant; it seems to me quite impossible to depend upon minute differences in the structure of the lip for the discrimination of species, and it is only in such circumstances that it has been pretended to distinguish them. O. galeata approaches O. variegata in the form of its lip, but it wants the long bracts of the latter species, and has altogether the habit of O. militaris. Of O. hybrida I have met with no specimen ; and I should have suspected it to be rather a form of O. tephrosanthos, if Reichenbach had not compared it, on the one hand, with O. fusca, and on 279 OPHRYDEZE. the other, with O. militaris ; adding, that the lip is ** imprimis nervoso- lineatum.” The Orchis figured in Eng. Bot. t. 1873, referred by Mr. Bicheno to O. militaris, by Dr. Hooker to O. tephrosanthos, and made a distinct species, O. Smithii, by Sweet, does not appear to me to represent any known species. 38. Orcuis fusca. Jacq. Austr. t. 176. O. foliis oblongis versus basin angustatis, spicà longa cylindraceà multiflorà siccatione fuliginosà, sepalis ovatis obtusis, labello medio pubescente cal- care brevi pendulo incurvo duplo longiore: laciniis lateralibus lineari- bus intermedià obcordatà, bracteis obsoletis. O. fusca. Hall. Helv. no. 1276,t. 31. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,23. Bieb. Taur. Cauc. 2, 366. Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ic. Smith, Eng. Flora, 4, 13. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 125. Mayrhof. Diss. 21. O. moravica. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 1, 1. 182. Rchb. l. c. O. purpurea, Huds Fl. Angl. ed. 1, p. 334. O. militaris. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 3,248. Eng. Bot. t. 16. Hab. in Gallia, Germania, Helvelia, Anglia; nec non in Tauria meridionali, Bieb. (hab. s. sp. et v. v.) Omnium Europe Orchidum maxima et pulcherrima. Scapus pedalis, bipedalis et altior, crassus, firmus, superne? aphyllus. Folia maxima, rigidiuscula, splendentia. Spica omnium speciosissima, conferta, longa, ante anthesin atrofusca. Bractee parve. Perigonii phylla in galeam conniventia, extus atrofusca, intus pallidiora. Labellum planum, firmum, latum, candidum, punctis hispidis purpureis scabrum: lacinie laterales divergentes, lineares, longz, media antice dilatata, biloba, segmentibus valde divergentibus antice szepiüs serratis. Mayrhofer. 39. Oncnis Comperiana. Steven, Obs. in Pl. Ross. in Act. Mosq. 7; P- 63, 5 19: O. foliis ovato-lanceolatis, spicà rariflorà, sepalis obtusiusculis, labello quadrifido laciniis longissimis setaceis, calcare pendulo ovarii longitu dine, bracteis ovario longioribus. Hab. in nemorosis vallis Laspi, Taurie meridionalis, Steven. Planta speciosissima facie fert Himantoglossi hircini ; an ejusdem generis 40. Oncnis longibracteata. Bivona, Cent. Sic. 1, no. 66, t. 4. Q. foliis oblongis basi angustatis, spicà longi multiflorà, sepalis o ` simis patulis, labello carnoso basi crispo calcare brevi crasso er quadruplo longiore ; laciniis obtusis crenatis, bracteis florem excedentibus. a. Sicula ; laciniis labelli lateralibus abbreviatis. O. longibracteata. Bot. Heg. t. 357. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 125. P. Gallica ; laciniis labelli lateralibus linearibus elongatis. O. Robertiana. Lois. FI. Gall. p. 606. Hab. in Sicilia, Italia, et Gallia meridionali (hab. s. sp.) Species habitu O. fusce, sed flores duplo majores, viridi-purpurascentes labio pallido fusco marginato rubro maculata. In O. longibracteata sicula flores minores sunt quam in O. Robertiana ; spe cies tamen distingueri vix merentur. OPHRYDE. 273 41. Orcuis undulatifolia. Bivona, Cent. 2, n. 61, c. ic. O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis obtusis, spicà crassà subcorymbosa, sepalis. acuminatis, labello calcare pendulo incurvo triplo longiore: laciniis omnibus linearibus acuminatis, bracteis brevissimis. "à undulatifolia. Flora Greca, tab. 927. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 124. .tephrosanthos. 3. undulatifolia. Bot. Reg. t. 375. O.tephrosanthos. Desf. Fl. Atl. 2,318. Hab. per omnem Europam meridionalem ; circa Constantinopolim, Domina Liston ; in Barbaria, Desf. (hab. s. sp.) 42. Oncnis longicruris. Link. in Schrad. Diar. 1799, p. 323. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 99. Tenore Sylloge. p. 454. Hab. in Lusitania, Link.; in nemoribus Lucanie, Tenore. Ab. 0. undulatifolia differt foliis planis ovatis, floribus purpureis duplo minoribus, labii laciniis angustioribus, spicà pyramidatà non globosà. Ab. O. tephrosanthos labii laciniis rectis lanceolatis acuminatis facillimè dignoscitur. Tenore, l. c. 43. OrcHIS tephrosanthos. Villars, Delph. 2, 32. ©. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis, spicà cylindraceà crass4, sepalis peur labello medio hispido calcare pendulo incurvo dupló longiore : nay linearibus cruribus intermedie univeniis, bracteis brevibus obtusis. a. vera; laciniis filiformibus acutis. O. tephrosenthos. Desf. Atl. 2,319. Willd. Sp. Pl.4,21. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 124. Bieb. d aur. Cauc. 2,364. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3426. "à simia. Lam. Dict. 4,593. De Cand. Fl. Fr. 3, 249. S zoophora. Thuill. Fl. par. 1, 459. > cercopitheca. Zam. Dict. 4, 593. B. macrophylla ; cruribus abbreviatis truncatis. p a. in Gallia; Germania; Helvetia; necnon Caucaso et Iberia prope iflin, Prescott ; 3. Caucaso, Wilhelm. (hab. s. sp.) 0. militari similis, sed minor et cruribus labelli constanter univeniis an- gustissimis linearibus facilé distinguenda. Flores letiüs colorati ma- gisque variegati. 44. Oncnuis macra. Lindl. Synops. ed. 2, p. 260. 0. foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis, spicà angust& pauciflora, sepalis acumi- natissimis, labello calvo crystallino-verrucoso calcare pendulo rectiusculo dupld longiore: laciniis linearibus acutis cruribus intermedia univeniis, bracteis brevibus acuminatis. O. tephrosanthos. Bicheno in Linn. Trans. XII. 33. Eng. FI.4,16. Hooker, British Flora, 371. Hab. in Anglia. (h. s. sp. comm. cel. Bicheno.) foliis sepius versus apicem parum angustati Flores pallide purpurei, rosei, vel Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ic. Smith, Caulis gracilis subpedalis, E obtusis. Spica macra, pauciflora. albi sanguineo punctati. 45. Oncnis punctulata. Steven in Herb. Hooker. O. foliis oblongis obtusis superioribus angustioribus sepalis acuminatis, labello medio pubescente carn September, 1835. Nn , Spicà cylindraceà, oso calcare incurvo 974 OPHRYDEEX. apice dilatato tripló longiore: laciniis lateralibus linearibus incurvis intermedia cuneatà retusà cum apiculo, bracteis brevissimis. Hab. in Tauria meridionali, Steven. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Valde affinis O. militari; sed differre videtur calcare minus acuto, spicà minus densá. Laciniz laterales labelli intermedia breviores, leves nec papillosz, univeniz. 46. Orcuis intacta. Link. in Schrad. Diar. 1799, p. 322. O. spica densiuscula, sepalis conniventibus acutis, labello tripartito laciniis subaequalibus intermedià lineari apice tridentatà, calcare brevissimo, bracteis ovario dupld brevioribus. O. intacta. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 21. Hab. in Lusitania, Link. Accedere dicitur ad O. tephrosanthos, inter alia flore multo minore differt. 47. Orcuis ustulata. Linn.! Sp. 1333. O. foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, spicà angustà cylindraceà densà obtusà, sepalis ovatis obtusis, labello calcare brevi uncinato triplo longiore: laciniis punctato-scabris linearibus intermediz bilobe cruribus truncatis, bracteis acuminatis ovario longioribus. O. ustulata. Willd. Sp. Pl.4, 20. Eng. Bot. t. 18. Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ic. Eng. dee 4,12. De Cand. Fl. Fr.3,247. Rchb. Pl. Crit. 6,t.569. Fl. Excurs.124. Mayrhej. Diss. 19. O. amena. Crantz. Austr. p. A90. O. Columnze. Schmidt. Bohem. no. 58, sec. Rchb. ? O. imbricata. Vest. sec. Rchb. O. parviflora. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 27, fide Tenorii, App. Pr. 65. Himantoglossum parviflorum. Spreng. Syst. 3, 694. Hab. in Europa; Anglie, Gallie, Germanie, Helvetie pratis et montibus sæpius in solo cretaceo. (v. v. sp. et h. s. sp.) Palmaris. Galea purpureo-viridis; labellum cinereum maculatum. pet bellum aliquando duplo latius est, laciniis lateralibus biveniis trunca" Species dubia. Oncnuis hyemalis. — Ralinesque in Museum of Nat. Sc. of the d Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, New York, 1817, as quot himself in Florula Ludoviciana, 168. Hab. in Sicilia. CLXX. ANACAMPTIS. Anacamptis. Richard, Orch, Europ. 25. Omnia Orchidis; sed lamelle 2 ad basin labelli, nunc in unam coalite. Labellum semper 3 lobum. 1. Anacamptis pyramidalis. Rich. l. c. A. spicà densà pyramidali, labelli lobis subzequalibus intermedio truncato : lamellis distinctis apice divergentibus. Orchis pyramidalis. Zinn. &c. Orchis condensata. Desf.! Fl. Atl. 2, p.316. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 32. Orchis brachystachys. D’Urville in Act. Linn. par. 1, 377. OPHRYDEX. 975 Hab. per omnem Europam mediam et australem; etiam in Atlantide. (t. v. sp.) Orchis condensata, a Desf. ipso in herb. Lehmann, nullo modo differt ab A. pyramidali. 2. Anacampris quadripunctata. A. “ labio trilobo plano lobis equalibus, medio subemarginato subquadri- punctato, petalis patentibus ovalibus obtusis, cornu recto filiformi ger- mine longiore, spicà multiflora oblonga, floribus minutis bracteisq. concoloribus rubris violaceisque." Tenore. Orchis 4-punctata. Zen. Fl. Neap. Prodr. Pr. 53. Fl. Neap. 2, 291, t.89. Syll. 452. Hab. in pascuis montosis Apulia, Tenore; in Creta, Zuccarini. (v. s. sp. in herb. Martii.) Differt ab 4. Brancifortii sec. cel. Tenore calcare ovario longiore, labelli lobo medio lateralibus æquali, sepalis lateralibus intermedio longioribus. I have examined a single specimen of this rare plant in the Herbarium of Dr. von Martius, and it certainly agrees with the observations of M. Tenore. I, however, doubt very much whether it can be considered more than a variety of 4. Brancifortii. 3. Anacamptis Brancifortii. A. spicà laxA elongata, labelli lobis omnibus acutis: lamellis in unam hip- pocrepicam coalitis. Orchis bipunctata. Raf. in Journ. Bot. 4, 272, sec. Raf. ipsum, Bivona! in Herb. Smith. Orchis Brancifortii. Bivon. Pl. Sic. 1, t. 1, f. 2. Tenore, Syll. p. 452, Hab. in Sicilia, Bivona, &c. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Tineo.) Planta palmaris. Folia omnia radicalia. Bractee oblonge, cuspidate, purpuree ovario dupld breviores. Flores parvi petalis convergentibus sepalis dupld minoribus. CLXXI. GYMNADENIA. Gymnadenia, R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5, 191. Rich. Orch. Annot. Flos Orchidis. Loculi antherze paralleli, contigui, basi nunquam elongati ; rostello minimo complicato. Pollinia glandulis nudis. It is scarcely possible to find any very precise limits between this genus and Platanthera ; nor is there any character that can be trusted, except the plicature of the rostellum and the parallel contiguous bases of the anther- cells. Even the stigmatic processes of Habenaria and its allies are to be remarked in almost every species of Gymnadenia; only in most cases in adhesion with the stigma itself. l. GYMNADENIA conopsea. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5, 191. G. foliis angustis obtusis in caule acuminatis, spicà dens& cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis obtusis integerrimis zqualibus, calcare arcuato filiformi ovario dupló longiore. Orchis conopsea. Linn. Sp. Pl. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 32. Eng. Bot. t. 10. FI. Dan. t. 224. Hooker in Fl. Lond. c. ic. Satyrium conopseum. Wahl. Fl. Suec. 557. Orchis ornithis. Jacq. Austr. II. t, 138. Willd. Sp. PI, 4, 32. 276 OPHRYDE AX. Gymnadenia ornithis. Richard, Annot. Richb, Fl. Exc. Mayrhofer, Dissert. p. 28. B. densiflora ; spicà przelongà cylindraceà, lobo intermedio labelli cuneati minore. Orchis densiflora. Wahlenb. Fet. dct. Holm. 1806, p. 68. Satyrium conopseum, (9. Wahl. Fl. Suec. 558, Hab. in pascuis Europe et Asie temperate. 3. in locis fertilissimis in- sularum Gotlandie et Oelandie copiose. (v. a. v. sp. ; t. D. s. sp. in herb. Lehmann.) Calcar germine sepe duplo longius, sed interdum ex. gr. in paludibus Lap- poniz eodem revera brevius, ut in ejus longitudine vix differentia speciel, multo minus character generis. Wahl. I have no hesitation in considering the O. ornithis of Jacquin a mere white-flowered variety; it appears from Mayrhofer that it has never been seen since three specimens were gathered in 1774 on Mount Schneeberg ; and it is evident that its real distinction from G. conopsea consists in Its supposed oval and undivided tubers ; but it is more probable that the figure in the Flora Austriaca is inaccurate in this respect, than that the species should, if it really exists, have never been rediscovered for more than half a century. 2. GxMNADENIA humilis. G. foliis lineari-oblongis acutis, spicà laxà pauciflorà, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis, labello subrotundo trilobo sepalis equali: lobis rotundatis medio emarginato, calcare subulato ovario elongato vix æquali, bracteis lineari-subulatis ovario brevioribus, tuberculis indivisis. Orchis Nicodemi. Z'enore, Fl. Neap. Prodr. p.53. Fl. Neap. 2, p. 290, t. 90. Sylloge, p. 453. Orchis Hostii. Tratt. ex Rchb. Fl. Exc. 123, Hab. in pascuis siccis Apulie, Tenore; Dalmatia, Rchb. (exam. $. P- in Hb. Lehm.) Sic vidi in exemplare a capite Malessa in herb. Lehm. Planta humilis e et gracilis facie G. conopsee depauperate. Calcar quod sec. cel. J eer horizontale est, et cel. Reichb. ovario longius, invenio subulatum a¢ pendens ovario longissimo brevius. An planta Reichenbachiana omnino eadem. Descriptiouem laudati auctoris subjungo. * Habitus O. mascule sed humilior; folia breviora, superiora arct* 2 nantia, spicá laxà, flores minores teneriores purpurei sepalis obtusis, labio breviore, calcare ovarioque longissimo gracili distinctissim Rchb. It is impossible to reconcile the two foregoing accounts of this ins : But I suspect that Anacamptis 4-punctata is sometimes called Orchis I val demi; at least, a specimen of it so labelled is in Smith's Herbarium; ? . UE . : e UI jas if so, it is not improbable that the plant which Rchb. had in view * Anacamptis A-punctata. 3. GYMNADENIA comigena. Rchb. Fl. Exc. 121. * . H e s 1 i " e o < labio trilobo calyce breviore lobis lateralibus divaricatis, calcar ovarium zquante," Rchb. Hab. in Thuringia, Rchb. Eis : : r nde “ Habitus G. conopsee sed robustior et flores ex omni parte breviores, V OPHRYDEJE. TT Li spica insigniter condensata; bractez long? ultra alabastra product, de- mum ovarium subequantes.” 4. GYMNADENIA ? elata. G. ? labello obcordato crenato, cornu subulato dependente. Orchis elata. Poiret. Itin. 2, p. 248. Desf. Atl. 2, 317.. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 26. Hab. in Barbaria, Poiret. Caulis 2-pedalis et ultra. Spica florum 8-pollicaris. Flores densé con- ferti violacei. Bractez lanceolate floribus multo longiores. Labellum emarginatum, denticulatum, obcordatum. Calcar longum, subulatum, pendulum, cauli admotum. 5. Gymnapenia sibirica. Tourchaninoff MSS. G. foliis angustis obtusis in caule acuminatis, spicà dens& cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis subaequalibus laterali- bus rotundatis crispis intermedio integerrimo acutiusculo, calcare arcuato filiformi ovario longiore. Hab. in Siberia, Tourchaninoff. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Forte mera G. conopsec varietas, diversa tamen labello. 6. Gymnapenia odoratissima. Rich. Annot. G. foliis angustis acutis in caule acuminatis sep? gramineis, spicà densa cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus patentibus, labello oblongo rotundato plano obscuré trilobo, calcare filiformi ovario breviore. Orchis odoratissima. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1335. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 264. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 32. Gymnadenia odoratissima. Rchb. Pl. Crit. VI. t. 814, Fl. Exc. 1921. Mayrhofer, Dis- sert. 26. Satyrium odoratissimum. Wahl. Fl. Suec. 557. D. spicà laxiore, bracteis magis foliaceis, floribus paulo majoribus. O. erubescens, Zuccarini! : G. suaveolens. Rchb. Fl. Exc. p. 121, excl. synon. Villarsii ad Nigritellam fragrantem pertinente, y. labello latiore lobis distinctis rotundatis. O. iberica. Prescott in Litt. viz. Bieb. Hab. in pascuis apricis subalpinisque Europe medic Asieque occidentalis ; D. in alpibus Germanie. (h. s. sp.) ‘7. Gymnapenia tridentata. G. folio solitario radicali oblongo obtuso ; caulinis 2-3 multd angustioribus et minoribus, spicà brevi laxiusculà, sepalis campanulatis, labello plano truncato obsolete tridentato sepalorum longitudine, calcare filiformi arcuato ovario pauld longiore. Orchis tridentata. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, i rate Fl. 2, 587. Habenaria tridentata. Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 81. : Orchis clavellata. Mich. Fl. hn Bor. 2,155. Willd. Sp. Pl.4,10. Pursh. Fl. 2,586. Nutt. Gen. 2,189. Elliott, Sketch. 2, 486. Hab. in America septentrionali: Georgia et Carolina, Michaux, Elliott ; Canada, Goldie. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Boott.) It appears from the researches of Dr. Boott, that Orchis clavellata and tridentata ought probably to be reduced to one species. This gentleman has been so obliging as to favour me with the following note upon the subject, 278 OPHRYDE.E. * [ have specimens of O. clavellata from Nuttal, marked on his ticket * O. tridentata,’ and on reference to his book I find he gives it as a variety of O. clavellata, not admitting, therefore, Michaux's plant * labello integro, as observed by himself. * Elliott quotes O. tridentata as a synonym of his O. clavellata, and, giving Michaux's character, as the specific one, says, from his own obser- vation, that the labellum is * slightly three-toothed at the summit.’ * Willdenow merely copies Michaux for O. clavellata. ** I suspect, therefore, that there is an error in Michaux's description of the plant, viz. that he has overlooked the toothed extremity of the label- lum, and that his specimen was small, which his * scapo unifolio' leads me to suspect. * Eaton, in his Manual, gives O. tridentata as a synonym of O. clavellata ; and I observe in a Catalogue of Plants made in Kentucky by Dr. Short, that he has the O. tridentata, a situation near Elliott's habitat for his O. cla- vellata; viz. * the middle and upper districts of Georgia and Carolina.’ * All this amounts to a probability of the tridentata being the same as Michaux's plant. If distinct, it would seem no one has met with the true clavellata since Michaux, not even Elliott." 8. GyMNaADENIA Cylindrostachya. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7056. G. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi angustatis, spicá densa cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus pendulis, petalis rhomboideis hinc in angulo acuto productis, labello oblongo trilobo : lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio rotundato medio unicalloso, calcare filiformi ovario longiore. Hab. in India septentrionali (loco incerto) Wallich. (h. s. sp. e mus. Ang. Ind.) Obs. Calli adsunt duo ad basin labelli. Lobi laterales stigmatis molles et succulenti. 9. GvuNabENiA violacea. G. caule folioso, foliis oblongis acutis parüm decrescentibus, spicà densà oblongáà, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis patulis lateralibus acutis, petalis oblongis obtusis, labello subrotundo tridentato, calcare filiformi pendulo ovario longiore. Hab. in India septentrionali, agro Mussunensi, Royle, (exam. s. sp. €t v. ic. pict. in hb. Royle.) Folia atroviridia. Flores plumbeo-violacei unicolores. Exemplar uni- cum vidi. 10. GymnapeEn14 Orchidis. G. caule folioso, foliis oblongis erectis acutis, spicà densà cylindraceà, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis obtusis patulis, petalis 'oblongis obtusis, labello subcuneato trilobo lobis subaequalibus truncatis denticulatis, calcare filiformi pendulo ovario longiore. Platanthera Orchidis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7039. Hab. Gossainthan et Kamoon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e mus. Angl. Ind.) 11. GywNaDENIA? flexuosa. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 27. G. foliis binis radicalibus erectis secundis (3), caule flexuoso bisquamato, OPHRYDE Æ. 279 spicà brevi ovatà, labelli trilobi lobis obtusis, calcare filiformi labelli longitudine. Satyrium flexuosum. Thouars. t. 7. Hab. in Mauritio, Thouars. Cum sequente, generis valde incerti ; an Peristyli species. 12. GvyMuNADENIA rosellata. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 27. G. foliis pluribus ovato-oblongis acutis rosulatis, caule vaginato, spicà angustà, labelli trilobi lobis obtusis, calcare filiformi ovario breviore. Satyrium rosellatum. Thouars. t. 8. Habenaria Mascaranensis. Spreng. syst. 3. 690. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. Flores minuti. An hujus generis? an Platanthera? Secundum Ach. Richard genitalium fabrica eadem ac in Cynorchidibus quibusdam. 13. GyMNADENIA cucullata. Rich. Annot. Reichenb. Pl. crit. v. 1. t. 816. G. foliis radicalibus 2 oblongis aut orbiculato-ovatis submembranaceis, caule vaginà solitarià acuminatissimá, spicd secundà, sepalis petalisque erectis in galeam coherentibus, labello tripartito horizontali lobis fili- formibus intermedio lineari longiore, calcare ascendente obtuso labello supposito et breviore. Orchis &c. Gmelin ft. sib. 1. p. 16. t. 3. f. 2. Orchis cucullata. Linn. sp. pl. 1332. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 13. Ledeb. fl. alt. 4. 170. Himantoglossum cucullatum. Rchb. t. excurs. 120. Hab. in muscosis rupium Europe orientalis et omnis Siberie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) 41. GvuNADENIA flava. G. folio inferiore ensiformi stricto fer’ caulis longitudine : caulinis multo minoribus canaliculatis acuminatis supremis minimis, spicà densissim& conico-cylindraceà, labello oblongo acuto margine denticulato calcare pendulo infundibulari apice incurvo subzequali, Orchis flava. Nutt. gen. am. 2. 188. Elliott Sketch 2.485. Habenaria Elliottii. Beck Bot. N. et. M. Amer. 348. Orchis integra. Nutt. gen. Amer. 2. 188. Habenaria integra. Spreng. Beck. l. c. Hab. in locis depressis ; Pennsylvania, Boott ; Caroline et Georgia, Elliott ; New Jersey, Nuttall; Alabama, Drummond; Florida, Alden. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Boott, Torrey, &c.) I discover no difference worth noting between the two supposed species here united : the lip in G. integra is perhaps a trifle more entire than in flava. 15. GvuxapEN1A macrantha. G. caule folioso, foliis oblongis acutis patentibus, spicà laxà, bracteis foliaceis floribus æqualibus, sepalis angustis patentibus acutis, petalis subfalcatis, labello obcordato convexo calcari crasso infundibulari pen- dulo acuto subzquali. Hab. in Sierra Leone, Domina Turner. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Flores maximi, lilacini, distantes ; labellum fere unciam longum. Anthera omnino Gymnadeniz, auriculis duabus ut in Habenariis, 280 OPHRYDE. 16. GvuNApENIA Chusua. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 2058. G. caule 1-2-phyllo, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, spicà secundà 3-5-flord, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, labello oblongo convexo 3-lobo lobis subaequalibus lateralibus denticulatis, calcare recto apice incrassato paulo breviore. Gym. puberula. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7059. Orchis chusua. Don. prodr. nep. Hab. in Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e. mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis vix ultra spithamam altus, sæpè brevior. Flores majusculi. La- bellum fer? semunciam longum. 17. GvMNADEN1A pauciflora. G. caule 2-phyllo bifloro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis distantibus internodiis brevioribus, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis foliaceis floribus subremotis longi- oribus, sepalis acutis lateralibus reflexis, petalis conniventibus obtusis, labello cuneato quadridentato pubescente calcare subhorizontali rectius- culo breviore. Orchis pauciflora. Fisch. Mss. Hab. in Dahuria, Fischer. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Fischer.) Spithamea, Folium majus 2 poll. longum. Flores violacei magnitudine G. Chusue. (Tubercula dicuntur globosa minuta, Fischer.) 18. GYMNADENIA spathulata. G. caule nudo folii solitarii spathulati obtusi longitudine, spicd px secundà 3-4-flora, bracteis foliaceis obtusis floribus lor us, sepalis petalisque obtusis, labello oblongo concavo crenulato caicare recto duplo longiore. Hab. in India septentrionali, in Kedarkanta, Royle. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Royle.) § Labellum posticum. 19, GYMNADENIA conica. G. foliis linearibus acuminatis sensim in squamis acuminatis pag racemo conico, sepalis lateralibus contortis petalisque obtusissimis, labello postico lineari, calcare ascendente filiformi, ovario recto. Hab. in Florida, Cozzens. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Torrey.) : : F : . : : : : alis Facies omnino G. nivee, qua differt floribus aureis, labello lineari, oe a lateralibus minoribus spicAque conicà. Ovarium etiam pruinà i to processus papillis ; auriculeque anthere formam ovatam haben transversam obtusissimam, 20. GYMNADENIA nivea. TOREM : T es ; pare is G. foliis linearibus acuminatis sensim in squamis acuminatis angustis racemo denso cylindraceo, sepalis lateralibus contortis supremo td lisque obtusissimis patentibus duplo majoribus, labello postico oval cálcare ascendente filiformi, ovario recto. Habenaria nivea. Spreng. syst. 3. Orchis nivea. Nutt. gen. Amer. 2, 188. Elliott Bot. Carol. et Georg. 2, 485. Hab. in Florida occidentali Nuttall; Georgia, prope Sunbury Le Comte, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) n i i: s ; T. Sesquipedalis, gracilis, facie exemplaris macilenti Gymnademe flav OPHRYDEJE. 981 Flores parvi, nivei. Sepala et petala membranacea. Anthera minima; auriculis duabus (st. ster.) magnis latis. Processus carnosi os calcaris tegentes, acuti, intus papillosi. Ovarium pruinosum. CLXXII. PERULARIA. Perularia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Sepala lateralia deflexa. Petala carnosa, sepalo supremo libera. Label- lum calcaratum, carnosum, integrum. Anthera recumbens, nana. Pol- liniorum glandule in bursiculis duabus distantibus bivalvibus incluse. Rostellum plicatum.—Herba Orchidis. 1. PERULAn1IA fuscescens. Orchis fuscescens. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 35. Orchis, &c. Gmel. Fl. Sib. 1, p. 20, t. 4. f. 2. Hab. in Sibiria prope fl. Lenam et Ircutum Gmelin ; ad Baicalem, Prescott. (hab, s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Planta facie Platanthere bifolie brachyglosse. Floris partes omnes car- nose. Sepalum supremum rotundatum, crenulatum ; lateralia pendula oblonga obtusa. Petala erecta, retusa. Labellum carnosissimum medio elevatum et serie unicà tuberculatum, basi utrinque auriculis duabus acutis divaricatis; hinc quasi hastatum. Calcar pendulum, clavatum labello longius. CLXXIII. NIGRITELLA. Nigritella. Rich. Orch. Europ. 26. fig. 4. Sepala petala et labellum subconformia, omnia membranacea, hoc posti- cum indivisum scrotiformi-calcaratum, concavum. Anthera Orchidis, sed glandule seminude.—Folia graminea. Flores congesti, capitati. l. NIGRITELLA angustifolia. Richard. Annot. 34. N. foliis linearibus, calcare brevissimo. a. atropurpurea, Satyrium nigrum. Linn. Mant. 488. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 368. Orchis nigra. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 207. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 35. Orchis miniata, Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 487. Habenaria nigra. R. Br. H. Kew. 5,192. Nigritella angustifolia. Rchb. fl. crit. VIII. f. 1009. FI. Exc. 121. Mayrh. Dissert. 31. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1643. B. rosea, Hab. in alpibus Europe ; f) in Gallia meridionali, Bentham. (hab. s. sp.) 2. NiGRITELLA fragrans. Rchb. Pl. crit. VIII. f. 1010. Fl. Exc. 121. N. foliis lineari-lanceolatis, calcare arcuato ovario fusiformi subzquali. Orchis suaveolens. Vill. Delph. 2.t.1. De Cand. Flore Française. 6. 331. Hab. in alpibus Delphinatus, Villars, (et Tyrolensibus, Carinthiacisque Reichb. ?) suaveolens of Villars to his Gymnadenia Reichenbach quotes the Orchis à was the plant in- Suaveolens; but surely there can be no doubt that this tended by Villars. September, 1835. 00 282 OPHRYDEX, CLXXIV. ACERAS. Aceras. R. Brown, in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 191. Loroglossum. Rich. Orch. Eur. Annot. 32. Himantoglossum. Spreng. Syst. 3. 694. Perianthium clausum, estivatione valvatà. ^ Petala sepalis multd angus- tiora. Labellum brevissime? saccato-calcaratum, v. gibbosum, pendulum v. patens, tripartitum. Anthera erecta, bilocularis, loculis parallelis basi approximatis, caudiculis glandule solitariz cucullo unico incluse adherentibus. Herbe, radicibus carnosis fasciculatis, lobo uno alte- rove incrassato. Flores luteo-herbacei, v. obscure violacei, labello sepe maculato discolore. 1. Aceras hircina. A. foliis oblongis acutis, racemo multifloro, labello longissimo: flexuoso spiralique 3-partito laciniis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedia bifida, calcare brevissimo obtuso. Satyrium hircinum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1337. Eng. Bot. t. 34. Orchis hircina. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 207. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 28. Loroglossum hircinum. Richard. l, c. Himantoglossum hircinum. Spreng. syst. 3. 694. Hab. per omnem Europam mediam et temperatam in pratis siccis. (hab. $- et. v. v. sp.) 2. AcERAS caprina. A. “ labello tripartito : lineà baseos media subpubescente, laciniis uri libus falcato-lanceolatis ; mediA lineari longissimà apice bifida, peta obtusis conniventibus, nectario scrotiformi." Bieb. Orchis caprina. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 3. 602. Himantoglossum caprinum. Spreng. syst. 3. 694. Hab. in Tauria, Bieberstein. 3. AcERAs formosa. = : . i : : ando- A. “ radicibus testiculatis, labello trilobo ; lateralibus brevibus Boer undulatis medio elongato lineari-spatulato emarginato, au ventibus : interioribus erosis, cornu germine paulo breviore." Bie? Orchis formosa. Steven in Act. Linn. vol. XI. p. 417. t. 39. Bieb. Taur. Cauc. 3. 603. O. mutabilis. Stev. Mem. Mosq. Hab. in Caucaso Orientali, Steven, Bieberstein. 4. Aceras anthropophora. R. Br. in H. K. l.c. : 0 A. foliis oblongis obtusis plerisque radicalibus, labello 4-partito plan laciniis linearibus lateralibus pauld brevioribus. a. labello ovario longiore. Ophrys anthropophora. Linn. sp. Pl. 1343. Willd. sp. Pl. 4. 63. Eng. Bot. t. 29. Loroglossum anthropophorum. Richard. l. c. Himantoglossum anthropophorum. Spreng l c. B. labello ovario dupld breviore. Ophrys anthropomorpha. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 63. Aceras anthropomorpha. Smith in Rees. Suppl. Loroglossum brachyglotte. Richard. l c. Hab. per omnem Europam ; B. in Lusitania, Link. (v. v. sp.) 5. Aceras angustifolia. Lindl. in Wall. cat. Ind. no. 7061. . LE LI LJ n. A. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, spicà rarà elongata secundà par" OPHRYDEX. 283 flora, petalis subulatis, labello pendulo lineari sepalis dupló longiore apice trifido : lacinià intermedia breviore. Bot. Reg. t. 1525. Hab. in Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e. Museo Anglo-Indico.) 6. Aceras secundiflora. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1525. A. foliis maculatis, spicà densà secunda parviflora, petalis subulatis, labello patente oblongo sepalis zquali basi gibboso trilobo: lobo intermedio obovato mucronulato. Satyrium maculatum. Desf. Fl. Atl. 2. p.319. sec. Cambessédes. Ophrys densiflora. Desf. Coroll. p. 11. t. 16. Orchis secundiflora. “Bertol. Amen. Ital. 82." | Cambess. enum, Pl. bal, 140. Himantoglossum secundiflorum. Rchb. Fl. Exc. 120. Hab. in Gallia australi, Italia, insulis Balearicis, Corsica, Barbaria, Desf. nec- non in Madera, Lowe. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) CLXXV. HOLOTHRIX. Holothrix. Richard Annot. p. 33. Sepala conniventia, equalia. Petala libera, patula, sepalis majora. Label- lum calearatum, cum columna connatum, lobatum, concavum. An- thera erecta, loculis parallelis; glandulis polliniorum in bursiculis duabus segregatis insertis. Herbz parva (Capenses); foliis minutis radicalibus ; caule esquamato ; floribus herbaceis, minutis. 1. Hororurix parvifolia. H. caule floribusque hirsutissimis. Orchis hispidula. Linn. suppl. p. 40. O. hispida. Thunb. Fl. Capens. 30. Hab. in Africa Australi; in arenosis depressis extra Caput B. Sp. in sum- mitate Taffelberg et rupibus lateris occidentalis ejusdem montis, Thun- berg. (hab. s. sp. Comm. cel. Bentham.) Herba vix 4-pollicaris, lanuginosa. Folia solitaria, subrotunda, minuta, gemina, hispida. Caulis esquamatus. Racemus strictus, floribus her- baceis magnitudine Herminii Monorchidis. Bractee apice in setas lon- gissimas tubulosas divise. Petala torta, sepalis majora. Labellum infundibulare, calcare obconico horizontali, limbo concavo trifido : laci- niis ovatis acutis. Obs. Flores glabri, salvis sepalis. 2. Horornnix exilis. H. caule apice floribusque glaberrimo. Orchidea exilis. Burchell Cat. Geogr. no. 6738-1. : Hab. in Africa Australi, Burchell. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Planta gracilis 4-unc. alta. Folium 1, radicale, minimum, ovatum, recurvum, Subtüs pilosum. Caulis filiformis strictus, rigidus, aphyllus, basi pilosus apice glaberrimus. Spica subspiralis, 5-6-flora. | Flores minimi pilis aliquot rarissimis sparsis. Sepala membranacea, libera, secunda, obtusa. Petala carnosa, acuminata, obtusa, duplo longiora. Labellum conca- vum, basi membranaceum infundibulare ideoque. calcaratum, apice carnosum trilobum ; lobo intermedio producto acuminato obtuso. 981 OPHRYDE X. CLXXVI. GLOSSASPIS. Glossula. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 862. Glossaspis. Spreng. Syst. Sepala cum petalis conformibus galeata. Labellum tripartitum, calcare brevi inflato. Pollinia glandulis 2, cucullis duobus discretis inclusis. Rostellum maximum plicatum.——Herba foliis Orchidis. Flores parvi, virides, laciniis lateralibus labelli longissimis. 1. GrossasPris tentaculata. Lindl. l. c, cum ic. sub Glossula. Hab. in China. (v. v. c.) CLXXVII. PLATANTHERA. Platanthera. Richard. Orch. Diss. 35. Perianthium Orchidis. Calcar elongatum filiforme. Anthera loculis basi divergentibus. Glandule nude. Stigma labio superiore (rostello) plano, anthere adnato; canalibus bases anthere retinentibus. Pro- cessus carnosi o. ———Herbz habitu et indole Orchidis. At first sight this genus would seem to be the same as a section of Habenaria proposed by Dr. Brown in his Prodromus, p. 312, and cha- racterized by having the bases of the anther united lengthwise to the column ; and for a long time I so regarded it. But as the bases of the anther are, in all undoubted Habenarias, united to the stigmatic canals, this character falls to the ground; and the genus has to depend upon another distinction, to which I can discover no exception; namely, to the absence of the fleshy processes of the lower lip of the stigma. Ode Platanthera is the same as Habenaria. The species may be very naturally arranged as under. $ 1. Zabellum indivisum. a. Labellum integrum, nunc basi bidentatum, aut repandum. b. Labellum incisum ; nunc tantum crenulatum. $ 2. Labellum tripartitum. | LABIENA. a. Labelli laciniz indivisz. b. Labelli laciniz incise æquales. c. Labelli laciniz incisz ; lateralibus mult) majoribus. $ 1. Labellum indivisum. a. Label’um integrum ; nunc basi bidentatum ; aut repandum. Series specie" rum ab unifoliis ad foliosas. 1. PLATANTHERA obtusata. P. folio solitario obovato, caule sæpiùs aphyllo, spicà laxiusculà, We supremo latissimo, petalis subtriangularibus acuminatis obtusis, labe acuminato apice recurvo calcaris conici arcuati acuti longitudine. Orchis obtusata. Pursh.! Fl. Am. Sept. 2, 588. ; Lu PEE Habenaria obtusata. Richardson in Franklin. Journ. p. 761. Graham in Edinb. Journ. App.—Jun. 1830. Hab. in America et Asia septentrionali; in sylvis Nove Scotie frequens, Menzies; California, Douglas; America arctica, Richardson ; Labrador!à, Henn ; Sibiria, Prescott ; ora Americe occ. Demidoff. (hab. s. sp-) . e . . . . re This species varies with its spur longer or shorter, and its petals mo OPHRYDE Æ. 285 or less triangular and acute. Its flowers are also occasionally very crowded. 2. PLATANTHERA tipuloides. P. folio radicali solitario obtuso basi angustato caulino oblongo acutato superioribus minoribus, spicà brevi laxà, bracteis foliaceis linearibus acuminatis floribus duplo longioribus, petalis labelloque carnosis ovatis obtusis subzequalibus, calcare arcuato filiformi ovario longiore. Orchis tipuloides. Linn.! Suppl. 401. Willd. Sp. Pl.4, 41. Hab. in Kemtchatka, Fischer. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Linnzus petala hujus speciei labello annexit, et monstrum, nulli cognitum, effecit. Extat in ejus herbario, et procul dubio est planta a cel. Fischero sub nomine O. gracilis divulgata. : 3. PLATANTHERA elegans. P. foliis binis oblongo-lanceolatis, caule squamis parvis ramentaceis, spicà longà densà cylindraceà, bracteis lineari-subulatis florum longitudine, sepalis campanulatis acuminatis obtusis, petalis labelloque carnosis ovato linearibus obtusis subaequalibus, calcare filiformi arcuato ovario longiore. Hab. in America boreali occidentali, Douglas. (hab. s. sp. comm. Soc. Hort.) Tubercula indivisa. Caulis sesquipedalis. Flores parvi. Glandule pol- liniorum maxime. 4. PLATANTHERA bifolia. Reichb. Fl. Excurs. Germ. 120. Pl. Critice, IX. 1143. Mayrhofer, Orch. Austr. p. 30. P. foliis radicalibus binis obovatis caulinis paucissimis depauperatis, spicà laxà multiflora, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, labello lineari obtuso petalis dupld longiore calcare filiformi apice incrassato dupld breviore, anther lobis approximatis parallelis. Orchis bifolia. Zinn.! Sp. Pl. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2, 362. Orchis alba. Lamarck. Habenaria bifolia. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5, 193. Satyrium bifolium. Wahl. Fl. Suec. 558. Platanthera solstitialis. a Bnghn. ex Rchb. DB. anthera emarginata ; labello admodum breviore. Pl.brachyglossa. Rchb. Pl. Critic. IX. 1144. Fl. Excurs. Germ. m, Hab. per omnem Europam ; a Suecia, Wahlenberg, et Anglia, ad Florentiam, Strangways. (v. v. et s. sp.) Flores odorati; nunc inodori. Sequente multd gracilior, et mints virescens in floribus. 5. PnLATANTHERA chlorantha. Rchb. Pl. Critice, IX. 1145. Fl. Excurs. Germ. 120 & !9 y E P. foliis radicalibus binis oblongis acutiusculis caulinis squameformibus, Spicà densà multiflora, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, labello angusto ovato- lanceolato obtuso petalis duplo longiore calcare filiformi apice incrassato dupld breviore, anthere lobis divaricatis distantibus. Orchis bifolia. Fl. Dan. 235. Eng. Bot. t. 22. Orchis virescens. Gaud. Fl. Helv. 5. 497. P. bifolia. Richard. Orch. Eur. Annot. 35. Lodd, Bot. Cab. 1653. P. bifolia, 8. Mayrhof. p. 30. 986 OPHRYDE Æ. Hab. in Europa ; a Scotia, Bentham, ad Viennam, Mayrhofer. (hab. s. sp. et V. V. Sp.) Communis in Anglia. In partibus Europe australioribus deest, teste cel. Strangways, qui nullibi in Italia invenit, ubi Pl. bifolia ubique divulgatur. 6. PLATANTHERA Hookeri. P. foliis radicalibus binis orbiculatis planis, caule nudo, spicà strictà mul- tiflorà, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, labello lineari-lanceolato acuminato glabro sepalis parüm longiore, calcare filiformi arcuato ovarii longitu- dine, antherz lobis basi adnatis. Habenaria Hookeri. Zorrey's MSS. Gray in Ann. Lyc. N. York, 1834, v. 3. Habenaria orbiculata. Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 145. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 1523? Hab. in America septentrionali: a Canada, Goldie, ad Virginiam, Hooker. (hab. s. sp.) Known at first sight from the following by the flowers being sessile in- stead of stalked, by its much shorter lip and spur, and by the form of its anther; besides which, the whole plant of P. Hookeri is smaller. 7. PLATANTHERA Orbiculata. P. foliis radicalibus binis orbiculatis planis, caule subaphyllo, racemo laxo multifloro, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, labello lineari spathulato basi pubescente sepalis fer? triplo longiore, calcare arcuato compresso ovario duplo longiore, antherz lobis basi elongatis liberis. Orchis orbiculata., Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 2, 588. Habenaria orbiculata. Torrey, Compend. p. 318. d Habenaria macrophylla. Hooker! in Edinb. Phil. Jour. vol. vi. 331. Beck Bot. of N. an M. St. N. Amer. 349. Hab. in Canada; in sylvis opacatis prope Montreal, Goldie. (hab. s. sp-) I am indebted to Dr. Torrey for the adjustment of the synonyms of this and the preceding species. 8. PrnATANTHERA Menziesii. P. foliis radicalibus binis subrotundo-oblongis erectis, caule subbisquaman racemo laxo paucifloro, sepalis obtusissimis, petalis truncatis labello lineari obtuso brevioribus, calcare pendulo obtuso apice inflexo ovario subequali. Hab. in ora occidentali Americe septentrionalis. (hab. s. sp. comm. cd. Menzies.) 9. PrLATANTHERA Schischmareffiana. P. foliis radicalibus binis obovato-lanceolatis canaliculatis, spicà su multiflora, bracteis oblongis obtusis ovarii longitudine, sepalis oblo zl obtusis, petalis labelloque carnosis ovatis obtusis, calcare arcuato £T labelli longitudine. Habenaria Schischmareffiana. Chamisso in Linnea, 3. 29. ? Spiranthes unalaschcensis. Spreng. syst. 3. 708. Hab. in Unalaschka, Chamisso. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Fischer.) Planta facie Herminii Monorchis. bsecundà ngis 10. PLATANTHERA Koónigii. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis emargina- tisque superioribus linearibus spice fere aequalibus, spicà densà cy lindra OPHRYDEJE. 287 cel, bracteis herbaceis floribus equalibus, labello subrhombeo-lineari obtuso calcare inflexo obtuso longiore. | a, petalis ovatis acutis. Orchis Königii. Retz. Fl. Scand. 1087. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,39. Fl. Dan. t. 333. p. petalis cordatis acuminatis. O.dolichorhiza. Fisch.! MSS. Hab. in circulo arctico ; a. Islandia, Merck, Giseke; B. Unalaschka, Langs- dorf. (hab. s. sp. comm. cell. Lehmann et Fischer.) 11. PrATANTHERA herbiola. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongis acutis superioribus lanceolatis acuminatis, spicà dens cylindraceá, bracteis herbaceis acuminatis flori- bus longioribus, labello lineari-lanceolato basi bidentato medio unitu- berculato calcare clavato dupló breviore. Habenaria herbiola. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5, 193. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer, 347. Orchis herbiola. Pursh. Fl. Am. Septr. 2, 743. Orchis fuscescens. Zd.! 2,587. Lodd. Bot. Cab. Elliott, Bot. Carol. 2, 488. Orchis bidentata. Elliott, l c. ? Orchis scutellata. Nuttall in Amer. Phil. Trans. N. S. 5, p. 161. Hab. in America septentrionali : Massachussetts, Torrey ; paludibus et pratis montanis, Beck, Pursh; Georgia et Carolina, Elliott. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) = O. scutellata of Nuttall seems to differ in nothing except its lip being emarginate, 12. Puaranrnera hyperborea. P. caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis strictissimis acutis, spicà laxiusculà sub- secundà, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acutis flore longioribus, sepalis de- flexis, petalis labelloque linearibus obtusis subzqualibus calcaris obtusi penduli longitudine, radicibus longissimis carnosis. Orchis hyperborea. Linn. Mant.121. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 37. Retz. Obs. Bot. 4:30:75 37 Habenaria hyperborea. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5,193. Richardson in Franklin. Hab. in circulo arctico : Grónlandia, Hb. Lehmann ; Islandia, Kónig.; Ame- rica arctica, Richardson. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 13. PLATANTRERA convallariefolia. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sensim decrescentibus, spicà laxiusculà elongatà, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis herbaceis floribus longi- oribus, petalis faleatis truncatis, labello lineari obtuso calcaris longi- tudine. Orchis convallariefolia. Fisch. MSS. Hab. in Kamtchatka, Fischer. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) 14. PLATANTHERA dilatata. Lindl. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 347. P. caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis gramineisve, spicd elongata cylindraceà densà laxAque, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis floribus eequalibus sepalis ovatis obtusis, petalis minoribus conformibus longioribusque, : : i labello rhomboideo lineari-lanceolato obtuso calcaris membranaceis, obtusi longitudine. Orchis dilatata. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 2, 588. Habenaria dilatata. Hooker, Exot. Fl. t. 95. Orchis agastachys. Fischer, MSS. Habenaria borealis. Chamisso in Linn. 3. 28. 288 OPHRYDEJE. Hab. in America septentrionali. Canada, Goldie, Torrey ; Labradoria, Henn; ora occidentali, Douglas ; Unalaschka, Langsdorff. (hab. s. sp.) Variat floribus albis suaveolentibus, et virentibus fere inodoris. Chamisso. In my specimens of P. dilatata, from Dr. Torrey, the flowers are rather smaller, and the spike much more lax ; but I see no further difference. In Habenaria borealis the lip is scarcely so rhomboidal, and rather longer than the very obtuse spur. 15. PrnaATANTHERA huronensis. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongis superioribus gramineis, spicà laxà tenui, bracteis acuminatis florum longitudine v. longioribus, labello ovato-lanceolato calcaris incurvi compressi longitudine. Orchis huronensis. Nuttall, Gen. Amer. 2, 189. Habenaria huronensis. Spreng. Syst. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 348. Hab. in America septentrionali; locis humidis in insulis lacuum Huron et Michigan, Nuttall ; prope Albany, Torrey. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) P. dilataie et septentrionali proxima, sed flores feré minores quam 10 P. herbiola. Character essentialis in foliis inferioribus latis florumque magnitudine constat. Caulis in unico exemplare quod examinavi fer’ 2-pedalis fuit. 16. PrATANTHERA leucostachys. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, spicà longissimà densi, bracteis florum longitudine, sepalis ovatis obtusis, petalis membranaceis linearibus emarginatis, labello rhomboideo lineari-lanceolato calcare filiformi arcuato dupld breviore, antherz lobis parallelis rostello maximo plicato. Hab. in ora occidentali Americe septentrionalis, Douglas. (hab. s. sp. com. Soc. Hort.) Rostellum feré Gymnadenie sed magnum et prominens. Flores veros militer albi. 17. PrATANTHERA gracilis. P. caule folioso, foliis linearibus acuminatis obtusis debilibus patentibus, spicà lax elongatà floribus inferioribus remotis, bracteis angustis s natis floribus longioribus, petalis obliquis acuminatis obtusis, labello lineari obtuso calcaris apice inflati obtusissimi longitudine. Hab. in ora occidentali Americe septentrionalis, Menzies ; Observatory inlet Herb. Hooker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Menzies.) Caules debiles, 13-2-pedales. Folia 3-poll. longa, partum acuminata, nullo modo acuta. 18. PLATANTHERA stricta. € P. caule fo]ioso stricto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis internodiis duplo prc or , bus, spicà lax elongat&, bracteis lineari-lanceclatis floribus long!0! ul sepalo dorsali latiore, petalis ovatis acuminatis obtusis, labello line: obtuso calcare apice inflato obtusissimo duplo longiore. ar in America boreali-occidentali, Douglas. (hab. s. sp. comm. Hort. Soc. ond.) Priore differt habitu stricto, foliis brevioribus (24-poll.) latioribus et magis acuminatis, demum calcare dupld breviore. OPHRYDE. 289 19, PLATANTHERA graminea. P. caule folioso, foliis strictis inferioribus lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis superioribus acuminatis, spicà laxiusculà, bracteis acuminatis floribus brevioribus, petalis obliquis apice truncatis tridentatis labello rhombeo lanceolato undulato venoso zqualibus calcare clavato arcuato dupld brevioribus. Hab. in ora occidentali Americe septentrionalis, Menzies. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Menzies.) Glandule maxime polliniis equales. 20. PLATANTHERA arcuata. P, caule folioso, foliis oblongis acutis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis secundis, labello lineari sepalis longiore, petalis linearibus liberis, calcare falcato ovario duplò longiore. Hab. in India septentrionali: Mussooree, Royle. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Royle.) Caudicula polliniorum cornea crassa; glandulà maximá membranacea. 21. Pharanruera latilabris. P. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutissimis, spicà longà laxiusculà, bracteis ovatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis ciliatis, petalis conformibus glabris carnosis labello carnoso lanceolato brevioribus, calcare clavato labello dupló longiore, ovario rostrato. P. acuminata. Wall. cat. no, 7040 pars. Hab in India septentrionali, Wallich. (hab.s. sp. e. mus. Angl. Ind.) 29. PLaTANTHERA acuminata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7040. P. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutissimis, spicà longà et bracteis ovatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis oblongis obtusis ciliatis, petalis ovatis acuminatis carnosis glabris labello lineari carnoso d longis et duplo latioribus, calcare arcuato, labello multo longiore, ovari rostrato. a, foliis acuminatis, petalis labelloque luteis, calcare albo. D. foliis apice rotundatis, acutis, floribus omnino herbaceis, calcare viridi. Hab. in India septentrionali: Napalia et Kamaon, Wallich, occ versus Royle, (hab.s. sp. e. Museo Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict. comm. cel. Royle.) This varies considerably in the length of the spur. 23. PLATANTHERA clavigera. P. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, culà, bracteis acuminatis florum longitudine, obtusis glabris, labello lineari acuto basi bide medio, calcare clavato obtusissimo labello longiore. | Hab. in India Septentrionali ; Simla, Comitissa Dalhousie. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hook.) This appears to vary a good deal i smaller than in P. dilatata. September, 1835. Ep spic elongata laxius- sepalis petalisq ; ovatis entato tuberculo uno in n the size of the flowers. They are 290 OPHRYDE.E. 24. PLATANTHERA ? japonica. P. “ labello lineari subulato integerrimo, petalis obtusis, cornu germine triplo longiore, caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis patentibus." W. Orchis japonica. Thunb. ft. Jap. 26. ic. pl. Jap. t.3. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 11. Hab. in Japonia Thunberg. 25. PrATANTHERA angustata. P. “ labelli limbo lineari, calcare attenuato.” Mecosa angustata. Blume Bijdr. p. 404, t. 1. Hab. in Java, in montanis Salak et Burangrang, Blume. 26. PLATANTHERA Blumii. P. “labelli limbo ovato-oblongo, calcare clavato." Mecosa dilatata, Blume l. c. Hab. in Java, in altis montis Gede et Pangurangu, Blume. 27. PLATANTHERA aphylla. P. ** racemo secundo, floribus campanulatis albis, nectario filiformi, foliis nullis." Forsk. Orchis aphylla, Forskahl. Habenaria aphylla. Brown Prodr. 1. 312. Spreng. syst. 6. 690. Hab. in Arabia ad Uahfát et Kurma, Forskahl. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lehm.) Exemplar quod vidi in Hb. Lehm. fer’ defloratum fuit. Aphyllum inveni, vix spithamzum, caule squamis plurimis oblongis cuspidatis vestito. Racemus secundus, 4 p. longus. Flores Goodyere elate formå et mag- nitudine. Sepala et petala defuére. Calcar filiforme, incurvum, apice inflexum. Antherz lobi basi inflexi dilatati, incurvi, aucti, more omnino insolito. Rostellum planum. 28. PLATANTHERA obcordata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 1050. P. caule humili dense folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, spicà densà foliosà, petalis sepalisque galeatis lateralibus patentibus labello, obcor- dato apiculato calcare longiore. Orchis obcordata. Don. prodr. nep. 23. : Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. t. pict.) Caulis uncialis ad palmarem. Flores purpurei. 29. PLATANTHERA decipiens. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongis vix vaginantibus inferioribus obtusis supre- mis acutis, spicd multiflorà laxiusculà, bracteis foliaceis inferioribus flore dupló longioribus, sepalis petalisque anguste ovatis acutiusculis, labello cuneato tridentato calcare curvo conico duplo longiore. a. labelli dentibus lateralibus denticulatis inajoribus. P. labelli dentibus lateralibus integerrimis minoribus. Hab. a in Sibiria, Prescott ; B in Kamtchatka? Id. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Planta facie Peristyli bracteati, spithamea ad pedalem. OPHRYDEX. 291 b. Labellum incisum, nunc tantum crenulatum. 30. PLATANTHERA Cristata. P. caule folioso, folio inferiore longo lanceolato ceteris minoribus acumi- natis, spicà oblongà densà multiflorà, bracteis acuminatissimis florum longitudine, sepalo supremo ovato lateralibus deflexis rotundatis, petalis rotundatis crenatis, labello ovato margine lacero calcari clavato oblique truncato subzquali. Orchis cristata. Mich. Amer. bor. 2. 156. Willd. sp. pl. 4.9. Pursh.2. 585. Elliott, Sketch, 2. 483. : Habenaria cristata. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5. 194. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1651. Beck. Bot. M. and N. Amer, 348. Hab. in locis udis ad margines paludum, cum P. blephariglotti et ciliari intermixta, in America septentrionali: Carolina, Elliott ; Pennsylvania, Pursh ; Alabama, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flores lutei. Gymnadeniz lutez simillima. 31. PrArANTHERA holopetala. P. caule folioso, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, spicà laxà multiflora, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ovarii longitudine, sepalis suborbiculatis ob- tusis supremo galeato, petalis linearibus acuminatis obtusis integerrimis, labello lanceolato margine lacero calcare filiformi dupló breviore, ovario rostrato. Habenaria blephariglottis. Hooker! Exot. Fl. t. 87, nec aliorum. Hab. in Canada, Goldie. (hab. s. sp. comm, cel. Hooker.) Flores albidi. I conceive that this plant is unknown to American botanists : for they all agree in the difficulty of distinguishing P. blephariglottis from ciliaris ; Which would not be the case if they knew this species, in which the petals are entire. 32. PrATANTHERA blephariglottis. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus lanceolatis canaliculatis sensim de- crescentibus, spicà oblongå multiflora densa, bracteis foliaceis linearibus acuminatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis rotundato-oblongis lateralibus reflexis, petalis spathulatis dentatis, labello oblongo plano Ren medio papilloso calcare recto pendulo triplo breviore, ovario longissim rostrato. Orchis blephariglottis. Willd. Sp. Pl.4, 9. abenaria blephariglottis. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 348? Hab. in America septentrionali: Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg; Canada, Schweinitz. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bentham.) Flores albidi. : This plant is well defined by Willdenow ; but it appears to be little known to the writers on North American botany, who apparently mistake for it what I conceive is a white variety of Pl. ciliaris. In many respects it is very like that species; but its flowers are smaller, = AE is ire more compact, the lip is flat, ovate-oblong, with short a ane y "ps : ciliz, amd the anther is at least as tall as it is broad, w e that ? - ciliaris is always, as far as I have seen, very much depressed, so as to be greatly broader than tall. 292 OPHRYDEJE. 33. PLATANTHERA ciliaris. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis supremis minimis, spicà oblongà densà multiflorà, bracteis acuminatis ovario brevioribus, sepalis reflexis ovato-subrotundis obtusis, petalis linearibus reflexis apice incisis, labello oblongo margine capillaceo multifido calcare arcuato dupló breviore, ovario colorato longissime rostrato. a. floribus aureis. Orchis ciliaris. Linn. Sp. Mich. Amer. 2,156. Andrews, Bot. Rep. 1, t. 42. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,8. Pursh. 2, 585. Elliott, Sketch. 2, 483. Bot. Mag. t. 1668. Habenaria ciliaris. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5, 194. p. floribus niveis. Orchis blephariglottis. Elliott, Sketch. 2, 483, et verosimiliter pl. auct. Amer. Hab. in America septentrionali; a Canada ad Carolinam. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) Variat statura, et magnitudine florum; maximi sunt in exemplaribus varietatis aurez a Drummondio in Alabama lectis, minimi in Canadensi- bus var. nivez pertinentibus. § 2. Labellum tripartitum. Lasrena. a. Labelli lacinie indivise. 34. PrATANTHERA rotundifolia. P. folio solitario radicali subrotundo-ovato plano, caule nudo, spicà pau- ciflorà laxiusculà, bracteis obtusis ovario brevioribus, sepalis petalisque obtusis, labello trilobo lobis lateralibus subfalcatis intermedio obcordato apiculato, calcare acuto labelli longitudine. Orchis rotundifolia. Pursh. Fl. Am. sept. 2. Habenaria rotundifolia. Richardson in Franklin’s Journey, p. 761. Hab. in America septentrionali ; Rocky mountains, Drummond ; Hudson’s Bay, Pursh.; prope Anticosti, Goldie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 35. PrATANTHERA? graminea. P. caule folioso, foliis gramineis, spicà brevi pauciflora, bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, labello trilobo lobo intermedio elongato calcare longiore. Habenaria graminea. Spreng. Syst. 3, 690. Satyrium gramineum. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 6. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars, Flores purpurei. 36. PrATANTRERA cubitalis. P. caule folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, spicd laxà folios4, bracteis cucullatis cuspidatis acuminatissimis floribus longioribus, $è- palis ovatis obtusis, petalis subulatis, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus retrorsum falcatis calcare clavato pendulo triplo breviore. Orchis cubitalis. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1333. Fl. Zeyl. 320. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 17. Habenaria cubitalis. R, Br. Prodr, - Hab. in Zeylona, Hermann; in pratis apricis ad latera collium altiorum prope Maturata, florens Novembre, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Sepala viridia, laLello purpurco. OPHRYDE. 293 37. PraTANTHERA longibracteata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7048. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, bracteis longissimis foliaceis acuminatissimis, labelli tripartiti laciniis linearibus lateralibus abbre- viatis, calcare obtuso abbreviato. Hab. in regno Burmano, ad ripas fluminis Irawaddy ad Sundya, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Forte Habenaria ; sed processus nullos detegi in alabastro solitario quem examinare potui. An Peristylus? 38. PLATANTHERA brachyphylla. P. foliis duobus radicalibus carnosis reniformi-orbiculatis, scapo squamis acuminatissimis vestito, bracteis ovatis cucullatis acuminatissimis florum longitudine, sepalis ovato-subrotundis supremo obtuso lateralibus acutis pendulis, petalis minoribus ovatis, labello altè tridentato sepalis breviore calcare clavato triplò breviore, ovario rostrato. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) 39. PrATANTHERA flava. P. *labello trifido integerrimo; lacinià medià majore, cornu filiformi longitudine germinis, spicà elongatà congestà, bracteis flore longiori- bus." Pursh. sub Orchide. Orchis flava. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 33, nec aliorum. Habenaria flava. R. Br. Prodr. Hab. in Virginia, Clayton. Pursh examined this in the Herbarium of Gronovius, and he seems to be the only modern botanist who has seen it. I have adopted his cha- racter, not having consulted the specimen myself, b. Labelli lacinie incise equales. 40. PLATANTHERA incisa. P. caule folioso, foliis obovato-oblongis sursüm decrescentibus, racemo oblongo multifloro, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis oblongis lateralibus deflexis, petalis erectis oblongis denticulatis, labelli unguiculati subrotundi laciniis cuneatis inciso-denticulatis inter- media majore calcare duplo breviore. Orchis incisa. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,40. Pursh, 2, 589. Habenaria incisa. Spreng. Syst. veg. 3. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. Hab. in America septentrionali: in pratis a Noveboraco ad Virginiam, Pursh. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Beck, &c.) 5 Flores purpurei. 41. PLATANTHERA fimbriata. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongis sursùm decrescentibus, racemo oblongo multifloro, bracteis linearibus acuminatis supremis floribus subæquali- bus, sepalis oblongis obtusis lateralibus deflexis, petalis erectis oblongis obtusis incisis, labelli unguiculati subrotundi laciniis cuneatis inciso- denta'is intermedià majore calcare duplà breviore. Orchis fimbriata. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 3,297. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,39. Pursh, 2, 588. Habenaria fimbriata. R, Br. in Hort. Kew. 5,193. Beck, Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. 294 OPHRYDEZ. Hab. in America septentrionali: a Canada ad Pennsylvaniam, in pratis et paludibus montanis, Pursh. (hab. s. sp.) Flores purpurei. 49. PLATANTHERA crispa. P. caule folioso, foliis angust? lanceolatis acuminatis sursüm decrescenti- bus, racemo cylindraceo denso multifloro, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis subrotundis patentissimis, petalis conformi- bus inciso-crispis, labelli unguiculati subrotundi laciniis cuneatis inciso- crispis intermedià majore, calcare triplo breviore, angulis ovarii crispis. Hab. in America septentrionali, Frazer. (hab. s. sp.) Flores haud majores quam in P. cristata; facies quasi hybrida inter illam et P. incisam. Distinctissima. 43. PLATANTHERA fissa. P. caule folioso, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, spicà oblongá multi- flora, bracteis acuminatis ovario brevioribus, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis obtusis, petalis obovatis denticulatis, labello 3- partito laciniis truncatis apice denticulatis lateralibus brevioribus intermedio bilobo, calcare filiformi duplo longiore. Orchis fissa. Pluk. Amalth. t. 434, f. 6, bona. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,71. Pursh, 2, 589. Habenaria fissa, R. Br. Prodr. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. Orchis incisa. Nutt. Gen. 2, 189, nec aliorum. ; Hab. in America septentrionali ; in pratis montanis a Pennsylvania ad Vir- giniam, Pursh. (hab. s. sp. a Frazero.) Flores magni purpurei. Labellum sessile. 44. PLATANTHERA grandiflora. P. characteribus omnibus P. fimbriatz sed floribus dupld majoribus, labelli laciniis lateralibus altiüs incisis intermedià latiore, bracteis inferioribus haud floribus longioribus. Orchis grandiflora. Bigelow. Habenaria grandiflora. Torrey in Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. Hab. in pratis Americe septentrionalis: Massachussets, Bigelow, Beck. (hab. 8. sp. comm. cel. Boott.) This is probably a mere variety of P. fimbriata. 45. PrATANTHERA leucophza. P. foliis angustis ovato-lanceolatis sensim angustatis, spicà laxà multo bracteis ovato lanceolatis acuminatis floribus zqualibus, petalis obova : inciso-crenatis, labello 3-partito unguiculato : laciniis multifidis v: : natis: ungue bilamellato, calcare filiformi longissimo apice clava compresso acuto. Orchis leucophza. Nuttall in Am. Phil. Trans. vol. 5, n. 8. p. 161. Hab. in America septentrionali, agro Arkansarum, pratis humidis prope Kiamesha, Junio florens, Nuttall. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Torrey.) Inter Pl. fissam et psychodem, utramque magnitudine florum duplo supe candidorum. Folia preterea angustiora, spicaque multo laxior specie diversam satis indicant. 46. PrATANTHERA psychodes. P. caule fotioso, foliis inferioribus oblongis obtusis supremis angustissimi* OPHRYDE Æ. 295 acuminatis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis retusis lateralibus deflexis, petalis emarginatis, labello ungui- culato tripartito laciniis cuneatis capillaceo-multifidis subæqualibus, cal- care ovario duplò breviore. a, laciniis omnibus labelli muitifidis. Orchis psychodes. Zinn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,39. Pursh, 2, 3. Orchis lacera. Mich. FI. Am. Bor. 2, 156. Pursh, 2, 586. Elliott, Sketch. 2, 484. Sweet Fl. Gard. ser. 2, t. 73. Habenaria psychodes. Spreng. Syst. 3. Beck.! Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. Habenaria lacera. R. Br. Prodr. D. lacinià intermedià labelli indiviså. Hab. in America septentrionali; a. a Canada ad Carolinam ; 3. ————. (hab. a. s. sp. comm. cel. Boott et Beck ; B. s. sp. Frazero lectum.) Flores albi virescentes. c. Labelli lacinie incise ; lateralibus multo majoribus. 47. PLATANTHERA candida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7035. P. caule folioso subbifloro, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis supremis cucullatis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis linearibus nanis, labello cuneato-rhomboideo tripartito: laciniis lateralibus latis integris intermedià lineari, calcare clavato labello duplo longiore. Habenaria triflora. Don. Prodr. 25. Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 48. PLATANTHERA uniflora. P. “labello maximo suborbiculato, perianthii foliolis ovalibus obtusis, calcaribus ovario fere dupló longioribus." Don. Prodr. 25. Habenaria uniflora. Don. Prodr. 25. Hab. in Napalia, Don. 49. PLATANTHERA Susanne. P. caule folioso subtrifloro, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis supremis cucullatis acuminatis, sepalis ovatis obtusis lateralibus obliquis dorsali rhom- boideo, petalis linearibus acutis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus truncatis multifido-laceris intermediá lineari, calcare dupló longiore. Flos Susanne. Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 99 fe 2. Orchis Susanne. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1330.” Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 8. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2, 638. Habenaria Susanne. R. Br. Prodr. Blume, Bijdr. 1, 402. Platanthera gigantea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7052. rchis gigantea. Smith, Exot. Bot. t. 100. Habenaria gigantea. Don. Prodr. 24. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3374. Hab. in India orientali: Amboyna, Rumph. ; Java, prope Kuripan locis paludosis, Blume ; prope Canton, Loureiro; Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) I can discover nothing like a distinction between the two species here combined. It is evident that Blume's plant is the same as the species in Nepal and China. 50. PrATrANTHERA robusta. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7036. P, caule folioso 4-5-floro, foliis oblongis acutis supremis lanceolatis cucul- latis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis lineari-ovatis nanis, labelli tripartiti 296 OPHRYDEJE. laciniis lateralibus cuneatis truncatis incisis intermedià lineari longiore, calcare longissimo. Hab. in regno Burmano ; Prome, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 51. PrATANTHERA dentata. P. “ labello tripartito, laciniis lateralibus oblongis dentatis, intermedid lineari obtusà integrà, cornu germine dupld longiore." Orchis dentata. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 207. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 42. Hab. in China, Swartz. 52. PLATANTHERA radiata. P. foliis ensiformibus suberectis, caule subbifloro, bracteis acuminatis ovario duplo brevioribus, labello tripartito plano: laciniis lateralibus dilatatis ciliato-dentatis intermedià lanceolatà, calcare filiformi acuto ovario zequali. Orchis Susanne. Thunb. Jap. 25. 8 O. radiata. Thunb. in Act, Linn. Lond, 2,326. Ic. Pl. Jap. t. 2. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,8. Hab. in Japonia, Thunb. CLXXVIII. HEMIPILIA. Perianthium Orchidis. Calcar elongatum. Columna cum bas! labelli subconnata. Anthera subhorizontalis; basibus divergentibus adnatis. Glandule apicibus canalium (cucullis dimidiatis) inflexis tecte- Ros- tellum fornicatum, liberum, ultra lobos antherz projiciens. Processus carnosi o.——Folium solitarium. Racemus secundus, multiflorus. Radices tuberculose. This genus differs from Platanthera in having the glands of the yu masses concealed by the inflexed points of the stigmatic canals, Ww e thus form an imperfect pouch, and in the enlarged projecting pen lip of the stigma or rostellum. Gymnadenia Chusua approaches ! d structure, but the cells of the anther of that species are parallel an contiguous. 1. Hemrriyia cordifolia. Platanthera cordifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7049, Hab. in India septentrionali; Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sP. * Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis semipedalis, folio unico radicali, cordato, oblongo, acuto, am is cauli; caterüm fer® nudus. Racemus secundus. Bracteæ iere acute, ovario dupld breviores. Flores magnitudine Orchidis macu ge Sepala ovata, patentia, obtusiuscula, Petala pauló minora, c. galea eH agglutinata. Labellum cum basi columne connatum, oblongum. bum; lobis subzqualibus rotundatis intermedio productiore. “* cylindraceum, obtusum, horizontale, ovario dupló brevius. plexi- OPHRYDE.JE. 297 CLXXIX. PERISTYLUS. Peristylus. Blume, Bijdr. 1, 404. Benthamia. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. Omnia Platanthere ; sed calyx semper campanulatus et calcar brevissi- mum szepiüs scrotiforme. Although this genus is separated on apparently very slight grounds from Platanthera and Herminium, yet it collects a natural group of species, and must, I think, be adopted. See obsérwations under Herminium, to which I formerly referred all the species. l. PEnisTYLUS Chorisianus. P. foliis binis lato-ovatis acutis, spicà pauciflorà laxiusculà, bracteis ovatis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis membranaceis patentibus, petalis carnosis subrotundo-ovatis conniventibus, labello ovato canaliculato obtuso apice cucullato, calcare brevissimo subtereti. Habenaria Chorisiana. Chamisso in Linnea, 3, 31. Hab. in Unalaschka, Chamisso. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Caulis vix palmaris. Calcar scrotiforme sec. cl. Chamisso. 2. PEnisTYLvs islandicus. P, caule diphyllo, bracteis foliaceis : inferioribus spicà 4-5-florà longiori- bus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis triplo angustioribus, labello lanceo- lato indiviso, calcare scrotiformi subdidymo. Hab. in Islandia, (exam. s. sp. in herb. Lehmann.) Tota planta vix 4 poll. alta. Folia oblonga, complicata. Flores cam- panulati, Herminio Monorchi duplo majores. 3. PeRisTYLUS obsoletus. P. * labello oblongo lanceolato indiviso, petalis erectis, cornu eee scrotiformi, germinibus pedicellatis, scapo nudo, bracteis brevissimis squameformibus.” W. Orchis obsoleta. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 34. Habenaria obsoleta. Spreng. Syst. veg. Hab. in America septentrionali in locis umbrosis ; a Noveboraco ad Vir- giniam, Beck ; Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg. 3. Beck. Bot. M. and N. North Amer. p. 348. 4. PEnisTYLUs latifolius. P. caule basi folioso, foliis 9-3 ovali-oblongis acutis basi amplexicaulibus, spicà longissimà cylindraceà, labello concavo obsolete? trilobo acuminato petalis conformi, calcare apice inflato. Satyrium latifolium. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 10. Benthamia latifolia. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. t.7, no. 2. Habenaria chlorantha. Spreng. Syst. erminium latifolium. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1499. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars; Mauritio, Bouton. (hab. Bouton.) s. sp. comm. cel. 5. Peristytus Commersonianus. E. x foliis tribus ad basin caulis rosell cili; spicà longa; floribus minutis; naliculato, calcare brevissimo recurvo. October, 1835. aq atis ovali-acutis nervosis ; caule gra- labello subtriangulari, basi subca- 998 OPHRYDES. Gymnadenia Commersoniana, Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. 27, t. 4. Hab. in sylvis Borbonie, Commerson. 6. PEnRIsTYLUS citrinus. P. foliis 2 caulinis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis superioribus multo minori» bus subulato-acuminatis subtus glandulosis, floribus glandulosis, labello cuneato angulis rotundatis, calcare minimo tereti. Habenaria citrina. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 16. Ach. Rich. l c. p. 21, t. 3. Hab. in Borbonia, 'Thouars. 7. PEnisTYLUS densiflorus. P. * bulbis ovalibus indivisis; foliis radicalibus lanceolatis petiolatis ; superioribus caulinis spatheformibus ; spicà densa, calcare scrotiformi." Brot. Satyrium densiflorum. Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1, 22. Hab. in Lusitania, Brotero. S. PenisTYLUS cordatus. P. caule diphyllo, foliis cordatis acutis, spicà secundà, sepalis petalisq. ovato-lanceolatis acutis subzequalibus, labello trilobo basi saccato, squa- mis antherz lateralibus elongatis clavatis. Satyrium diphyllum. ink. in Schrad. Diar. 1799, p. 323. Orchis cordata. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,28. : e Habenaria cordata. R. Br. Prodr. 312. Spreng. Syst. 3, 691. Hooker in Bot. Misc. 1, 270,¢.55. Bot. Mag. 3164. Herminium cordatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1499. : Hab. in 4fricd boreali-septentrionali, et Europa australi-occidentali : Lusitamé, Link.; Tangier, Salzmann; Maderd, Lowe ; ad truncos arborum putres- centium in sylvà Las Mercedes Teneriffe, Webb et Berthelot. (v. v. € et hab. s. sp.) 9. Peristry us fallax. P. folio subsolitario caulino erecto lineari-lanceolato nunc caule Jongiore spicà subsecundà, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis subulato-linearibus; labello hastato-trilobo laciniis subzequalibus acutis, calcare brevi conico. Herminium fallax. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7412. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 10. PEnisTYLUS virescens, P. “ labello lanceolato crenato, petalis conniventibus, cornu obtuso sero- tiformi, bracteis flore longioribus.” W, Orchis virescens. Muhl. in Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 37. Hab. in Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg. Unknown to North American botanists. Is it not some state of Peristylus viridis, or bracteata ? 11. PrEnisTYvLUs bracteatus. . .. . . . i et P. caule folioso, foliis oblongis obtusis vel retusis sursum angie acutioribus, spicà laxà, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis floribus duplo ato plóque longioribus, petalis linearibus erectis, labello lineari trune subcuneato angulis apice nunc productioribus calcare inflato brevi. OPHRYDE. 299 Orchis bracteata. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,34. Salisb. Paradis. t. 110. Habenaria bracteata. R. Br. in H. Kew. 5, 192. Sweet Fl. Gard. O. S.1, 62. Pursh. 2, 587. Evot. Fl. 3, t. 175. D.? angulis ovarii alatis crispis. Hab. in America septentrionali frequens; etiam in Sibiria ad Georiefsk, Prescott ; B. in Sibiria, Id. (hab. s. sp.) I doubt whether this plant is really distinct from P. viridis; at least, I can find no mark of distinction beyond the length of the bracts. "The lip has either two or three terminal teeth. My Siberian specimens are identical with those from North America. 19. PEnisTYLUS viridis. Lindl. Synops. Brit. Fl. 2d edit. p. 261. P. caule folioso, foliis oblongis inferioribus obtusissimis, spicà densà obtusa, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, petalis linearibus erectis, labello lineari abrupte tridentato dente intermedio minore, calcare brevi inflato. Satyrium viride. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1337. Eng. Bot. t. 94. Orchis viridis, Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 207. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,33. Habenaria viridis. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5,192. Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ic. Gymnadenia viridis. Rich. Annot. Platanthera viridis. Lindl. Synops. 261. Himantoglossum viride. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. p. 119. Hab. in alpinis turfosis omnis Europe et Asie occidentalis; etiam in agro Alabama Americe septentrionalis, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) 13. PEnrsTYvLUSs albidus. Lindl. l. c. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongis obtusis supremis acutis canali- culatis, spicà cylindraceà multiflorà, bracteis acutis florum longitudine, petalis ovato-subrotundis, labello trifido laciniis subzequalibus acutis, calcare brevi tereti obtuso. Satyrium albidum. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1338. Eng. Bot. t. 505. à Orchis albida. Swartz. Act. Holm. 1800, p. 207. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 38. Fl. Danica, t. 115. Orchis alpina, Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 486. Habenaria albida. Brown in H. Kew. 5,193. Hooker, Fl. Lond. c. ic. Gymnadenia albida. Rich. Annot. p. . Platanthera albida. Zindl. Synops. 261. Hab. in alpinis Europe. (hab. s. sp.) 14. PerisryLus Hamiltonianus. P. foliis (pluribus) lanceolatis acuminatis spicà dens& cylindraceà longiori- bus, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis floribus multd longioribus, sepalis petalisq. obtusis conformibus æqualibus, labello rotundato tridentato, calcare orbiculari. Herminium Hamiltonianum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7069. Hab. in collibus Morang, Indie orientalis, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo. Indico.) 15. Perisryitus goodyeroides. P. caule basi lax? vaginato medio folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis abrupté in squamis acuminatissimis transeuntibus, spica longa cylindra- ceá, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis subequalibus, labello tripartito laciniis ovatis acutis, calcare rotundo inflato. Habenaria goodyeroides. Don. Prodr. Nep. 25. dre erminium goodyeroides. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7066. 300 OPHRYDEX. f. floribus minoribus, spicis foliisq. brevioribus. Habenaria affinis. Don. l c. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico; (9. comm, cel, Lambert.) Caulis altitudine variat a palmari ad sesquipedalem. Flores ochroleuci. 16. PEnisTYLUs plantaginea, P. foliis (3) erectis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis spice fere eequalibus, sepalis ovatis, petalis subrotundis obtusis, labello rotundato obtuse tridentato, calcare spheroideo. Herminium plantagineum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1499, Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) 17. PrnisTYLUvs constricta. P. caule basi laxe vaginato medio folioso, foliis pluribus oblongo-lanceolatis scapo brevioribus abrupte in squamis acuminatis transeuntibus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis conformibus duplo angustioribus, labello trifido: laciniis acuminatis lateralibus angustioribus et longiori- bus, calcare vesicato. Platanthera constricta. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7043. Herminium constrictum. Bot. Reg. l. c. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) 18. PrnisTYLUs gracilis. Blume, Bijdr. 2, 404. P. * foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli limbo 3-partito, laciniis lateralibus angustissimis, media lanceolata, calcare subclavato. Hab. in Java; in sylvis montium Seribu Provincie Buitenzorg, Blume. 19. PerisryLus grandis. Blume, l. c. t. 30. P. ** foliis lato-oblongis acuminatis, labelli limbo semitrifido, calcare obtuso." Hab. in Java ; in sylvis humidis montis Salak, Blume. 20. PnisTYLUS aristatus. P. caule gracili basi nudo vaginato medio folioso, foliis ovato-lanceolitt petiolatis membranaceis abrupt? in squamulis quibusdam (2) disi transeuntibus, spicà rarà pauciflorà, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis X we latis majoribus, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus setaceis der intermedià rectà carnosà subulatà longioribus, calcare ovali in antice costato. wt) Hab. in Zeylona, in lucis prope Peradeniam, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et 1c. P = Caulis gracilis pedalis et ultra. Flores minimi herbacei. ? 21. PEnisTYLUS atlanticus. ii : : ; : ali tis P. foliis lanceolatis maculatis, spicà densà brevi obtusà, sepalis hen á labello trilobo lobis linearibus angustissimis intermedio longto" latiore, calcare abbreviato obtuso. Orchis atlantica. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 42. Satyrium atlanticum. Desf. Fl, Atl. 2, 319, OPHRYDES. 301 Hab. in Atlantide, Desfontaines. Caulis semipedalis. An P. albido affinis? An potius Acerati amandandus ? CLXXX. SACCIDIUM. Sepala conniventia, lateralia labello supposita et saccata. Petala carnosa spathulata dupló longiora. Labellum posticum magnum convolutum apice carnosum et divisum brevi-calearatum. Anthera reclinata, loculis basi distantibus adnatis. Pollinia parva, glandulà vix a caudiculà crassà distinguendà.————-Folia ...... Caulis pilosissimus. Spica longa, cylindracea, densissima. Flores parvi. The saccate lateral sepals and whole habit separate this from Peristylus and Platanthera; to say nothing of the very curious lip. l. Saccrprum pilosum. Orchidea pilosa. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 7483. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) Folia nulla adsunt in unico exemplari quod coram habeo. Caulis sub- pedalis penne columbinz crassitudine, purpurascens, pilis longis divari- catis vestitus. Spica 8 poll. longa, densissima. Bractez ovate acumi- nate pilose ovario breviores. Flores glabri, 4 lineas longi. Sepala equalia ovata acuta, lateralia acute saccata. Petala spathulata, obtusa, scabriuscula, sepalis dupld longiora. Labellum magnum, convolutum, petalorum longitudine, cuneatum, tridentatum ; dentibus carnosis æqua- libus trilobis intermedià nunc integrà. Calcar breve incurvum sub- conicum. CLXXXI. PACHITES. Sepala patentia, impare paulo majori. Petala et labellum posticum ecal- caratum conformia. Anthera stipitata, resupinata, loculis basi feré adnatis non elongatis divergentibus ; glandulis nudis. Stigma brachiis duobus canaliculatis a fronte et rostello subquadrato crassissimo inter brachia et antheram interposito. Herba rigida, foliis radicalibus gramineis, spicA crassà rigidà, floribus parvis. A very curious plant, with a rostellum so thick and large as completely to cut off the anther from the stigmatic processes or arms, which project forward like two horns. The anther is like that of Repandra. 1. Pacurrzs appressa. Orchidea appressa. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 7356. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) Planta sesquipedalis, rigida, crassa, exsiccatione ferruginea. Radices videntur fibrosze. Folia radicalia 4 uncias longa, linearia, carnosa, basi valdé membranacea et dilatata. Spica fere pedalis, densissima, cylin- dracea, floribus arcte appressis, Bractex longè acuminate, appresse, 302 OPHRYDEE. floribus longiores. Sepala 3-4 lineas longa, ovata, concava, acuta, impare lateralibus latiore. Petala ovato-oblonga acuta; labellum ejus- dem forme sed angustius ; omnia patula. CLXXXII. COELOGLOSSUM. Celoglossum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Sepala conniventia, qualia, libera. Petala conformia, ungui labelli ad- nata. Labellum carnosum, unguiculatum, calcaratum, tripartitum, disco sepius tuberculatum ; ungue valde carnoso, concavo, ascendente, margine nunc eroso et glanduloso, sæpiùs (an semper) processus 2, car- nosos, clavatos, ex ore calcaris ortos, parallelos, adnatos gerente. Anthera parva, cavitate unguis brevior, lobis basi ascendentibus, rostello tridentato brevi adnatis. Glandule nude.——Herbe, (Indice,) radi- cibus testiculatis, caule folioso aut vaginato. Flores omnium minuti. 1. Cerocrossvuw lacertiferum. C. foliis radicalibus 2-3 oblongo-lanceolatis ceteris squameformibus acutis appressis, spicà gracili rarà, bracteis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, labello lineari medio callo magno elevato apice trilobo lobis linearibus acuminatis intermedio longiore, calcare ovato inflato obliquo acuto. Gymnadenia? tenuiflora. Lindl. Wall. Cat. no. 7055, Hab. in Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 2. CaLocLossuM acuminatum. C.foliis pluribus radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis czeteris acuminatis squame- formibus, spicà rarà multiflorà, bracteis acuminatis florum longitudine, labello tripartito basi bicalloso laciniis setaceis divaricatis intermedià breviore, ungue marginato crispo, calcare ovato inflato apiculato. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) This plant has been sent from India by Dr. Wallich under the name of Goodyera glabrata. 3. CæLocLossum brevifolium. s e : : : TT inatis C. foliis radicalibus parvis ovato-lanceolatis ceteris minutis ig squameformibus, spicà rarà gracili, bracteis acuminatis ovarii pani dine, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus linearibus obtusis interme ovatà breviore, calcare clavato pendulo labello longiore. Habenaria micrantha. Wall. MSS. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Is it possible that Habenaria gracilis, Colebrooke MSS. and ten Exot. Fl. t. 135, is this plant? If not, I am acquainted with no Indi species to which the drawing can be referred. 4. C@LoGLossum densum. A : . ‘ t es A : ic C. caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis sensim decrescentibus, am oblong densà, bracteis acuminatis floribus zequalibus, labello tripar “ne laciniis lateralibus setaceis intermedia lineari breviore: unguis margi incrassato undulato, calcare pendulo labello duplò longiore. OPHRYDE. 30: Gymnadenia? tenuis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7057. Hab. in montibus Sylhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 5. C&LocLossuM secundum. C. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis planis, spicà densà secunda, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis setaceo-acuminatis foliaceis floribus longioribus, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus filiformibus intermedio lineari triplo breviore, ungue lineari margine eroso, calcare scrotiformi apiculato. Gymnadenia secunda. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7054. Hab. verosimiliter in montibus Mysorensibus. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) The specimens of this plant were distributed by Dr. Wallich without any locality being assigned to them. Being from Heyne's Herbarium they could not have been from the North of India, but were probably from the Ghauts or from Ceylon. CLXXXIII. MONOTRIS. Monotris. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Sepala membranacea, postice connata, lateralibus antice distinctis, labello petalisque dupló minora. Petala carnosa, acuminata. Labellum liberum, apice carnosum, trifidum, cucullatum, basi cornutum. Anthera libera, erecta, loculis basi divergentibus: valvulis exterioribus dilatatis, in- curvis, glandulam tegentibus.——-—Radices testiculate. Folium mini- mum radicale. Caulis retrorsum hispidus. Flores parvi secundi, Bractez et sepalorum margines hispida. 1. Monorris secunda. Orchidea hispida. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 6369. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Burchell.) Planta facie Holotrichis parvifolie. Folium unum solitarium minimum ovatum hispidum. Caulis aphyllus retrorsum hispidus. Bractex cucul- late, strigoso-hispide, floribus dupld breviores. Calyx tridentatus ciliatus. ^ Petala ovata, acuminata, carnosa, calyce dupló longiora. Labellum petalis parallelum, basi infundibulare, apice carnosum trilo- bum, lobis lateralibus unidentatis intermedio pauld brevioribus. CLXXXIV. SCOPULARIA. Scopularia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Calyx membranaceus, connivens, sepalis lateralibus minoribus. Petala membranacea, lacero-multifida, circa labellum convoluta. Labellum erectum, convolutum, membranaceum, calcaratum, apice lacero-multifi- dum. Anthera libera, erecta; loculis approximatis, parallelis, basi dilatatis ascendentibus cucullum magnum inzequilateralem glandulas tegentem formantibus. Glandule polliniorum sub basi dilatatà loculo- rum anthere absconditz, cucullo nullo (quantum videre potui) incluse, 304 OPHRYDE.. Radices testiculate. Folia radicalia membranacea. Caulis aphyllus. Spica elongata subsécunda,. 1. ScorvLAn1iA Burchelli. Orchidea pectinata. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 6709. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell, (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) Radices testiculate, lanate. Folia radicalia verosimiliter 2, membranacea, suborbiculata? Caulis pilosus 8 poll. altus, omnino nudus nisi squamulis quibusdam distantibus juxta fastigium. Spica 53 poll. longa, multi- flora. Bractee ovate, acute, glabre, ovario multo breviores. Flores parvi. Sepala ovata acuta, impar majus et longius. Petala cuneata, membranacea, calyce longiora, apice capillaceo-multifida. Labellum cum petalis convolutum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus bifidis acutis inter- medio rotundato margine capillaceo-multifido. CLXXXV. AOPLA. Aopla. Lindl. in Bot. Reg.1701. Calyx bilabiatus. Sepala lateralia deflexa, supremum erectum cum petalis agglutinatis galeam formans. Labellum lineare, ecalearatum. Anthera brevis, erecta, lobis brevibus ascendentibus, rostello decurvo elongato. Glandule nude.—— — Herba (Indica) radicibus testiculatis. Folium solitarium, radicale. Spica laxa secunda. Flores herbacei. 1. Aorta reniformis. Herminium reniforme. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7067. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) Folium solitarium suborbiculatum cordatum. Sepalum supremum petalaq. conniventia: inferiora subparallela porrecta; labellum lineare esaccatum. CLXXXVI. HERMINIUM. Herminium. R. Brown in Hort. Kew, ed. 2. Chamorchis. Rich. Annot. p. 35. Sepala membranacea, subequalia, conniventia. Petala magis carnosa, labello subconformia. Labellum carncsum, seepius vix petalis longius, rhomboideum, integrum, vel tridentatum ; basi nunc planiusculum, sepitis saccatum v. gibbosum. Columna utrinque squam4 (anther sterili) instructa. Anthera erecta, minuta, loculis basi divergentibus. Rostellum planum. Pollinia glandulis nudis. Herbe, radicibus testiculatis. Flores parvi, sepius herbacei, nunc albi. As limited by Dr. Brown, this genus was confined to H. monorchis, and was characterized by the naked glands of the pollen masses, and the gp less labellum. Richard adopted Dr. Brown’s views, but added the fla rostellum to its character. But, the labellum of H. monorchis being dis- tinctly saccate, the genus might be considered to represent a group b species in which, as in Aceras, a short spur may be expected to occur: and in reality, upon studying the exotic Ophrydez, it is impossible not e OPHRYDEE. 305 observe that there is a number of plants resembling H. monorchis in habit, but differing in having a short and, usually, inflated spur. In some respects it might be advisable to combine all these plants under one generic name ; and I formerly thought of adopting this plan; but upon a more mature consideration of the numerous unpublished species with which I have since become acquainted, I have been obliged to abandon the opinion. This point settled, the next question naturally was, are they to be placed in Platanthera; with which they may easily be made to combine techni- cally. There is, however, a certain peculiarity of appearance in the cal- carate Herminia which is unfavourable to their combination with Pla- tanthera; and, upon the whole, I have at last made up my mind that the best course to take is to adopt Blume's genus Peristylus for all the plants that would be Herminia if they had not a spur, confining the latter genus to the absolutely spurless species. Chamorchis of Richard has undoubtedly a folded rostellum ; but at the same time the plicature exists in so very inconsiderable a degree, and the plant agrees so nearly with true Herminia in habit, that I am not willing to consider it distinct. l. HenuINIUM monorchis. R. Rrown in Hort. Kew. l. c. H. foliis radicalibus binis ovato-oblongis, labello petalisque tridentatis, spicà longà cylindraceà pedunculatà. Ophrys monorchis. Zinn. Sp. Pl. 1342. Willd. Sp. PL. 4,61. E. Bot. t. 71. Orchis monorchis. Crantz. Austr. 478. Satyrium monorchis. Pers. Arachnites monorchis. Hoffm. sec. Rchb. Fl. Exc. 119. Herminium monorchis. Rich. Annot. Hooker in Fl. Lond. c. ic. Hab. in pratis sæpiùs subalpinis Europe et Asie occidentalis. (v. v. sp.) 2. Herminium alpinum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1499. H. foliis linearibus gramineis, labello ovato repando petalis acutis duplà majore, spicA pauciflorà foliis breviore. Ophrys alpina. Linn. Sp. PL Jacq. Vind. t. 9. chis graminea. Crantz. Fl. Austr. Chamorchis alpina. Rich. Orch. Europ. 35. Hab. in alpibus Europe. (hab. s. sp.) 3. Herminiom gramineum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7418. H. folio radicali lanceolato canaliculato, labello integerrimo concavo acuminato petalis duplo breviore, spicà secundá elongata. Neottia monophylla. Don. Prodr. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 4. Herminium congestum. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7068. H. foliis erectis oblongis apice latioribus spice dense subaequalibus, bracteis squameformibus ovario brevioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis, petalis ovalibus subzequalibus, labello ovato integro convexo basi gib- boso et marginato. Bot. Reg. 1499. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico.) October, 1835. rr out OPHRYDEJE. CLXXXVII. HABENARIA. Habenaria. Willd. Sp. Pl, 4,44. Perianthium Orchidis. Calcar elongatum. Columna libera reclinata, Anthera basibus loculorum solutis divergentibus canalibus stiginaticis adherentibus. Glandule nude. Rostellum planum, anthere adnatum. Processus carnosi 2 stigmatici, ultra antheram projicientes, sæpiùs ori calcaris adnati, formå variiit——Habitus Orchidis. As now limited, this extensive genus comprehends all the species of Ophrydez with a small rostellum, naked glands, and a long spur, provided they have two fleshy processes of the stigma projecting from the back of the mouth of the spur. I formerly intended to define the genus in an- other manner; buta very careful re-examination of every species to which I have access convinces me that these are the surest characters we can depend upon. A. EROSTRES; ovariis pedunculatis subcylindraceis, aut fusiformibus, nunquam rostratis. Plereque Americane. $ 1. Petala 2-3-fida. * Sepalum supremum petalis angustius. ** Sepalum supremum petalis majus. a. Petalorum laciniz latitudine subequales. b. Petalorum lacinia anterior angustior et elongata. c. Petalorum lacinia anterior nana. § 2. Petala indivisa.. HENIDIA. a. Labellum simplex, vel laciniis lateralibus minimis. 6. Labellum trifidum, laciniis filiformibus indivisis. c. Labellum trifidum, laciniis lateralibus dilatatis v. fissis. _ B. RosTRATE; ovariis sessilibus apice angustatis sæpiùs longè rostratis.—— Omnes Indice. A. Erosrres. $ 1. Petala 2-3-fida. * Sepalum supremum petalis angustius. 1. Hasenaria rotundifolia. H. folio solitario radicali subrotundo-cordato plano obtuso, racemo 3-floro : floribus longè pedunculatis, petalis latissimis ovatis acutis: lacinià anteriore subulata, labelli tripartiti laciniis subzequalibus intermedià latiore, calcare incurvo clavato obtuso labello paulo longiore. Habenaria? grandiflora. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7032. Hab. in India orientali. (hab. s. sp. ex herb. Anglo-Ind.) Semipedalis. Flores mediocres, quapropter nomen grandifore re) Sepala explanata, subequalia, ovata, acuta. Omnes partes glabre. eci. ** Sepalum supremum petalis majus. a. Petalorum laciniz latitudine subzequales. 2. Hasenaria abortiens. H. foliis lanceolatis erectis, racemo elongato multifloro: bracteis foliosis florum fer? longitudine, sepalo supremo nano, petalis minimis Ruin anteriore latiore bifida, labelli tripartiti lacinià intermediA lineari obtu lateralibus dimidio brevioribus subulatis, calcare clavato acuminato labello longiore, basibus antherze elongatis. Hab. in Peruvia, Henke. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Martii.) : Radices tomentose, tuberculo in exemplo nullo. Caulis bipedalis dens OPHRYDEX. 307 foliosus. Sepala maxima, reflexa, falcata, Processus earnosi lanceolati, decurvi. Anthera omnind horizontalis. 3. HasENARIA digitata. H. foliis ovato-oblongis undulatis acutis, racemo laxo elongato multifforo, bracteis lanceolatis ovarii longitudine, petalis bipartitis; laciniis lineari- bus anticis cum basi labelli connatis, labelli tripartiti laciniis subequali- bus linearibus acutis calcare clavato acuto brevioribus. Bonatea punduana. Lindi. in Wail, Cat. no. 7063. Bonatea herbacea. Wallich. Hab. in India orientali supra montes Punduanas, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo- Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Caulis 1-2-pedalis, foliosus. Flores parvi, herbacei, laciniis subulatis basi albis. Sepalum supremum suborbiculatum. Processus carnosi oblongi et bases antherze longo intervallo distantes. Ut Bonatea lacinias habet anteriores petalorum cum labello connatas ; sed stigma est Habenarie nec prioris generis. 4. Hapenaria secunda. H. ...... racemo denso subsecundo multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis acumi- natis florum fere longitudine, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus falcatis pauló angustioribus et longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis linearibus obtusis subzequalibus, calcare pendulo crasso clavato. Hab. in Brazilia prope Rio Janeiro. (hab. s. sp.) Apicem racemi tantüm possideo. Sepala subzqualia, supremum latissimum complicatum subcordatum, lateralia explanata. Antherz partes putride haud examinatu idonez sunt. 5. HanewanrA pentadactyla. H. foliis anguste lanceolatis carinatis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovarii arcuati longitudine, petalis bipartitis a galea plana liberis: laciniis posterioribus membranaceis conniventibus an- terioribus linearibus carnosis patentissimis longioribus, labelli tripartiti carnosi sepalis brevioris laciniis linearibus zequalibus, calcare clavato apice ventricoso ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Bonaria in paludosis, T'weedy. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Caulis spithamzeus, dimidià fer& omni superiore florid’. Folia 24 poll. longa. Sepala patentissima ; superiore subrotundo breviore. 6. HABENARIA macrostachya. : H. foliis obovato-lanceolatis in petiolo angustatis, racemo Uem pix bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ovario subequalibus, petalis bi- partitis: laciniis setaceis longissimis divaricatis zequalibus, labelli tri- partiti laciniis subaequalibus setaceis, calcare cylindraceo pendulo acuto, sepalis acuminatis. Hab. in umbrosis Zeylone, florens Octobre, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Caulis sesquipedalis et ultra, basi squamatus ; tuberculo oblongo integro. Folia atroviridia costa rubescente. Flores herbacei. Sepala aequalia, explanata, non reflexa. Petala et labellum rubro maculata, Processus carnosi lineares, paralleli, obtusi. 308 OPHRYDEZX. 7. Hapenaria Salaecensis. Blume, Bijdr. t. 13. H. * labello tripartito; laciniis linearibus media longiore, calcare filiformi ovarium subequante, sepalis interioribus perianthii basi bipartitis." Hab, in Java; in umbrosis montis Salak, Blume. H. macrostachye valde affinis videtur, sed petalorum lacinic anteriores sunt nana. ; 8. Hasenania arachnoides. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 18. H. foliis anguste lanceolatis acutis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis ovatis squamiformibus, petalis bipartitis: laciniis linearibus anterioribus lon- gioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus intermedia duplà breviori- bus, calcare filiformi apice inflato obtuso, sepalis lateralibus triangulari- bus supremo majoribus. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars. Flores flavescentes. 9. Hasenaria bractescens. H. foliis densis lanceolatis erectis, racemo paucifolio, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis acutis ovario brevioribus, petalis bipartitis: laciniis subaqua- libus sinu lato rotundato divisis anteriore carnos4 lineari obtusà pos- teriori membranacee equali, labelli tripartiti laciniis carnosis filiformi- lanceolatis æqualibus lateralibus ascendentibus, sepalis subequalibus patulis supremo galeato, calcare pendulo apice compresso ovario longiore. Hab. in paludibus Bonurie, Tweedy. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Subpedalis dens® foliosus. Folia verosimiliter mollia, 3 poll. longa. Sepala j unciam longa. Processus carnosi antherz maximi, longis simi, spatulati, apice rotundati. b. Petalorum lacinia anterior angustior et elongata. 10. Hasenaria macroceras. Spreng. Syst. veg. 3, 699. Hooker, Bot. Mag. t. 2947. H. foliis oblongis obtusis, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis foliaceis pen longitudine, petalis bipartitis: laciniA anteriore filiformi recurvà dup : longiore, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus filiformibus recurvis inter medià breviore lineari emarginatà, calcare arcuato subclavato ovario tripló longiore, sepalis lateralibus reflexis. Orchis Habenaria. Linn. Sp. PI. 1331. Swartz! Obs. 319, t. 9. Habenaria macroceratitis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 44. Hab. in graminosis depressis subalpinis Jamaice. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Calcare longo curvato nec recto, foliis latis oblongis subundulatis, et spicà paucitlorà prima fronte distinguenda est. 11. Hasenaria longicauda. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2957. H. foliis angustis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo laxo paucifloros bracteis foliaceis ovario brevioribus, petalis bipartitis : jacit teriore filiformi parum longiore, labelli tripartiti laciniis laterali : filiformibus recurvis intermedià breviore acutà, calcare recto pendulo . À sh : : ; sis filiformi longissimo, sepalis lateralibus reflexis, processubus carne® acutis, OPHRYDEJE. 309 Hab. in Demerara, Parker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Lacinia posterior petalorum anteriore latior; nec æqualis ut in ic. cel. Hookeri. 12, Hapenaria Gourlieana. Gillies MSS. H. foliis angustis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis foliaceis ovario brevioribus, petalis bipartitis: lacinià anteriore filiformi longissimá, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus filiformibus recurvis intermedià breviore acut&, calcare recto pendulo filiformi ovario duplo longiore, sepalis lateralibus erectis, processubus carnosis obtusis. Hab. in provincià Mendoza ubi in locis paludosis semel tantum detegit div. Gillies. (hab. s. sp.) Priori simillima, et fort& mera varietas. Flores pauló minores, calcar brevius, et laciniz anteriores petalorum longissime. 13, Hasenaria bicornis. H. foliis angusto-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo denso stricto feré corym- boso, bracteis ovario recto cylindraceo dupld brevioribus, petalis bi- partitis a galeà plan liberis: lacinià anteriore subzquali falcatim cornuta, labelli tripartiti carnosi laciniis spatulatis subzequalibus sepalo- rum longitudine, calcare longissimo inflexo apice compresso. Hab. in Cuba, Póppig. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Caulis 13-ped. laxe foliosus. Ovarium 1} poll. longum. Calcar multd, longius. Sep. lat. 4 1. longa, supremo subrotundo obtuso dupló majora. Anthera brevissima, horizontalis, basibus solutis brevissimis ascendenti- bus, Processus carnosi semioblongi, convexi, paralleli, papillosi. 14. Hapenaria maculosa. H. foliis ovato-lanceolatis undulatis acutis coriaceis basi amplexicaulibus, racemo denso multifloro, bracteis foliaceis ovario brevioribus, petalis bipartitis: lacinià anteriore setaceà, labelli tripartiti laciniis linearibus acuminatis subequalibus, calcare filiformi compresso ascendente ovario paulo longiore, sepalis lateralibus pendulis. a. lacinia anteriore petalo longiore. P. lacinia anteriore petalo multo breviore. Hab. in insulis Caribeis; Jamaica, Macfadgen, Si. Vincentii, Guilding, Tortola, Schomburgk, Barbadoes, Hb. Vahl. ; p. Peruvia, Mathews, 1884. (hab. s, sp.) Radix fibrosa repens. Caulis pedalis ad 2-pedalem, maculis parvis pur- pureo-fuscis conspersus, presertim versus basim. Verosimiliter cum H. brachycerate confusa ; petalis bipartitis et caule maculoso diversissima est. Anthera parva, basibus solutis longis linearibus. Processus carnosi falcati, glabri. l5. HanEeNAniA Michauxii. Nutt. Gen. Amer. 9, 189. Elliott, Bot. S. Carol. 9, 489. s: H. foliis ovali-lanceolatis, racemo longo multifloro, bracteis acuminatis, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus setaceis quam sepalum longiori- bus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus setaceis intermedià longioribus, calcare ovario dupld longiore. Orchis quinqueseta. Mich. Fl. boreali-Am. 5, 199. Pursh, Fl. Am. sept. 2, 586. 310 OPHRYDE Æ. Hab. in Carolina ; rarissima in pinetis siccis prope Beaufort, Elliott ; florens Aug.-Oct. Bipedalis, densè foliosus. Flores albi. 16. Hapenarra repens. Nutt. Gen. Amer. 2, 190. Elliott, Bot. S. Car. 2, 489. x H. caule basi radicante folioso, foliis angustis lanceolatis erectis, racemo longo densifloro, bracteis acutis, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus setaceis erectis galeæ æqualibus, labelli tripartiti laciniis subaequalibus lateralibus angustioribus ascendentibus, calcare ovario æquali. Hab. in palustribus prope Savannah in Carolina australi frequens, Elliott ; prope Augustam, Wray. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Precedenti valdé affinis. Folia mints conferta, sete petalorum breves, et calcar ovario mints longum, necnon ut videtur caulis a basi sua 1n luto radices longas emittens hanc satis distinguunt. 17. HasENAR1A maxillaris. Lindl. in Hooker's Journal Bot. vol. 1. H. foliis lineari-oblongis acutis, racemo denso multifloro, bracteis foliaceis ovario longioribus, petalis bipartitis: laciniis zequalibus anteriore linear acuminata, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus paulo angustioribus et brevioribus, calcare filiformi subclavato, sepalis explanatis sequilongis. Platanthera foliosa. 4d. Bronga. Voy. de la Coquille, p. 194, t. 38, B. Hab. in Peruvia Cuming, D'Urville. (hab. s. sp.) Anthera basibus solutis equalis; processubus carnosis latis rectis falcatis maxillaribus. 18. Hasenaria paucifolia. H. foliis 2-3 ovato-ensiformibus acuminatis, caule superne squamato, dee 2-3-floro, bracteis foliaceis ovario dupld brevioribus, petalis bipartitis : laciniis subequilongis anterioribus filiformibus reflexis, labello tripartito sepalis lateralibus pendulis equali: lacinià intermedia lateralibus latiore et breviore, calcare pendulo curvato ovario breviore. Hab. in Chile australi ad ripas lacus ** de Ranco” provincia Valdivia, Bridges, (no. 610.) (hab. s. sp.) Radix fibrosus, tuberculo parvo oblongo indiviso. Caulis 6-8 poll. Flores mediocres. 19. Hasenaria lancifolia. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. p. 20, t. 1. : H. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo paucifloro laxo, — apice setaceis ovario duplo brevioribus, petalis bipartitis : bee os riore setaceà dupld longiore, labelli linearis trifidi laciniis a c divergentibus angustioribus et pauld brevioribus, calcare recto Clav obtusissimo ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Mauritio, Commerson. Caulis vix pedalis. 20. Hasenaria vesiculosa. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. p. 20, t. 2. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis in petiolum angustatis, racemo multifloro. bracteis apice setaceis ovario brevioribus, petalis bipartitis : kn teriori filiformi paulo longiore, labelli linearis trifidi laciniis laterali?" divergentibus intermedià angustioribus. et subaequalibus, calcare apice inflato ovarii longitudine, OPHRYDEA, 311 Hab. in Mauritio, Neraud. Flores virescentes, 91. HABENARIA truncata, H. foliis ovato-lanceolatis canaliculatis acuminatis, racemo denso cylin- draceo, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus setaceis deflexis cum basi labelli connatis, labelli tripartiti porrecti laciniis linearibus acutis subequilongis intermediA latiore, cal- care clavato pendulo truncato ovario dupld breviore. Hab. in Madagascaria. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hook.) Planta siccata nigra est, Caulis flexuosus, pedalis, foliis supremis infimis longioribus, sed magis acuminatis et canaliculatis. Labellum est quasi quinquefidum. 22. HABENARIA crassicornis. H. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, racemo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, petalis bipartitis: laciniis lateralibus setaceis ascendentibus, labelli tripartiti laciniis linearibus acutis inter- media pauld breviore, sepalis lateralibus explanatis acutissimis, calcare recurvo compresso valdé clavato. Hab. in Mezico, de Karwinski. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Reg. Monac.) Vix pedalis. Folia sensim in bracteis decrescentia. Flores mediocres. Sepalum supr. cum pet. galeatum. Processus carnosi magni convexi glabri. 23. HanBENARiIA flexuosa. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, floribus distantibus, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis cucullatis ovarii longitudine, petalis bipartitis: laciniis an- terioribus filiformibus rectis reflexis galea brevioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis filiformibus zqualibus, sepalis lateralibus pendulis supremo equalibus, calcare filiformi compresso recto pendulo ovario dupld longiore. Hab. in Mexico, ad S. Pedro, Oxaca, de Karwinski. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Caulis subflexuosus, 9 poll. altus, foliis sensim in bracteis decrescentibus. 24. Hapenaria clypeata. H. foliis parvis ovatis cuspidatis sensim decrescentibus, racemo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis acuminatis ovario brevioribus, petalis bi- partitis: laciniis anterioribus linearibus horizontalibus posticis cum sepalo supremo rotundato galeam orbiculatam planam efficientibus, labelli penduli tripartiti lacinià intermedià lineari-lanceolatà lateralibus linearibus paulo longiore, calcare compresso ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Mexico, de Karwinski. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Reg. Monac.) Caulis pedalis. Racemus oblongus, multiflorus. Galea orbiculata plana facie omnino peculiari hanc speciem induit. 25. HanENAR1IA entomantha.. tis superioribus squamiformibus setaceo-acumina- bracteis ovatis acuminatissimis ovario dupló brevi- laciniis anterioribus longissimis setaceis, labelli H. foliis parvis ovatis acu tis, racemo multifloro, oribus, petalis bipartitis : 312 OPHRYDE Æ. tripartiti lacinià intermedia rect lineari lateralibus longissimis setaceis, sepalis acuminatis lateralibus pendulis, calcare pendulo compresso ovario longiore. Orchis entomantha. Llave, Orch. Mexic. 2, 8. Hab. in Mexico, de Karwinski; prope Vallisoletum, Llave. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Reg. Monac.) Flores lactei. Caulis pedalis superne defoliatus. Anguli tres ovarii mem- branaceo-alati, Anthera parva, basibus solutis brevibus. Processus carnosi breves rotundati hispidi. 26. HanENARI1A mystacina. H. foliis vaginantibus linearibus setaceo-acuminatis, racemo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus lineari-lanceolatis erectis galea longioribus barbatis pos- ticis glabris, labelli 3-partiti lacinià intermedià lineari obtusà basi lateralibusque longioribus acuminatis barbatà, sepalis lateralibus pendulis, caleare pendulo compresso ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Brazilia; in campis inter Tejuco et radices montis Itambé, pro- vincie Minarum ; etiam in summo Itambé, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Caules stricti, subaphylli, 2-pedales. Flores parvi albi. Pili petalorum et labelli articulati, subramentacei. Anthera brevis, basibus solutis elongatis ; processus carnosi longi, apice uncinati, glabri. 27. Haspenaria nuda. H. foliis linearibus acuminatis vaginantibus, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis cucullatis setaceo-acuminatis ovario brevioribus, petalis semi- ovatis: laciniis anterioribus setaceis ascendentibus, sepalo supremo subrotundo emarginato cuspidato longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus setaceo-filiformibus intermedià lineari truncatà longioribus calcaris longitudine. Hab. in Brazilia ; in provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Pedalis et ultra. Folia angustissima, inferius sæpè falcatim recurvum. 98. Hasenaria setacea. H. foliis linearibus apice setaceis, racemo laxo 5-7-floro, bracteis peres lanceolatis setaceo-acuminatis ovario longioribus, ovario arcuato, peta r bipartitis : laciniis anterioribus setaceis ascendentibus galeà scum longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis setaceis æqualibus, calcare ovar! longitudine, sepalis lateralibus acuminatis. E^ Hab. in Brazilia; in graminosis ad radicem montis Itambé, provinc? Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) : : : is Spithamea, fere defoliata. Anthera parva subrotunda, basibus soluti brevibus. Processus carnosi breves dolabriformes. 29. Hasenaria gracilis. H. foliis radicalibus subbinis lanceolatis erectis, caule vaginato, stricto, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovario longioribus, peta partitis: laciniis anterioribus filiformibus galez longitudine, tripartiti laciniis filiformibus subequalibus, calcare arcuato ascen compresso ovario longiore, sepalis ovatis obtusis lateralibus pendulis. racemo lis bi- labelli endente OPHRYDE. SIS Hab. in Brazilia ; provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Pedalis et pauló major, habitu ob caulem distanter vaginatum graciles- cente. Flores densi, ob ovarium rectiusculum nec more solito arcuatum. Anthera parva subrotunda, basibus solutis brevibus. Processus carnosi breves obtusi. 30. HanENAanR1A aranifera., H. foliis paucis lanceolatis erectis, racemo elongato denso, bracteis ovato- lanceolatis ovarii hexagoni longitudine, petalis bipartitis : laciniis a galea liberis projicientibus lateralibus e lata basi setaceis, labelli tri- partiti laciniis linearibus equalibus sepalorum longitudine, sepalis ovatis subeequalibus, calcare filiformi crassiusculo ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Bonaria in paludosis, Tweedie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Caulis pedalis. Folia 23-poll. longa. Petala bipartita porrecta, es laciniis setaceis flexuosis et labello tripartito insectum simulant cujus caput est anthera parva rotunda. 31. Hapenaria imbricata, H. foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis cum mucrone sensim in sque E natis caulis decrescentibus, racemo denso multifloro, bracteis fo) (ie imbricatis floribus equalibus, petalis bipartitis : : laciniis latera i i Setaceis posteriorum ovatarum acutarum longitudine, labelli ae lacinià intermediA lineari-lanceolatà obtusá lateralibus setaceis arcua is subæquali, sepalis margine serrulatis, calcare pendulo clavato ovario longiore inter bracteas latente. Hab. in Brazilia; Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Pedalis. Folia majora vix 2 poll. long. excedunt. Flores solito minores, siccatione pallidi nec nigricantes. Margo sepalorum est pue serrulatus. Anthera parva subrotunda. Processus carnosi crassi cuneati. 32. Hapenaria ichneumonea. : H. * labello tripartito : laciniis linearibus, calcare lineari incurvato apice ovato, calyce 7-phyllo, foliolis lateralibus exterioribus majoribus reflexis. Orchis ichneumonea. Swartz in Pers. Syn. 2, 506. Hab. in Sierra Leone, Afzelius. 33. HanENARIA membranacea. : H. * labello 3-partito: laciniis lateralibus oen deii apice longissimo capillaceo, media lineari, calcare subulato germine breviore incurvo, calyce septemphyllo.” Orchis membranacea. Swartz in Pers. Syn. 2, 506. Hab. in Sierra Leone, Afzelius. . 34. Hapenarra trifida. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. pl. 1, 330. Synops. 1, 393, B H. ** caule paucifloro, foliis lanceolato-oblongis, foliolis calycinis tribus interioribus trifidis.” o z Hab. in locis temperatis opacatis Regni Novo Granatensis, ae ies s Miguel et convallem Guachicon, prope Almaguer, alt 810 hexap. Novembri. Humboldt. : ; AOR: Caulis sesquipedalis. Folia acuta, carinata, sesquipoll. Sepala subæqua October, 1835. $5 314 OPHRYDES. lia, ovata, albovirescentia, 5 lin. longa. Petala alba, sepalis pauld longiora: laciniis linearibus obtusis, inferiore a superioribus approxima- tis divergente. Labellum album, laciniis linearibus approximatis. Cal- car bipollicare, pendulum, apice emarginatum et bituberculatum ; ex Kunth. c, Petalorum lacinia anterior nana. 35. Hasenaria montevidensis. H. foliis lanceolatis canaliculatis acuminatis, racemo oblongo densissimo, bracteis acuminatis florum longitudine, petalis carnosis bipartitis : laci- niis anterioribus nanis acutis, labelli carnosi tripartiti laciniis æqualibus intermedia latiore, calcare oblongo recto inflato labello longiore, sepalis patulis. Hab. in Montevideo ; Commerson, Tweedy. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Vahl. et Hook.) Caulis 4-5 poll. altus. Folia superiora vaginantia, acuminatissima. Flores herbacei. 36. HanENaniA brevidens. H. foliis inferioribus ovalibus acutis superioribus cucullatim vaginantibus, racemo denso stricto multifloro, bracteis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, petalis carnosis antice unidentatis, labelli carnosi tripartiti lacinià inter- medià lineari-ensiformi obtusiusculà lateralibus subfalcatis æquilatis duplò longiore, calcare clavato pendulo ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Brazilia; provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. hb. Mart.) Caulis subpedalis. Folia radicalia ferè 2 poll. longa. Sepalum e subrotundum mucronatum ; lateralia pendula acuta. Anthere steri es subrotundæ denticulatæ. Processus carnosi lineares falcati obtusi. 37. HanENania parviflora, H. foliis lineari-lanceolatis erectis canaliculatis, racemo cylindraceo ine tifloro, bracteis acuminatis flore longioribus, petalorum lacinià rient faleutà posteriore dupló breviore, labelli tripartiti laciniis deflexis sub- : : : ao : : rii æquilongis lateralibus angustioribus, calcare filiformi pendulo 0v3 breviore. Hab. in Brazilia, frequens ; prope Bahiam, Salzmann ; in monte Coram ad Rio Janeiro, Martius, Princeps Neovidensis, &c. (hab. s. sp. comm. © Prescott.) ` Caulis strictus 1-2.pedalis, foliis strictis angustis sursum decrescentibos vestitus. Spica 4-6 poll. longa, siccatione nigricans. Flores a virides. Anthera subrotunda, basibus solutis brevissimis. Processu? carnosi cuneati truncati. 38. Hapenaria angustifolia. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. pl. 1, 330. Sy E393. Tue H. “ caule paucifloro, foliis lanceolatis, foliolis calycinis interioribus bifidis, labello trifido.”’ Hab. in humidis uliginosis Guyane, inter El Trapiche de Farreras € urbem S, Thomas del Angostura. Floret Junio. Humboldt. Caulis pedalis; Folia acuminata, carinata, tripollicaria, 6 l. lata. Petalo Pa Lepage de . i lacinie rum lacinia superior oblonga, inferior tripló brevior. Labelli lac lineares. Calcar pollicare ; ex Kunth. OPHRYDEJE. T MTS 39. Hapenaria latifolia. Humb. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. pl. 1,331. Synops. 1, 323. H. “ foliis ovato-oblongis ; floribus spicatis; foliolis calycinis interioribus lateralibus bifidis; labello trifido." Hab. in declivitate orientali Andium Novo- Granatensium, prope Santa Anna et Mariquita, alt. 400 hexap. Floret Junio. Humboldt. Caulis 1j-ped. Folia acuta, bipoll. 9-10 1. lata. Spica 2-3 poll. Bractee floribus pauló breviores. Sepala 3 1. longa ovato-oblonga, obtusa. Petalorum lacinia inferior superiore obtusà triplo brevior. Labelli lacinie lineares divergentes. Calcar pendulum, 9 1. longum; ex Kunth. 40. Hapenarta leptoceras. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2726. H. foliis lanceolatis undulatis planis basi angustatis, racemo longo laxius- culo, bracteis foliaceis ovarii longitudine, petalorum lacinià anteriore acuta ascendente posteriore duplo breviore, labelli tripartiti lacinià inter- media lineari-acuminatá apice dilatatà lateralibus falcatis triplo longiore, caleare filiformi compresso pendulo ovario longiore, sepalo supremo compresso cuspidato cucullato, basibus solutis anthere longissimis. Hab. in Brazilia ; prope Rio Janeiro, Forbes. (hab. s. sp. ex hb. Hort. Soc.) Caulis 1-14-pedalis, foliis undulatis erectis dense vestitus. Flores virides, labello lutescente, calcare albo. Sepala lateralia concava. Bases soluti antherz processubus carnosis obtusis multo longiores, facillime a canali- bus glanduliferis separabiles. § 2. Petala indivisa. : a. Labellum simplex, v. laciniis lateralibus minimis. 41. HanENAR1A brachyceras. Spreng. Syst. 3. H. foliis angusto-lanceolatis acuminatis patentibus, racemo laxiusculo multifloro, petalis ovatis acuminatis infra galeam obtusam invicem tra- jicientibus, labello filiformi subclavato integerrimo, calcare apice com- presso ascendente ovario 3-ptero breviore. Orchis monorhiza. Swartz! Prodr. 118. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3, 1391. Habenaria brachyceratitis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 44. Hab. in depressis montium Jamaice, Swartz. (hab. s. sp. comm, cel. Hooker.) Caulis 13-2-pedalis erectus, foliosus. Folia summa tantum decrescentia. Processus carnosi oblongi obtusi paralleli ultra antheram long? producti. Ale ovarii late, membranacez. I know no plant which will answer norhiza in the Flora Indie Occidentalis. abenaria maculosa for it ; but that species bas two parted petals. Others Consider this to be his plant, but it has a simple lip; yet in Vahl's Her- arium is a specimen of this from Swartz himself marked O. monorhiza. In all probabilitv he confounded the two, for both are common Jamaica plants; they are, however, essentially different, as may be seen by com- paring the descriptions. to Swartz's description of O. mo- West Indian botanists often take 12. Hapenanria obtusa. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis canaliculatis erectis, racemo laxo multifioro, 316 OPHRYDES. bracteis foliaceis latis cucullatis floribus longioribus, sepalo supremo rotundato lateralibus obtusis reflexis, labello lineari obtuso ascendeute, calcare pendulo clavato compresso ovario duplo longiore. Hab. in Brazilia; in radice montis Itacolumi ad Villa Rica, provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Caulis strictus, foliosus, bipedalis, foliis haud plusquam 3-pollicaribus. * Sepala supremum supra albidum; lateralia reflexa viridia. Petala alba, oblique lanceolata; lab. lineare viride. Calcar striatum, compres- sum." Martius. Bases anthere longissimi ascendentes. Processus carnosi glandulosi, cuneati. 43. Hasenaria floribunda. H. ......, racemo laxo longissimo, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis obtusis ovario æqualibus, petalis dimidiato-oblongis truncatis nis carnosis, labello lineari acutiusculo, calcare pendulo ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Peruvia, Henke. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) : DT Dou ario simul Racemus ultrapedalis, verosimiliter subspiralis. Flores cum ovario oo sumpti unciam longi. Antheræ bases longè soluti. Processus cari truncati glabri. 44. HanENani1A quadrata, H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis mollibus, racemo longissimo i bracteis membranaceis acuminatis ovario zqualibus, petalis quam 'cuspidatis antice carnosis medio venosis, labello lineari sepalis laterali- bus æquali, calcare pendulo filiformi compresso ovario longiore. Hab. in Brazilia; in ripa fl. Madeira, provincia f. Nigri, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) * Radix fasciculata et bulbis 2 ovatis se propagans. Caulis seipi a et altior acutè angulatus. Sepala virescentia, supremum hemisphz ke concavum galeatum erectum, lateralibus oblique oblongis reflexis pues concavis. Petala albovirescentia. Labellum lineare, obtusum, 5 hd virens, deflexum." Mart. MSS. H. floribunde simillima, sed flores minores et petala forme diverse. 45. Hapenaria hexaptera. . H. foliis ovato-lanceolatis, racemo longo laxo multifloro, bracteis p - equalibus, petalis lineari-oblongis obtusissimis, labello linear! longi- sepalis lateralibus acutis equali, calcare falcato compresso ovari s tudine, sepalo supremo subrotundo serrulato, ovario hexaptero crispis. t) Hab. in Brazilia ; provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart. Caulis sesquipedalis et altior. Folia majora 22-poll. longa. R M semipedalis. Processus carnosi circa faucem calcaris ferrum equ pere referentes cruribus acutis. Anthera subrotunda, basibus solutis pro Subus brevioribus. 46. Hasenaria petalodes. n ^ : n racteis H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, racemo longo laxo multifloro, : pim foliaceis acuminatis ovario brevioribus, petalis cuneatis sepalo 2 i latato rotundato cuspidato longioribus patentibus, labello lineari apice C177 $i are : vario basi bidentato, calcare compresso clavato acuminato pendulo o longiore. OPHRYDE.E. 917 Hab. in Brazilia; in Sierra do Itacolumi provincia Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Caulis 2-3-pedalis, foliosus. Sepala lateralia reflexa, semioblonga, acuta. Anthera latissima ; basibus solutis elongatis. Processus carnosi fungosi truncati, sejuncti. 47. HABENARIA parvidens. H. foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis canaliculatis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis acuminatis foliaceis floribus equalibus, sepalo dorsali ovato obtuso cum apiculo lateralibus reflexis acuminatis, petalis subfalcatis sepalorum longitudine, labello filiformi sepalorum longitudine basi utrinque lacinià brevi lineari, calcare filiformi arcuato labello paulo longiore, Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, (1885.) (hab. s. sp.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Bases anthere parüm elongati; processus carnosi breves acinaciformes. Alabastri semunciam longi. 48. Hapenaria? purpurea. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 17. H. foliis angustis ensiformibus acutis radicalibus, caule squamato, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis brevibus concavis squameformibus, labello cuneato cuspidato, calcare incurvo obtuso labello breviore. Hab. in Madagascaria, Thouars. Flores purpurei. ————4An Peristyli sp. 49. Hapenaria linifolia. Presl. Reliq. Henk. 1, 91. H. < scapo paucifloro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, sepalis integris, labello lineari-oblongo integerrimo basi angulato, bracteis ovario brevioribus.” Hab. in Peruvia, ad Huanoco, Hænke. Scapus septempollicaris. Spica bipollicaris, laxa, vix 18-flora. Calcar ovarii longitudine. b. Labellum trifidum, laciniis filiformibus indivisis. 50. Hasenarra elongata. R. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 313. H. foliis oblongis acutis sensim evanescentibus, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis ovatis angustis acuminatissimis ovario quadruplà brevioribus, labello tripartito: laciniis filiformibus lateralibus divaricatis intermedià dupld brevioribus, sepalo supremo retuso, calcare filiformi ascendente ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Nova Hollandia tropica, Brown. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. R. Brown.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Sepala lateralia ovata, obtusa. Petala semiovata. 51. Hanzwanra reflexa. Blume, Bijdr. H. * labello tripartito : laciniis linearibus, media elongata recurva, sepalis exterioribus lateralibus latioribus reflexis, calcare clavato arcuato ovario breviore." Hab. in Java ; in calcareis prope Kuripan, Blume. 52. HABENARIA arenaria. H. foliis binis radicalibus oblongo-ovatis acutis, laxo multifloro, bracteis membranaceis acumina scapo vaginato, racemg tis pedicellis ovariorum 318 OPHRYDE.;. longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis filiformibus lateralibus recurvis brevioribus, calcare pendulo filiformi ovario longiore. Orchid. arenaria. Burch. Hb. 5654. Hab. ad Caput B. Spei, Burchell. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Caulis 1-14-pedalis. Ovaria abrupte pedicellata, Sepala lateralia pen- dula. 53. Hapenaria filicornis. H. caule gracillimo bifolio, foliis strictissimis vaginantibus oblongo-line- aribus obtusis, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis subulatis pedicellorum longitudine, labelli tripartiti laciniis filiformibus obtusis intermedia ascendente lateralibus deflexis duplo longiore, calcare filiformi com- presso ovarii longitudine. Orchis filicornis. Zhonning ! in Schumach. Beskriv. af Guineisk. Plant. 2, 171. Hab. in Guinea, Thonning. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hornem.) Caulis 1-li-pedalis. Foliorum lamina caule parallela obtusa. Flores minuti, ichneumonis facie. Petala falcata cum sepalo supr. refracto in galea agglutinata. Sepala lateralia majora retrorsum falcata. Anthera acuminata; basibus solutis brevibus erectis. Processus carnosi acuti decurvi. ‘54, HaBENARIA procera. H. “ labello tripartito : laciniis ascendentibus lateralibus linearibus divari- catis medià subulata porrectà canaliculatà, calcare lineari obtuso germine longiore, foliolis cal. lateralibus exterioribus deltoideis. ' *Orchis procera. Swartz in Pers. Syn. 1, 506. ‘Hab. in Sierra Leone, Afzelius. 55. Hapenaria tridactylites. H. foliis 2 radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis petiolatis, racemo laxo lw floro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis ovario dupló brevioribus, labe tripartiti laciniis filiformibus intermedià paulo longioribus, calcare filiformi clavato pendulo ovarii longitudine. “Orchis tridactylites. Webb et Berth. Fl. Can. ined. ‘Hab. ad rupes, et in caspitosis ins. Canariensium frequens, Webb et -Berthellot. (hab. s. sp. comm. cell. W. et B.) ‘Caulis spithameus v. minor, foliis radicalibus pauld altior. | gione supremum lato-ovatum acutum cum petalis angustis falcatis ues planiusculum eíformans. Sepala lateralia linearia obtusiuscula. i thera lata, lobis parüm solutis divaricatis; processus carnosl oblong distantes. 56. HABENARIA graminea. H. foliis radicalibus linearibus acuminatis scapo filiformi stricto pup brevioribus, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis squamiformibus ue pedicello ovarii longioribus, labelli tripartiti sepalorum longitue! ii laciniis filiformibus subæqualibus, calcare compresso clavato ovar longitudine. Platanthera linifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7041. Hab. in montibus Silhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) OPHRYDE X. 319 Caulis 3-7 poll, altus, gracillimus, strictus. Folia 11-2 poll. longa. Flores parvi distantes. Sepalum suprem. c. pet. galeatum; lateralia deflexa, acuta, Anth. subrotunda, basibus solutis ascendentibus brevi- bus. Processus carnosi reniformes fauci calcaris adnati. 57. Hasenaria viridiflora. R. Br. Prodr. in annot. H. foliis radicalibus pluribus angustis acutis recurvis, racemo laxo multi- floro, bracteis subulatis pedicellorum longitudine, petalis ovatis sepalis majoribus conformibus, labelli tripartiti sepalis paulo longioris horizon- talis laciniis filiformibus intermedià longiore, calcare filiformi pendulo ovarii longitudine. Orchis viridiflora. Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 206. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 13. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) Caulis 6-8 poll. altus basi tantum foliatus superne squamosus. Bases an- therz distantes, porrecti, nec ascendentes. Processus carnosi lineares obtusiusculi. 58. Hapenarta lucida. Wall. MSS. : H. foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis planis, racemo elongato laxo multifloro, bracteis ovatis acutis ovario dupld brevioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus linearibus obtusis divaricatis ascendentibus sepalis longiori- bus intermedià ovatà setaceo-acuminatà, calcare filiformi apice com- presso ovario longiore. Platanthera lucida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7047. Hab. in regno Burmano ; Rangoon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis sesquipedalis, apice distanter squamatus. Flores minores, distantes. Sepala lateralia reflexa, acuta, supremum erectum obtusum cum petalis galeatum. Processus carnosi parvi oblongi subreniformes. 59. HanrNARIA furcifera. H. foliis oblongis planis acutis basi angustatis, racemo angusto elongato multifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis ciliatis ovarii longitudine, labello trifido laciniis linearibus furcatis lateralibus intermedio breviori Suppositis, petalis retusis galeà brevioribus, calcare compresso ovario longiore apice involuto. Hab. in Mussooree, Royle. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Royle.) Sesquipedalis, facie Aceratis anthropophore. Folia radicalia 5 poll. longa. Axis racemi levis. Sepala subequalia, lateralia deflexa. Antheræ steriles maximæ orbiculatæ, bases rectos breves loculorum antheræ fertilis subrotundæ tegentes. Processus carnosi breves oblongi. 60. Hapenaartia stenopetala. : H. foliis obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis planis, racemo denso multifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis ovario longioribus, labello lineari tri- fido laciniis acuminatis lateralibus nanis, petalis setaceo-linearibus a galeà liberis, sepalis setaceo-acuminatis, calcare recto filiformi ovarii tone tudine, Hab. in India septentrionali, Cashmeram versus, Royle. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Royle, et v. ic. pict.) Caulis foliosus, basi nudus, sesquipedalis vel altior. Flores albi, sepalis 320 OPHRYDEEXE. apice virescentibus, labello Havescente. "Tuberculum radicis magnum, oblongum, indivisum. 61. Hapenaria Heyneana. H. foliis angustis ovalibus acutis, racemo secundo paucifloro laxo, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis subventricosis acuminatis flore longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis subeequalibus sepalorum longitudine intermedia anguste? ovali lateralibus filiformibus incurvis, petalis sepalisq. subqualibus conniventibus, calcare pendulo filiformi ovario breviore. Platanthera Heyneana. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7044. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis, Heyne. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis vix spithameus. Folia perfecta 2-3, suberecta, subitd in bracteis mutata, Sepalum supr. fornicatum, cetera ovata obtusiuscula. An- thera basibus distantibus parum solutis. Processus carnosi longissimi, cum basi labelli connati, lingueformes, divergentes. 62. Hasenaria Rumphii, H. foliis angustis canaliculatis acutis erectis, racemo oblongo denso multi- floro, bracteis floribus longioribus squamisque caulis setaceo-acuminatis, labelli tripartiti laciniis filiformibus lateralibus brevissimis, calcare clavato labelli longitudine. Platanthera Rumphii. 4d. Brongn. Voy. de la Coquille, p. 194, t. 38, 4. Orchis amboinica minor. Rumph. Amb. p. 118, t. 54, f. 2. Hab. in Amboyna, Rumphius, D'Urville. 63. Hasenaria Promensis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7033. H. foliis angust® oblongis acutis canaliculatis patentissimis in squamis acuminatissimis mutatis, racemo oblongo denso multifloro, bracteis acuminatissimis ovario longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis filiformibus subzqualibus sepalis longioribus, sepalo supremo petalisque falcatis fornicatis: lateralibus acutis patentibus, calcare pendulo clavato ovarii longitudine. Hab. in montibus Promensibus Indic orientalis, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. € Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis spithameus. Folia majora 9-5 distantia. Anthera brevissim?; basibus vix solutis. Processus carnosi lineares basi labelli adnati. 64. Hasenaria marginata. Colebr. in Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 136. H. foliis radicalibus planis approximatis patentissimis cordatis oblo albomarginatis, racemo oblongo denso multifloro, bracteis grin ovarii longitudine, labelli tripartiti penduli laciniis sepalis longioribus lateralibus linearibus acuminatis intermedià lanceolatà obtusà breviore, sepalo supremo petalisque semiovatis fornicatis : lateralibus ovato-lanceo- latis patentibus, calcare pendulo clavato apice ventricoso ovarii longi- tudine, Hab. in India orientali; Bengalia, Kamaon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. € Mus. Angl. Ind.) Tubercula oblonga, indivisa; radices filiformes pauce breves carnos®. Caulis vix semipedalis squamis 2 acuminatis vaginatus. Folia obtusa aut acuta. Sepala viridia. Petala et labellum lutea. Bases anthere distantes brevi spatio soluti. Processus carnosi falcati fimbriati. ngis OPHRYDE. 321 65. HanENAaR1A latifolia. H. foliis radicalibus pluribus aggregatis patentibus ovato-oblongis acutis, caule distanter vaginato, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis membranaceis linearibus acuminatissimis ovario brevioribus, labelli lacinià medià se- palis longiore lineari-oblongA obtusa lateralibus setaceis nanis ascenden- tibus, sepalo supremo petalisque falcatis fornicatis lateralibus duplà brevioribus, calcare filiformi pendulo sursüm compresso dilatato ovario longiore. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Folia 6 poll. longa, 2} lata. Scapus pedalis. Flores magni speciosi. Anthera basibus longis ascendentibus subulatis solutis. Processus car- nosi lineares apice fimbriati. 66. HABENARIA ? prealta. H. caule folioso, foliis ensiformibus canaliculatis strictis, racemo longis- simo cylindraceo, bracteis cucullatis ovarii longitudine, labello tripartito laciniis linearibus equalibus, calcare clavato ovarii longitudine. Satyrium prealtum. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 11. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars, Flores virescentes, c. Labellum trifidum, laciniis lateralibus dilatatis v. fissis. 67. HanENAn1A pectinata. Don. Prodr. p. 24. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo elongato multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acutis florum longitudine, labelli tripartiti ferè dupld sepalis longioris laciniis lateralibus basi simplicibus sursum capillaceo- multifidis segmentis setaceis subsimplicibus intermedia lineari acumi- natà, sepalis lateralibus deflexis supremo petalisque anticé repandis pubescentibus in galea agglutinatis, calcare pendulo filiformi apice cla- vato labello duplo longiore. Orchis pectinata, Smith, Exot. Bot. t. 99. Hab. in India septentrionali orientem versus; Napalia, et Kamaon, Hamil- ton, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis 2-pedalis v. minor, foliis ad summum vestitus. Sepala TT longa. rocessus carnosi corniformes, pubescentes, reflexi, basibus solutis Eo longiores. Galea pallide viridis ; sep. lat atroviridia ; labellum album. 68. Hapenarra ensifolia. H. foliis ensiformibus caulem vestientibus, racemo laxo brevi multifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis florum longitudine, labelli topari sepalis pauld longioris laciniis lateralibus capillaceo-multifidis segmentis fili- formibus obtusis sepius furcatis, intermedia lineari-acuminatà, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis liberis glabris secundis, calcare pendulo clavato labelli longitudine. H. intermedize pars. Wall. Cat. no. 7030. Hab, in Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis 1- 12- pedalis, foliis erectis ad summum vestitus. Sepala 10 es acuta, omnia ascendentia. Petala sepalo supremo supposita, sed nullo modo agvlutinata aut antice repanda. October, 1835. Tt 329 OPHRYDE. In the distribution of Dr. Wallich's Herbarium I confounded this with H. intermedia, from which the characters now assigned to that species abundantly distinguish it. 69. Hapenaria intermedia. Don. Prodr. Nep. 24. H. caule 1-5-floro, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis distantibus patentibus, bracteis foliaceis planis patentibus ovario brevioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus ab ipsà basi capillaceo-multifidis segmentis longis- simis setaceis indivisis intermedià lineari acuminatà, sepalo supremo petali«que glabris antice planis in gale agglutinatis lateralibus falcatis ascendentibus, calcare ascendente infracto filiformi labello vix longiore. Hab. in Napalia, orientem versus, Hamilton, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis spithameus ad pedalem, paucifoliatus. Sepala pollicaria. Petala sepalo supremo agglutinata, margine anteriore haud repando. Flores in H. pectinata magni, in H. ensifolia adhuc majores, in H. intermedia sunt maximi. 70. HanENan1A pubescens. H. foliis pluribus radicalibus oblongis acutis planis, racemo elongato cylindraceo multifloro axi pubescente, bracteis acuminatis pubescentibus ovario longioribus, labelli tripartiti lacinià intermedià lineari carnosá lateralibus longioribus apice dilatatis fissis, calcare arcuato compresso ovarii longitudine. Hab. in India septentrionali ad Sabathoo, Royle. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Royle.) Caulis sesquipedalis, robustus, pubescens. Folia sexpollicaria. Bases antherz a canalibus stigmaticis liberi. Processus carnosi parvi tuber- culiformes. 71. HanrENaniA cephalotes. H. foliis oblongis acuminatis canaliculatis, racemo oblongo denso multi- floro, bracteis cucullatis acuminatis ovario longioribus, labelli trilobi pubescentis lacinià intermediA lineari acutA lateralibus rotundatis multi- fido-ciliatis longiore, sepalo supremo petalisque conniventibus galeatis pubescentibus sepalis lateralibus intus tomentosis duplo minoribus, calcare pendulo apice clavato labello longiore. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) Spithamea. Folia inferiora 93-pollicaria, sensim decrescentia. Anthera glabra, processubus carnosis rectis basibus loculorum solutis porrectis pauld longioribus. Petala oblique triangularia, margine scabro. Sepa lum supr. 3-costatum, intus glabrum, lat. 1-costata. 72. HABENARIA longicornis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7027. H. foliis lanceolatis canaliculatis recurvis, racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatissimis ovario arcuato brevioribus, labelli tri- partiti laciniA intermedià lineari lateralibus falcatis crenatis jet breviore, sepalis lateralibus triangularibus supremo erecto à een horizontalibus incurvis libero, calcare clavato compresso ovario longiore. Hab. in India orientali, Heyne. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Vix 5 poll. altus. Folia radicalia 5, subito in squamis acuminatissimi* OPHRYDEEX. 323 mutata. Sepala patula, nulla reflexa. Calcar 1j p. longum. Bases soluti anther elongati. Processus carnosi recurvi. 73. Hasenaria ochroleuca. R. Brown, Prodr. 313. H. foliis brevissimis appressis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, racemo raro pauci- floro, bracteis acuminatis ovario dupld brevioribus, labelli trifidi lacinia intermedia compressa filiformi lateralibus lanceolatis divaricatis paulo brevioribus, sepalo supremo petalisque dupló minoribus subquadratis : lateralibus patentibus majoribus cum laciniis labelli lateralibus parallelis, calcare pendulo apice clavato ovarium subzequante. Hab. in Nova Hollandia tropica, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. R. Br.) Caulis tenuis, 10 poll. altus, foliis tam parvis ut potius squamatum quam foliatum diceres. Flores parvi. Bases soluti anthere breves porrecti ; processus carnosi lineares divergentes basi labelli accreti. B. RosrRaATz. 74. Hasenarta plantaginea. E foliis radicalibus oblongis aut obl.-lanceolatis acutis obtusisve, spicd mum secunda, bracteis membranaceis acutis ovario dupld brevioribus, Tum trifidi subrotundi lacinià intermedià lineari acutà lateralibus atissimis denticulatis subzequali, sepalis subzequalibus ascendentibus, calcare arcuato filiformi pendulo ovario rostrato longiore. CN platyphyllos. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, 451. ymnadenia plantaginea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7053. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis: in angustiis inter Tenevelly et Tra- vancore, Wallich; Monghir, Hamilton. (hab. s. sp. € Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis aphyllus squamis acutis vaginatus, spithamzeus ad pedalem. Sepala ovata acuta, labello tripló minora. Processus carnosi oblongi, paralleli, agglutinati. Ovarium brevius rostratum quam in priore. 75. HanENAn1A platyphylla. Spreng. Syst. 3, H. foliis radicalibus orbiculatis acutis horizontalibus, spicà de flora, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis ovario duplà brevioribus, dentati lacinià intermedià lineari acut4 lateralibus denticu sepalis aequalibus, calcare longissimo filiformi apice incrassato. Td P antiginea. Roxb. Corom. 1, p. 32, t.37. Flora Indica, 3, 450. Orchis Lec Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 10. urghi. Pers. Syn. 2,503. Hab. in peninsula Indic orientalis ; et sylvestribus montium Vendalore, Angl. Ind.) Caulis 1-14-pedalis squamis acuminatissimis £rantes. Sepala ovata, lateralia reflexa. Petal rostratum. Anthere bases soluti porrecti. nsà multi- labelli tri- latis nanis, montibus Circar, Roxburgh ; dumetis Wight, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. vestitus. Flores albi, fra- a linearia. Ovarium 76. Hapenania crinifera. H. foliis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis, spicà dens& multiflora, bracteis acuminatis ovario tripld brevioribus, labello unguiculato basi appendi- culato quadripartito laciniis acuminatissimis sepalis 4-pld longioribus, sepalo supremo petalisq. galeatis, calcare ascendente clavato compresso labelli longitudine. 324 OPHRYDE.E. Hab. in Zeylona ; in umbrosis ad ripas fluviorum intra sylvas, Macrae, flo- rens Septembri. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Flores majusculi, sepalis pallide viridibus, labello albo. Sepalum supremum in labellum pronum lineis tribus purpureis in dorso. Laciniz labelli nunc denticulate nunc integerrime. Bases anthere longissimi soluti. Appendix e fauce calcaris cochleariformis, brevis. 77. HABENARIA trichosantha. Wall. Cat. no. 7028. H. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis subamplexicaulibus, spicà brevi densa, bracteis ciliatis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus capillaceo-multifidis intermedià lineari-lanceolatà, sepalis lateralibus reflexis supremo erecto a petalis libero, calcare compresso ovario longiore. Hab. in regno Burmano, in monte Taong Dong, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis 1-13-pedalis, parce foliatus. Folia 24 poll. longa. 78. Hapenarta geniculata. Don. Prodr. Fl. Nep. 25. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis planis, spicà cylindraceà multiflora, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis ovarii longitudine, labelli subrotundi trilobi lobis lateralibus dentatis planis intermedio lineari acuto, petalis sepalo supremo galeato dupld brevioribus, calcare basi infundibulari sursüm cylindraceo clavato obtuso. Platanthera geniculata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7042. Hab. in Napalia, et regno Burmano: Gossain Than, montibus Prome et Taong Dong, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Planta statura et facie O. mascule. Bases soluti anthere asceti Processus carnosi lineares, longissimi, porrecti. Sepala lateralia $ premo dupló majora. Ovarium breve rostratum. 79. HanrNantA longifolia. Hamilt. MSS. H. foliis angustis acuminatis canaliculatis erectis, spicà laxà multo bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovario longioribus, labello gabro plano trilobo : lobis lateralibus semioblongis integris intermedio uor acuto, sepalo supremo cum petalis æquilongis in galea agglutinatis, calcare filiformi ovario longiore. Gymnadenia longifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7060. Hab. in India septentrionali; Nathpur, Hamilton, Mussooree et portu Kheree, Royle. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis sesquipedalis foliosus. Flores albi. Labellum sepalis 3-pld majus, magis minusve divisum. Rostellum liberum, subulatum, compressum, antheræ fert æquale, loculis subparallelis. Calcar viride. OA sessile apice angustatum, vix rostratum. Capsulam baud vidi. ro cessus carnosi apice dilatati uncinati. 80. Hanzwani1a stenopetala. : lis laxis H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis patentibus, vaginis cau d acuminatissimis, spicà pauciflorà subcorymbosá, bracteis acuminatis gs. floribus longioribus, labello basi appendiculato lineari-oblongo car" e trilobo : lobis acuminatis lateralibus ranis intermedio sepalorum long OPHRYDEE. 325 tudine, petalis setaceo linearibus, calcare filiformi obtuso ovarii longi- tudine. Hab, in Zeylona, in umbrosis, florens Decembri, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Spithamea, basi tantum foliata. Flores nivei. Sepalum supremum E convexum, non galeatum, lateralibus subequale. Calcar basi infundi- bulare. Appendix labelli parvus, convexus, pubescens. Bases anther longissimi porrecti. Processus carnosi parvi, ori calcaris adnati. 5l. HABENARIA commelinifolia. Wall. MSS. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis planis, spicà laxà multiflora, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ciliatis ovario longe rostrato subqualibus, labello trifido laciniis lateralibus setaceis divaricatis intermedià lineari acuminatà longiore, petalis oblongis et sepalo supremo cucullato galeatis laterali- bus reflexis triangularibus rotundatis, calcare filiformi clavato ovario dupld longiore. Orchis commelinifolia. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3,451. Platanthera commelinifolia. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7037. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis; Bengalia, Roxburgh, regno Burmano, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Vaginz supreme setaceo-acuminate. Flores albi, inodori. Bases soluti anther longissimi. Labelli lobus medius valde convexus. 82. Hapenaria rostrata. Wall. MSS. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis radicalibus, spicà oblongà densá, bracteis acuminatissimis ciliatis ovarii longitudine, labello tripartito sepalis duplà longiore laciniis filiformibus acuminatis, sepalo supremo galeato lateralibus latis apice falcatis, calcare clavato ovario breviore. Platanthera rostrata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7051. Hab. in regno Burmano, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Pedalis. Spica crassa, multiflora. Bases anthere recurvi. Processus carnosi breves oblongi. 83. HABENARIA linguella. H. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis erectis, squamis supremis setaceo-acuminatis, Spicà subrotundà multiflorà, bracteis acuminatissimis ciliatis ovario arcuato rostrato sequalibus v. brevioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis fili- formibus intermedia deflex4 lateralibus brevissimis, sepalo supremo petalisque ovatis convexis liberis galeam efficientibus: lateralibus pen- dulis contiguis, calcare filiformi compresso-clavato ovario longiore. Hab. in China, Dom. Millett; Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. in hb. Hooker.) Caulis pedalis et ultra. Spica facie H. rostrate a qua vix differt nisi labello. Flores aurei ex Macrae. 54. Hapenarta acuifera, Wall. MSS. H. foliis omnibus radicalibus angust® lance Setaceo-acuminatis, spicà subrotundà dens brevioribus, labello lineari tripartito : laciniis late olatis erectis, squamis caulis à, bracteis acuminatis ovario ralibus subulatis nanis, 326 OPHRYDEX. sepalo supremo plano: lateralibus duplo majoribus, calcare cylindraceo apice obtuso inflexo ovario brevius. Platanthera acuifera. Lindl. in Wall, Cat. no. 7045. Hab. in regno Burmano ; Tavoy, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Spithamea. Spica brevis. Bases anthere liberi elongati. Processus carnosi parvi, os calcaris ambientes. Anth. steriles ovate, elongate. Sepala lateralia labelli longitudine. 85. Hasenaria densa, Wall. MSS. H. caule folioso, foliis oblongis acuminatis, spicà longissima cylindraceà densà, bracteis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, labello lineari obtuso indiviso, petalis sepalisque conformibus ovatis acutis conniventibus, calcare clavato ventricoso ovario breviore. Platanthera densa, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7046. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Caulis 2-pedalis et ultra. Folia 5 poll.longa. Spica fere sesquipedalis. Flores parvi. Capsule ovate, brevirostrate, hexagone, angulis tribus costatis. Processus carnosi oblongi obtusi divergentes. Species facie propria. Perianthium campanulatum cum Habenaria male quadrat; sed notam nullam inveni ad genus novum conficiendum idoneam. Species dubia ; forte diversi generis. Hapenaria Sigillum. Thouars. Orch. Afr. t. 20. Hab. in Borbonia, Thouars. Folia in medio tantum caulis bipedalis, oblonga, acuminata, nervosa. Racemus laxus multiflorus. Bractez brevissime, squamiformes. Flores albi. Sepala ovata, patula, subaqualia. Petala postice emarginata, sepalis paulo minora. Labellum 5-fidum: laciniis linearibus basilaribus nanis, intermediis latioribus subfalcatis, intermedia e lata basi projiciente. Calcar filiforme, ovarii longitudine. Ad ic. Thouarsii. CLXXXVIII. ATE. Perianthium Orchidis. Anthera basibus divergentibus attenuatis cine stigmaticis adnatis. Glandule nude. Processus carnosi liberi, lamin cornea, spatulatà, deflexà, canaliculatà interposità. Anthere steriles 9 lata basi angustata, fertilis fer& longitudine, apice incrassatæ. Herba radice tuberculos4, caule folioso, floribus herbaceis galeatis. This very distinct genus differs from Habenaria in having a ve horny, channelled, recurved tooth, arising from the anterior edge of p orifice of the spur, and curved down upon thelip: its use is unknown iet me. On account of its situation it cannot be considered analogous to the little appendage we find at the base of the lip of H. crinifera and —— petala ; whatever it may be, it is an organ so very highly developed, yet considering the great length of the sterile stamens, and the peculiar habi of this plant, I think we must admit it as a good generic character. OPHRYDES. 327 l. Are virens. Habenaria barbata. Wight in Wall. Cat. no. 7034. Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis prope Dindigul, in montibus alt. 4000 ped. Wight. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. ic. pict.) Pedalis. Folia ovata, acuminata, omnem caulem occupantia, subito in bracteis mutata. Racemus secundus, laxus, 4-6-florus, bracteis foliaceis ovario longioribus. Flores virides, galeati. Sepala S 1. longa, ovata, acuminata, glabra, lateralia reflexa; supremum cum petalis galeam formans. Petala pubescentia sepalo duplo latiora, bifida, laciniis acumi- natis anteriore breviore. Labellum pendulum, pubescens, trifidum, sepalis longius, lobis linearibus acuminatis equalibus. Calcar filiforme, ovarii longitudine, obtusum. CLXXXIX. BONATEA. Bonatea. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,43. Lindl. Illustr. of Orchideous Plants by Bauer, GENERA, 819.15. Perianthium et Anthera Habenarie. Stigma labio superiore (rostello) libero, elongato, cucullato v. complicato. Processus carnosi 9, stig- matici, nunc longissimi, nunc abbreviati.——— — Habitus Orchidis. Obs. Bonatea est Habenaria stigmate evolutissimo. a. Petala bipartita. l. BoxarEa speciosa. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 43. Bot. Mag. t. 2926. B. caule folioso, foliis oblongis subundulatis laxé vaginantibus, racemo multifloro compacto, bracteis membranaceis cucullatis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, floribus galeatis, petalis bipartitis lineari-lanceolatis galea: longitudine, laciniis anterioribus labello adnatis, labello tripartito laciniis linearibus acuminatis convexis undulatis apice revolutis, rostello ciliato, processubus carnosis spatulatis canaliculatis obtusis sepalorum longitu- dine, calcare filiformi pendulo labello zquali. Orchis speciosa. Linn. Suppl. Syst. Nat. p. 401. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 1, 27. Hab. prope rivulos plures ad Caput B. Spei, Thunberg. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp. comm. cel, Burchell.) 2. Bonarea cirrhata. B. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subundulatis planis, racemo paucifloro, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis ovarii longè pedunculati longi- tudine, floribus galeatis, petalis bipartitis : laciniis setaceis liberis pos- teriore brevi anteriore longissimà flexuosa, labello tripartito laciniis capillaceis lateralibus brevioribus, rostello subulato glabro antherà breviore, processubus carnosis capitatis galee longitudine, calcare longissimo compresso convoluto. Hab, in Madagascaria, Lyall. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Sepala lateralia triangularia, 9 l. longa. Petala cirrhata 22 poll. longa. 3. Bonarea incarnata. B. caule folioso, foliis ensiformibus canaliculatis erectis, racemo denso 328 OPHRYDE Æ. cylindraceo, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis omnibus reflexis supremo duplò minore, petalis bipartitis: lacinià posteriore membranaceà subulatà reflexA anteriore carnosà lineari- lanceolatà antrorsüm arcuatá, labello tripartito laciniis linearibus acutis sepalorum lateralium longitudine, rostello subulato anthera breviore, processubus carnosis capitatis antherA brevioribus, calcare falcato ovario longè pedunculato equali. Habenaria incarnata. Lyall, MSS. Hab. in Madagascaria, Lyall. (exam s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Caulis bipedalis. Folia 6-8 poll. longa. Racemus semipedalis. Flores inter minores. Petala duo cornua bovina simulant. Antheræ steriles sunt emarginate. 4. Bonarea Bilabrella. B. caule gracili basi folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis abrupté in vaginis laxis acuminatis transeuntibus, racemo laxo oblongo multifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis pedicellis vix æqualibus, sepalis reflexis su- premo lineari-lanceolato canaliculato lateralibus dimidiato-oblongis apice valde obliquis, petalis carnosis pubescentibus bipartitis: laciniis ante- rioribus ovatis obtusis posticis erectis recurvis linearibus duplà longiori- bus cum sepalo quasi labium superius formantibus, labello tripartito laciniis lateralibus angustissim? lanceolatis intermedia filiformi brevi- oribus, rostello cornuto antheræ longitudine, processubus carnosi5 capitatis antherà longioribus, calcare faleato basi infundibulari. Bilabrella falcicornis. Bot. Reg. 1701. Orchidea falcicornis. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 5178. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) 5. BowarEa pratensis. B. caule basi tantum folioso, foliis angustis ensiformibus erectis, eset subcorymboso paucifloro, bracteis acuminatis ovario triplo breviori is floribus galeatis, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus linearibus ed catis quam posteriores lanceolate falcatz brevioribus, labello diese sepalis lateralibus aequali: laciniis zquilongis lateralibus linear! * subfalcatis obtusis intermedi lineari-lanceolata, rostello obtuso m lato anthera longiore, processubus carnosis crassis truncatis panis, calcare recto clavato ovarii longitudine. Orchis pratensis. Salzmann. Hab. in Brazilia; Bahia, Salzmann, Don; Rio Belmonte, ad r prope Francoso, Princeps Neovidensis. (hab. s. sp.) Subpedalis. Folia 3-4 poll. longa. Flores verosimiliter lutescentes. ivulum 6. Bonarea flexuosa. B. caule valdé flexuoso, foliis coriaceis lanceolatis acuminatis canaliculi : racemo laxo paucifloro, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis ovario ERN culato longioribus, floribus galeatis, petalis carnosis bipartitis : Mee anterioribus linearibus reflexis, labello carnoso tripartito : lacini vexis linearibus obtusis intermedià longiore ascendente; jos cato antherà longiore, processubus carnosis planis rotundatis 1 calcare pendulo recto clavato bractearum longitudine. Hab. in Brazilia, provincià Minarum, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) OPHRYDE.E. 329 Planta facie omnino Iridacee cujusdam spathacee. Caulis 13-2-pedalis. Sepala lateralia reflexa 6 l. longa. Glandule anthere maxime luteze. 7. Bonatea pauciflora. B. caule folioso 1-2-floro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis canaliculatis, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis pedunculis brevioribus, floribus galeatis longipedunculatis, petalis carnosis bipartitis: laciniis lateralibus brevi- oribus reflexis linearibus acutis, labello carnoso 3-partito sepalis bre- viore: laciniis deflexis linearibus acutis subzequalibus, rostello compli- cato acuto recurvo antherà longiore, processubus carnosis crassis nanis truncatis, calcare clavato pedunculi longitudine. Orchis longicornu. Salzmann. Hab. in Brazilia; Bahia, Salzmann. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis palmaris ad 1}-pedalem, gracilis. Calcar 3-pollicare. Pedunculi arcuati, longissimi. Anthere steriles magne lineares apice crenate. b. Petala indivisa. 8. Bonarea foliosa. B. caule dens? folioso, foliis brevibus oblongis acutis erectis in bracteis sensim decrescentibus, racemo denso multifloro, bracteis foliaceis cucul- latis succulentis ovario dupld brevioribus, floribus galeatis, petalis oblongis obtusis sepalis dupló majoribus, labello lineari obtuso basi bidentato, rostello complicato ovarii longitudine, processubus carnosis brevibus obovatis canaliculatis, calcare recto pendulo clavato apice ventricoso ovario breviore. Orchis foliosa. Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 206. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,11. Hab. ad Caput B. Spei, Swartz, Burchell. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Caulis vix pedalis foliis brevibus basi laxe vaginantibus imbricatis dens? tectus. Labellum 7 1. longum, sepalis lat. deflexis equale. 9. BoxarEA gracilis. B. caule gracili subbifloro basi tantum folioso, foliis oblongis acutis, flori- bus longipedunculatis galeatis, bracteis vaginantibus pedunculis brevi- oribus, labello obovato tripartito laciniis indivisis intermedia lineari lateralibus dilatatis falcatis breviore, rostello complicato crenulato antherze longitudine, processubus carnosis teretibus obtusis petalorum longitudine, calcare longissimo apice clavato compresso. Hab. in Indie orientalis peninsula, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Folia 3 poll. longa. Caulis pedalis. Sepalum supremum ovatum obtu- sum a petalis conformibus angustioribus liberum ; lateralia majora reflexa falcata. Labellum unciam longum. Bases anthere flexuosz Cornute. Calcar 5 poll. longum. 10. Bonarza micrantha. : B. foliis oblongis succulentis, caule gracili superné aphyllo bu Squamato, racemo laxo elongato multifloro, bracteis woe Pedunculis longioribus, floribus galeatis longe eun OE tripartito sepalis æquali carnoso : laciniis linearibus acutis su equa - us, rostello subulato, processubus carnosis reniformibus, calcare com- presso recto apice uncinato. Hab, aq Caput B. Spei. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) October, 1835. vu 330 OPHRYDES. Subpedalis, gracilis. Flores minimi generis. Racemi 23-6 poll. longi. Rostello subulato et processubus parvis transitam efficit inter Bonateam et Habenariam. CXC. DIPLOMERIS. Diplomeris. Don. Prodr. Nep. 26.——Diplochilus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1499.— Paragnathis. Spreng. Syst. 3, 694. Perianthium campanulatam calcaratum ; sepalis quam petala et labellum indivisum minoribus. Anthera horizontalis basibus loculorum elonga- tis liberis distantibus. Glandule nude. Stigma labio superiore (ros- tello) maximo membranaceo dilatato plano; processubus duobus car- nosis collateralibus porrectis nune cohzrentibus labium inferius simu- lantibus.————Herbe humiles paucifolie, caulibus nudis v. unisqua- matis, bracteis cucullatis subsolitariis. Radices tuberculifere. A Bonatea differt stigmate bilabiato et perianthio campanulato ; Habenaria rostello maximo perianthioque. l. DiPLowEnis pulchella. Don. l. c. D. caule 2-3-phyllo subbifloro, foliis ensiformibus glabris, calcare recto. Paragnathis pulchella. Spreng. l. c. Diplochilos longifolium. Lindl, in Wall, Cat. no. 7064. Bot. Reg. 1499. Hab. in montibus Silhet, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind. et v. e pict.) Caulis 4-5 poll. altus, squamé solitarià canaliculatà acutà in medio. Bractee ovate, cucullate, acute. Flores nivei. Sepala 7 1. longa ovato-lanceolata acuta. Petala longiora, dupld majora, ovato-oblonga. Labellum obcordatum, mucrone interjecto, planum. Calcar 1j poll. longum rectum compressum. Anthera horizontalis, v. fere resupinata. Stigmatis labium superius obovatum, planum, integrum, membrana- ceum, ultra antheram longè prominens; inferius e processubus duobus carnosis collateralibus ascendentibus sejunctis constans. 2. DiPLoMERis hirsuta. D. caule monophyllo unifloro, folio oblongo hirsuto, calcare incurvo. Diplochilos hirsutum. Lindi, in Wall. Cat. no. 7065. Bot. Reg. 1499. Hab. in Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) Tota planta vix 3 poll. alta. Caulis erectus nudus. Bractea magn? cucullata, ciliata. Petala 8 1. longa. Labellum obcordatum mucrone nullointerjecto. Rostellum emarginatum. Processus carnosi paralleli, ascendentes, plani, canalium stigmaticorum longitudine, in labiun inferius cohzrentes. CXCI. CYNORCHIS. Cynosorchis. Thouars, Orch. Afr. Gymnadenie sp. Ach. Richard, Orch. Mawr Sepala qualia conniventia. Petala sub sepalo superiore agglutint. Labellum columna connatum, calcaratum, sæpiùs 4-partitum, sepa! OPHRYDEJE. 331 multó majus, et texture diversissine. Columna nana. Anthera horizontalis v. resupinata, loculis distantibus elongatis. Rostellum planum, dilatatum, tripartitum. — Pollinia glandulis nudis. Stigma lobis duobus carnosis rostelli lobis lateralibus suppositis. Herbz, Atrice australis et insularum Mascarensium; radicibus testiculatis. Flores nunquam herbacei. Caules szpiüs squama vaginante in medio. The lip connate with the column, the great dilated trifid rostellum, the borizontal or resupinate anther, are the principal characters of this genus. The lip, moreover, is usually 4-lobed ; but C. squamosa is an exception. l. Cyuoncnis uniflora. C. foliis binis ensiformibus acuminatis erectis caulis uniflori longitudine, bracteà vaginante cuspidatà pedunculi longitudine, sepalis obtusissimis, labelli 4-lobi lobis oblongis rotundato-truncatis lateralibus majoribus, calcare clavato ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Madagascar, Lyall, (v. s. sp in herb. Hooker.) Radicis tuberculum oblongum lanatum. Caulis spithamzeus et parum ultra, Labellum fer? 13 p. longum, calcari equale. ?. Cynorcuts purpurascens. Thouars, t. 15. C. foliis radicalibus erectis longis lanceolatis acuminatis, caule medio unisquamato, floribus nunc corymbosis nunc racemosis, bracteis acuini- nulatis, labelli 4-lobi lobis subzqualibus rotundato-truncatis, calcare liformi ovarii longitudine. Gymnadenia purpurascens. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 29, t. 6, f.1. rchis purpurascens. Spreng. Syst. 3, 687. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars, Madagascaria, Lyall. (ex. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Tubercula radicis oblonga, lanata. Caulis 1-14-pedalis. Folia 8-9 poll. longa. Flores purpurascentes. Labellum 1 poll. longum. Rostellum membranaceo-dilatatum alte 3-fidum, lobis lateralibus subulatis, inter- medio lato lineari truncato. Icon Richardi omnino erronea est. 3. CvNoncnis Boryana. C. caule monophyllo squamå unicà acuminatà lax? vaginante in medio, folio ovato-lanceolato ucuminato, labelli trilobi lobis truncatis æquali- bus, calcare inflato brevissimo incurvo. Gymnadenia Boryana. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 28, t. 5. Hab. in Mauritio, monte du Pouce dicto, Bory. Tubereula radicis ovalia. Caulis 8-10 poll. Bractez breves, acuminate, lores purpurascentes distantes, labello verticali, 8 lineas longi. Ros- tellum ex icone Richardi bilobum, maximum, lobis parallelis truncatis ; an rect? visum? Ovarium pilis quibusdam glandulosis conspersum. 4. Cyvorcars flexuosa. C. folio solitario oblongo 5-sulcato, caule flexuoso medio vaginato, spicá laxà flexuosà, bracteis acuminatis, labelli trilobi lobo medio cuneato emarginato lateralibus abbreviatis truncatis, calcare filiformi labelli longitudine. Hab. in Madagascar, Lyall. (ex. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) 332 OPHRYDE EXE. Radicis tubercula subrotunda. Caulis spithamzeus, valdé flexuosus. Labellum 8 lin. longum. Rostellum maximum, trifidum, lobis acumi- natis intermedio majore. Petala linearia subfalcata. 5. Cynorcuis fastigiata. C. foliis binis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis horizontalibus, caule unisquamato, racemo corymboso, labello quadrifido: laciniis aequalibus truncatis, calcare longissimo filiformi. Cynosorchis fastigiata. Thouars, t. 13. Orchis mauritiana. ‘Sieber, Fl. Maurit. no. 169, non Lamarckii. Gymnadenia fastigiata. .4ch. Rich. Orch. Maur. 25. Orchis fastigiata, Spreng. Syst. 3, 687. Hab. in locis humidis insule Mauritii, Thouars, Sieber, Bojer. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Rostelli lobi zquales, acuti, paralleli. Flores lutei. This was referred to O. mauritiana by Reichenbach in the distribution of Sieber's plants. Whatever that plant may be, it certainly is not this. 6. Cvwoncnis triphylla. C. foliis 2-3 radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis 3-costatis horizontalibus, caule unisquamato paucifloro corymboso, labello quadrifido ; laciniis gequali- bus truncatis, calcare longissimo filiformi. Cynosorchis triphylla. Thouars, t. 14. Gymnadenia triphylla. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. 26. Orchis triphylla. Spreng. Syst. 3, 687. Hab. in insula Mauritii, 'Thouars. An mera varietas C. fastigiate ? 7. CyNoRcHIS squamosa. C. foliis 1-2 radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, caule squamis en acutis vaginato, racemo brevi oblongo, labello postico cuneato trunca basi bidentato, calcare gracili tereti labelli longitudine. Orchis squamosa. Poir. Enc. Meth. 4,601. Willd. 3, 42. ? Amphorchis calcarata. Thouars, Orch. t. 4. Gymnadenia squamata. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 24, t. 6, f. 2. Habenaria Amphorchis. Spreng. Syst. 3, 689. : ee P i rg jp, in Hab. in insula Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars, Commerson. (t. $- SP herb. Lehm.) è ar : ininos Caulis 6-8 poll. altus, gracilis. Flores purpurascentes, inter min! generis, Rostelli lacinie verosimiliter lineares, obtuse, aequales. An hujus generis ? Orchis mauritiana. Lam. Encycl. 4,562. Willd. Sp. PI. 3, 42. Hab. in Mauritio, Poiret. A oe : ores * Caulis flexuosus. Folia erecta, lanceolata, acuta, multinervata. Me solitarii, pedunculati, pedunculis longitudine internodiorum 2 opi Bractez brevissime, obtuse, basi vaginatz. Petala superiora € $ oí 2 ' ] jssimum, lanceolata, acuta; bina lateralia linearia expansa. Cornu ong ult filiforme, bis flexuosum. Germen longum, erectum, cornu m brevius,” ; OPHRYDEJE. 333 I have seen no specimen which answers even tolerably to this descrip- tion. Sprengel refers it as a synonym to Cynorchis triphylla, and Reichen- bach to C. fastigiata; with both of which its characters are totally at variance, CXCII. TRYPHIA. Tryphia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Sepala conniventia, zqualia, herbacea. Petala linearia, membranacea, sepalis longiora, faciei baseos labelli adnata eoque similia. Labellum membranaceum, alt? partitum cum columna connatum. Anthera erecta, nana; lobis divergentibus. Rostellum ovatum, planum. Glandule polliniorum nude. Herba, Africe australis, foliis membranaceis radicalibus, floribus secundis. Radices testiculatz. 1, TavpurA secunda. Orchis secunda, Thunb. Prodr. Capens. 4, Flora Capensis, 31. Hab. ad Caput B. Spei, Thunberg, prope sinum Algoa, Forbes. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Hort. Soc.) Tubercula radicis spharica; radicula lanate. Folia radicalia bina, ovalia, acuta. Caulis palmaris, nudus. Racemi secundi, 9 p. longi. Petala linearia, obtusa. Labellum laciniis lateralibus petalis aequalibus et con- formibus, intermedia cuneatå tridentata. Calcar breve obconicum apice uncinatum. CXCIII. ARNOTTIA. Arnottia. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 33. Flores resupinati. Sepala inzqualia, lateralibus majoribus aleformibus patulis, impari minore erecto. Petala angustiora ascendentia. Label- lum posticum, ecalcaratum petalis basi coalitum et conforme. Anthera resupinata loculis subparallelis basi divergentibus, glandulis nudis. — ——Herba terrestris radice tuberculiferà, caule monophyllo, floribus Spicatis, Char. ex. Ach. Rich. l. AnNoTTIA mauritiana. Ach. Rich. l. c. t. 7, f. 1. ? Amphorchis inermis. Thouars, Orch. Afr, t. 5. Hab. in Borbonia, Commerson, Thouars. Folium radicale ovali-oblongum, 2-3 poll. long. 1 poll. lat. Caulis spi- thamzus, Spica densa, globosa; flores purpurascentes. P robably the Amphorchis inermis of Thouars is a different species from this. As the other Amphorchis appears to be a Cynorchis, it is as well to Suppress the former name altogether, in favour of M. Achille Richard s Thotliq, CXCIV. BARTHOLINA. Bartholina. R. Br. H. Kew. 5, 194. Perianthium ringens. Calyx basi tubulosus, secundus, laciniis aequalibus. 334 OPHRYDEZ. Petala sepalis parallela, falcata, inferne labello subconnata. Labellum calcaratum, explanatum, patens, 3-lobum : lobo medio multifido laterali- bus trilobis: laciniis omnibus filiformibus. Anthera erecta, elongata, lobis parallelis cucullatis: cuculli distincti, basibus valvularum inflexis absconditi. Pollinia parva, caudiculis longissimis canaliculatis, glandulis intra cucullos inclusis. ————Herba pusilla, uniflora, unifolia, hirsuta, radicibus tuberculiformibus. 1. BanrnHorLiNA pectinata. R. Brown, l. c. Bartholina Burmanniana. Ker in Brande's Journal, 4, 204, t. 5, fig. 2. Orchis pectinata. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 11. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 28. Orchis Burmanniana. Linn. Sp. PL, 1334. Swartz in Web. et Mohr Archiv. 1, 55, t. 3. Arethusa ciliaris. Lina. Suppl. 405. Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, prope urbem etc. in montium lateribus, Thun- berg. (v. v. c.) Folium reniforme, lobulis baseos imbricatis, pilosum ut omnes partes virides. Caulis vix palmaris, erectus, fuscus, teres, uniflorus. Bractea unica, ovata, cucullata, ovarium tegens. Calyx basi tubulosus, viridis, laciniis secundis, erectis, parallelis, lanceolato-linearibus. Petala fal- cata, acuminata, alba, violaceo colore tincta, supra antheram curva, basi cum labello levissim? connata, glabra. Labellum unciam latum, medio viride, basi calcare brevi conico pubescente cavo praeditum, laminà ex- planatà, circumscriptione orbiculari, trilobum ; laciniis lateralibus tri- lobis, intermedià multifidà, omnibus violaceis filiformibus. Anthera erecta, loculis elongatis, basi contiguis: suturis ob torsionem valvularum basi approximatis; cucullis distinctis, sub basibus valvularum exte- riorum antherz absconditis. Pollinia parva, aurantiaca ; caudiculis longissimis fulvis linearibus canalieulatis; glandulis parvis in cucullis suis latentibus. Obs. foramen, v. areola transparens muco repleta cucullo utroque adest sub glandulis. Stigma areola madida, oblonga, 4 basin columne, ubi calcar ab ovario separatur. CXCV. BICORNELLA. Bicornella. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. Sepala inzqualia; lateralia majora, labello extus oblique adnata. pe sepalo supremo in galeam convexam agglutinata. Labellum calcare tum, indivisum, angustum, canaliculatum, columne nanæ e Anthera ferè horizontalis, lobis ascendentibus, basi elongatis s lateralibus rostelli adnatis, extus appendice lingueeformi (stamine se 1 auctis. Rostelli lobus medius ovatus, planus, abbreviatus. Pollini minima; retinaculo longo lineari basi antheræ elongatà tecto Herbz (Mascarenenses) caule folioso v. subfolioso. Flores par^ spicati, 1. BiconNELLA gracilis, l ‘ . H > T e E MAT alls B. caule squamis acuminatis vaginato, foliis brevibus ensiformibus, lees sepalo zqualibus, ovario scabro, antherz lobis labello semili appendicibus spatulatis obtusis. Hab. in Madagascar, Lyall. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) ; i : o ee et Flores majores quam in sequente, et minus approximati. Statura OPHRYDE.E. 335 facies eedem. Folia caulina nulla nisi vaginze foliantes. Rostelli lobus medius nanus, laterales elongati apice dolabriformes, à labello liberi. Appendices antherz lineares loborum rostelli longitudine. Calcar apice incrassatum. Labellum lineari-lanceolatum, vix undulatum. 2, Bicorneixa longifolia. B. caule folioso foliis lineari-ensiformibus erectis vix longiore, petalis sepalo minoribus, ovario glabro, antherz lobis labello connatis : ap- pendicibus ovatis obtusis. Hab. in Madagascar, Herb. Lehmann. (eram. s. sp. in Hb. Lehm.) Orchide laxiflora haud absimilis sed flores parvi et magis approximati. Caulis 12-pedalis. Folia graminea sensim in bracteas acuminatas evanescentibus. — Rostelli lobus medius ovatus lateralibus squalis, usque connatus. Appendices antherz breves, carnosi, oblongi. Calcar filiforme. Labellum lineari-lanceolatum, acuminatum, crispum. CXCVI. SATYRIUM. Satyrium. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 214. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 196. Diplecthrum. Richard in Pers. syn. 2. 508. Perianthium ringens, labio inferiore e sepalis petalisque confecto, superiore e labello galeato bicalcarato aut bisaccato. Columna sessilis aut elongata. Anthera resupinata ; loculis parallelis aut divergentibus. Glandule pol- liniorum nude discrete. Stigma bilabiatum ; labio superiore maximo inferius superante.————Herbe Africe Australis, insularum Masca- rensium Indizque temperatz, habitu omnind Orchidis. Radices testi- culate, Fabrica columna, ulterits quoad specierum differentias investigande, verosimiliter characteres stabiliores ad species quasdam distinguendas prebebit, Sectiones nostrz faciles equidem, sed mere artificiales, prae- sertim due priores. $1. Longicalcarata ; nempé calcaribus ovario equalibus v. longioribus. 2. Brevicalcarata 3 nemp? calcaribus ovario omnind brevioribus. : 3. Saccata ; nempe labello basi bisaccato, nec calcarato; saccis nunc elongatis sed rectis obtusissimis nec acuminatis. $ 1 a. Longicalcarata ; bracteis sub anthesi erectis aut patulis. l. Saryrium membranaceum. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 216. 8. foliis radicalibus magnis orbiculatis cordatis, vaginis caulis imbricatis membranaceis cucullatis, spicà subdensà, bracteis oblongis. ovatisque membranaceis concavis floribus brevioribus demüm reflexis, sepalis lateralibus lineari-oblongis triveniis intermedio angustiore infra medium trivenio, petalis linearibus undulatis basi 5-veniis margine laceris, labello galeato apice serrato calcaribus longissimis. : : 0738 . : à Hab. in Prom. B. Spei; Burchell no. “F ; ad sinum Algoa, Forbes, in Zuu rebergen, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis palmaris ad bipedalem, vaginis membranaceis conspicuus. 2. SATYRIUM longicolle. se : S. foliis binis radicalibus ovato-subrotundis obtusis planis, vaginis ili m membranaceis acutis imbricatis, spicà elonga SO TE iac November, 1838. x x 336 OPHRYDEJE. membranaceis erectis floribus brevioribus, laciniis perianthii alte con- natis, sepalis lineari-oblongis petalisque linearibus brevioribus carinatis, labello oblongo carinato apice dilatato crenulato obtuso, calcaribus lon- gissimis reflexis, ovario elongato lineari. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in Albany, pr. Botram, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis sesquipedalis, vaginis bracteisque acutis arcté appressis omnind membranaceis. i 3. Saryrium carneum. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 9. 5. 196. Bot. Mag. 1. 1512. S. foliis radicalibus binis orbiculatis carnosis, vaginis caulis coriaceis foliaceis cucullatis acutis, spicà densà ovato-oblongá, bracteis maximis patulis concavis acutis ciliatis floribus longioribus, sepalis obtusis late- ralibus ovato-oblongis leviter carinatis intermedio lineari, petalis obo- vatis acuminatis obtusis inequilateris, labello galeato apiculo obtuso reflexo, calcaribus deflexis ovario omnind equalibus. Orchis carnea. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. Hab. in Prom. B. Spei, in sabulo alto puro, arbustis obumbrato, Herschell ; in collibus arenosis circa Groenevalei, Drege; (hab. s. sp. et v. v. € comm, illustr. Herschell.) Flores maximi generis, albi carneo suffusi. Bractee roseo-marginate. Stigmatis labium inferius ovatum acuminatum decurvum, superius lineare obtusum inferiore dupld longius. 4. SarvnivuM parviflorum. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 216. S. foliis inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis caulinis inflatis acuminatis, "e cylindraceà, bracteis oblongo- lanceolatis obtusis cucullatis erectis, sepas lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis patentibus intermedià petalisque lineari- lanceolatis apice canaliculatis æqualibus, labello galeato acumine reflexo, calcaribus subulatis ovario pauló longioribus. Orchis bicornis. Jacq. hort. Schónbr. 2. 26 t. 179. Diplecthrum parviflorum. Pers. syn. 2. 509. Hab. ad. Prom. B. Spei, Ecklon ; ad Mord-Kuil, pr. Breederivier, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 5. Saryrium stenopetalum. S. foliis ...., vaginis caulis oblongis concavis erectis, spicà laxà eru flora, bracteis erectis oblongis acutis concavis floribus brevior! 2 sepalis lateralibus linearibus basi angustatis membranaceis apice sg concavis carnosis intermedio lineari patente, petalis linearibus ge revolutis apice canaliculatis, labello convexo ovato acuminato apie reflexo marginibus carnosis, calcaribus longissimis. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Burchell, no. 6856, 6880. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. in- ventor.) H . ae . e z 1 non S. parvifloro proximum, staturà humiliore, calcaribus longissimis, nec sepalis angustioribus diversum. 6. Saryrium foliosum. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 216. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, p. 18. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis erectis cucullatis imbricatis caulis fere s tudine, spicà densà obtusà imbricatà, bracteis ovalibus erectis imbre floribus longioribus, sepalis lateralibus lineari-oblongis patentibus in OPHRYDES. 337 medio lineari decurvo, petalis linearibus obtusis suberectis, galeà hemis- phericd apiculatà calcaribus filiformibus pendulis ovario longioribus. B, helonioides (Burchell hb. no. 4379.) bracteis pauld brevioribus, et sepalis petalisque magis obtusis. ; Hab. in Prom. B. Spei, Thunberg, Ecklon, Burchell; inter Vanstaadesrivier et Gamtoosrivier, Drege. (hab s. sp.) Flores parvi, (erecti, pallide purpurascentes, Thunb.) Caulis 1-13 pedalis, foliosus, nec squamis vaginatus. 7. Saryrium spherocarpum. S. foliis ovato-oblongis erectis acutis sensim in vaginis caulis foliaceis mu- tatis, spich elongat& multiflora, bracteis oblongis acutis patulis florum longitudine, sepalis labello long? adnatis lateralibus oblongis intermedio lineari; petalis linearibus suprà minute pubescentibus, labello galeato apiculato calcaribus subulatis ovario subrotundo zqualibus. Hab. ad Pront. B. Spei, prope sinum Delagoa, Forbes. (hab. s. sp. comm. hort. ` soc. Lond.) Planta facie et staturA S. foliosi, quo differt floribus majoribus, sepalis late- ralibus labello longe connatis, calcaribus brevibus, fructu subrotundo. 8. Saryrium ameenum. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maurit. p. 31. S. foliis radicalibus binis oblongis acutis caulinis squamzformibus distanti- bus acutis vaginantibus, spicà oblongá, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis acutis floribus longioribus deflexis, sepalis ovalibus acutis patentibus, petalis conformibus minoribus, labello galeato convexo emarginato calcaribus crassis cylindraceis ovario longioribus. Diplectrum amenum. Thouars Orch. Afr. t. 21. 22. Hab. in insula Borbonia, Thouars. Caulis pedalis. Folia 4 poll. longa. Flores magnitudinis mediocris, pur- purei. Thouars. § 1. b. Longicalcarata ; bracteis sub anthesi reflexis. 9. Saryrium maculatum. Burchell herb. 6854. S. foliis binis radicalibus suborbiculatis membranaceis planis, vaginis caulis membranaceis cucullatis acutis, spicà laxà bracteis membranaceis ovato- lanceolatis retrofractis, sepalis petalisque angustioribus linearibus ob- tusis glabris, labello oblongo convexo apice rotundato dilatato, calcaribus a basi latà sensim filiformibus ovario elongato longioribus. Hab. ad. Prom. B. Spei, Burchell ; ad Driefontein pr. Gauritzrivier, et in Zuurebergen, Drège. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) Habitu S, membranaceo accedit, sed petalis integris, bracteis cauli re- trorsüm appressis, ovariisque elongatis diversissimum est. 10. Saryrium longicauda. S. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis vaginantibus cauli appressis, spicà oblonga densà multiflorÀ bracteis membranaceis ciliatis ovato-lanceolatis acumi- natis reflexis floribus longioribus, sepalis linearibus patentibus carinatis, petalis linearibus erectis ciliatis carinatis apice recurvis pubescen tibus, labello ovato convexo apice dilatato crispo tomentoso, calcaribus fili- formibus longissimis, 338 OPHRYDE.E. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, inter Zandplaat et Komga, Drege. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Dreg.) S. stenopetalo affine, bracteis longis patulis ciliatis reflexis floribusque di- versum. In utráque specie folia radicalia absunt; an semper? 11. Saryrium macrophyllum. S. foliis erectis oblongo-lanceolatis supremis angustatis imbricatis caulem arct® vaginantibus, spicà oblongà angustà bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis reflexis floribus longioribus, perianthio infundibulari, sepalis petalisque linearibus patulis cum labello fornicato dorso carinato ultra medium connatis, calcaribus ovario aptero longioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, inter Omsamwubo et Omsamcaba, Drege. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Dreg.) Species bipedalis et ultra, foliis 9-10 poll. longis, membranaceis, circiter 7 -nerviis. 19. SATYRIUM rostratum. S. foliis ovato-laceolatis erectis caulem prope basin vaginantibus, vaginis caulis appressis obtusis, spicà laxà oblongé bracteis ovatis acuminatis ciliato-scabris reflexis, sepalo intermedio petalisque linearibus ascen- dentibus lateralibus oblongis dimidiatis deflexis, labello fornicato ros- trato levi cum sepalis alt? connato, calcaribus longissimis. Hab. in Madagascaria, Lyall. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) S. macrophyllo proximum, characteribus indicatis satis diversum. 13. Satyrium gracile. S. foliis radicalibus binis ovalibus acutis patentibus, caule gracili vaginis appressis acuminatis distantibus, spicà gracili bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis reflexis, sepalis linearibus basi angustatis, petalis ascenden- tibus angustioribus, labello acuminato apice crispulo intus pubescente, calcaribus filiformibus arcuatis ovario multó longioribus. Hab. in Madagascaria, Lyall. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Caulis pedalis vel sesquipedalis, penne corvinz crassitudine. Flores parvi. Sepala lateralia minutissimé ciliata. 14. Saryrivum lupulinum. S. caule folioso, foliis radicalibus oblongis planis erectis superioribus angustioribus acutis patulis basi tantüm vaginantibus, spicà elongat multiflora densà bracteis ovatis acuminatis herbaceis reflexis foche longioribus foliatà, sepalis revolutis obtusis intermedio longiore, pu erectis labello approximatis semirhomboideis apice reflexis crisp!s, ae ; galeato oblongo apice reflexo crispo marginato, calcaribus filiformibu pendulis ovario longioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, ad sinum Algoa, Forbes, in Tafelberg, Drge. (hab. s. sp.) Species distinctissima, facie specierum sect. 3 pertinentium sed multd major. Caulis pedalis ad sesquipedalem, foliosus, nec squamatus, bracteis verosimiliter herbaceis densis reflexis. Fabrica petalorum 10- H H . » . : Hes e u D signis ; in exemplaribus quibusdam glabrescunt, in aliis pube min vestiuntur. OPHRYDE.E. 339 15. Saryrium cucullatum. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes 17. Bot. Reg. t.416, S. foliis binis orbiculatis ciliato-scabris, vaginis caulis utriculatis inflatis distantibus furfuraceo-ciliatis, bracteis oblongis obtusis concavis re- flexis, sepalo intermedio lineari obtuso petalis conformibus apice plano- convexis carnosis longiore: lateralibus majoribus omnibus basi alte connatis, labello acuto carnoso ecristato apice recto, calcaribus pendulis ovario longioribus. Orchis bicornis. Linn. Sp. pl. 1330, Bot. Repos. t. 315. Satyrium bicorne. Thunb. prodr. p. 6. : Hab. ad. Prom. B. Spei; in collibus prope Cape-town alibique in locis vere inundatis, Thunberg ; in Paarlberg, Drege; cum Satyrio candido, Herschel. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c. comm. cel. Herschel.) Flores virides, odore ingrato. Stigmatis labium posticum lineare erectum emarginatum apice denticulatum antico plano porrecto tridentato longius. In a dried state this is extremely like S. candidum ; but it may be dis- tinguished by the ciliated ovate leaves, without having recourse to the form of the stigma. 16. Saryrium candidum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. no. 153. S. foliis binis subrotundo-ovatis glabris, vaginis caulis utriculatis inflatis distantibus margine pellucidis levibus, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis reflexis, sepalis linearibus obtusis patentibus, petalis confor- mibus minoribus ascendentibus apice recurvis, labello inflato obtuso apice reflexo dorso carinato calcaribus pendulis ovario longioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; prope Gnadenthal et Riebekscasteel, Drége ; in sabuletis apricis, Herschel. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c. comm. cel. Herschel.) : Flores albi, aromatici, gratissimi, quam S. cucullati majores. Stigmatis labium posticum rotundatum, antico ovato plano bilobo pauld longius, basi bituberculatum. Anthere lobi divaricati. Planta interdum ses- quipedalis. 17. Saryrium acuminatum. S. foliis binis ovatis cordatis acuminatis undulatis planis, vaginis caulis 3 distantibus apice foliaceis acuminatis undulatis recurvis, spicà tenui bracteis ovatis acuminatis reflexis florum longitudine, sepalis petalisque ovalibus obtusis membranaceis venis 3 — dulis Descente, labello apice obtuso carnoso crispo, calcaribus penduli ovario longioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; supra Katberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) . : Facies S. cucullati, sed flores verosimiliter candidi v. flavi, et folia vigi næque acuminata. Labellum etiam sepala et petala textur& formáque differunt. 18. Saryrium humile. S. foliis radicalibus ovato-oblongis, vaginis caulis duabus rcs eo distantibus, spicà laxà (6-florà) bracteis angustis ovato-o ——— deflexis florum longitudine, sepalis cum labello alte € s spares oblongis intermedio lineari apice concavo, petalis ascendenti "—À ribus obtusis apice recurvis, labello basi angustato apice recu u noso obtuso, calcaribus filiformibus ovario longioribus. 340 OPHRYDE.JE. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in montibus circa Dutoitskloof, Dr?ge. (hab. s. = 5.) This looks like a starved state of S. cucullatum, but the form and texture of the flowers are different. The stem is about 6 inches high. 19. Saryrrium densiflorum. S. foliis radicalibus oblongis erectis caulinis brevioribus patentibus basi vaginantibus, spicà ovatà elongatà densissimà bracteis lineari-lanceo- latis acutissimis reflexis floribus longioribus, sepalis lateralibus ob- longis obtusis recurvis intermedio multo minore lineari apice concavo obtuso, petalis minoribus erectis cuneatis retusis, labello carnoso apice rotundato crenato reflexo dorso costato, calcaribus filiformibus pen- dulis ovarii longitudine. : Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, prope Baksteinvalei, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Drege.) 20. Saryrium nepalense. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. 26. S. foliis radicalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, vaginis caulis distantibus inflatis acuminatis, spicà laxà multiflorà bracteis ovatis acuminatis reflexis florum longitudine, sepalis lateralibus oblongis intermedio petalisque linearibus glabris, labello galeato apiculato dorso cristato calcaribus filiformibus ovario longioribus. Hab. in India orientali ; Napalia, Sirmore, Kamaon, Sylhet, Wallich; Zey- lona, in monte Nuera Ellia, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis pedalis et ultra. Flores rosei. Radices testiculatæ. Labelli latera margine dilatata unde quasi trilobum evadit. $ 2. a. Brevicalcarata ; bracteis sub anthesi erectis aut patulis. 21. Saryrium Wightianum. S. foliis oblongis coriaceis acutis radicali plano caulinis 1-2 angustioribus vaginantibus, spicà oblong densa bracteis ovalibus reflexis florum lon- gitudine, sepalis lateralibus oblongis intermedio lineari obtuso petalis linearibus breviore omnibus glabriusculis, labello galeato apiculato acuto ecristato calcaribus filiformibus ovario multà brevioribus. Hab. in Indid orientali, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) Caulis spithameus, in exemplare nostro folio uno plano radicali, proximo patulo complicato, tertio erecto vaginante, quarto squamaceo cauli appresso. Florum siccatorum superficies minut? papillosa a margine ciliato S. ciliati diversa est. 29. Saryrium erectum. Thunb. FL. Cap. ed. Schultes, p. 16. S. foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis margine cartilagineis scabris paten- tibus sensim in vaginis coriaceis convolutis imbricatis mutatis, spicd multiflora bracteis oblongis concavis reflexis floribus longioribus, S palis oblongis petalisque linearibus acutis labello oblongo galeato fe longioribus, calcaribus filiformibus ovario brevioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, ubi vocatur “ Geele Trewa” Thunb. ; ad sinum Algoa, Forbes; Klein Drakensteen, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis 13—2-pedalis, robustus, totus vaginis coriaceis foliaceis tectus. Flores aurei ex Harvey in hb. Hooker ; flavo-aurantiaci s. pallidi secund. Thunberg. a E TL OPERIS E AELS ARELA NT a OPHRYDES. 3 341 In many respects this is nearly the same as S. coriifolium ; it is however abundantly different in the characters above noticed, in addition to which it is a much taller plant, remarkable for its very large bracts. 23. Saryrium papillosum. Lindl. in Bauer's Illustr. t. 14. fructification. S. foliis binis radicalibus cordato-orbiculatis planis papillosis, vaginis caulis appressis apice acutis foliaceis patentibus complicatis, spicà ob- longá obtusà multiflorà, sepalis linearibus convexis recurvis obtusis petalisque conformibus minoribus patulis, labello oblongo acuto mar- gine revoluto dorso cristato apice subcrispo recurvo : omnibus alt? con- natis, calcaribus ovario paulo brevioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in collibus arenosis ad Saldanhabay, et supra Camiesbergen ; necnon prope Donkerhoek, et Liefde, Drege ; in argil- laceis sole induratis, nec in sabuletis, Herschel. (hab. s. sp. ; et v. c. comm. illustr. Herschel.) Caulis spithamzeus, pedalis et sesquipedalis, crassus; folia papillis elevatis micant. Flores carnei, sanguineo aut purpureo guttati, suaves, an- thoxanthi odorati fragrantiam simulantes. § 2 b. Brevicalcarata ; bracteis sub anthesi prima reflexis. 24. Saryrrum cassideum. S. foliis binis radicalibus ovato-subrotundis planis membranaceis, vaginis caulis foliaceis canaliculatis patentibus acuminatis, spicà laxiusculà multiflorà, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis reflexis floribus brevio- ribus, sepalis concavis obtusis lateralibus oblongis intermedio lineari, petalis minoribus obovatis erectis: omnibus labello carnoso galeato rotundato margine revoluto multd brevioribus, calcaribus rigidis re- curvis ovario dupld brevioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Burchell, no. 3854; prope Paarl et in Outniqua- land, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis gracilis, pedalis ad sesquipedalem. Flores facie S. cucullati, labello salvo margine carnoso sepalis petalisque membranaceis. 25. SarvniuM coriifolium. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 216. Bot. Mag. t. 2172. Bot. Reg. t. 708. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis coriaceis m t i tibus, vaginis caulis 2-3 coriaceis acutis distantibus, spicà pauciflorà bracteis ovatis submembranaceis acutis reflexis florum longitudine, sepalis petalisque linearibus obtusis glabris labello maximo transverso orbiculari brevioribus, calcaribus cylindraceis obtusis ovario brevio- ribus intüs barbatis. į S. cucullatum. Zoddiges Bot. Cab. t. 104, nec Swartz. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Forbes, Burchell, no. 6067 ; ad Paarlberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) This is usually cited as a synonym of S. er seen by comparing their characters that they each other. Flores vitellini. argine scabriusculis paten- ectum Thunb., but it will be are essentially distinct from 26. SarvR1uM ciliatum. S. foliis ovato-lanceolatis erectis in caulem ascendentibus, spicà ovali im- 349 OPHRYDEJX. bricatà bracteis ovato-lanceolatis demüm reflexis floribus duplo longio- ribus, sepalis linearibus obtusis petalisque angustioribus ciliatis, labello galeato apice membranaceo obtuso dorso carinato calcaribus conicis petalis parùm longioribus. Hab. in Nepalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e mus. Angl. Ind.) Planta spithamea Orchidis latifolie facie. Flores dupló majores quam in S. nepalensi. Stigmatis labium inferius (labello proximum) cuneatum erosum, superius trilobum : lobo medio dilatato emarginato rotundato lateralibus abbreviatis. A very distinct species, mixed with S. nepalense in the distribution of Dr. Wallich's specimens. It is readily known by its very long leafy bracts and very short spurs. 27. SaTYRIUM ligulatum. S. foliis radicalibus pluribus oblongo-lanceolatis (undulatis?) erectis su- premis vagineformibus, spicà angustà multiflora bracteis ovato-lanceo- latis acuminatis reflexis floribus pauló longioribus, sepalis petalisque ascendentibus in acumen longum lineare obtusum membranaceum an- gustatis, labello galeato carnoso apice membranaceo ligulzformi, calca- ribus decurvis acuminatis ovario brevioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, prope Nieuwekloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis bipedalis, vaginis caulis haud imbricantibus. 28. Saryrium militare. S. foliis radicalibus pluribus ovalibus carnosis erectis, vaginis caulis 2-3 apice foliaceis patulis, spicà longà densà cylindraceáà bracteis ovato- lanceolatis reflexis floribus longioribus, sepalis lateralibus oblongis intermedio petalisque linearibus obtusis basi cum labello alte connatis deflexis, labello obtuso dorso ven’ alatà cristato, calcaribus acutis de- flexis ovario brevioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, inter Gekau et Basche, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Orchidis fusce habitus, staturà bipedali et majore. Folia sicca coriacea, superficie planà nec foveolatà. 99. SaTYRIUM eriostomum. S. foliis oblongis erectis canaliculatis acutis caulem vaginantibus, spicà elongatà laxà bracteis ovato-lanceolatis angustis reflexis floribus lon- gioribus, sepalis lateralibus semi-orbiculatis glabris petalisque linea- ribus tomentosis labello carnoso inflato ecristato apice reflexo omen undulato multd minoribus, calcaribus carnosis deflexis ovario pau longioribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in Katberg, Drège. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Dreg.) Sesquipedalis, foliosa, Satyrii cucullati facie. Flores carnosi, labelli ore contracto tomentoso, superficie minuté scabrå. $ 3. a. Saccata ; bracteis patulis. 30. Saryrium bracteatum. Thunb. Prodr. cap. 6, Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, p. 18. S. foliis ovatis amplexicaulibus 3-nerviis caulem rectum pubescentem ber tientibus, spicà densà multiflora, bracteis subrotundo-ovatis pia natissimis patulis, sepalis lateralibus carnosis oblongis concavis patenti OPHRYDE.E. 343 simis intermedio pendulo membranaceo lineari-ovato obtuso petalis- que angust? triangularibus acutissimis membranaceis univeniis, la- bello galeato latiore quam longo extus avenio pubescente, columnà sessili. Ophrys bracteata. inn. Suppl. 403. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Thunberg, Burchell no. 650; in montibus prope Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Spicd elongata, bracteis patentibus horizontalibus, caule pubescente et labelli forma ab omnibus valde diversum. Folia radicalia multinervia videntur. 31. Saryrium retusum. S. foliis inferioribus ovato-oblongis cordatis superioribus ovatis caulem amplectantibus, spicà densà elongatà, bracteis ovatis concavis erecto- patentibus acutiusculis, sepalis lateralibus erectis oblongis obtusis labelli longitudine, petalis linearibus multd minoribus, labello ventricoso apice depresso retuso infra apicem apiculato, calcaribus duobus retrorsis cy- lindraceis ovario multd brevioribus. a, bracteis floribus zqualibus. B, bracteis floribus multd longioribus, et spicà crassiore. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; a Mundt in hb. Hooker; 9, ad Ruigtevalei, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) This agrees pretty well with the specific character of S. striatum in Thunberg's Flora Capensis, but it does not at all correspond with the detailed description of the flowers. It is a good deal like S. bracteatum at first sight, but very different when carefully examined. 32. Saryrium bicallosum. Thunb. Prodr. 6. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. P. 216. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 19. ed. Schultes. S. foliis ovatis amplexicaulibus obtusis nervosis caulis longitudine, spicà densà bracteis ovatis setaceo-acuminatis patentibus erectisque floribus multo longioribus, sepalis lateralibus oblongis petalis acutis mucronu- latis sepaloque intermedio pluries longioribus, labello ventricoso acuto apice depresso inflexo glabro basi bisaccato. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei ; in monte Paardeberg, Thunberg, ad Klein Draak- €nsteen, et prope Liefde, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) This plant does not in all respects answer to the description given by hunberg ; it is especially difficult to reconcile with it the expression “ galea excisa," Nevertheless I can find nothing else among the many Cape Orchidacec in my possession which at all agrees with it ; and the Salea may have been incorrectly observed. § 3. b. Saccata ; bracteis reflexis. 33. Saryrium lineatum. S. foliis ovatis amplexicaulibus nervosis caulem flexuosum sepits glabrum vestientibus, spicá densà elongata bracteis ovatis acuminatis iesu sepalis petalisque secundis linearibus obtusissimis univeniis laterali : majoribus falcatis, galeà ovatà acutá glandulosà carinatà basi perum margine pubescente venis tribus elevatis scabris aliisque immersis abbre- viatis striatà, stigmate villoso. November, 1838. L4 344 OPHRYDE. S. bracteatum. Ker in Brande's Journal, viii. 221. t. Sey. hee B. galeà minus glandulosà, caule flexuoso foliato, spicà abbreviatà sub 10-florà. y. foliis radicalibus 2 oblongis, caule pubescente, spicà breviore, floribus majoribus. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; a, in Piquetbergen, Drége; f), Ecklon; y, ad Nieuwekloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) S. bracteato valde affine ; diversum tamen spicà mints elongatà, bracteis reflexis, cat. 34. Saryrium pictum. S. folio infimo oblongo-subrotundo superioribus ovalibus basi caulem vagi- nantibus, spicà angustà bracteis ovatis acuminatis patentissimis floribus longioribus, sepalis petalisqe linearibus obtusis l-veniis lateralibus longioribus, galeà glabráà striatà acuminat4 ecarinatà apice ciliata, cal- caribus brevissimis gibbosis. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spe, in Ruigtevalei, Drége. (hab. s. sp.) Facies S. bracteati, quo differt bracteis longioribus, caule glabro, foliorum labelli petalorumque forma. Flores striati, parvi. 35. Saryrium cordifolium. S. folio (solitario ?) subrotundo-cordato acuto caulis unifoliati longitu- dine, spicà oblongà nutante, bracteis triangularibus cordatis acumina- tissimis densissimis reflexis ciliatis floribus multo longioribus, sepalis lateralibus falcatis obtusis sepalis petalisque acutiusculis mult majori- bus, labello glabro galeato valde convexo carinato basi bisaccato, ovario carinàque labelli pubescentibus, stigmatis labio galez proximo bi- dentato. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in Katberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) A most distinct species, with very large, densely imbricated, reflexed, acuminated bracts. The flowers are the largest of any in the section, except S. muticum. 36. SATYRIUM muticum. S. foliis radicalibus cordato-orbiculatis planis, vaginis caulis striatis d: pressis imbricatis apice foliosis, spicà oblongá laxiusculà bracteis © longis concavis reflexis floribus longioribus, sepalis HIE e EE tegerrimis papillosis intermedio lineari obtuso lateralibus oblongis e catis, petalis spathulatis pubescentibus crispis lacerisque cum sepa alt& connatis, labello oblongo galeato ecalcarato apice membranaceo crispo. \ : Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Mundt, ad Driefontein, prope Gauritzrivier, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) Species eximia, foliis fere Platanthere orbiculate. Caulis pedalis, pins rectus. Spica sub 12 flora. Flores inter maximos generis. Pe laceris S. membranaceo accedit. 37. SaATYRIUM trinerve. S. foliis caulinis angust? lanceolatis carinatis trinerviis erectis eoe vagineformibus obtusis, spicà densà ovatà angulis omnibus — bracteis acuminatis patentibus floribus longioribus, sepalis laterali OPHRYDE. 345 linearibus petalis et intermedio dupld majoribus, labello apice obtuso subrecurvo basi bisaccato, ovario tomentoso. Hab. in Madagascar, Lyall. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) Folia radicalia desunt. Caulis sesquipedalis, gracilis. Spica sesquipolli- caris. Flores parvi. Species dubia, mihi ignota. 38. Saryrium striatum. Thunb. Prodr. Cap. 6. Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. p. 19. S. "foliis ovatis cucullatis, floribus spicatis, bracteis rhombeis erectis, galeà excisà, calcaribus brevibus ovatis." Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in Picketberg, prope rivulos, Thunberg. Galea latissima, intüs striis quinque purpureis, fornicata, obtusa, subex- cisa, dorso sulcata. Sepala lateralia oblonga, apice latiora, striis obso letis purpureis lineata. Petala obtusa, subfalcata, strià duplici purpu- reà. Thunb. CXCVIL SATYRIDIUM. Sepala libera, secunda, patentia, æqualia. Petala conformia, patentia. Labellum posticum, patens, planum, acuminatum, basi bicalcaratum. Columna gracilis, libera ; antherà rectà, resupinatà, biloculari; stig- mate minuto truncato ad apicem columna. Pollinia caudiculis 2 con- natis glandule unice (stigmatis apici) agglutinatis.————- Planta ca- pensis habitu Orchidis. Genus Satyrio diversum glandulA solitarià, floribus explanatis, et stigmate minuto 1-labiato nec dilatato bilabiato. l. SarvniDIUM rostratum. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; in montibus prope Dutoitskloof, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) Planta spithamza, recta, glaberrima, radicibus testiculatis. Folia anguste? lanceolata, acuta, sensim caulem vaginantia, inferiora sesquipollicaria. Spica sesquipollicaris, laxiuscula, bracteis ovatis retrofractis floribus brevioribus, Flores verosimiliter albi, purpureo suffusi. Sepala lineari- lanceolata, obtusiuscula, subzqualia. Petala conformia sed magis erecta, teneriora, patentia, basi torta. Labellum posticum, patens, a latà basi in acumen planum abrupte acutum productum, bicalcaratum, purpureo maculatum, calcaribus crassis obtusis ovario dupld brevioribus. CXCVIII. AVICEPS. Sepala ringentia, basi connata ; labello galeato basi bisaccato, sepalis in labium inferius tridentatum coadunatis. Petala O. Columna teres, elongata, sub galeà recondita. Stigma bilabiatum : labio postico maximo emarginato, antico utrinque in brachium porrectum producto. Anthera resupinata ; caudiculis nudis secus brachia stigmatis productis ; glandulis 2 nudis. Herba pumila, foliosa, radicibus testiculatis. lores ringentes, axillares, inter folia abditi. 346 OPHRYDEÆ. 1. Aviceps pumila. ? Satyrium pumilum. Zhunb. Prodr. Cap. 6, Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 19. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 216. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei; prope Ezelsfontein et Leliefontein, Drege ; in monte Picketberg dicto, prope rivulos, Thunberg. (hab. s. sp.) Planta 14-4 poll. alta, erecta, dens? foliacea ; tuberculis oblongis sim- plicibus ut in Orchide mascula. Folia 2-4, ovata, acuta, undulata, gla- bra, basi in petiolum membranaceum angustata, 1-13 poll. longa. Spica pyramidalis, a caule folioso parum diversa; bracteis erectis, foliis om- ninó similibus, sed sensim apicem versus diminutis. Flores bracteis dupló breviores, semipollicares (forte majores), striati, ringentes, quo- dammodo caput avicule simulantes. Galea acuta, recta, labio inferiore longior, leviter carinata, basi sacculis 2 ovatis aucta ; labium inferius planiusculum, tridentatum : laciniis lateralibus obtusis apice incurvis, intermedià minore, ovatà, omnibus vend medià simplici incrassatà. I think this plant must be Thunberg's Satyrium pumilum ; but he speaks distinctly of the petals of that species, under the name of “ laciniæ duz interiores anteriores," and of the sepals which he calls ** lacini laterales exteriores." The former are present and are the sep:ls; but the latter bave no existence. I presume however there has been some mistake in the description given by Thunberg, for in all other respects it agrees well with the present species. CXCIX. DISA. Disa. Linn. Suppl. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 208. t. 3. f. B. Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, equalia, intermedio galeato, calca- rato vel saccato. Petala minora, erecta, basi columnæ adnata. La- bellum liberum, filiforme aut dilatatum, integrum aut multifidum. Columna bipartita (anthera et stigmate sejunctis). Anthera bilocularis, erecta vel supina, glandulis duabus distantibus nudis. Stigma trun catum v. convexum, disco obscure trilobum, sæpè tuberculiforme, a basin columnz situm.* Semina in pluribus speciebus (an omnibus ! atra, crustacea, nitida, testà adherente apice et basi tantum ie Herbæ terrestres, Capenses, habitu vario, scapo terminali uni-mu' floro. , . . . oe eee H iv r- Genus speciebus pulcherrimis superbiens, formà variis, genitalibus dive 2 cae : : MES a- sissimis, difficillime? ordinandum et Botanicorum Capensium in ee tali studio anxié commendatum. Mihi, post specierum ultra "s om investigationem cautam an unum solum sit genus, Penthea, Hersche ee « usually " 1$ * [n Mr. Bauer's Illustrations, p. xi. line 11 from the bottom, the word alos a accidentally omitted after ** and." 'T'his error gives a very incorrect view of my Perd to the nature ofthe stigma in plants of this series of Ophrydex. I understand the tu ntary at the base of the tip of Disa, &c to be the anterior stigma, which is usually rudime or suppressed, in a perfect state, the two posterior lobes being in this case sormi generic characters of Monadenia, Schizodium, Penthea , &c. sufficiently explain tms. OPHRYDEX. 347 Monadenia Schizodioque sejunctis, an plura omnind dubium videtur. Intereà sectiones 11, characteribus variis fretas proponere licebit. Conspectus sectionum. A. Antherd erectà $1. Macranthz., $2. Micranthe B. Antherá supiná. $3. Repandra, Galea incumbens, postica, calcarata. Labellum oblongum aut lineare. Petala supina, falcata. Flores spicati. $4. Phlebidia. Galea infundibuliformis, recuzva. Labellum oblongum. Petala supina unidentata. Caulis uniflorus. $5. Vaginaria. Galea antica, horizontalis. Labellum oblongum. Petala lobata auri- culeformia. Flores sessiles terminales subsolitarii. $6. Pardoglossa. Galea antica, saccata. Labellum oblongum utrinque in angulum acutum productum. Petala falcata, supina, apice callosa. Flores corymbosi. $7. Coryphea. Galea erecta, basi infundibuliformis vel saccata. Labellum filiforme aut acuminatum. Petala erecta. Flores szpiüs corymbosi ; bractee magne mem- branacez. $8. Stenocarpa. Galea erecta, basi infundibularis. Labellum apice dilatatum lobatum. Petala supina, falcata, basibus productis antherz adnata. Flores laxé racemosi. Sp. $9. Oregura. Galea incumbens, infundibularis. Labellum oblongum. Petala supina, falcata, libera. Flores laxé spicati. Folia setacea. § 10. Trichochila. Galea incumbens, calcarata. Labellum lacerum, sessile vel sæpiùs unguiculatum. Flores laxe spicati, nunc subsolitarii. Folia setacea. ll. Disella. Galea postica, basi saccata. Labellum filiforme. Petala erecta.—— Flores dens? Spicati, minuti. Folia szpiüs filiformia. A. ANTHERA ERECTA. § 1. Macranthe. l. Disa grandiflora. Linn. Suppl. 406. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800. p. 210. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed Sch. 7. Bot. Reg. t. 926. D. caule folioso sub-bifloro, foliis lanceolatis acutis, sepalis oblongis acumi- natis, galeà cucullatà obtusà vel acutà, calcare supra basin brevi conico pendulo, petalis semilanceolatis denticulatis erectis, labello lineari-lan- ceolato, : Disa uniflora. Berg, Fl. Cap. 348, t. A, f. 7. Satyrium grandiflorum. Thunb. Prodr. 4. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell (858) ; in summitate montis Tabularis, Thunberg, ad margines paludum turfosarum, estate siccatis, hyeme in- undatis, temperie inter 314° et 96° Fahr. Herschel ; ad Dutoitskloof, Drege, (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) ; A most beautiful species with flowers 3 or 4 inches in diameter. The lateral sepals are bright crimson ; the dorsal one is paler on the outside, and on the inside blush-coloured, delicately veined with crimson. Of the habits of this and some other Cape Ophrydeze, an account is given by Sir John Herschel in the Proceedings of the Horticultural Sociely,vol. 1. p. 75. 348 OPHRYDE. 2. Disa secunda. Swartz l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 14. D. foliis radicalibus brevibus ensiformibus erectis, caule nudo distanter vaginato, floribus distantibus secundis, sepalis oblongis æqualibus infra apicem mucronatis, galeà conformi infra medium dorsi saccatá, petalis oblongis acutis, labello filiformi sepalis dupló breviore. D. racemosa. Linn. Suppl. 406. Satyrium secundum. Thunb. Prodr. 4. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope Fransche Hoek, Thunberg; in Dutoits- bergen, et Draakensteensbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers large, purple, from 4 to 7 on a scape about 2 feet high. It varies with narrower leaves, and sepals. 8. Disa crassicornis. D. caule folioso, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis erectis superioribus minoribus, spicà rarà pauciflorà, sepalis lateralibus oblongis sub apice mucronatis, galeà minore longe infundibulari arcuato horizontali, petalis reflexis labelloque lanceolatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in summo monte Witbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Vix pedalis, scapo foliis obtecto. Spica in exempl. nostro 4-flora. Galea cum calcare bipollicaris. Stigma latum margine superiore crenato, disco radiis tribus elevatis carnosis auctum. Anthera linearis, erecta, stipitata, rostello brevi, utrinque cucullo lacero aucto. Pollinia haud vidi; si his cucullis glandule includuntur genus erit Disà diversum, cui nomen PacuycEna idoneum videtur. $ 2. Micrantha. 4. Disa incarnata. D. caule basi vaginato sursum folioso, foliis linearibus caulinis latioribus appressis acutis vaginantibus, spicà ovatà, bracteis oblongis acutis florum longitudine, sepalis oblongis obtusis, galeà convex4 obtusa medio calcare pendulo clavato ipsà longiore auctá, petalis orbiculatis dimidiatis galee appressis marginibus contiguis rectis rostratis, labello filiformi sepalis breviore. Hab. in Madagascar, Lyall. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Caulis pedalis, floridus vaginatus, sterilis foliosus. Spica pyramidalis, bipollicaris. 5. Disa gracilis. D. caule basi folioso sursum vaginato, foliis ensiformibus erectis, vaginis laxis acutis, spicà gracili multiflorà, bracteis oblongis acutis florum longitudine, sepalis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, gale infra medium in calcar carnosum inflatum pendulum ovario brevius productà, petalis obovatis emarginatis membranaceis, labello lineari. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; in Langekloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) This plant has much the appearance of a Monadenia ; its stem 15 two feet high, with a slender spike; the expansion of the flowers JS about $ an inch. D. physodes of Thunberg, which I have never seen, seems from the description to be nearly allied to it. Perhaps this is only à starved state of Disa chrysostachya ; Mr. Drége sent both under the same number. OPHRYDEEE. 319 6. Disa chrysostachya. Swartz l. c. Willd. sp. Pl. 3. 47. D. caule folioso, foliis erectis lanceolatis, spicá longissimà densissimA cylindraceà apice attenuatá, bracteis oblongis acutis florum longitudine, sepalis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, gale infra medium in calcar car- nosum inflatum pendulum ovario brevius productà, petalis obovatis apiculatis membranaceis, labello lineari. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell (4199) ; in Langekloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis tripedalis, robustus. Folia radicalia sesquipedalia, superiora sensim minora. Spica sesquipedalis. Flores parvi, D. gracili simillimi. An species ista hujus forma macilenta ? 7. Disa polygonoides. D. caule basi folioso apice vaginato, foliis lineari-lanceolatis caule parüm brevioribus, vaginis summis abbreviatis acutis arct® appressis, spicà densà ovato-cylindraceà, bracteis oblongis floribus brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongis obtusis, galeà obtusá infra medium dorsi in calcar tenue clavatum ipsà paulo longius productá, labello lineari. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Omtata et Omsamwubo, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis bipedalis et ultra. Folia pedalia, semi-pollicem lata. Spica den- sissima, 3-poll. longa. Flores parvi verosimiliter albi aut rosei. B. ANTHERA SUPINA. $3. Repanpra. Galea incumbens, postica, calcarata. Labellum oblongum aut lineare. Petala supina, falcata. Flores spicati. 8. Disa cornuta. Swartz l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 7. D. caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis erectis basi cucullatis, spicà multiflorà, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis floribus longioribus, sepalis oblongis api- culatis, galeà orbiculata in calcar infundibulare productá, petalis fal- catis supinis basi auriculatis, labello nano oblongo obtuso velutino. Orchis cornuta. Linn.! sp. pl. 1330. atyrium cornutum. Thunb. prodr. 5. Hab. ad. Cap. B. Spei, multis locis ; etiam in Outniqualand, Drege. (hab. 3. sp. et v. v. c.) Statura variat a palmari ad tripedalem. ^ Labellum apice atrum aut pur- pureum. 9. Disa macrantha. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 8. D. * galeà acutà erectà, calcare conico porrecto, petalis interioribus re- tusis, labello oblongo acuto carinato.” Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thunberg. : Calear attenuatum, galeà brevius. Flores D. cornute feré majores. Mihi Ignota, à 10. Disa longifolia. D. caule folioso, foliis linearibus erectis caule longioribus, spica oblonga foliosA bracteis longissimis linearibus basi vaginantibus, sepalis linea- ribus obtusis intüs pubescentibus, galeà fornicatà acuta pubescente asi in calcare glabro subrotundo productá, petalis auriculatis falcatis *marpinatis supinis, labello lineari pubescente. Hab. ad, Cap. B. Spei, in Piquetberg, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) 350 OPHRYDES. $3. Paesipia. Galea infundibularis, recurva. Labellum oblongum. Pe- tala supina, unidentata. Caulis uniflorus. 11. Disa longicornis. Linn. Suppl. 406. Swartz l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 8. D. foliis radicalibus oblongis petiolatis, caulis uniflori vaginis 2 membra- naceis inferiore apice foliosá, sepalis oblongis labelloque lineari-oblongo venosis membranaceis, galeà pendula infundibulari, calcare ovario lon- giore, ** petalis sublinearibus apice sensim attenuatis obtusis a latere exteriore dente obtuso magno decurrente auctis sepalis longioribus." Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in monte Tabulari, in preruptis summitatis montis ad latus sinistrum, Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Caulis vix palmaris, uniflorus. Flos czruleus venosus, 2 pollices latus, calcare sesquipollicari. $ 5. Vacrinaria. Galea antica horizontalis. Labellum oblongum. Petala lobata auriculeformia. Flores sessiles terminales subsolitarii. 19. Disa fasciata. D. caule foliis parvis latis cuspidatis squamzeformibus lax? vaginato, flo- ribus solitariis geminisque terminalibus, sepalis oblongis obtusis mu- cronulatis intermedio antico basi calcare conico acuminato brevi acuto, petalis nanis subrotundis concavis auriculæformibus lobatis, labello ob- longo-lanceolato concavo membranaceo. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Ecklon. (v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker et Lehmann.) Vix palmaris. Caulis maculis atris fasciatus. Flores pallidi, majusculi, bracteis semiimmersi. 6. Panpocrossa. Galea antica, saccata. Labellum oblongum, utrinque in angulum acutum productum. Petala falcata, supina, apice callosa. Flores corymbosi. 13. Disa rosea. D. foliis radicalibus ovato-oblongis obtusis, caule erecto sub-flexuoso, flo- ribus corymbosis, bracteis angustis acutis vix pedicellis longiore sepalis oblongis obtusis, galeà pendulá sacco rotundato auctá, een contortis subdentatis supinis apice carnosis subemarginatis, labello ovato-lanceolato obtuso canaliculato utrinque angulato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Hesse. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker et Grisebach.) Caulis semipedalis corymbo 6-7 -floro. $. 7. Corypuza. Galea erecta, basi infundibularis vel saccata. Labellum filiforme aut acuminatum. Petala erecta, Flores spits corymibosi; bracteæ magne membranacee. 14, Disa sagittalis. Swartz. l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 9. D. foliis radicalibus anguste oblongis obtusis margine revolutis, caulis vaginis 3 acuminatis distantibus, racemo paucifloro subcorymboso, bracteis oblongis acuminatis membranaceis ovarii longitudine, sepalis angust® oblongis acutis, galeá sagittata pubescente basi acutá conic’, petalis a latá basi abrupte acuminatis pubescentibus, labello lineari- lanceolato pubescente. Orchis sagittalis. Zinn. Suppl. 399. OPHRYDEZE. 351 Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Hesse, Burchell, 5344; in collibus Houtniquas, Thun- berg. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis digitalis. Bractez verosimiliter colorate. 15. Disa attenuata. D. foliis radicalibus oblongis obtusis basi angustatis, caulis vaginis 4 acutis appressis, racemo subcorymboso, bracteis ovario attenuato duplò bre- vioribus, sepalis lineari-oblongis apiculatis, galeá apice hastatá pubescente basi conicá pendulá, petalis a latá basi abrupte acuminatis villosis, labello lineari obtuso basi angustato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, ad Keureboomsrivier et in rupestribus Kopje, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Palmaris, D. sagittalis facie. Flores minores, ovarium magis attenuatum, bractee minores ovario duplo breviores, galea diversa. 16. Disa triloba. D. foliis radicalibus ..... , caulis vaginis 4 acutis appressis, corymbo denso multifloro, bracteis oblongis acutis membranaceis ovarii longi- tudine, sepalis lanceolatis acutis, galeá glabra obovatà apice subtrilobá, petalis linearibus obtusis rectis basi hinc dilatatis, labello lineari obtuso sepalis breviore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in collibus prope Breederivier, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Statura et facies D. sagittalis, characteribus indicatis diversa. 17. Disa glandulosa. Burchell, MSS. D. glanduloso-pubescens, foliis radicalibus parvis subrotundo-ovatis, caulis vaginis 8 membranaceis acuminatis appressis, floribus 5-6 dense corym- bosis, bracteis venosis ovarii longitudine, sepalis concavis ovatis, galeà basi in calcar latè conicum ipsius longitudine producta, petalis subfal- catis labelloque zqualibus oblongis obtusis erectis apiculatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell, 7337. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Burchell.) 18. Disa venosa. Swartz. l.c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 15. D. foliis radicalibus lanceolatis glaucis, caulis vaginis 4-6 appressis acutis, racemo paucifloro laxo, bracteis ovatis acutis ovario duplo brevioribus, sepalis-oblongis obtusis venosis, galeà patulà dorso obtuse conicà, petalis oblongis obtusis integris, labello lineari sepalis multó breviore. Orchis tripetaloides. Zinn.! Suppl. 398. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thunberg, Burchell. 7409 (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) The Orchis tripetaloides certainly belongs to this specie D. excelsa of T hunberg, of which I have seen no specimens, would seem from the description to be quite a diferent plant. s, and not to the but which 19. Disa caulescens. foliis distantibus inferioribus lineari- lanceolatis supremis linearibus diminutis, racemo laxo flexuoso, bracteis linearibus acutis ovario brevioribus, sepalis oblongis angustis horizon- talibus sub apice mucronulatis, galeà pendulà basi conicà acuta, petalis subrotundo-cuneatis apice denticulatis, labello filiformi. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei,ad Malbrokskloof, et Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) December, 1838. zz D. caule gracili folioso ascendente, 352 OPHRYDES. Palmaris ad sesquipedalem, racemo 3-19-floro. Flores D. venose similes, sed pallidiores. 20. Disa nervosa. D. caule folioso rigido stricto, foliis nervosis ensiformibus acutatis, racemo denso ovato obtuso bracteis anguste? oblongis apiculatis flore pauld bre- vioribus, sepalis oblongis erectis obtusis sub apice acut? et late carinatis, galeà panld breviore obtusa basi in calcar filiforme productà, petalis linearibus subfalcatis apice truncatis denticulatis, labello lineari. Hab ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Omtata et Omsamwubo, et prope Omsamcala, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis sesquipedalis et bipedalis. Folia, in sicco, valde nervosa, semipe- dalia. Racemus tripollicaris. Sepala fere uncialia. Bractee nervose. 21. Disa Draconis. Swartz. l.c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 10. D. foliis radicalibus angustis canaliculatis recurvis, vaginis caulis brac- teisque floribus subzqualibus membranaceis acutis reticulatis, racemo oblongo laxo multifloro, sepalis elongatis oblongisve acutis, galeà erecta obtusa calcare longissimo subulato ovario longiore, petalis acuminatis retusis sepalis pauld brevioribus, labello lineari apice dilatato obtuso. Orchis Draconis. Zinn. Suppl. 400. Satyrium Draconis. Thunb. Prodr. 5. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in Roggevelt, Fransche Hoek, alibique, Thunberg ; Paarlberg, Nieuwe Kloof, et Camiesbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Species pulchra, sesquipedalis, bracteis vaginisque membranaceis reticu- latis insignis. Galea alba, sepala flavescenti-alba, petala striis margi- neque antico purpureis, labellum album, ex Thunb. $ 8. SreNocanpa. Galea erecta, basi infundibularis. | Labellum apice dila- tatum, lobatum. Petala supina, falcata, basibus productis anthere adnata. Flores laxe racemosi. 22. Disa gladioliflora. Burchell, MSS. D. foliis . . . , caule gracili, vaginis angustis distantibus apice herbaceis setaceis, racemo laxo 9-10-floro, bracteis ovatis setaceo-acuminatis ovario gracillimo dupld brevioribus, sepalis linearibus apice latioribus, galeà arcuatà erectà obtusà subdentatà basi in cornu arcuato productà, labello lineari apice latiore tridentato sepalorum longitudine, petalis falcatis acuminatis basi dilatatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell, 5184, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Caulis sesquipedalis. Flores parvi. $ 9. OnEGUna. Galea incumbens, infundibularis. Labellum oblongum. Petala supina, falcata, libera. Flores laxè spicati. Folia setacea. Caulis calami- formis. 23. Disa porrecta. Swartz l. c. Willd. Sp. Fl. no. 8. Ker in Brande $ Journal, vol. 5, t. "r5 D. foliis radicalibus setaceis basi lanatis, caule stricto vaginis dieat tibus membranaceis setaceo-acuminatis, spicà ovata v. oblonga laxa, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis ovario brevioribus, sepalis oblongis con? cavis infra apicem cirrhosis, galeà horizontali infundibulari calcare OPHRYDE.JE. 353 ovario breviore, petalis supinis falcatis basi auriculatis liberis, labello lanceolato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell, no. 8199.) Flores coccinei 9 lineas longi. Caulis sesquipedalis, calamum corvinum crassus, Folia vix semipedalia. $ 10. Tnrcnocmira. Galea incumbens, calcarata. Labellum lacerum, sessile, vel sæpiùs unguiculatum. Flores laxè spicati, nunc subsolitarii. Folia angustissima. 24. Disa spathulata. Swartz l.c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 15. Bauer's Illustr. Gen. t. XIV. D. foliis angustissimis rigidis striatis apice latioribus subfalcatis, caulis stricti foliis duplo longioris subbiflori vaginis 3 distantibus laxis acumi- natis, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ovario duplo brevioribus, sepalis ovatis apice inflexis acuminatis tortis, galeà ovata incumbente crenulatà calcare brevi recto intüs villoso supra basin auctà, labello subrotundo- cordato trilobo crenato longé unguiculato, petalis supinis falcatis bipar- titis serratis basi auriculatis. Orclis Spathulata. Linn. Suppl. 396. Satyrium spathulatum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in collibus prope villam Mosselbank, juxta Mossel- banks Rivier, prope Ribeck Casteel, Picketberg, in Roodezand et prope urbem Cap., florens Septembri, Octobri, Thunberg; inter Paarl et Paarleberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis subpedalis, leviter flexuosus. Tubercula radicis testiculata lanata, Folia basi glabra. So ccotding to Thunberg, the Colonists of the Cape call this plant Moder aartslag. It is a pretty species with green and pink flowers. 25. Disa tripartita. is striatis falcatis versus apicem latioribus, bbiflori vaginis 3 laxis acuminatis distan- ario duplo brevioribus, sepalis D. foliis angustissimis rigid caulis foliis paulo longioris su tibus, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ov ovatis apice inflexis, galeà ovatà incumbente obsolete crenatà calcare brevissimo recto obtuso supra basin auctà, labello tripartito laciniis linearibus intermedià flexuosà longissimà, petalis supinis bidentatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, prope Albany, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) n of this remarkable plant, which re- but has quite a different lip. It has not the form of the petals. I have seen only one specime sembles Disa spathulata in habit, een in my power to determine with certainty 26. Disa multifida. D. foliis filiformibus rigidis striatis, caulis gracilis calamiformis vaginis "T membranaceis acuminatis distantibus, floribus paucis secundis brac- teis ovatis acutis ovarii longitudine, sepalis ovatis patulis rectis apice mucronatis, galeà acutà basi conicà ovario dupló breviore, petalis . . . ., labello a latà basi unguiculato multifido. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in Cederbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) L4 Tubercula radicum fusiformia, fabricà internà in hac aliisque valde sin- 354 OPHRYDEÆ. gulari, quasi cellulis compositis separabil.bus faretà, microscopistis commendatá. Caulis fer? bipedalis. Flores magnitudine D, barbate. 27. Disa barbata. Swartz, l. c. Thunb Fi. Cap 17; D. foliis angustissimis rigidis nervosis caulis longitudine, caule calami- formi vaginis 7-8 distantibus membranaceis acuminatis, floribus se- cundis racemosis bracteis ovatis acuminatis vix pedicellis lougioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis patulis, galeà subrotundo-ovatà acutA erectà pos- ticè in calcar breve conicum ascendens product, petalis abrupte geni- culatis apice oblique dilatatis inzqualiter 3-4-dentatis, labello sessili multipartito. ; Orchis barbata. Linn. Suppl. 399. Satyrium barbatum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, prope fluvios Kalbeljaus et Zeekorivier, nec non in Hottentots Hollandberg, Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. comm. cell. Hooker et Burchell, no. 4572.) . Caulis 2-3-pedalis, 6-00-florus, (2-8-florus Thunb.). Flores cinerei, venis cerulescentibus. 28. Disa lacera. Swartz l. c. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.50. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 12. D. foliis filiformibus rigidis contortis striatis caulis longitudine, caule calamiformi vaginis 5-6 valdé membranaceis et appressis acutissimis, floribus subsecundis racemosis bracteis ovatis acutis pedicellis pauld longioribus, sepalis oblongis cum acumine, galeà subrotundo-ovata ob- tusà cum acumine in calcar conicum ovario duplo brevius producta, petalis falcatis obtusis, labello sessili ovato fimbriato. Eulophia hians. Spreng. Syst.Veg. 3.720. Supra, p. 183. Satyrium hians. Linn. Suppl. 401. Limodorum hians. Swartz l.c. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4.128. nec Thunb. Fl. Cap. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; in Langekloof, Drge. (hab. s. sp.) This is very like D. barbata in some respects; but its leaves are nar- rower, the flowers not more than half the size, and according to Thunberg whitish. § li. DisgLLA. Galea postica, basi saccata. — Labellum filiforme. Petala erecta. Flores dense spicati, minuti. Folia szpiüs filiformia. 29. Disa bracteata. Swartz l. c. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 48. Bot. Reg. 324. D. caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis erectis basi vaginantibus, spicà multi- florà laxiusculà, bracteis foliaceis acuminatis florum longitudine, sepalis reflexis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, galeà ovali obtusà basi in calcar breve obtusum productà, petalis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis basi obliquis cor datis, labello lineari obtuso. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lehmann.) Flores parvi virides, galeà fuscà. Caulis spithamzeus. 30. Disa tenuis. D. foliis setaceis caule tenui distanter vaginato multd brevioribus, spicà laxà multiflorà angulatà flexuosà, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis ovarii longitudine, sepalis ovatis sub apice mucronatis, galeà erectå basi co- nicà ascendente, petalis linearibus subfalcatis obtusis basi auriculatis, labello filiformi sepalis breviore. Hab. ad Cup. B. Spei, prope Wynberg, in arenosis, Drege. (hab. 5. sp-) OPHRYDEJE. 355 31. Disa tenella. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 11. D. caule folioso, foliis e latà basi filiformibus flexuosis, spicà densa, brac- teis subrotundo-ovatis apice foliaceis calcare sepalorum longitudine, labello spatulato, petalis acutis. Orchis tenella. Linn. Suppl. 400. Satyrium tenellum. Thunb. Prodr. p. 5. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Hesse ; in campis arenosis, locis inundatis inter ur- bem Cap. et seriem magnam montium, florens Junio, etc. Thunberg ; Roodezand, Drege; Uitenhage, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp.) Flores rubri, Thunb. Caulis digitalis. Bractez apice foliacez, acuminate, floribus dupld longiores. Sepala oblonga. Petala acuta, rhomboidea, nullo modo acuminata. Labellum apice latius. 32. Disa brachyceras. D. caule folioso, foliis e lat basi filiformibus flexuosis, spicà dens, brac- teis subrotundo-ovatis apice foliaceis superioribus haud floribus longio- ribus, calcare brevi conico acuto, labello lineari, petalis acuminatis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope Donkerhoek, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Precedenti similis, sed flores dupld minores. Sepala acuta. Petala ders boidea, in acumen obtusum producta. Labellum lineare basi latius. Bractez inferiores floribus longiores. 33. Disa obtusa. i Li ee . z 1 i À S i n 19 D. caule folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, spicà densà, bence o pg concavis florum longitudine, calcare brevissimo obtuso, pe s talis membranaceo sepalisque lateralibus supremo multo biri us, pe minimis linearibus subfalcatis basi in dentem obtusum productis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Sieber. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) | Caulis palmaris, foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis basi vaginantibus b iier Spica elongata. Bractee oblonge, concave, florum longitadine iis pauló breviores. Galea oblonga, obtusa, erecta, basi in B id tusum brevem producta. Sepala lateralia oblonga obtusa. der ee E nora, versus dorsum galeæ arcuata, linearia, obtusa, basi anterio angulum obtusum extensa. «[ Species mihi ignote. 34. Disa (Oregura ?) bifida. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 9. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in interioribus regionibus, 'Thunberg. os Seapus pedalis. Flores secundi, bracteis acuminatis capsula iria e vioribus. Galea fornicata, erecta, calcare cylindraceo, ime nd be guiculari, apice bifido. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, lye ii € na a galeå tecta, recurva, basi latiuscula, erecta. Labellum sep 35. Disa (Oregura ? ?) ferruginea. Thunb. l. c. 11. : Hab, ad Cap. B. Spei, in frontispicio montis Tabularis, T Eas zi E Scapus pedalis, vaginis pluribus membranaceis, ink ue PE caris, rarior. Flores resupinati. Galea gia ovato-lanceolata, subulato, basi ampliore, capsula fere longiore. x jeu conca- setaceo-cuspidata. Petala linearia. Labellum sepalis , vum erectiusculum. 356 OPHRYDEJE. 36. Disa cernua. Thunb. l. c. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thunberg. Tuberculum difforme. Caulis foliosus, pedalis et ultra. Folia carinata, rigida, subcoriacea, margine membranacea. Spica pedalis, apice cernua, subdensa. Galea erecta, fornicata. Calcar subinflatum, venosum. Se- pala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, erecto-patentia. Petala galea tecta, e basi lata lanceolato-acuminata, falcata, venosa. — Labellum lineare, obtusum. An Monadenia? An potius Corypheis affinior ? 37. Disa physodes. Thunb. l. c. 12. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, infra Paarlberg, Thunberg. Caulis foliosus, pedalis et ultra. Folia equitantia, spithamea. Spica pe- dalis, apice cernua ; laxiuscula. Galea erecta, fornicata, emarginata, calcare gibbo subdidymo dependente. Sepala ovata, obtusa, reflexa. Petala galeá tecta, sublinearia, basi latiora concava, apice emarginata, crassiuscula, saturate purpurea. Labellum lineare, obtusum, integrum. An Monadenia ? 38. Disa cylindrica. Thunb. l. c. Caulis pedalis. Folia alternatim vaginantia, pollicaria v. ultra. Spica subcylindrica, digitalis. Flores minuti, numerosissimi. Galea fornicata, ovata, calcare brevi. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, vix acuta, patentia. Pe- tala lanceolata erecta. Lubellum lineari-oblongum, apice obovatum. An Monadenia, densiflore affinis ? 39. Disa (Coryphea ?) excelsa. Swartz. l. c. Thunb. l. c. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in collibus Houtniquas, prope rivos in Langekloof; et Kramrivier, florens Novembri, Thunberg. Folia radicalia, 6 v. plura, lanceolata, acuta, erecta, digitalia. Scapus fili- formis, bipedalis. Spica rara, palmaris et ultra, floribus 20-30. gus calcare brevissimo obtuso porrecto. Sepala ovato-lanceolata. Petala minima, lanceolata, falcata. Labellum integrum, concavum, leviter margine undulatum. The Orchis tripetaloides of Linnæus is apparently the D. venosa of n berg, although quoted by that author to the present species, ieri seems quite different, so far as can be judged by the description in the Flora Capensis. CC. MONADENIA. Perianthium ringens. Sepala membranacea, libera, supremo gale basi calcarato. Petala carnosa. Labellum liberum, oblongum, car- nosum, planum. Columna nana, bipartita (stigmate antheràque se- junctis). Stigma carnosum, elevatum, truncatum, basi labelli situm. Anthera resupinata, caudiculis in glandula unica connatis. oe om sterilia, libera ————. Herbs Capenses, radicibus testiculatis, foliis facieque Ophrydis. Genus a Disà ceterisque affinibus optime distinctum glandulis pou in unam concretis petalisque subaequalibus carnosis nunc conformibus nunc labello lineari. ato 1. Monapenia rufescens. M. foliis radicalibus binis oblongis, caule vaginato, bracteis oblongis eric floribus multo brevioribus, calcare lineari pendulo sepalis multo longiort* OPHRYDEX. 357 Satyrium rufescens. Thunb. Prodr. 5. Disa rufescens. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 210. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 13. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Forbes; in arenosis Groenekloof, Thunberg ; in Draakensteenbergen et prope Gnadenthal, Drege (hab. s. sp.) Corolla purpurascens. Thunb. I know no plant to which the definitions of Swartz and Thunberg exactly apply. It would seem as if they had not distinguished M. brevicornis from rufescens, and had described the leaves of one and the flowers of another. The description however in Thunberg’s Flora Capensis applies exclusively to this, à 2. MoNapENrA brevicornis. M. foliis ensiformibus acuminatis caulem vestientibus, bracteis oblongis acuminatis floribus longioribus, calcare inflato compresso sepalis ' vix longiore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Mundt. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) À precedente bracteis longis foliisque acuminatis erectis caulem loco squamarum vestientibus primo intuitu distinguenda. Petala praterea breviora sunt, et magis emarginata. Statura palmaris. 3. Monapenia micrantha. M. foliis ensiformibus acuminatis caulem vestientibus, bracteis apice foliosis longè acuminatis, sepalis petalisque acutis, calcare filiformi ob- tuso sepalis longiore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; Thom, Burchell, (no. 6139) ; ad Nieuwekloof, et Ruigtevalei, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Facie omnino M. brevicornis ; foliis bracteisque long? acuminatis, flori- busque multd minoribus diversissima. Galea apice acuta inflexa. Se- pala ovata, acuminata. Petala ovata, acuminata, apice inflexa. La- bellum lineare, obtusum, membranaceum, sepalis brevius. Folia lutescentia. - Flores maleolentes, apicibus roseis. Thom in Herb. ooker. 4. Monapenta densiflora. M. foliis erectis lanceolatis canaliculatis acutis caulis longitudine, spicd densà cylindraceà bracteis oblongis acutis concavis florum longitudine, sepalis lateralibus oblongis superiore brevioribus, calcare pendulo bye formi antice alato, petalis ovatis subtortis apice carnosis obtusis gale dupld brevioribus, labello lineari-spathulato carnoso sepalis longiore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thom ; prope Paarl, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) 5. Mowapzxra macrostachya. ; atis erectis caulis brevis longitudine, spicà anceolatis florum longitudine, sepalis branaceis calcare inflato pendulo semi- cie subverruculosis margine pos- abello lineari obtuso sepalorum M. foliis radicalibus lanceol elongatà apice rariore bracteis 1 lanceolatis acutis lateralibus mem cylindraceo, petalis oblongis obtusis fa tico in angulum obtusum producto, longitudine. Hab. ad Cap. D. Spei ; in Camiesbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp-) 558 OPHRYDES. 6. MoNADENIA macrocera. M. foliis paucis ensiformibus canaliculatis distantibus caulem vestientibus, spicá strictissim4 floribus distantibus axi arcté appressis, bracteis ovario longissimo brevioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis calcare longissimo filiformi pendulo, petalis labelloque pendulo ovatis acutis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thom. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Species palmaris, exilis, caule spicà tertià parte breviore. Ovarium unciale. 7. Monaventa ophrydea, M. caule flexuoso folioso, foliis distantibus linearibus patulis basi vagi- nantibus, spicà 4-flora floribus long? distantibus, bracteis oblongis acutis ovarii longitudine, sepalis lateralibus oblongis supremo obtusissimo, calcare filiformi ovarii longitudine, petalis oblongis obtusissimis mar- gine posteriore dilatatis facie verruculosis, labello lato-lincari sepalis longiore. ` Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Draakensteensbergen, Drige. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis palmaris. Folia infima squamiformia, in caule 3. Ovarium fere 2 poll. longum, internodio pauld longiore. Flores maximi generis. 8. Monapenia prasinata. M. foliis radicalibus ensiformibus caulinis erectis canaliculatis acuminatis imbricatis patulis, spicà ovatà densà, bracteis oblongis acutis floribus subbrevioribus, sepalis lateralibus lineari-oblongis obtusis supremo cune- ato obovato fornicato calcare parùm breviore, petalis lanceolatis apice obliquis obtusis emarginatis supra basin puncticulatis, labello lineari acutiusculo sepalorum longitudine. Disa prasinata. — Ker. in Bot. Reg. 3. t. 210. Hab. ad Cup. B. Spei. This is very near the last species, and is perhaps the same ; but it ap- pears to differ in having denser flowers, a shorter spur, and emarginate petals. The flowers are green with 3 crimson stripes within the upper sepal, and a few dots of the same colour at the base of the lateral ones. CCI. SCHIZODIUM. Disa torta. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 211. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 10. Orchis biflora. Linn. Sp. 1330. Satyrium tortum. Thunb. Prodr. 5. Perianthium ringens. Sepala libera, canaliculata ; supremo basi calcarato. Petala nana, apice carnosa, inzqualiter biloba aut oblique torta, basi se pits auriculata, per baseos medium columnz adnata. Labellum liberum, lineare, acuminatum, sepalis zquale, supra basin constrictum, hypo- chilio concavo membranaceo, epichilio carnoso canaliculato. Columna bipartita (stigmate antherisque sejunctis). Stigma carnosum, elevatum, truncatum aut excavatum, basi labelli situm. Anthera resupinata, aut horizontalis, rostelli brachiis nunc truncatis, nunc acuminatis contortis. Polliniorum glandule 2, nude ———. Herbe capenses, tuberculis pedunculatis, Folia radicalia, ovata aut obovata, petiolata, patentia. Caulis szpiüs flexuosus, ad flexuras squamis vaginatus. Racemi laxi, OPHRYDE. 359 pauciflori, aut flos terminalis solitarius. Flores parvi, pedicellis fili- formibus. Several very distinct species appear to have been mentioned under the name of Disa torta, so that it is not possible to tell from descriptions or definitions to which the name has been applied. I have therefore quoted no synonym to the majority of the species, but have placed them under the genus. Schizodium differs from Disa in its very peculiar habit, in the form of the labellum, and in the nearly constant lobing of the petals. The species are defined chiefly by the characters of their flowers. ‘l. Scuizopium flexuosum. S. sepalis subrotundo-oblongis obtusis venosis superiore apiculato calcare brevi inflexo, petalis integris basi dilatatis apice linearibus carnosis galeæ longitudine, labello ovato crispo apice acuminato integro. Disa flexuosa. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 212. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed, Schultes, 9. Orchis flexuosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1331. 3 Satyrium flexuosum. Thunb. Prodr. 9. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in arenosis depressis et vere inundatis campis Groenekloof et Swartland, inter Cap et Draakenstein, atque Stellen- bosch, florens a Junio usque in Octobrem, Thunberg, prope Klein Draakenstein, Drege. (hab. s. sp. Maximum generis, caule 1-11-pedali, rigido, nitido, valde flexuoso, ad omnem flexuram vagina rigidà erecta concavà obtusà aucto. Flores crocei. 2. Scuizopium arcuatum. S. sepalis acuminatissimis canaliculatis arcuatis lateralibus longioribus calcare ascendente filiformi, petalis duplà brevioribus lobo altero lineari auriculA baseos lineari rotundatà integerrimà, labello glabro epichilio filiformi basi rhombeo concavo marginibus inflexis. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope Caledon? Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) 3. Scnizoprvw longipetalum. S. sepalis acuminatissimis canaliculatis arcuatis lateralibus longioribus caleare descendente filiformi, petalis sepalo supremo eequalibus lobo altero lineari basi exauriculatis, labello glabro epichilio filiformi recto basi dilatato subrotundo membranaceo. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Paarlberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Flores pauld minores quam in precedente. 4. Scnizopium obtusatum. S. sepalis linearibus subzqualibus obtusis calcare ascendente apice retuso. petalis brevissimis pubescentibus oblique truncatis auricoll based. natà rotundatà glabra, labello pubescente epichilio ovato acuminato obtuso canaliculato. Hab. ad Ccp. B. Spei, ad Dutoitskloof, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) Flores praecedentibus minores, pallidi, maculati. 5. Scuizopium obliquum. S. sepalis linearibus acutis lateralibus longioribus calcare ho ecember, 1838. AAA rizontali fili- 360 OPHRYDEJE. formi obtuso, petalis brevissimis inzqualiter bidentatis auriculà baseos semiliberà rotundatà subserratà, labello basi puberulo epicbilio ovato acuminato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Forbes. (hab. s. sp. comm. Hort, Soc. Lond.) 6. Scnizopivw clavigerum. S. sepalis petalisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis planis calcare clavato ascen- dente, petalis bidentatis sepalo dupld brevioribus dente altero rotundato basi oblique tortis auriculA semiliberà integerrimá, labello filiformi recto carnoso basi lineari membranaceo sepalis longiore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Paarl et Groenekloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Flores omnium minimi. 7. Scuizopium rigidum. S. caule basi tantiim flexuoso, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis subequa- libus calcare filiformi obtuso, petalis linearibus acute bidentatis sepalis brevioribus, epichilii dimidià inferiore oblongà membranace& ascendente superiore carnosà tereti reflexà. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, prope Buffeljagtrivier, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Flores maximi generis exceptis S. Fleruosi, haud satis examinavi ; exem- plar unicum tantum possideo biflorum. 8. Scuizopi1um inflexum. S. foliis obovatis long? petiolatis, caule unifloro vaginis acutis arct? ap- pressis, sepalis oblongo-linearibus obtusis calcare conico elongato, pe- talis oblique tortis apice rostratis emarginatis carnosis sepalo brevi- oribus basi obsolete? auriculatis, epichilio oblongo concavo apice carnoso abrupte rostrato. Disa inflexa. Mundt in hb. Lehm. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Mundt, Hesse, Burchell (655). (hab. s. sp. comm. cell Burchell et Grisebach.) Sequenti simile, sed characteribus indicatis bene distinguendum. 9. ScnizoprvuM maculatum. ralibus S. caule unifloro vaginis caulis laxis obtusis (maculatis), sepalis n oblongo-linearibus intermedio dorso conico, “ petalis linearibus, lanceolato obtuso." D. maculata. Linn. Suppl. p. 407. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 14. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, prope Winterhoek, in Rodesand sub p montium lateribus, florens Octobri, Thunberg. (v. s. sp. n hb. Vahl.) Vagine caulis membranacee, rufo-maculate. Flos ceruleus. eee Of this very distinct species I have only seen one specimen 1n es ` herbarium. It was glued to paper, and not susceptible of being exami as to the interior structure of the flower. "Thunberg's description ap to be a good one. CCII. PENTHEA. Penthea, Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2, p. 446. Perianthium ringens. Sepala membranacea, libera, «qualia aut inzequalia, OPHRYDE/E. 361 intermedio ecalcarato sepits diversiformi. Petala anthere utrinque ad- nata, sepiüs carnosa, sepalis dissimilia. Labellum lineare, simplex, liberum, petalis multó angustius, a columná stigmato sepius trilobo sejunctum. Anthera terminalis, erecta v. reclinata, loculis parallelis, basi productis et sæpiùs divergentibus, brachiis totidem stigmatis in- cumbentibus. Glandule dua, nude.—Herbe Capenses, foliis va- gineformibus aut angustissimis radicalibus planis, floribus corymbosis aut spicatis, nunc solitariis geminisve. Disà differt sepalo altero ecalcarato. l. PeNTHEA melaleuca. P. foliis lineari vel oblongo-lanceolatis, vaginis caulis acuminatis patulis, corymbo denso multifloro, sepalis patentibus oblongis obtusis æqualibus, petalis oblongis basi et apice denticulatis, labello lineari-oblongo apicu- lato pone basin utrinque obsoletè dentato. Disa melaleuca. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 16. Serapias melaleuca. d. Prodr. 3. Ophrys bivalvata. Linn. Suppl. 403. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Burchell (no. 6855) ; in planitie frontis Montis Tabularis, et locis depressis juxta Hexrivier, Thunberg ; in Dutoitkloofs- bergen, et Cederbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Exemplar olim vidi in herbario Vahliano, nunc in museo Hafniensi con- servato, nomine Satyrii hiantis notatum, quod corymbo magis con- tracto, sepalis lateralibus ovatis apice carnosis obtusis intermedio lan- ceolato acuto membranaceo differre videbatur; an species diversa, an varietas nescio. 2. PENTHEA obtusa. E fos... , vaginis inflatis erectis acutis, corymbo denso contracto, sepalis zqualibus obovatis obtusissimis concavis subequalibus, petalis labelloque emarginato cuneatis membranaceis. Disa Richardiana. Lehm. MSS. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lehmann.) Palmaris, glaberrima. Bracteze obovate, concave. Species distinctissima. 3. Penruea filicornis, P. foliis setaceis, vaginis foliaceis acuminatis patulis, spicà ovaté multiflora » sepalo supremo erecto subsessili oblongo galeato apiculato lateralibus oblongis basi obliquis, petalis linearibus falcatis obtusis, labello se- taceo. Disa filicornis. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 17. tsa patens. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 214. Orchis filicornis. Linn. Suppl. 400. i Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Ecklon; ad Lowryspas, et in montibus prope Liefde, Drège. ; in ericetis humidis prope Wynberg, Sinum Falsum versus et Stellenbosch, Harvey. (hab. s. sp.) lores purpurascentes. 4. Penruea reflexa. P. foliis lineari-setaceis carnosis, vaginis foliaceis acuminati ovata multiflorà, sepalo supremo unguiculato cordato subrotundo con- cavo reflexo lateralibus ovato-oblongis basi inequalibus, petalis a linearibus obtusis antherà longioribus, labello setaceo-filiformi pendulo. s patulis, spic 362 OPHRYDEX. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Hesse; in Outniqualand, Drege. (hab. s sp.) Similis P. filicorni ; an mera varietas ? 5. PENTHEA patens. P. foliis infimis setaceis superioribus vaginisque latioribus acuminatis, corymbo uni-multifloro patulo, sepalo supremo subrotundo cordato acuto lateralibus ovatis acuminatis basi angulo fer’ recto obtuso pro- ductis, petalis ovatis acutis obtusisque antherz subzqualibus. Disa patens. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 16. Serapias patens. Jd. Prodr.3. Ophrys patens. Linn. Suppl. 404. Disa tenuifolia. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 214. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, Hesse, Burchell (no. 656) ; in planitie frontis, in summo cacumine Tafelberg, Thunberg ; etiam ad Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) CCIH. FORFICARIA. Perianthium concavum, ringens. Sepala libera, concava, intermedio mutico majore antico lateralia sstivatione imbricante. Petala libera, subulata estivatione abrupte bis flexa. Labellum carnosum, truncatum, liberum, nanum. Anthera reclinata, loculis parallelis, approximatis, glandulis duabus triangularibus imbricantibus nudis; stigmate adnato excavato simplici. Genus Penthee galeà muticà accedens, estivatione, anthera labelloque facilé distinguendum. 1. ForFicaria graminifolia. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, ad Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Planta Dise lacere barbateque facie. Folia rigida, linearia, acutissima, caule breviora. Racemus laxus, 8-10-florus, bracteis membranaceis &cuminatissimis ovario brevioribus. Sepalum intermedium cymbi- forme, lateralibus acutis carinatis majus, glabrum, membranaceum. Petala setacea, genuflexa, hirsuta. Labellum carnosum, truncatum, pubescens, antherá brevius. CCIV. HERSCHELIA. Perianthium patens. Sepalum supremum galeatum, inflatum, dorso ini caratum, lateralibus majus. Petala sub galeà abscondita, carnosa, Col lateralia, basi auriculata, apice dolabriformia, column dupló longiora. Labellum oblongum, carnosum, integerrimum. Columna nana, bipar- tita (stigmate antheráque sejunctis.) Stigma carnosum, elevatum, COP- cavum, basi labelli situm. Rostellum tripartitum, laciniis lateralibus angustioribus acuminatis; appendice dorsali, lineari, bilobo, iere tuberculato ante antheram sito. Anthera horizontalis, loculis paral lelis, abbreviatis ; glandulis duabus maximis truncatis corneis dentatis. Herba Capensis radicibus tuberculiformibus. Folia setacea. Flores pauci, magni, speciosi. Herschelio filio, astronomo celeberrimo, patrie sue decori, Orchidacearum Ca- OPHRYDEZX. 363 pensium indagatori felici, species hec pulcherrima colore celi australis intense ceruleo superbiens sit sacra, The structure of the column of this beautiful plant is very singular, and not to be well understood without better materials for examination than I bave procured. A single flower is all that I have been able to analyse. The appendix at the back of the rostellum, between it and the anther, is very remarkable. 1, Herscue ia coelestis. Disa graminifolia. Ker in Brande’s Journal, Vol. VI. p. 44. t. 1. f. Q Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Masson, Burchell, nos. 7801, 7372 ; in sabuletis inter plantas junceas scirpoideasque duras luxurians, Herschel. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) Caulis gracilis, sesquipedalis, squamis 2-3 acutissimis arct® appressis vagi- natus. Folia setacea. Racemus 4-6-florus. Flores magni intensé cœ- rulei, labello oblongo basi pallido supra medium purpurascente. Galea inflata, subrotunda, calcare brevi obtuso ascendente supra basin. CCV. BRACHYCORYTHIS. Perianthium obliquum, subglobosum. Sepalum supremum muticum, con- vexum, lateralibus liberis multd minus. Petala ovata, obtusa, erecta, basi obliqua, medio carnosa, sepalo supremo dupld majora, sepalis late- ralibus dupló minora. Labellum sepalis lateralibus majus, coriaceum, basi cavum, apice dilatatum 3-dentatum. Anthera reclinata, bilocularis, pedicellata, stigmati maximo ovali intra cavitatem labelli abscondito adnata ; glandulis 2, nudis.——— — Herba capensis, foliosa, floribus inter folia superiora axillaribus. Genus ab omnibus huc usque notis structurà labelli, perianthio valde obliquo galeAque mutica distinctum. l. Bracnycoryruis ovata. Hab, ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Omsamwabo et Omsamcabe, Drege. (exam. s. 8p. in herb. cel. Dregei ) Caulis pedalis et ultra, foliis magnis ovatis acutis dens? imbricatis ves- titus. Flores axillares inter folia superiora iisque breviores. Labellum Posticum, coriaceum, basi inflatum Stanhopee more, sulcatum, ultra Cavitatem in lobum cuneatum tridentatum productum. Planta siccatione nigrescit, CCVI. CERATANDRA. Perianthium bilabiatum. Sepalum supremum et petala in galeam (szepiüs anticam pendulam) agglutinata ; lateralia patula libera. Labellum un- Suiculatum, lunatum, faciei columnz adnatum, nudum, vel appendice Carnoso apice libero auctum. Columna hippocrepica. Anthera resu- Pinata, loculis distantibus brachiis stigmatis adnatis; glandulis nudis. Stigma parvum, trilobum, in sinu brachiorum, verticale.— ——Herbae Capenses, siccatione nigrescentes, foliis lineari-setaceis basi dilatatis caulem totum vestientibus. Radices fasciculate, longe, carnosæ, to- Mentose. Flores densé spicati. 364 OPHRYDES. 1. Euceratandra. Stigmatis brachia angusta, distantia, omnind ferri equini formá (Hippopodium, Harvey, MSS.). * Labello appendiculato. 1. CERATANDRA chloroleuca. Ecklon in herb. Lehm. Bauer’s Illustr. Ge- nera, tab. xvi C. foliis ciliatis, spicà cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus basi æqualibus, la- bello long? unguieulato lunato acuto ; appendice dentato subquadrato. Pterygodium atratum, Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, 217. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 24. Ophrys atrata. Linn. Mant. 121. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in arenosis Swartlandize, Thunberg, florens Sept. Oct.; Paarlberg et Dutoitskloofbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis palmaris et minor ad sesquipedalem. Sepala viridia, purpureo striata. Petala, labellum et columna lutea. Appendix fuscus. Mr. Harvey distinguished this plant from Pterygodium in à letter to Sir W. Hooker under the expressive name of Hippopodium (atratum) ; but I had already received it from Prof. Lehmann, with Ecklon's name of Ce- ratandra, which priority requires that I should adopt. The specific name atratum is best suppressed, as it is common to the whole genus, and the black colour when dried is one of the marks by which it is generally dis- tinguished from Pterygodium. Thunberg describes his P. atratum as having a crenulated labellum ; but I have seen no specimen which an- swers to that description. 9. CERATANDRA auriculata. C. foliis ciliatis, spicA cylindraceà, sepalis lateralibus basi auriculatis, la- bello longè unguiculato lunato obtuso ; appendice integerrimo subro- tundo. Hab. ad Cap, B. Spei, Burchell, no. 6900, Thom in hb. Hooker. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Precedenti simillima. * * Labello nudo. 3. CERATANDRA globosa. C. foliis scabriusculis supremis minoribus, spicà subglobosà, petalis vor dato-ovatis acutis, labello nudo subrotundo-ovato breviter unguiculato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Dutoitskloofbergen et Cederbergen, Drege. (hab. 8. Sp.) 4. CrERATANDARA parviflora. C. foliis margine scabriusculis supremis minoribus, spicà subglobosà, Pt. talis margine anteriore in angulum obtusum productis, labello nuco transverso rhomboideo angulis acutis ungue cuneato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Burchell no. 560. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Precedenti similis sed flores dupló minores et forma partium diversa. 5. Ceraranpra grandiflora, C. foliis margine pilosis supremis minoribus, spicà densissim4 oblonga, petalis semicordatis basi cucullatis, labello nudo subrotundo cordato ‘subsessili. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Zuurebergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) OPHRYDES. 365 A beautiful species, with deep yellow flowers twice as large as those of any other. 2. Evota. Stigmatis brachia dilatata, conniventia, galee speciem formantia (Calota, Harvey, MSS.). 6. CeraTanpra Harveyana. C. foliis linearibus acuminatis involutis, spicà pauciflorà laxiusculà, bracteis ovatis acutis convexis, petalis cuneatis rotundatis unguiculatis margine crispis, labello sagittato appendice rhomboideo carnoso integro. Hab. ad Prom. B. Spei, in locis udis “ Flats” dictis inter Wynberg, et False Bay, rard florens Novembr. Harvey. I only know this curious plant from a drawing and description by Mr. Harvey, in the possession of Sir W. Hooker. It is represented as growing about six inches high, with green sepals, and all the other parts of the flower yellow. The dilatation of what I presume to be either the arms of the stigma or the rostellum, is very remarkable, and led Mr. Harvey to consider it distinct from Ceratandra and Pterygodium, naming it Calota capensis ; but it is in all other circumstances, so far as I can judge from the drawing, as well as in habit, so entirely a Ceratandra that I do not think it expedient to separate it. It forms however a good section of this genus, for which the name Calota might have been retained if we had not already a Calotis, and for which that of Evota, a word with the same meaning, has been substituted. CCVII. OMMATODIUM. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum et petala inequaliter lobata apice fornicata in galeam agglutinata ; lateralia patula libera. Label- lum hastatum, sessile, columne adnatum, appendice membranaceo tu- buloso auctum. Columna membranacea, truncata. Anthera erecta, loculis distantibus, subparallelis, basi truncatis ; glandulis nudis. Stigma horizontale, brachiis incurvis. Herba radicibus testiculatis, Ace- ratis habitu. This genus is essentially different from Pterygodium in its anther being perfectly erect, and very much like that of a Platanthera. Its name is taken from the eye-like spots on the labellum. l. Ommaropiu{m Volucris. Pterygodium Volucris. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 218. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 22. Ker in Brandes Journal, vol. 9, t. 4, f. 1. Ophrys Volucris. Zinn. Suppl. 403. Ophrys triphylla. Thunb. Prodr. 2. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in collibus prope Mosselbanksrivier, Paardeberg, Rebeeks-casteel, florens Sept. Oct., Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lehmann et Hooker.) Folia 9.3, cordata, ovata, basi amplexicaulia ; supremo floribus distante, multó minore. Spica elongata, multiflora. Petala semiobovata biloba ; lacinià interiore minimà obtusà. Labellum hastatum, ovatum, acum! natum, membranaceum, deflexum ; angulis posticis in limbum incurvis 366 OPHRYDEZX. eique adnatis. Appendix tubulosus, membranaceus, unilabiatus, valde obliquus ; labio antico producto integerrimo. CCVIII. PTERYGODIUM. Pterygodium. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, 217. Perianthium fornicatum. Sepalum supremum et petala maxima indivisa concava in galeam sepius posticam agglutinata ; lateralia libera, pa- tentia, Labellum sessile, faciei columnz adnatum, basi appendice ma- gno (stigmate tertio sterili ?) linguzeformi, erecto, vel supra dorsum antherz inflexo, auctum. Anthera resupinata, loculis distantibus ab- breviatis stigmatis brachiis incurvis tortis adnatis; glandule nude. Stigma lineare, transversum, basi appendicis labelli inter illum et an- theram, utrinque in brachium productum.—— — Herbe radicibus testi- culatis, caule folioso, foliis oblongis basi vaginantibus, floribus solitariis aut racemosis. 1. Prerycopium platypetalum. P. caule tenui 1-2-phyllo, foliis linearibus, floribus subsolitariis, ovario subrotundo, petalis latissimis truncatis extüs rotundatis, labello minimo trilobo lobis lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis intermedio majore acuto, appendice trilobo margine integro. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Mont. Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Herba gracilis, digitalis vel palmaris. Flores P. catholico similes. Glan- dula parva nigra in centro utriusque lobi lateralis labelli. 9. PrERYvGOoDIUM catholicum. Swartz l.c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Sch. 22. Brande's Journal, vol. 6, t. 1, f. 3. P. caule subdiphyllo, foliis oblongis obtusis, floribus geminis aut racemosis, petalis hinc rectiusculis inde rotundatis cordatis, labello minimo ovato acuto crispo, appendice acuminato utrinque unidentato supra dentes sulcato et serrato. Ophrys catholica. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1344. Ophrys alaris. Linn. Suppl. 404. Arethusa alaris. Thunb. Prodr. 3. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; juxta et extra urbem Cap, et in Swartland, florens Aug. Sept., Thunberg ; Gnadenthal, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 3. Prerycopium acutifolium. ; P. caule subdiphyllo, foliis oblongis acutissimis, floribus racemosis, petalis hine rectiusculis inde rotundatis cordatis, labello minimo ovato acuto undulato, appendice acuminato integerrimo apice sulcato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Ecklon, Harvey ; Dutoitskloof, Drege. (hab. s. sp. A very distinct species resembling P. catholicum, from which it 1s m- mediately distinguished by its darker coloured flowers, taller stems, an acute leaves. 4. Prervcopium alatum. Swartz l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 24. Brande $ Journal, vol. 8, t. 3, f. 2. ‘ m x b : " Y lis P. caule folioso, foliis canaliculatis acutis, floribus dens? racemosis, peta OPHRYDEEX. | 367 hinc rectiusculis inde rotundatis, labello dilatato trilobo laciniis latera- libus crenatis intermedià minima acutà, appendice carnoso obtuso re- pando infra apicem bifoveato. Ophrys alata. Thunb. Prodr. 2. . Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope urbem, Thunberg ; Kleindraakenstein et Breederivier, Drége. (hab. s. sp.) 5. Prerycopium caffrum. Swartz, l. c. Thunb. l. c. P. caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongo-ovatis cucullatis, floribus race- mosis, petalis cuneatis hinc rectis inde rotundatis, labello dilatato bilobo laciniis rotundatis integerrimis mucronulo interjecto, appendice oblongo ovato membranaceo sub apice excavato. Ophrys caffra. Thunb. Prodr. 2. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope Montem Paarl in arenosis depressis, inque monte Paardeberg et ejus depressis arenosis, florens Oct., Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Drege.) 6. Prerycoprum carnosum. P. foliis subdistichis ensiformibus acuminatissimis canaliculatis, floribus dense spicatis carnosis, petalis obovatis pubescentibus concavis cum se- palo intermedio galeam formantibus, sepalis lateralibus latè ovatis ob- tusis, labello transverso emarginato subsessili appendice uncinato carnoso integro subtus excavato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in Dutoitskloofbergen, Drège. (hab. s. sp.) Vix pedale, siccatione nigerrimum. Folia Corycii orobanchoidis. 7. Prerycopium venosum. P. foliis lineari-lanceolatis convolutis caulem vestientibus, spicà dens& cy- lindraceà, sepalis ovatis concavis æqualibus, petalis cuneatis serratis, labello subrotundo-cordato serrato, appendice minimo labello adnato excavato, rostello bialato alis lanceolatis reflexis. í Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Recves et v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker et Lambert.) It is very singular that this remarkable species should not appear in any of the collections of Hesse, Ecklon, Drège, or Harvey. One specimen exists in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium ; another in Sir W. Hooker s, without locality, and my own is probably a cultivated one, having been obtained by Mr. Reeves from Villet, the Cape nurseryman. 8. Prerycopium inversum. Swartz, l. c. Thunb. l. c. Brande's Journal, vol. 9, t. 4, f. 1. P. foliis subdistichis lanceolato-ensiformibus, floribus dens? spicatis, petalis inversis oblongis hinc rectiusculis, labello parvo unguiculato rotundato postico, appendice linguzformi erecto emarginato antice bilamellato. Ophrys inversa. Thunb. Prodr. 2. : : Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; in Swartland, infra Rebeck-Casteel, inque regio- nibus Picketberg, florens Sept. Oct., Thunberg; prope Breederivier, Gill in hb. Hooker; inter Groenekloof et Saldanha bay, necnon in Ca- miesbergen, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) a Caulis fere 2-pedalis, crassus, dens foliosus. Spica densissima, foliosa. Capsula in collum longum incurvum producta, January, 1939. BBB 368 OPHRYDE. CCIX. CORYCIUM. Corycium. Swartz Act. Holm. 1800, p. 220. Perianthium clausum, hians. Sepala membranacea, angusta, erecta ; in- termedio nunc libero, nunc petalis in galeam agglutinato, lateralibus connatis. Petala 2, concava vel saccata, sepalis difformia, carnosa, libera. Labellum faciei columna adnatum, integrum, nunc muticum, saepius appendice maximo simplici vel bilobo auctum. — Anthera dorsalis, resu- pinata ; loculis nunc parallelis approximatis, nunc longissime distan- tibus, divaricatis, stigmatis expansione quasi divulsis. Glandule nude. Stigma angustum, inter basin labelli et connectivum ; rostello trilobo, lobo medio connectivi formà eique appresso, lateralibus linearibus ad- natis aut divergentibus.———— Herba terrestres Capenses, radicibus tes- ticulatis. Caules foliosi. Folia sæpiùs undulata, basi vaginantia. Flores dens? spicati, Columns structura varia in variis speciebus. § 1. Labellum inappendiculatum. 1. ConvciuM crispum. Swartz, l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, p. 21. C. foliis undulatis margine crispis, spicà laxiusculà, petalis truncatis saccatis cum sepalo agglutinatis, labello obovato retuso basi nudo. Arethusa crispa. Thunb. Prodr. 3. Orchis coccinea, foliis serratis in capreolum abeuntibus. Burb. Cent. 3, p. 7, t. 1. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; in arenosis prope Cap, in Groene Kloof et Swart- land, florens Sept. Oct., Thunberg, Drege, Ecklon. (hab. s. sp.) Antherz loculi antice sub labello approximati." Stigmatis brachia incurva, apice dilatata quasi petaloidea. $ 9. Labellum basi appendice (stigmate sterili ?) auctum. 9. Corycium bicolor. Swartz, l.c. Thunb. l.c. Lindley in Bauer's Illus- trations, Genera, t. 15. Ker in Brande's Journal, 6, t. 1, f. 1- C. foliis margine crispatis, spicà densissimà cylindraceà, petalis o p cavis versus sepalum supremum tortis, labello bilobo sessili, appendice cordato-ovato subtüs carinato. Ophrys bicolor. Thunb. Prodr. 2. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Thunberg, Burchell (no. 6605). (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Burchell.) Spicà densissimA cylindraceà et floribus parvis statim dignoscitur. vatis con- 3. Corycium excisum. C. foliis linearibus convolutis basi dilatatis, spicà densd oblonga, petalis truncatis concavis inflexis, labello longè unguiculato bilobo basi carnoso appendice cordato subrotundo emarginato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, inter Pikenierskloof et Olifantrivier, Drge. (hab. s. sp. et v. s. sp. in herb. Hooker a cl. Harvey lectum.) Spica C. bicolor simulat, sed flores majores. Folia angustissima. Statura variat a digitali in pedalem. OPHRYDEZ. 369 4. ConvciuM microglossum. C. foliis e basi latissimà vaginante in acumen productis, spicà oblongá, petalis liberis cuneato-subrotundis concavis pubescentibus, labello lineari lanceolato integerrimo, appendice ovato emarginato. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in Paarlberg, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) Sesquipedalis. Flores extus pubescentes. Spica fere semipedalis, densa, multiflora. Appendix carnosus, glaberrimus, erectus, incurvus. Anthere loculi minimi et stigmatis brachia divaricatissima. Rachis et bractez scabra. 5. Corycium orobanchoides, Swartz, l. c. Thunb.l.c. Ker in Brande's Journal, vol. 8, t. 3, f. 33? (caricatura). Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 45. C. foliis ensiformibus carinatis basi vaginantibus, spicà cylindraceà v. ovali densiflorà, petalis saccatis cum sepalo intermedio agglutinatis, labello deflexo bilobo, appendice reflexo bipartito laciniis acuminatis. Satyrium orobanchoides. Zinn. Suppl. 402. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, vulgaris ; in arenosis Thunberg. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) 6. Corycium vestitum. Swartz, l. c. Thunb. l. c. C. foliis oblongis cucullato-vaginantibus venoso-reticulatis, spicà cylindra- ced densà, sepalo supremo angusto concavo apice latiore obtuso exciso cum petalis ovatis ventricoso-saccatis cohzrente, labello dilatato obtuso exciso, appendice reflexo bipartito laciniis lanceolatis obtusis deflexis. Ophrys volucris. Thunb, Prodr. 2. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, in dunis prope Picketberg, et Verbooren Valley, Thunberg. " The above character is taken from Thunberg whose description shews this, to me unknown, species to be very distinct. It seems near C. oro- banchoides. There is nothing like it in the collections of Burchell, Hesse, Harvey, Ecklon, Drége, Thom, Gill, or Forbes ! CCX. DISPERIS. Disperis, Swartz, det. Holm. 1800, p. 218. Dryopeia. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t. 1-3. Dipera. Spreng. Syst. 3, 696. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum cum petalis in galeam co- hærens; lateralia saccata, patentia, libera, aut connata. Labellum unguiculatum, faciei columnae adnatum, inter lobos antherz ascendens, appendice sæpiùs apice villoso supra columnam inflexo. Anthera re- Supinata, vel supina, imd erecta; glandulis nudis. Stigma angustum, transversum, divaricatum, brachiis duobus cartilagineis ssepe contortis. — ——Herbe pusille Capenses, Mascarenses, Zeylanice, sæpiùs vil- losæ, caulibus apice unifloris aut paucifloris mono-diphyllis. Radices testiculatæ et tuberosæ. The genus Dryopeia of Thouars a Disperis by no certain character, nor ev ; à intermediate form between the Cape and Mascarenian species. ppears to me distinguishable from en by habit, for D. micrantha is an The 370 OPHRYDE. union of the lateral sepals loses its value by means of D. tripetaloides in which they are separate ; the want of an appendage to the lip, which is a character of D. oppositifolia, is of no importance because of the presence of an appendage in D. tripetaloides, and moreover the genus Ceratandra for- bids us to attach consequence to this circumstance. If the structure of Dryopeia were really such as is described by Ach. Richard, it would doubtless be a genus perfectly distinct from Disperis; but I presume there is some error in the description published by that learned botanist. $ 1. Labellum appendice auctum. 1. Disperis capensis, Swartz, l. c. Thunb. Fl. Cap, ed. Sch. 95. Ker in Brande's Journal. v. t. 1. f. 2. D. caule apice glabro basi patentim piloso, foliis linearibus accuminatis apice setaceis, floribus solitariis, sepalis omnibus liberis glabris acumi- natissimis, labello lineari-lanceolato appendice pone apicem acuminato utrinque dentato. Arethusa capensis. Linn. Suppl. 405. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Leuwekop, in collibus infra Tafelberg et urbem, inque summitate montis Tabularis, Thunberg ; Burchell 8527 ; Ruigte- valei, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Sepala patentissima, acuminatissima, lateralia pone basin, supremum sub apice saccatum, petalorum margini arctissime agglutinatum. Pee tala subcucullata, oblonga, obtusa, margine posteriore subrhomboidea, leviter pubescentia. Labellum lineare, spatulatum, apici columnz flexurá sigmoidead adnatum, apice membranaceum acuminatum re- flexum, sub apice subtuberculatum appendice brevi lanceolata lacera. Anthera erecta, bilocularis, ad dorsum sita stigmatis maximi membra- nacei rhomboidei : processibus spiraliter tortjs cartilagineis acuminatis. 2. Disperis secunda, Swartz, l. c. Thunb, l. c. Ker. l. c. 5. t. 1. f. 3. D. foliis linearibus, racemo laxo folioso secundo, sepalis lateralibus diva- ricatissimis unguiculatis saccatis (sacco basi obtuso calloso), labello cordato-ovato acuminato apice cucullato, appendice lineari apice vil- loso. Orchis circumflexa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1344. Arethusa secunda. Thunb. Prodr. 3. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei ; prope urbem, florens Aug. et mens. seq. Thun- berg ; in Draakensteensbergen, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) Petala galez agglutinata, rhomboidea, angulo externo obtuso. Labellum ovatum, acuminatum, complicatum, apice saccatum, appendice longo filiformi apice villoso intra galeam intruso desinente. Processus stig- matici inter membranaceam et cartilagineam, obtusi. Flores ochro- leuci. 3. Dispreris micrantha. D. caule debili 1-3-floro diphyllo, foliis cordatis amplexicaulibus glabris, sepalis aristatis lateralibus multó minoribus medio saccatis, labello s& gittato appendice lineari apice dilatato rotundato villoso. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Mund. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Species omnino Dryopeiarum Mascarensium facie. AES OPHRYDEX. 371 4. Disrznis tripetaloidea. D. caule erecto 2-4-floro, foliis cordato-oblongis acutis, sepalis glabris lateralibus pendulis sessilibus basi imá connatis pone basin foveatis, labello filiformi pubescente apice dilatato-rotundato appendice minimo concavo. Dryopeia tripetaloidea. Thouars l. c. t.3. A. Rich. l c. Hab. in Borbonia, Commerson ; Zeylond, prope Rambodde et Phoosalowe, Walker. (v. ic. pict. zeylan. in hb. Hooker.) I have seen no specimens lately of this plant, but it appears to be iden- tical with a species found in Ceylon by Mrs. Cummin, the daughter of Colonel Walker, from whom the botany of Ceylon has received so many illustrations. The latter has pretty pink flowers. 9. DisrEnis cordata. Swartz, l. c. D. caule erecto bifloro, foliis cordatis acutis, sepalis lateralibus semicon- natis, (labello bilobo appendice recurvo clavato.) Dryopeia discolor. Thouars, l c. t.2. A. Rich. l c. 36. Hab. in Mauritio. I have seen no specimens of this, and am unable, from Thouars’ figure, to form any exact opinion concerning the structure of the labellum. A. Richard calls it ** cruciatum." $ 2. Labellum muticum. 6. Dispers villosa. Swartz, l. c. Thunb. l.c. Ker, l. c. 6, t. 1, f. 5. D. undique pubescens, caule erecto apice 1-multifloro basi diphyllo, folio inferiore ovato-oblongo petiolato superiore acuminato complicato basi vaginante, sepalis lateralibus divaricatis sub apice gibboso-saccatis, la- bello lineari apice latiore acuminato supra columnam incurvo basi bi- calloso, bracteà flore breviore. Arethusa villosa, Linn. Suppl. 403. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in collibus prope urbem, florens Aug. Sept., Thun- berg; in Draakensteenbergen, necnon prope Bergrivier et Paarl, in collibus, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 7. Disperis cucullata. Swartz, l. c. Ker, l. c. 6, t. 1, f. 4. D. caule erecto diphyllo unifloro foliisque oblongis basi vaginantibus superiore angustiore subtüs pubescentibus, floribus glabris, sepalis late- ralibus divaricatis acutis medio acut® saccatis, bracted flori equali vel longiore. Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei, Forbes ; in Paarlberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) Priori similis, sed flores majores, et folia omninó diversa. Quatuor tan- tum exemplaria vidi, omnia uniflora. Labelli fabricam haud determi- navi, 8. Disreris oppositifolia. Smith in Rees. D. glabra, caule diphyllo unifloro vel apice corymboso, foliis ovatis earn libus suboppositis, sepalis lateralibus foveatis unguiculatis s serr connatis, labello unguiculato bilobo pubescente : laciniis linearibus varicatis, Soe: Devopeia oppositifolia. Thouars, Orch. Afr. t.1. Ach. Rich, Orch. Maurit. p. 35. 372 OPHRYDES. Hab. in Borbonia, et Mauritio. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Lehm. et Hooker.) The description of this plant given by Ach. Richard in the place above quoted is at variance with this character ; but it appears to me that he has fallen into some errors in his account of the structure of the species. The petals, which he calls ** minima," I find as long as the upper sepal and pressed close to it; the divaricating and lengthened bases of the anther are, I presume, the cartilaginous arms of the stigma. CCXI. OPHRYS. Ophrys. Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 222, t. 3, f. D. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 195. Richard, Orch. Eur. annot. p. 26. Perianthium explanatum, regulare ; petalis nanis. Labellum dependens, convexum, integrum vel trilobum, szpits villosum, nunc callis vel cornibus 2 prope basin munitum, ecalcaratum. Columna erecta, libera, sæpiùs acuminata ; antherA anticá, loculis parallelis basi approximatis. Pollinia 2 ; caudiculis totidem cucullis distinctis inclusis. Stigma e facie columne excavatum.—— —Herbz Europae, Asiatice, et Mauri- tanice, radicibus testiculatis. : Of this beautiful genus I give little more than a catalogue; for I find it impossible to ascertain from dried specimens (the only materials a bo- tanist resident in this country can have) the limits of the species, or the nature of the variation to which they are subject. $ 1. Murıcæ. Labello basi mutico. 1. Opurys vespifera. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 65. O. labello mutico glaberrimo trilobo : lobis rotundatis medio emarginato, caule paucifloro. O. insectifera D. glaberrima. Desf. Atl. 2, 321. O. glabra. Pers. Syn. 2, 510. Hab. in Barbaria, Desfontaines. This appears to be well distinguished by its smooth lip. It must not be confounded with the O. vespifera of Swartz, which is O. lutea. 2. Ornnvs lutea. Cav. ic. 9. 46. t. 160. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 70. Hooker exot. fl. t. 10. Rehb. ic. Eur. t. 857. O. labello mutico oblongo trilobo apice dilatato limbo gl disco sanguineo velutino : lobo intermedio rotundato, peta O. vespifera. Pers. Syn. 2, 510. 2 Hab. in Europa meridionali ; Lusitania et Hispania, umbrosis homily yen vanilles ; Gibraltaria ; Apulid et Aprutio, Tenore ; Sicilia, Presl ; 6a australi propre Monspelium, Bentham. (hab. s. sp.) This seems to vary in the degree of smoothness an the figure given by Rchb., which corresponds with my French sp represents one extreme, that by Hooker the other. aberrimo luteo lis glabris. d division of its lip ; ecimens, 3. Ophrys funerea, Vivian. Cors. p. 15. : O. labello mutico basin versus sensim coarctato conico tenuissim? gus lateribus deflexis antic& trilobo : lobis omnibus rotundatis medio pà majore subintegerrimo. OPHRYDEX. 373 Hab. in collibus Corsice australis, et prope Genuam secus aqueeductus, Vi- viani. Labellum ex atro lævissimè purpurascens, margine virescente cinctum. Ab O. luted, cui propiùs accedit, floribus duplò minoribus et labelli formå differt Viviani. An O. fusca ? 4. Ornnys fusca. Link in Schrad. Diar. Bot. 1799. 9. 324. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. 69. Tenor. Fl. Nap. 2, 303, t. 92. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 855. Cam- bess. Balear. no. 551. O. labello mutico velutino oblongo trilobo : lobis lateralibus nanis inter- medio emarginato, petalis glabris. O. lutea, Bivona Bernard. cent. 2, p. 41, t. 5. D. iricolor ; labello czruleo fasciato : lobis lateralibus brevioribus. O.iricolor. Desfont. choix. p. 6, t.3. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 856. O.fusca. Bot. Reg. t. 1071. Hab. in Europa meridionali; Lusitania, Link, Sicilia, Bivona, Calabria, Tenore, Gallia prope Aginnum, et in insulis Balearicis, Cambessédes ; (3 in pascuis collinis prope Cagliari, Rchb., Gibraltaria. (hab. a s. sp. comm. cel. Tineo; B v. v. c.) 5. Ornnvs Myodes. Jacq. ic. rar. 1, t. 184. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 64. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 854. O. labello mutico emarginato trilobo pubescente : lobis lateralibus lineari- bus acutis intermedio multd majore oblongo, petalis subulatis obtusis ciliatis, columná muticà. O. insectifera a myodes. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1343. O. muscifera. Smith Fl. Britt. 3, 937. Eng. Bot. t. 64. Hab. per omnem fere Europam mediam ; in septentrionalibus et regionibus australibus deficere videtur. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. s.) 6. OPHRYS Speculum. Link in Schrad. Journ. 1799, 2, 324. Bot. Reg. t. 370. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 859. O. labello mutico oblongo trilobo limbo barbato atropurpureo disco glabro ceruleo luteo cireumdato : lobis lateralibus pone basin nanis intermedio oblongo emarginato, petalis minimis glabris. O. ciliata. Bivon. Bernard. cent. 1. 60, no. 69. O. vernixia. Brot. Fl. Lus. 1,24. Cambess. Balear. 141. O. Scolopax. Brot. Phyt. Lus. 8, t. 3, f. 2. Hab. in Europá meridionali ; Lusitania, Brotero, prope Coimbram ; prope Malagam, Salzmann ; Sicilid, Brown, Algeria, Bové, (hab. s. sp.) 7. Opmrys canaliculata. Vivian. App. Cors. p. 7. ; O. labello basi cuneiformi convexo trifido: lobis lateralibus ovato-acumi- natis hispidis brevioribus intermedio “ in duos lobos anticé expanso, petalis minimis ciliato-hispidis. Hab. in collibus Bonifacio in Corsica, Viviani. 8. Opennvs Pectus. Mutel in Ann. Sc. n. s. 3, 242, t. 8, B. f. 3. O. labello mutico trilobo velutino : lobis lateralibus deflexis nanis et inter- medio rotundato reflexis, petalis linearibus obtusis glabris. Hab. in Algeria, prope Bonam, Mutel. Labellum fusco-purpureum basi albidum turgidum pectigerum. Mutel. 374 OPHRYDES. 9. Orurys sphegifera, Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 65. O. labello pubescente tripartito angusto elongato: lacinià media integer- rim& appendiculatà. O. insectifera C. apiformis. Desf. Atl. 2, 321. Hab. in Barbaria, Desfontaines. 10. Ornrys umbilicata. Desf. in ann. mus. t. 15. O. labello testaceo obovato 3-partito laciniis lateralibus ovatis acutis inter- medià convexà rotundatà albo-zonatà maculis 3 luteis supra zonam, sepalis petalisque herbaceis. Hab. in Oriente, Tournefort. 11. Ornnvs Bertolonii. Moretti. C. B. Presl. Fl. Sie, XLI. Tenore, Syl- log. 460. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 865. O. labello mutico velutino obovato apice obsolete trilobo retuso sepalis multó longiore: maculà disci obcordatà glabrà nitente, petalis glabri- usculis. O. Speculum. ** Bertoloni, Pl. Gen. p. 124." Bivona, cent. 1, no. 70, t. 3. Hab. in Sicilia, Bivona ; Dalmatia, Welden.; Regno Neapolitano, Tenore. (hab. s. sp.) 19. Opurys araneola.. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, no. 871, addenda ; ic. Europ. 1:861. O. labello subrotundo subacuto pubescente basi mutico sulcis e basi binis nigris, petalis glabris. Hab. in Vallesia, Rchb. 13. Opurys aranifera, Smith, Fl. Britt. 3, 939. Eng. Bot. t. 65. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 66. Bot. Reg. t. 1197. . Rchb. ic. Eur. tt. 862-3-4. O. labello velutino oblongo emarginato panduriformi basi mutico, petalis lineari-oblongis glabriusculis columna longioribus. OQ. fucifera. Curt. Fl. Lond. t.67. Smith, Eng. Fl. 4, 32. Hab. in Europd medid et meridionali. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. s.) This is a variable plant in the form and marking of its lip, but seems defined by the above character. Two or three varieties are figured by Rchb. § 2. Cornnursz. Labello basi utrinque cornuto. 14. Opurys Scolopax. Cav. ic. 2, t. 161. Mutel in ann. sc. n. s. 3, 244, ES BEI O. labello basi bigibbo obovato velutino : lobis lateralibus deflexis barbatis intermedio oblongo apice inflexo emarginato, petalis velutinis apice an- gustatis. O. bombyliflora. Link. in Schrad. Journ, 1799, 2, p. 325. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 68. Rchb, ic. Eur. t. 867. O. apiculata. Rich. Orch, Eur. p. 33. fide Rchb. Hab. in Lusitania, Link. ; Algeria, Mutel ; Rchb. and Mutel both refer here O. apiculata, Rich., and the former does so, apparently upon the authority of an authentic specimen. I must however observe that this species does not agree with Richard's defini- tion “ labello subrotundo margine indiviso;" a character which applies OPHRYDEX. 375 perfectly to a Luxembourg plant given me by M. Dumortier as the real O. apiculata (see O. fuciflora). 15. Opurys apifera. Huds. Angl. 391, Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 66. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 866. Eng. Bot. t. 383. O. labello trilobo basi bigibboso : lobis lateralibus deflexis acutis villosis intermedio glabriusculo apiculato apice reflexo, petalis villosis column& brevioribus. Hab. in Europá medid, (v. v. s.) Can the O. purpurea of Tausch. (Bot. Zeit. 1831, 1, 222) belong to this species ? If it is correctly described, which seems improbable, it must be very distinct from any I have ever seen or heard of. 16. Opurys brachyotus. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, 198, ic. Europ. t. 871. O. labello velutino obovato-triangulari utrinque dentato basi bigibboso ap- pendiculo inflexo, petalis subrotundo-ovatis velutinis columnae obtuse vix æqualibus. Hab. prope Genuam, Rchb. ; Tergestum, Agardh. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Agardh.) l7. Opurys cornuta. Stev. Mem. Mosq. 2,174, t. 10. M.: B. Fi. Taur. 2, 370. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 1870. O. labello villoso obovato-triangulari trilobo : lobis lateralibus brevibus cornua duo longissima gerentibus intermedio obtuso cum appendiculo brevi inflexo, petalis brevissimis villosis. O. bicornis. Sadler in Linnea, 205 litt. Hab. in Tauria, Steven ; Dalmatia, Welden. ; Hungaria, Nendtvich. 18. Ornunvs picta. Link. in Schrad. Journ. 1799, 2, 395. Willd, Sp. Pl. 4, 69. O. labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus bipartitis alterà parte sursüm altera deorsüm versis, medià emarginatà appendiculatà fusco flavoque varia, pe- talis linearibus acutis purpureis, bracteis floribus multà longioribus. Hab. in Lusitania, Link, 19. Opurys tabanifera. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 68. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 873. O. labello bigibboso ovato acuto tripartito villoso : lobis lateralibus de- flexis acutis intermedio ovato, petalis ciliatis acutis. 0. picta. Salzm. exsicc. nec Link. O. insectifera B. biflora. Desf. atl. 2, 320. O. pulla. Tenor. Fl. Nap. 2, 311, t. 97. O. hiulca. Seb, et Maur. Rom. Pl. Cent. 13, 43, t. 2, f. 2. -@strifera. Steven in Mem. Mosq. 2, 176, t. 11, f. 4, 5. -distoma, Bivon. Bernard. Cent. 1, p. 59. 0. bombyliflora. Mutel in ann. sc. n. s. 3, 243, t. 8, B. f. 4. ; en? Hab. in Europa meridionali et Barbaria ; agro Romano, Mauri; Sicilia, Bivona ; Lucania, Apulia, Aprutio, Tenore ; Algeria, Bové. (hab. s. sp.) 20. Opurys bremifera. Steven in Mem. Mosq. 2, 174, t. 11. Bieb. Taur. Cauc. 2, 370. : P O. ** caule folioso, labello villoso basi bicorni trilobo, lobo medio emargi- January, 1839. ccc 376 OPHRYDE.E. nato cum appendiculo brevi, perianthii foliolis interioribus villosis bre- vissimis.” Hab. in Tauria, Steven. 21. Orurys pseudospeculum. DC. Fl. Fr. VI. 332. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 860. O. labello oblongo indiviso basi bicalloso apice obsolete 3-dentato limbo villoso disco glabrato, petalis pubescentibus columnze brevirostri æqua- libus. Hab. in Gallia australi, prope Monspelium (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bentham.) 22. Ornunrs fuciflora. Hall. ic. Helv. t. 24, f. 9, 3. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 968, 869. O. labello obovato-triangulari velutino indiviso basi bigibboso apice appen- dice rhombeo inflexo, petalis convolutis columnam brevirostrem sube- quantibus velutinis. O. arachnites. Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2596. O. crabronifera. Sebast. et Mauri Rom. Pl. Cent. 13, 6 277. O. exaltata. Tenore Append. Alt. 83, fide Rchb. O. apiculata. Richard Orc. Eur. 33, sec. descr. O. estrifera. ‘Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, 128, nec Stev. Hab. per omnem Europam mediam, (hab. s. sp.) It appears to me that Richard must have intended this plant by his O. apiculata, notwithstanding the supposed authority to the contrary of a spe- cimen of O. Scolopax figured by Rchb. who even quotes that plant as a synonym of this in his Flora excursoria. 23. Opurys atrata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. fol. 1087. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, 199. * €. labello emarginato integerrimo convexo villoso bivittato versus basin bicorni, petalis ovatis pubescentibus, Hab. in Italia prope Romam, Mauri ; in Istria, Rchb. Bentham, Horns- chuch. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) 24. Ornnvs arachnites. Host. Synops. 499. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 67. Bot. Mag. t. 2516. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 872. O. labello indiviso latissimo trapezoideo vix velutino appendice incurvo basi bigibboso, petalis glaberrimis columnam obtusam æquantibus. Hab. in Europa media ; Austria, Host. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Jacquin.) 25. Orurys tenthredinifera. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 67. Bot. Reg. t. 205; 1003. Bot. Mag. t. 1093. Rchb. ic. Eur. t. 874. Fl. Grec. t. 929. Bivon. ceni. 9, 1. 4. O. labello integerrimo subquadrato cuneato villoso appendiculato basi au- riculato cornuto sub apice barbato disco glabro: appendice inflexo, pe talis ovatis acutis tomentosis, bracteis florum longitudine. O. villosa. Desf. in Ann. Mus. 10,225,1. 14. Rchb. l. c. t. 875. O. grandiflora. ^ Tenore App. Alt. 83, Fl. Nap. t. 94. Hab. in Europa meridionali, Sicilia, Calabria, Gracia, insulis Balearicis ; etiam in Asia minore et Barbaria (hab. s. s. p. et v. v. c.) 26. Orurys Tenoreana. Lindl. Bot. Reg. fol. 1093. Rchb. ic. Europ. t. 876. O. labello integerrimo trapezoideo angulato velutino appendiculato basi bi- OPHRY DEX. Sit calloso disco fusco lined flexuosà luted, petalis ovatis acutis tomentosis, bracteis floribus longioribus. O. tenthredinifera. Tenore Fl. Nap. 308, t. 93. O. fusca. Fl. Grec. t. 930. Hab. in Calabrie dumetis, nec non in Grecia (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Strang- ways.) 27. Orurys ferrum equinum. Desf. in Ann. Mus. 10. t. 15. 0. labello oblongo subquadrato apiculato violaceo macula albà hippocre- picà in medio, sepalis roseis. Hab. in Oriente, Tournefort. Verosimiliter O. tenthredinifere proxima, et fort? varietas. 28. OPHRYs mammosa. Desf. in Ann. Mus. 10, t. 12. O. labello fusco basi bimammoso oblongo apice viridi obsolete? trilobo disco bivittato mamraisque violaceis. Hab. in Oriente, Tournefort. T Oeunvs crucigera. Jacq. ic. Rar. t. 185 is an imaginary figure. CCXII. SERAPIAS. Serapias. Linn. Gen. Swartz, Act. Holm. 1800, p. 223, t. 3, f. H. Brown, H. K. 5, 194. Rich. Orch. p. 32. Helleborine. Pers. Syn. 2, 512. Perianthium galeatum. Sepala convoluto-conniventia, lateralibus superiori agglutinatis rimam pro labello exserendo efficientibus. Petala nana basi dilatata, Labellum trilobum, basi bilamellatum, laciniis lateralibus rotundatis columnam amplexantibus intermedià pendulà elongata basi COnstrictà. Anthera erecta, rostrata, loculis parallelis contiguis. Polli- nia caudiculis duabus glandule unice cucullo communi incluse affixis. Stigma oblongum, e facie columnae excavatum. Herba europa, radicibus testiculatis, spicà terminali.subspirali pauciflora. l. Szrapras cordigera. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1345. Desf. Atl. 2, 321. Fl. Grac. t. 932. Bot. Repos. t. 475. S. labello cordato-ovato glanduloso-piloso, floribus congestis bractearum longitudine. Helleborine cordigera. Sebast. Maur. Prodr. Rom. t. X. erapias ovalis, Richard, Orch. Eur. 32. Hab, per oras maris mediterranei, nec non in Hispania. (hab. s. sp.) 2. SERAPIAS Lingua. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1344. Tenore Syll. 458. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 11. Bot. Cat. t. 655. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, 129. Fl. Grec. t. 931. S. labello ovato-lanceolato basi pubescente, bracteis floribus brevioribus. Helleborine Lingua. Pers. Syn. 2. *. Sepalis acuminatis lobis lateralibus labelli longioribus. P. Sepalis acutis lobis lateralibus labelli æqualibus. Hab. in Europá australi; (9 prope Messinam. (hab. s. sp. ; B comm. cel. Swainson.) The variety 3 is a remarkable plant, and by no means that figured in Exotic Botany, which was also furnished by Mr. Swainson. 378 OPHRYDE. 3. Serapias longipetala. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 1, 130. Tenore Syll. 458. S. labello ovato-lanceolato acuminato basi glanduloso-piloso, bracteis flori- bus longioribus. Helleborine longipetala. Tenore, Fl. Nap. Prodr. 53, Sebast. et Maur. Fl. Hom. Prodr, 212. . Helleborine pseudo-cordigera. Sebast. Rom. Pl. Fasc. 1, 14, t. 4, f.1. Serapias lancifera. St. Amans, Fl. Ag. 378. Serapias cordigera var. longipetala. Bot. Reg. t. 1189. S. cordigera, M. B. Fl. Taur. 370. B? Parviflora; floribus multo minoribus. Serapias parviflora, Parlatore in Linnea, 12, 347, t. 4. Hab. in Italid, Tenore ; Iberia et Grusid, Steven, Gallid australi, St. Amans ; prope Melos et Colchis valde frequens, D'Urville; f. in udis martimis prope Panormum a Mondello. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) 4. Serapias oxyglottis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 71? S. labello lineari-lanceolato acuminato glabriusculo, sepalis acuminatissimis, bracteis acuminatis floribus longioribus. Hab. in Algerid, Bové. (hab. s. sp.) Possibly Rchb. may be right in referring to S. longipetala the figures in Petiver on which Willdenow founded this species; but the character given by the latter botanist suits this in all respects, and it is the only plant I have seen which it suits at all. 5. Serapras triloba. Vivian. Fl. Ital. Fragm. p. 11, t. 19, f. 1. Rchb. F. Excurs. 1, 130. S. *]abelli lobis subzqualibus omnibus exsertis rotundatis undulato-cre- natis." Hab. prope Genuam, Viviani. OPHRYDEZE. 379 Nore. The Total number of Orchidaceous plants belonging to the Tribe Ophrydez is as follows ; Certain 438 Doubtful ll Total 449 Their geographical arrangement is thus : Names of the Genera. Siberia and Northern Asia. Northern India and Nipal. Continent of India, Ceylon. Indian Archipelago. China. New Holland, South Sea Islands, South America beyond the tropic. South Africa. Mauritius, &c. Africa within the tropics. North Africa, 169, Orchis . 170. Anacamptis 171. Gymnadenia 172. Perularia . 173. Nigritella 174, Aceras . 175. Holothrix 176. Glossaspis 177. Platanthera 78. Hemipilia 179. Peristylus 180, Saccidium 181. Pachites 182, Coeloglossum 183, Monotris 184. Scopularia . 185, Aopla y ce . a i B 189. Bonatea - Diplomeris 191. Cynorchis 192, Tryphia . . . . EE E - Monadenia 201. Schizodium . T E A T v ole 0 bese € €6 . 3 Pie Wat AT CORE qe 9 b» NR . m n on Caren oT he | North America. - tos Ad lene ud E Heu m 4. € A A EE TR 2^6 Ne 9 E 9 9» »:$9 o $9.0 ».* *« » "e Met 9» $9.9 * «9 9. M9? 4 s ev Te | America within the tropics. 495 4«* oO Bat Not o on m-" * O ADO O m m O O rene oe c DEP ME E) (Cv PRI 9 4*4 A ES AE 85 42 48 135 31 ORCHIDACE. Tribe V. ARETHUSEZ. OrcHIDE Æ, Tribus ARETHUsEx, et GASTRODIEÆ. Lindl. Orch. Scel. 7 and 10. Va- NILLACEZ. Id. Key to Botany 73. Nat. Syst. ed. 2. 341. Pollen pulvereum, aut in lobulos minutos elasticè coherentes colligatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, persistens aut decidua. Herbae habitu Varia sæpius terrestres, rarius epiphyte, regiones temperatas utriusque hemisphere, presertim australis, habitantes, in Africà verosimiliter ignote; quzdam aphylle, in radices plantarum parasitice, rufe, Orobanchis facie. Folia membranacea, graminea, nunc reticulata, nunc plicata, aliquando succulenta, rard dura evaginata et cum caule complet articulata. Flores plurimarum membranacei, speciosi, rarius parvi et herbacei, After much consideration, and a careful examination of a large pro- portion of the species hereafter described, I have come to the conclu- sion that Gastrodiez, a section first limited by Dr. Robert Brown, are not to be considered of the same importance as the other tribes ad- mitted in this book, but as a mere section of Arethusee. In like man- ner my Vanillacee lose their distinctive character through Cyrtosia of Blume, which, till it was published in the Rumphia with a figure, I had supposed to be a genus of Malaxidee. Confined within the limits now proposed, Arethusee form a distinctly marked tribe of Orchidacez, passing into Ophrydee through Gastrodiex, and especially the genus Ceratopsis, and into Neottiee by Microtis. The &enus Cyrtostylis may be considered an analogue of Liparis among Malaxi- dez, and Limodorum of Orchis in Ophrydee. Sobralia and Cyathoglottis represent the Evelyna of Epidendrex ; but I find nothing that can be Compared with any known genus of Vandeæ, taking both flowers and leaves together. The nearest approach is apparently through Geodorum to Cephalanthera. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. Div. ]. GasrTnRopiEX. Pollen sectile : lobulis elasticé coherentibus. Stigma ad columna basin. - 215. GasTRODIA. Perianthium monophyllum. z " 214. GAMOPLEXiIS. Perianthium pentaphyllum. Labellum indivisum, calcaratum. e - 213. CERATOPSIS, s 212. EPIPOGIUM. Labellum trilobum, saccatum. - January, 1840. DDD 382 ORCHIDACE Æ. Div. II. EvARETBUsEX. Pollen granulosum v. pulvereum. Stigma ad columnæ apicem. Folia vaginantia c. caule continua. Perianthium monophyllum - - - - 238. ANTHOGONIUM. Perianthium 4-5 phyllum. Galea sepalis multd major. Labellum basi appendiculatum, disco glanduloso - - - fe 217. CHILOGLOTTIS. disco nudo - - - - 218. PTEROSTYLIS. Labellum basi muticum. Sepala lateralia et petala labello supposita minora Galea maxima. - - 290. CoRYSANTHES. Galea fornicata. - EB - 223. CvRTOsTYLIS. Petala ascendentia. Columna nana, teres. - - - 22]. MICROTIS. Columna elongata. - - - 219. LYPERANTHUS. Galea sepalis subæqualis aut minor. Columna maxima petaloidea. - - - 243. CALEANA. Columna teres, alata, aut marginata. ` Perianthium ringens manifestè bilabiatum. Labellum basi nudum calcaratum. - - - 224. LIMODORUM. ecalc. longè unguiculatum. Unguis geniculatus - - 242. DRAKÆA. Unguis rectus. Columna biauriculata. - 241. SPICULÆA. Columna aptera. - E - 240. ErrocuiLus. ecalc. sessile v. subsessile. Columna membranaceo-alata. Labellum columns adnatum. - 239, ARETHUSA. Labellum liberum. Petala sepalis conformia, aut jan. CALADENIA. minora - - - Petala sepalis longiora. ~ 233. Columna semiteres. LEPTOCERAS. Labellum omnino sessile. - . 232. PoGonta. Labellum unguiculatum. Sepala lateralia indivisa - 225. CHLOR#A. Sepala lateralia pinnata. -~ 226. BiPINNULA. Labellum basi bicallosum. ` Poll. 4. Sepala acuminatissima. - - 222. ACIANTHUS. Pollinia 4 v. 2 bipart. - - - 227. ASARCA. Perianthium subequale. Labellum petalis conforme - - B 216. MACDONALDIA. Labellum petalis formá diversum, c. columná connatum. - - - 237. CRYBE. liberum, basi bicallosum. - - - - 228. CLEISTES. basi ecallosum, appendiculatum. - - - 235. GLOSSODIA- muticum, medio constrictum. - ~ 231. CEPHALANTHERA- continuum, disco nudum. - 230. HAPLOSTELLIS- disco seriatim glandulosum, unguiculatum - 236. CALOPOGON. subsessile ~ 229, COoDoNORCHIS. Div. III. Vanittez. Pollen pulvereum, granulosum, aut pulposum. Stigma ad columne apicem. Folia sepius evaginata, reticulata, gna caule articulata, Labellum c. columná alté connatum. - B - 247. VANILLA. Labellum liberum v. subliberum. ORCHIDACEZE. 383 Calyculus. - E - - 246. EPISTEPHIUM. Calyculus nullus. Columna aptera. - - - - 244. CvATHOGLOTTIS. Columna apice utrinque aurita. Fructus capsularis - - 245. SoBRALIA. Fructus baccatus. Labellum nudum integerrimum - 248. CYRTOSIA. Labellum semitrilobum plicatum - 249. ERYTHRORCHIS. Div. 1. GASTRODIEZ. Stigma ad basin columnas situm. Pollen sectile, in lobulos elasticé coherentes colligatum. CCXII. EPIPOGIUM. Epipogium. Gmel. sibir. I. 11. Brown Prodr. in notis 1. 330. Nees jun. Gen. Pl. Europ. fasc. x. t. 10.~—Epipogum. L. C. Richard. Orch. Eur. annot. p. 28. Perianthium bilabiatum. Sepala angusta, acuta, deflexa. Petala con- formia, deflexa. Labellum posticum, basi ventricoso-saccatum, tri- lobum ; lobis lateralibus auriculiformibus, intermedio tuberculis seriatis lineato. Columna brevis, truncata, stigmate tabulari prominente. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 4, per paria coherentia, caudiculis duabus glandule communi deltoidee adhzrentibus. Herba europea aphylla, radice ramosa, corallina, carnosa. Scapus distanter membra- naceo-vaginatus, pauciflorus. l. Epirpocium Gmelini. L. C. Richard. annot. 36. Host. Fl. Austr. II. 536. Satyrium Epipogium. Zinn. Syst. Veg. 676. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t.84, Crantz. Austr. 477. no. 10. C Limodorum Epipogium. Swartz n. Act. Ups. 6. 80. : Epipogium aphyllum. Rchb. fl. excurs. 135. Mayrhof. dissert. 52. Epipogum. Gmel. sib. 1. 12. t. 2. f. 2. Hab. in sylvis subalpinis Austrie, Host ; in altis sterilivusque locis mon- tium Sibirie, Gmelin. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bentham et A. De Candolle.) Scapus fistulosus, squamis fuscis vaginatus. Racemus 2-8-florus. Flores penduli, resupinati. Labellum albidum, colore dilut® purpareo suf- fusum, ad margines lineis elevatis undulatis percursum. Mayrhofer. CCXIII. CERATOPSIS. Sepala et petala parallela? subzqualia, libera, tenera. Labellum ovatum, nudum, basi calearatum, indivisum, sub apice tuberculatum. Columna minima, truncata, apice in fronte bicirrhosa. Anthera pedicellata, ter- minalis, incumbens, bilocularis, cristata. Pollinia granulata, sectilia. — ——-Herba aphylla, membranaceo-vaginata, Indie orientalis. Genus male definitum, mihi exemplare unico incompleto notum, eruendum ; interea satis distinctum. mox 384 ORCHIDACEEE. 1. CeRaTopsis rosea. Limodorum roseum. Don Prodr. nep. 30. Hab. in Nepalia superiore, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Rudge.) Herba palmaris, aphylla, squamis scariosis vestita. Columna minima. CCXIV. GAMOPLEXIS. Gamoplexis. Falconer in Royle's Illustr. p. 367. Herba facie Orobanchis, montis Himalensis Dhunoultee incola, perianthio monophyllo, sepalis petalis in tubum connatis. Notbing further is known of this genus, which is said by its discoverer to belong to the tribe of Gastrodiex. ‘The character, as far as it has been given, is that of Gastroiia itself. CCXV. GASTRODIA. Gastrodia. R Brown Prodr. 330. Endlich. genera, no. 1544. ?Epiphanes. B/ume Bijdr. p. 421. tab. IV. Perianthium monophyllum, tubulosum, ventricosum, ore 5-lobo, patente ; lobis antrorsüm subsecundis. Labellum inclusum, liberum, unguicu- latum, column: incumbens, intus bilamellatum. Columna elougata, fistulosa, apice cava, basi antice incrassata stigmatosa. Anthera termi- nalis, mobilis, decidua, carnosa, loculis approximatis. Pollinia 4, sec- tilia, lobulis elasticé coh:zerentibus.—————Herbze supra radices para- sitice, aphyllz, squamate, rufescentes. Flores racemosi, albicantes v. ochroleuci. Squame et bractee margine membranacez. 1. Gasrrop1a sesamoides. Brown Prodr. 330. Hab. in Nova Hollandia ; ad Portum Jackson, Brown; in rupestribus aridis, nec non in sylvis sabulosis, 4. Cunningham; in Tasmannia in solo vario frequens, Gunn (613); etiam in Nova Zelandia, A. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp. et. v. ic. Ferd. Baueri a cel. Endlicher benign? communicat.) Radix tuberosa, oblonga, carnosa, nigritis escam prebens. Racemus ante anthesin nutans, mox erectus ; flores penduli. 9. Gastropia? Javanica. Epiphanes Javanica. Blume Bijdr. I. c. Hab. in Java ; in sylvis humidis montium Seribu, Blume. “ Planta terrestris. Radices tuberose. Scapus aphyllus, stipulis alternis. Flores spicati, pedicellati, bracteati, mediocres. Perianth. monophyllum, concavum, ore quinquefido, laciniis biserialibus. Labellum mediocre, selleforme, ungui gynostemii arcuato affixum, basi angustatum, utrinque callosum, intus cristatum, gynostemio incumbens. Gynostemium erec- tum, apice cavitate antheriferà et utrinque dente laterali instructum. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Masse pollinis pulverez." Blume. ORCHIDACE/E. 385 I doubt whether this plant really belongs to Gastrodia, notwithstanding its apparent resemblance ; for the pollen is described as pulverulent, and the stigma is represented in Blume's figure at the apex of the column. Div. 2. EUARETHUSE.E. Stigma ad columne apicem. Pollen granulosum, aut pulvereum. Folia vaginantia, membranacea, sæpiùs pilosa, cum caule continua. Radices siepissime tuberculos amylo repletos promentes. ‘CCXVI. MACDONALDIA. Macdonaldia. R. Gunn in litt. 1838. Lindl. Bot. Reg. App. No. 217. Perianthium patentissimum quale. Sepala et petala conformia; his an- gustioribus. Labellum petalis simile, omnind calvum. Columna brevis, clinandrio postic® elevato carnoso trilobo, lobis lateralibus declivibus, nunc appendiculatis. Anthera tomentosa, antice intrusa, valvis mem- branaceis. Herbs Australasice flexuose, flexurà qudque folio suffultà lineari. Flores lutei, v. purpurei, terminales, solitarii v. rariüs gemini aut plures. This genus differs from Thelymitra as Cephalanthera from Epipactis. $ 1. Vera; clinandrii lobis lateralibus obsoletis. l. MacpoNArDiA Smithiana. Gunn mss. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. App. no. 217. LI M. caule unifloro 3-phyllo, floribus luteis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, cuculli trilobi glabri laciniis lateralibus nanis intermedià mutica, antherà to- mentosá, Hab. in Tasmannia, in agris sterilibus arenosis’ prope Circular Head, Gunn, 945 (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) 2. MacpowarpiA concolor. Lindl. l. c. no. 218. M. caule triphyllo subbifloro, floribus luteis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, cuculli trilobi glabri laciniis lateralibus majoribus rotundatis, intermedia minimá glabra. Thelymitra flexuosa. Endl. dec. no. 29. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà occidentali ad sinum regis Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp. comm. soc. Linn. Lond.) A plant with all the habit of the last. 3. Macponaxpia antennifera, Lindl. l. c. t. 9. C. no. 219. M. caule subtriphyllo paucifloro, floribus luteis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, clinandrio a tergo appendicibus 2 carnosis clavatis emarginatis aucto. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà occidentali; Swan River, Drummond; ad Au- &ustam, Da. Molloy. (hab. s. sp.) The roots are eaten by the natives of Augusta according to Mrs. Molloy. § 2. Biaurella; clinandrii lobo medio obsoleto lateralibus appendiculatis. 4. MacpoNaLDIA variegata. Lindl. l. c. no. 220. M. floribus purpureis, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, clinandrii 386 ORCHIDACEX. laciniis lateralibus lanceolatis subcarinatis intermedià obsoletà papillosà, antherá carnosà obtusà elongatà loculis brevibus semicircularibus mem- branaceis. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà occidentali, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. $. Sp.) Stem 1-11 ft. high. Flowers large for the genus, purple, variegated. 5 Macpowarpia spiralis. Lindl. l. c. no. 221. M. folio radicali spirali caulino solitario ovato, caule unifloro, floribus purpureis, clinandrii laciniis lateralibus carnosis dolabriformibus in- termedià obsoletà papillosà, antherà obtusà apice pubescente. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà occidentali, ad Swan River.. Drummond (hab. $. Sp.) About a foot high. Appendages of the column yellow. 6. MacpoNarDiA cyanea. Lindl. l. c. no. 222. M. caule stricto subbifloro, floribus cvaneis, clinandrii laciniis lateralibus apice dentatis intermedià obsoletà papillosà, antherà apice trilobá. Hab. in Tasmannia, ad Rocky Cape et Circular Head, Dec. Gunn. 938, 944 (hab. s. sp.) Stem 1 to 2 feet high, with two distant close-pressed sheaths. Varies with white and violet flowers. . 7. MacpoNarDiA venosa. Lindl. l.c. no. 223. M. caule stricto bifloro, floribus ceruleis campanulatis, labello sepalis peta- lisque serrulatis, clinandrii lobis lateralibus spiraliter involutis intermedio papilloso, antherà basi verrucosà. Thelymitra venosa. R. Brown Prodr. 170. Hab. in N. Hollandid, prope Sydney, R. Brown, (hab. ic. Bauero pictam comm. cel. Endlicher.) Stem slender a foot or more high. Leaf linear, about half the length of the stem. CCXVII. CHILOGLOTTIS. Chiloglottis. Br. Prodr. 1.322. Endlich. gen. no. 1591. Perianthium bilabiatum, sepalo supremo fornicato, lateralibus canaliculatis apice teretibus, elongatis, labello suppositis. Labellum unguicu- latum, disco indiviso glanduloso basi appendiculato. Columna elongata, arcuata, apice bifida. Pollinia 4. Herbze terrestres, Aus- tralasice, tuberculis sphzricis cauliculum descendentem radiciformem terminantibus. Folia radicalia 2, approximata, ovalia, multivenia, a sibus angustatis vagina scariosa inclusis. Scapus uniflorus, sub pedicello bracteatus. Flores rufi. x 1. CaıLocLorrtis diphylla. R. Brown Prodr. 392, Ferd. Bauer, Illustrat. t. 8. C. sepalo dorsali spathulato acuminato petalis reflexis integris angustiore, labelli obovati disco toto tuberculato. ORCHIDACES. 387 Acianthus? bifolius, R. Br. Prodr. 322. Supra no. 4. Epipactis reflexa. Labillard. Nov. Holl. t. 211. f. 1. Hab. in Nova Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; Tasmannia in sylvarum udis sabulosis umbrosis inter muscos, Februario florens Gunn, no. 914, (hab. s. sp.) 2. Cnuinocrorris Gunnii. C. sepalo dorsali obtusiusculo petalis erectis hinc serrulatis latiore et lon- giore, labelli subrotundi disco nudo axi seriebus tribus tuberculato. Hab. in Tasmannia, in sylvas dense udis sabulosis umbrosis inter muscos prope Circular Head, florens Novembre. Gunn, no. 913, (hab. s. sp., a cl. inventore.) Planta rarissima Precedente humilior et mints gracilis. Folia erecta, oblonga, scapo equalia. Flores multd majores. Labellum subrotundo- ovatum, glabrum, tuberculo uno pone basin maximo pedicellato, tum paucis lateralibus parvis etiam pedicellatis, proximé tribus majoribussub- sessilibus, denique altero reniformi terminali omnino sessili, CCVIH. PTEROSTYLIS. Pterostylis. Brown Prodr.1.326. Endl. gen. no. 1595. Perianthium ringens. Sepala apice elongata attenuata aut mutica, inter- medio galeato. Petala galeæ agglutinata et conformia. Labellum un- guiculatum, subiñclusum ; limbo angusto mutico basi appendice fim- briatá vel indivisà aucto; ungue sepalis adnato. Columna elongata, ar- cuata, semiteres, apice auriculis petaloideis alata. Anthera persistens, loculis approximatis. Pollinia 4, compressa. ,Stigmatis labia inferiora in medio columnz, cum superiore sub antherà sito per canalem tenuem juncta. —— — Folia membranacea, nunc radicalia stellata, nunc caulem 1-00-florum vestientia; nunc fer? deficientia. Flores venis viridibus picti. Labellum sæpè irritabile. $ 1. Caule folioso unifloro ; foliis omnibus conformibus. l. Prerosryuis reflexa. R. Br. Prodr. 397. P. foliis lineari-lanceolatis setaceo-acuminatis, sepalis lateralibus setaceo- acuminatis reflexis dorsali acuminato inflexo longioribus, labelli laminá sensim acuminata: appendice penicillata. Disperis alata. Labillard. N. Holl. t. 210? Hab. in Nova Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in sylvis gra- minosis prope Paramatta, ubi copiose provenit, florens Aprili, 4. Cunning- ham, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. A. Cunn.) 2. Prerosty is grandiflora. R. Br. Prodr. 327. Ferd. Bauer, ic. n. Holl. Guillem. ic. Lith. t. 6. P. foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis intermediis longioribus, sepalis lateralibus Setaceo-acuminatissimis surstm elliptico-dilatatis dorsali acuminata multd longioribus, labelli laminà apice filiformi obtusá, appendice peni- cillatá, Hab. in Nova Hollandia; in valleculis umbrosis versus mare declivibus juxta Portum Jackson, Maio florens, 4, Cunningham, (aab I cel. A. Cunn.) 388 ORCHIDACE Æ. 3. Prerostyuis Banksii. 4. Cunningham, in Bot. Mag. 59. t. 3172. P. * caule folioso unifloro, foliis lato-lanceolatis infimè carinatis basi va- ginantibus, labello oblongo ovato subuncinato obtusiusculo columnam zequante, appendice penicillata.” Hab. in Nova Zelandia, ad rivuli Kana-Kana marginem in sinu insularum et ad Wangaroa, A. Cunningham. Vernaculé Tae-toe sive Mar-ru dicitur. 4 Prerostyuis scabra. Lindl. Swan. Riv. no. 955. P. caule scabro, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, labelli laminà apice fili- formi clavatá, appendice penicillatà, sepalorum lateralium acumine fili- formi ipsis breviore. Hab. in Nova Hollandia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond (hab. 8. sp.) 5. PrEROsTYLIS precox. P. caule scabriusculo tenui, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis margine glabris, sepalis lateralibus filiformi-acuminatis erectis dorsali acuto parüm longioribus, labelli lamina lineari-lanceolatà, appendice penicillata. Hab. in Tasmannia, in saxetis siccis, Julio florens, Gunn 751. (hab. s. sp. ab indefesso inventore.) Precedenti habitu similis, sed tenuior, et characteribus datis abunde diversa. 6. PrERosTYLIS pyramidalis. Lindl. Swan Riv. no 253. P. foliis inferioribus ovatis in petiolum angustatis superioribus minoribus sessilibus, labelli lamina lineari apice paulo latiore, appendice penicillatà, sepalis lateralibus filiformibus supremi longitudine. Hab. in Nová Hollandid occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drummond (hab. $. Sp.) 7 PrERoSTYLIS barbata. Lindl. l. c. no. 254. P. foliis ovatis acuminatis imbricatis supremis vaginantibus inflatis, labelli laminá subulatà clavatà barbatà sub apice nudà, appendice glabrà apice denticu:«à, sepalis acuminatissimis. Hab. in Nová Hollandid occidentali, ad Swan River, Drummond (hab. $. Sp.) : 8. PrERosTYLIs squamata. R. Br. Prodr. S P. foliis radicalibus erectis imbricatis acuminatis in caulem ascendentibus caulinis nunc squameformibus, sepalis lateralibus linearibus pendulis dor- sali multd minoribus, labelli laminA filiformi luteo-barbatà apice dilatatà lunata glabra. ` Hab. in Tasmannia ; infrequens in arenosis sterilibus prope Circular Head, nec non in collibus aridis juxta Launceston, florens Novembre, Gunn, 603. (hab. s. sp. comm. cl. Gunn.) Labellum dependens, haud irritabile, R. Gunn. $ 2. Caule folioso muliifloro ; foliis omnibus conformibus. 9. Prerosryuis longifolia. R. Br. Prodr. 397. P. foliis linearibus acutis subtüs glaucis, sepalis acutis dorsali galeato late- ORCHIDACE X. 389 ralibus pendulis semiconnatis, labello lineari oblongo quadridentato basi glanduloso, appendice brevissima obtusà indivisà, column alis barbatis. Hab. in Nova Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brcwn, Sieber no. 160; in Tasmannià inter lapides rupesque quartzosas, in solo sterili, florens Octobri, Gunn 345. (hab. s. sp.) Labellum valde irritabile, Gunn. 10. PrknosTvLis vittata. Lindl, Swan Riv. no. 252. P. foliis radicalibus nullis caulinis ovato-lanceolatis, labello bifido fimbriato appendice indivisà, columnz alis deorsum acuminatis barbatis. Hab. in N. Hollandia occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drummond ; ad sinum R. Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp.) Precedenti similis, sed folia multd latiora, nec, ut videtur, subtüs glauca. 1l. PrERosTvLIs parviflora, R. Br. Prodr. 327. P. * caule 2-5 floro, labio inferiore breviore, appendice apice trifurcd.” Hab. in N. Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown. $3. Caule folioso, unifloro ; foliis radicalibus stellatis, vel sali&m a caulinis vald? diversis. 12, PrEnRosTvLIS obtusa. R. Brown, Prodr. 327. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis ovalibus petiolatis, caulinis lineari-oblongis sessilibus acutis acuminatisque, sepalis lateralibus erectis filiformi-acu- minatis dorsali longioribus, labelli laminà lanceolatà obtusa, appendice penicillatà, columne alis glabris. Hab. in N. Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Br. in Tasmannia, Gunn, 357. (hab. s. sp.) x Caulis gracilis, palmaris ad pedalem, floridus basi aphyllus. 'The Tasmannian plant has the leaves more taper pointed than in speci- mens from Port Jackson given me by Dr. R. Brown. The acumen of the dorsal sepal is variable in length. 13. Brerosryurs revoluta. R. Brown, Prodr. 327. labelli laminà apice sensim angustatá acutà, appendice P. ** caule unifloro, ralium margine interiori medio dilatato cre- penicillatà, foliolorum late nato inciso." Hab, in Nova Hollandia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 14. Prerostyuis scabrida. P. foliis in caulem ascendentibus infimis tantüm oblongis acutis, bracteà foliaceà cucullatà, se centibus basi scabridis lateralium acumine ipsis breviore, labelli lamina lineari-lanceolatà obtusà, appendice apice fimbriata. Hab. in Tasmannid, ad ripas fluminis nigri, solo udo arenoso humo inter- mixto, locis dense obumbratis, Nov. et Dec. florens, Gunn. 906. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) This and the two next species are breadth in height, and are readily recognize supported by a large cucullate bract. February, 1840. EEE stellato patentibus ovato- palis minutissime pubes- less, or little more, than a hand's d by their solitary erect flower 390 ORCHIDACE. 15. Prerosrtyuis furcata. P. foliis in caulem ascendentibus infimis tantüm stellato-patentibus ovato- lanceolatis acutis, bracteà foliaceà cucullatà ovario breviore aut parüm longiore, sepalis glaberrimis lateralium acumine ipsis longiore, labelli lamina lineari obtusà, appendice apice fimbriatà. Hab. in T'asmannid. (hab. s. sp. a cel. Gunn, 602.) 16. PrerostTyuis cucullata. R. Br. Prodr. 397. P. foliis ovalibus acutis vel in caulem ascendentibus v. omninó radica- libus, bracteà foliaceà cucullatà, sepalis extüs tomentosis lateralibus acutis galez subzqualibus, labelli lamina lineari obtusà glabra, appen- dice apice fimbriatà. Hab. in Tasmannid ; in solo fertili argillaceo, florens Sept. Oct. Nov. ; nec non prope Circular Head in collibus arenosis, ubi omninó pygmea, Gunn, 904, 905, 355. (hab. s. sp. a cel. Gunn.) 17. PrEnosTYLis dubia. R. Br. Prodr. 328. P. “ foliis radicalibus . . .? caulinis duobus, florali pedunculo breviore, perianthio pubescentulo, labelli laminà integrà appendice penicillata.” Hab. in Nova Hollandia, R. Brown. § 4. Foliis omnibus radicalibus stellatis, caule multifloro vaginato. 18. PrERosTvris mutica. R. Brown, Prodr. 398. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis, racemo spirali, labiis calycis obtusiusculis, labelli laminà oblongà membranaceà unguiculatà. Hab. in Nov. Hollandia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in sylvis apertis per coloniam, florens Sept. 4. Cunningham; in Tasmannia, in collibus arenosis juxta Circular Head, alibique, copiose, Oct.; in solo argil- laceo pingui, Nov. Gunn, 900, 901, 605. (hab: s. sp.) x The labellum of this species being vertical when at rest, displaying the small black appendage to view, its sudden elastic spring upwards to cover the orifice of the flower is very obvious. It resumes its old position after atime. R. Gunn. 19. PrERosTYLIS gibbosa. R. Br. Prodr. 328. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis, vaginis scapi distantibus, labiis calycis acumi- natis, labelli lamin& crassiusculà basi utrinque unisetA supra nuda. Hab. in Nova Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp. 4 cel. inventore.) 90. PrERosTYvLIs rufa. R. Br. Prodr. 397. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis, vaginis scapi remotis, labiis calycis acumi- natis, labelli laminá crassiusculà obtusA indivisà ciliata. Mab. in Nova Hollandia; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in coloniz terris interioribus, Mitchell. (hab. s. sp.) § 5. Foliis omnibus radicalibus stellatis, caule unifloro vaginato. 21. Prerostyris curta, R. Br. Prodr. 396. Guillem. ic. lith. t. 2. Bot. Mag. 58.-t. 3086. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis, bracteis scapi praeter floralem 2-3, flore ORCHIDACES. 391 erectiusculo, labio calycis inferiore galeà acutiusculà breviore, labelli lamina lineari-oblongà obtusà supra carinatá, appendice bifidà fim- briata. Hab. in Nova Hollandia ; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown ; in Tasmanniá, Gunn, 600. (hab. s. sp.) 22, PrERosTYLIS nutans. R. Br. Prodr. 397. Bot. Mag. 58. t. 3085. P. “ foliis radicalibus stellatis, flore nutante, labiis longitudine subæqua- libus, galeà acuminatàá, labello apice attenuato truncato." Hab. in N Hollandia; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber 155 ; in Tasmannià, sabulo sterili prope Circular Head, Sept.—Dec, Gunn, 604. (hab. s. sp.) This plant varies in the length of the petioles, and in the distance be- tween the flower and the bract, which is usually immediately under the ovary, but sometimes separated from it by a considerable interval. Mr. Gunn finds the labellum irritable. 33. PrERosTYLIs concinna. R. Br. Prodr. 326. Hooker, Bot. Journ. 1. 274. t. 136. Bot. Mag. 62. t. 3400. P. **foliis radicalibus stellatis, scapo medio unibracteato, labelli laminà emarginatà inclusà columnam zquante.” P.acuminata. Sieb. Herb. Nov. Holl. no. 157. Hab. in Nova Holiandia ; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown, ad vallecu- larum margines, 4. Cunningham, etiam prope Sidney, Id. (hab. s. sp.) 24. PrERosTYLIs acuminata. R. Br. Prodr. 326. Bot. Mag. 62. t. 3401. P. foliis radicalibus stellatis, bracteà scapi preter floralem unica, flore erectiusculo, labio inferiore partun longiore galeà acuminata, labelli laminà integráà apice attenuata exsertà columnam superante. Hab, in Nova Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp. a cel. intent.) 35. PrEROSTYLIS pedunculata. R. Br. Prodr. 327. P. * foliis radicalibus stellatis, bracteà scapi preter floralem pedunculo aliquoties breviorem unicà, flore erectiusculo glabro, labio inferiore multd longiore galeà acutiusculà, labello integro incluso obtusiusculo columná breviore." Hab, in Tasmannid ; prope Circular Head vulgaris, in solo argillaceo inter gramina, Sept.— Nov. Gunn, 629. (hab. s. sp.) 26. Prerosryzis nana. R. Br. Prodr. 327. P. * foliis radicalibus stellatis ovatis acutis petiolo parüm longioribus, Scapo pubescentulo, flore erecto, labio inferiore longiore galeà acutius- culà, labello lanceolato integro." Hab, in Tasmanniá; in arena sterili quartzosa, infrequens, circa Circular Head et Woolworth, Oct. Gunn, 902. (hab. s. sp.) 27. PrERosTYLIS ophioglossa. R. Br. Prodr. 326. P. * foliis radicalibus stellatis, scapo medio ebracteato, labelli laminà emar- &natà columnam superante apice exserto." 392 ORCHIDACEJ/E. Hab. in Nova Hollandia; prope Portum Jackson, nec non intra tropicos, R. Brown. i § 6. Folia omnino nulla, nisi scapi vagine squameformes. 28. PrEnosTYLis aphylla. P. scapi 1-2-flori squamis preter floralem £-3 acutis apice patulis, calycis labio inferiore cuneato acute bifido superiore acuto petalis apice in- curvis obtusis breviore, labello lineari obtuso ; appendice bifidà fimbri- atà, column: alis ciliatis apice setiferis, stigmatis labiis inferioribus au- ricule-formibus. . Hab. in Tasmannid ; juxta Circular Head frequens, in sabuletis sterilibus, hieme udis, fruticibus Myrtaceis Epacridaceis Endogenisque plurimis abundantibus, vix autem graminosis, Dec. Gunn, 903. (hab. s. sp. a cel. inventore.) A very small plant, only a few inches high, and apparently destitute of any other leaves than some small scales upon its slender stem. CCXIX. LYPERANTHUS. Lyperanthus. Brown Prodr. 1,325. Endl. gen.no 1596. Perianthium ringens, extüs eglandulosum, sepalo postico fornicato, late- ralibus petalisque planiusculis angustis subequalibus. Labellum bre- vius, marginibus ascendentibus semicucullatum, apice angustatum, disco glandulosum. Columna linearis, Pollinia 4..———Herbe Australasice, terrestres, glabra, tubercula cum radicibus gerentes. Caulis juxta basin unifolius. Scapus vaginatus. Racemi secundi, floribus atrorufis. 1. Lyperantaus nigricans. R. Brown Prodr. 3&5. Endlich. Iconogr. gen. t. 1596. L. folio cordato-ovato, sepalis petalisque linearibus in labium tetraphyllum deflexis, labello crispo inciso obtuso apice revoluto disco papilloso. Hab. in N. Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, in ericetis aridis sabulosis, prope Sydney et Paramatta, Nov. 4. Cunningham; nec non ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Radices villosa. Caulis palmaris ad pedalem, vaginis pluribus cucullatis vestitus. Racemus 2-5-florus, internodiis flexuosis floribus longioribus. Tota planta siccatione nigrescit. 2. LvrEnawTBUS ellipticus. R. Brown, Prodr. 325. P L. “ folio lanceolato-elliptico, labelli disco papuloso: marginibus nudis. Hab. in N. Hollandia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 3. LvrrenawTHUS suaveolens. R. Brown, Prodr. 325. L. folio lineari elongato, labio calycis inferiore diphyllo, petalis adscen- dentibus, labelli disco glandulis seriatis sessilibus, marginibus nudis. Hab. in N. Hollandia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sylvis sabulosis st totam coloniam, etiam occidentem versus, 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. P- ORCHIDACES. 393 Caulis pedalis ad sesquipedalem. Folium gramineum caulis longitudine. Racemus secundus 3-6-florus. Flores fænum novum redolent. Sicca- tione haud nigrescit. 4. LvrERANTHUS serratus, L. folio lineari elongato, labio calycis inferiore diphyllo, petalis adscenden- tibus, labello apice serrato disci glandulis seriatis conicis sessilibus marginibus muricatis et papillosis. Hab. in N. Hollandia occidentali, ad Swan River, Drummond, (hab. s. sp.) This has, when dried, so much the appearance of L. suaveolens, that I mistook it for that species. It is however a much stouter plant; and, as will be seen by the above character, the labellum is altogether different. CCXX. CORYSANTHES. Corysanthes. Brown Prodr. 1. 328. Endlich. genera no. 1597. Corybas. Salisb. parad. Lond. t.83.. Calcearia. Blume Bijdr. 417. t. xxxiii. Endlich. gen. no. 1599. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum maximum, galeatum ; lateralia angustissima, nana, basi connata, labello occultata. Petala angustissima, nana, labello tecta. Labellum maximum, cucullatum v. tubulosum. Anthera unilocularis, semibivalvis, persistens. Pollinia 4.————Herbe Australasice, et Javanice, pusille, glabrae. Folium radicale unicum, sub- e quandoque sublobatum. Flos maximus, subsessilis, saturatè rufus. Endlicher has two sub-genera, of which one, Steleocorys, has an ungui- culate helmet, and an ecalcarate labellum, and contains C. unguiculata only ; the other, Corybas receives the bicalcarate species. To the latter I refer Calcearia of Blume, which has the same habit, and for which I find no sufficient distinctive mark. l. ConysaNTnrs fimbriata. R. Br. Prodr. 328. Id. in Flinders’ Voyage, "App. c. ic. : C. flore sessili folio multd minore, labello ecalcarato infra cucullato suprà dilatato, disco glabro marginibus inflexis fimbriatis, galeà curvatà apice Obtusà. R. Cunningham in N. S. Wales, Magazine, no. 1. Hab. in N. Hollandia, in fissuris rupium in orà prope Portum Jackson, nec non sub umbra saxorum Paramatte Nov. & Dec. Cunningham, (hab. s. sp.) 2. Corysanrues pruinosa. R. Cunningh. l. c. C. * labello ecalcarato infra cucullato suprà dilatato disco hirsuto margini- bus inflexis fimbriatis, galeà basi attenuata erecta, apice mucronata, Hab. in N. Hollandia, prope Sydney, R. Cunningham. 3. Coryanrues diemenica. C. flore pedunculato szpiüs folio majore, labello ecalcarato cucullato den- tato basi convoluto, galeà obtusà rotundatá inflexà. Hab. in Tasmanniá, juxta Circular Head vulgaris, Junio et Julio, (medio 394 | ORCHIDACEE. hyeme) florens, inter folia putrida, &c. in solo levi argillaceo, Gunn, 614 (hab._s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) Flowers dark purple; the helmet gives the plant the appearance of a snail, Gunn. Very near C. fimbriata, from which it seems to differ in having much larger flowers ; perhaps it is only a southern variety. 4. CorysanTHEs unguiculata. R. Br. Prodr. 398. Endl. ic. gen. t. 1597. C. labello ecalcarato convoluto medio glandulis cristato apice aperto obliquo, galeà unguiculatáà, flore pehdulo. Hab. in N. Hollandia, prope Sydney in preruptis et inter saxa, Maio. R. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) $ Convaas. Corybas. Salisb. Calcearia. Blume. Labellum basi bicalcaratum. 5. ConvsaANTHES bicalcarata. R. Brown Prodr. 328. C. **labello tubuloso; apicis dilatati marginibus reflexis; basi bical- caratà. Corybas aconitiflorus. Salisb. parad. 83. Hab. in Nova Hollandia; prope Portum Jackson, rarissime, R. Brown. 6. Corysanrues undulata. R. Cunningh. l. c. C. “ labello basi bicalcarato infra cucullato suprà dilatato; marginibus in- flexis undulatis." Hab. in N. Hollandia ; prope Sydney, R. Cunningham. 7. CoRYSANTHES picta. C. labello cucullato bicalcarato apice rotundato denticulato intüs bicalloso, sepalo supremo cuneato-subbilobo apiculato, lateralibus petalisque lon- gissimis. Calcearia picta. Blume l. c. tab. xxviii. ic. dextr. Hab. in Java ; in cacumine montis Salak locis humidis, Blume. 8. Corysantnes fornicata. C. labello bicalearato acuto denticulato intüs bicalloso, sepalo supremo lineari-obovato apice rotundato fornicato, lateralibus petalisque labelli longitudine. Calcearia fornicata. Blume l. c. t. xxxiii. ic. sinistr. Hab. in Java, Blume. As far as I can collect from the descriptions and figures of Blume, the two Java species of this genus have the following characters in common. Herbe terrestres, Javanice, tuberose. Folia radicalia, cordata, reticulata, nervosa, membranacea. Flores solitarii, sessiles, 1-bracteati, purpure! Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum oblongum, fornicatum ; late- ralia cum petalis angustissima, subulata. Labellum petaloideum, n basi columnam amplectens, bisaccatum ; limbo patente subbilobo intus bicalloso. Columna nana, carnosa, stigmate totam faciem occupante. Anthera terminalis, unilocularis. Pollinia duo, biloba. - ORCHIDACEE. 395 CCXXI. MICROTIS. Microtis. Brown Prodr.1.320. Endl. gen. no. 1588. Perianthium ringens, sepalo supremo galeato, lateralibus sessilibus labello suppositis. Petala angustiora, ascendentia. Labellum oblongum, ob- " tusum, sessile vel unguiculatum, integerrimum vel lobatum, basi callosum. Columna nana, teres, apice utrinque auriculata. Anthera subrotunda, mutica. Pollinia 4. ———Herbe terrestres, glabre, Australasice. Bulbi indivisi, nudi. Folium caulinum unicum, fistulosum, teres, basi vaginans. Flores herbacei, spicati, parvi, nunc albi. l. Microtis parviflora. R. Br. Prodr. 321. Bot. Mag. t. 3377. Endl. ic. gen. t. 1588. M. sepalis lateralibus revolutis petalisque linearibus obtusis, labello ovato acuto margine nudo apice tenui basi utrinque callis verrucosis aucto, spice floribus omnibus approximatis. Hab. in N. Hollandia; juxta Portum Jackson, in orà australi nec non inter tropica, R. Brown ; in sylvis depressis humidis solo argillaceo, A. Cun- ningham. ?. Microris atrata. Lindl. Swan. Riv. App. no. 261. M. folio basi cucullato caule longiore, spicà densà cylindraceà, sepalis la- teralibus oblongis revolutis supremo subrotundo, petalis ovatis acutis, labello oblongo obtuso nudo. Hab. in N. Hollandia occidentali, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers very small, almost black when dried. The smallest species of the genus. 3. Micnoris porrifolia. Spreng. syst. veg. 3. 713. M. sepalis acutis patulis, petalis obovato-linearibus, labello obovato-ob- longo retuso basi bicalloso margine tuberculato-incrassato, spice floribus inferioribus distantibus. Ophrys unifolia. Forst. Prodr. n. 311. Pipactis porrifolia. Swartz. in act. Holm. 1800. p. 233. M. Banksii. A Cunn in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 3377. compan. 2. 376. In N. Zelandie filicetis apertis, inter sinum Insularum et Wangaroa, Banks, Forster, A Cunningham. (v. s. sp. in hb. Lamb.) i Perianthium ringens; sepalis ovatis acutis, lateralibus labello suppositis, superiore multò majore erecto galeato; petalis minoribus obtusis. La- bellum oblongum, margine crispum et crassum, apice cuneatum emargi- natum, basi bicallosum. Columna teres, minuta, apice utrinque auricu- lata; ad sicc. 4. Micnoris pulchella. R. Brown Prodr. 321. M. sepalis lateralibus petalisque ovali oblongis patentibus obtusiusculis, galeà planiuscula, labello oblongo obtuso crispo emarginato nudo callis baseos confluentibus concavis. ! B, vivaz; sepalis petalisque acutis. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà meridionali, R. Br. ; in sinu Regis Georgii, F. Bauer; Tasmannia, a. in locis humidis Dec., 3. in solo arenaceo argillaceo Nov. Gunn, 918, 915, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Gunn.) 396 ' ORCHIDACEZ. The following are Mr. Gunn's notes upon the plants, which I have for the present regarded as varieties of each other. When collecting the various kinds of Microtis, during a period of two or three months, in an immense number of localities, I imagined I perceived ob- vious differences in the size of the upper sepals, the lip, and other parts, but when dried, the change of colour and shrivelled state, from their usual succulent appearance, alters them so much, that I candidly confess myself puzzled. The variety 9. is common at Circular Head, flowering in all November; soil a light loam, approaching to sandy. It is very difficult to dry, many being two months, Numerous specimens threw out a small tuber at the bottom, in the papers. The number of species of Microtis are more nu- merous than I at first supposed, and I anticipate many other species in other parts of the colony. 5. Micnoris arenaria. M. sepalis lateralibus linearibus revolutis obtusis dorsali orbiculatà acu- minatà galeatà, petalis filiformibus obtusis, labello oblongo truncato apiculato plano medio carnoso : callis baseos confluentibus concavis. Hab. in Tasmannia in sabulo juxta mare sub fine Dec. Gunn, 916. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) Of a stouter habit than M. pulchella vivaz. Collected in sand near the sea iti the end of December. Fresh water appeared to percolate through from behind the neighbouring sand hills, Gunn, 6. Micrortis rara. R. Brown Prodr. 321. M. sepalis lateralibus revolutis petalisque linearibus acutis, labello ob- longo-cuneato retuso infra apicem calloso margine subundulato nudo, baseos callis confluentibus, spice floribus inferioribus distantibus. Hab. in N. Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown ; ora meridionali, nec non in Tasmannia in paludosis abunde, Dec.et Januario florida, Gunn, 917. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Gunn, &c.) 7. Microtis media. R. Br. Prodr. 321. Bot. Mag. t. 3378. M. sepalis lateralibus revolutis oblongis acutis, petalis linearibus obtusis, labello oblongo-cuneato truncato verrucis globosis granulosis margt- nato basi utrinque incrassato disco bicalloso. Hab. in N. Hollandie ora meridionali, R. Brown ; austro-occidentali, Cun- ningham. 8. Micnoris alba. R. Brown Prodr. 321. M. sepalis lateralibus revolutis linearibus acutis, petalis obovato-linea- ribus obtusis, labelli dimidià inferiore lineari superiore dilatatà bifidà : disco incrassatà marginibus undulatis calloso-tuberculatis. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà meridionali R. Brown ; occidentali ad Swan River, Drummond ; in sinu regis Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp-) CCXXII. ACIANTHUS. Acianthus. R. Br. Prodr. 1. 321. Supra p. 24. Sepala subringentia, acuminatissima, libera: lateralibus labello suppositis. ARETHUSEE. . 397 Petala minora, acuminata. Labellum liberum, integrum, basi bicallosum. Columna semiteres, clavata. Anthera terminalis, recumbens, bilocu- laris. Stigma ovatum, prominens, transversum. Pollinia 8, subpul- verea. Herbe tenere, glabellie. Tubercula indivisa solitaria nuda, novello pedicellato. Caulis unifolius, ad ipsam basin vagina brevi in- clusus, superné ebracteatus. Folium profunde cordatum, reticulato- venosum, subtus rufum, Flores racemosi, v. solitarii, rufi, aut purpurei. I formerly included this genus among Malaxidez, partly on account of its resemblance in habit to Liparis, and partly because of the firmness of the pollen masses. Its relation to Cyrtostylis is however so great, and the cohesion between the particles of pollen is so slight that it seems better upon the whole to place it here. There can, however, be no doubt that this genus, and Cyrtostylis, connect the sections of Arethusez and Malaxidez, as I have already stated, p. 25. l. Actanruus exsertus. R. Brown Prodr. 321. A. floribus racemosis, aristis brevissimis, galeá basi attenuata, petalis hori- zontaliter reflexis, labello apice papuloso, columná exserta. Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie, R. Brown; cum A. fornicato A. Cunningham ; nec non in Tasmannia in solo levi argillaceo, medio hyeme (Jun.—Jul.) florens. Gunn 752. (hab. s. sp.) 2. Acianruus fornicatus. R. Brown Prodr. 321. Endl. ic. gen. t. 1589. A. floribus racemosis, aristis perianthio quadrupld brevioribus, petalis erec- tiusculis, labello longitudinaliter papuloso, columna inclusá. Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie, R. Brown, in preruptis obum- bratis abundé, 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) 3. Actanruus caudatus. R. Brown Prodr. 321. A. scapo 1-2-floro, aristis longissimis, folii marginibus undulatis. B, ater; folio minüs undulato subrepando, aristis brevioribus et latio- ribus. ; Hab. ad Portum Jackson Nove Hollandie, R. Brown, in preruptis um- brosis ad littus Junio flor. rard, R. Cunningham, B in Tasmannia Juxta Woolnorth, Oct. Gunn. 758. (hab. s. sp.) ; The plant found in Van Diemen’s land by Mr. Gunn has larger flowers than that of Port Jackson, with shorter aristæ, and may be a distinct Species. I have given it to some of my friends under the name of 4. ater. Mr. Gunn says that its small size and dark colour cause it to be readily overlooked. 4. AcraNTHUs rivularis. .4. Cunningh. in Bot. Mag. Compan. 2. 376. A. caule unifloro folio breviore, sepalis lateralibus petalisque longissim? et tenuissime aristatis, galea acuminata, labello cordato acuminato venoso disco papilloso margine tenuissime eroso-crenulato. Hab. in N. Zelandia, prope Wangaroam, inter muscos in alveo rivuli Saxoso inter rupes altas fluentis, Nov. R. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) A most rare and curious little plant, only a few inches high, with the largest flowers known in the genus. February, 1840. rr? 398 ARETHUSEÆ. CCXXIIIL. CYRTOSTYLIS. Cyrtostylis. Brown Prodr. 1.322. Endl. gen. no. 1590. Perianthium herbaceum, bilabiatum. Sepalum supremum erectum, ga- leatum ; lateralia cum petalis linearia labello supposita. Labellum unguiculatum, indivisum, planum, basi bicallosum, lineis duabus ele- vatis. Columna elongata, apice incurva, dilatata, auriculata, basi semi- teres. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, persistens. Pollinia 4. Herba terrestris Australasica, tuberculis solitariis sphzericis, cauliculum descendentem radiciformem terminantibus. Caulis unifolius. Folium tenerum, membranaceum, amplexicaule, reticulatum. Scapus nudus. Racemus secundus pauciflorus. Bractee squameformes. 1. Cyrtostyuis reniformis. R. Brown Prodr. 322. Hab. in N. Hollandid; prope Portum Jackson R. Brown, in rupestribus siccis per omnem coloniam A. Cunningham, in sinu regis Georgii Collie, in Tasmannia in solo fertili, abunde Sept. et Oct. florens, Gunn 615, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) This little plant has quite the habit of a Liparis liliifolia, and varies in size from the height of two inches, with a single flower only, to that of 6 or 7 inches, with 4 or 5 flowers. The Swan River plant has a narrower lip, and may be a distinct species. CCXXIV. LIMODORUM. Limodorum. Tourn. inst. 437. L. C. Richard Orch. Eur. Annot. 20. Nees. jun. gen. plant. fasc. V. t. 11. Endlicher, gen. no. 1607. Perianthium galeatum. Sepala equalia. Petala breviora et multd an- gustiora. Labellum ascendens, basi calcaratum, columnam amplectens, limbo articulato indiviso. Columna elongata, semiteres, stigmate sub- rotundo. Anthera subcordata, cernua. Pollinia 2, integra. Herba australi-europea, aphylla, radice fibrosà. Scapus vaginatus. Spica elongata, laxiuscula. In Persoon's synopsis (2. 513) this plant, with the doubtful Serapias erecta and falcata of Thunberg, are formed into a subgenus called Her- MINIUM. 1. Lımoporum abortivum. Swartz Act. Holm. 6. p. 80. Willd. Sp. PI. 4.1299. Nees ab Esenb. gen. germ. l. c. Orchis abortiva. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Jacq. fl. Austr. t. 193. Epipactis aphylla &c. Hall. Helv t.36. Serapias abortiva. Pers. syn. í Limod. spherolabium. Viv. in Rchb. Ic. Bot. Eur. Cent. IV. comment. p. 82. Hab. in Gallie, Helvetie, Italie, Germaniz, Corsica, sylvis umbrosis. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers purple. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high. I do not see in what the L. sphzrolabium of Viviani differs from this ; he says its lip is rounded, not ovate or elliptical, but as the remainder of his specific character agrees altogether with L. abortivum, of which this supposed species has all the ARETHUSEJE. 399 habit, it may be safely considered an accidental form of that well known plant. CCXXV. CHLORAA. Chlorea. Lindl. in Brande’s Journal, March, 1827. : Püppig n. g. et sp. 1.28. Asarca. Lindl, l. c. non Püppig. Perianthium ringens, basi obliquum, petalis sepalo supremo suppositis et galeam referentibus. Sepala lateralia basi producta sed vix gibbosa, apice sepits callosa. Labellum unguiculatum, cordatum, cucullatum, mem- branaceum, integrum aut trilobum, lobo medio lateralibus parùm angus- tiore, venis sæpius cristatis aut glandulosis. Columna erecta, mem- branaceo-marginata, clavata, petalis ferè æqualis iisque dorso adnata, anticè utrinque producta. Stigma oblongum, prominens. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, semiquadrilocularis. Pollinia 4, vel 2 bipartita. — ——Herbe terrestres Americae australis extra tropicam, radicibus fasciculatis carnosis (gummoso-farinaceis Póppig.). Folia radicalia. Scapus vaginatus, Racemi densi, multiflori. Flores “ sæpe permagni, Speciosi, albidi, virescentes, flavidi, vel crocei, nunquam purpurei," colore nigro nonnunquam adjecto. ‘‘ Odor nonnullis aromaticus.” This genus is now limited better than when I first published it in the year 1827. The discoveries of Mr. Póppig, and the opportunities he has had of examining the species in a living state, have shewn that a part of my Chloreas properly form a new genus, and that Asarca as I originally defined it must be merged in Chlorea. See Asanca. § 1. Labellum integrum v. obsoleté trilobum. a. Labelli vene omnes pariter lamellate v. setose. l. CuLoræa speciosa. Póppig. 1. 28. t. 46. C. labello integro rhombeo: cristis ancipitibus setoso-ciliatis ad apicem usque excurrentibus, sepalis lanceolatis spiralibus revolutis, petalis oblongis obtusis nudis quam sepalum posticum latioribus, spicá pauciflorà. Hab. in Chile australis pratis pulcherrimis alpinis ad vicum Antuco, 5-6000 ped. elevat. ab incolis ** Azuzena del campo,” i. e. planta liliacea, dicta. Floret Octobre; Póppig. Sweet-scented. Scape a foot to 15 inches high. Flowers large, milk- white, Póppig. 2. Cutorza barbata. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 5. C. labello ovato indiviso : marginibus laceris per faciem totam setis cre- berrimis cristato basi unguiculato tuberculato, sepalis lateralibus lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, petalis oblongo-linearibus obliquis margine anteriore venisque papillosis. Hab. in Chile prope Valparaiso, Cuming. (hab. s. sp.) 3. CHLORÆA campestris. Péppig. 1. 29. t. 49. C. labello integro elliptico-lanceolato raritér cartilagineo-dentato : setis pinnatim seriatis tecto, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis lateralibus apice tereti incrassatis, petalis falcatis, spicà elongata multiflora, 400 ARETHUSE.JE. Hab. vulgaris in terris Chilensibus interioribus locis glareosis, v. c. in planitie ad Casablanca, ad urbem S. Jago, inque provincia Concepcion ad Andes usque. Floret a Novembre in Januarium ; Póppig. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) “Scape sometimes as much as two feet high. Flowers from 20 to 40. Flowers very small for the genus, white, with green netted veins, ac- cording to Póppig. 4. Curonza cuneata. C. labello cuneato apice grosse dentato ad latera integro lamellis 6 percurso quarum centrales interrupte et papillis 2-3 in septimze loco, sepalis petalisque membranaceis nudis. Hab. in Chile, Cuming? (hab. s. sp.) This very distinct species exists in my Herbarium, with Mr. Cuming's name attached to it; but it has no number and may possibly have belonged to the dried plants of some other collector. It is a tall slender species, apparently with white flowers. 5. Cnuronza longipetala. C. labello membranaceo obovato obtusissimo integro basi multilamellato venis 5 appendicibus falcatis interrupt? cristatis, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis basi angustatis apice acuminatis callosis, petalis oblongo-lan- ceolatis obtusis falcatis venis basi callosis. Hab. in Chile australi, Reynolds, (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker). Flores 5 6, magni, ringentes. Scapus palmaris. Sepala lateralia ipso apice tantum callosa ; supremum obtusuni apice inflexum. This is very near C. viridiflora, from which it differs in the form of the lip, and in the broken lamella which form the crests of the veins being regularly disposed and very few in number. b. Labelli vene centrales ultra medium lamellate v. cristate. 6. Cnronza Piquichen. C. labello oblongo inciso-dentato: venis 7 centralibus appendicibus fal- catis cristatis, sepalis lateralibus apice rotundatis discoloribus, petalorum venis basi varicosis. Epipactis flore virescente et variegato vulgo Piquichen. Feuillée t. 19. Cymbidium virescens. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 106. Hab. in Chile. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Solly.) This plant, of which I have only seen one solitary specimen, agrees exactly with Feuillée's figure, and is certainly distinct from all the others now mentioned. It approaches nearest to C. barbata, from which it differs both in habit and in the 7 central veins of the lip only being crested, in the veins of the petals being very much less varicose, and in the lip having no tubercles at the base. 7. Cuvonza lamellata. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March. 1827. | M C. labello oblongo obtuso crenato juxta marginem verrucoso: VENIS / centralibus appendicibus falcatis cristatis, sepalis lateralibus apice COn- cavis incrassatis, petalis nudis brevioribus. Hab. in Chile, prope Concepcion, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) i ARETHUSEJE. 401 This plant varies in the form of the lamella, which crest the middle of the lip, and in their size, and is perbaps a mere variety of C. multiflora, of which it has all the habit ; but its labellum is very differently formed. It is probably the plant whose lip is represented at fig. 3, t. 55, of Püppig's book as a variety of his C. decipiens, my C. multiflora, and I presume it also includes the 9 and y of this celebrated botanist. 8. Cutorza multiflora. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March. 1897. C. labello subrhombeo obtuso basi integerrimo ultra medium crenulato juxta margines papilloso venarum centralium appendicibus distantibus falcatis in tuberculos cis apicem mutatis, sepalis lateralibus apice incrassatis, petalis nudis. C. decipiens. Poppig. 1. 31. t. 55. excl. fig. 3. Hab. in Chile; in totius agri campis montosis aridis, vere florens, Póppig ; prope Valparaiso, Septembr. Mathews, Februario, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) According to Póppig, this plant is very variable in the size and colour of the flowers, which are in some varieties white, in others yellow, and also in the height of the scape and the form of the lip ; of such supposed varieties he enumerates 5. But I have stated under the last species that his B and y appear to belong to C. lamellata, and I believe his e is C. crispa, a most distinct plant. t According to a note by Mr. Mathews in my herbarium, this is the Pica de Loro of the Chilenos. 9. Cnronza cristata. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 4. C. labelli subrhomboidei lateribus inferioribus rotundatis verrucosis inte- gerrimis superioribus laceris : venis centralibus ad apicem usque creber- rim? glandulosis, sepalis lateralibus apice concavis incrassatis, petalis acutis nudis. Hab. in Chile, prope Valparaiso, Cuming. (hab. s. sp.) This also would probably be-regarded by Póppig as a variety of C. mul- liflora : its lip is however so different, that I cannot think it right to join them. It is possibly his C. decipiens ò, “ floribus candidis, labello magis anguloso, cristis elevatis ancipitibus apice setigeris," which he himself sus- pects to be a distinct species. 10. Curonza crispa. C. labello subrotundo-oblongo apice crispo nudo basi subintegro et pone margines papilloso, venis centralibus 7-9 setosis, sepalis lateralibus apice vix incrassatis, petalis acutis parüm brevioribus basi granulosis. C. decipiens s. Pzppig. 1. c. p. 32? Cymbidium luteum. Willd. sp. pl. no. 45. Epipactis Gavilu. Feuillée II. t. 20. Hab. in Chile prope Concepcion. (Aab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bentham.) The only specimens I have seen of this fine species were collected near Concepcion by Lord Colchester, and as exactly answer to Feuillée's figure as it is to be supposed that any plant will; for this reason I presume it to be Póppig's fifth variety of his C. decipiens ; from which, however, I con- ceive it to be quite distinct. ll. CuLoræa membranacea. : C. labeili oblongi obsolet? trilobi longe unguiculati subglandulosi lobo 409 ARETHUSEA, intermedio obtuso lateralibus productiore et angustiore axi glandulis clavatis atris cristato, sepalis petalisque omnino nudis valde membra- naceis. Hab. in Bonarid ; in aggeribus argillaceis udis, Tweedie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) c. Labelli vene centrales basi tantàm lamellate, ceterüm nude, pubescentes v. papillose. 12. Cnuronza viridiflora. Péppig. 1. 99. t. 47. C. labello integro rhombeo obtus® apiculato cristis ancipitibus nudis ad medium usque tecto apice verrucoso, sepalis oblongis infimis deflexis planis, petalis oblique ovatis quam posticum latioribus, spicà pauci- florà. Hab. in Chile australis lapidosis alpinis montis Pico de Pilque ad vicum Antuco. Floret Decembre; Péppig. Scape a foot or more high. Flowers deep yellow green, with the veins and points of the lateral sepals deep green. Column crimson at the base; Póppig. 13. Curonza cylindrostachya. Póppig. 1. 30. t. 50. C. labello integro obovato-oblongo sepalis longiore revoluto postice setoso apice granuloso, sepalo postico ovali acuto infimis spiralibus, petalis angustis falcatis, spicà multiflorà. Hab. in Chile australis alpibus elevatioribus, locis saxosis ad pedem montis ignivomi Antucensis. Floret Decembre, Januario; Péppig. From 1 to 4 feet high. Spike sometimes bearing more than 50 flowers. Flowers greenish-yellow, with dark green veins ; Póppig. ; 14. Cnuronmza incisa. Péppig. 1. 31. t. 54. C. labello trifido subrotundo grosse inciso-serrato postice integerrimo disco sulcato lamellato, sepalis linearibus infimis apice incrassatis, petalis ver- rucosis, spicà pauciflorà, floribus distantibus. Hab. in Chile australis campis lapidosis, v.c. ad Antuco, Tucapel, etc. Floret Decembre; Póppig. Scape two feet or more high. — Flowers 6 to 9, pale chesnut colour, with dull veins ; the lateral sepals thickened and blackish at the point. In Chili in summer it is a great ornament of the dried up sterile plains, and is called Tulipan del campo according to Póppig. d. Labelli vene omnes nude. 15. Cnronmza nudilabia. Péppig. 1. 30. t. 59. C. “ labello integro oblongo lateribus angustato ecristato levi nervoso membranaceo sepalis zqualibus aveniis conformi." Hab. in Chile australis Andibus Antucensibus. In locis rupestribus montis Pico de Pilque, florens Januario; Póppig. Flowers bright orange, 8 or 10, distant, in a spike 4 inches long; Póppig. ARETHUSEJE. 403 16. Curonza grandiflora. Pöppig. 1. 29. t. 48. C. labello integro ovato deltoideo apice bidentato crassissimo ecristato dens? granuloso, sepalis inzqualibus postico ovali infimis lanceolato- oblongis deflexis, petalis latè ovatis obliquis, spicà pauciflorà. Hab. in Chile australis pratis herbidis subalpinis, v. c. in monte La Me de Antuco. Floret Decembre ; Póppig. Scape a foot to 15 inches high; flowers white, with dull green netted veins, smelling of Wallflower. geta $ 2. Labellum manifest? trilobum. a. Labelli vene omnes pariter appendiculate. 17. CuLoræa aurantiaca. C. labelli trilobi basi angustati lobis ovatis rotundatis venis omnibus paritèr tuberculatis, sepalis lateralibus retusis, spicæ elongatæ floribus distantibus, bracteis acuminatissimis. Asarca aurantiaca. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 4. Hab. in Chile, prope Valparaiso, Cuming. (hab. s. sp.) A slender species with flowers rather less than those of C. multiflora. Its stem is two feet high. b. Labelli vene centrales appendicibus conformibus. 18. Cotorma alpina. Póppig. 1. 30. t. 53. C. labelli trilobi integerrimi lobo intermedio ovato : cristis disci ancipiti- bus ad apicem continuis; lobis lateralibus nudis, sepalis lanceolatis acutis, petalis spathulato-oblongis, columnà latissimà, spicà pauciflorà, Scapo humili folioso. Hab. in Chile australis alpinis glareosis montis Pico de Pilque in viciniis vicus Antuco. Floret Novembre ; Póppig. Stem dwarfer than in other species. Flowers 4 or 5, deep yellow, with scarcely any smell. Called by the inhabitants of Antuco Tulipan del Monte; according to Péppig. See C. disoides no. 23. 19. CuLoræa chrysantha. Péppig. 1. 31. C. labelli rhombeo-oblongi subtrilobi lobo terminali ovato latè et equalitér dentato lobis lateralibus integerrimis nudis: setis disci lamel- losis falcatis seriatis, sepalis petala excedentibus, scapis laxis foliosis, floribus croceis. Hab. in convallibus graminosis Chile borealis, Augusto florens, nec non in campis lapidosis subandinis provinciarium australium ubi ab Octobre ad Februarium floribus ornatur ; Póppig. Stem often 3 feet high. Flowers deep orange colour, with a deep green net-work, according to Püppig. 20. Curonxa semibarbata. C. labelli oblongi utrinque rotundati lobis lateralibus intra marginem crenulatum papillosis intermedio multó majore serrato nudo : venarum 5 appendicibus falcatis conformibus, sepalis lateralibus obtusis concavis incrassatis, petalis nudis basi obsolete? varicosis. Hab. in Chile australi, Reynolds, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 404 ARETHUSE Æ. Nearly allied to C. chrysantha from which the form of the lip, which is distinctly papillose within the margin, distinguishes it. 2]. Curonzxa Pavonii. C. labelli trilobi venis 5 centralibus glandulis clavatis uniformibus cristatis : lobis lateralibus apice rotundatis undulatis intermedio angustiore oblongo obtuso crispo. Asarca speciosa. Lindl. in Brande’s Journ. March 1827. Serapias Gavilu. Pavon. in herb. Lambert. Hab. in Chili, Pavon. (olim v. s. sp.) This is very different from the Epip. Gavilu of Feuillée; I only know it by the notes formerly made upon it in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, and by my drawing of the labellum, which is quite different from that of any other species now mentioned. c. Labelli vene centrales appendicibus biformibus. 22. CHLORÆA virescens. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March, 1827. C. labelli trilobi lobis ovatis obtusis intermedio dupld majore: venis 9 basi lamellis totidem parallelis qualibus acutis deinde appendicibus qui- busdam elongatis v. falcatis, sepalis apice obtusis concavis incrassatis, petalorum venis varicosis. Hab. in Chile, prope Concepcion, Cuming. (hab. s. sp.) 23. Cnuronza disoides. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March, 1827. C. foliis acutis scapi longitudine, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis apice incrassatis crenatis intermedio ovato obtuso carnoso disco verrucoso, venis 7 lamellis serratis, sepalis lateralibus apice obtusis in- crassatis, petalis nudis. Hab. in Chile, prope Valparaiso, Cuming, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) A dwarf species, with the leaves acute and as long as the scape. I sus- pect C. alpina is the same, for although Póppig expressly states that beyond the 5 or 7 crests of the lip, which are continuous, there are no glandular appendages in that plant, yet some tubercles are represented in his fig. 2, as existing upon the middle lobe, and the habit of the two species is exactly the same. 24. Cnuronza ulanthoides. C. labelli cuneato-oblongi lobis lateralibus apice serratis intermedio brevi tranverso serrato medio incrassato parum latioribus: venis 5 basi pariter obscure lamellatis deindé appendicibus paucis latis falcatis munitis, sepalis lateralibus apice rotundatis planis crenatis discoloribus, petalo- rum venis incrassatis. Chlorza bletioides. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March, 1827. Hab. in Chile prope Cumbre, Andium claustrum, Nov. Macrae; Val- paraiso, Cuming. (hab. s. sp.) This is the finest species of the genus, with a stem 2 to 3 feet high and very large flowers apparently white, stained and veined with deep green. The name of bletioides is so inappropriate that I cannot now account for my having given it to the plant, and I therefore change it. The flowers are more like those of Hooker’s Ulantha, when dried. i ARETHUSES. 405 25. CuLoræa affinis. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 4. C. labelli ungue lato concavo: limbo subrotundo oblongo 3-lobo; lobis lateralibus integerrimis intermedio productiore rotundato dentato, venis omnibus basi calloso-cristatis deinde tuberculatis, sepalis lateralibus oblongis apice obtusissimis obliquis crenatis, petalis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis basi hinc varicoso-venosis. Hab. in Chile, prope Valparaiso, Cuming, (hab. s. sp.) Very near the last species but much more slender, and the flowers are not half the size. The previous sheet had been printed off when I met with the two fol- lowing characters of Chloreas by M. Adolphe Brongniart, in Duperrey's Voyage p. 189. 26. Curonza Gaudichaudii ; caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis acutis erectis, foribus spicatis, bracteis magnis ovato-lanceolatis margine scariosis ovario longioribus involutis, sepalis equalibus usque ad apicem mem- branaceis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis subzequalibus obtusis, labello petalis breviore subtrilobo: lobis lateralibus abbreviatis margine fimbriatis laciniis ad apicem incrassatis; lobo medio lingueformi parteque media disci carunculis cuneiformibus elongatis dense tectis, gynostemio labellum subequante apice dilatato alato. Arethusa lutea. Gaudich. in ann. $c. nat. 5. 101. Hab, in insulis Magellanicis, Gaudichaud, D'Urville, Lesson. 27. Cutoraa Commersonii ; caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongo-lan- ceolatis obtusis superioribus acutioribus cauli adpressis, floribus dense Spicatis, bracteis lanceolato-subulatis angustis ovarium subequantibus, sepalis lanceolatis acutis inferioribus longioribus apice subulatis carnosis, petalis brevioribus obtusis, labello petalis dupld breviore trilobo : lobis lateralibus rotundatis integris medio ovato carunculis densissimé tecto, gynostemio brevissimo alato. Serapias lutea. Pers. synops. 2. 513. Hab. in sylvis freti Magellanici ad sinum Bougainvillei et Gallicum, Commerson. Unfortunately the only copy of Duperrey's Voyage which I have an op- portunity of consulting is deficient of the figures illustrating these plants. lt is probable however that Ch. Gaudichaudii is a true Chlorea, allied to C. alpina if not the same ; while Ch. Commersoni would appear from its short column to bean Asarca allied to 4. ordoratissima. CCXXVI. BIPINNULA. Lindl. in Brandes Journal, March. 1827. Endlicher, gen. Bipinnula. Juss. gen. 65. no. 1606. Omnia Chlorzz, nisi sepala lateralia elongata pectinata aut multifida ; hujus generis sectio tantum si velis; sed florum vultus omnino Em liaris, nec inter Chlorzas ullus in talem structuram nixus inveniendus. February, 1840. GGG 406 ARETHUSE.E. 1. BiriNNULA Commersonii. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March. 1827. B. caule unifloro, sepalis lateralibus pinnatis ; laciniis brevibus clavatis. Arethusa biplumata. Linn. Suppl. 105. Smith, ic. t. 23. Bipinnula bonariensis. Spreng. syst. 3.745. Hab. in agro Bonariensi, Jussieu. Of this rare plant I have seen no specimen: but it is evidently very distinct from the two other species of the genus. 2. BiriNNULA plumosa. Lindl. in Brande's Journ. March, 1827. B. spicà multiflora, sepalis lateralibus acuminatissimis pinnatis; laciniis filiformibus elongatis, labelli margine multipartito inciso. Hab. in Chile, ad Coline balneos, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 1} to 2 feet high; lateral sepals in the dried specimen an inch and three quarters long. 3. BrriNNULA mystacina. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 5. B. spicà multiflora, sepalis lateralibus apice dilatatis pinnatis: laciniis filiformibus ramosis, labelli dimidio superiore seriatim tuberculato inferiore lamellato. Chlorza fimbriata. Pöpp: nov. gen. &c. 1. p. 30. t. 51. : Hab. in Chile; prope Valparaiso, Cuming; in montibus maritimis arenosis inter Colletiarum agmina horridissima, Jul. Aug. Póppig. (hab. s. sp.) In Póppig's figure the divisions of the lateral sepals are represented as simple, but I presume this is an error, for his plant agrees in ail other - respects with mine. According to this botanist the sepals are pale green, the petals yellow, the lip white, with green appendages. CCXXVII. ASARCA. Asarca. Püppig, n. g. et sp. pl. 2. 13.——————Gavilea, Jd. 1. 28. Perianthium explanatum, basi obliquum, petalis patentissimis. Sepala lateralia basi producta sed vix gibbosa, labello supposita, reflexa, apiculata, et sæpiùs callosa. Labellum ungue brevi bicalloso columne adnatum, carnosum, trilobüm, lobo medio lateralibus multd angustiore et productiore, venis presertim disci glandulosis aut lamellatis. te lumna erecta, brevis, semiteres, apice incrassato-marginata. Stigma oblongum, prominens. Anthera et pollinia Chloree. Herbe Chlorzze facie, (Flores albi, aurantii, interdum tricolores, odoratissim!, Püppig.) When I proposed the genus Asarca, in Brande's Journal, I intended : to contain those Chlorza-like Chilian plants whose sepals are destitute 0 a thickening at the apex. But an examination of more species, and the evidence afforded by Póppig's work, has satisfied me that this distingue is not sufficiently constant or important for the purpose to which I applie it. Among the Chlorzas I meant to include. the Gavilu of Feuillée t. 18, with a short column, and spreading flowers, and some congeneric species actually were included. These Póppig has rightly separated, under the name of Asarca, and he has given figures of several of them. It is to be ARETHUSEX. 407 regretted that he did not persevere in retaining for them the name Gavilea, as he appears to have in the first instance intended; but although his Asarca aud mine are different, and the name does not apply to his genus, yet I am unwilling to increase the confusion of names by making further change, and therefore I adopt this excellent Botanist’s nomenclature, and abandon my own. The error of Póppig seems to have arisen from his having supposed the Serapias Gavilu of Pavon's herbarium, quoted by me as a synonym of Asarca speciosa, to be the same genus asthe Gavilu of Feuillée. a. Labellum omnino nudum. l. Asarca bidentata. — Póppig, l. c. t. 121. A. labello subsessili rhombeo obovato nudo coriaceo medio utrinque unidentato postice integerrimo antice obtuso ac denticulato, sepalis la- teralibus obtusis, petalis nudis, spicà pauciflora. Hab. in Chile australis. graminosis alpinis, ad Antuco, Floret Januario ; Póppig. Flowers $-coloured, almost scentless, whitish green, with the lateral sepals deep green at the points, lip saffron coloured, according to Péppig. b. Labellum medio cristatum. 2. Asarca glandulifera. Pöppig, l. c. t. 120. B. A. labello unguiculato cordato acuminato convexo utrinque bicristato : disco appendicibus clavatis creberrimis barbato, sepalis lateralibus ovatis apice obtusis concavis, petalis obovatis venis tuberculatis, floribus dis- sitis, Chloræa Volucris. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 3. Hab. in Chile; prope Valparaiso, Cuming, in graminosis alpinis ad Antuco, Decemb. Pöppig. (hab. s. sp.) I have no doubt, notwithstanding the absence of all mention of the glan- dular petals by Mr. Pöppig, that this plant is the same as his 4. glandu- üfera. He describes the flowers to be very sweet scented, and whitish green; but the lip is yellow, with deep green glands. 3. Asanca acutiflora. Pöppig. l. c. t. 120. A. A. labelli lobis lateralibus subquadratis nudis terminali lineari integerrimo verrucoso lamellato, perianthii foliolis lanceolatis angustis acuminatis, spicà thyrsoidea.” Hab. in Chile australis sylvis subalpinis graminosis Pico de Pilque, in Andibus Antucensium, Floret Decembre ; Póppig. Flowers sulphur coloured. Lateral sepals prolonged into a taper deep green point. Glands of the lip cylindrical, much thickened at the points, deep green ; according to Póppig. 4. Asarca odoratissima. Pöppig, l. c. t. 118. A. "labelli postice transversim ovalis disco glanduloso cristato: lobis subzqualibus lateralibus rotundatis nudis terminali ovato repando obtusato.” Hab. in Chile australis graminosis alpinis, Andes de Antuco, Floret De- cembre; Póppig. Scape from 3 to 5 feet high, with dark chesnut coloured or brown skin, , 408 ARETHUSES. Spike many flowered, from 9 inches to a foot long. Flowers closely packed, orange coloured, with greenish white reticulated bracts, very sweet scented, with the odour of violets, which may be perceived at the distance of 40 paces, according to Póppig. 5. Asarca sinuata. A. labelli trilobi pubescentis venis inferioribus lamellatis ; lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio elongato lineari calloso-sinuato, sepalis lateralibus acuminatis apice incrassatis, bracteis acuminatissimis. a. labello magis pubescente : lamellis disci interruptis. Chlorza longibracteata. Lindl. in Brande’s Journ. March, 1897. Bentham in Botanist. t. 94. B. labello fere glabro: lamellis disci continuis tenuioribus, floribus verosimiliter minoribus. Hab. in Chile; a juxta Concepcion, Oct. Macrae ; B Valparaiso. (hab. s. sp.) It is not improbable that 6 is a distinct species, but I have only seen an imperfect specimen. The original species has flowers with the petals and upper sepal white, the lateral sepals tipped with green, the labellum yellow with a green edge and spots. 6. Asarca leucantha. Péppig, l.c. 2. 13. t. 119. A. labelli postic? transversim ovalis disco setoso-cristato : lobis inaqua- libus lateralibus subrotundis nudis, terminali lineari serrato revoluto supra verrucoso. Epipactis flore albo, vulgó Gavilu. Feuillée t. 18. Hab. in Chile borealis locis sylvestribus convallis los Chorillos (80-200 ped. elev.) Augusto florens. Lecta quoque in sylvis graminosis Andium Antucensium (4000 ped. elev.) mense Novembre, Péppig. Scape about 2 feet high. Flowers sweet-scented, variegated with white green and yellow, with very acute yellowish green bracts. Appendages of the lip deep greet; according to Póppig. The whole habit of this plant is like the last, of which I should have been inclined to consider it a variety if the labellum, very carefully de- scribed by Péppig, were not so entirely different. c. Labellum medio nudum, v. obsolet? lamellatum, pone marginem papil- losum. 7. Asarca maculosa. Póppig, l. c. t. 121. fig. A. a—d. A. labelli unguiculati obsolete trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intra marginem suum lamellatis et tuberculatis intermedio incrassato rotun- dato integerrimo nudo, sepalis lateralibus obtusissimis, petalorum venis et margine tuberculatis, Chlorea galeata. Lindl. in Brande’s Journal, March, 1827. Hab. in Chile borealis graminosis ad Concon. Floret Augusto, Póppig ; ad Cumbre, Andium claustrum, Novemb. Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Stem a foot and half to two feet high. Flowers variegated with white and green, petals yellow with black tubercles. Lip white, deep green at the point. 8. Asanca alaris. A. labelli subsessilis cucullati trilobi denticulati lobis lateralibus rotun- ARETHUSEZ, 409 datis obsolete tuberculatis intermedio creberrimé verrucoso, sepalo dorsali reflexo acuminato lateralibus linearibus patulis obtusissimis apice incrassatis atratisque, petalis rhombeis acutis maculatis. Chlorea alaris. Lindl. in Brandes Journal, March, 1827. ud us Chile, prope Concepcion, Oct. Macrae, Valparaiso, Cuming. (hab. _ This may possibly be the same as the next species, and I should have inclined so to consider it if the flowers had at all deserved the name of small, which they do not. It is also to be observed that Póppig describes the back sepal of his 4. parviflora as being fornicate, and the sepals as being half united to the back of the column, none of which characters are to be found in this species. 9. Asanca parviflora. Pöppig, l. c. t. 121. B. A, labelli unguiculati rhombeo-ovalis subtrilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis gne marginem papillosis intermedio elongato lineari emarginato è lamelloso, sepalo dorsali fornicato lateralibus angustioribus lineari- us obtusis apice incrassatis et nigris, petalis cum columná semicon- natis viridi-punctatis. Hab. in Chile australis campis lapidosis vulgatissima, Floret Decembre, Póppig. Flowers about 20, of three colours; sepals green ; lip yellow, at the point black, Jike the lateral sepals; according to Póppig. CCXXVIII. CLEISTES. Cleistes. Rich. Annot. p. 9. libera, inter se qualia. Petala Perianthium connivens, subeequale. Sepala Labellum oblongum, membra- latiora, magis membranacea, libera. naceum, liberum, circa columnam convolutum, integrum aut trilobum, basi concavum bicallosum, cum columna articulatum, in medio lamel- latum. Columna libera, elongata, clavata, semiteres, clinandrio dentato. Anthera pedicellata, inflexa, bilocularis, loculis discretis. Herbe Guayanenses, terrestres, radice tuberosà, Uvularie vultu. Folia nume- rosa, basi cucullata, caulem simplicem a basi vestientia. Flores axillares, nutantes, foliis breviores. Of the original species of this genus I know nothing more than is to be found in Aublet. It does not however appear to differ from those I have examined, in anything more than its labellum being short and three lobed, to the latter of which characters there is an approach in C. parviflora. It is probable that Guayana contains other species, of which I have some indi- cations, but not sufficient for publication. § 1. Labello trilobo. l. CLersres lutea. C. labelli trilobi abbreviati lobis later emarginato. Limodorum grandiflorum. Aubl. guian. 2. 818. t. 321. ymbidium grandiflorum. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. 110, alibus rotundatis intermedio crispo 410 ARETHUSEJE. Hab. in Guayand in pratis Courou, sex mill. a maris littore ; Aublet. Corolla lutea amplissima. Labellum brevissimum. § 2. Labello convoluto indiviso. Bachia Schomburgk. 9. CLEISTES rosea. C. labello convoluto acuminato integerrimo sepalorum longitudine lamellis laceris per medium. . Hab. in Guayana, Schomburgk. (hab. s. sp. comm. indefessus inventor.) A beautiful plant with flowers of a lively rose colour and 2j inches long. Mr. Schomburgk gives me the following note upon this plant made during his stay in Guayana. “ I found this pretty species at the Savannahs adjacent to the lake Capooey, Arabisee Coast of Essequibo, where it appeared to be in great abundance. It is from 3 to 5 feet high, its leaves lanceolate, acute, amplexicaul, marginate, smooth, entire; the scape terete and smooth; leaves and scape glaucous; the flowers in the bosom of the leaf. "There is a gland where the flowerstalk is connected with the scape. ‘Ihe sepals are recurved, greenish outside, lake coloured inside, the floral envelopes a lilac approaching pink ; at the base of the crested lip there are two ovate glands of a whitish colour; it is likewise remarkable for a hairy canal with which the column appears to be connected; The column is white and appears almost succulent. The tuber is oblong and as far as I have observed uni-gemmiparous. 3. CrEisrES parviflora. C. labello convoluto oblongo obtuso apice obsolete trilobo subcrispo se- palorum longitudine, lamellà per medium unicà fissà carnosà apicem versus denticulatà. Hab. in Guayand, Schomburgk. (hab. s. sp.) Sesquipedalis. Folia cuivis cauli 4, oblongo-lanceolata, basi cucullata, internodiis pauld longiora ; floralia immutata. Flores nutantes, vero- similiter sanguinei, pedicello suo subzquales; alabastri unciam tantum longi. CCXXIX. CODONORCHIS. Perianthium campanulatum, sepalis petalisque zqualibus liberis. La- bellum unguiculatum, ovatum, medio seriatim glandulosum. Columna elongata, alata, stigmate longitudinali lineari. Anthera apiculata, mem- branaceo-marginata. Pollinia bina, compressa, farinosa. Herbee ter- restres, antarctice, tuberculis sphzricis cauliculum descendentem dia minantibus. Caulis uniflorus basi vaginà membranacea cinctus. Fo E membranacea, verticillata. Scapus nudus. Flos sessilis, bracteà cucu lata suffultus. 1. Coponorcuis Póppigii. C. foliis 3-4 oblongis brevissime? petiolatis, labelli lamina rhombeo-ovatá acuminata per axin glandulis clavatis cristata. Pogonia tetraphylla. Pöppig and Endl. n. gen. 2. 16, t. 122. i Hab. in Chile australis sylvis alpinis umbrosis montis Pico de Pilque, 1) Andibus Antucensium, flor. Jan. Poeppig. ARETHUSE Æ. All Flos viridi-purpureus. 2. Coroxoncnis Lessonii. C. foliis 2-4 ovatis acutis, labelli laminà ovato-subrotundà acuminatà obtusiusculà : glandulis basi aggregatis elongatis superiüs abbreviatis versus apicem papillzeformibus. Calopogon Lessonii. 4d. Brongn. in It. Duperrey p. 188. t. 37. f. 1. f. foliis obovatis obtusis minus membranaceis, floribus majoribus. Hab. in insulA Staten, Webster ; in Chile prope Valdiviam ad “los Canellos” locis umbrosis, Bridges 767 ; 3. ad Caput Horn, Eyletts. (hab. s. sp. ; p. v. s. sp. in Hb. Hooker.) The var. a. differs from f. in its thinner and more acute leaves, and much smaller flowers; the latter may be a distinct species. CCXXX. HAPLOSTELLIS. Aplostellis. Thouars orch. afr. t. 24.—— ———Haplostellis. Endl. gen. no. 1603. Perianthium patens, equale, liberum, labelli longitudine. Labellum in- tegrum, cucullatum, erecto-patulum, (nudum ?). Columna aptera, labello brevior.————-Herba mascarensis, tuberosa, aphylla, humilis, uniflora, vix nota ; an Pogonie species ? 1. HaprLosTELLIS truncata. H. labello indiviso convoluto apice dentato truncato. Arethusa simplex. Thouars orch. afr. t. 24. Hab. in Mauritio, florens Octobri, Thouars. CCXXXI. CEPHALANTHERA. Cephalanthera. Z. C. Richard orch. annot. p. 29. Nees jun. gen. pl.ic. Endlicher, gen. x pl. no. 1608. Flores sessiles, foliis bracteati. Perianthium petaloideum connivens. Se- pala semipatentia. Petala conformia, galeata. Labellum liberum, columnam amplexans; hypochilio saccato concavo cum epichilio nudo apice recurvo articulato. Columna teres,elongata. Anthera terminalis, semiquadrilocularis, substipitata. Stigma transversum, prominens. Pollinia duo, linearia, pulverea. Herbs terrestres, radicibus fibrosis, foliis plicatis basi cucullatis. l. CEPHALANTHERA pallens. Richard. l. c. p. 91. Nees ab Esenb. gen. german. c. ic. Koch. fl. germ. 694. C. bracteis foliaceis ovario glabro longioribus, epichilio cordato-ovato latiore quam longo obtuso venà mediA cristata, ovario glabro. Serapias Lonchophyllum. Linn. Suppl. 405. Serapias grandiflora. Linn. syst. veg. 679. €rapias lancifolia. Roth. tent. 2. 2 409. Serapias longifolia. Huds. fl. angl. 393. 412 ARETHUSES. Epipactis pallens. Willd. sp. pl. 4.85. Hook A. Lond. n. s. t. 76. Epipactis pallida. Swartz. act. Holm. 1800. p. 232. Epipactis grandiflora. Smith. Eng. Bot. t. 271. Epipactis ochroleuca. Baumgart. in Rchb. fl. excurs. 1. 140. suppl. Epipactis caule paucifloro, lineis obtusi labelli levibus. Hall. helw. n. 1298. t. 41. Hab. in Europe nemoribus montosis inter frutices ; in Iberid, Steven, (hab. $. sp.) 9. CEPHALANTHERA acuminata. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7405. C. bracteis setaceis acuminatis superioribus ovario brevioribus, epichilio cordato-ovato obtuso sub apice barbato lineis baseos quinque elevatis, ovario glabro. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich, Royle. (hab. s. sp.) A very distinct species, with a habit intermediate between C. pallens and ensifolia. 3. CEPHALANTHERA ensifolia. Richard l. c. Koch. l. c. C. bracteis minimis squamzformibus, epichilio obtusissimo latiore quam longo vena media lamellatà, ovario glabro. Epipactis ensifolia. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Hook. fi. Lond. n. s. t. 77. Serapias ensifolia. Smith Eng. Bot. t. 494. Serapias xiphophyllum. Linn. suppl. 404. Flora Danica 506. Serapias nivea. Desf. fi. atl. 2. p. 321. Hab. in Europe nemoribus montosis; in regno neapolitano Tineo; nec non in Algeria, Desfontaines. (hab. s. sp.) 4. CeEpHALANTHERA rubra. Richard l. c. Koch. l. c. C. bracteis linearibus acutissimis foliaceis, epichilio ovato acuminato lineis elevatis undulatis cristato, ovario rachique tomentosis. Epipactis rubra. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Serapias rubea. Linn. syst. veg. 679. fl. dan. t. 345. Engl. Bot. t. 437. Epipactis purpurea. Crantz. st. austr. 457. Serapias elegans. Chesnel. Hab. in Europe nemoribus ; (hab. s. sp.) an hujus generis ? 5. Eprpactis erecta. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Serapias erecta. Thunb. fl. jap. 27. ic. jap. t. 4. Hab. in Japonia, Thunberg. Folia ovata amplexicaulia. Caulis spithameus. Flores spicati, erecti, albi, minuti. Japonic® Kutzinawa Itsig. Thunb. 6. Srerapias longifolia, (bulbis fibrosis foliis ensiformibus sessilibus, foribus pendulis, Japonicè-Skio Ran, Sju Ran.) T'hunberg fl. jap. 28. ‘Hab. in Japonia, Thunberg. 7. EPiPAcTIS falcata. Swartz. l. c. Serapias falcata. Thunb. jap. 28. ic. jap. t. 5. Hab. in Japonia, in monte Fakoma, florens Aprili, Thunberg. Caulis spithameus. Folia ensiformia, convoluta, glabra, falcata. spicati, erecti ; Japonice Kin Ran. Thunb. Flores ARETHUSEE. 413 | CCXXXII. POGONIA. Pogonia. Juss. gen. 65. R. Brown in hort. Kew. 5. 203.—— Triphora. Nutt. gen. II. 192. Odonectis Rafinesque in N. York-med. repos. Journ. Bot. 1. 221. Tsotria, Id. in Journ. Phys. 89. 261.—Nervilia. Gaudich. ad Freycin. 421. t. 35. Perianthium irregulare, subringens, patulum, sepalis petalisque liberis, nunc similibus nunc difformibus. Labellum liberum, ecallosum, cum columnáà elongatà parallelum, petaloideum, trilobum, disco lamellato cristato aut villoso. Columna elongata, clavata, marginata aut semiteres, apice subauriculata. Anthera stipitata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sulcata. Herba terrestres, habitu variz, tuberculis sphaericis cauliculum descendentem terminantibus. Folia in Nerviliis hysteranthia plicata. $ 1. Eupogonia; caule florido foliato, sepalis petalisque subconformibus. l. Poconta ophioglossoides. Nutt. gen. 2. 1929. Bot. Reg. t. 148. Hook. exot. fl. 70. Elliott. Carolina, 2. 496. P. folio solitario ovali-lanceolato, bracteà foliaceà, sepalis petalisque coloratis obtusis subaequalibus, labello oblongo obtuso serrato basi an- gustato apice integro: axeos glandulis inferioribus minoribus pubescen- tibus superioribus elongatis glabris cristatis. ` Arethusa ophioglossoides. Zinn. sp. pl. 1346. Pursh, ft. am. sept. 2.591. Lam. illustr. t. 729. f. 2. Hab. in America septentrionali, in turfosis sphagnetisque, a Canada ad Carolinam, Pursh. &c. (hab. s. sp.) The flowers are usually bright pink, but according to Pursh they are sometimes white. According to Elliott the leaves vary from narrow-lan- ceolate and very acute to oval-lanceolate scarcely acute, with the stem shorter and flowers larger. à ' 2. PocoN1A pendula. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 908. P. foliis ovatis squameformibus amplexicaulibus, floribus axillaribus nu- tantibus, pedunculo foliis multd breviore, sepalis patulis petalisque erectis linearibus obtusis conformibus, labello apice trilobo medio granuloso : lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio oblongo crispo brevioribus, ovario obsolete? hexaptero. Arethusa parviflora. Mich. am. bor. 2. 160. Arethusa trianthophoros. Swartz, act. holm. 1800. p. 230. Arethusa pendula. Willd. sp. pl.4. 82. Triphora pendula. Nuttall. gen. am.2. 193. Elliott, Carol. 2. 498. Helleborine mariana, &c. Pluk. mant. 100. t. 348. f. 6. Hab. in America septentrionali; in sylvis umbrosis ad fagorum radices, a Novo Eboraco ad Kentucky, Pursh ; Canada, Douglas ; in Caroline agro humido fertili, Elliott, (hab. s. sp.) Flowers small, white, tinged with pink. 3. Poconia gentianoides. "ch P. caule multifloro subcorymboso, foliis squameformibus cucullatis Fm rotundatis, pedunculis bracteis acuminatis trinervibus multd ie et "s petalis sepalis brevioribus, labelli apice trilobi lacinià medià subrotun plicatà lateralibus minoribus ovatis integris lineis tribus elevatis ex- asperatis per axin productis. March, 1840. HHH 414 ARETHUSEA. Arethusa gentianoides. Swartz. ft. ind. occ. 3. 1436. Limodorum ? gentianoides. d. Prodr. 119. Triphora gentianoides. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. 193. Hab. in Jamaice australis frutetis umbrosis, prope Morant Bay, Swartz. Caulis 4-10-pollicaris, 6-12-florus. Pedunculi 1-3 pollices longi, filiformes, rubri. Flores subclausi, pallidi, parvi, fusco-purpurei, glaucescentes, subringentes. Capsula tricarinata ; ex Swartzio. $ 9. Odonectis ; caule florido foliato, sepalis quam petala multà longioribus et angustioribus. 4. Poconta verticillata. Nutt. gen. 9. 199. Elliott, Carolina, 2. 407. P. foliis verticillatis oblongis acutis, sepalis linearibus erectis petalis oblongis acutis dupló longioribus, labello anguste oblongo apice trilobo per axin lamellato: lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio multd majore rotundato deflexo. Arethusa verticillata. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 81. Odonectis verticillata. Rafinesque in Journ. Bot. 1. 221. Arethusa medeoloides. Pursh. fl. am. sept. 2. 591. Helleborines affinis, &c. Pluk. mant. 101. t. 348. f. 1. Hab. in Americe septentrionalis provinciis temperatioribus ; Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg; New Jersey, Torrey; Carolina et Georgia in quercetis, Elliott. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) 5. Poconra divaricata. R. Brown, in Hort. Kew. 5. £03. Elliott, Carolina 9. 496. P. folio solitario lanceolato, bracteà foliaceA, sepalis lineari lanceolatis patentissimis discoloribus petalis oblongo-lanceolatis coloratis conniven- tibus longioribus, labello bilamellato oblongo lanceolato cucullato trilobo: lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio elongato acuminato serrulato medio cristà lacerà aucto. Arethusa divaricata. inn. sp. pl. 1346. Lam. illustr. t. 729. f. 3. Hab. in Americe septentrionalis provinciis temperatis; in palustribus mari- timis a Virginia ad Floridam, Pursh ; in udis circa puteos in pinetis Caroline, Elliott. (hab. s-sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) $3. Nervilia; foliis solitariis plicatis hysteranthiis, sepalis petalisque sub- equalibus, capsulis hexapteris. 6. PocouiA Juliana. Wall. Cat. no. 7399. P. folio cordato septemnervi, scapo unifloro, labelli lobis lateralibus nanis rotundatis intermedio subrhomboideo integerrimo acuto basi piloso. Epipactis Juliana. — Rozb. fl. ind. 3. 453. : Hab. in Bengalia, in solo tenaci inter gramina locis umbrosis, flor. Junio, Roxb. (v. ic. pict.) The whole plant is about 4 or 5 inches high, and stained with purple. The sepals and petals ‘are linear-lanceolate and purplish green ; the lip 18 much broader, white or very pale pink, mottled with bright red. 7. Poconta carinata, : P. folio cordato 7-nervi, scapo multifloro, labelli rhomboidei subtrilobi venosi intus lanati lobo intermedio crenato. Epipactis carinata. Roxb. ft. ind. 3. 454. ARETHUSEJE. 415 Hab. in Bengalia; inter-gramina Aprili florens tempestate arid et fervidà, Roxburgh. Flowers large, drooping ; the sepals and petals unilateral, linear-lan- ceolate, spreading, pale green; the lip with purple veins and spots upon a pale greenish yellow ground. Bracts ensiform, as long as the peduncle and ovary taken together. Roxburgh. 8. Pocou1a plicata. P.folio subrotundo-cordato plicato piloso discolori multinervi, scapo 2-3-floro, labello convoluto bilobo. Epipactis plicata. Roxb. fl. ind. 3. 454. Hab. in Bengalia; prope Calcuttam sub Bambusarum umbrà opacá, Maio Junio florens, Roxburgh. Leaves ferruginous on the surface, greener underneath, on both sides clothed with short distinct white bristles. Scape generally bearing on its apex 2 large flowers, embraced by 2 or 3 sheathing scales. Flowers yel- lowish green with a rose coloured lip. Sepals and petals equal, lan- ceolate, ** three suberect and two below. Lip subcylindric, the margins towards the base, where broadest, being incurved into a tube which con- nects the column of fructification ; lamina 2-lobed." Such is an abstract of Roxburgh's account, who adds that the plant is propagated by suckers from the apex of the petiole, just below the leaf, and under the surface of the soil. 9. Poona flabelliformis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7400. P. folio cordato-subrotundo repando membranaceo glabro multinervi, scapo multifloro racemoso, floribus demüm pendulis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus nanis intermedio oblongo obtuso undulato-crispo piloso. Nervilia Aragoana. Gaudich, in it. Freyc. t. 35. p. 422. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich, ad Sukanagar, Junio, Hamilton ; necnon in insulis Mariannis, Guam, ad terram, vernac. Maissa houlou, Gaudichaud. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers numerous, pendulous, about 4 inch long, apparently white, at first erect, afterwards pendulous. Sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, nearly equal, longer than the labellum. 10. Poconta ? ovata. P. * fibrosa, caulibus simplicibus articulatis foliatis erectis bracteisque pubescentibus, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis membranaceis, floribus coéta- neis." Nervilia? ovata. Gaudich. l. c. In insulis Mariannis, Rota, in rupibus, Gaudichaud. An Apaturiz species ? Ap e e rerit CCXXXIII. LEPTOCERAS. Leptoceras, Caladenie $. R. Rrown Prodr.325. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Append. no. 244. dulosum. Sepala membranacea, supremum P . > . . ] ) Se eee a deflexa. Petala duplo longiora fornicatum, lateralia minora aut aequali 416 ARETHUSEJE., erecta, clavata, apice incrassata et glandulosa. Labellum liberum, cum columnà articulatum, nunc glandulis seriatis cristatum, nunc nudum. Columna membranaceo-alata. Anthera et Pollinia Caladeniæ. Herba terrestres, australasice, parc? pilose v. vlaberrime, radicibus fibrosis tuberculiferis. Folia radicalia solitaria v. gemina, basi vaginata. Scapus medio vagina solitarià instructus, 1-pluriflorus. Flores aliquando fragrantissimi. ; 1. Leproceras Menziesii. L. folio ovali-lanceolato, caule stricto 1-2-floro pilosiusculo, labello glabro oblongo apice angustato obtuso glandulis capitatis biseriatis. Caladenia Menziesii. R. Brown. l. c. Hab. in Nove Hollandie orà meridionali, R. Brown; Tasmannia in locis diversis prsesertim humidis per Novembrem florens, Gunn 348. 753. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers have a delightful fragrance, somewhat resembling that of the Hyacinth, according to Mr. Gunn. 9. Leproceras macrophylla. L. ** folio elongato-lanceolato, labelli glandulis quadriseriatis." R. Brown, l. c. sub Caladenia macrophylla. Hab. in N. Hollandie orà meridionali, Menzies. 3. Lerroceras sulphurea. L. “ folio lanceolato plano 5-nervio (s. obsoletè 3-nervio) subtùs glauco, glandulis disci labelli congestis basi biseriatis." Cunningham, in Field's N. S. Wales, p. 361. sub Caladenia sulphurea, Hab. in N. Hollandia, Cunningham. “ L. Menziesii affinis." 4. Leproceras oblonga. Lindl. l. c. no. 244. L. folio oblongo obtuso, racemo elongato internodiis floribus longipedun- culatis longioribus, labelli oblongi apice angustati crispi glandulis Q-seriatis teretibus : infimis fasciculatis. Hab. in Nova Hollandia, ad Swan River, Mangles. (hab. s. sp.) This has the habit of Leptoceras Menziesii but is a much larger plant, and the glands of its lip are quite different. 5. Lerroceras fimbriata. Lindl, l. c. no, 245. L. glaberrima, folio minimo cucullato acuminato, caule stricto tenui 1-3-floro, floribus approximatis, labello pubescente cuneato eglanduloso apice dentibus glandulosis fimbriato, Hab. cum precedente, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) This and the following are slender rigid erect smooth plants, with coriaceous leaves. 6. Leproceras pectinata. Lindl. l. c. no. 246. L. glaberrima, folio ovato acuminato, caule stricto 2-floro, flore inferiore internodio breviore, labello pubescente cuneato eglanduloso apice dentibus glandulosis medio excepto pectinatim marginato. Hab. cum precedente, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) ARETHUSE.E. 417 CCXXXIV. CALADENIA. Caladenia. Br. Prodr. 1.323. Endlich. genera, no. 1593. Perianthium bilabiatum, glandulosum. Sepala apice simplicia aut elon- gata carnosa; supremum erectum, lateralia labello supposita, nunc cum petalis labium inferius constituentia. Petala apice simplicia, Labellum unguiculatum, cucullatum, trilobum aut indivisum, disco glandulis seriatis cristatum. Columna membranaceo-dilatata, Anthera sæpius mucronata. Pollinia 4, semibiloba. Herbe terrestres, austral- asice, glandulis pilisque vestite, bulbose. Folia radicalia, solitaria, angusta, basi vagina inclusa. Scapus medio vaginå solitarià instructus, uniflorus, nunc apice bi-trifurcus. Flores inodori, colore varii. § 1. EvcaLADENIA,. (Lindl, in Bot. Reg. append. no. 230.) Sepala et petala subzequalia, ringentia, haud acuminata. Labellum seriatim glandulosum, sepissime trilobum. l. CaraDENIA alba. R. Brown, l. c. C. * perianthii foliolis acutiusculis, column labelloque evittatis, glandulis biseriatis: superioribus arcuatis capitulo concolori, lobo intermedio longitudinaliter fimbriato: disco eglanduloso.” Hab. in N. Hollandia ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp.) 2. CaLADENIA carnea. R. Brown, l. c. Endl. ic. gen. 1594. C. perianthii foliolis acutis, column labelloque szpiüs vittatis, glandulis sub biseriatis ; inferioribus strictis capitulo luteo, lobo intermedio inciso vel serrato; disco. nudo. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in ora meridionali ; nec non in Tasmannia, in locis humidis solo sabuloso Nov. Gunn 912, et ad arborum radices Oct. Nov. Gunn. 606. (hab. s. sp.) This little plant varies much in size and in the form &c. of the lip ; some of my specimens from Tasmannia are scarcely 23 inches high, others from the south coast of N. Holland are nearly a foot high, with the flowers large in proportion, and the bands of the lip and column nearly obsolete. In this latter too I find a second line of glands imperfectly formed upon the lip. The form of the lip is also far from constant. In Mr. Gunn's no. 606. the middle lobe is only serrated and much longer than the lateral ones; in his no. 912 the same part is deeply cut at the edge, and so little longer than the side ones as to give the lip almost a cuneate figure. 3. CarnapENiA cerulea. R. Brown. l. c. C. perianthii foliolis acutis, labello vittato ; glandulis biseriatis, lobi in- termedii marginibus integerrimis : disco glanduloso, bracteà scapi ad- pressà, folio brevi patulo piloso. Hab. in N. Hollandia, prope Portum Jackson, et in Tasmannia, R. Brown, (v. ic. Baueri, comm. cel. Endlicher.) ul adily known from the two preceeding by its shor spreading hairy leaves, ind the entire middle lobe of the labellum. Other- wise it is much like them. I have seen no certain specimen, except that distributed among Sieber’s plants no. 163. A very small plant r 418 ARETHUSEAE. 4. CaLADENTrA sericea. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Append. no. 236. C. folio oblongo-ovato molliter sericeo caule 1-2-floro pluriés breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli cuneati glandulis minutis 4-se- riatis basi maximis carnosis: lobis æqualibus integerrimis intermedio disco glanduloso. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond, (hab. s. sp.) Stem a foot and half high. Flowers large, blue or purple. Labellum glandular on the outside. 5. CALADENIA barbata. C. perianthii foliolis obtusiusculis subaequalibus, labelli subcuneati pu- bescentis lobis lateralibus antice pectinatis intermedio inciso-serrato, glandulis densé 4-seriatis ad medium lobi medii currentibus inferioribus truncatis, vagina scapi patente foliaceà, folio glabro nunc cauli equali. ? C. deformis. R. Brown, L. c. Hab. in N. Hollandia ; Tasmannid, Gunn, 347. (hab. s. sp.) The plant now described has flowers almost as regular as those of _the § PENTISsEA. My specimens are from 3 to 4 inches high, and the leaf is in all of them unusually long for this genus. I am not certain whether this is Brown's C. deformis ; but from some parts of the character assigned to that plant I think it probably is so. 6. Catapenia unguiculata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Append. no. 232. C. folio lineari caule unifloro breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli cuneati long? unguiculati glandulis 4-seriatis ramentaceis in- fimis majoribus : lobis dentatis lateralibus truncatis intermedio oblongo, disco glanduloso. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers blue. A slender, nearly smooth plant, from 5 to 6 inches bigh. Both the labellum and its ramentaceous glands are downy. 7. CarapENIA alata. R. Brown, l. c. C. “ perianthii foliolis acutissimis; interiorum lateralibus divaricatis, column4 labelloque vittatis glandulis biseriatis, lobo intermedio basi utrinque unidentato, disco eglanduloso, folio lineari." Arethusa catenata. Smith exot. bot. t. 104. sec. autoris ipsi sententiam in Rees Cycl. Suppi. sub Caladenia, Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 8. CaLaDENIA flava. R. Br. l. c. C. “ perianthii foliolis acutis, labelli lamináà basi cordatá, glandulis biseriatis ; infimis longioribus: supremis fasciculatis, lobo intermedio basi utrinque bidentato dentibus lobum subzquantibus disco eglan- duloso ; lateralibus acutis mucrone antheram zequante, folio lanceolato scapoque hirsuto 2-3-floro." Hab. in N. Hollandia meridionali, Menzies ; ad sinum Regis Georgii, Collie, Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers large, yellow, with the two lateral sepals unguiculate and larger than the upper sepaland petals. The leaves are broad and often as long as the scape, which is from 3 to 9 inches high. ARETHUSE X. 419 9, CALADENIA latifolia. R. Brown, l. c. C. perianthii foliolis obtusiusculis, labelli cordati glandulis biseriatis approximatis, lobo intermedio basi utrinque 2-3-dentato dentibus lobo ter brevioribus; disco eglanduloso, folio lanceolato-oblongo pubescente, scapo hirsuto 2-3-floro. Hab. in Tasmannid, R. Brown; in collibus sabulosis circa Circular Head et Woolworth Sept. Oct. Gunn, 750. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers usually purple or bright rose colour, occasionally white, ac- cording to Mr. Gunn. 10. CarApENTA reptans. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Append. no. 235. C. folio oblongo caule unifloro duplà breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusius- culis, labelli glandulis biseriatis approximatis: lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis intermedio ovato subdentato omnind eglanduloso. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stem from 5 to 6 inches high. ` Flowers purple. ll. Cavapenia elongata. Lindl, l. c. 234. C. folio lineari-oblongo caule elongato 4-pld breviore, sepalis petalisque acutiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis approximatis : lobis lateralibus oblongis infra apicem dente subsolitario instructis intermedio lanceo- lato, disco nudo utrinque basi pluridentato, antherà longè mucronata, Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stem a foot and half high. 12. CarApENiA mollis. Lindl. l. c. 233. C. folio oblongo caule elongato 4-plò breviore, sepalis petalisque acutius- culis, labelli glandulis biseriatis approximatis : lobis lateralibus rotun- datis intermedio lanceolato utrinque basi 3- dentato, disco nudo, Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp-) Stem 1j foot high. Flowers pink. 13. CarApENIA marginata. Lindl. l. c. 230. C. folio radicali oblongo cauli subzequali, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis filiformibus conformibus : lobis lateralibus "rotundatis intermedio triangulari basi fimbriato apice glandulis mar- ginato, disco nudo. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad sinum regis Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp.) About 4 inches high. Scape 9-3-flowered. Flowers apparently dingy purple. 14, Carapensa ochreata. Lindl. l. c. 23 1. C. folio oblongo acuto basi ochreà laxà truncatà vaginato caule subra- moso breviore, sepalis petalisque obtusiusculis, labelli glandulis biseriatis filiformibus conformibus : lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio trian- gulari acuminato subcrispo margine calloso, disco nudo. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 3 to 4-flowered, about 6 inches high; perhaps a variety of the last, of which it has the habit. 420 : ARETHUSE.E. 15. CALADENIA testacea. R. Brown, l. c. C. perianthii foliolis acutis, labelli glandulis depressis quadriseriatis: lobis lateralibus apice pectinatis intermedio glanduloso-crenato, glandulis disci paucis congestis. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, Paramatte in syl- vestribus sterilibus, Dec. 4. Cunningham ; juxta Sydney, R. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) A small slender plant, with very narrow leaves. In this respect how- ever it appears to vary, unless different species, which I cannot distin- guish with the materials in my possession, are confounded by me under this name. Brown's original specimens, for which I am indebted to that gentleman, are very much smaller than others sent me from Sydney in spirits by Mr. R. Cunningham, and have scarcely any hairs on the leaves. Flowers small, apparently brown. 16. CarapENIA congesta. R. Brown. l.c. C. “ perianthii foliolis acutis, labelli glandulis subquadriseriatis depressis ; quatuor infimis stipitatis dissimilibus, lobis lateralibus longioribus quam latis intermedioque nudo, disco glanduloso.” Hab. in N. Hollandia ; Tasmannià, Paterson ; in sylvestribus prope Bathurst, Oct. A. Cunningham ; Swan River, Mangles. (hab. s. sp.) I know this plant only from specimens so named by Mr. Cunningham, with which the Swan River plant also agrees; but there is nothing like it among Mr. Gunn's coliections. The stem is slender, and sparingly covered with short transparent glandular hairs. The leaf is filiform. I do not find any material difference between the glands at the base and in the middle of the lip in the flowers I have had an opportunity of dis- secting. 17. CALADENIA angustata. C. perianthii laciniis acutis, labelli ovalis undulati sub apice serrulati glandulis erectis 4-seriatis conformibus, disco obsolet® papilloso, folio lineari glabro, scapi pilosiusculi vaginà appressá. Hab. in Tasmannid, ad arborum radices, Oct. Nov. Gunn, 911. (hab. s. sp.) A slender species with the stem and foliage of C. congesta and the flowers of C. Carnea, so far as size and general appearance are concerned. § 2. PENTISEA. Sepala et petala subzequalia patula haud producta ; labello indiviso undique glanduloso. Lindl. in app. Bot. Reg. no. 237. 18. CanApENIA gemmata. Lindl. l. c. C. folio ovato undulato coriaceo caule villoso unifloro aphyllo pluries breviore, labello subrotundo-ovato acuto glandulis depressis undique tecto. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A plant about 6 inches high; with large erect purple flowers. 19. CALADENIA ixioides. Lindl. l. c. no. 238. €. folio ovato obtuso scapo bibracteato unifloro ter breviore, labello oblongo medio constricto apice serrulato glandulis minutis ramentaceo. ARETHUSEA. 421 Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) In habit similar to the last, but with large yellow flowers. § 3. CaLonema, Sepala et petala ringentia longissim? acuminata; labello integro sepius margine fimbriato. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Append. no. 239. 90. Cauapenia filifera. Lindl. l. c. C. folio lineari caule dupld breviore, sepalis petalisque apice filiformibus plumoso-glandulosis, labello ovato-lanceolato obtuso dentato basi in- tegro medio constricto; glandulis biseriatis. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond ; etiam in orá meridio- nali? (hab. s. sp.) Flowers deep purple. Can this be Brown's C. filamentosa ? 21. CaLADENIA denticulata. Lindl. l. c. no. 240. C. folio lineari caule villoso breviore, sepalis petalisque apice filiformibus plumoso-glandulosis, labelio ovato-lanceolato obtuso supra medium denticulato: glandulis biseriatis. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers like the last, but bright yellow with purple glands. 22. CALADENIA hirta. Lindl. l. c. no. 241. C. folio oblongo caule furcato elato multd breviore, sepalis petalisque acuminatis, labello oblongo serrato obtuso : glandulis 4-seriatis infimis capitatis, Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond; ad sinum Regis Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp.) A broad leaved plant with something of the habit of Leptoceras Menziesii, Flowers whitish yellow, tinged with purple; the tips and the glands of the lip purple. 23. Canapenia pallida. C. folio lineari glabro basi piloso ultra vaginam scapi uniflori foliaceam patulam elevato, sepalis acuminatissimis clavatis apice scabriusculis, petalis brevioribus apice setaceis glabris, labelli ovati acuminati basi incisi apice integri glandulis zequalibus filiformibus quadriseriatis. Hab. in Tasmannid, ad Circular head, solis diversis sed vix fertilibus, abunde, Oct. et Novemb. initio, Gunn, 907. (hab s. sp.) A slender species with flowers entirely colourless or only a little tinged with purple at the tips of the sepals. 24. CarADENIA filamentosa. R. Brown, l. c. C. folio lineari pilosiusculo caule 1-2-floro multó breviore, sepalis peta- lisque filiformi-acuminatis scabris, labelli ovati obtuse acuminati medio serrati apicem versus integri glandulis eequalibus filiformibus quadri- Seriatis. (biseriatis R. Br.) Hab. in Tasmannid R. Brown, in solo sterili arenoso, a 10ma Dec. ad Januarii initium, Gunn, 910. (hab. s. sp.) Ican find no Tasmannian plant of this section with the glands of the lip in two rows; I am therefore uncertain whether or not this is really the species of Brown, It however agrees with his character pretty March, 1840. riz 492 ARETHUSE2. well in other respects, and I was assured by the late Mr. Cunningham that this is really the species intended in the Prodromus. I fear it it is hardly distinct from C. Patersoni. Sepals and petals yellowish green, with brown purple glands. Lip deep purple above the middle. 25. Cavapenia Clavigera. 4. Cunn. MSS. C. folio lineari lanceolato villosissimo caule unifloro multd breviore, vagina scapi subfoliaceà patulà, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis glabris apice sæpius clavatis, labelli subrotundo-ovati integri medio subserrati glan- dulis 4-seriatis infimis subdissimilibus, Hab. in N. Hollandia ; convalle Clwyd dictà, inter montes czruleos, Oct. A. Cunningham ; Tasmannia Gunn 344. (hab. s. sp.) A smaller plant than C. filamentosa. Flowers apparently of the same colour. Can it be a hybrid between C. dilatata and filamentosa ? 26. CALADENIA dilatata. R. Brown, l. c. C. folio lineari oblongo villoso caule unifloro multd breviore, vagina scapi subfoliaceà apice setaced patulà, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis clavatis glabriusculis, labello trilobo: lobis lateralibus falcatis margine anteriore fimbriatis posteriore integerrimis intermedio ovato basi inciso apice integro, glandulis disci quadriseriatis inferioribus longioribus confertis. Hab. in Tasmannid R. Brown; in campis virentibus Australie felicis pref. Mitchell, in terrà graniticà sylvarum apertarum prope Bathurst, Oct. A. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers pale green with a purple rib along the sepals and petals which are nearly smooth, sometimes clavate and sometimes setaceous at the point ; lip green with purple glands and sometimes with a purple apex. 97. CaALADENIA Patersoni. R. Brown, l. c. C. folio:lineari pilosiusculo caule 1-floro multd breviore, vagina scapi subfoliaceá apice setaceá, sepalis petalisque acuminatissimis glanduloso- scabris, labelli ovato-lanceolati basi pectinati apice serrati glandulis 4-6 serialibus falcatis disco apicis subverrucoso. B, sepalis petalisque minus acuminatis latioribus, labelli disco manifest? verrucoso. Hab. in Tasmanniá R. Brown, Everett; in solo sterili arenaceo sub fine Octob. et Nov. initio, infrequens Gunn, 909. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers pale greenish yellow with’ purple brown glands. Lip of the same colour, but with purple glands and toothings. Mr. Gunn, who has sent me numerous specimens, says that this flowers immediately after C. pallida, and is succeeded by C. filumentosa. The var. 3 is a more dwarf plant, with larger flowers, shorter and broader sepals, more hairy leaves, and the disk of the lip below the apex manifestly tuberculated. In this latter respect C. Patersoni is very variable, some specimens having no tubercles at all. I also find the number of rows of glands along the lip uncertain, sometimes 4 sometimes 6. 28. CALADENIA longicauda. Lindl. l. c. no. 242. tab. VIII. A. C. folio angust® oblongo canaliculato villosissimo caule furcato elato multà breviore, sepalis petalisque filiformi-acuminatissimis glandulosis, ARETHUSEX. 493 labello ovato-oblongo obtuso basi cordato fimbriato ultra medium ser- rato: glandulis conformibus 4-6-seriatis versus apicem evanescentibus. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab, s. sp.) Varies in height from one to two feet, and proportionably in the size of the flowers. 29. Catapenia discoidea. Lindl. l. c. no. 243. C. folio oblongo-lineari obtuso villoso caule subbifloro breviore, sepalis petalisque acutissimis aristatis, labelli ovalis pectinati disco glandulis depressis sine ordine onusto. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers yellowish green streaked with purple; veins, glands, and fringes of the lip of the same colour. In this species and probably in the next the acumination of the sepals and petals, characteristic of his section, almost disappear. 30. CarapENIA gracilis. R. Brown, l. c. C. * perianthii foliolis acutis, labelli glandulis quadriseriatis lobis latera- libus latioribus quam longis nudiusculis, intermedio breviter fimbriato ; disco basi glanduloso.”’ Hab. in Tusmannid, R. Brown. CCXXXV. GLOSSODIA. Glossodia. Brown prodr. 1.325. Endlich. gen. no. 1594. Perianthium patens, petaloideum, sepalis petalisque equalibus. Labellum dissimile, brevius, indivisum, eglandulosum, appendice inter ipsum et columnam. Columna membranaceo-dilatata. Pollinia 4. Herbe terrestres, pilose, Australasice, bulbose. Folium radicale unicum, basi vaginà membranace inclusum. Scapus medio vaginatus, uniflorus vel apice furcatus et biflorus. l. GLossopra major. R. Brown, l. c. Endl. ic. gen. 1594. G. labello ovato acuto apice glabro basi pubescente, appendice unguicu- lata labello multd breviore apice bilobA laciniis patentibus acutis. Hab. in N. Hollandia ; juxta Portum Jackson R. Br., in ora meridionali Miller, 'Tasmanniá circa Circular Head abunde, alibique in solo sterili sabuloso, med. Oct. Gunn 608. (hab. s. sp.) A plant extremely variable in stature and in the size of the flowers. The stem is from 4 inches to a foot in height, and while my original specimens from Dr. Brown have the petals not more than 9 lines long, I find them as much as an inch long in others from the south coast of N. Holland. The flowers are brilliant blue. 2. GLossopiA minor. R. Brown, l. c. ES G. labello ovato acuto apice glabro basi pubescente, appendicis bipartite laciniis obtusis parallelis labello multd brevioribus. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab, s. sp.) 494 ARETHUSE.E. This also seems to vary much in the size of its flowers; unless diffe- rent species are combined by the character above assigned to this plant. § ELvrRANTHERA. Columna supra antheram producta. (Elythranthera Endlich. Dic. no. 90.) 3. Grossopia emarginata. G. labello oblongo-lineari retuso glabro medio geniculato, appendicibus 2 linearibus truncatis parallelis labelli longitudine, caule unifloro. Hab. in N. Hollandia occidentali ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) It is probable that this is included by Endlicher in the next species, and perhaps rightly. I however separate it because of its constantly (?) one flowered scape, and the differences in the labellum noticed in the specific character. In both this and the following the leaves are much less conspicuously fringed with glandular hairs than in G. major and minor. 4. Grossopi4 Brunonis. Endl. dec. no. 20. G. labello lineari obtuso glabro genieulato, appendicibus 2 oblongis acuminatis obtusis labello subaqualibus, caule apice furcato. Hab. in N. Hollandia ; ad Swan River, Drummond, Hugel. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers apparently blue, with deeper spots of the same colour. CCXXXVI. CALOPOGON. Calopogon. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. V. 204. (1813). ————Cathea. Salisbury in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. (1812). Perianthium explanatum, petaloideum, sepalis petalisque subzqualibus. Labellum (posticum) liberum, disco barbatum, apice dilatatum, basi angustatum. Columna apice alata, elongata, stigmate transverso rimoso. Anthera-sessilis, subrotunda, bilocularis ; connectivo obsoleto. ——— Herbz tuberose, Americz septentrionalis. Scapus nudus, basi vā- ginatus, Folia solitaria, graminea, basi vaginantia. Racemus termi- nalis, secundus. 1. Carorocow pulchellus. R. Brown, l.c. Sweet British flower garden, II. t. 115. Elliott Carol. 499. C. folio ensiformi acuminato subquinquenervi, scapo 2-4-floro, labelli ungue basi utrinque auriculato laminà cuneatà rotundatà infra apicem villosà medio glandulosA basi lamellis tribus multipartitis in unguem decurrentibus auctà. Limodorum tuberosum. Linn. syst. veg. 680. Bot. Mag. t. 116. Cymbidium pulchellum, Swartz. n. act. ups. 6. 75. Willd. sp. pl. no. 42. Cathea pulchella. Salisb. l. c. Ophrys barbata. Walt. Carol. p. 22. ; Hab. in Americd septentrionali; Canada, Gouldie, &c., Nova Scotia, Mer New Orleans, Drummond, inter muscos et gramina aquatica In insu fluitantibus Caroline, Elliott, ‘Texas Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) 2. CaLopocon parviflorus. : C. folio filiformi stricto, scapo 3-5-floro, labelli ungue oblongo, margine ARETHUSE.EX. 425 revoluto lamina rotundato-cuneatá apiculaté infra apicem pubescente basi lamellis 3 haud decurrentibus in glandulis clavatis solutis cristata. ? C. pulchellus var. graminifolia. Elliott, l. c. Hab. in Am. septentrionalis provinciis meridionalibus; prope New Or- leans, T. Drummond 399. (hab. s. sp.) It is probable that this is the pine-barren variety montioned by Elliott when speaking of C. pulchellus, but if so the name is very inapplicable. Its small tlowers, closely arranged in a onesided spike, and the remarkable form of the labellum, distinguish it readily. 3 CALoPocox multiflorus. C. foliis rigidis . . . . . , spicà multiflora quaquaversa, labelli ungue alato laminà cuneatà truncatà apiculatà medio pilis filiformibus subcon- formibus barbatá, sepalis, petali-que ovatis acutis. Hab. in Florida, F. Cozzens. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) A very distinct species with flowers as small as those of C. parviflorus, and as many as 10 in a cylindrical spike. ‘The leaves in my specimens are burnt, as if the district in wbich they were growing had been fired, and therefore, I am unable to judge what they are in a natural state. The sepals and petals appear to be much more acute than in either of the other species. CCXXXVII. CRYBE. Crybe. Lindley Nat. syst, ed. 2. p. 446. in Bot. Register, t. 1872. Perianthium ventricosum, inapertum. Sepala herbacea, lanceolata, lateralia basi obliqua. Petala conformia, petaloidea. Labellum multd majus, membranaceum, cucullatum, cum columna clavatà marginat& semicon- natum. Columna basi teres, ultra insertionem labelli marginata, pauld supra labellum bidentata, apice subcucullata. Anthera polline granulari. Herbe tuberose, mexicane, foliis plicatis. Scapus radicalis, Squamis distantibus vaginatus. Flores penduli racemosi. l. Crype rosea. Lindl. l. c. Hab. in Mezico; (v. v. c.) In the systematical index to the Botanical Register, I was led to refer to this plant the Bletia campanulata of Llave, upon the authority of Mr. Bateman, who saw it so labelled in Professor Kunth's herbarium at Berlin. I have however met among Mr. Hartweg's plants with a Bletia quite agree- ing with the description of the Mexican Botanists, and therefore I presume there is some mistake in supposing it to be Crybe. CCXXXVIII. ANTHOGONIUM. Anthogonium. Wall. mss. Lindl. nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 341. Perianthium tubulosum, apice ringens. Sepala in tubum longum con- 426 ARETHUSE.E. nata, lateralibus latioribus, apice obliquis. Petala spathulata, colla- teralia, apice oblique inflexa. Labellum integerrimum apice truncatum apiculatum, vel obsolete trilobum, columnam amplexans eique semiad- natum, intüs nudum. Columna semiteres, clavata, stigmate excavato. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, stipitata, loculis disjunctis parallelis. Pollinia 4, per paria apicibus connata.————- Herba (epiphyta ?) Indica, acaulis, radicibus fibrosis. Folia lata, graminea. Scapus radicalis, bàsi vaginatus, apice racemosus. I know this genus only from a bad dried specimen, a single imperfect flowerbud, and an Indian drawing. The pollen masses I have not seen, but they seem to be powdery if I can trust the Indian drawing. Perhaps it ought to be stationed near Acanthophippium. 1. ANTHocoNiUM gracile. Wallich. Cat. Herb. Ind. no. 7398. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Folia sesquipedalia, 4-8 poll. lata, graminea, radicalia, scapus foliis pauld brevior, apice flores 7-8, pollicares, sanguineos in racemo gerens. Petala linearia, acuta, libera, sepalis angustiora. CCXXXIX. ARETHUSA. Arethusa. Gron. virg. 184. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 230. t. 3. f. 0. Brown. H.K. 5.205. Endlicher. genera no. 1602. Perianthium galeatum, sepalis basi coherentibus, petaloideis, ascendentibus. Petala conformia, fornicata. Labellum basi columne adnatum, superne cucullatum, disco intüs villosum. Columna apice petaloideo-dilatata. Herba boreali-americana, terrestris, aphylla, tuberosa, scapo unifloro distanter squamato. Flos terminalis, basi bibracteolatus. 1. Areruusa bulbosa. Linn. sp. pl. 1346. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 80. Pursh. fl. am. sept. 2. 590. Lam, illustr. t. 729. fig. 1. Bot. Mag. t. 2204. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1170. Bauer's illustr. t. VII. fructification. Hab. in America septentrionali; Canada Gouldie, Nova Scotia Menzies, usque ad Carolinam in sphagnetis Pursh. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers purple, sweet-scented. Arethusa petrza, Afzelius in Pers. syn. 2. 512, is perhaps the same as Ga- leandra extinctoria. Arethusa tigridizfolia, Llave orch. mer. 2. 14., does not belong to the genus, nor do I know what it can be. CCXL. ERIOCHILUS. Eriochilus. Brown Prodr.1.323. Endlich, gen. no. 1592. Perianthium bilabiatum, sepalo supremo breviore erecto, lateralibus ungui ARETHUSEZ, 427 culatis, majoribus labello suppositis. Petala sepalo supremo conformia, erecta. Labellum unguiculatum, inappendiculatum, indivisum, pu- bescens, eglandulosum. Columna semiteres, aptera. .Pollinia 4.———— Herbe australasicz, terrestres. Folium radicale solitarium, angustum, basi cucullatum, vaginA scabiosà sæpè inclusum. Scapus nudus. Flores pauci, secundi, racemosi, albi vel purpurascentes, extüs pube glan- dulosà brevissim& conspersi. l. EnrocninLvs autumnalis. R. Brown, Prodr. 323. Endl. ic. gen. t. 1592. E. folio epigeo ovato basi cucullato, caule 1-plurifloro puberulo, bracteis subrotundis membranaceis ovariisque pubescentibus, petalis apice dila- tatis denticulatis, labello obovato revoluto, sepalo dorsali columna paulo longiore, antherz rima glabrà. Epipactis cucullata. Zabill. nov. Holl. t. 211. f. 2. Hab. in N. Hollandia, juxta portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sylvis colonie abund? florens Marte Maio, 4. Cunningham, nec non in Tasmannia, Marte Aprili Gunn, 607. (hab. s. sp.) Folia post flores, Gunn. 2. EniocniLvus scaber. Lindl. Swan River, pl. no. 247. E. folio epigzeo coriaceo subrotundo-ovato acutissimo, caule nano unifloro ovario bracteAque oblong& scabris. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) 3. EniocHiLvs tenuis. Lindl. l. c. no. 248. E. folio epigæo membranaceo ovato-oblongo elongato obtuso, caule tenui unifloro bracteAque ovat4 glabris, ovario tomentoso. Hab. cum precedente. (hab. s. sp.) 4. EnrocnuiLvs dilatatus. Lindl, l. c. no. 249. E. folio medio caulis inserto lineari-lanceolato coriaceo basi dilatato, caule paucifloro ovariisque glabris. Hab. cum precedente. (hab. s. sp.) 5. Eniocninvs latifolius. Lindl. l. c. no. 250. E. folio medio caulis inserto lineari-oblongo, caule multifloro apice pu- bescente, bracteis oblongis ciliatis rachi ovariisque tomentosis, labello subrotundo, sepalo dorsali columnà multd longiore, anthere rimå to- mentoså. Hab. cum præcedente. (hab. s. sp.) 6. Enrocnirvs multiflorus. Lindl. l. c. no. 251. E. folio medio caulis inserto ovali acuminato, caule multifloro ure bescente, bracteis oblongis ciliatis rachi ovariisque tomentosis, tabe : ovali obtuso, sepalo dorsali columnà pauld longiore, anthere rim glabriusculà. Hab. cum precedente. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers much smaller tban in the last species. 498 ARETHUSE.E. CCXLI. SPICUL/EA. Spiculea. Lindl. in Swan River plants, no. 264. Sepala et petala linearia, conformia, patentia, ^ Labelli unguis elon- gatus, teres, inarticulatus; lamina linearis, peltata, apice appendice mobili’ aucta. Columna elongata, arcuata, infra medium semiteres, marginata, superiüs alata : alis marginantibus, basi liberis falcatis, apice circa antheram in cucullum breve quadrilobum confluentibus : lobis lateralibus longioribus. Anthera terminalis, persistens, loculis approxt- matis. Stigma meniscoideum. 1. SPrcuLAA ciliata. Lindl. l. c. fig. 4. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Herba spithamea, glabra, verosimiliter fusca. Folium radicale cori- aceum, cordatum, acuminatum. Scapus medio unisquamatus. Race- mus multiflorus, 2-3 poll. longus. Sepala filiformia, spathulata ; petala etiam angustiora, haud apice dilatata, 5 lin. longa. Labelli lamina carnosa, supra medium affixa, basi angustata ciliata retusa ; appendice apicis ovali membranaceà. CCXLII. DRAK/EA. Draksa. Lindl. in Swan River plants, no. 263. Sepala et petala linearia, conformia, reflexa. ^ Labelli unguis longiss!- mus, medio articulatus; lamina peltata, convexa, cum pede suo mobilis, decidua. Columna elongata, clavata, semiteres, basi utrinque auricu- lata. Anthera terminalis, persistens, loculis approximatis. Rostellum ovatum, acuminatum, convexum. 1. Draxza elastica. Lindl. l. c. fig. 3. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Radices lanate, apice bulbose. Folium radicale coriaceum, sp tundum, cordatum. Scapus erectus, pedalis, glaber, squamulà in m medium solitarià, uniflorus. Labellum basi tuberculatum, crn angustatum, utrinque dente retrorso auctum, tactu levissimo irritabile. * subro- CCXLIII. CALEANA. Caleana. Brown, prodr. 1. 329. Caleya. Endlicher, gen. no. 1598. Perianthium bilabiatum, sepalis petalisque subzequalibus angustis. e: bellum unguiculatum, limbo peltato cavo, foramine exteriore. , e lumna petaloidea, concava, antherà persistente: loculis approximat? Pollinia 4. —— Herbe terrestres, glabra, Australasicz, Por radicale, unicum, lineare, basi vaginà inclusum. Scapus nudus i bracteA unicà in medio, 1-2-florus. Flores fuscovirides, labello c ARETHUSEJE. 499 lumnáque rufis. (Labellum mobile, reflexum, irritatione inflexum, column:x incumbens, R. Br.) l. CatgANa major. Brown, Prodr. 329. Endl. ic. gen. t. 1598. C. * folio lanceolato lineari plano, scapo medio unibracteato laminá . labelli levi: utràque extremitate angustatà semiovatà." Hab. in N. Hollandia, juxta Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sylvis sterilibus, A. Cunningham, juxta Rocky Cape solo sterili arenaceo in Tasmannia, Dec. Gunn, 946. (hab. s. sp.) . Upon this singular plant Mr. Gunn has favoured me with the following note. ‘This is a most curious species. When expanded, the top is erect, resembling as my men said, the lid of an antique pewter pot ; but the least shake made it close downwards with a sudden spring, so that when first collected, not aware of this peculiarity, I believed the upper parts of the flowers to have been knocked oíf. With the greatest care I could only get three or four specimens into my paper without the lids clesed, The irritable part appeared to be the lower part of the hinge, as I tried many with ends of a straw. The colour is a dark red, pretty well preserved in drying. To me the whole looked not unlike a bird's head and body." 2. CaLEANA minor. R. Brown, Prodr. 329. C. “folio filiformi-lineari canaliculato, scapo medio ebracteato, labelli lamina tuberculata: apice angustato bilobo." Hab. in N. Hollandia, juxta Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab, s. sp. a cel. invent.) 3. CarEANA nigrita. Lindl. Swan River, pl. no. 262. C. folio ovato acuminato obtuso basi cucullato, scapo nudo, labelli laminá lineari tuberculatà basi subcordatà apice angustata indivisa. Hab. in N. Hollandia, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) For an account of the singular irritability of this plant see the sketch of Swan River Vegetation in the Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes of the Botanical Register, page liv. Div. 3. VANILLEZ. Vanillacez. Lindi. Nat. Syst. ed. 2. p. 341. Pollen pulvereum, granulosum, aut in Folia evaginata, cum caule articulata, sæpiùs reticulata glabra dura et plicata. Caulis in quibusdam scandens. Radices omnium fibrose. Fructus sæpiùs carnosus. Semina in Vanilla et Cyrtosia aptera, in Erythrorchi marginata, caeteris ignota. Stigma ad columne apicem. massà pulposà concretum. April, 1840. KKK 430 ARETHUSEJAE. CCXLIV. CYATHOGLOTTIS. Cyathoglottis. Péppig et Endlich. n. g. et sp. I. 55. Endlicher, gen. no. 1610. Perianthium connivens, sepalis petalisque inter se et basi qualibus. La- bellum minus, facie inferne cum columne basi connatum, marginibus eundem amplexans ; lamina indivisà plana. Columna clavata, membra- naceo-marginata. Anthera terminalis, opercularis ..... — ——Herbe Peruviane, andicole, epiphyte, radicibus repentibus czspitosis, cau- libus suffruticosis. Folia rigida, plicata. Flores spicati v. racemosi, fugacissimi, crocei v. candidi. Endlicher, l. c. quibusdam mutatis. 1. CYaTHOGLOTTIS crocea. Péppig, l. c. C. * caule apice 2-3-floro, floribus sessilibus, labello columnam 3-plò su- perante.” Hab. in arboribus Peruvie, ad predium Pampayaco, rariùs, Pöppig. Stems 1-2 feet high, simple, rigid, with a polished epidermis. Leaves articulated with their sheaths, and readily thrown off while drying, tapered into a long point which is usually bifid. Flowers yellow, very fugitive, withering by 2 P.M. Péppig. ~ 9. CvarHocLoTTIS candida, — Póppig. l. c. t. 94. C. “ floribus terminalibus longe pedunculatis, pedunculis bracteatis, labello columnam dimidio superante." Hab. in Peruvia, cum precedente, Póppig. Stems somewhat angular, a foot high. Leaves of the same texture as those of the common reed, about 6 inches long and an inch wide. Flowers snow-white, very fugitive, so transparent and tender that they almost wither at the touch. Poppig. CCXLV. SOBRALIA. Sobralia. Fl. Peruv. prodr. 120. t. 26. Supra,p.176. Püpp.et Endlich. n. g. et 3P- I. 54. ' Endlich. gen. pl: no. 1611. Perianthium maximum, petaloideum, subzquale; sepalis patentibus vel reflexis, petalis erectis. Labellum cucullatum, columnam amplexans, basi angustatum, disco plicato-barbatum, apice bilobum. Columna elongata, marginata, clavata, apicis trifidi lobo medio cucullato anthe- rifero. Stigma marginatum, basi gibbere gemino nectarifero. Anthera terminalis, stipitata, semiquadrilocularis. Pollinia farinacea, 4, com pressa, postice coherentia et contortuplicata, ecaudiculata. Herbe Americe squinoctialis, terrestres, simplices, spe triorgyales, foliosis- simz ; foliis plicatis; floribus racemosis terminalibus, vel axillaribus geminis, niveis, roseis, sanguineis, violaceisve. Omnes fere pes loca rupestria, sicca, aprica, calidissima eligunt, dumeta szepius ampia formantes. i Character reformatus ad Póppigium et Endlicherum, paucis tantum mutatis. ARETHUSEX. 431 l.SopRALIA dichotoma. Fl. Peruv. syst. 232. prodr. t. 26. — Püppig et Endl. l. c. 54. S. caule levi, foliis ovatis longe acuminatis, racemis axillaribus solitariis bifidis multifloris, labelli crenati laceri disco carinato crispo filisque uncinatis barbato. Hab. abunde in Peruvie nemoribus Muna, Pozuzo, et Chinchao per runcationes in locis calidis et saxosis, Ruiz et Pavon; in summitate scopulosa et fruticosa jugi Casapillo, Póppig. (v. s. sp. in herb. Lambert.) Stem from 12 to 20 feet high, sometimes forming impervious thickets. Flowers 2 inches long, white without, violet within, According to Póppig they smell like wallflowers, but do not open for more than 20 days together, in the month of January. The Peruvians name it Flor del pa- raiso, because of its extraordinary beauty. The Indian name according to the Flora Peruviana is Tahuetahue. 9. Soprauia fimbriata. Pöppig, l. c. S. caule scabrido, foliis late ovalibus breviter acuminatis, flore terminali solitario, labelli fimbriati disco setis carnosis barbato, petalis lacero- ciliatis. Hab. in Peruvia. Omnium rarissima, semel lecta in trunco arboris vetuste collapso crepidinis obscure ad predium Pampayaco, mense Febre Póppig. Stems 2 feet high. Flowers 2 inches long, snow white. 3. SonnaLiA setigera. —Póppig, l. c. S. foliis ovato-oblongis longè acuminatis chartaceis vaginis terminalibus bracteisque in strobilum bi-triflorum imbricatis setoso-scabris, labelli fimbriati margine cristis multifariis ancipitibus. Hab. in Peruvia; rard in scopulosis sylvestribus. jugi montium inter Cuchero et Casapi predia siti, loco Cussapillo dicto ; floret Januario, Póppig. Stems weak, about as high as a man. Bracts chesnut coloured inside. Flowers about 2 inches long, snow white according to Póppig. 4. SonnaLia rosea. Püppig. l. c. t. 93. S. foliis oblongis acuminatis basi angustatis, racemo flexuoso paucifloro, bracteis alternis distichis distantibus cymbiformibus glabris, labello obcordato inciso undulato subplicato setis carnosis secus venam mediam parce barbato. , Hab. in Peruvia; in runcationibus prope Cuchero, Póppig, (hab. s. sp ab. indef. Matthews no. 1894.) Stems 4 to 6 feet high, wavy at the upper end. Inflorescence like thatof a Heliconia. Flowers 3 inches long, when expanded as much as four inches across, pale lilac, exceedingly beautiful. "The two lateral sepals are sometimes united into one. Poppy. 5. SognaLiA macrantha, Sertum Orchidaceum, sub t. 29. anis, bracteis strobili (uniflori ?) im- S. foliis ovalibus acuminatis basi pl e abello emarginato plano glabro. bricatis glabris, petalis oblongis, ! 432 ARETHUSE Æ. Hab. in Mexico, Karwinski; in rupibus umbrosis Hacienda de la Laguna, Julio, Schiede ; Hacienda del Carmen, Hartweg. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers the largest in the genus, when dried as much as four inches long, rose colour. From their being exceedingly pressed in drying I am unable to ascertain the exact form and surface of the parts. 6. SosnAL1A Liliastrum. Supra, p. 177. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 29. S. foliis lanceolatis acutissimis vaginisque striatis glaberrimis, racemo multifloro disticho, rachi flexuosà, bracteis ovatis acuminatis spathaceis distinctis, sepalis patentibus angustis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis conformibus undulatis, labello undulato-crispo plicato emarginato pu- bescente venis elevatis flabellatis, alis columna: maximis falcatis. Hab. in Bahiam, in fruticetis sabulosis, Salzmann ; in Guayand anglicd Schomburgk, no. 1059. (hab. s. sp.) Stems 10 to 12 feet high. Flowers large, pendulous, white or bright rose colour; the former the genuine colour of the species, the latter a variety, or according to Schomburgk a distinct species. Both are figured in the Sertum Orchidaceum. 7. Soprauia biflora. Fl. Peruv. Syst. 232. S. ** bulbis fasciculatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutissimis, culmis bi- floris." Hab. in Peruvia, in Pozuzo runcationibus et calidis locis, versus Chenigo et Tramo tractus: Ruiz et Pavon. Floret a Maio ad Septembrem. S. Huc etiam fortasse referenda est Bletia ciliata Presl. Reliq. Henk. p. 99. que S. dichotoma esset, si flores majores. Hab. in Peruvia, CCXLVI. EPISTEPHIUM. Epistephium., Kunth. in Humb. et Bonpl. n. g. et sp.pl. VII. 158. Endlicher. gen. no. 1612. Perianthium basi urceolo dentato cinctum. ^ Sepala patentia v. reflexa libera ; lateralia labello supposita. Petala angustiora. Labellum sessile, liberum, indivisum, circa columnam convolutum, disco barbatum v. cristatum. Columna semiteres, marginata, infra stigma bituberculata, apice membranacea, dilatata, trifida, lobo medio cucullato antherifero. Anthera terminalis, persistens, loculis approximatis semiquadrilocularis. Pollinia 4, compressa, basi retroplicata————-Herbz Americe equinoc- tialis, terrestres. Folia reticulata, nervosa, evaginata. Flores maximi conspicui. , According to Póppig and Endlicher this genus differs from Sobralia in little except the presence of a calyculus at the apex of the ovary. The ARETHUSE.E. 433 same character occurs more or less completely in most Vanillas, and is very conspicuous in Vanilla palmarum. l. ErrsrEPHiUM elatum. Kunth. in H.B.K. nov. gen. et sp. 6. t. 632. E. foliis sessilibus amplexicaulibus oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatis multinerviis, floribus spicatis, bracteis ovato-oblongis acutis ovario dimidio brevioribus, labello obsolete trilobo interne barbato: lobis lateralibus columnam involventibus intermedio crenato undulato, co- lumne auriculis rotundatis. Hab. in regno N. Granatensi, prope Santannam alt-400 hexap; florens Julio, HBK ; (Brazilia, in prov. Goyaz, Pohl, secundum cel. Póppi- gium.) 2. ErrsTEPHIUM sclerophyllum. E. foliis sessilibus subrotundo-ovatis ovatisque amplexicaulibus coriaceis multinerviis marginatis reticulatis, spicà elongatà multiflorà, bracteis minutis squameformibus, labello obovato undulato crispo indiviso con- voluto secus medium retrorsum ramentaceo. Hab. in Brazilia, prov. Min. Ger. Martius, (v. s. sp. in hb. Martius.) Is this the plant found in the province of Goyaz by Pohl, and referred by Póppig to the E. elatum ? If the figure of the latter in Humboldt is correct this must be different. 3. Episrernium amplexicaule. — Póppig et Endlicher, nov. gen. 1. 592. t. 91. E. caule ramoso, foliis cordato-semiamplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis acu- minatis coriaceis utrinque nitidis parum reticulatis multinerviis, spicá terminali elongata, bracteis foliaceis ovario paulo brevioribus, petalis revolutis, labello subrotundo obcordato cucullato margine lacero secus medium barbato. Sobralia amplexicaulis. F! Peruv. syst. 233. Supra, p. 177. no. 5. Hab. in Peruvie versuris et fruticetis calidis, florens ab Octobre ad Feb- ruarium ; versus Chihuamccala in viciniis Cuchero, Péppig. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Matthews, no. 1893.) Stem from 3 to 7 feet long. Raceme as much as 10-flowered. Flowers campanulate, crimson, according to Póppig. 4. ErisrEPHIUM monanthum. — Póppig et Endlich. l. c. 1. 53. t. 92. E. caule simplici, foliis ovato-oblongis basi cucullatis subcordatis mem- branaceis flaccidis multinerviis glaucis, flore terminali solitario, bractea spathaceá ovario longiore, petalis erectis, labello obovato integerrimo convoluto plano secus medium bilamellato ecristato. : Hab. in Peruvie fruticetis graminosis aridiuseulis inter Cuchero et Chi- huamccala, flor. Dec. Póppig. Stem erect, simple, 2 feet bigh. Flowers about 2 inches long; sepals yellowish lilac with 2 mucros at their point; petals white, deep violet at the point, according to Pöppig. 5. Eeistepnium parviflorum, E. foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis reticulatis disease bracteis minimis acutis, spicis terminalibus et axillaribus laxis multifloris, floribus cernuis, labello crinito. 434 ARETHUSE.E. Hab. in Guayand Britannicd ; in pratis lacus Tapakome littorali Arabisie, nec non secus flumina Demerara et Berbice, Schomburgk. (hab. s. sp.) Four or five feet high according to Mr. Schomburgk. I have only been able to examine a flowerbud of this very distinct species, and from its crushed state I am unable to ascertain the form of the parts. The flowers when dry are 7 lines long, and appear to have been pink. CCXLVII. VANILLA. Vanilla. Plumier. Swartz. nov. act. ups. 6. p. 66. t. 5. f. 1. Endlicher. gen. no. 1614. Myrobroma. Salisb. parad. 82. Pelianthium apice tantüm patens, cum ovario articulatum, spits calicu- latum. Sepala et petala subzequalia, conformia, basi libera. Labellum cum columnà connatum, integrum, concavum, medio barbatum. Co- lumna elongata, aptera. Anthera terminalis, opercularis. Pollinia 2, biloba, granulosa. Fructus siliquiformis, carnosus, a latere dehiscens, placentis 3-6 seminiferis. Semina globosa, testà arct® adnatà, ecru- staceà, fragili. ———— Herbe scandentes, Americe et Asie tropice incole. Caules teretes. Folia cum caule articulata, carnosa, basi sub- cordata. Flores carnosi. Fructus in quibusdam aromaticus, oleo essen- tiali et acidi benzoici crystallis scatens. l. VaNiLLA aromatica. Swartz. in act. ups. 6. p. 66. R. Brown, in Hort. Kew. v. 920. V. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis sessilibus, perianthii campanulati la- ciniis 5 undulatis acuminatis apice revolutis, labello acuminato basi cucullato linea medià nudà elevatà (capsulis cylindraceis longissimis.) Vanilla flore viridi et albo, fructu nigricante. Plum, ic. 183, t. 188. Epidendrum Vanilla. Linn. sp. pl. 1347. Hab. in America meridionali, in sylvis subhumidis montium, Swartz. ; in Brazilia, prope Rio Janeiro, Gardner 632, in prov. Min. Ger. Martius. (hab. s. sp.) The only specimens of this plant which I have met with are from Brazil, and they perfectly agree with Plumier's figure on which the species 18 founded. I do not however find that the leaves are more ribbed than in other species, and it does not appear that any of the Brazilian Vanillas form the substance known in trade. A kind of Vanilla is said to be preserved in sugar in Brazil and used in the country, or occasionally sent to Lisbon, but it is not fit to dry for the purpose of commerce. Can this be Schiede's V. Pom- pona, no. 11? It is certainly to be suspected that V. aromatica has nothing to do with the fruits of commerce. 2. VANILLA claviculata. Swartz. in Schrad. Journ. 1799. 2. fig. 1. fi. ind. occ. 1515. : V. foliis lanceolatis acutis concavis recurvatis rigidis, floribus aggregatis, sepalis carnosis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis concavis, petalis ovato-lanceo- latis obtusis postice carinatis, labelli limbo ovato dilatato deflexo undulato- crispo ungue sulco hirsuto-ciliato exarato; ciliis ramentaceis multi- fidis, fructu oblongo insipido. Li ARETHUSEA. 435 Epidendrum claviculatum. Swartz. prodr. 120. Cerei affinis, &c. Sloane p. 160. t. 224. f. 3. 4. Hab. in Zntillis, in sylvis interioribus locis montosis calcareis siccissimis, Swartz. Flowers large white. The plant is called in Jamaica Greenwith among the negroes. A decoction of the whole plant is thought by them of great value in siphilitic cases. In Hispaniola the expressed juice is employed as a vulnerary, and the plant is named Liane à blessure. The taste is bitter, the smell that of Orchidacez but very powerful, Swartz. 3. VaNiLLA planifolia. Bot. Repos. t. 538. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. V. 220. Bauer's illustr. Genera, tt. 10 et 11. Blume Rumphia, 1. 197. t. 68. Morren in Ann. of Nat. History, 3. 1. V. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis planis obsolete striatis, sepalis petalisque ob- longis erectis obtusiusculis, labelli laminà emarginatà crenatà crisp utrinque recurvà medio lamellis brevibus transversis cuneatis dentatis retrorsüm imbricatis cristatà sub apice verrucosáà, columná antice pilosa, fructu cylindraceo longissimo odoratissimo. : Myrobroma fragrans. Salisb. parad. t. 82. Vanilla viridiflora. Blume, bijdr. 422. Hab. in India occidentali, Aiton ; unde Angliæ apportata in orientalis insulis migravit. (hab. s. et v. v. c.) This is the species from which Professor Morren has succeeded in ob- taining excellent fruit in the Botanical Garden at Leyden. And it is highly probable that it is the source of at least some part of the Vanilla of commerce. The botanist just quoted regards Schiede's V. sylvestris as being probably a synonym of V. planifolia, but there is no sufficient evi- dence to shew that this is so. (See Morren in Annals of Natural History, vol. 3. p. 1. for a detailed account of the culture &c. of Vanilla.) 4. VaNiLLA albida. Blume Bijdr. 499. c. analysi. Rumphia 1. 197. t. 67. V: foliis petiolatis lanceolatis crassis planis obsolet? nervosis, spicis 3-9 floris, labelli limbo ovato rotundato antice et in fauce disco barbato instructo, columnA glabra, fructibus triquetris falcatis inodoris. Hab. in sylvis intactis uvidis et montanis Jave ; juxta fluvium Tjapus, circà montes Salak, in montosis Parang, cet. semper fere florens, Blume. Fruit about 3 inches long, shining, pale green, with brown spots. Sepals and petals greenish. Labellum milk white. 5. VaxiLLA grandiflora. V. foliis ......, spicà brevi multiflorà, bracteis latis rotundatis striatis, sepalis petalisque elongatis rectis planis oblongis obtusiusculis basi angustatis, labelli retusi apiculati crispi limbo basi lamellis brevibus transversis cuneatis dentatis retrorsüm imbricatis cristato sub apice glabro venis pauld elevatis, columnà anticé pilosa. Hab. in Guayand Gallicá, Martin. (hab. s. sp. comm. amic. N. B. Ward.) Although I have seen nothing more of this plant than a cluster of dried flowers, there can be no doubt of its distinctness from all those, the flowers of which I have examined. It is nearest V. planifolia from which its 436 ARETHUSE.E. arger flowers, much narrower and longer sepals and petals, and the absence of tubercles from the tip of the labellum at once distinguish it. Whether or not it is one of the kindsseen in Cayenne by Aublet, it is not possible for me to determine. This author says there are three kinds in that country, one of which agrees with Plumier's figure, and is therefore V. aromatica ; another (/a petite Vanille) has the pods only 3 inches long, by an inch and a half in diameter, and must be a very different species; the third or grosse Vanille is not described. See this author's account of the culture &c. of the Vanilla in his Plantes de la Guiane Francaise, vol. 2. p. 77. appendix. 6. Vanitta bicolor. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. no. 58. V. foliis ovato-oblongis subsessilibus acutis striatis margine rubescentibus, sepalis lineari - lanceolatis acutis patentibus dorso rotundatis, petalis conformibus carinatis, labello membranaceo semilibero convoluto apicu- lato undulato : venis ramentaceis in medio dense? stuposis, columná barbata, clinandrii auriculis crenulatis. Hab. in Demerara, Schomburgk. (v. v. c. in herb. Loddiges.) Very fragrant. The flowers are: pale, three inches long, with dull red sepals and petals, and a cream coloured lip. 7. VANILLA Palmarum. V. foliis ovatis subcordatis brevi-petiolatis succulentis, floribus geminis, sepalis petalisque angustis oblongis erectis planis, labello membranaceo ape . +. , ovario calyculato. Epidendrum Palmarum. Salzmann. pl. exsicc. braz. Epidendrum Vanilla. Flora fluminensis c. ic. Hab. in Bahia in caudicibus palmarum, Salzmann. (hab. s. sp.) I have endeavoured in vain to ascertain the structure and form of the lip in three specimens of this plant, which I have had the opportunity of examining. It is however from all the other described species clearly different in its ovate subcordate leaves, and in the calyculus, which although often present in others in an obscure degree is not, that I am aware of, ever so large. 8. VANILLA aphylla. Blume Bijdr. 499. Rumphia, 1. 198. t. 68. V. aphylla, pedunculis subtrifloris, labelli limbo undulato obtuso medio barbato, anther4 biloba, fructu cylindraceo (insipido ?) Hab. in alluvialibus Jave regionibus, inter frutices et ad margines sylva- rum ; etiam in insulà Nusa Kambangan in virgultis prope litus, Blume ; in Indie peninsula Wight. (hab. s. sp. cel. Wight.) My specimens of this plant from Dr. Wight agree with the figure and de- scription of Blume so far as I can discern, from their crushed state, except in the number of flowers, which are more than 5 instead of 3 ; the limb of the lip also appeared to me acute in the only flower I have been able to dissect. According to Blume the flowers which are green, with a violet labellum, aie extremely sweetscented. ARETHUSEA, 437 Besides these we have the following additional species mentioned by Schiede in the Linnea, vol. IV. p. 573. the accounts of which are too im- perfect for me to ascertain how they should be characterized. Their flowers are all unknown. 9. VaniLua saliva ; foliis oblongis succulentis, floralibus minimis, fructibus esulcatis. Baynilla mansa Hispano-Mexicanorum. Hab. in Mexico; sponte Papantle, Misantle, Nautle et Colipe inque iisdem pagis colitur. Probably confounded with V. planifolia. Its Vanilla is considered the best of all, and is an object of cultivation. 10. VauILLA sylvestris; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis succulentis, floralibus mi- nimis, fructibus bisulcatis. Baynilla cimarrona Hispano- Mexicanorum. Hab. in Mezico ; Papantle, Nautle, Colipz. Probably confounded with V. planifolia. The fruit is mixed with that of V. sativa when gathered. ll. VaxiLLA Pompona ; maxima, folis oblongis succulentis subinde latissimis et basi subcordatis, floralibus minimis, fructibus bisulcatis. Baynilla Pompona Hispano-Mezicanorum. Hab. in Mexico; Papantle et Colipe. In the form of leaves this almost agrees with V. sativa, the fruit is the largest of all, rich in ethereal oil and with an agreeable odour; yet as it will not dry, but always remains soft, it cannot be transmitted to Europe as an article of commerce. 12. VawiLLA inodora; foliis ovali- vel ovato-lanceolatis membranaceis, floralibus maximis, fructibus bisulcatis inodoris. Baynilla de puerco Misantlensium. Hab. in Mexico, Misantle. A very distinct species ; with insipid fruit. There is also a Vanilla de mono, cultivated in Mexico. The Baynillu mestiza is nothing but a sample of fruit intermediate between that of V. sativa and F. sylvestris. For further particulars concerning this fruit see the Linnea and the Rumphia at the places quoted. Vanilla angustifolia. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 121, founded upon Angurek-warna Kempf. aman. t. 869. f. 1. is a Javanese, not a Japanese plant, and, ac- cording to Blume, ( Rumphia 1. 197), must be removed from the genus. April, 1840. ELE 438 ARETHUSE.E. CCXLVIIE- GYRIOSIA: Cyrtosia. Blume Bijdr. 396. tabellen 6. Supra p. 25. Endl. gen. no. 1613. Blume Rumphia, 1. p. 199. t. 69. Perianthium pentaphyllum, erecto-connivens. Labellum ecalcaratum, imå basi columnà continuum; limbo erecto integerrimo. Columna basi teres, sursum dilatata utrinque alata dentata, apice subfornicata. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, tereti-falcata, farinoso-pulposa, libera. Bacca siliquiformis, carnosa. Semina in pulpà nidulantia, aptera. Herba terrestris, caulescens, aphylla. Caules raniosi, erecti, squamati. Flores fusci, carnosi, laxe spicati ; ad Blume. According to Blume the pollen-masses of this genus are in each cell combined into a free rather solid mass, after the manner of Malaxideze ; to which I formerly referred it. 1. Cyrtostia javanica. Blume l. c. Rumplia t. 69. Hab. in Java occidentali, in saltibus altiorum montium, veluti in monte Salak, super agros Coffeà consitos elevatiores, Blume. A plant with the aspect of an Orobanche. Flowers fleshy, brittle, middlesized, pale pink changing to dull yellow. Fruit fleshy, red, fal- cate, pendulous, about 2 inches long; according to Blume. CCXLIX. ERYTHRORCHIS. Erythrorchis. Blume Rumphia. 1. 200. t. 70. Omnia Cyrtosie, sed labellum semitrilobum plicatum, columna aptera, capsule inanes rimis longitudinalibus obsoletis dehiscentes, et semina membranaceo - marginata, ————— Herba terrestris. aphylla. Caules sarmentosi, nodoso-articulati, ad nodos radicantes, squamis solitariis pro foliis instructi, Flores laxé spicati, Blume. 1. EnvrHnRoncnis altissima, Blume, l. c. Cyrtosia altissima. Blume Bidjr. 396. Supra. p. 26. Vanilla pterosperma, Lindl. in. Wall. cat. no. 7402. Hab. in Singapur, Wallich; in Jave provinciis occidentalibus, in sylvis, presertim montium calcareorum, Blume. (hab. s. sp.) The stems of this curious plant are from 50 to 120 feet long, scramble over trees, and are of a pale dull red. The flowers are middle sized, whitish yellow ; the lip is white tinged with pale blue, and is described by Blume as being ** erect, concave, half 3-lobed, with the lateral divisions eere transversely streaked with purple inside, surrounding the column, an united to it at the bottom ; below the middle lobe which is milk white and plaited, is found a somewhat downy fleshy prominence, and lower still a broad projecting longitudinal downy band.” The capsules are 3 or E inches long, tapering, straight, purplish, smooth, and leathery, according to Dlume. ARETHUSE Æ. 439 Genus omninò dubium. HYSTERIA. Hysteria. Reinwardt, Bot. Zeitung. 1825. Vol. 2. p. 5. Endlicher gén. no. 1546. Corolla 5 petala: petala exteriora canaliculata, interiora unguiculata. Labellum unguiculatum integrum reflexum. Stylus teres. Stigma sagittatum bifidum. Anthera postica persistens apice dehiscens. Massa pollinis bipartita granularis botryoidea. Reinwardt. l. Hysreria veratrifolia, Reinwardt. Bot. Zeitung. Vol. II. 1825. p. 5. Hab, in Java. Caulescens, terrestris. Spica terminalis. = 218 206 Total ARETHUSE.E. Their geographical arrangement is thus Doubtful w7 12 Nors. The total number of Orchidaceous plants belonging to the Tribe Described Arethusez is as follows ; 440 magyon | 500 R : I PROE MEINEM DUM EN CIN D EC com ssum | - nx Relies 6 cay es XI NU c rM Pm DON GM DE me wos | i TL Eq a Ut NN Mon op puosoq vopouy wes | +> gu Queen tede ep s Ee m d qu T fios oy UJM VIIUY spuers LIS Mog *put[eoZ MəN pue puejoH MON | 39 DITE n" e yeu EROR UL ARENDIAE a UN ACIER o eor RA NR NOE 'eswodpiony epp | Wu. ERN I M UE RI Wi ur NO wed |t is ec ubi. 710 9 0 ee an wee qd Do here c E ‘esy UlI9uq)JON pue *uoqis | P... 9.8.9 9v... ee. 6 i ww 7€ 9975.9 9." ae ee o ib Ad EPIIT UU NE vue. Qu PE ia 9 g a eh tap ee s 27 ED a, m ww Mg. g . ALA p Oi n wn er n SE | B2khsa2358 eas s SES fdal [7] BuocsSo'u ner es OS og ben ng MEAT EGR RS A2as0 B noevaSovgs a a8 "EREEEEEEEEFEEEREEEEEEET E! o SEPOSHePR SPs OnHBOes ee ano mh OT D Oah ES Bag teamed og ApddSn2bdgaU.i Bn9oS8ooodcs A ZOOORORdOR4OdOH«OOmnORdoCO AGA SSNGASHAGBHSSONBASK AD HES AMM A mM n) C C OI GIOI GG c 0 09 65 0 05 8 ANNANAANANNAAANNAAANAAAANAAAA (237. Crybe | | | i . . . . Total . 238. Anthogonium . 239. Arethusa 240. Eriochilus 241. Spiculzea 242. Drakeea 243, Caleana 244. Cyathoglottis . 245. Sobralia 246. Epistephium Hysteria 247. Vanilla 249. Erythrorchis 248. Cyrtosia | | ORCHIDACE.E. Tribe VI. Nxorrzz. OrcHipex, Tribus NEorriExm. Lindi. Orch. Scel. No.7. Nat. Syst. ed. 2. p. 341. Endlich. gen. p. 212. Pollen pulvereum, aut in lobulos elastic’ coherentes colligatum. . Stigma sepits in rostellum fissile productum. Anthera dorsalis, persistens, cum stigmate aut columna facie subparallela. Herbs omnes terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis ; nunc casu quodam arboribus innascentes, regiones temperatas et tropicas humidas montanas utriusque hemisphere habi- tantes, circulo arctico ignote ; quadam aphylle, in radices plantarum parasiticee, rufæ. Folia membranacea, ensiformia v. petiolata, sepits in vaginam caulem circumdantem expansa ; rard dura, plicata, arundinacea. Flores spicati, rarissime paniculati, sepits glanduloso-pubescentes, in plurimis parvi semiherbacei. These plants are distinctly separated from Arethusee by their dorsal, not opercular anther; but they cannot be distinguished by their pollen, Which is either pulverulent, farinaceous, granular, or sectile. In the majority of cases too, tlie stigma is prolonged into a rostellum which is divisible into two setze or membranous arms, in consequence of the portion connecting them adhering to the pollen masses and falling away. The parts are very difficult to examine in a dried state, and require the patient observation of botanists who possess the opportunity of studying and draw- ing them when fresh. Thebard dry plaited form of leaf which occursin Sobralia among Arethusez exists here in Tropidia, Cnemidia, and Chloidea, but I cannot combine those genera into a section by any good character. Thelymitra may be considered to form a transition from the whole order to Iridacez. Neottez pass into Arethusez more especially from Epipactis to Cepha- lanthera, and from Prasophyllum to Microtis ; into Malaxee from Listera to Liparis; and into Ophrez from Neottia to Platanthera, They naturally separate into the following divisions : Div. Y. Craxicutpm. Columna recta, carnosa, teres. Labellum difforme (posticum) concavum, in columnam incumbens eamque ab- scondens. Sepala patula v. revoluta. (Rostellum truncatum.) Div. II. Liısrerınæ. Columna recta, carnosa, teres. Labellum difforme (anticum) patens, ecalcaratum. Sepala patula aut reflexa. Div. III. SergaNTu:D8. Columna in pedem producta, carnosa, teres. Labellum difforme, (anticum) c. columná parallelum, canalicula- tum, nunc in calcar v. cuniculum intra sepalorum bases latentem productum. Flores ringentes ; nemp2 sepalis et petalis in 2 labia coharentibus. September, 1840. M M M 449 NEOTTE. Div. IV. Puvsunipg. Columna recta, carnosa, teres. Labellum difforme (anticum) sæpiùs ventricosum v. calcare ultra sepala producto munitum. Flores spits ringentes. Div. V. Divunipz. Columna petaloidea, v. appendicibus petaloideis aucta. Labellum difforme. Div. VI. TueLymiTRIDÆ. Labellum petala et sepala petaloidea, formå et directione conformia. ARTIFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA. Division I. CRANICHIDEÆ. Labellum cum petalis columnz adnatum - - - 250. PoNTHIEVA. Labellum liberum. Columna nana: Sep. lat. et lab. biauriculatum in saccum connata - 261. PRESCOTTIA: Sepala lateralia libera. Labellum carnosum, intra basin suam ventri- cosam columnam includens, Perianth. ringens. Pet. unguic. longiora - 251. PTERICHIS. Perianth. revolutum. Pet. sepalis conformia Clinandrium margine lacerum. Lab. apice appendiculatum - 252. CnvPTOSTYLIS. Clin. margine callosum. Lab. lend. 253. ZosTEROSTYLIS. Labellum membranaceum concavum Perianthium cruciatum - - - 258. TRIPLEURA. Perianth. ringens. Poll. 2. Clinandr. nudum. Col. snih. 256. ALTENSTEINIA. Anth. mutica. Poll. 4. Clinandr. alatum. Col. 2- - partita. } 257. CRANICHIS. Anth rostrata. - - = Labellum sepalis conforme - - - 259. CHLOROSA. Columna elongata. Clinandrium profundissimum - - - 260. RoPHOSTEMON. Clinandrium planum. Sepala et petala libera - - - 254. GoMPHICHIS. Sepala et petala in tubum connata - - 255. STENOPTERA. Division II. LisrERIDXx. Labellum medio constrictum, basi calceiforme. ^ - 265. EPIPACTIS. Labellum continuum, in barbam solutum - - - E - 264, CALOCHILUS. leve. Caulis aphyllus, vaginatus - - - 263. NEOTTIA. Caulis diphyllus, nudus - - - - 262, LiSTERA. Division III. Sprranruip2. Sepala lateralia connata. Labellum calcaratum - - 266. CNEMIDIA. Sepala lateralia discreta. Lab. ecalcaratum, callis duobus, = - - = - - 267. SPIRANTHES. callis nullis. Rostellum corneum subulatum. Lab. acuminatum - 268. STENORHYNCHUS+ Rostellum membranaceum. Lab. apice dilatatum. Columna elongata ; stigmate ee aptis 269. SAUROGLOSSUM. Sepal. lat. incurva — - * Columna nana; stigmate fissili, Sepal. lat. recta ` 270. PELEXIA. - NEOTTEZE. Division IV. Pnvsunipz. Pollinia 8. Pollinia 2-4. * Labellum basi convexum, aut planum. - - - Labellum columns adnatum, indivisum, sepalis brevius fissum, sepalis longius Labellum liberum. Sepala omnia connata Sepala libera. Labellum lamellatum maximum - Labellum leve v. pilosum - ** Labellum ventricosum. Sepala petaloidea, lateralia patentia v, reflexa Per. reflexum. Col. recta c. labello connata - Per. connivens. Cot. torta, libera - - Sepala herbacea, lateralia labello supposita. Columna recta, nuda. Lab. nanum. carnosum. ore constricto apiculato. - Lab. ventricosum, in limb. plan. simpl. productum, basi bicallosum - - - basi ecallosum. Anth. obtusa. Stigm. rotund. v. emarg. Anth. in acumen longum producta. Stigma obtusum, indivisum Stigma in brachia duo setacea fissile Lab. ventricosum, bilamellatum, in limbum parvum abrupté expansum - - - Columna obliqué torta, basi appendice bilamellatà instructa **®*® Labellum calcaratum. Labellum fissum, stigmate bituberculato Labellum integrum. Anthera carnosa, turbinata. Stigma fornicatum - - Anthera membranacea. Stigma planum. Labellum nudum, omnino liberum Petala libera. Columna nuda . Petala columns adnata. Col. basi appendice cyathiformi aucta - - - Labellum lamellatum, c. columna connatum - Division V. Diunipz. Petala unguiculata Petala sessilia. Sepala lateralia filiformia elongata Sepala subzqualia, Columna utrinque aurita Columna nuda. Petala libera. Labellum planum Petala column: adnata. Labellum basi cucullatum Division VI. THELYMITRID2. Labellum nudum Labellum basi in barbam solutum 443 271. PLEXAURE. 273. ZEUXINE. 274. MONOCHILUS. 275. CHEIROSTYLIS. 285. ULANTHA. 272. CHLOIDIA. 276. Mvopa. 277. HÆMARIA. 278. HvLoPHiLA. 279. JETHERIA. 280. GOODYERA. 281. Eucosia. 282. GEORCHIS. 284. TRopipia. 283. MACODES. 286. ANJECTOCHILUS. 287. GALERA. 288. PuysuRus. 289. BASKERVILLA. 290. HERPYSMA. 291. Diunis. 292. ORTHOCERAS. 293. PRASOPHYLLUM. 294. BURNETTIA. 295. GENOPLESIUM. 296. 'THELYMITRA. 297. ErIBLEMA. 444 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHIDJE. Division I. CRANICHIDAE. CCL. PONTHIEVA. Ponthieva. Brown. H. K. 5. 199. Endlicher genera no. 1573. Sepala patula, libera, equalia; dorsali petalis apposito. Petala sepalis conformia, cum labello columns: medio adnata. Labellum posticum, unguiculatum, ovatum, concavum, patens. Columna 2-loba ; dimidi& stigmatiferA rostrata ; (stigmatein P. glandulosd, et clinandrio, utrisque membranà marginatis, ideoque columna quasi tetraptera). Anthera dorsalis, linearis, pedicellata, bilocularis; valvulis membranaceis. Pol- linia 2, biloba.————Herb:e terrestres, Americans, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia radicalia, lata, nervosa. Scapus terminalis, vaginatus, multiflorus, glanduloso-pubescens. 1. Ponruieva glandulosa. -R. Br. in Hort. Kew. 5.900. P. foliis cuneato-oblongis in petiolum brevem angustatis, sepalis lateralibus planis dorsali cum petalis in laminam rhomboideam tridentatam laxt glutinatis. Ophrys pubera. Michaux ft. Bor. Am. 2. p. 158. Epipactis pubescens. Pursh. ft. Am.. Sept. 2. 591. Neottia glandulosa. Bot. Mag. t. 842. Cranichis multiflora. Nutt. gen. 2.191. Elliot Carolina, 2. 493. Listera pubescens. Elliot Carol. 2. 494. . Arethusa racemosa. Walt. Carol. 222. Hab. in Indid occidentali ; in Mexico ad San Cornelio, Hartweg, inter gramina, Januario; necnon in Carolina Elliot et prope arcem King ad sinum Tampa Floride occidentalis, Torrey. (hab. s. sp.) Stem about a foot high. Flowers bright green, with the edge of the petals white. 2. Ponruteva petiolata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 760. Bot. Cab. t. 1190. P. foliis ovato-oblongis margine crispis petiolis brevioribus, sepalis latera- libus margine revolutis dorsali cum petalis in laminam oblongam in- divisam agglutinatis. Hab. in insulA St. Vincentii, Macrae (v. v. c.). Stem a foot and a half high. Leaves each 5-7-nerved. Flowers yel- lowish cinnamon-coloured. CCLI. PTERICHIS. Flores ringentes. Sepala ovata, herbacea ; lateralia postica, libera, erecta» basi qualia, dorsale anticum, pendulum. Petala unguiculata, dilatata, patentia. Labellum posticum, coriaceum, galeatum, acuminatum, columnam abscondens, intra marginem verrucosum. Columna nana; stigmatis semicircularis bilabiati labio exteriore brevi rotundato, interiore acuto. Anthera deflexa, in clinandrio cucullato, alt excavato, marginibus membranaceis inflexis, abdita. ——-—- Herba terrestris, Peruviana, Sarco- glottidis minoris habitu. NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID E, 445 This singular genus has the habit of Spiranthide, but the structure of Cranichida. It approaches Cryptostylis in the structure of the flowers, especially in the column, but the remainder of the flower is quite different. l. Prericuis galeata. Hab. in Peruvia ; Mathews, 1882 (hab. s. sp.) Folia ignota. Scapus 13-2 pedes altus, tomentosus, penne anserinz crassi- tudine, squamis vaginantibus, distantibus, appressis, verosimiliter her- baceis vestitus. Spica flexuosa, 4-S-flora, rara. Bractez ovata, acute, glanduloso-tomentose, ovario appresse eique subequales. Sepala densé glanduloso-tomentosa ; lateralia 4 lin. longa, ovata, acuminata, obtusa, coriacea; dorsale lanceolatum obtusum. Petala unguiculata, Diuridis ad instar torta, sicca 4 lin. longa, lanceolata, glabra. Labellum coriaceum, intüs puberulum, subrotundo-ovatum, acuminatum, basi sagittatum, secus marginem interiüs verrucarum serie ornatum, in galee speciem compressum. Columna minima. CCLH. CRYPTOSTYLIS. Cryptostylis. Brown prodr. 1. 317. Endlicher genera no. 1579. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, libera, patula. Petala similia sed minora. Labellum posticum, sessile, indivisum, carnosum, intra basin ventricosam columnam includens, sub apice appendiculatam. Columna nana, indivisa; stigmate ovato; clinandrio margine membranaceo lacero. Anthera stigmati parallela, obtusa, bilocularis. Pollinia 4, pulverea. Herbe terrestres asiatice. (Bulbi fasciculati. Folia radicalia, plana, petiolata, pauca. Flores scapum vaginatum terminantes, Spicati, sordide rufi, inodori. R. Brown.) l. CnvrrosTYLIS longifolia. Brown. prodr. 317. Bauer's Illustrations, ge- nera t. 17 et 18. Endlich. Iconograph. c. ic. C. floribus porrectis, labello convexo marginibus recurvis: axi a basi Striis 9 elevatis desinentibus in callum ovatum apice approximatum, foliis oblongis, spicà elongata. Malaxis subulata. Lad. nov. Holl. t. 212. Hab. in Australia ; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in Tasmannia, in uliginosis arenaceis, Februario et Marte florens, Gunn, 358, (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) Of this dusky-flowered plant the stem is from 1 to 13 foot high, and the leaves from 4 to 5 inches long without their petiole. Mr. Gunn re- Es that the base of the scape and the petioles of the leaves are very rittle. 2. CRvPTosTYLIs ovata. R. Brown, l. c. C. floribus porrectis, labello convexo marginibus recurvis : axi intüs infra medium levi; juxta apicem processu didymo elongato obtuso pubes- cente calloso, foliis oblongo-ovatis petiolo suo longioribus, spicà co- arctatá, Hab. in Australia australi, Brown, (v. ic. comm. cel. Endlicher.) 446 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID E. 3. CnvPTrosTvLis erecta. R. Brown, l. c. C. ** floribus erectis, labello suprà concavo axeos carinà suprà membra- naceà elevatiore.” Hab. in Australia, prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown. CCLII. ZOSTEROSTYLIS. Zosterostylis. Blume Bijdr. 418. Sepala zqualia, libera, acuminata, patula. Petala conformia minora. Labellum liberum, canaliculatum, sessile, posticum, inappendiculatum, columnam intra basin excavatam fovens. Columna brevissima, crassa ; stigmate emarginato; clinandrio .... Anthera pedicellata, a stigmate fere disjuncta, rostrata, bilocularis: loculis discretis. Pollinia 2, biloba. Herbe terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia petiolata, lata, ner- vosa. Scapus radicalis, vaginatus. Flores sessiles, distantes; bracteis conspicuis. I formerly regarded this genus as the same with Cryptostylis, from which, however, its anther-bed and labeilum seem to distinguish it suffi- ciently. Blume describes his plant as having a ‘‘Gynostemium breve, crassum, apice emarginatum, postice cavitate antheriferá amplissimd ad mar- ginem callosá instructum." If this structure is analogous to the membran- ous lacerated border of the anther-bed in Cryptostylis, the distinctions between the genera will be diminished; but 1 cannot find such a forma- tion in the only flower of Z. zeylanica which I have been able to examine, 'and I do not at all understand the figure given in Blume's Tabellen. 1. ZosTEROSTYLIS Arachnites. Blume, l. c. tabellen. 32. Z. labello lineari-oblongo glabro, sepalis petalisque setaceis. Hab. in Java ; in sylvis opacis montium Salak et Seribu, Blume. Pedunculus infern? vaginatus, tetragonus, Blume. 2. ZosTEROSTYLIs zeylanica. Z. labello ovato acuminato intüs tomentoso, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis. Hab. in Zeylona; in humidis obumbratis sylvarum Peradenie, Julio florens, Macrae, (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict.) Folia ovalia, 4-5 pollicaria, trinervia, atroviridia, petiolis brevioribus pur- pureis. Scapus purpureus, radicalis, pedalis, bivaginatus. Spica sub- pedalis, laxa; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovario longioribus. Flores herbacei. Labellum marginibus revolutum, intüs purpureum et punctatum. This very curious plant deserves the attentive examination of some na- turalist who can study it in a fresh state. A single flower is all I have had an opportunity of dissecting. CCLIV. GOMPHICHIS. Sepala et petala subaequalia, patula, omnino libera. Labellum posticum, NEOTTEJE—CRANICHIDE. 447 concavum, ecallosum, in columnam incumbens ; ungue suo basi breviter connato sepalorum lateralium adnato. Columna clavata, (villosa,) labelli fere longitudine; stigmate subrotundo, tranverso; clinandrio utrinque membrana lacerà marginato. ^ Anthera ovata, obtusa; Pollinia 9, bi- loba.—— — Herba Peruviana Goodyerz facie. 1, Gou?nrciis Goodyeroides. Hab, in Peruvia; provincia Chachapoyas, Mathews, (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Herba robusta, bipedalis et ultra. Folia coriacea, erecta, lanceolata, in petiolum canaliculatum angustata. Vagine caulis inferiores inflate, foliacew. ^ Scapus apice tomentosus. Spica densissima, oblonga, to- mentosa. Bracteæ oblongo-lanceolate, tomentose, florum longitudine. Sepala oblonga, tomentosa. Labellum cordatum, ovatum, complica- tum sub apice constrictum, apice concavum, intüs tomentosum. CCLV. STENOPTERA. Stenoptera. Presl. Relig. H enk. v. I. p.95. Flores ringentes, laciniis omnibus in tubo angusto connatis. Sepala lateralia postica, erecta, basi «qualia, dorsale anticum ceteris brevius, pendulum, aut patens. Petala linearia patentissima. Labellum dor. sale, fornicatum, unguiculatum, indivisum, columnam abscondens. Co- lumna teres, (tomentosa,) elongata, antrorsüm arcuata; rostello acuto glabro. Anthera antica, rostello supposita, linearis, bilocularis, obtusa ; clinandrio marginato.—————Herb:e terrestres, Americze calidioris. Folia radicalia Orchidis. Flores spicati, herbacei vel colorati. This remarkable genus is essentially characterized by its sepals and Petals being combined into a long tube, its dorsal fornicate lip, its long narrow spreading petals, and its long column which follows the curve of the lip that presses on it, in consequence of which the anther is forced into the front of the column. Its long narrow flexuose petals, and adhesion of the parts of the flower into a neck, divide it from Gom- phichis, l. Stenoprera peruviana, Presl. 1. c. t. 14. S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis planis glabris, scapo pubescente squamis Coriaceis obtusiusculis distantibus, spicà tenui elongatA tomentosA, brac- teis lanceolatis acuminatis collo floris brevioribus, sepalis herbaceis to- mentosis apice recurvis lateralibus oblongis antico lineari, petalis lineari- bus patentibus revolutis, labelli laminà coriaceà oblongá emarginatá, column pubescente. Hab. in Peruvid ; in montanis ad Huanoco, Henke; prov. Chachapoyas ; Mathews, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Flowers small and apparently green; all the parts very tough and thick. 9 *. STENOPTERA acuta, S. foliis radicalibus lanceolatis acutissimis in petiolum angustatis (vero- similiter scapo aequalibus v. longioribus), vaginis scapi acuminatis sub- 448 NEOTTEZ—CRANICHIDZE. ` imbricatis glabris inferioribus foliaceis, spicà densà elongatà multiflorà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, collo floris pubescentis abbreviato, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis acutis falcatis antico ovato breviore obtusiusculo, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis ciliatis, labelli laminå oblong’ acuta serrata crispà, columná pubescente. Hab. in Brasilia; in nemoribus ad Ega, et Nogueira, prov. Flum. nigr. Martius, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Leaves a foot long, and an inch and half broad in the widest part. Whole scape, including the spike, which is 6 or 7 inches long, but little higher than the leaves, in the specimen before me. Flowers about the size of S. peruviana. 3. SrENOoPTERA cardinalis. S. foliis hysteranthiis, glaberrima, squamis scapi superioribus membrana- ceisacuminatis vaginantibus, spichoblongà multiflora, bracteis ovatis acu- minatis ovarii longitudine, collo floris elongato, sepalis lateralibus lan- ceolatis ovario qualibus antico petalisque patentissimis spiralibus line- ari, labelli laminá lanceolatà, columna tomentosa. Hab. in Peruvid; Lime, Cuming, 977.; prope Obrajillo secus fluminis ripas, Mathews, 678, (hab. s. sp.) A beautiful plant, with a stem as thick as a goose-quill, and flowers of the colour of Lobelia cardinalis, and as large, arranged in a spike from 4 to 5 inches long. Mr. Mathews remarks that that it had no leaves in the month of July, when he gathered it in flower at the Quebrada of Obrajillo. The following plants are perhaps also of this genus :— 4. Cranichis tubularis (Llave orch. mex. p. 6). Hab. in Mexico juxta præ- dium vulgo del Rincon, prope Vallisoletum, florens Maio et Junio; vernac. Acatlzauhtli. * Planta humilis terrestris. Radix, tuberculis crassis, fasciculatis, pre- morsis. Folia radicalia . . . . . Caulis cylindraceus, squalidus, vaginatus squamulis foliaceo-membranaceis, acutis. Flores alterni, paululum incurvati, bracteolis pallescentibus cincti. Perigonium inp pallido-carneum, hians: tubus incurvus, laciniis tribus exterg!$ d zequalibus, duabus internis angustioribus acutis, omnibus longitudin lineatis, nervosis, extüs pubescentibus. Labelum ovatum, amplum, concolor, pendulum, limbo emarginato. Genitalia basi laciniarum intime adnata." 5. Cranichis speciosa. (Llave l. c. p. 5.) Hab. in Mexico, cum prece dente; vernac. Atzauhtli. * Radix fasciculata, tuberculis oblongis, carnosis, subhyalinis, foetidis. Folium unicum radicale lanceolatum, glaucum, caulem amplectens. Caulis teres, squalidus, membranis laceratis juxta basim, filamentisque rigidis tectus. Squamulze cauline membranacez, vaginantes, nti Flores alterni, incurvati, bracteis lineatis precincti. Perigonium, z a7 dibuliforme, ringens, pallido-carneum, recurvum, laciniis duabus intern brevioribus, omnibus lanceolatis basi conniventibus, ad apicem reflexis, . . H . " . . : H ssi 1 is. lineis longitudinalibus rubris et ochreis alternatim dispositis variegati NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID A. 449 Labellum amplificatum, venosum, album, venis virescentibus ramificatum, limbo undulato." CCLVI. ALTENSTEINIA. Altensteinia. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. Nov. gen. et sp. 1. p. 333. Sepala et petala patula aut revoluta ; his minoribus conformibus. Label- lum posticum, basi concavum, liberum, membranaceum, in columnam incumbens. Columna nana, indivisa, apice antheram sessilem rotunda- tam dorsalem gerens; stigmate emarginato; clinandrio immarginato. Pollinia 2, granulosa, caudiculis nullis. ———— [Plant terrestres, Americze equatorialis, tuberosæ. Caulis foliatus. Flores dense spicati, sessiles. Kunth.] This genus differs but little from Cranichis. Its principal characteristics are two pollen masses, and a pointless anther, which is not seated upon a filament constituting one half of the column, but is sessile upon the apex of an undivided truly gynandrous centre. l. ALTENSTEINIA fimbriata. Humb, Bonpl. et Kunth. l. c. t. 72. A. “ spicà elongatà cylindraceá, labello subrotundo-ovato fimbriato, gynos- temio apice denticulato.” . Hab. in Quito, in umbrosis humidis ad fluvium Guallabamba, alt. 1030 hex., florens Junio ; Humb. et Bonpl. 2. AvTENSTEINIA pilifera. H. B. K. l c. t. 73. A. ** spicA ovato-oblongà, labello oblongo acuminato, gynostemio apice pilifero.” Hab. in Quito; in locis muscosis nemorosis inter pagum Cumbe et los Baños de Cuenca, alt. 1380 hex. florens Julio; Humb. et Bonpl. 3. ALTENSTEINIA paleacea. Kunth. Synops. 1. 325. A. vaginis caulis bracteisque ramentaceis membranaceis, spicà cylindraceà densissimá, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis recurvis, labello oblique inflexo calceiformi fimbriato. ; Ophrys paleacea. H. B. K. nov. gen. et sp. 1. 334. Hab. in Quito; in montosis prope pagum Lloa Chiquito ad radicem montis ignivomi Pichincha, alt. 1662 hex. florens Martio, Humb. ; in Peruvia juxta Obrajillam Mathews, alt. 1170 hex. Crukshanks. (hab. s. Sp.) A singular plant looking like Spiranthes ramentacea. I have seen no leaves. The stems are two feet high, covered with loose membranous rugged sheaths, and terminated by very small flowers in a close cylindrical head about 3 inches long. The concave or rather slipper-shaped lip is very unlike that of the other species of this little known genus. September, 1840. N N'N 490 NEOTTEJE—CRA NICHIDAE. CCLVII. CRANICHIS. Cranichis. Swartz, act. holm. 1800. p. 226. t. 3. f. k. Fl. Ind. occ. 3.1418. Endlicher Genera, no. 1574. Sepala patentia, libera, lateralia majora in columnam incumbentia. Petala minora, conformia, libera. Labellum posticum, membranaceum, basi exauriculatum, concavum, in columnam pronum. Columna bipartita ; lacinià anticà apice stigmntiferà integra v. emarginatd, postice membra- naceà; dorsali antheriferà. Anthera bilocularis, connectivo rostrato. Pollinia 4. ———— Herb: terrestres, Americe calidioris, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia radicalia, lata, membranacea. Scapus terminalis, vaginatus. Flores spicati, nervosi, herbacei. This is the least gynandrous genus yet known among Orchidacez. Pos- sibly Ophrys pubescens and parviflora of Presl. Reliq. Hankeana, may be other species. l]. Cranicnis aphylla. Swartz. Prodr. 129. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1421. t. 29. fil. C. aphylla, scapo filiformi pubescente vaginulis membranaceis, spicá densa, bracteis minutis ovatis, sepalis conniventibus, labello fornicato sepalis majore et coloratiore. Hab. in Jamaica; in sylvis montium altissimorum Parecie Clarendon, locis humidis tenebrosis, inter quisquilias, Autumno florens, Swartz. Scapus semipedalis albescens. Spica sesqui-s. biuncialis. Flores pallide? albidi; ex Swartzio. 2. Cranicuis diphylla. Swartz. Prodr. 190. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3. 1423. C. foliis 1-2 petiolatis cordatis acuminatis nitidis, scapo filiformi vaginulis paucis minutis, spicà parva, sepalis persistentibus, petalis tenerioribus deciduis, labello postice carinato sepalis minore. Hab. in Jamaica australi ; inter muscos in uliginosis montium altissimorum, Februario florens, Swartz. Folia venosa, nitida, lætè virentia. Scapus semipedalis, glaber. Spica parva, floribus numerosis sparsis minutis albidis. Sepala pallid? viridia, petala alba; ex Swartzio. 3. Cranicuis pauciflora. Swartz. Fl. Ind. occ. 3. 1431. C. foliis rosulatis oblongis sessilibus, scapo apice pubescente, spicà lax4, bracteis brevibus cucullatis ovarioque pubescentibus, sepalis patulis oblongis acutis, petalis linearibus obtusis zequilongis, labello ventricoso acuminato membranaceo. Hab. in Jamaica australi, in montium umbrosis, Swartz, Distin. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) The flowers of this species are larger than most of the others. Swartz seems to have seen a small specimen only ; one of those in Sir William Hooker's Herbarium has 18 flowers, and a spike five inches long ; so that the trivial name is by no means applicable. The long pointed membranous lip is very characteristic. NEOTTE/E—CRANICHIDE, 451 4. Cranicuis muscosa. Swartz. Prodr. 120. fi. ind. occ. 3. 1499. t. 99. f. 3. C. foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis rervosis, vaginarum laminá subrotundo- oblongà foliaceà, spicà laxiusculà, ovariis elongatis acuminatis, sepalis petalisque patentibus, labello oblongo concavo venis intüs tuberculatis. Hab. in Jamaica, in sylvis umbrosis subhumidis montium, Swartz. ; nec non in Dominica, Henslow, et Sancto Vincentio, Guilding. (hab. s. sp.) This plant varies much in its size, and in that of the flowers. I have seen specimens from 6 inches to two feet in height. 5. Cranicuis ovata. Wikstr. in Linnea v. 5. p. 90. C. * radicibus . . . ., caule paucifolio, fol. radicalibus petiolatis ovatis acutis obsolet? nervosis, caulinis subsessilibus, spica pauciflora, bracteis ovato- lanceolatis, labello . . ., capsulis subellipticis.” Hab. in Guadaloupe, Wikstrom. This seems to be a small variety of C. muscosa, of which there are many. That species is said, however, to differ by the following cha- racter : *' radicibus fasciculatis filiformibus tomentosis, caule folioso, foliis radicalibus petiolatis ovalibus nervosis reticulato-venosis, spica multiflora, labello intüs punctato, capsulis ovalibus," 6. Cranicnis tubulosa. C. foliis. . . . ., caule glabro distanter vaginato, spicà elongatà imbricatà, bracteis lanceolatis (glaucis?) ovario longioribus, sepalis petalisque patentibus basi in tubo brevi connatis, labello ovato medio carnoso, stigmate emarginato. Hab. in Mexico, Karwinski (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) Of this plant I have seen no leaves. The portion in my herbarium con- sists of part of a scape about a foot long, terminated by a close spike 53 inches long. .The union of the sepals and petals into a short tube is not known elsewhere in the genus Cranichis, and the deeply emarginate stigma is peculiar ; but the value of these marks is at present uncertain. In the Royal Herbarium of Munich there is another specimen. 7. Cranicuis ciliata. Kunth. synops. 1, 324. C. foliis petiolatis ovato-ellipticis, scapo pubescenti, spicà ovata glabrà laxiusculà, ovariis linearibus bracteis longioribus, floribus patulis, petalis ciliatis, labello obovato-subrotundo trinervi venis validis abbreviatis rectangulis picto. Ophrys ciliata. H. B. K. nov. gen. et. sp. pl. 1. t. 74. Hab. in declivitate nobilissimi montis Avila vel Silla de Caracas, prope El Pexual, alt. 1020 hex. Januario florens, Humboldt et Donpland. (hab. s. sp.) 8. Cranicuis foliosa. C. foliis radicalibus obovato-lanceolatis petiolis et scapo diphyllo lon- gioribus, spicà laxà multifloià glabra, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus patulis, labello cymbeformi basi angustato intüs verrucoso. Ponthieva multiflora. Poppig. nov. gen. 2. 16. t. 123. Hab. in Peruviz orientalis arboribus vetustis rara, Cerro de S. Cristobal in viciniis praedii Cuchero, florens Februario, Poppig. Herba 1-2 pedes alta. Flores parvi albi inodori ; ex Poppig. 452 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHIDJE. CCLVIII. TRIPLEURA. Tripleura. Lindl. in Bot. Heg. sub. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1572. Perianthium explanatum, cruciatum, quasi tetraphyllum, sepalo supremo lato petalis agglutinato, lateralibus linearibus patentissimis. Labellum posticum, liberum, concavum. Columna teres, brevissima, antice pro- cessibus 2 membranaceis (stam. steril.) corniformibus instructa. An- thera subrotunda, apiculata, terminalis. ————-Herba Indiz orientalis, terrestris, glabra, caulescens. Folia linearia, summa tantum quasi fasciculata, virentia. Scapi squamae membranacee, haud vaginate. Spica densa parviflora. 1. TnRiPLEURA pallida. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7391. Hab. in Indie orientalis provinciis temperatis ; Sylhet. Wallich, (hab. s. sp.) Stem very slender, apparently growing among decayed leaves, erect, with the lower leaves, for some inches, dead, withered and distant, while the upper are scarcely separated by any visible internodes, and have a clustered appearance ; they are linear, acute, revolute at the edges, and about 2 inches long. Scape smooth, terminal, with about 4 membranous acuminate scales which do not sheath at the base. Flowers very small, quite smooth, white, in a dense cylindrical or oblong spike, about 14 or 2 inches long. CCLIX. CHLOROSA. Chlorosa. Blume Büdr. 420. tabell. xxxi. Perianthium erecto-patens herbaceum, sepalis petalis labelloque liberis conformibus. Labellum columnam amplectens. Columna nana, crassa. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia farinosa.———— —MHerb:e epiphyte, rhizoma- tose. Folia radicalia, petiolata, nervosa, membranacea, inzquilatera. Scapus radicalis, basi vaginatus. Flores racemosi, virides. Ex Blume. 1. Cnuronosa latifolia. Blume, l. c. ic. C. “ foliis subsolitariis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, scapo paucifloro lax spicato." - Hab. in Java; in vicinitate cataractarum calidarum montis ignivom! Gede, et in altioribus Salak ; Blume. 2. CnuLonosa gracilis. Blume, l, c. C. * foliis binis ovato-oblongis undulatis, scapo ad apicem dense spicato. Hab. in Java; in cacumine montis Burangrang, Blume. CCLX. ROPHOSTEMON. Rophostemon. Blume ft. Jav. pref. VI. Cordyla. Id. Bijdr. 416. Perianthium connivens. Sepala carinata. Petala minora. Labellum = caratum, concavum, erectum ; limbus sublobatus. Columna clava i apice cavitate antheriferà profundissimá instructa. Anthera carnoss, bilocularis, denti dorsali colurane affixa. Pollinia duo, subbiloba, im nulosa, margini stigmatis insidentia————Plante terrestres, acaules, NEOTTEJE—CRANICHIDJE. 453 tuberose. Folium radicale, petiolatum, ovato-cordatum, nervosum, post estivationem vernans (???). Pedunculus radicalis, basi vaginatus, nutans. Flores remot? spicati, pedicellati, cernui; Blume. 1. RornosrEwxow concolor, R. “foliis ccncoloribus glabris, scapo multifloro." Blume, l c. sub Cordyla, Hab. in Jave umbrosis montis Salak, florens Octobri, Blume. 2. Ropuostemon discolor. R. “ foliis discoloribus supra et in nervis infra muricatis, scapo subbifloro." Blume, l. c. sub Cordyla. Hab. in Jave sylvis humidis montis Salak, florens Octobri, Novembri ; Blume. CCLXI. PRESCOTTIA. Prescottia. Lindley in Hooker Exotic. flora, 115. Endlicher Genera, no. 1575.——— Decaisnia 4. Brongniart in Duperrey, 192, t. 39. Endlicher Genera, no. 1587. Sepala reflexa aut patula; lateralia cum labello in saccum connata, Petala minora, Labellum posticum, carnosum, cucullatum, integerri- mum, in columnam incumbens, basi utrinque auriculatum. Columna nang; clinandrio nunc marginato v. auriculato ; rostello obtuso. An- thera rotundata, loculis completis sejunctis ; connectivo carnoso vix pro- ducto. Pollinia 9, biloba, farinacea.———-Herb:ze terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia chartacea, nervosa, succulenta, ssepius petiolata, Scapus terminalis, vaginatus. Spica densa cylindracea. Flores herbacei. l. Prescorria plantaginea. Lindley in Hooker exotic flora, t. 115. P. foliis erectis lanceolato-oblongis in petiolum lamina breviorem sensim angustatis, spicá strictà densà cylindraceâ, bracteis ovarii longitudine, labello oblongo emarginato. Hab, in Brazilia, Forbes, Gardner, no. 121, (v. v. c. et A. s. sp.) %. Prescorria phleoides. P. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis erectis in petiolum lamina breviorem sensim angustatis, spicá strictà densissimá ovali, bracteis florum longitudine, labello ovato acuto. Hab. in Brasilia; in campis ad Contentas, prov. Min. Ger. Martius, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) Parva species, vix palmaris. 3. Prescorria lancifolia. P. foliis erectis lanceolatis acutissimis in petiolum angustatis scapo æqua- libus, vaginis bracteisque setaceo-acuminatis, spicà cernuà imbricata, labello hemisphzerico. Hab. in Brazilid, Gardner, 681; prope Ilha grande inter humum, Descour- tilz, (hab. s. sp.) : Lies a span high. Flowers white, scentless, in a long conical nodding Spike, 454 NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID.JE. 4. Prescorria colorans. Lindley in Bot. Reg. t. 1915. P. folio solitario ovato-oblongo acuminato basi cucullato petioli longitu- dine, spicà densà longissimá erectà, petalis subulatis ascendentibus. Hab. in Brasilia, Loddiges, (v. v. c.) Scapus bipedalis, glauco-purpurascens. 5. Prescorria petiolaris. Lindl. l. c. P. foliis latis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis petiolo longissimo brevioribus, spicà densissimá elongatà multiflorà, petalis sepalisque revolutis. Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1875, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) A very large species. The leaves alone are nearly 18 inches long, including the petiole, which is more than twice as long as the blade. The spike in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium is more than a foot long. 6. Prescottia stachyodes. Lindl. l. c. P. foliis oblongis acutis basi cucullatis petiolo equalibus, spicà imbricatà basi rariflorà, petalis sepalisque revolutis, labello conico auriculis elon- gatis, bracteis ovarii longitudine. Cranichis stachyodes. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1427. t. 29. f. 4. Hab. in Antillis ; in locis lapidosis muscis obtectis, montium ceruleorum Ja- maice, Swartz; Tortola, Schomburgk, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Schomburgk.) Scapus sepe bipedalis. 7. PnEscorria oligantha. P. foliis petiolatis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis luridis, scapo fili- formi, vaginulis minutis acutis, spicà filiformi, floribus numerosis om- nium minutissimis approximatis, sepalis conniventibus, labelli galeati ob- tusissimi auriculis elongatis. Cranichis oligantha. Swartz. prodr. 120. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1425. t. 29. f. 2. Hab. in Jamaica ; inter dejecta arborum vegetabiliumqe in montibus sum- mis, Februario florens, Swartz. Scapus semipedalis. Flores albido-rubri, ex Swartzio. 8. Prescorria leptostachya. Lindl. l. c. P. foliis oblongis acutis petiolis suis duplo longiore, spicà tenui rariflorà petalis sepalisque revolutis, labello oblongo emarginato basi valde gibbo, bracteis ovario multd brevioribus. Hab. in Brasilia ; in fruticetis sabulosis ad Bahiam, Salzmann, (hab. s. sp.) A slender-spiked plant very near P. stachyodes, from which its short- stalked leaves and minute bracts distinguish it. 9. Prescorria tenuis. P. foliis rosulatis ascendentibus ovalibus acutis, spicd imbricata basi rari- florà, sepalis lateralibus erectis, petalis sepaloque dorsali ovato-triangu- laribus subaequalibus reflexis, labello subrotundo mucronato, bracteis ovarii longitudine. Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1862, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) A small slender species about 9 inches high. The spike thin, and less than 1£ inch long. NEOTTEJE—LISTERIDJE. 455 10. Prescorrta micrantha. Lindl. l.c. P. foliis rosulatis ovalibus 3-nerviis acutis, spicà gracili imbricatà, sepalis revolutis, petalis linearibus obtusis, labello subrotundo mucronato cum sepalis lateralibus in gibberem connato, bracteis ovario subzqualibus. Hab. in Brasilid ; Sierra d'Estrella, Grisebach, Trancoso, Pr. Max. Wieden- sis, (hab. s. sp.) Flowers about the size of the last, which it much resembles, except that its lower flowers are but little removed from the others. ll. Prescorria densiflora. Lindl. in ann. nat. hist. vol. vi. P. foliis rosulatis oblongis obtusis multinerviis, vaginis scapi patulis, spicá densissimà cylindraceá basi rariore, sepalis petalisque revolutis, labello subrotundo acuto cum sepalis lateralibus in gibberem connato, bracteis ovario longioribus. Decaisnea densiflora. Ad. Brongn. in Duperrey, 192. t. 39. Hab. in Brasilid; insula Stæ. Catharine, (hab. s. sp. com. cel. A. Bron- gniart.) Division II. LISTERID/E. CCLXII. LISTERA. Listera R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5,201. Nees jun. gen. germ. c. ic. Endlicher gen, no. 1552. Diphyllum Rafinesg. Journ. Phys. 89. 261. fide Endlich, Sepala et petala conformia, herbacea, patula aut reflexa. Labellum liberum, Sepiüs pendulum, sepalis longius, lineare, integrum aut bifidum basi canaliculatum. Columna nana, carnosa, libera ; rostello rotundato, labio stigmatis inferiore majore. Clinandrium cucullatum, vel margine mem- branaceum, ultra anther basin elevatum. Anthera dorsalis, ovata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sulcata, pulverea, glandulà minutissima colligata. Herbe terrestres radicibus repentibus. Caulis medio bifolius. Folia opposita. Scapus nudus v. rard squamulosus. Flores herbacei Spicati. 1. Lisrera ovata. R. Br. l. c. Nees jun, gen. ic. L. foliis subrotundo-ovalibus, scapo pubescente squamulà und alterave Ovatà appressà instructo, labello bipartito basi rotundato sepalis erectis plus duplo longiore. Ophrys ovata. Linn. Sp. PI. 1340. Fl. Dan. t. 137. Eng. Bot. t, 1548. Epipactis ovata. Swartz. act. holm, 1800. 232. Willd. 4. 87. eottia latifolia. Rich. orch. annot. 37. Hab. in herbidis per omnem Europum, (v. v. sp.) 2. Lisrera Banksiana. L. foliis oblongis acutis, scapo filiformi pubescente squamulá una alteráve foliaceà patulà instructo, labello elongato cuneato emarginato sepalis lanceolatis patulis duplo longiore. Ophrys Banksiana. Menzies MSS. 456 NEOTTEJE— LISTERID E, Hab. in insula Benks, Menzies. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. inventor.) A slender plant, from 6 inches to a foot and a half high. The flowers are arranged in loose racemes, upon pedicels 3 lines long. The anther-bed is hooded as in L. ovata. 3. LisrERA Escholtziana. Chamiss. in Linnea 3. 33. L. foliis orbieulato-ovatis scapi longitudine, racemo pubescente, bracteis pedicellis qualibus, sepalis acutis mox reflexis, labello obcordato patente, columná elongata recta, Hab. in Unalaschka, ad radices montium in graminosis copiose, Chamisso. Hooker unites this plant with the next species; but Chamisso says that the leaves are rounder than in L. cordata, the raceme downy, the bracts as long as the pedicels ; none of which circumstances accord with L. convallarioides. 4. LisrERA convallarioides. Nutt. gen. 2. 191. Hooker fl. bor. am. 2. 204. 205. L. foliis oblongis obtusis scapo nudo equalibus, racemo glabro, bracteis pedicellis dupld brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis demum reflexis, labello obcordato basi utrinque dentato, columnà elongatà arcuatà. Epipactis convallarioides. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. 232. Willd. 4. 88. excl, syn. Mich. Neottia convallarioides. Rich. l. c. Hab. in Amer. septentrionali ; Canada, Torrey; in montes scopulosos sylvis umbrosis paludosis, Drummond ; ora occidentali, Menzies. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) A small plant, with the look of Liparis nepalensis. 5. Lisrera cordata, R. Br. l c. L. foliis subrotundo-ovatis subcordatis scapo nudo brevioribus, racemo glabro, bracteis minimis obtusis, sepalis ovatis patentibus, labello lineari bipartito basi utrinque lobato, sepalis vix duplo longiore, ovario pedicelli longitudine. Ophrys cordata. Linn. sp. pl. 1340. Eng. Bot. t. 358. Epipactis cordata. Swartz dct. Holm. 1800. 232. Willd. 4. 88. Neottia cordata. Rich. l. c. Hab. in hemisphera septentrionali utriusque orbis, humidis alpinis frigidis ; Anglie, Lapponie, Suecie, omnis Germanie et Helvetiz, Sitche, Labradoriz, Unalaschke, Americz occidentalis et orientalis, (hab. s. sp.) This little plant varies much in stature. I have it 3 inches high from Sitcha and Lapland, while my North West American specimens are more than a foot in height. It seems to vary a little in the form of the leaves which sometimes become oblate: otherwise its structure appears to be very uniform. 6. Listera australis. L. foliis ovatis acutis scapo nudo brevioribus, racemo minutissime glan- duloso-scabro, sepalis ovatis reflexis, petalis revolutis, labello lineari bipartito basi subsagittato sepalis ter quater longiore, laciniis setacels, ovario pedicellis glandulosis duplà breviore. Listera convallarioides. Elliott Carol. 2. 494. Hab. in Carolina ; Elliott, Drummond, (hab. s. sp.) NEOTTEJE£—LISTERID E. 457 This species is quite distinct from LZ. cordata to which it approaches nearest, and is readily known by its thin ovate leaves, very long lip, and loosely racemose flowers. Listera reniformis (Don prodr. p. 28) is the Aopla reniformis described at p. 304; as the learned author has obligingly informed me. CCLXIII. NEOTTIA. Neottia. Linn. in act. ups. 1740. p. 33. Richard diss. 37. Endlich. gen. no. 1551. parte, nec Swartzii, Persoonii, aut Brownii. Neottidium. Schlecht. ft. Berol. LXV. Diostomea. Spenner. fl. Friburg. fide Endl. Sepala et petala conformia, discolora, patula aut reflexa. Labellum liberum, pendulum, oblongum, sepalis longius, basi excavatum, apice bilobum. Columna elongata, teres, carnosa, libera; rostello ovato, obtuso, labio stigmatis inferiore minore. Clinandrium planum, margine carnosum, rard in cucullum aut processum productum. Anthera dorsalis, ovata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, sulcata, pulverea; glandulà nullå ? Herbz in radicibus parasitice, aphyllz, radicibus carnosis vermiculari- bus, intertextis. Scapus vaginatus. Flores racemosi. It seems to me inexpedient to abstract the name Neottia, which signifies a nest, from the Bird’s nest Orchis or Nidusavis of the herbalists, to which it was originally applied, and to transfer it to the Lady's traces (Spiranthes) in which the * Neottious” structure does not exist. No critical rules could justify the measure, even if supported by their rigorous application ; which is not the case. The fact is that the word was first used by Lin- neus in the Upsal Transactions for 1740, when he applied it to ^ genus consisting of Spiranthes estivalis and Neottia Nidus avis. The word itself, therefore, if it is worth discussing verbal niceties in such a question, is at least as applicable to the plant for which I retain it, in common with a few other botanists, as it is to Spiranthes. With regard to the genera Neottia and Listera, I confess there is nothing that can be pointed out as a satisfactory distinctive mark except their habit ; and therefore the latter genus would have to be suppressed if the structure of the flowers is to be alone insisted upon. But the habit of these plants is so totally dissimilar that I think it would be unwise to unite them. Reliance has been placed indeed upon a character for sepa- rating Listera from Neottia, which, at first sight, seems more important than it really is. Listera has a cucullate anther-bed and Neottia a flat one, and when L. ovata is compared with N. Nidus Avis and listeroides this differ- ence becomes very striking ; but L. cordata, and some of the other small species, has the borders of the anther-bed scarcely at all elevated, and N. kamtchatica, with the habit of Nidus avis has the anther-bed of L. ovata. The elongation of the column is not more uniform ; for although it dis- tinctly occurs in all the Neottias, yet the column approaches that condition in Listera Banksiana, and in L. convallarioides is as long in proportion as that of Neottia Nidus Avis. September, 1840. 000 458 NEOTTEJE—LISTERIDA. 1, NrorriA Nidus Avis. Linn. in act. ups. 1740. p. 33. Rich. orch. Europ. 37. N. glabra, sepalis petalisque ovatis erectis, labelli laciniis recurvis rotun- datis. Ophrys Nidus Avis. Linn. sp. pl. 1339. Eng. Bot. t. 48. Fl. Dan. t. 181. Epipactis Nidus Avis. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Willd. no. 9. Listera Nidus Avis. Hooker, Fl. Lond. t. 58. Neottidium Nidus Avis. Nees jun. gen. germ. c. ic. Hab. in Europá medid; Anglia, Suecia, Germania, Helvetia, Hungaria, in nemoribus tenebrosis. (v. v. sp.) 2. Neorrta listeroides. Lindl. in Royle's Himal. p. 368. N. pubescens, sepalis petalisque linearibus obtusis reflexis, labelli elongati cuneati laciniis ciliatis acutis rectis: mucrone interjecto, columnà incurvá. Hab. in India septentrionali; in montibus prope Mussooree, Royle. (hab. s. Sp. comm. cel. inventor.) Of this curious plant I possess two forms, through the kindness of Dr. Royle; one is a foot high, and as stout as the European species ; the other is a thin attenuated individual, but little larger than some specimens of Listera cordata. 3. NrorriA kamtchatica. N. subpubescens, sepalis ovatis patentibus, petalis minoribus linearibus obtusis, labello lineari bilobo, clinandrio cucullato. Ophrys camtschatea. Linn. sp. pl. 1343. Epipactis camtschatea. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Neottia nectarii labio bifido lineari. Amæn, acad. 2. 361. f. 4. f. 24. Hab. in Sibiria. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. acad. sc. Petrop.) This plant bas quite the habit of Neottia, to which Linneus rightly referred it. Its flowers are small, and arranged in a loose raceme. 4. Ngorria micrantha. N. glaberrima, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatissimis patentibus, petalis minoribus conformibus, labello breviore ovato acuminato basi excavato, clinandrio nudo. Hab. in Sibiria, Prescott. (hab. s. sp.) A slender plant, a foot high, with a narrow raceme of distinct flowers, the smallest in the genus, and an ovate taper-pointed membranous lip. I only know it from a single specimen given me by the late Mr. Prescott, without any other mark than that of being Siberian. Professor Don informs me that the Neottius described by him in the Prodromus Flore Nepalensis are to be referred to the following plants :— Neottia macrophylla to Herminium congestum p. 305. Neottia monophylla to Herminium gramineum p. 305. Neottia plantaginea to Dienia congesta p. 22. NEOTTE E —LISTERIDZE. 459 CCLXIV. CALOCHILUS. Calochilus. R. Brown, prodr. 1. 320. Endlicher, gen. pl. no. 1580. Sepala patula, equalia, omnind libera, Petala minora, erecta. Labellum sessile, simplex, liberum, dependens, acuminatum, disco intus margini- busque barbatum. Columna carnosa, nana, teres; clinandrio cucullato ; rostello acuto. Anthera stigmate parallela, intra clinandrii marginem inserta, mucronata. Pollinia 2. sulcata. Herba glabrae Australasice, radicibus fibrosis. (Bulbi indivisi, nudi, R. Br.) Folia ensiformia, canaliculata, quedam caulina. Racemus angustus, rarus. Flores rufi, l. CarocnmiLvs campestris. R, Brown, l. e. Bot. Mag. t. 3187. C. labello sepalis acuminatis parum longiore, acumine semilanceolato lamina 5-plo breviore, columnà basi biglandulosá bracteis apice setaceis ovarium superantibus, spicà rará 4-8-florà, foliis radicalibus cauli sube- qualibus antherà mucronata. Hab. in Australia, tum tropica, ttm temperatà, R. Brown; in Tasmannid, in solo sterili arenoso, per hiemem humido, Gunn. 919. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 6 inches to 13 foot high, with narrow channelled leaves that are nearly as long as the stem. Lip 6 lines long. I describe this plant from Tasmannian specimens given me by Messrs. Gunn and Everett; and they are certainly the same as the species figured in the Botanical Magazine. But a copy ofa drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, of Brown’s Calochilus campestris, made in Shoal Water Bay, represents that plant as having less acuminate sepals and bracts, and a lip with a longer beard. Possibly there are two species in Australia, to which Brown's character equally applies. 2. CaLocniLus herbaceus. C. labello sepalis ovatis acutis parum longiore: acumine brevi recto semi- lanceolato, colummná basi biglandulosà, bracteis apice setaceis ovario equalibus, spicà brevi 2-4-florà, foliis radicalibus nullis caulinis 3 dis- tantibus acuminatis, anthera mucronata, Hab. in Tasmannid; ad Rocky Cape, arenà sterili, Decembre florens, Gunn. 920. (hab. s. sp.) This plant seems distinct from C. campestris, (under which name I have sent it to some of my correspondents) in its close small flowers which are pale green or white, in the want of radical leaves, and its tall graceful habit. The glands at the base of the column are smaller than in the last. My specimens are uniformly of the same height, that of a foot. 3. CaLocuiLus paludosus. R. Br. l. c. Endlich. iconogr. t. 1580. C. “ labello perianthio duplo longiore : acumine ligulato flexuoso dimidium laminz subzequante, columná basi eglandulosà, bracteis ovario brevioribus, spicà 2-4-florá." (anther& obtusà ) Hab. in Australia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. I have not seen this. From Bauer's figure, as published by Endlicher, it seems very like C. campestris, but more slender, with a more tapering 460 NEOTTEZ—LISTERIDZ. labellum, and a rounded, not mucronate anther. Brown describes the column as without glands, but Bauer seems to represent them at fig. C. 3. of the plate above quoted. CCLXV. EPIPACTIS. Epipactis. Camerar. epit. 187. Haller enum. stirp. helv. 1. 277. L. C. Richard. annot. p.29. fig. 8. Nees, jun. gen. pl. ic. Endlicher genera, no. 1553. Flores pedicellati. Perianthium patens, conforme, sepalis petalisque sub- zqualibus. Labellum oblongum, liberum, interruptum, hypochilio con- cavo carnoso, epichilio petaloideo dilatato indiviso basi calloso. Co- lumna teres, vel antice complanata, stigmate quadrato deorsüm promi- nente. Anthera postica, cordata, mutica, in stigma truncatum apiculatum incumbens. Pollinia pulverea, bipartita, apice angustata. Herbae terrestres, rhizomate subterraneo repente, foliis plicatis basi cucullatis. Flores laxe spicati, semiherbacei, sepius purpurascentes, pubescentes. Endlicher has rightly referred this genus to Neottee, notwithstanding its supposed affinity with Cephalanthera, which stands in Arethusee. 1. Epipactis palustris. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Willd. 4. 84. Hook. fl. Lond. t. 89. Nees jun. gen. pl. ic. Rchb. fl. excurs. 1. 134. Mayrhof. diss. 46. E. foliis lanceolatis erectis 5-nerviis, racemo brevi paucifloro, bracteis in- ferioribus ovarii longitudine, hypochilio cuneato truncato raargine levi, epichilio membranaceo subrotundo obtusissimo undulato basi bilamellato sepalis longiore. Helleborine palustris nostras. Raii syn. 384. Serapias longifolia. inn. syst. nat. ed. 12. 2. 593. Bot. Cab. 156. Host synops. 494. Serapias palustris. Scop. carn. 2.204. Eng. Bot. t. 270. Helleborine latifolia. FZ. Dan. t. 267. Hab. in Europá medià et australi, usque ad Petropolim, sed vix Asie incola, (v. v. sp.) The short racemes, long narrow leaves, and thin rounded wavy epichi- lium, mark this species distinctly. 2. EpiPACTIS microphylla. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Willd. sp. 4. 84. Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung. t. 270. Mayrhof. diss. 46. Koch. fl. germ. 695. E. foliis ovato-lanceolatis lanceolatisque enerviis intermediis et superioribus internodio brevioribus, raceino elongato multifloro, bracteis inferioribus floribus longioribus, hypochilio oblongo margine tenui crispo, epichilio ovato acuto crispo basi confuse verrucoso sepalis equali. Serapias microphylla. Ekr. Beitr. 4. 42. Hoffm. ft. germ. 319. Hab. in Europá australiore ; Hungaria, Sadler, Florentie Strangways, (hab. s. sp.) A slender plant with very small leaves, and yellowish green flowers smelling of cloves. It appears very distinct from both E. latifolia and atrorubens, NEOTTEJE—-LISTERID E. 461 3. Eprpactis latifolia. Swartz. art. holm. 1800, p. 232. Willd, sp. pl. 4. 83. Hooker Fl. Lond. t.102. E. foliis oblongis ovatisque multinerviis internodio longioribus, racemo elongato multifloro, bracteis inferioribus floribus paulo longioribus, hypochilio subrotundo intüs tuberculatim calloso, epichilio breviore cordato acuminato basi bituberculato sepalis paulo breviore. Serapias latifolia. Linn. syst. veg. 678. Eng. Bot. t. 269. Serapias Helleborine, &c. ^ Linn. 3p. pl. 1344. Epipactis Helleborine. Crantz. austr. fasc. 6. 467. t. 1. f. 6. c. Epipactis uliginosa. Vest. fide Rchb. D. bracteis longioribus. Epipactis purpurata. Smith Eng. Fl.4.41. Eng. Bot. suppl. t. 2775. Hab. in omni Europd media et australi, in nemoribus ; necnon in monti- bus altaicis, Ledebour, et Sibiria, Gmelin, (v. v. sp.) Flowers greenish, almost scentless, tinged with pink. The epichilium Is acuminated, a little crisp, and has two very conspicuous tubercles at the base; the hollow of the hypochilium is well described by Crantz as “ vernice splendente inuncta.” I have examined specimens of E. purpu- rata gathered near Woburn by Mr. Forbes ; and I see little or nothing to distinguish them from E. latifolia. 4. Epipacris atrorubens. Schultes Oesterr. Ji.1. 68. Rchb. fl. excurs: L 135. pl. crit. VIII. Mayrhof. diss. 45. E. foliis oblongis ovatisque multinerviis internodio longioribus, racemo longissimo multifloro, bracteis inferioribus floribus zqualibus, hypochilio ovali levi, epichilio subrotundo plano acuto basi bituberculato sepalis paulo breviore. Epipactis latifolia var. Hoffm. d. fl. 2. 182. Gaud. helv. 5. 465. Koch. fl. germ. 695, &c. E. viridiflora. Rchb. ic. f. 1142. Hab. in Germania et Hungaria. (hab. s. sp.) This is a taller plant than E. latifolia, with much longer racemes, and flowers sweetly perfumed with Vanilla, usually deep purple, sometimes green, as in E. latifolia itself. I retain it as a distinct species chiefly on account of the form of the labellum, which is certainly different from that of E. latifolia. 5. ErrPAcTIS macrostachya. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7404. E. foliis oblongis acuminatis amplexicaulibus multinerviis, racemo longis- simo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis inferioribus floribus duplo longioribus, hypochilio subrotundo, epichilio ovato acuto basi levi sepalis breviore. Hab. in India septentrionali; Gossain Than, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) This species is extremely like E. latifolia, from which, however, the acuminate form of the cauline leaves, and the long leafy bracts, appear to distinguish it sufficiently. 6. Epipactis Royleana. Lindl. in Royles’ Illustr. 368. E. foliis ovato-oblongis acutis amplexicaulibus multinerviis, racemo raro paucifloro, bracteis inferioribus foliaceis floribus dupló longioribus, hypo- chilio cuneato truncato, epichilio parvo ovato obtuso membranaceo : metachilio rhombeo carnoso interposito. Hab. in India septentrionali; Lippa, prov. Kunawur, Royle, (exam. s. sp. in. hb. Royle.) About a foot high, Raceme in the specimen I examined 6-flowered, 462 NEOTTE E—SPIRANTHID.JE. with leafy concave bracts. The lip is strikingly different from that of any other species. 7. Eprpactis herbacea.. Lindl. in Royle's Illustr. 368. E. foliis ovalibus acuminatis multinerviis basi angustatis, spicà brevi ses- sili, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis floribus dupló longioribus, hypochilio subrotundo, epichilio ovato acuminato plano. Hab. in India septentrionali; prov. Mussooree, Royle, (v. ic. pict. penes D. Royle.) Apparently distinct from E. macrostachya in its short dense spike of green flowers, which is not elevated on along scape. I only know it from Dr. Royle's drawings. It approaches the species just mentioned in the details of structure, but is a very different looking plant. 8. ErirPAcTIS americana. Lindl. in Ann. nat. hist. 4. 385. E. foliis 5-nerviis inferioribus ovalibus superioribus ensiformi-lanceolatis, bracteis foliaceis floribus multó logioribus, racemo laxo sursüm pubes- cente, hypochilio oblato ventricoso medio muricato, epichilio multà minore ovafo acumine latà membranaceà. Epipactis gigantea. Douglas MSS. Hooker. Fl. Bor. am. 2. 220. t. 202. Hab. in America septentrionali; Mexico, juxta Rio del Salto cataractas, locis umbrosis, Aprili, Hartweg ; Nova Albion, Douglas ; Texas, Drummond ; ` (hab. s. sp.) This species, which is the only Epipactis found in America, has a range from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, through all which space it main- tains its character. I owe my friend, Sir Wm. Hooker, an apology for not adopting the name he found among Douglas's plants ; but as there is nothing remarkable in the stature of the species generally, I trust he will . admit my name, which was published before I had received the 11th part of the Flora Boreali-americana. The species has fine large flowers like E. consimilis, to which it approaches very closely. Division HI. SPIRANTHIDZ. CCLXVI. CNEMIDIA. Cnemidia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub 1618. Endlich. gen. 1566. in Wall. Cat. nec. 4. Brongn, Decaisnia, “Lindl. Perianthium connivens. Sepala lateralia semiconnata, basi in calcare spurio producta. Labellum posticum, liberum, calcaratum, canaliculatum, acuminatum. Columna teres, apice acuminata, rostello acuminato bifido, clinandrio declivi immarginato. Anthera subulata. Pollinia 2, caudiculà subulatá.——— —Herbze caulescentes, foliose, rigida, ramose, glabre, Indie orientalis. Caules v. rami diphylli, basi laxe vaginati. Folia lata, plicata, vaginantia, quasi opposita. Racemi densi, pedunculo terminali omninó nudo, foliis breviore. Bracteæ rigida. Although the supposed genus to which, at the instance of M. Adolphe Brongniart, I consented that the name of Decaisnia should be transferred, proves to be the same as Prescottia (see Ann. of Nat. Hist. vi.) yet I do not think it advisable to renew the name, because it would only create more confusion than already exists, NEOTTE €—SPIRANTHID. 463 These plants are in foliage like Chloidia, Evelyna and Sobralia. ]. Cnemipi4 angulosa. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7388. sub. Decaisnia. C. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, sepalis ovatis acutis carinatis latera- libus ultrà medium connatis. Hab. in India orientali; in montibus prov. Sylhet, Wallich, Courtallum, ‘ight 928. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis spithameus et ultra, simplex et ramosus, vaginis 4, laxis, rigidis, : distantibus, cucullatis, obtusis. Folia quasi opposita, 3-5 poll. longa, 2-3 4 lata. Pedunculus foliis brevior. Spica brevis, densa, obtusa. Bractez lineares, acuminate, rigide, floribus breviores. Sepala et petala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, carinata. Labellum ovatum, acumi- natum. 9. CNEMIDIA semilibera. C. foliis ovalibus utrinque acutis, sepalis linearibus obtusis lateralibus infra medium liberis. Hab. in India orientali, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) This species is very like the last, but is rather larger, and has a longer spike. "The distinction in the flowers is remarkable with so little dif- ference of habit. CCLXVII. SPIRANTHES. Spiranthes. Rich. orch. europ. annot. 28. (1817). Endlicher genera plant. no. 1547. Gyrostachys. Pers. syn. 2. 511. (1807). Ibidium. Salisb. in hort. trans, 1. 261. (1812). Cyclopogon et Sarcoglottis. Presl. reliq, Henk. vol. 1. Aristotelia. Lour. fl. coch. Neottia. Plurimorum. 2 Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia labello supposita, basi obliqua et in ovarium decurrentia; dorsale petalis agglutinatum. Labelium pedi productze columne affixum, unguiculatum, rarò sessile, oblongum, sepitis apice dilatatum nunc trilobum, semper callis duobus infra medium instructum, columne adpressum, eique marginibus inflexis arcte adherens. Columna basi arcuatum et ovarii apicem oblique ter- minans, in pede productum, teres; stigmate ovato, in rostellum acuminatum demüm bifidum, aut obtusum emarginatum, raró corneum indivisum: producto. — Anthera dorsalis, acuminata, v. obtusa, nunc membranà apiculata, bilocularis ; clinandrio utrinque membranaceo marginato. Pollinia 2, pulverea, bipartita, glandule communi oblonge affixa.———— Herbs, utriusque orbis, terrestres, sæpiùs parviflore et glanduloso-pubescentes, racicibus fasciculatis. Folia radicalia, nunc caulescentia, texturà Orchidis ; nunc omnino deficientia. Flores spicati, spirales, in sectione Sarcoglottide magni. The botanist who would separate Sarcoglottis from Spiranthes can I think do so only upon the ground assigned in the distinctive character here proposed for it as a section. At least I can find no positive structural mark of difference, the distinctions between the two depending upon slight variations in form, size and direction of the floral organs. From Goodyera Spiranthes is known by the two calli at the base of its labellum, which. adheres to the column by its middle, essential characters 464 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDX. because they are uniform, and especially by the lateral sepals being in all cases oblique at the base, and running down the ovary moreorless. But it is not to be distinguished by its subulate bifid rostellum, for in S. bracteosa and others that part has the form of Goodyera. Stenorhynchus and Pelexia are both cut off by the want of calli to their lip. $1. EusPrnaNTHES. Sepala subparallela. Labelli porrecti lamina recta aut rectiuscula, sepalis basi parum productis subequalis. Flores horizontales. A. anguslifolie ; folis nempe linearibus v. lanceolatis in petiolum sensim angustatis. l. Sprrantues estivalis. Rich. orch. annot. 36. Mayrhof diss. 37. Koch. Ji. germ. 696. Rchb. pl. crit. t. 337. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lineari-lanceolatis, floribus spiralibus, bracteis glabris ovatis ovario longioribus, labello oblongo glabro (tuberculis fusiformibus.) Neottia wstivalis. Lam. enc. 4.567. Pers. syn. 2. 511. Host fl. austr. 2. 542. Hooker, Fl. Brit. ft. ed. 4. 318. Ophrys æstiva. Balb. addit. 96. ex Koch. Hab. in Europd mediá in pascuis et pratis, Jul. Aug. florens; etiam in Sarnià, Babington. (Aab. s. sp.) Certainly a distinct plant from S. autumnalis, and readily known by its narrow ensiform leaves and leafy stem. Flowers white, much less secund, and in a thinner raceme. 2. Sprrantnes Romanzoffiana. | Chamiss. in Linnea. 3. 32. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lanceolatis scapo folioso evaginato zequalibus, spicà oblongà* densà glabriusculá, bracteis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis lateralibus dorsali multd latioribus, labello oblongo- lanceolato obtuso basi latiore apice crispatulo. Hab. in Unalaschka, in alveo turfoso convallium infimorum, passim, Chamisso, Eschscholtz. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Fischer.) A dwarf species in the way of S. estivalis with all the short stout stem leafy, and not clothed with scales. The oblong flower-heads with long leafy bracts give it a very distinct appearance. The specimens I have seen vary in height from 3 to 7 inches. 3. SrrrantTHes gemmipara. Lindl. synops. 257. Neottia gemmipara. Smith, Engl. fl. 4.36. Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2786. Hab in Hibernia ; prope Castletown in sinu Bantry, Jas. Drummond. (v. s. in hb. Smith.) That this obscure plant is actually the same as Spiranthes Romanzoffiana I cannot absolutely affirm, because I have had no opportunity of examining its flowers. But the resemblance between them is so great that I scarcely entertain a doubt upon the subject. 4. Sprranrues australis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque linearibus aut lineari-lanceolatis obtusis acutisve nunc ensiformibus, floribus spiralibus glabris aut sepits pubes- NEOTTEJE— SPIRANTHIDJE. 465 centibus, bracteis ovatis ovario longioribus, labello oblongo apice dilatato crispo supra piloso. Neottia crispata. Blume Bijdr. 406. a. Spicà pubescente mediocri. Epipactis foliis plerisque ex lineari-lanceolatis. Gmel. fl, sib. 1. t. 3. f. 1. Neottia amena. M. Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. 3. 606, Spiranthes amena. Brongn, enum. pl. chin. 63. Led. A. alt. 4. 173. B. spicá pubescente elongatà pluries spirali. Neottia flexuosa. Smith in Rees. S. flexuosa. Lindl. in Bot. Reg: 823. Spreng. syst. l. c. Neottia australis. R. Brown prod. 319. Don prodr. fl. nep. 27. y. Spicà valdé elongatà pubescente, floribus minoribus. Neottia parviflora. Smith in Rees. S. parviflora, Lindl. l. c. ? Neottia strateumatica. R. Br. prodr. 319. ? Spiranthes strateumatica. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. ? Orchis strateumatica. Linn. sp. pl. 1336. fl. zeyl, 319. 8. spicà breviore pubescente, foliis omnibus radicalibus (plantaginea). | S. Wightiana. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7378. e. Spicà glabrà. S. pudica. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 30. Spreng. syst. 3.708. Aristotelia spiralis. Zour. f. cochinch. Neottia sinensis. Pers. syn. 2. 511. Hab. in Asia, a gradu 50? lat. Sept. ad. 43°. lat. aust.; ad Ircutiam et Catharinopolin, Gmelin ; Doroninsk, Prescott ; Bootan, Griffith herb. ind. 19.; per omnem Indiam septentrionalem, Royle, Wallich ; necnon in montibus peninsule, Wight, et Zeylone, Walker; in China, Vacheli ; Java, Blume ; Australia ad Portum Jackson in palustribus, Cunningham ; Tasmannia, Gunn 754 ; (v. fere omnes s. sp.; €, v. c. et. s. sp. collegit cel. Vachell.) Of this very variable plant I have examined specimens from every country above enumerated, except from Java; and I have little doubt that all the forms and synonyms above quoted belong to one and the same species. To var. y some uncertainty may attach, but it does not seem to me to possess any greater peculiarity than that of the flowers being a little smaller. Differences in stature, pubescence, colour and developement of inflorescence, and the uncommon circumstance of an Orchidaceous plant being so widely dispersed (for the species of the order are usually local) have been the causes of so many species being proposed. In all the varieties I find the leaves inconstant in form. ‘The var. à is very like S. autumnalis, and has the greatest claim to be regarded as a species. This species scarcely differs from S. æstivalis except in the rounded dilated hairy apex of the lip and constantly smaller flowers. Sprengel, With singular perversity, characterizes my S. pudica, which is remarkable forits perfect smoothness, as a pubescent species! and, while he distin- guishes after me S. parviflora, flexuosa et pudica, reduces to S. amena, my S. congesta, which is really a different species. Asit appears that the Orchis strateumatica of Linnæus is a Neottia, according to Brown's idea of that genus, I presume it must belong to this species because I have seen no other Spiranthes from Ceylon ; at the same time it is to be observed that the character given by Linnaeus is altogether at variance with the genus Spiranthes, September 1840. PPP 466 NEOTTEJE— SPIRANTHIDZE. 5. Sprrantues congesta. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. cum char. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lanceolatis, scapo bivaginato, spicá pauci- flora conicà puberulà, bracteis ovatis setaceo-acuminatis floribus bre- vioribus, labello oblongo basi contracto subauriculato apice brevi ro- tundato concavo disco pubescente margine plano : callis obsoletis. Hab in Sibiria. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott ex hb. Heumann.) I should have referred this plant to Sp. australis if I did not attach great importance to the two calli at the base of the lip and the form of that organ, as marks of specific distinction ; here the calli, instead of being large conspicuous tubercles, are narrow indistinct lines, and the lip is by no means crisp at the apex. ‘The very short conical inflorescence, not exceeding an inch in length, seems also to be a further point of difference. I only know the species by two good specimens given me by the late Mr. Prescott with a label marked ** Neottia— e Sibiria, herb .Heumann." 6. SPIRANTUES tenuis. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis patulis, scapo erecto gracili glabro 3-vaginato, spicA tenui multiflora ovariisque pubescentibus, bracteis ovatis acuminatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis petalisque lineari- bus acutis crystallino-papulosis, labello oblongo apice rotundato crispo pubescente : callis clavatis liberis. Hab. in Guayand gallicd, Martin. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. N. B. Ward.) A very slender plant, a span in height, with the appearance of S. australis. Its leaves appear to be much thicker in texture than is usual in the genus. 7. SPIRANTHES ovalis. S. glaberrima, foliis radicalibus et caulinis lineari-ensiformibus acutis, spicà ovali densà multiflorà, bracteis ovatis acutis, sepalis petalisque lineari- bus obtusis, labello oblongo membranaceo apice recurvo crispo ; callis elongatis falcatis sagittam referentibus. Hab. in Texas, Drummond. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Hooker.) A plant from 6 to 9 inches high. Spike like that of S. odorata, but much smaller, and the flowers not larger tham those of S. gracilis. Avery distinct and apparently rare plaut ; for it seems that Mr Drummond found only three specimens, all preserved in Hooker's Herbarium. 8. SrrnANTHES graminea. Lindl. in Benth. Pl. Hartweg, p. 25. no. 224. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lato-linearibus acutis basi angustatis, scapo vaginato apice tomentoso, spicA ovali-lanceolatà dens& multiflorà, bracteis ovatis acuminatis floribus aqualibus, sepalis pubescentibus petalisque linearibus obtusis, labello ovato membranaceo glabro apice crispo rotundato; callis subrotundis adnatis. Hab. in Mezico, in uliginosis Lagos, Hartweg. (hab. s. sp.) The nearest affinity of this species is with Sp. ovalis, from which it differs, not only in the characters above given, but in its greater stature, (my specimen is nearly 14 foot high) narrow leaves, and much more simply twisted spike, which in S. ovalis seems to have several spires à$ in S. odorata and its allies. NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDE, 467 9. Sprranrues cernua. Rich, orch. annot. 37. Hooker flor. bor. amer. 2. 902. S. foliis radicalibus lineari-lanceolatis scapi fer longitudine, spicà densa tortili pubescente, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis incurvis pilosis flo- ribus aequalibus, labello oblongo medio nonnihil constricto apice rotun- dato crispo membranaceo : callis minutis conicis. Neottia cernua. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 75. Sweet Brit. ft. gard. 1.42. Bot, Mag. t. 1568. Ophrys cernua. Linn. sp. pl. 1340. Hab. in Americd septentrionali ; a Canada ad Louisianam, (hab. s. sp.) Flowers large, white, very slightly downy. 10. SprrantuHEs longilabris. S. foliis radicalibus ...., spicà laxà secundà multiflora pilosà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis glabris floribus brevioribus, labello ovato-lanceo- lato acuminato apice retrorsum lacero carnoso : callis conicis. Hab. in Louisiana, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) This is next S. cernua, of which it has much the appearance at first sight; but its smooth bracts, secund flowers, and very different lip, distinguish it. ll. Sprranrues porrifolia. S. glaberrima, foliis radicalibus caulinisque strictis ensiformibus acuminatis inferioribus lanceolatis, spicà densà tortili multiflora, bracteis lineari- lanceolatis acuminatis floribus zqualibus, labello ovato-lanceolato acu- minato recurvo canaliculato obtuso, callis elongatis rectis. Hab. in America boreali-occidentali, Douglas, (hab. s. sp.) A beautiful species with the habit of S. odorata. My specimens are from 1 to 13 foot high, and the spike of flowers, from 3 to 4 inches long, is extremely dense. 12. Sprranrues odorata. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque ensiformibus acutis, spicà densa tortili pilosà multiflorà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis florum longitudine, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis apice glabris lateralibus patentissimis, labello lanceolato recurvo minutissim? ciliolato dorso scabro ; callis marginali- bus elongatis circinatis. Neottia odorate. Nutt. in Journ. acad. nat, sc. Philad. VIII. 98. Hab. in Carolina; ripis lutosis inundatis fluvii Neuze, prope Newbern, cum Eryngio virginiano, Nuttall; Novo Aureliano, Drummond, 333, (hab. s. sp.) : The largest and finest Spiranthes in the United States, possessed of a very sensible and delicate fragrance. 'The flowers white, slightly inclin- ing to green. The root runs considerably, and possesses very thick branching fibres. The leaves are also very long and numerous ; the bracts nearly the length of the flowers, and sharply acuminate ; the lip entire and delicately edged with a slender curling fringe. It flowers late. Nuttall, l. c. 13. Sprranrues latifolia. Torrey in litt. S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque oblongis elongatis basi angustatis, spica densà brevi tortili puberulà, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis apice incurvis 468 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDJE. floribus longioribus, sepalis petalisque obtusissimis gabris, labello sub- quadrato oblongo membranaceo apice subcrispo: callis obsoletis. Neottia cernua, var. latifolia. Torrey comp. 320. Hab. in America septentrionali; in prov. Novebor. occidentem versus, Torrey, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel, inventor.) A species truly distinct from S. cernua, with smaller flowers, a different lip, and broad leaves of quite another form. My specimens vary from 4 to 9 inches in height. 14. SprinaNTHES diuretica. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. S. foliis ensiformibus omnibus radicalibus, scapo glabriusculo vaginis brevibus distantibus acutis, spicà densà elongatà conicà tomentosa, bracteis ovatis acuminatis florum longitudine, sepalis acuminatis apice glabris, labello pubescente oblongo basi cucullato apice subrotundo dilatato papilloso undulato. Spiranthes Nuil. Rich orch. annot. 37. Neottia diuretica. Willd. 4. 73. Epipactis floribus uno versu dispositis vulgó Nuil. Feuill. peruv. 2. 26. t. 17. Hab. in Chile, Feuillée, Macrae, Bridges 607, (hab. s. sp. *et v. v. c.) Flowers pale green in conical spikes from 2 to 4 inches long. Stems 1 to 13 foot high. 15. SPrRANTHES tortilis. Rich. orch. annot. 37. S. folis omnibus radicalibus linearibus (subpedalibus), scapo (bipedali) vaginato glabro, spicà laxiusculà spirali, floribus approximatis secundis cernuis glabris, labello medio carinato laminà reflexà concavá trilobà : lobis rotundatis medio majori margine crenulatis. Satyrium spirale. Swartz. Prodr. 118. Neottia tortilis. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 1406 t. 28. f. e. Neottia quadridentata. Willd. 4. 73. fide Richard; ideoque. Ophrys peruviana. Aubl. guyan. 2. 816. Hab. in Jamaica occidentali in graminosis aridis montium, Swartz. 16. SriRANTHES bicolor. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 823. .S. foliis omnibus radicalibus lanceolatis petiolatis, scapi glabri vaginis her- baceis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subimbricatis, spicà elongat& secundáà tomentosa spirali, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus multó longioribus, sepalis petalisque basi gibbis lateralibus patulis, labello lineari-oblongo canaliculato basi cordato apice transverso rotundato obsolete trifido aut crenulato intüs minut? papilloso. Neottia bicolor. Ker. in Bot. Reg. t. 794. Hab. in Jamaicá, Geo. Don, (v. v. c.) T It is stated in the Botanical Register, by mistake, that this plant was brought from Trinidad; it was found in Jamaica by Mr. George Don, while there in the service of the Horticultural Society. The leaves are sometimes whole coloured and sometimes mottled, as in S. picta. The base of ail the sepals is equally inflated, so as to make the little white flowers protuberant all round above the neck of the ovary. 17. Sprrantues plantaginea. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus erectis lanceolatis nervosis petiolatis, scap! glabri vaginis distantibus appressis obtusiusculis, spicà elongatA simpli- citer spirali subsecundà tomentosd, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis florum NEOTTE Z—SPIRANTHIDZ. 469 longitudine, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis glabris, labello lineari- oblongo carnoso glabro apice cuneato elongato obsolete trilobo ; callis spheericis adnatis. Hab. in Peruvia, ad Obrajilio, Mathews, 676. (hab. s. sp.) A plant with the habit of Sp. elata, but quite smooth, and with much shorter spikes. 18. Sprrantues peruviana. Presl. relig. Hank. 1. 93. S. * spicà subtortili, bracteis flore equilongis, labello ovato crenato con- cavo carinato, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acutis, tuberibus oblongis." Hab. in montanis Peruvie ad Huanuco, Presl. Said by Presl to be near S. autumnalis, from which it differs in the roots, leaves, and lip. ‘‘ Leaves acute, lanceolate, nerved, netted, all growing from the root, 2 inches long, tapering into a petiole about an inch long. Scape 8 inches high. Spike more than an inch long, somewhat twisted. Lip ovate, smooth, crenated, deflexed at the point, but not at all crisp,” 19. Sprranrues ? macrostachya. Poppig. et Endlich. n. g. et sp. 2. 8. t. 110. a—k. S. “labello ovato, acuto, denticulato, integro, nudo ; sepalis superioribus conniventibus, interioribus angustissimis, inferioribus falcatis, bracteis ovatis ovario brevioribus, spica elongata floribusque resupinatis dense pubescentibus ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus." Crescit in Peruvid c. Spiranthe inzquilatera. Poppig. Herba 13-2-pedalis. Spica semipedalis vix spiralis, Flores albidi, constanter resupinati. An Cranichis? B, latifolie ; foliis nempe ovatis v. oblongis in petiolum subitd angustatis. 20. Sprranrnes autumnalis. Rich. orch. annot, 37. Mayrhof. dissert. 36. Nees jun. gen. germ. ic. Koch. Fl. germ. 696. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus ovatis v. ovato-oblongis in petiolum angus- tatis, floribus spiralibus secundis, bracteis pubescentibus ovatis ovario longioribus, labello apice rotundato glabro, (tuberculis ovatis.) Neottia spiralis. Swartz. Fl. ind. occ. 1408. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 73. (a). Hooker Brit. fi. ed. 4. 318. Ophrys spiralis. Linn. sp. pl. 1340. Eng. Bot. t. 541. Epipactis spiralis. Crantz austr. 6,473. Neottia autumnalis. Host. fl. austr. 2. 542. Ibidium spirale. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. Hab. per omnem Europam, in pratis humidis, Aug. Sept. florens; etiam in Algeria, Bové, (v. v. s.) Flowers white, deliciously sweet. 21. Sprranrues aprica. S. foliis radicalibus ovato-oblongis concavis, scapo pubescente in medio vaginá solitarià acuminatà aucto, spicà secundà pauciflorá (3-5) laxà, bracteis acuminatis floribus longioribus pubescentibus, sepalis glabris dorsali valde convexo acuminato, labello ovato carnoso sessili apice abrupte in laminam minutam crispam membranaceam dilatato : callis minimis dentiformibus, 470 NEOTTE Z—SPIRANTHID&. Hab. in Brasilia australi, ad Portum Alegre in solo durissimo sicco, T'weedie, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) About 3 inches high. Leaves appear to grow after the period of flow- ering, at which time they are very small and young. The flowers are about the size of S. truncata. 22. SPIRANTHES truncata. Lindl. in hort. S. foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, scapo gracili distanter vaginato glabrius- culo, spicà laxà pauciflorà ( 6-7 ) pilosà, bracteis acuminatis ovario zequalibus, sepalis linearibus omnibus basi ventricosis pilosis, labello carnoso lineari canaliculato apice dilatato trilobo : lobo medio abrupte truncato angulis lateralibus acutis. Hab. in Brasilia, sub Musis inter folia putrescentia, Descourtilz. (v. v. c. comm. cel. Bateman.) A delicate little plant about a span high with 6 or 7 nodding distant flowers. ‘The lip is white a little streaked with crimson ; the upper sepal is emerald green, the lower are paler. It . 23. SprrantuEs Preslii. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus ovato- oblongis acutis in petiolum pauld breviorem abrupt? contractis, scapo laxé vaginis acuminatis vestito superneé pubescente, spicà tenui, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus longioribus, labellum ovatum concavum sub apice plano spathulato- subrotundo constrictum. Cyclopogon ovalifolium. Presl. relig. Henk, 1. 93. t. 13. f. 1. Hab. in montanis Peruvie, ad Huanuco, Presl. This plant is very like Physurus minor, and probably possesses no mark of distinction from Spiranthes. The three-lobed process, said to exist at the base of the lip, is I fear only the column imperfectly seen. 94. SPiRANTHES elata. Rich. orch. annot. 37. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus oblongis petiolatis nervosis, scapi squamis linearibus acuminatis haud vaginantibus, spicà elongatà simpliciter spirali pubescente, bracteis linearibus acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis linearibus obtusis glabris, labello carnoso sessili lineari canalicu- lato basi ventricoso apice truncato, columná pubescente. Neottia elata. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 226. fl. ind. occ. 1403. Willd. 4. 72. Bot. Mag. t. 1475. Neottia minor. Jacq. coll. 3. 172. ic. rar. 601. Bot. rep. t. 376. Hab. in India occidentali; sylvis depressis Jamaice et Hispaniole, Swartz. ; Sage mount, Tortola, Schomburgk ; necnon in Brasilia, in missionibus, herb. Hooker, et in descensu M. Corcovado versus urbem, locis apricis granosis, et alibi Martius. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) This was formerly common in English gardens; but it seems to have disappeared. Its stems are from 1 to 14 foot high and stand erect above the broad spreading leaves. The flowers are small and white. 25. SrinaNTHES inequilatera. Poppig. et Endlich. n, g. et sp. 2. 7. t. 110. S. “labelli spathulati utrinque emarginati lobo terminali obcordato, integerrimo, nudo; sepalis superioribus conniventibus, interioribus apice rotundatis, inferioribus falcatis; bracteis linearibus ovario longio- NEOTTE£—SPIRANTHIDE. 471 ribus; spica pubescente; foliis longe petiolatis, ovatis vel subrotundis, acutis, obliquis, inzquilateris."' . Hab. in sylvis Peruvie orientalis ad predium Pampayaco. Floret Julio, Poppig. 26. SrinANTHES lineata. S. glaberrima, foliis omnibus radicalibus ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, scapi vaginis distantibus teneris supremis adpressis, spicà simpliciter spirali elongat& rarà, bracteis floribus brevioribus, ovario cylindraceo, sepalis linearibus obtusis, petalis medio lineatis acutissimis, labelli la- mind rotundatà angulatà lineis tribus notatà. Hab. in Brazilia, Martius; sylvis densissimis provincie St. Pauli, Des- courtilz. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Martius et t. ic. pict.) M. Descourtilz represents this plant as throwing out very thick suc- culent fibres over dead sticks. The stem is I to 2 feet high and clothed with transparent scales ; the flowers are white, very delicate, about as large as those of S. elata with a deep emerald green line along each petal, and 3 such streaks upon the broad apex of the labellum. 27. SrrnANTES cuspidata. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus patentibus late oblongis acutis aut apice ro- tundatis cuspidatis, scapi basi glabri vaginis laxis acuminatis sæpè im- bricatis, spicà scapo equali spirali lax& tomentosá, bracteis lineari-lan- ceolatis acuminatis floribus zqualibus, sepalis lateralibus acuminatis et ovario tomentosis, labello obovato levi apice crenulato basi canaliculato ob callos duos elongatos liberos sagittato. Hab. in Brazilia; Ville Viciose in sylvis, Martius; ad Rio grande, Tweedie. (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) The broad spreading root leaves, the short scape closely covered with sheaths, and often not longer than the spike, are unlike any other species here described. 28. Spiranrues bracteosa. Lindl. in Bot. Reg, t. 1934. S. bracteosa; foliis rosulatis oblongis acutis, scapo pubescente, bracteis squamisque scapi lineari-lanceolatis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis pubescentibus acutis lateralibus basi connatis, spicà rarå rectá, lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio labello pubescente canaliculato trilobo subcuneato rotundato apiculato papilloso. Hab. in Brazilia; ad Rio Grande, Tweedie. (v. v. c. et s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) The anther and rostellum of this plant are very much like those of Goodyera, and shew that the form of those organs is of no generic conse- quence among Neottee. 29. Sprrantues brevilabris. S. foliis omnibus radicalibus oblongis basi obtusis petivlo longioribus, Spicá tortili hispidà, bracteis lanceolatis Horum longitudine, Jabello brevi oblongo utrinque rotundato apice crispo medio pubescente : callis crassis rectis obtusis intramarginalibus barbatis. B. spicà longiore minus hispidà floribusque majoribus. 472 NEOTTE£Z—SPIRANTHIDE. Hab. in Texas, Drummond, Andrieux. (hab. s. sp.) This seems distinct from S. gracilis, to which it is the most nearly allied, in its spikes being very dense and covered with coarse short hairs ; the lip too has quite a different form. Flowers are stated by Andrieux to be purple. The var. 6 is much stouter and stronger than the other, but does not seem specifically distinct. My specimen is two feet high, while the original species is not a foot high. 30. Spirantues gracilis. Hook. fl. bor. am. 2. 202, t. 203. S. glaberrima, foliis omnibus radicalibus ovatis petiolo longioribus, scapo tenui gracili, spicà pluries spirali, bracteis acuminatis ovario longioribus, labello oblongo-lanceolato crispo supra pubescente: callis elongatis curvis intramarginalibus. Neottia tortilis. Pursh. fl. am. sept. 2. 589, nec Swartzii. Ophrys exstivalis. Michaux. bor. am. 2. 157. Spiranthes tortilis. Beck. Bot. north. st. 343. Hab. in Americd septentrionali, a Canada ad Louisianam ; etiam in Bahamis, herb. Hooker. (hab. s. sp.) Apparently a very common species through the whole of the American union ; for I have specimens from Drummond, without number, which in no respect seem to differ from the Canadian plants. The Bahama plant is smaller than those from the United States, but does not appear to be © different. 31. SrinANTHES Beckii. S. glaberrima, foliis omnibus radicalibus anguste ovalibus petiolo «qualibus, scapo stricto filiformi, spicà tenui spirali, bracteis ovatis apice setaceis ovario puberulo longioribus, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus erosis intermedio truncato-rotundato glanduloso. Neottia tortilis. Elliot. carol. 2. 491. Limodorum precox. Walt. carol. 221. Spiranthes gracilis. Beck. Bot. north. st.343. Hab. in America septentrionali; Massachussets, sylvis siccis, Beck; nove Aureliane, Drummond 332. (hab. s. sp.) A very slender species, with stems 1-13 foot high, perfectly glabrous. The flowers are very minute. The lip has a remarkably, lax cellular tex- ture, and is quite different from that of the northern S. gracilis. To this section probably belongs, 39. Neottia vaginata. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. plant. 1. 331. Hab. in regione temperata Peruvie, arboribus proceris opacissima, prope Loxam, Gonzanamam et Malacates, alt. 1060. hex. Floret Julio. Planta terrestris? habitu Serapiadis Lingue. Radix ignota. Caulis erectus, simplex, sexpollicaris, vaginatus. Vagine oblonge, acute, concave, medio ventricose, tenuissim? membranacee, striate, glabre, fusces- centes, pollicares, approximate; pauce inferiores foliifere. Folia ovata, acuta, plana, reticulato-nervosa, glabra, quatuor aut quinque lineas lata, exsiccatamembranacea. Flores pauci, terminales, subspicati, NEOTTEE—SPIRANTHIDZE. 473 bracteati. Bractez longitudine floris, vaginis aphyllis simillimze. Peri- anthium clausum, glabrum, exsiccatum fuscescens ; sepala ovato-lanceo- lata, acuminata, planiuscula, trinervia, basi ovario oblique adnata, dorsale lanceolatum, concavum, petalis lanceolatis feré usque ad apicem ad- herentibus, eaque longitudine æquantibus ; labellum oblongum, apice angustatum, carinato-concavum, margine ciliatum, basi calcarato-ventri- cosum, calyce paulló brevius. Gynostemum et Anthera ut in Stenor- hyncho orchioide. C. aphylle ; nempé folia nulla v. hysteranthia. 33. SrinAN THES ramentacea. Lindl. in Ann. nat. hist. 4. S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis longissimis laxis imbricatis, spicà densà cylindraceá brevi, bracteis ovatis acuminatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus patentibus linearibus obtusis petalis acutis multd longioribus, labelli limbo ovato concavo obtuso ungue et columna in medio pubescentibus: callis basi proximis minutis conicis. Hab. in Merico, prope Santa Barbara, regione calidà, Aprili, Hartweg. (hab. s. sp.) A very singular plant with the habit of an Apaturia. 34. SrinaNTHES pyramidalis. S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis oblongis acutis laxis imbri- catis, spicà elongatà pyramidali, bracteis obovatis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis basi glanduloso-pilosis acutis petalisque subeequalibus, labelli limbo ovato concavo caruoso basi bicalloso ungue parüm longiore, rostello rotundato. Hab. in Guatemala vulgaris, Skinner. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) 35. Sprranrues hemichrea. S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis oblongis acutis imbricatis, spicà elongatà pyramidali, bracteis oblongis acutis flore brevioribus, sepalo dorsali rhomboideo et petalis obtusis membranaceis ; lateralibus angustioribus carnosis ad ovarii medium usque productis, labelli ungue lineari pubescente sub medio bicalloso laminà ovata obtusa longiore. Hab. in Guatemala, Skinner. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) Flowers much larger than in either of the last species. Rostellum acute, becoming emarginate, never split into two setaceous parts. 36. SprraNTHES camporum. S. vaginis scapi membranaceis cucullatis apiculatis distantibus, spicà attenuata multiflora, bracteis ovatis acuminatis venosis florum longitu- dine, sepalis ovatis acutis, labelli trilobi glabri lobo intermedio subro- tundo tomentoso, columná basi barbata. B. scapo floribusque tomentosis, spicá rarà, bracteis longioribus, Hab. in Monte Video, pascuis duris aridis, Tweedie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel, Hooker.) This little plant appears to be common about the mouth of the Rio St. Lucie in the Banda oriental, where also it is subject to some striking variation, Some of the specimens are little more than 4 inches high, and September, 1840. : QQQ 474 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDJE. quite smooth ; others are far larger, with a stem as thick as a goose-quill and a dense spike 6 inches long. The var. f is very downy, nearly a foot high, with the flowers separated from each other by considerable intervals. The size of the middle lobe of the lip is variable. 37. SpiRANTUES dilatata. S. vaginis scapi acuminatis imbricatis, spicà cylindraceà densissimà scapo longiore, bracteis ovatis aristatis floribus multó longioribus, sepalis acutis basi villosis lateralibus ad medium ovarii usque productis, labelli ungue lineari glabro laminà transverse oblonga planà medio villosà appendice parva ovatà concavá acuta carnosa apiculatà. Hab. in Montevideo, Tweedie. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) The spike is 6 inches long, extremely compact, and bristling with the sharp ends of the long bracts. D. sectionis dubie ; ob folia ignota. 38. SprranTuEs apiculata. S. glaberrima, foliis . . . . ., scapi squamis vaginatis laxiusculis acuminatis, spicà rari elongatá, bracteis acuminatis floribus aqualibus, sepalis petalisque acutiusculis, labello oblongo membranaceo apice ovato rotun- dato carnoso ; callis liberis truncatis villosis. Hab. in insula Trinitatis, Sieber 118. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Prescott.) Stem rather more than a span high, with 5 acuminate sheaths. The spike is twisted in a single turn, and is about the size of S. estivalis, the flowers, however, are not half the size. 39. SriRANTHES rupestris. S. vaginis scapi oblongis acutis imbricatis coriaceis inferioribus foliaceis, spicà densá thyrsoideà pubescente, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis tomentosis, labelli ungue lineari cana- liculato extüs tomentoso laminz subrotunde acuminate basi utrinque villosee zequali, columná glabrá, rostello setaceo corneo. Hab. in Montevideo, intra rupium fissuras, Tweedie. (exam. s. sp. in. hb. Hooker.) A stout plant, a foot high, with rather large flowers in a very dense spike. I have not seen the leaves, but they appear to be very broad. 40. Sprranrues Llaveana. Lindl. in Benth. p'ant. Hartw. p. 72. S. glaberrima, foliis. . . ... , Scapo squainis membranaceis acuminatis arct® appressis distanter vaginato, spicà rar& elongatå spirali, bracteis acuminatis floribus multà brevioribus, sepalis petalisque acuminatis, labello lineari apice ovato apiculato pubescente ; callis oblongis liberis. Neottia micrantha. Llave orch. Mex, 2. 5. ? Hab. in Mezico, prope Tetontopeque, Maio florens, Hartweg. (hab. s. sp-) The stems are from 1 to 14 foot high, as thick as a crow-quill, with the scales pressed so close to them that at first sight the scape seems to have no sheaths. The spike is very lax and from 4 to 6 inches long, with flowers resembling those of S. elata in point of size. The leaves I have not seen, and this circumstance, together with the statement of Llave that NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHID X. 475 the labellum of his Neottia micrantha has a very thin undulated margin, makes me doubt whether that plant is to be referred to this species. § 2. Sancocrorris. Sepala lateralia decurva. Labelli ascendentis lamina carnosa, deflexa, sepalis basi vald? productis multo brevior. Flores erecti. 4l. Sprranrues picta. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 823 S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis undulatis, scapo piloso, spicà laxà elongata, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ovarii longitudine basi glabris, sepalis pilosis lateralibus infra medium ovarii decurrentibus, labello oblongo glabro basi sagittato apice deltoideo venoso. a. foliis variegatis, petalis labello sepalisque intüs albis. Neottia picta. R. Brown, Hort. Kew. 5. 199. Bot. Mag. t. 1562. Neottia acaulis. Smith, Exot. Bot. 2. t. 105. B. foliis fer’ immaculatis, petalis labello sepalisque intüs herbaceis. Spiranthes grandiflora. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 1048. Neottia grandiflora. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2730. Hab. in insulà Trinitatis, Hortul. angl.; 8 in Brasilid, Douglas, Guayana, Schomburgk. (v. v. c. et s. sp.) Of this plant I have seen but one bad wild specimen in the collection of Mr. Schomburgk. It has a stem about 2 feet high, and large green or variegated flowers, which, when in the state of a bud are extremely like the head of a bird. I cannot discover any sufficient mark of distinction between the two plants above quoted as varieties ; for even in S, grandiflora there is a tendency to variegation in the leaves. 49. SriRANTHES speciosa. S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis, scapo glabro lax? vaginato, spicá laxà angusta elongatà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis inferioribus floribus zqualibus glabriusculis, sepalis subpilosis lateralibus infra medium ovarii decurren- tibus, labello lineari sagittato medio piloso apice ovato. Sarcoglottis speciosa. Presl. relig. Henk. 1.96, t. 15. Hab. in Peruvia, Henke, Mathews, 1070. (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Very near Sp. picía, from which it differs in having larger and narrower leaves, a tuft of hair on the middle of the labellum, and large bracts. Presl’s figure is very indifferent. 43. SrinANTRES bonariensis. S. foliis. . . . , vaginis scapi glabris laxis imbricatis acuminatis, spicá oblongà tomentosá, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis floribus aqua- libus, sepalis petalisque villosis lateralibus in cornu gibboso brevi pro- ductis, labello spathulato concavo sub apice rotundato apiculato constricto. Hab. in Bonaria, Tweedie. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) The specimen before me is rather more than a foot high. Flowers smaller than in S. picta. Anther terminated by a membranous rounded appendage. Rostellum long, truncated. The down of the inflorescence seems to have been brown. 470 NEOTTEA—SPIRANTHID&. 44. SPIRANTHES hirta. S. foliis lineari-lanceolatis long? petiolatis, vaginis scapi longis acuminatis patulis glabris inferioribus foliaceis, spicà densà elongatà multiflora villosá, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus longioribus, sepalis villosis lateralibus in cornu brevi gibboso productis, petalis nonnihil pubescehti- bus, labello oblongo plano obtuso basi sagittato et pubescente. Hab. in Peruvia ; in montibus Pariahuanca, Mathews, 1065. (hab. s. sp.) A very fine species, of which the specimen before me is nearly two feet high, nine inches of which are occupied by a dense spike of hairy flowers, rather smaller than those of Sp. speciosa. The anther is terminated by a membranous rounded appendage. Rostellum long, truncated. Perhaps this and S. bonariensis may form a distinct section of this genus. 45. Sprranrues villosa. Poppig et Endlich. n. g. et. sp. 2. p. 8. S. * labelli sepalis brevioris, spathulati, intus papillosi apice reniformi, dentato, emarginato, integro, sepalis superioribus inferne connatis, inferioribus falcatis ; bracteis ovarium villosum adzquantibus, linearibus ; spica piloso-pubescente; foliis longè petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis." Hab in Peruvie sylvis primevis, versus ostia fluminis Amazonum, ad pagum brasiliense Colares. Floret Julio. Stirps 2-23 p. alta. Spica 6-7 pollices longa. Flores albi. 46. Neottia longifolia; foliis caulinis lineari-lanceolatis longissimis trinerviis- pedunculo floribusque externe pubescentibus, labelli limbo acuminato reflexo, gynostemio ad apicem utrinque repando, stigmate lancellato. Blume Bijdr. p. 344. Hab. in Jaca sylvis humidioribus montis Salak, Species gigantea, 3-4 ped. altitudine. Bractez ovariis majores, lanceolate, acuminate, externe pubentes. Flores carnei. Labellum inferne ventrico- sum, gynostemium inferné amplectens, intüs verrucosum, If this is a Spiranthes, which is doubtful, it would seem to belong to this section. CCLXVIII. STENORHYNCHUS. Stenorhynchus. Rick. orch. eur. 37. Flores ringentes, cylindracei. Sepala colorata basi gibba; dorsale petalis agglutinatum ; lateralia labello supposita et basi in saccum connata. Labellum anticum, apice angustatum, basin versus dilatatum, columnam amplectens eique agglutinatum, basi ipsà intüs szpius biconvexum, callis orbatum. Columnateres, elongata, in pedem cui labellum annectitur extensa ; stigmate prominente ovato; rostello subulato corneo persistente. Anthera dorsalis, acuminata, bilocularis ; clinandrio utrinque marginato autalato. Pollinia 2, pulverea, bipartita, glandulæ linearis ope colligata. Herbe terrestres, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia radicalia, raro caulina, lata, nunc bysteranthia. Scapus lax? vaginatus. Spice imbri- NEOTTEJE—SBERANTHIDZ. " XT cate, dense, bracteis magnis coloratis. Flores spits pubescentes speciosi. After much consideration I have determined upon regarding the plants re- ferred to this genus as distinct from both Spiranthes and Pelexia. From the former they differ in their large showy flowers, great coloured bracts, and the want of calli at the base of the lip; from the latter in the former cir- cumstance, and in their rostellum being peculiarly hard and horny, remain- ing as a rigid spine upon the apex of the stigma, after the pollen masses have fallen away. Moreover, the plants referred to Pelexia have a lip which is dilated, not contracted, at the end. § 1. Sepalis lateralibus basi valde productis. l. SrENonnHvNocnus speciosus. Rich. l c. S. glaberrimus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apicem versus undulatis, squamis scapi imbricatis superioribus haud vaginantibus laxis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, bracteis acuminatis floribus multd longioribus, labello ob- longo apice subulato canaliculato. Neottia speciosa. Jacq. ic. 3. t. 600. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1400. Bot. Mag. t. 1374. Hooker Exot. Fl, t. à & 4. ' Ibidium speciosum. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. I. 291. Hab. in Americd tropicd, presertim insulis Indiz occidentalis; in frutetis nemorosis montium altissimorum Jamaice australis, Swartz. 2. SrENonuvNcnus ? papulosus. Neottia papulosa; foliis radicalibus lanceolatis; spicis laxis, perigoniis ur- ceolatis, papulosis; labello calcarato. Llave nov. veg. 4. Hab. in Mezico, prope Vallisoletum, florens Julio, Llave. * Planta terrestris, gracillima : Radix tuberosa, fasciculata, tuberibus pen- dulissublanatis. Caulis rubens, villosus, vix pedalis. Folia radicalia lan- ceolata, lineata: caulina breviora-vaginantia. Flores alterni, spica laxa dispositi, bracteis rubris suffulti. Perigonium urceolatum, erectum, rubrum; laciniis linearibus connatis, extüs glandulis hyalinis indutis. Labellum concolor, papulosum, nectario vero calceiformi, ad basim tubulatum.” a 3. STENoRYNCHUS australis. S foliis. . . . , scapo basi glabro apice tomentoso, squamis omnibus vagi- nantibus remotis apice foliaceis, spicá tomentosa pyramidali densá, brac- teis lineari-lanceolatis ovario longioribus apice glabris, labello lanceolato acuminato medio utrinque piloso, sepalis tomentosis. Hab. in Brasilia australi, ad Portum Alegre, in argillà durà ferrugineà, Tweedie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Although closely akin to S. orchioides, this seems really distinct in its short pyramidal inflorescence, and especially in the form of its lip, which has a patch of hairiness near its middle, both on the outside and inside. 4. Srexornyncaus orchioides. Richard, l. c. S. foliis hysteranthiis erectis oblongo-lanceolatis luridis subplicatis planis, squamis scapi pubescentis distantibus vaginantibus, spicà oblongå multi- 478 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDAE. florà, bracteis acuminatis ovario tomentoso nonnihil longioribus, labello obovato subcrenulato apice lanceolato canaliculato, sepalis glanduloso- pubescentibus. Helleborine purpurea asphodeli radice. Plum. ic. 176. t. 181. f. 2. Limodorum lanceolatum. Aubl. guian. 2. 821. Satyrium orchioides. Swartz, prodr. 118. Neottia orchioides. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1411. t, 28. f. a.b. Bot. Mag. t. 1036. Neottia lanceolata. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 75. Neottia squamulosa. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. 1. 332. t. 71. Ibidium crystalligerum. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. I. 292. B? plantaginea ; foliis longioribus solitariis (?), floribus viridi-roseis sepalo dorsali minüs gibboso, cornu longiore, ovario angustiore. Neottia plantaginea. Hooker Exot. ft. t. 226. Hab. in Americd tropicd ; aridissimis campis graminosis Jamaice, Swartz, Distin ; in Ste. Lucie insula, Anderson; vallibus montanis Demerare, flumini Rupununy adjacentibus, sub gradu lat, bor. 3. inter gramina, Schomburgk ; Brasilizelocis variis, Martius ; regno Novo Granatensi, Humb. et Bonpl. 5 in insulà Trinitatis, De Schach. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) A plant common in our hothouses, where it is remarkable for flowering earlier than the leaves appear. Whether or not the Neottia plantaginea of Hooker is really distinct, I am unable to judge ; for specimens have never fallen in my way. I fear, however, it is a mere variety; for, in the first place, there is no specific mark of distinction to be discovered in either the plate or description given in the Exotic Flora; and, secondly, the species appears to be variable. In the gardens it has rich salmon-coloured flowers; in Demerara they appear, from Mr. Schomburgk's observations, to be the brightest rose; and Swartz describes them to be dirty yellow (sordide lutei) in Jamaica. The very indifferent figure in the Botanical Magazine repre- sents the spike as more lax than I have seen it, and the ill-drawn flowers are a caricature ; in reality the inflorescence is much more compact, and that of the specimens from Demerara is quite as compact as is represented in N. plantaginea. Perhaps, however, 2 or 3 different species are con- founded by me under St. orchioides ; if so, I have no means of distinguishing them from each other. In the herbarium of Dr. Von Martius are speci- mens in flower with leaves attached to them, from the province of Minas Geraes. 5. STENoRHYNCHUS aphyllus. Neottia aphylla ; scapo bracteato superne floribusque pubescenti-glandulo- sis, perianthii laciniis tribus exterioribus lineari-acuminatis peat = a basi in calcare brevi obtusissimo productis. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 9191. Hab. in insulis Trinitatis et Sti. Vincentii, Hooker. In this I find nothing satisfactory to divide it from sS. orchioides neris the labellum, which is figured and represented as linear oblong, and lei bat is certainly much more broad and obtuse than I have ever seen 1t 1n t : species. The plant is said to be entirely leafless, not producing foliage eve in cultivation, and to have a singularly lurid reddish green colour. $9. Bivesica. Sepalis lateralibus basi paràm productis. Labello basi biconvexo. 6. Srenoruyncuvs sulphureus. : Ex i y. : ee oe ibus Neottia sulphurea, foliis radicalibus. lanceolatis ; spicis secundis; flori NEOTTEJE— SSPIRANTHIDJ. 479 confertis; perigoniis hiantibus tomentosis ; labello acuto, intus lanugi- noso. Llave nov. veg. 4. Hab. in Mexico, cum præcedentibus, autumno florens, Llave. “ Planta sesquipedalis, tristis aspectu. Radix tuberoso-fasciculata ut in congeneribus. Caulis cylindricus pallido-virescens, articulatus. Folia radicalia lanceolata, glauca, vaginantia, nervosa, nerviis parallelis. Squa- mule cauling membranacee, amplexicaules, alterne, marcescentes. Spica florum oblonga, secunda; floribus confertis sensu diverso cone tortis. Bracteze membranaceze, acute, nervose, apice nigricantes. Peri- gonium urceolatum, hians, sulphurei coloris, tomentosum ; laciniis ner- viis longitudinalibus virescentibus lineatis, labellum concolor tomento lanuginoso intus ad basin vestitum." 7. SrENonnYNcnvs lupulinus. S. foliis . . . , scapo basi glabro apice pubescente, squamis omnibus vaginantibus cucullatis obtusis imbricatis glabris, spicà oblong’ lupu- linà, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis basi villosis floribus elongato-conicis multo longioribus, ovario obovato villosissimo sepalis villosis bis bre- viore, petalis pilosis, labello ovato-lanceolato acuminato obtuso intüs pubescente basi biconvexo glabro. Hab. in Mezico, ad Chapultepec, Karwinski. (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. monac.) Apparently a very handsome plant. The stem before me is a foot high, and covered with ventricose leafy imbricated sheaths; the bracts are 3 inches long and an inch: broad, and have been of some bright colour, probably pink ; they are so large as to form a spike like a head of hops, within which the flowers are concealed. 8. SreNoRHYNCHUS aurantiacus. S. caule folioso glabro, foliis oblongis basi vaginantibus, spica oblonga multiflorà, bracteis oblongis concavis dorso villosis floribus elongatis parüm longioribus, ovario obovato sepalis villosissimis multà breviore, labello lineari-lanceolato extüs tomentoso apice undulato carnoso obtuso medio et supra basin constricto intüs basin versus leviter pubescente basi biconvexo. Neottia aurantiaca. Llave nov. veg. p. 2. B. bracteis dorso glabris. Hab. in Mexico; in montibus prope Vallisoletum, Llave, Totontopeque, Haríweg ; B in Guatemala, Skinner. (hab. s. sp.) A beautiful species with leafy stems 2 feet high. The spike of flowers is from 3 to 4 inches long, and the flowers themselves as well as the bracts are stated to be yellow. The plant from Guatemala, for which I am indebted to Mr. Bateman, is said by Mr. Skinner to be tuberous ; and is remarkable for the bracts being nearly smooth instead of shaggy. 9. SrENoRHYNCHUS cinnabarinus. Neottia cinnabarina, foliis omnibus lanceolatis ; spicis conico-thyrsoideis, compactis; perigoniis urceolatis subtomentosis ; labello erecto, apice reflexo. Llave nov. veg. p. 3. Hab. in Mezico, prope Irapeum, alibique ; vernacule Cutsis, Llave. 480 NEOTTEJE——SPIRANTHID.JE. “Planta bi-aut tripedalis, terrestris, elegantissima. Radix tuberculis crassioribus pendulis, fasciculatis, foetidis. ^ Caulis cylindraceus, pal- lido-rubens, articulationibus vaginulis foliorum tectis. Folia lanceolata, lineata, vaginantia, sensim breviora, acuta. Flores spicati, terminales. Spica conica thyrsoidea, spiraliter torta. Bracteze colorate, subtomen- tose, acute, perigonio breviores. Perigonium croceo-carneum, urceola- tum, gracile, incurvum, parum pubescens, laciniis intüs lutescentibus approximatis, apice reflexis. Labellum concolor." / 10. Stenoruyncuus Michuacanus. Neottia Michuacana, foliis ensiformibus nervosis ; spicis secundis lanatis ; perigoniis ringentibus subtomentosis; labello subhastato, venoso. Llave nov. veg. 3. Hab. in Mexico, juxta Vallisoletum, precipue versus Jesus-del-Monte, Llave. * Planta lanata, bipedalis, terrestris, odoratissima. Caulis teres, striatus, erectus, vaginulis foliorum omnino tectus. Folia radicalia ensiformia, nervosa, levigata, vaginantia : caulina lanceolata, alterna, gradatim minora. Flores thyrsoidei, fragrantissimi, spica secunda lana argentea dense induta, dispositi. Bracteze longitudine florum, basi carnose, amplexicaules, nervose, acuminate, marcescentes. Perigonium luteum, ringens, extüs parum tomentosum, laciniis 3 superioribus connatis, duabus lateralibus liberis, obliquis; ‘omnibus lineis longitudinalibus nigricantibus variegatis, apice reflexis. Labellum concolor, subhasta- tum, carinatum, venosum, intüs basi lanatum, reflexum. Gynostemium breve. Anthera sagittata 9-locularis postica. Pollen farinaceum, lamellis quatuor sectum. Ovarium contortum, extüs lana tectum." CCLXIX. SAUROGLOSSUM. Sauroglossum. Lindl. in Bot, Reg. t. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1555. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia linearia, basi in ovarium nonnihil decurrentia, arcuatim patentia, apice inflexa ; dorsale petalis aggluti- natum. Labellum anticum, lineare, canaliculatum, basi et apice dilata- tum, ecallosum, omnind liberum sed columne adpressum. Columna elongata, semiteres, basi producta ; stigmate triangulari, semper indiviso, plano, labelli apici simili. Anthera ovata, sessilis, dorsalis ; clinandrio immarginato. Pollinia 2, biloba, pulverea, caudiculà brevissimà, glan- dulà minutà. ——-— Herba terrestris Brasiliensis, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia radicalia membranacea, Orchidis texturà. Flores spicati, her- bacei, densissimi. This genus is nearly allied to Pelexia; but is I think sufficiently dis- tinguished, not only by the incurved lateral sepals, but also by the very long column, the triangular stigma which is not fissile, and the narrow labellum which does not adhere to the column, and is not cucullate in any degree. 1. SavRocLossuM elatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1618. Hab, in Brasilia australi, Tweedie. (exam. s, sp. in hb. Hooker et v. v, c-) NEOTTEJE— SPIRANTHIDA. 481 Radices terrestres, fasciculate, carnose. Folia radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, suberecta, carnosa, plicis nullis, scapo 3-pld breviora. Scapus strictus, fere 2-pedalis, pubescens, squamis foliaceis viridibus distantibus vagi- natus, Racemus pedalis et ultra, deusus, cylindraceus. Bracteze cana- liculate, subulate, florum fere longitudine. | Ovarium pubescens. Perianthium cylindraceo-convolutum, sepalis viridibus lineari-lanceolatis, versus apicem latioribus, superiori petalis agglutinato, lateralibus arcu- atis, basi valde obliquis, antice paululüm sub labello connatis. Labellum album, cum columna parallelum, lineare, canaliculatum, sessile, basi ecallosum, paulo dilatatum, medio pubescens, apice ovatum, dilatatum. Columna libera, elongata, semiteres, antice producta, apice ovata, stig- mate cordiformi, rostello acuto, vix bifido, clinandrio retrorstim declivi, immarginato. Pollinia 2, bisulea, pulverea, caudiculà brevi, glandulà ovali. CCLXX. PELEXIA. Pelexia. Poit, MSS. Richard, orch. eur. 37. Endl. gen. no, 1554. Synassa. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. 1618. Endl. no. 1564. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia labello supposita, patula, basi in cornu adnato aut libero decurrentia, discreta v. demum in saccum connata; dorsale cum petalis agglutinatum. Labellum canaliculatuin, columná parallelum, basi unguiculatum, ungue intra sepalorum latera- lium bases incluso, ecalloso. Columna nana, teres ; rostello indiviso, acuminato, nunc in setam corneam producto. Anthera dorsalis, sessilis, bilocularis, apiculata. Pollinia 2, pulverea ; glandulà separabili, ros- tellum haud findente. Herbe terrestres, Americze calidioris, leviter pubescentes, radicibus fasciculatis. Folia oblonga, longe petiolata. Scapus terminalis. Flores spicati, distantes, herbacei; bracteis longis acuminatis. This genus differs from Stenorhynchus in its membranous rostellum, and in little besides; and might perhaps be best considered a section of that genus. Its habit is however more that of Spiranthes, and the species are easily recognized ; for the horn into which the sepals and lip are com- bined is more conspicuous in this genus than in Stenorhynchus. Upon reconsideration of the genus formerly proposed by me under the name of Synassa, I see that it must be united with Pelexia. A. Eupelexiz ; cornu omnino adnato. 1, Pevexia spiranthoides. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 985. s subundulatis petiolo brevioribus, spicà elongatà is lanceolatis acuminatis patulis libus dependentibus, labello apice cornu adnato sepalis parum P. foliis ovato-lanceolati multiflora laxA, bracteis membranace floribus longioribus, sepalis acutis latera rotundato apiculato emarginato 2-lamellato, longiore. Satyrium adnatum. Swartz. prodr. 118. Neottia adnata. Id. fl. Ind. occ. p. 1409. Hab. in Jamsice et Hispaniole sylvis int nonin St. Vincentii, Macrae. (v. v. c.) September, 1840. RRR erioribus umbrosis, Swartz ; nec 482. NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDJE. Pd Scape about a foot high. Flowers green, small, with a white labellum stained with yellow in the middle. 9. PELEÉx1A corymbosa. P. foliis. . . . ., scapo pubescente squamis acuminatis distanter vaginato, corymbo capitato, bracteis ovatis acuminatis ovario elongato brevioribus, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis basi angustatis lateralibus in cornu ovarii dimidià brevius decurrentibus, labello glabro columna arcte agglutinato ; basi lineari sursüm dilatato cucullato apice ovato crispo. Synassa corymbosa, Lindl. l. c. Hab. in Peruvia, Pavon. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Lambert.) I have only seen a head of flowers and about 4 inches of the upper part of the scape of this plant, which is strikingly different from Neottece in general, in its half corymbose half capitate inflorescence. A second ex- amination, with additional experience in the manner of dissecting the dried remains of these delicate flowers, has taught me that the labellum is merely glued to the column in this plant and not organically united with it. There is therefore no character to divide it from Pelexia. 3. Perex ? laxa. P. *labéllo basi atteuuata adnato, canaliculato, lanceolato, acuto, sepala zquante; sepalis inferioribus basi saccata coalitis, superioribus puberulis; bracteis flore brevioribus ; spica secunda, laxa ; foliis longe petiolatis, ellipticis, acutis. Stenorhynchus laxus. Poppig. et Endlicher, n. g. et sp. 2. 7. t. 109. Hab. in sylvis primzvis Peruvie orientalis ad missionem Tocache. Floret Julio, Poppig. Herba pedalis. Flores rubri. B. Calcarate ; cornu semilibero. 4. PeLexia setacea. P. foliis ovalibus petiolis duplo brevioribus, spicà multiflora, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis setaceo-acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis lineari- lanceolatis in apicem setaceum elongatum productis, labello lanceolato fimbriato sepalis breviore, cornu filiformi acuminato semilibero sepalis breviore, rostello corneo setaceo persistente. Neottia calcarata. Bot. Mag. t. 3403. Hab. in Brasilia; ad Rio Doce, et in Sylvis ad Mandioccam, Pr. Maz. Wiedens.; (hab. s. sp. et v. v. s. in hb. reg. monac ) A leaf before me is 6 inches long, nine nerved, with a petiole a foot long. The scape is slightly downy, 1 to 2 feet high with a long loose spike. The lateral sepals are more than 2 inches long, and drawn into a very fine bristle-like point. The Neottia calcarata of the Botanical Magazine, said to be from Jamaica, is certainly this Brasilian plant, and is very different from that of Swartz. 5. Perexia domingensis. P. foliis ellipticis petiolis brevioribus, spicá pauciflorà, bracteis linearibus lanceolatis florum longitudine, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDAE. 483 lateralibus apice patulis, labello lanceolato acuminato integerrimo, cornu libero acuminato leviter inflexo. Neottia calcarata. Swartz. Fl. Ind. occ. 1413. t. 28 Sig. c. Hab, in Hispaniola, in sylvis nemorosis montium, Swartz. _ This plant I have no where met with. It evidently differs from P. triloba in its long bracts, undivided labellum, and short few flowered spike, and from P. setacea as is explained under that species. It is to be observed that the references made by Swartz. at p. 1399 to the figures of Neottias at t. 28 are evidently erroneous, and that fig c. not f. belongs to this plant. 6. PrrExi1A triloba. P. foliis oblongis acutis petiolo brevioribus, spicà elongatà laxà multiflora, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis adpressis floribus brevioribus, sepalis acutis lateralibus recurvis, labello apice trilobo lacinià intermedià lanceolatà acutà reflexà, cornu semilibero sepalis fere dupld longiore. Hab. in Americd tropicd. (v. v. c.) I have often .received this plant from garden collectors, but never with any intimation of its native country, which, however, is no doubt tropical America. The stem is from 3 to 4 feet high with a long loose spike of green flowers which are about as long as the intervals that separate them. Division IV. PHYSURID/E. CCLXXI. PLEXAURE. Plexaure. Endl. fl. norf. prodr. 30. gen. 1550. Sepala lateralia labello supposita, basi obliqua, patentia; dorsale fornica- tum. Petala breviora, subunguiculata, falcata, ascendentia. Labellum ungue c. pede columnz connatum, porrectum, saccatum ; apice reflexum, Columna nana, Anthera terminalis, stipitata, bilocu- . laris, rostello lamellari apice bidentato incumbens. Pollinia 8, caudiculz Herba pusilla in insula Norfolk indigena; Folia equitantia, lineari-lanceolata, car- Flores dense spicati, minimi. communi affixa. radicibus fibroso-fasciculatis. nosula.- Scapus teretiusculus, squamatus. Ex Endlichero. In his Prodromus Endlicher says this genus is next to Spiranthes; but . in his Genera, although he places it in Neottez, he regards its affinity as doubtful. Does it not rather belong to Malaxidez ? l. Purxavre limenophylax. Endl. l. c. Hab. in insula Norfolk, ad sinum Ansonis, mense Decembri florens; F. Bauer. Herba digitalis, cespitosa. Folia 5-7, equitantia, carnosula, lineari- lanceolata, 3 poll. longa, 2 lin. lata, apice falcatim subrecurva, basibus dilatatis 4 lineas longis striatis discoloribus sese amplectentia. Pseudo- Scapus spicatus, foliis nonnihil brevior. Flores inconspicui miuimi, 484 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDA. granum miliaceum vix equantes, bracteis duplo fer® breviores; ex Endlichero. / CCLXXII. CHLOIDIA. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum dorsale liberum, sejunctum ; lateralia basi zequalia, cum petalis liberis conformibus labello supposita. Labellum liberum, sessile, lineare, columnd parallelum, ecallosum, acuminatum. Columna elongata, semiteres, basi nonnihil producta ; stigmate ovato, rostello acuminato demum fisso. Anthera acuminata, dorsalis; clinan- drio utrinque dentato.—————Herbz ramose, terrestres, caulescentes, glabrae, Americe equatorialis. Folia rigida, vaginantia, plicata, arun- dinacea. Racemi compositi, multiflori, axillares et terminales. Flores secundi, nutantes, colorati, trigoni; bracteis minutis, ovario elongato. These plants have the habit of a branching grass rather than of an Orchidaceous plant, and may be compared to that of Evelyna in Epiden- dree, or of Sobralia in Arethusee. They afford the only known example of a branching inflorescence among the Neotteous tribe. 1. CuroipiA decumbens. C. bracteis ovatis acutis basi cucullatis ovario lineari pluries brevioribus, labello basi concavo apice acuminato canaliculato subcrispo et carnoso petalorum longitudine. Neottia flava. Swartz. fl. Ind. occ. p. 1417. ? Serapias flava. Swartz. prodr. 119. ? Hab in Brasilia; in Mato Virgine ad faz. Guidowald, Martius ; necnon in sylvis paludosis montium J«maice, Januario florens Swartz. ? (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. Berol.) Caulis decumbens, 2-3-pedalis, teres, angulato-flexuosus ; radicibus fasci- culatis preditus. Folia alta, duriuscula, plicata, lanceolata, acuminata. Panicula racemorum alternorum floribus erecto-secundis. Bractee inferiores lanceolate, superiores ovate. Flores trigoni. Sepala flava, lanceolata, medio dorso elevato. Petala alba, lanceolata, acuta, dorso acuto flavo (magis oblanceolata quam sepala). Labellum lanceolatum, acutiusculum, laminz margine subundulato. Martius MSS. I am uncertain whether this plant is the same as Swartz's Neottia flava. So far as the description given by that author is concerned, there is no material discrepancy ; except that he says the leaves of his plant are 2 or 3 feet long. Here they are not a foot in length. But if the stem of N. fava is erect, and the petals of the same colour as the sepals, as seems to be implied, then it is probable that the West Indian plant forms a distinct species. 2. CnLoipia vernalis. C. bracteis minutis linearibus, labello ovato plano apice recurvato basi ventricoso petalis breviore. Serapias polystachya. Swartz. prodr, 119. Neottia polystachya. Swartz. fl. Ind. occ. p. 1415. Hab. in sylvis montium altissimorum Jamaice, Clarendon dictorum, solo depresso sterili, primo vere florens Swartz. (v. s. sp. herb. in Banks.) NEOTTE Z—PHYSURIDE. 485 Stem 2 or 3 feet high, branching near the base; with knee-jointed angular branches the thickness of wheat straw. Leaves erect, tapering to each end, a foot long, with 5-7 veins more distinct than the others. Raceme terminal compound; each branch having 5-7 pale red nodding flowers. Two lateral sepals lanceolate, nearly erect, with an anterior projecting angle. Labellum recurved, purple at the point. CCLXXIII. ZEUXINE. Zeuxine. Lindl. orch. scel. no.18. Id. Bot. Reg. sub fol. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1577. z Adenostylis. Blume. Bijdr. 414. non Cass. Endlich. gen. no. 1948.—— Cionisaccus. Kuhl. et Hasselt Orch, ed. Breda. t. 8. fide Endlich. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia labello supposita, libera, rard con- nata; dorsale basi convexum cum petalis agglutinatum. Labellum basi ventricosum, columnae connatum, intüs bicallosum ; limbo indiviso, sepalis breviore, sep? carnoso. Columna brevis, teres, nunc utroque latere glanduloso-tumida (an semper ?). Anthera dorsalis, bilocularis ; clinandrio sæpiùs membranaceo-marginato. Pollinia granulosa, 2, biloba, caudiculà communi (6, caudiceulà duplici in ic. Hamilt). Herbæ terrestres, caulescentes, Indiæ orientalis. Folia linearia, per omnem caulem sparsa. Spica terminalis, sessilis inter folia, vel vix pedunculata. Flores Goodyeræ. The plants collected together under this genus form two tolerably well defined groups, which may perhaps be regarded as genera when increased by new species, and when the true structure of their column has been determined by the examination of fresh specimens. I find it impossible at present to satisfy myself upon this point in consequence of the crushed state of the parts, which cannot be restored to their original form. §. 1. Evzeuxine. Sepala lateralia connata, dorsale basi saccutum. l. Zeuxine sulcata. Lindl. l. c. Z. foliis lineari-lanceolatisacuminatis aggregatis cauli æqualibus, spicà dens& subsessili, labello apice reniformi. Pterygodium sulcatum. Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. 452. Hab. in Bengalia ; in pascuis juxta Calcuttam, Roxburgb, Wallich. (hab. s. Sp. et v. ic. pict.) Planta tota humilis 4-8 poll. alta. Folia linearia, acuminata, imbricata, scapo equalia. Spica densa oblonga, squamis magnis imbricatis quasi involucrata. Flores albi, parvi. Labellum membranaceum medio bicallosum, margine denticulatum, apice carnosum reniforme concavum. According to Roxburgh this plant is called Shwet Hoolee in Bengal, and he says that a red and blue kind are reported to exist, neither of which he had seen. $. 9. Cronrsaccus. Sepala libera, dorsale basi convexum. 2. Zeuxine emarginata. Z. foliis linearibus acutis per caulem sparsis, apice dilatato emarginato. Adenostylis emarginata. Blume. Bijdr. l c. ? Corycium? humile. Hamilt. ic. spicà densa subsessili, labello 486 NEOTTE E—PHYSURIDA. Hab. in Indie peninsula, Hamilton; Zeylona Macrae; Jave calcareis, Blume? (v. ic. pict. et h. s. sp.) An erect plant, with reddish stems, from 3 inches to more than a foot in height, quite covered with narrow acute equidistant leaves. The flowers are in dense oblong terminal spikes, very little, if at all, elevated above the leaves ; they are white with a bright yellow, channeled, fleshy, emarginate lip. Dr. Hamilton's figure, at the India House, represents two long separable caudicule to this plant and 6 pollen masses, a point I cannot verify by my Cingalese specimens, the only ones I have seen. 3. ZEUXINE membranacea, Z. caule elongato, foliis linearibus distantibus apiculatis reticulatis, spicà pedunculaté cylindraceà imbricata, labello membranaceo apice oblato apiculato. Hab. in Indie orientalis provincià Bootan, Griffith in herb. Ind. no. 16. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. cet. merc. Ind.) Stem from 9 to 12 inches high, regularly clothed with narrow reticulated leaves. Spike very dense, cylindrical, covered with small white flowers. 4. ZeEuxiNE goodyeroides. Z. foliis ovato-lanceolatis petiolatis medio pallidis, scapi vaginis 2 distan- tibus petaloideis acuminatis, spicà rarà pubescente, sepalis lateralibus patentissimis, labelli laminà membranaceá subrotunda. Hab. in Indid orientali, verosimiliter regno Assamico, Griffith in: herb. ind. misc. no. 7. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. cet. Ind. merc.) A delicate plant, about 6 inches high, with the habit of a Goodyera. The bracts are pink, membranous, and nearly as long as the flowers, which are pink in the sepals and white in the petals and lip. 5. ZEUXINE integerrima. Z. *'labelli limbo integerrimo.” Adenostylis integerrima. Blume. l. c. t. 17. Hab in Java, montanis Gede, florens Maio, Blume. CCLXXIV. MONOCHILUS. Monochilus. Wallich. MSS. Perianthium conicum, connivens, Sepala lateralia libera, labello supposita, dorsale petalis agglutinatum. Labellum columnáà connatum, basi ven- tricosum, intüs callosum, limbo membranaceo, explanato, fisso, sepalis multd longiore. Columna brevis teres, nunc utroque latere glanduloso- tumida, (an semper?) Anthera dorsalis, bilocularis; clinandrio mar- ginato. Pollinia granulosa, 2, biloba, glandulà et caudiculà communibus. Herbz Indice, Goodyere facie. This genus differs from Anectochilus in the absence of a spur, and in the adhesion of the lip with the column ; from Zeuzine in its long mem- branous split lip, and from Cheirostylis in its sepals being disunited, its labellum adherent, and its column apparently destitute of finger-like processes. NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDJ. 487 1. MoNocniLvs regium, M. caule glabro, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis breviter petiolatis secus medium pallidis margine atroviridibus, scapi pilosi squamis 2 distanti- bus inferiore apice foliaceà,spicà laxà pauciflora secundá, bracteis acumi- natis ovarii villosi longitudine, sepalis basi villosis dorsali apice recurvo petaloideo, petalis crispis, labelli sepalis parüm longioris laciniis rotun- datis crenatis. Iri Rajah Zeylonensium. Hab. in Zeylona; sylvis humidis obscuris, Novembre florens, Macrae. (hab. $. Sp. et v. ic. pict.) This plant is called in Ceylon Iri Rajah, or Striped King of the woods. It has narrow lanceolate leaves, pale lilac along the middle, but surrounded with a broad deep green border. The scape is a span high, the flowers white and green. 2. Mowocnuirvs flavum. Wallich MSS. M. caule erecto glabro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis sessilibus ener- viis, scapo pubescente squama unà alterAve acuminatá instructo, spicà secundà multiflora, sepalis petalisque ovatis obtusis, labelli laciniis oblongis integris, callis duobus. Eteria flava. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7380. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) Flowers yellow in a one-sided spike from 3 to 4 inches long. 3. MowxocniLus nervosum. Wallich MSS. M. caule erecto glabro, foliis ovatis nervosis abrupt? petiolatis: vaginà brevi laxà membranaceà, scapo elongato piloso squamulis 1-2 longè distantibus, spicà laxà pauciflorà, sepalis ovatis herbaceis acutis basi pilosis, petalis apice rotundatis, labelli laciniis brevibus cuneatis integer- rimis planis: callis utrinque tribus. Eteria nervosa. Lind. in Wall. cat. 7381. Hab. in India orientali, Hamilton, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) The leaves are distinctly ribbed and netted, and are from an inch to an inch and half long. The scape is nearly naked, clothed with long soft spreading hairs, and is about 6 inches high. The flowers are green with White petals and labellum. 4. Monocuivus longilabre. M. caule glanduloso-piloso, foliis subbinis ovatis acutis undulatis breviter petiolatis, scapi vaginis 3 acuminatis distantibus patulis, spicå pauciflora, bracteis ovatis acutis ovario hirsuto brevioribus, sepalis hirsutis ovatis acutis, petalis obtusis, labelli laciniis elongatis margine exteriore utrin- que unidentato. Hab. in Zeylond ; pascuis ad latera montium, Julio, Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et t. ic. pict.) Flowers white, with green sepals, rather large. 5. Moxocnirvs affine. M. caule piloso, foliis ovatis trinerviis breviter petiolatis, scapo medio vagi- nato, spicà secundà pauciflorà, bracteis subrotundis cucullatis acumi- 488^ NEOTTEZ—PHYSURIDA. natis membranaceis pilosis ovarii arachnoidei longitudine, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis apice rotundatis, labelli laciniis oblongis grosse crenatis, callis binis subulatis involutis. Eteria affinis. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7383. Hab. in regno Burmano, Wallich ; Courtallum, Wight, 1030. (hab. s. sp.) CCLXXV. CHEIROSTYLIS. Cheirostylis. Blume Bijdr. A13. Endlich. gen. no. 1571. Flores ringentes. Sepala omnia connata, lateralia labello supposita. Pe- tala sepalo dorsali agglutinata. Labellum liberum, fissum, basi carina- . tum, intüs bicallosum. Columna erecta, teres, libera, processibus s. bra- chiis 2, liberis aut adnatis, erectis aut porrectis a fronte aucta. Stigma bipartitum. Anthera dorsalis acuminata. Pollinia 4, pulverea, glandule lineari acute adnata. ———— Herbs Indie orientalis terrestres, pusille. Folia petiolata, ovata. Scapus distanter vaginatus. Spice pauciflorz. The processes in front of the column of this genus, which are apparently the supplementary stigmata, are remarkable, and distinguish it well from the neighbouring genera. Exclusive of this it differs from Monochilus in its free labellum and united sepals. 1. CHErRoOsTYLIs montana. Blume, l. c. t. 16 Hab. in Java; locis umbrosis ad montem Parang, Provincie Tjanjor, Blume. Herba habitu fer Anzctochili. Caulis remot? trifoliatus, superne pubes- cens, et bracteis preter florales 3-4 instructus. Folia lanceolata, ner- vosa, membranacea. Flores sessiles parvi albidi. Labelli laciniz cun- eate apice crispe. ^ Columna brachiis porrectis apice acutis; ex Blume. j 2. CuerRrosTYLIS parvifolia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. 20. C. foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis undulatis, floribus pilosis, labelli apice sub- rotundo 4-dentato callis baseos bipartitis, columnå minimá brachiis rectis liberis ipsi zequalibus. Hab. in Zeylona ; Loddiges. (v. v. c.) Herba tenera, zeylanica, 3-pollicaris ; caule stricto, tereti, retrorsum piloso apice nudo bracteato, Folia 4, distantia, supern? sensim minora; vagi- nata, glabra, ultra vaginam petiolata; limbo ovato, undulato, acuto, rubro-viridi, 4 lineas longo. Flores 3, terminales, minuti, albi, pedicel- lati, corymbosi; bracteis linearibus acuminatis rufis, pedicellis longiori- bus. Ovarium obpyramidale, piloso-glandulosum. Sepala clausa, ultra medium connata, glabra, basi paulo ventricosa, obtusiuscula, apice virentia. Petala retrorsum falcata, retusa, sepalo supremo agglutinata. Labellum sepalis parum longius, liberum, canaliculatum, versus apicem constrictum, apice subrotundum, concavum, bilobum : lobis lateralibus emarginatis; callis baseos incurvis, lucidis, subvirentibus, bipartitis. Ante columnam processus duo, liberi, erecti, carnosi, stigmatis longitu- dine, eique omnind paralleli. Columna minima, libera, basi labelli fer? NEOTTE#—PHYSURIDZ. 489 ubdita, stigmate bipartito. Pollinia 4, pulverea, glandule lineari acute inter brachia stigmatis prominenti, agglutinata. 3. CnuzinosTYLIs pusilla. ` C. foliis ovatis aristato-acuminatis, floribus glaberrimis, labelli laciniis oblongis apice dentatis, petalis unguiculatis apice rhombeis, columnae brachiis ascendentibus adnatis. l Hab. in montes Sylhet, inter muscos, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) A very small plant, scarcely more than an inch and half high. Leaves about 2 lines long. Flowers in pairs. CCLXXVI. MYODA. Myoda. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub fol. 1618. Endlicher gen. 1570. Perianthium reflexum, petalis sepalo superiori agglutinatis. Labellum anticum, cum column’ connatum, apice unguiculatum, hastato-tripar- titum. Columna teres, clavata, clinandrio carnoso cucullato, rostello acuminato obliquo. Stigma punctum. parvum, bilabiatum. Anthera ovata. Pollinia 2.————Herba caulescens. Folia ovalia, petiolata, va- ginantia. Scapus vaginatus. Spica multiflora. This curious genus agrees with Hemaria and Macodes in having the column twisted obliquely; but it differs from them both in having an elongated column to which the labellum is joined by its whole length, and a very minute stigma, which is little more than a thick-edged perforation in the face of the broad membranous front of the column. 1. Myopa rufescens. Lindl. in Wall. Cat, no. 7390. Hab. in Penang, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) Herba spithamea, ascendens. Folia pube tenui mollia, plusquam bipolli- caria, basi angustata. Scapus pubescens. Vagine 3, membranacez, acu- minate. Bractee colorate, acuminate, patule, glabre, ovarii tomen- tosi longitudine. Flores albi glabri. Labellum cum columna conna- tum, basi subcalcaratum : limbo trilobo, unguiculato ; lobis planis patentibus, intermedio angustiore, ungue cordato medio carnoso. Columna teres, apice valde dilatata, concava, (s. cucullata), intra cavi- tatem abscondens antheram more Neottearum ; apice rostrata emarginata, Stigma in. medià facie columne, e regione anther, carnosum, promi- nens, bilabiatum, labio inferiore sepius involuto. Anthera cordata 9-loc. intra clinandrium in initio abscondita, mox erecta et magis conspicua. CCLXXVII. HEMARIA. Hemaria. Lindl. orch. scelet. Endlich. gen. no. 1560. Perianthium explanatum, sepalis petaloideis ; lateralibus reflexis. Label- lum liberum, anticum, basi bicallosum, saccatum, didymum, apice obli- quum, unguiculatum, subsagittatum, planum. Columna teres, clavata, cli- September, 1840. sss 490 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDZE. nandrio carnoso, cucullato, oblique torto, rostello acuminato. Anthera bilocularis, acuminata, clinandrii cucullo semioceultata. Pollinia 2, sulcata. Herba perennis, decumbens, foliis coriaceis marginatis glabris. Scapus erectus, squámatus, seu vaginatus. Spica multiflora. Flores albi. 1. Hæmarıa discolor. Goodyera discolor. Ker. in Bot. Reg. fol. 271. Hab. verosimiliter in China, nec Brasilia, ut aiunt hortulani (v. v. c.) A caulescent herbaceous plant, with stout deep purple stems, and thick deep green leaves, rich purplish brown on the under side. Scales and bracts purple. Flowers white, with a large deep yellow anther. CCLXXVIII. HYLOPHILA. : Hylophila. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. sub fol. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1561. Perianthium connivens. Sepalum supremum galeatum, lateralia oblique recurva. Labellum nanum, anticum, liberum, saccatum, dependens, apieulatum. Columna brevissima, clinandrio proclivi, rostello curvo subulato. Anthera incumbens subulata. Pollinia 2, caudiculA subulatà. Herba caulescens, basi radicans. Folia petiolata laxe vaginantia. Scapus terminalis, squamis amplexicaulibus. Spica herbacea multiflora. 1. Hvrornirna mollis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7396. Hab. in Singapur, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis glaber, ascendens, brevis. Folia 3-4 pollicaria, ovali-lanceolata, sicco nigricantia, utrinque acuta, nitida, 3-nervia, anguste petiolata : vagina cyathiformi laxà glabrà. Scapus gracilis, strictus, pedalis, basi glaber, apice pubescens ; squamis duabus, subfoliaceis, amplexicaulibus, nec vaginantibus, aliisque subulatis spice proximis. Spica semipedalis, angusta, multiflora, pube brevi mollis; bracteis setaceis, floribus lon- gioribus, patulis. Flores parvi, tomentosi, sepalo dorsali arcuato apice incurvo lateralibusque ascendentibus sub labello ventricoso prominenti- bus quasi utrinque galeati. CCLXXIX. ZETHERIA. Eteria. Blume Bijdr. 1. 409.— ——JEtheria. Endlich. gen. no. 1558.—— Platylepis. Ach. Rich. I. infr. cit. Sepala conniventia, lateralia labello supposita, dorsale petalis agglutinatum. Labellum ventricosum, columnz appressum, basi intüs bicallosum, apice acuminato. Columna nana, crassa, inappendiculata; stigmate ovali mox bipartito. Anthera dorsalis. Pollinia 2, sectilia, glandulæ lineari adnata. Herbæ terrestres, acaules aut caulescentes. Folia oblonga, membranacea, nervosa. Scapus terminalis, vaginatus, Flores spicati, extus sepiüs glanduloso-pubescentes. Vix Goodyera differt nisi labello bicalloso. NEOTTE JE —PHYSURID E. 491 1. ZETHERI1A albida. Blume l. c. Æ. “glabra, foliis ovato-oblongis, floribus dense spicatis, labelli limbo ovato intüs muricato."' Hab. in Java; locis humidis in montosis Salak, Seribu, &c. Blume. 2. Airmeria javanica. Blume, l. c. Æ. “ foliis ovalibus acutis undulatis discoloribus, floribus lax? spicatis ex- tern? glanduloso-pubescentibus, labelli limbo angustato." Hab. in Java; in locis humidis in montosis Salak, Seribu, &c. Blume. Leaves dark purple above, pale flesh colour beneath. 3. /Erueria oblongifolia. Blume Bijdr. 410. ¢ 14. Æ. “foliis ovato-oblongis, floribus laxe spicatis externe glanduloso-puber- ulis, labelli limbo ovato-fornicato." Hab. in Java ; in declivitatibus Solassie Provincie Tjanjor, Blume. 4. JErHER1A occulta. Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. no. 179. Æ. foliis ovalibus nervosis in petiolum latum angustatis, vaginis scapi glabriusculi foliaceis, spicà densà elongatà, bracteis magnis convexis ovario longioribus glanduloso-pubescentibus, sepalis basi pubescentibus, labello oblongo basi saccato apice acuminato canaliculato recurvo extüs tuberculato. Goodyera occulta. Thouars orch. afr. t. 28. Platylepis goodyeroides. Ach. Rich. orch. maur. 39. t. 62: £. Hab. in Mauritio et Borbonia, Thouars, &c. (v. v. c.) 5. JETHERIA abbreviata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7385. Æ. caule basi folioso ascendente, foliis ovali-lanceolatis in petiolum angus- tissimum attenuatis, scapo bivaginato puberulo, spicà pauciflorà stricta, bracteis acuminatis ovario glabro duplo brevioribus, sepalis glabris, la- bello basi ventricoso medio 1-lamellato apice angustato et tüm dilatato truncato. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) Stem slender, a span high, scarcely downy, with about 2 sheaths, which are a little leafy at the apex. Flowers very small. 6. JETHERIA fusca. Æ. acaulis, foliis rosulatis ovalibus acutis sessilibus, scapo piloso, squamis oblongis apice foliaceis haud vaginantibus, spicà densissimá oblonga, bracteis obtusis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis glabriusculis, labello saccato apice ovato obtuso, antherà rotundata emarginatà. Goodyera fusca. Lindl, in Wall. Cat. no. 7395. Hab. in India septentrionali, Wallich, Royle. (hab. s. sp.) A short rigid plant from 5 to 7 inches high, with thick radical leaves spreading close upon the ground. It appears to be clothed with brown hairs, and is remarkable in this Physuridous section for the scales upon the scape not sheathing the stem, but simply adhering to it on one side. 492 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURID/JE. CCLXXX. GOODYERA. Goodyera. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 197. (1813). 4. 270. Tussaca. Rafin. in Journ. Bot. Peramium. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. (1812). Sepala herbacea, lateralia labello supposita, dorsale c. petalis in galeam agglutinatum. — Labellum liberum, aut column4 connatum, ventricosum aut concavum, ecallosum, indivisum. Columna nana, recta, teres ; stig- mate membranaceo, rotundato aut rostrato; antherá dorsali; polliniis 2 sectilibus.—— — Herb: terrestres, caulescentes, radicibus succulentis fibrosis. Folia in petiolum angustata vaginatum. Flores spicati, sepiüs pubescenes. $ 1. Labellum anticum, liberum. 1. Goopyera repens. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 198. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t 1987. G. subacaulis, foliis ovatis acutiusculis unicoloribus petiolis longioribus, spicà elongata secunda pubescente, bracteis florum longitudine, sepalis ovatis acutis pubescentibus, labello ventricoso apice acuminato deflexo. Satyrium repens. Linn. sp. pl. 1339. Eng. Bot. 5. t. 289. 'Tussaca secunda. Rafin. Journ. Bot. 4. 271. Peramium repens. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. Hab. in Europe subalpinis et sylvis sterilibus ab Anglia ad Mosquam ; necnon in Sibiria, Gmelin, et in Nova Scotia, Menzies. (hab. s. sp.) 2. Goopyera pubescens. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 198. Lindl. coll. bot. t.25. Sweet. Fl. Gard. ser. 9. t. 47. G. subacaulis; foliis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis pictis petiolis longioribus, spicà densà pubescente, bracteis floribus :equalibus, sepalis ovatis obtusis pubescentibus, labello ventricoso apice ovato recto, stigmate rotundato. Satyrium repens. Mich. ft. bor. amer. 2. 137, Neottia pubescens. Willd. sp. pl. 4.76. Tussaca reticulata. Rafin. in Journ. Bot. 4.271. Hab. in America septentrionali ; (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) 8. GoopvrEnA Menziesii. G. subacaulis, foliis oblongis venosis unicoloribus petiolis longioribus, . Spicà laxà secund4 multiflora, bracteis ovario æqualibus, sepalis lineari- oblongis puberulis, petalis margine anteriore dilatatis, labello concavo apice lineari recurvo obtuso concavo, stigmate antheraque acuminatis. Spiranthes decipiens. Hooker Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. 203. t. 204. Hab. in Americe septentrionalis ord occidentali, Menzies, Douglas. (hab. $. Sp.) A remarkable species, distinguishable from Goodyera pubescens not only by the peculiar form of the stigma and anther, but by its more lax spike, the flowers of which are quite secund, and much larger. The leaves too do not appear to have pale veins. Sir William Hooker has referred it to Spiranthes because of the form of its rostellum ; but it has the ventricose, though not saccate labellum and the straight column of Goodyera ; and it wants the calli at the base of the labellum, which are essential to Spi- ranthes, NEOTTEJE —PHYSURIDE. 493 4. GoopvEna marginata. Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 7394. G. subcaulescens, foliis ovato-lanceolatis unicoloribus petiolis longioribus, vaginis scapi puberuli foliaceis, spicà elongatá secundà, bracteis in acumen lineare productis floribus longioribus, sepalis glabris, labello apice concavo ovato. Hab. in India septentrionali ; Wallich, Royle. (hab. s. sp.) Whole plant about a foot high and nearly smooth. Spike very compact and secund, 4 inches long, with very long bracts gradually tapered into a linear extremity. 5. GoopvEnA macrophylla. Lowe prim. fl. Mad, 13. c. ic. G. subcaulescens, foliis oblongis acutis in vaginis suis subsessilibus, scapo apice tomentoso, spicà pyramidatà densa, bracteis floribus pauld brevio- ribus, sepalis pubescentibus oblongo-linearibus obtusis, labello ovato concavo obtuso extüs tuberculoso margine utrinque obsolete unidentato. Hab. in Madera; gregaria in declivibus sylvarum humidis umbrosis rarissima, Lowe. (hab. s. sp. comm. amiciss. Leman.) á A very stout species, with creeping stems which rise erect to the height of a foot and more. The scape, bracts, and sepals are covered with ferru- ginous down. The petals are white ; the flowers scentless. 6. Goopyrra procera, Hooker exot. fl. t. 39. G. caulescens, glaber, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis scapo brevioribus, spicà densà elongata cylindraceà, bracteis ovatis acuminatis ovario longioribus, floribus subglobosis, sepalis petalisque subrotundis convexis obtusis, labello ventricoso apice calloso apiculato intüs villoso, column angulis superioribus acuminatis. Neottia procera. Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 639. ? Neottia bifida. Blume Bijdr. 408. Hab. in Asia tropica ; Sylhet et Napalia, Wallich ; Zeylona, Macrae ; China, Vachell ; et fort? Java, Blume. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) 'This common plant can scarcely be missing in the Flora of Java, where- fore I have with doubt selected the Neottia bifida of Blume as possibly being it, the short character of that species agreeing very well with it, if the two acuminate processes of the column are what is meant by ** gynos- temium profunde bifidum." 7. Goopyera rubicunda. Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 92. G. caulescens, foliis oblongis acutis in basin cuneatam angustatis, spicà elongatà multiflorà laxà ferrugineo-tomentosá, bracteis lineari-lanceo- latis acuminatis ovario longioribus, sepalis pubescentibus, labello con- cavo acuto apice reflexo intüs villoso. ? Neottia rubicunda, Blume Bijdr. 408. Hab. in Manilla, Cuming. ; nec non Java, Blume? (v. v. c.) This plant has the habit of Goodyera procera, but is smaller ; the scape and spike are rather more than a foot higb, downy, and of a dull cinnamon brown. The flowers are also downy and of the same colour, with the exception of the lip, which is white, and densely fringed inside with glandular hairs. 494 NEOTTEJE—PYHSURIDJE. 8. GoopvEna nuda. Thouars orch. afr. t. 29. Ach. Rich. orch. maur. 88. 1:6, f- 3- G. caulescens, glaber, foliis ovali-lanceolatis acutis membranaceis petiolis longioribus, spicà oblongå multiflora, bracteis acuminatis floribus brevioribus, sepalis glabris, labello concavo acuminato apice ovali acuto, petalis brevioribus acutissimis. Hab. in insulis Mauritii et Borbonie, Thouars, &c. Flowers extremely small. Perhaps a species of ZEtheria. - 9. GoopvEna guayanensis. at, folis. . . «5.86800 glabro squamis membranaceis laxis acuminatis vaginato, spicå densà cylindraceá puberulà, bracteis glabris ovatis ven- tricosis apice setaceis floribus longioribus, sepalo dorsali galeato acumi- nato, labello acuminato canaliculato apice dilatato rotundato. Hab. in Guayana, Schomburgk, 698. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 6 inches high, of which 13 inch is occupied by the dense spike. Flowers very smell, minutely downy. The dorsal sepal is so much galeate as to give the flowers the appearance of a Cranichis. § 2. Labellum posticum, c. columná utrinque auriculatá acuminatd conna- tum. Rhamphidia. 10. GoopvrEna? elongata. G. caulescens, foliis ovali-lanceolatis petiolis angustissimis longioribus, scapo gracili et spicà rarà multiflorà elongatà molliter pubescentibus, bracteis ovario duplo brevioribus, sepalis obtusis pubescentibus, labello concavo acuminato postico intus villoso cam columná auriculatà connato. Eteria elongata. Lindl. in Wall. cat. 7384. Hab. in Indie orientalis archipelago, Finlayson. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. merc. Ind. or.) A very slender plant, more than a foot and half high. Flowers very small, nodding. I suppose the following are also referable to this genus: viz. 11. Neottia grandis; foliis ovali-oblongis, spicà densà et floribus extern? villosiusculis, bracteis ovarium duplo fere superantibus, labelli limbo obtusiusculo patente. Blume Bijdr. 407. Hab. in Java; in sylvis mon- tanis Provincie Bantam. 19. Neottia viridiflora ; foliis ovato-oblongis, spica pauciflora floribusque | glabris, bracteis longitudine ovarii pubentis, labello acuto patente. Id. 408. Hab. in Java; in radicibus arborum ad montem Salak.———— Flores mediocres, sordide virescentes. 13. Neottia colorata ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis discoloribus, spica rara flori- busque externé puberulis, bracteis ovario aqualibus, labelli limbo pa- tente. Id. 409. Hab. in Java; ad ripas fluvii Tjapus in montosis ‘Salak. NEOTTEJE— PHYSURIDJE. 495 14. Neotiia reticulata; foliis lanceolatis reticulato-nervosis, spica laxiflora, bracteis ovarium superantibus. Id. 409. Hab. in Java; ad originem fluvii Tjiburrum in montosis Gede. Possibly the following plant, said to have a clavate column, may also belong here. , 15. Neoitia parviflora ; ** foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, pedunculis floribusque extern? pubentibus, bracteis longitudine ovarii, labelli limbo obtuso patente interne bicalloso." Blume, 408. Hab. in Java, inter lapides ad marginem fluvii Tjapus. also 16. Satyrium vallisoletanum ; ** bulbis fasciculatis, foliis 7-nerviis, floribus pellucidis, labello subdiviso erecto, lacinia media reflexa." Llave orch. MCL. 2:7- Hab. in Mexico; prope Fallisoletum, juxta predium de Quinzeo, fl. Maio. Folia radicalia, ovata, lata, acumine reflexo terminata. Scapus villosus. Flores lax? spicati, ferruginei, virescentes, herbacei, extüs pellucidi. Labellum erectum, concolor, obscure 3-lobum, genitalia amplectens, lacinià intermedia petaloided, albidà, revolutà, tomento levi intüs vestità. La Llav. et Lexare. * CCLXXXI. EUCOSIA. Eucosia. Blume Bijdr. 415. Endlich gen. no. 1556. Perianthium erecto-connivens sepalis latioribus. Labellum sepalis con- forme, intüs villosum, columnam amplectens. Columna brevis, obtusa, indivisa. Anthera denti dorsali affixa, acuminatissima, bilocularis. Pol- linia 2, biloba, granulosa, pedicellata; pedicellis apice connexis nudis. Herba Javanica, terrestris, caulescens. Folia petiolata, ovata, nervosa, membranacea. Spica terminalis, villosa, pauciflora, bracteis preter florales 2 alternis. Flores bracteati, carnei, extern? pubescentes. Blume. I cannot understand the figure of this genus in Blume's tables. It appears very near Georchis, but different in its obtuse stigma, and much ` longer column. Perhaps it should be referred to Goodyera. 1. Evcosia carnea. Blume, l. c.t. 18. Hab. in Jave humidis, montis Salak prope Passir Java, Blume. CCLXXXII. GEORCHIS. Georchis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub, fol. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1537. Flores ringentes, cylindrico-conniventes, basi ventricosi. Sepala libera, dorsale cum petalis agglutinatum ; lateralia labello supposita. Label- 496 NEOTTE £—PHYSURID.E. lum sessile, acuminatum, ecallosum, indivisum, columnam amplectens. Columna brevissima, membranacea; stigmate infundibulari, anticé emarginato, involuto, rostello acuminatissimo, labelli longitudine, in setas 2 bipartito. Anthera dorsalis, in acumen longissimum producta. Pollinia 4, minuta, farinosa, clavata, separabilia, caudiculis totidem nudis, setaceis, apice coharentibus.—— — Herb: Indiz orientalis, cau- lescentes. Folia subcordata, petiolis vaginantibus. Scapus squamis unà alteráve vaginatus. Spice pubescentes, pauciflora. This genus is near Goodyera, from which it differs in its very acu- minate anther and stigma, the latter of which splits into 2 very long setaceous arms. 1. Georcuis biflora. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7379. G. foliis subrotundo-ovatis pictis scapo bifloro equalibus, vaginis scapi 2 imbricatis linearibus herbaceis obtusis, floribus puberulis, labelli ovati acumine lineari undulato obtuso basi pilosa. Hab. in Nepalia ? Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) Whole plant about 2 inches high. Stem rooting, decumbent. Leaves an inch long, and nearly 2 broad. Flowers, when dried, 8 lines long. 2. Grorcuis cordata. G. glabra, foliis cordatis acutis 3-nerviis concoloribus scapo multifloro bre- vioribus, vaginà scapi solitarià infra medium membranaceá acuminatá, floribus glaberrimis, labelli ovati acumine brevi apice recurvo medio villoso. Hab. in Zeylona, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Stigma intra infundibuium membranaceum, emarginatum, a tergo rostello adnatum cujus latera involvuntur, inclusum. A span high. Stem decumbent, rooting. Flowers about 5 lines long. There are a few glandular hairs on the scape, otherwise -the plant is smooth, with the exception of a tuft of hairs in the middle of the lip. 3. Georcuis foliosa. G. caule ascendente glabro, foliis ovalibus utrinque acutis longe petiolatis scapo longioribus, scapi tomentosi apice aphylli vaginis foliaceis imbri- catis, spicà oblongà multiflora, bracteis linearibus acuminatis glabris foliaceis floribus multó longioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis tomentosis, labello ovato concavo acumine dilatato membranaceo marginibus inflexis. Hab. in regno Burmano, Griffith. (hab. s. sp.) Leaves an inch and half long, without the petiole, which, including the sheath, is about 10 lines long. Flowers buried among narrow leafy bracts, which are smooth, while the rachis and flowers are downy. CCLXXXIIJ. MACODES. . Macodes (Neottix sect.) Blume Bijdr. 1. 407. t. 2- Sepala herbacea, conniventia, libera ; lateralia majora. Petala libera, fili- formia, patula. Labellum liberum, saccatum, imberbe, patulum, trilo- NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDIE. ` 497 bum; lobo medio elongato, lingueformi. Columna teres, rostrata, oblique torta, basi appendice bilobà instructa; stigmate conspicuo verti- cali; clinandrio carnoso cucullato. Anthera horizontalis, bilocularis, acuminata, in rostellum prona. Pollinia 9, biloba, sectilia, long? pedi- cellata, glandule cuneate adnata.—— — Herba Spiranthis v. potius Ste- norhynchi cujusdam viridiflori habitu ? These characters are taken from Blume. The plant he calls Neottia Petola is evidently a peculiar genus, differing from Myoda in the labellum not being adnate to the column ; from Hemaria in the presence of a pair oflarge appendages at the base of the column; and from both in the lateral sepals being herbaceous and connivent. 1. Macopzs Petola. Neottia Petola. Blume Bijdr. 1. 407. t. 2. Folium Petolatum. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6. t. 51. f. 3. sec. Blume. Hab. ip Java; in locis humidis ad ripas, Blume. Leaves oval, acute, discoloured, clouded on the upper side, and most elegantly marked with netted veins. The spike and flowers externally clothed with glandular pubescence ; limb of the labellum spreading. Blume enquires whether this can be Smith’s Neottia acaulis, which it cer- tainly is not. He also cites to it the Folium Petolatum of Rumphius, ‘which has been considered by Wallich as an Anzctochilus. CCLXXXIV. TROPIDIA. Tropidia Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub. fol. 1618. Endlich. gen. no, 1565. Perianthium clausum. Sepala herbacea, glabra, lateralia majora, basi oblique producta, calear mentientia ; dorsale brevius a petalis liberum. Petala sepalo dorsali conformia, libera. ^ Labellum liberum, sessile, ventricosum, compressum (?) apice constrictum et in limbum parvum cucullatum abrupt? expansum ; intra marginem utrinque lamellà auctum. Columna elongata, teres, libera ; rostello acuto ; stigmatis labio inferiore incrassato; clinandrio long? infra stigma excavato. Anthera dorsalis, cum stigmate parallela, carinata, mutica. Pollinia 4, in massas pulve- reas 9 bilobas cohzrentia; caudiculà brevi.———— Herba, arundinis facie. Folia in vaginam longam sessilia, omnind graminea. Spica parva, conica, subsessilis. Flores minuti, virides. This singular genus has the habit of some large kind of grass, the form and texture of its leaves being quite of such a nature. It may be compared to Evelyna, in some respects. 1. Troprpra curculigoides. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7386. Hab. in India orientali; montibus Sylhet, et secus ripas fluminis Attran, Wallich; Zeylona, in pascuis, Macrae. (hab. s. sp.) Omnes partes glabra. Caulis strictus, tenuis, striatus, vix solidus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, Arundinis textura, acuminatissima, 6-8 poll. longa, in vaginam longam striatam sessilia; suprema minora, sensim in brac- teis mutata. Spica conica, parva, subsessilis, bracteis quibusdam an- gustissimis vacuis circumdata, 6 lineas longa, multiflora. Flores virides, September, 1840. TTT 498 NEOTTE Z—PHYSURIID. glabri. Bractec superiores setacez, alabastris longiores. Sepala lateralia ovato-lanceolata, basi semicordata; supremum brevius et angustius. Petala lanceolata, subfalcata. Labellum c. column4 verosimiliter haud articulatum. CCLXXXV. ULANTHA. Ulantha. Hooker in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 2990. Endlich. gen, no. 1549. Flores ringentes. Sepala semipetaloidea, dorsale planum arcuatum, later- alia majora basi equalia unguiculata patentia, apice dilatata crispa appendicibus papillosis armata. Petala sepalo dorsali supposita, libera, breviora, uhdulato-crispa. Labellum cucullatum, trilobum, unguicula- tum,lamellatum et verrucis conicis obsitum, Columna libera, semi- teres, elongata, basi pauló producta, utrinque dente aucta; stigmate subquadrato, rostello brevi bifido. Anthera dorsalis, ovata, acuta, 2-lo- cularis, connectivo crasso, intra cucullum carnosum clinandrii inserta. Pollinia 4, geminata, arcuata, subfarinacea. Herba terrestris, Sarcoglottidis visu. In this remarkable genus we find the same tendency to break up the surface of the sepals into papilla, or glandular hairs, as in Chlorea among the Arethuseous tribe. It has no obvious affinity to any other.genus of this tribe. 1. Unantna grandiflora. Hooker, l. c. Neottia? grandiflora. Jd. in Bot. Mag. t. 2956. Hab. in insulà S. Vincentii, Guilding. (exam. s. c. in hb. Hooker.) Stem a foot high. Leaves linear-oblong, acuminated, glaucous, tipped with brown, gradually changing into the lanceolate imbricated scales of the scape. Flowers very large, green and white. CCLXXXVI. AN/ECTOCHILUS. Anectochilus. Blume Fl. Jav. pref. VI. Endlich. gen. 1569. Anecochilus. Blume Bijdr. A11. Chrysobaphus. Wallich. fl. nep. tent. t. 27.——Orchipedum. Kuhl et Hasselt Orchid. ed. Breda, t. 10. fide Endlicheri. Perianthium ringens. Sepalum supremum cum petalis in galeam agglu- tinatum ; lateralia patula, basi inzequalia, labello supposita. Labellum cum columna basi connatum, ventricoso-calcaratum, ungue rigido cana- liculato inflexo fimbriato, limbo bilobo patente; callis duobus in fundo scroti. Columna brevis, marginibus membranaceis dilatatis involutis appendieulam bilamellatam simulantibus. Stigma basi bicallosum. Pollinia 2, pulverea, subbiloba, caudiculis brevibus, glandulà oblongà. Herb: tropice, Asiaticze, radice fibrosá, rhizomate filiformi sub- terraneo. Caules foliosi. Folia nervosa, discolora, venis sep? auroml- cantibus. Flores spicati, laxiusculi, glanduloso-pilosi. 'This exceedingly curious genus is essentially distinguished by bearing in the middle of the column, just below the stigma, a pair of transverse calli, which are evidently abortive stigmata, analogous to those of Habena- ria, but adnate to the column, and interposed between the anther-bed NEOTTEJE£—PHYSURIDJE. 499 and a thin plate which is adherent to the face of the column. What the latter is I do not know. § 1. Labellum margine fimbriatum v. dentatum. 1. Anzxcrocuiuus setaceus. Blume è. c. f. 15. Bot. Reg. t. 2010. A. foliis pictis ovatis s. ovalibus acutis discoloribus, spicá strictà pauciflorà sepalisque pubescentibus, labelli margine setaceo-multifido basi rotun- dato, sacco conico emarginato. Folium petolatum. Rumph. herb. amb. 6. 93. t. 41. f. 3. sec. Wallich. Wana Raja Zeylonensium. Hab. in Java ; locis humidis et umbrosis inter lapides in montosis Salak, Gede, Vankuwan Prahu, Blume; Zey/ona, sylvis humidis obscuris, Macrae; Amboyne montibus summis, Rumphius. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) This and the following have white flowers, and dark leaves beautifully netted with bright yellow veins. In Ceylon it is called Wana Rajah, or King of the woods. 2. Anacrocuitus Roxburghii. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. herb. ind. no. 7387. A. foliis pictis ovatis acutis discoloribus, spicà laxA multiflora sepalisque pubescentibus, labelli margine setaceo multifido basi sagittato, sacco conico emarginato. Chrysobaphus Roxburghii. Wallich. tent. fie nepal. t. 27. Hab. in India orientali; Nepalia et Sylhet sylvis umbrosis, Wallich; Kha- siya Griffith in herb. ind. (r. et misc. 6.); Assam, D". Mack. (hab. s. sp.) 3. Ax ECTOCHILUS brevilabris. A. foliis pictis subrotundo-ovatis discoloribus, spicà laxà multiflora glan- duloso-pilosà, bracteis patulis ovatis setaceo-acutis ovario brevioribus, sepalis pubescentibus, labelli margine pinnatifide dentato lamina breviore basi sagittatà, sacco emarginato. Hab. in Assam D^. Mack. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) Another of the species with bright golden veins upon a deep purplish green ground. Its peculiar lip marks it readily as a distinct species. 4. ANXCTOCHILUS lanceolatus. A. foliis ovato-lanceolatis unicoloribus, spicà densà multiflorà glanduloso- pilosà, bracteis erectis floribus longioribus, sepalis glabris, labelli mar- gine interrupte dentato-fimbriato laminz longitudine, sacco didymo. Hab. in Assam, D”. Mack. Khasiya, Griffith in herb. ind. (s.) (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) A pretty species with plain leaves, and a very dense narrow spike of flowers. The calli of the stigma are so large as to meet below that organ they are guarded in front by a folded plate smaller than themselves. 5. AN.ECTOCHILUS flavescens. Blume l. c. A. “ foliis ovato-oblongis, spicà pubente multiflora, sepalis nudis, labello inferne ad margines denticulato." ` Hab. in Java; in cacumine montis Burangrang, Provincie Krawang, Blume. Flores flavi. Bl. 500 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURID.JE. 6. ÀNECTOCHILUS pubescens. Blume l. c. A. ''foliis ovatis, spica subbiflora sepalisque exterioribus pubescentibus, labello inferne ad margines denticulato.”’ Hab. in Java ; in sylvis altioribus montis Salak, Blume. Flores albi. Bl. $ 2. Myrmecuis. Labellum margine indivisum. 7. ANECTOCHILUS sandvicensis. A. folis ovatis, spicà subsessili angustá multiflorà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis appressis ovario lineari brevioribus, labelli margine integro apice transverso cordato apiculato, sepalis glabris, sacco didymo. Hab. in insulis Sandwich, Mathews. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Caulis prostratus, basi radicans. Folia ovato-oblonga, sesquipollicaria, multinervia, in petiolum brevem angustissimum in vaginam levem cyathiformem expansum angustata. Spica terminalis, brevipedunculata, vagina alterà foliaceà alterà membranaceA in pedunculum, angusta, 3-4 poll. longa, pubescens. Bracteze membranacee, lanceolate, acuminate, ovario lineari breviores, fere dimidium pollicem longa. Ovarium in collum angustatum. Sepala glabra, lateralia oblonga, concava, reflexa, supremum ovatum cum petalis conformibus agglutinatis fornicatum. Labellum basi ventricosum, sc-otiforme, didymum, sacculis rotundatis umbonatis in fundo callosis; medio lineare, canaliculatum, in lobum terminalem expansum magnum transversum apiculatum reniformem emarginatum. 8$. Au zcTOocHiILUS gracilis. Blume, l. c. A. “ foliis ovatis, spicà pauciflorà pubente, sepalis glabris, labello edentulo, callis gynostemii erosis." Hab in Java ; in summo montis ignivomi Gede, Blume. CCLXXXVII. GALERA. Galera. Blume Bijdr. 1. 415. t. 3. Perianthium connivens. Petala latiora. Labellum obtuse calcaratum, conca- vum ; limbo indiviso undulato. Columna brevis, crassa, fornicata. Anthera interne infra apicem affixa, turbinata, carnosa, 2-locularis : loculis bilocellatis. — Pollinia 2, subbiloba, granulosa, pedicellata ; pedicellis arcuatis, ad latus exterius anthere affixis. Ovarium sub flore coarctatum. : Herba terrestris, caulescens. Radix tuberosa. Caulis aphyllus, squamatus, apice spicatus, multiflorus. Flores pedicellati, bracteati, nutantes. Char. ex Blume. Blume says this genus is allied to Arethusa ; but according to the figure, which in some respects is not clearly represented, the pollen masses are those of Neottez. 1. GALERA nutans. Blume, l. c. Hab. in Java ; in sylvis altioribus montis Salak ; Blume. NEOTTE Æ—PHYSURIDÆ, 501 CCLXXXVIII. PHYSURUS. Physurus. Richard, Orch. Eur. 33.* Microchilus. Presl. Relig. Henk, 1. 94. Erythrodes. Blume Bijdr. 410. Sepala subzqualia, herbacea, lateralia labello supposita. Petala subzqualia sepalo dorsali agglutinata. Labellum anticum, cum columna parallelum, concavum, sub apice dilatato sepe lunato constrictum, basi calcare brevi libero sepe ventricoso auctum. Columna libera v. basi tantum labello leviter accreta ; rostello demum membranaceo bipartito. Anthera dorsalis, apiculata, bilocularis. ^ Pollinia 2, sectilia, glandule ovali adnata. ——-Herbze terrestres, caulescentes, radicibus filiformibus suecu- lentis. Folia basi laxe vaginata, petiolata, nervosa. Flores dens? racemosi. > $ 1. Labellum apice lunatum. $2. Labellum apice dilatatum, angulatum aut rotundatum, $3. Labellum lanceolatum. 8 4. Labellum apice tridentatum $ 1. Labellum apice lunatum. 1l. Puysurus hirtellus. P. caule ascendente medio folioso, foliis ovatis acutissimis petiolatis, scapo pubescente, petalis integerrimis, labello apice lunato ciliato, calcare filiformi incurvo ovario breviore. Satyrium hirtellum. Swartz. prodr. 118. Orchis hirtella. Swartz. f. Ind. occ. 1394. Hab. in Jamaice sylvis montanis, inter quisquilia et dejecta putrescentia arborum, Swartz; Sti. Vincentii, Guilding ; Tortola, Schomburgk; Ste. Lucie ; Anderson. (v. v. c. et. h. s. sp.) An obscure plant, not at all uncommon in herbaria. It is very variable in size, my St. Vincent's and garden specimens not being more than 6 inches high, while others gathered in Tortola by Mr. Schomburgk are 3 times as large. Its very small flowers, (the smallest in the genus) and its ovate very acute leaves distinguish it readily. 2, Puysurus Preslei. P. caule basi foliato, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis multinerviis scapo stricto brevioribus, spicà elongatà angustA multiflora, labello lineari apice reflexo sagittato tomentoso, calcare oblongo ventricoso ovario equali. Microchilus major. Presl. Relig. H«nk. 1.94. Symbol. Bot. t. Hab. in Peruvia, Henke, (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. Monac.) Calli adsunt duo, calcar decurrentes, filiformes, adnati, apice liberi. 3. Puvsunvs roseus. P. caule crasso erecto dense folioso, foliis ovalibus acuminatis multinerviis in petiolum sensim angustatis, scapo et inflorescentià villosis, spicà cylindraceà elongata, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus longioribus, * Orchis plantaginea et hirtella gcnus sunt Goodycra ct Epipogio intermedium, Rich. 2 502 NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDZE. labello apice lunato laciniis falcatis revolutis, calcare filiformi incurvo ovario breviore. Hab. in Brasilia; in Serra de Piedade ad arbores, prov. Min. Ger. Martius (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. Monac.) Stem as stout as a swan's quill, S inches high. Leaves with petiole from 4 to 6 inches long. Spike about 4 inches long, with rose coloured bracts and flowers of the same colour, but paler. 4. Pnvsunvs densiflorus. P. caule ascendente, foliis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, spicà den:À cylindraceá intra folia subsessili, labello apice crasso unguiculato sagittato, calcare falcato ovario longiore. Hab. in Brasilia ; in sylvis prope Bahiam, Martius. (exam. s. sp. in hb. reg. Monac.) i Stem about 6 inches high, rooting at the base. Leaves apparently more firm than usual, although many-nerved, yet with only 3 principal ribs visible when dry. Spike very close, about 4 inches long, not much pro- jecting beyond the leaves in the only specimen I have seen. 5. Puvsunvs bifalcis. P. caule erecto, foliis multinerviis ovali-lanceolatis in petiolum brevem sensim angustatis scapo zqualibus, spicà laxà elongata, labello apice lunato biconvexo laciniis elongatis falcatis, calcare filiformi incurvo óvario breviore. Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews 1976. (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Stem erect, 6 inches high. Upper leaves as long or longer than the slender scape, which bears about 3 loose smooth sheaths. Bracts lanceo- late, longer than the ovary. Lateral sepals very narrow, and about the same length as the spur, which is but very little inflated. 6. Puysurvus ovatus. P. caule erecto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, spicà conicà densissim? imbricatà pubescente, labello apice lunato apiculato : laciniis subtruncatis, calcare vesicato. Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1877. (hab. s. sp.) Stem erect, about 6 inches long, terminated by a slender scape rather more than twice as long and finely downy. Flowers very small, arranged in an ovate or conical head. 7. Puvsunvs repens. P. pubescens, labello elliptico apice utrinque transversim emarginato lobo terminali reniformi apiculato dentato, calcare ovario dimidio breviore reflexo, spica elongata, scapo medio folioso ; foliis petiolatis lanceolatis, acutis, Pelexia repens. Poppig. gen. et. sp. 2. 17. t. 124. f. a—e. Hab. in Peruvie subandinz montibus sylvaticis ad Pampayaco et Cuchero ; Floret Julio; Poppig. A plant from 8 inches to a foot high, with the middle only of the stem leafy. Leaves about two inches long and 7 lines broad (or in a narrow leafed variety not more than four lines broad) 5-7-nerved, crimson beneatb, NEOTTEA—PHYSURIDZ. 503 green above, sometimes spotted. Spike densely downy with white hairs. Flowers greenish, about 43 lines long. Poppig. § 2. Labellum apice dilatatum, angulatum, aut rotundatum. S. Pnysurus minor. P. scapo tenui erecto basi folioso, foliis ellipticis acuminatis, spicà lineari laxà, floribus minutis, labello lineari apice dilatato emarginato, calcare scrotiformi ovario dupld breviore. Microchilus minor. Presl. Relig. Henk. 1. 94. Symb. Bot. t. Hab in Peruvia, Henke. Stem about a foot high. Flowers the smallest in the genus ; according to Presl's figure, arranged in a very slender spike. 9. Puvsunvs foliosus. P. *labello obovato utrinque transversim inciso; lobo terminali cordato acuto (pediceliato) integerrimo (papilloso), calcare ovario longiore pendulo, spicà ovali densiflorà, scapo folioso, foliis petiolatis oblongis acuminatis." ; Pelexia foliosa. — Poppig. n. gen. et sp. 2. 17. Hab. in Peruvia; rara in sylvis paludosis ad Missionem Tocache flumini Huallagae vicinum, florens Julio, Poppig. A plant 6 inches high. Stem finely downy, with 6 or 7 leaves, each about 4 inches long, violet purple underneath. Spike surrounded by acuminated vagine, otherwise naked, cylindrical, rather swelled in the middle, dense, obtuse, about an inch and a half long. Flowers very small, whitish. Poppig. 10. Pnuvsunvs plantagineus. P. caule ascendente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis petiolatis, scapo rachi ovariisque pilosis, petalis cuneatis dentatis, labello lineari acuminato apice ovato crenulato recurvo, calcare inflato ovario paulló breviore. Orchis elatior latifolia Asphodeli radice, spicá strigosi, Sloane Jam. 119, hist. 1, 250. CMILESM 5 Satyrium plantagineum. Zinn. sp. pl. 1338. l Orchis plantaginea. Swartz. fl. Ind. occ. 1396. Willd. no. 61. Pelexia bursaria. Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 4. 116. Hab in India occidentali ; Dominicd, Henslow. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 14 to 2 feet high with a short few-flowered raceme of flowers as large as those of Goodyera macrophylla. The scape is very slender in comparison with the real stem, and has 3 or 4 membranous loose sheaths. I have no excuse to offer for having carelessly described this as a new species of Pelexia. 11. Puvysunvs debilis. P. caule debili filiformi prostrato vix radicante, foliis ovatis obtusiusculis breviter petiolatis subtrinerviis internodiorum longitudine, racemo ovato paucifloro obtuso, bracteis lanceolatis membranaceis floribus brevioribus, sepalis glabris, labello apice dilatato angulato per medium bilamellato, calcare inflato obtuso ovarii loagitudine. Hab. in Brasilia; juxta predium Lumiar, pago “ Haut Macah? " dicto, Descourtilz, (hab. s. sp. comm. beatus Prescott.) 504 NEOTTE/E—PHYSURIDJ. A plant with the habit of a prostrate Commelina. Leaves about an inch long, gradually diminishing into the scales of the scape, which in this species is not distinguishable from the stem. The hairless sepals are a remarkable character in a genus so generally hairy. A figure of this exists among the collection of M. Descourtilz, who says he only found it at the foot of trees half destroyed by fire, and whose decaying fragments form the vegetable mould that surrounds them, He describes the appearance of the whole plant as being crystalline like Purslane. 12. Puvsunvs pictus. P. caule brevissimo, foliis ovatis acutis pictis, petiolo tenui, scapo villoso 2-3-vaginato, racemo conico, bracteis floribus brevioribus, sepalis glabris, labelli concavi lobo medio truncato apiculato, calcare compresso medio latiore ovario longiore. Hab. in Brasilid; ad Rio Belmonte, Pr. Max. Wiedensis; in humo locis montanis sylvaticis, prope Mandioccam et in collibus ad Boto fogo prope . Sebastianopolim, necnon inter folia putrida ad Capocabara, Maio, Martius. (hab. s. sp.) A small jlant, usually 4 or 5 inches high, but occasionally larger. Leaves netted with golden yellow veins. Petals with a dusky spot at the back. ‘lhe flowers appear, from a figure of M. Descourtilz, to be white, with the tip of the labellum yellow. 13. Puysunvus Blumei. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7397. P. caule ascendente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 3-nerviis, scapo et inflorescentià omni rufo-pilosis, petalis linearibus integerrimis, labello oblongo concavo apice cordato-ovato reflexo, calcare inflato apice didymo ovario multd breviore. ? Erythrodes latifolia. Blume Bijdr. 411. t. 72. Hab. in India orientali; provincia Sylhet, Wallich; Zeylond, locis obum- bratis inter sylvas Peradenie, Macrae ; Java? Blume. (hab. s. sp.) From 1 to 2 feet high, the upper part covered with a brownish down, the lowest quite smooth. The flowers are dull brown, a little tinged with pink, and are closely pressed into a long spike. If the labellum of Erythrodes latifolia is really emarginate and rounded at the apex, as it is described and figured, it must be diíferent from this ; but the description and figure given by Blume accord so well in other respects that I suspect an error in that particular. $ 3. Labellum lanceolatum. 14. Prvsunvs pauciflorus. P. “ pubescens, labello oblongo integro denticulato, calcare ovarium adzequante, scapo paucifloro nudo, floribus alternis dissitis, foliis ellipticis obtusis." Pelexia pauciflora. Zoppig. n. g. et sp. pl. 2. 17. t. 124. Hab. in Brasilia boreali; in sylvis sspe inundatis circum pagum Ega in provincia Rio negro, Florens Decembri ; Poppig. A foot high. Leaves all radical, an inch to an inch and a half long, NEOTTEJE—PHYSURIDZJE. 505 often decayed, which gives the plant the appearance of being leafless. Scape 8 or 9 inches long, thinner than a crow-quill, cinnamon coloured ; the spike, ovaries and base of the sepals covered with flattened spiral white hairs. Labellum often dorsal, smooth, white. $ 4. Labellum apice tridentatum. 15. Pnuvsunvs querceticola. P. caulescens, glaberrimus, foliis ovatis acutis membranaceis scapo univaginato brevioribus, spicá pauciflorà, bracteis membranaceis floribus brevioribus, labello sub apice tripartito constricto, calcare oblongo sepalis pauld breviore. Hab in Americd septentrionali ; in quercetis ad Novam Aureliam abunde, Ingalls. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) Of this curious little plant I possess but one poor specimen, about 4 inches high. It is a weak membranous thing, with 4 leaves and 4 or 5 flowers, which, in the dried state, are very thin and delicate. CCLXXXIX. BASKERVILLA. Sepala patentia, basi obliqua, omninó libera. Petala angustiora, patentia, basi columnae dorso adnata. Labellum liberum, (cum columná articu- latum ?) ovatum, nudum, basi in saccum pendulum productum. Columna clavata, basi teres, appendiculata, versus apicem carnosa, solida, pyrami- dalis, apice ipso truncata; foveà pro stigmate verticali, bilabiatà, in facie columnz apicis anticà ; rostello e contrario subulato, e facie posticà que clinandrium est producta. Appendix bivalvis ad columnz basin sita, eique adherens, labello abdita; valvulis verticalibus, superne lamellae parvae horizontalis ope connexis.———— Herba Peruviana, terrestris, radicibus fasciculatis, facie Orchidis. Genus singulare, dicatum Thome Baskerville, juveni ingenioso, discipulo dilecto, libelli* de plantarum affinitatibus auctori, eheu ! morte prematurá abrepto A. D. 1840. This very singular plant is nearly allied to Physurus on the one hand, and to Ponthieva on the other, agreeing with the first in its calcarate lip, and with the latter in the spreading petals being united to the back of the. column. It however differs from both, and indeed from every one of the Neotteous genera known to me by its stigma, which is a small two- lipped perforation in the upper anterior edge of the truncated pyramidal column. 1. BaskERVILLA assurgens. Hab. in Peruvia, Mathews, 1888. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) Planta glaberrima, palmaris. Folia omnia radicalia, erecta, obovato- lanceolata, acuminata, spicà vix breviora, basi in petiolum angustata. Scapus squamis 3, apice patulis, acutis vaginatus. Spica cylindracea, * Affinities of plants, with some observations upon progressive developement. By Thomas Baskerville. London, Taylor & Walton, 1839, 12mo. September, 1810. UUU 506 NEOTTEJE—DIURID.E. 23 poll. longa, densa. Flores Gymnadenie@ conopsee magnitudine. Bractez lineari-lanceolate, membranace:e, longitudine florum. Sepala ovata. Petala linearia, equilonga, basin versus nonnihil angustata. Labellum carnosum, ovatum, obtusum, concavum, intüs glaberrimum. CCXC. HERPYSMA. Herpysma. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub. fol. 1618. Endlich. gen. no. 1568. Perianthium connivens. Sepalum dorsale pauló sejunctum ; lateralia cum petalis antrorsium arcuatis. Labellum anticum, calcaratum, cum basi columne connatum, ovatum, intus versus apicem medio bilamellatum, apice dilatatum, rotundatum, apiculatum. Columna semiteres, clinandrio marginato alt® excavato. Pollinia 2, biloba, sectilia, exacté ovata ; utrumque caudiculà crassà distinct4.—————Herba caulescens, dens? foliata. Folia petiolata basi vaginantia. Spica imbricata, lupulina, sessilis, terminalis. 1. Herpysma longicaulis. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7389. Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis long? procurrens et radicans, demum ascendens, palmaris, foliis dens? tectus. Folia lanceolata, patentia, 3-4 poll. longa, in petiolum angustum acuminata, basi in vaginam membranaceam 4 poll. longam dilatata, Spica sesquipollicaris, sessilis, oblonga, multiflora; bracteis oblongis glabriusculis floribus subequalibus imbricata. Ovarium tomen- tosum. Sepala ovalia, glabra. Calcar rectum, ovarii dimidiam zquans. Division V. DIURIDJZE. CCXCI. DIURIS. Diuris. Smith in act. Linn, 4. p. 222. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 229. t. 3. f. M. Brown, prodr. 1.315. Endlich. gen. no. 1584. Perianthium subringens. Sepala lateralia linearia, elongata, labello supposita ; supremum multo latius, subfornicatum. Petala unguiculata, patula. Labellum sessile, trifidum, ecalcaratum. Columna brevis utrinque lobo petaloideo aucta. Anthera mutica, loculis approximatis. Pollinia 2, biloba.———— Herbs terrestres — Australasie, Tasmannie et Nove Zelandie, glabre ; bulbis radicalibus indivisis. Folia radicalia linearia pauca, Scapus vaginatus. Flores lutei v. luteScentes, rariùs purpurei aut albi, majusculi, spicato-racemosi. The species of this genus are probably very numerous. They are ex- tremely difficult to distinguish when dried, without the most careful analysis of the lip and appendages of the column. The specimens in the British Museum are in many cases ill dried, and few in number, so that it is difficult NEOTTEJE—DIURIDAE. | 507 to ascertain more from them than is conveyed in the short specific phrases given in Brown's prodromus. § 1. Labellum basi bicarinatum. $1. * Labelli lacinie subequales. 1. Dionis maculata. Smith Exot. Bot. t. 30. R. Brown, prodr. 315. D. foliis filiformibus v. angustissim? ensiformibus scapo brevioribus, floribus maculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis brevioribus, petalis rhombeis acutis, labelli bicarinati laciniis subaequalibus lateralibus oblongis sub- denticulatis intermediá subrotundà planà, columne laciniis linearibus acute incisis. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp.) Petals speckled, with a purple claw. Back sepal with a dark curved band drawn balf across the middle. Lip with purple blotches. It is generally alleged that the markings upon the flowers of this genus are variable and not to be depended upon for specific distinctions ; but Mr. Gunn finds them very permanent, and my observations confirm his statement. 2. Divris pardina. D. foliis ensiformibus canaliculatis scapi longitudine, floribus maculatis, sepalis lateralibus lineari-lanceolatis petalis æqualibus, petalis subro- tundis, labelli bicarinati laciniis subzequalibus oblongis obtusis lateralibus integerrimis, columnz laciniis acutis rectis sinuato-serratis. Hab. in Australie orà meridionali. (hab. s. sp.) The back sepal has two deep eyes, with or without a broken purple border; the petals are bordered and blotched with purple, which colour also occupies the claw. 3. Divnis curvifolia. D. foliis linearibus canaliculatis arcuatis scapo subtrifloro brevioribus, floribus maculatis, sepalis lateralibus linearibus petalis equalibus, petalis oblongis obtusis, labelli bicarinati laciniis lateralibus linearibus paulà brevioribus apice denticulatis intermedia cuneatà rotundatà integerrimá, columna laciniis ovatis acutis serratis. D. maculata. Bot. Mag. t. 3156. ? Hab. in Tasmannia, Gunn 343. (hab. s. sp.) Stem rather more than 6 inches high. Flowers rather larger than in D. maculata ; petals whole coloured except on the claw, which is purple. Back sepal with two eyes connected by a band. Lip with a broad blotch in the middle of the central lobe and at the tip of each lateral lobe. I have never seen any Diuris exactly like that figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 3156. It is certainly not D. maculata, as it is named, but it may possibly be intended for this, which however has not the dorsal sepal toothed nor the side lobes of the lip so much serrated or so small as they are there represented. 4. Divnis palustris. D. foliis filiformibus scapo corymboso equalibus, floribus maculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis nonnihil longioribus, petalis ovalibus obtusis, labelli ^ 508 NEOTTEZ—DIURIDE. obsoleté bicarinati laciniis subzquilongis integerrimis rotundatis inter- medià oblatà plicatà, columns laciniis falcatis apice inaequaliter sub- serratis. Hab. in Tasmannia ; in paludibus, Decembr. Gunn. 933. (hab. s. sp.) Stem not 6 inches high. Flowers small; petals with two deep purple stripes; lip blotched at the base and near the tips. $1. * * Labelli lacinie laterales nane. 5. Druris emarginata. R. Brown, l. c. D. labelli lacinià intermedia basi intüs bicarinatá lateralibus dupld longiore, petalis emarginatis, foliis subulatis canaliculatis scapo ter brevioribus, spicå pauciflorà, Hab. in Australia meridionali ; ad sinum Regis Georgii, R. Brown. (v. s. sp. in Mus. Brit.) The specimen in the British Museum is about 14 foot long, with two flowers. It bears 3 filiform distant short leaves, the uppermost of which is little more than a sheath. 6. Diunis setacea. R. Brown, l. c. D. ** labelli lacinié intermedia basi intüs bicarinatà lateralibus dupld lon- giore, foliis setaceis scapo 1-2-floro 4-5-ies brevioribus." Hab. in Australia meridionali, R. Brown ; ad sinum Regis Georgii, Menzies. (v. s. sp. in Mus. Brit.) Scapus palmaris, tenuis, biflorus, vaginá solitarià foliaceà dilatatá ad ipsam basin. Bractez foliacez, lineari-lanceolate, pedicellis longis filiformibus nunc longiores nunc breviores. Flores lutei purpureo-punctati. 7. Diuris pedunculata. R. Brown, l. c. D. labelli lacinià intermedia basi intüs carina duplici pubescente lateralibus tripló longiore, sepalis lateralibus labello parùm longioribus, petalis lanceolatis acutissimis, foliis scapo 2-3-floro longioribus. Hab. in Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (v. s. sp. in Mus. Brit.) A small plant about 6 inches high, with filiform leaves. Flowers the smallest in the genus. Petals very slightly spotted with purple; lip and upper sepal strongly veined with that colour. 8. Drunis lanceolata. D. foliis linearibus scapi 1-9-flori longitudine, vaginis scapi 9-3 laxis herbaceis apice acuminatis cucullatis, sepalis lateralibus ascendentibus petalis pauld longioribus, petalis lanceolatis acutis, labelli bicarinati basi pubescentis laciniis lateralibus nanis serratis intermediá ovatà acuta, column laciniis cuspidatis integerrimis. Hab. in Tasmannia ; in uliginosis udisque. Nov. Gunn 934. (hab. s. sp.) Before I examined the herbarium at the British Museum I supposed this plant to be D. pedunculata, under which name I gave specimens to some of my friends. It has, however, flowers at least four times as large. NEOTTEJ/E—DIURID.X. 509 9. Druris aurea. Smith Exot. Bot. 1. t. 9. R. Brown, Ll. c. D. foliis lineari-ensiformibus canaliculatis scapo 2-3-floro brevioribus, sepalis lanceolato-linearibus petalis equalibus dorsali brevi rotundato obtuso, petalis ellipticis acutis, labelli bicarinati laciniis lateralibus linearibus submarginatis nanis intermedià ovatà acuta. D. spathulata. Swartz in Schrad. n. Journ. 1. 60. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; nec non in orá meridionali. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers large, yellow, unspotted, 10. Drunis longifolia. R. Brown, l. c. D. foliis racemo 3-4-floro «qualibus, sepalis lateralibus petalis subdupló longioribus dorsali ovato rotundato, petalis oblongis obtusis, labelli bi- carinati laciniis lateralibus nanis rotundatis intermedià reniformi. Hab. in Australia meridionali, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers very large, purple. The plant seems to vary a good deal in size, my specimens being almost twice as large as those in the British Museum. 11. Diuris elongata. Swartz. in Schrad. Journ. 1. 59. R. Brown, l.c. D. foliis linearibus scapo elato 9-4-floro dimidio brevioribus, sepalis latera- libus petalis fere tripló longioribus, petalis oblongis, labelli bicarinati laciniis lateralibus nanis linearibus oblique emarginatis intermedià ovata undulatá, columnz laciniis linearibus acuminatis integris basi dilatatis cucullatis. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in sylvestribus inter gramina, 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) Stem a foot and half high. Flowers large, whole coloured, apparently white. 19. Divnis alba. R. Brown, l. c. D. foliis scapum subzquantibus, sepalis lateralibus petalis dupld longiori- bus, petalis ovalibus acutis, labelli bicarinati laciniis lateralibus lineari- bus obtusis intermedià subcordato-ovatà acutà carinis apice rotundatis crenatis, columnze laciniis linearibus acutis planis serrulatis. Hab. in Australia tropicá, R. Brown ; in sylvis sinus Moreton, 4. Cunning- ham. (hab. s. sp.) Flower buds very long and narrow. Flowers white, whole coloured, smaller than in D. elongata, which this much resembles. § 2, Labellum basi ecarinatum, sæpiùs ob plicam per axin quasi uni- carinatum. $2. * Labelli lacinie laterales intermediá minores. 13. Druris sulphurea. R. Brown, l. c. D. foliis linearibus scapo 3-5-floro duplà brevioribus, floribus maculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis nonnihil longioribus dorsali ovato bimaculato, petalis ovalibus acutis, labelli ecarinati medio parüm convexi laciniis lateralibus semiovatis intermedia oblongá obtusa duplò brevioribus, columne laciniis falcatis integerrimis. — * 510 NEOTTEJE—DIURIDJE. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sylvestribus abunde Sept. 4. Cunningham ; Tasmannia, Everett, ad Circular Head, Gunn, 932. (hab, s. sp.) By the late Mr. A. Cunningham this very distinct plant was regarded as D. aurea, and, following his opinion, I have given specimens away under that name. I find, however, by an examination of the British Museum, that it is Brown's D. sulphurea. It is readily recognized by the large dorsal sepal having two distinct round dark purple spots, while the petals have their claws only of that colour. The lip has also an irregular broad blotch in the middle. 14. Divris pauciflora. R. Brown, l. c. D. foliis subulatis canaliculatis scapo 1-2-floro 3-4-pló brevioribus, floribus immaculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis zqualibus, petalis lato-ellipticis subacutis, labelli ecarinati basi tantum in medio elevati laciniis laterali- bus ovatis rotundatis integerrimis intermedià rhombeà acuta dupló brevi- oribus, columns laciniis linearibus undulatis. Hab. in Australia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in sinu R. Georgii, F. Bauer. (v. s. sp. in Mus. Brit. et hab. ic. comm. cel. Endlicher.) Stem about a foot high, with very short leaves clustered together at its base. The scape has from 1 to 3 close-pressed sheathing scales. The flowers are about the size of those of D. sulphurea, and seem to be unspotted. In Brown's Prodromus the leaves are by some inadvertence defined as being 3 or 4 times longer than the stem, instead of so much shorter. 15. Divnis filifolia. Lindl. Swan R. n. 226. t. viii. B. D. foliis setaceis scapo multifloro univaginato multd brevioribus, flori- bus immaculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis equalibus, petalis ovalibus acutis, labelli lobo medio unicarinato ovato acuto complicato lateralibus rotundatis dentatis longiore. Hab. in Australia occidentali, ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers yellow, much larger and more numerous than in the last, which it resembles in the leaves. 16. Diunis carinata. D. foliis filiformibus scapo multifloro bivaginato multó brevioribus, floribus subsecundis maculatis, sepalis lateralibus petalis zqualibus, petalis ob- longis obtusis, labelli lobo medio ad apicem usque carinato ovato obtuso lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis longiore, columnz laciniis semi- ovatis falcatis integerrimis. Hab. in Australia occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stems 1 to 14 foot high, with about 2 loose sheaths. Flowers yellow, the size of D. sulphurea and pauciflora, the base and tips of the petals and dorsal sepal stained with purple; the lip much blotched with the same colour. 17. Diunis laxiflora. Lindl. Swan R. no. 227. D. folis . . . . , caule multifloro, floribus flavis internodiis brevioribus, pedunculis longissimis capillaribus bracteis linearibus canaliculatis longi- oribus, labelli lobo medio subrotundo basi ima plicato lateralibus multo minoribus margine postico denticulatis. NEOTTEJE— DIURIDJE. 511 Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s.sp.) A tall species, of which I have not seen the leaves and lower part of the stem. The pedicels and ovary together are about 3 inches long, which . is less than the length of the internodes. Each stem bears from 4 to 8 flowers, which seem to be dark yellow, with no spotting, but perhaps with some stains of purple. 18. Divunis Drummondii. Lindl. Swan R. no. 225. D. foliis ensiformibus erectis scapo multifloro dupló brevioribus, floribus flavis secundis, sepalis petalis equalibus, petalis ovalibus acutis, labelli lobo medio unicarinato rhombeo lateralibus rotundatis integerrimis duplo longiore. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A fine species, with flowers as large as those of D. aurea. The stems are stout and 1 to 14 foot high. The leaves are as broad as those of a narrow-leaved leek, in some cases, but narrower in others. "The flowers are not spotted except at the base of the lip, which is stained purple. § 2. ** Labelli lacinie subzquales. 19. Druris corymbosa. Lindl. Swan R. n. 22S. D. foliis ensiformibus linearibusque erectis scapo 1-3-floro brevioribus, floribus purpureis subcorymbosis, sepalis lateralibus petalis subzequalibus, petalis obovatis emarginatis, labelli lobis rotundatis subzqualibus inter- medio convexo subemarginato basi ima elevato, column laciniis acutis crenatis. Hab. in Tasmannid, ad Circular head abunde Sept. Oct. Gunn 931, necnon in Australia occidentali; Swan River, Drummond, ad sinum R. Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp.) Stem from 4 inches to 1j foot high. Flowers large, purple. A very handsome species, of which I have given away a few specimens under the name of D. emarginata, which the Banksian Herbarium shews to be a dis- tinct species. The stems have from 1 to 2 leafy sheaths. 20. Divris porrifolia. Lindl. Swan R. n. 229. D. foliis lanceolatis linearibusque acuminatis scapo 4-6-floro monophyllo brevioribus, pedicellis bracteis foliaceis brevioribus, floribus maculatis, sepalis petalorum longitudine, petalis ovalibus acutis, labelli lobis oblongis rotundatis intermedio minore convexo cuneato medio elevato. Hab. in Australia occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A span high. Flowers middle sized, racemose, purple with yellow mottling. CCXCII. ORTHOCERAS. Orthoceras. Brown prodr. 1.316. Endlich. gen. no. 1583. Perianthium galeatum, clausum. Sepala lateralia linearia, erecta, longis- sima. Petala nana, sub sepalo dorsali ovato galeato conniventia. La- bellum sessile, trifidum, ecalcaratum. Columna brevis, utrinque lobo 512 NEOTTE Æ—DIURIDÆ. petaloideo aucta. Anthera mutica, loculis approximatis. Pollinia 9, biloba. Herbe terrestres in Nova Hollandia orientali extra-tropica et Nova Zelandia indigene, Diurium habitu, sed bracteis herbaceis cymbiformibus et floribus clausis diversissime. 1. Orruoceras strictum. R. Brown prodr. 317. O. bracteis ultra sepalum dorsale longe productis. Hab. in Australia ; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown; raró inter Appin et Illawarram, necnon in agro sterili fruticoso ultra vallem Wellington oc- cidentem versus, Nov. Dec. 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) Of this singular plant I only possess the upper part of the inflorescence. Its lower bracts are an inch and half long, while it is not more than an inch to the point of the dorsal sepal. The closed up flowers look like a bird's head curved downwards between the two long ascending lateral sepals. 2. OnrTHGocEnas Soiandri. O. bracteis ultra sepalum dorsale vix productis. Orthoceras strictum. 4. Cunn. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2. 376. Diuris Nove Zelandiz. Ach. Rich. ft. nov. zel. 163. t. 25. f. 1. Ophrys cornuta. Soland. MSS. 1769. Hab. in Nova Zelandia ; in insula septentrionali Banks et Solander, A.D. 1769; in collibus inter filices, in sinu Insularum, ad Wangaroam, ali- bique, R. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Cunn.) That this is distinct from the New Holland species I entertain no -doubt ; its very short bracts and smaller and narrower flowers sufficiently attest that; but I am unfortunately destitute of the means of stating the differences between the species more precisely. The plant is called Ma- kuku by the N. Zealanders, not Makukia, as it would appear from Mr. Cunningham's notes, in my herbarium. CCXCIII PRASOPHYLLUM. Prasophyllum. Brown prodr. 1. 317. Endl. gen. no. 1581. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia postica, distincta, v. basi cohe- rentia. Petala sepalis subzequalia. Labellum posticum, unguiculatum, adscendens, indivisum, ecalcaratum, sæpius laminà adnatá margine liberá auctum. Columna trifida, laciniis lateralibus membranaceis, integris bifidisque. Anthera mutica, mucronata aut rostrata, loculis approximatis. Pollinia 2, biloba, apici stigmatico affixa. Herbe terrestres Australasice ; bulbis indivisis. Caulis monophyllus, basi vagt- nis aliquot brevibus instructus. Folium teres, fistulosum, quandoque abbreviatum, vagina longissimá. Flores spicati. The species of this genus are most difficult to determine in a dried state, and require a careful revision by some botanist who can compare them when alive, and ascertain the limits of their variation. Mr. Gunn regards them as even more numerous than I do, but it is to be feared that some of the supposed species are only varicties. NEOTTEJE—DIURID.E. 513 $4. Sepala lateralia basi convexa. a. Columne lacinie laterales apice bifide aut bidentate. Anthera mucronata aut rostrata. 1, PnasoPHyLLUM brachystachyum. P. sepalis acutissimis nudis lateralibus carnosis dupld dorsali membranaceo longioribus basi cohzrentibus, petalis dorsali brevioribus acutissimis, labelli lamina lanceolatà basi obtuse bicarinatà imberbi, laciniis columnz bifidis, antherze mucrone brevi. Hab. in Tasmannia; Circular Head et Rocky Cape, Dec. Feb. terrà sterili sabulosà, nec non in collibus Hampshire, rarissimum, Gunn, 930. (hab. $. sp.) Stems very slender, from 4 to 8 inches high, with one narrow close- pressed leaf a little below the flowers, which are small, and arranged in a short few flowered spike. 2. PnasoPHvLLuM rufum. R. Brown, l.c. P. sepalis lateralibus distinctis; dorsali petalisque nudis, labelli lamina obovato-cuneatà apice denticulato marginibus brevissime? ciliatis, co- lumnz laciniis bifidis, anthere mucrone setaceo. Hab. in Australia ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 3. PnasoPHvLLuM nigricans. R. Brown, l. c P. sepalis lateralibus basi cohzrentibus dorsali petalisque nudis, labelli laminà oblongo-ovatà bicarinatà imberbi, laciniis lateralibus columne triangularibus bidentatis ; anthere mucrone brevissimo. Hab. in Australie orà meridionali. R. Brown. 4. PnasornyLLUM truncatum. P. folio spicà multiflorà longiore, ovariis subrotundis obovatisque, bracteis minimis squamzformibus, sepalis linearibus acuminatis lateralibus liberis, petalis linearibus obtusis, labelli lamina petalis equali bilamellatà : dimi- dio superiore ovato undulato, column laciniis inzequaliter bidentatis, a. labello petalisque albis. B. labello viridi, staturá majore. Hab. in Tasmannia; a in paludibus nunc mare inundatis juxta Circular head, Nov. Jan. Gunn 9294, 925; |. Rocky Cape, Dec. Gunn. 928. (hab. s. sp.) The tubercles of the root of this species are half two-lobed. The stem is from 1 to 14 foot high, stouter and stronger in the variety 8. It is nearly related to P. patens, from which its unequally two-lobed column wings distinctly separate it. b. Columne lacinie laterales apice integre, nunc latere altero emarginate. x Anthera mutica. * Labellum laminà adnatà marginibus liberà auctum; sensim apicem versus angustatum. 5. PrasopuyLLUM patens. R. Brown, l.c. P. ovariis obovatis bracteà subrotunda ter longioribus, sepalis acutis latera- September, 1840. XXX 514 NEOTTEJE—DIURIDJE. libus distinctis patentibus, labello longitudine sepalorum : dimidio supe- riore ovato oblongo undulato, columna laciniis obtusis hine leviter emarginatis. Hab. in Australia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in Tasmannid, collibus - arenosis juxta mare, Dec. Gunn. 926, 927. (hab. s. sp.) A sweet scented species, with dense spikes of flowers, which appear to be streaked with purple. Some of my specimens are two feet high, others not more than 6 inches. 6. PnasornyLLum lutescens. P. ovariis cylindraceis bracteis ovatis basi longioribus, sepalis carnosis . lateralibus obtuse acuminatis connatis dorsali acuto, petalis obtusis, labelli dimidio superiore ovato obtuso undulato sepalis breviore, column laciniis obtusis integerrimis. P brevilabre ; labello adhuc breviore. Hab. in Tasmannid ; in humidis circa Rocky Cape, Dec. Gunn. 922, 993. (hab. s. sp.) Nearly allied to P. patens, from which it differs in having much more fleshy, yellowish, and apparently unstriped flowers, and especially in the shortness of the labellum, which, às Mr. Gunn observes, is turned more acutely backward. ` 7. PnasoPHYLLUM striatum. R. Brown, l. c. P. ovariis cylindraceo-oblongis bracteA ovatà acuminatà dupló longioribus, spicà pauciflorá, sepalis lateralibus longitudinaliter cohzrentibus, labello oblongo obtuso sepalis equali: marginibus undulatis, antherà apice attenuata, columne laciniis linearibus integris. Hab. in Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in littore sterili, Ap. Mai. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) A small slender plant, with from 2 to 5 striped flowefs in a loose spike. 8. PaasornuvLLuM australe. R. Brown, l, c. P. ovariis cylindraceis subpedicellatis bract.à breviter acuminatà vix dupló longioribus, sepalis apice attenuatis obtusis lateralibus infra cohzerentibus suprà distinctis, labello ovato apice undulato ultra laminam long? producto, columne laciniis lineari- lanceolatis integerrimis. Hab. in Tusmannia, R. Brown ; juxta Rocky Cape, abunde alibique, locis sterilibus, Dec. Gunn. 921. (hab. s. sp.) 2 A tall dark plant, almost black, with a long spike of closely packed flowers. 9. PnasornvtLvM macrostachyum. R. Brown, l. c. P. ovariis cylindraceo-oblongis, bracteis lanceolatis pedicellos subzequan- tibus, spicà elongatà sepalis acutissimis lateralibus approximatis, column laciniis antherà brevioribus, folio dimidium caulis superius superante. Hab. in. Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (v. s. sp. in Mus. Brit.) A very distinct species, with flowers no larger than those of P. alpinum. 10. PnasoPuvLLum flavum. R. Brown, l.c. P. ovariis cylindraceis subsessilibus bracteá acutissimá vix duplo longiori- bus, spicà multiflorà, sepalis acutiusculis lateralibus extra medium dis- NEOTTEJE—DIURIDJE. 515 tinctis, column laciniis antheram zequantibus, folio dimidio superiore caulis multoties breviore. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 11. PnasoPruvLLuM elatum. R. Brown, l. c. P. ovariis cylindraceis sessilibus bracteà acutiusculà duplo longioribus, sepalis acutis lateralibus infra distinctis ' supra leviter coherentibus, labello undulato acuminato vix ultra laminam producto, columne alis linearibus obtusis hinc emarginatis antherz longitudine. Hab. in Australia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber ; Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) My Swan River specimens of this are from 3 to 4 feet high, with a spike of flowers 9 inches long. ’ 12. PnasoruvrLLUM macrotys. Lindl. Swan R. no. 257. P. ovariis cylindraceis subsessilibus bracteà acutissima plus duplo longiori- bus, spicà multiflora, sepalis acutiusculis lateralibus superne distinctis, libelli obovati laminà conformi emarginatà, column: laciniis linearibus antherà duplà longioribus, folio dimidium superius caulis subeequante. Hab. in Australia occidentali ; Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Possibly this may be the same as P. flavum. It is a tall plant with the habit of P. elatum. 13. Prasopuyiium giganteum. Lindl. Swan R. no. 256. P. ovariis cylindraceis subsessilibus bracteá acutá plus dupló longioribus, sepalis acutis lateralibus superne distinctis basi coherentibus, labello oblongo-lanceolato undulato obtuso, columne laciniis linearibus obtusis antherà pauld longioribus, folio dimidium superius caulis breviore. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Very near P. macrotys from which it chiefly differs in the form of the lip, and in the shorter column-lobes. The species from P. australe to the present are tall stout plants, difficult to distinguish and perhaps not speci- fically different. ~ * * Labellum laminá auctum, abruptè acuminatum. 14. Prasopnytum alpinum. R. Brown, l. c. P. ovariis obovatis, bracteis subrotundis pedicellos subaequantibus, sepalis acutis lateralibus approximatis, labelli dimidio superiore lineari-lan- ceolato undulato: lamin& versus basin evanescente, columna laciniis obtusissimis hinc emarginatis. d Li Hab. in Tasmannia; R. Brown; inter rupes, rarum, Gunn, 929. (hab. 8. Sp.) Mr. Gunn informs me that this plant possesses a delightful fragrance like the Hyacinth ; some others, as P. patens, have a slight smell, but others are inodorous. It appears to vary a good deal in size, and in the length of the spike, the flowers of which are however always distinct, aud not at all imbricated. I find the lip occasionally a little downy at the back. ‘516 NEOTTE#—DIURID, 15. PrasorpHyLuvuM affine. P. ovariis obovatis, bracteis subrotundis pedicellos superantibus, sepalis acutis lateralibus approximatis, labelli dimidio superiore lineari-lanceolato undulato : laminà completa, columne laciniis hinc emarginatis. Hab. in Australia ; orà meridionali ? (hab. s. sp.) Perhaps this is a mere variety of P. alpinum, which it much resembles. its spike is, however, more dense, and the lamina of the labellum, instead of disappearing in the middle, is continued quite down to the base. I do not know out of what collection my specimens were obtained, but I believe they are from the south coast. 16. PRASOPHYLLUM rostratum, P. ovariis subrotundo-obovatis sessilibus, bracteis minutissimis, spicà rarà multiflorà, sepalis linearibus setaceis lateralibus liberis, labelli plani dimidio inferiore orbiculari superiore lineari obtuso bicarinato: lamina cetertim evanidà, column laciniis semiovatis hinc emarginatis. 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Sepala lateralia basi saccata. 20. PnasornvrLuM gibbosum. R. Brown, I. c. P. ovariis cylindraceis, spicà multiflorà imbricatà, sepalis obtusiusculis lateralibus papillosis coherentibus basique saccatis, petalis spathulatis levibus, labelli laminà oblonga obtusa papillosà, columnz laciniis mem- branaceis obtusis hinc medio unidentatis, anthere mucrone nullo. Hab. in Australia occidentali et meridionali; ad sinum Regis Georgii, Collie. (hab. s. sp. comm. soc. Linn. Lond.) Stem from 4 inches to more than a foot in height, with a single leaf as long as itself, near the middle, otherwise naked. Flowers membranous, striated, in a very dense blunt spike. 21. PnasorHnvrLuM parvifolium. Lindl. Swan R. no. 260. P. ovariis clavatis, spicà pauciflorà obtusà, sepalis acuminatis lateralibus basi saccatis, petalis conformibus, labelli lamináà lanceolatà undulatá obtusa basi bilamellatà, columnz laciniis linearibus obtusis, antherá apicu- latà, rostello longissimo petaloideo. Hab. in Australia occidentali; Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A slender plant with a more thin spike and yellower flowers than P. gibbosum. Its stem has a short solitary linear spreading sheath above the middle. 22. PRAsoPHYLLUM fimbriatum. R. Brown. prodr. 319. P. sepalis lateralibus infra approximatis et Juxta basin gibbosis : dorsali petalisque ciliatis, labelli lamin4 longissime fimbriatà, laciniis columnze bipartitis, anthere rostro elongato, Hab. in Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown, in ericetis sterilibus ad littora, Maio, R. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) A slender plant about a foot high, with a single linear spreading sheath a little below the small brownish purple flowers. Spike many-flowered, 1-1j inch long. CCXCIV. BURNETTIA. Perianthium connivens. Sepala et petala linearia, equalia, libera. Labellum multó minus, cuneatum, indivisum, subunguiculatum, inappendiculatum. Columna erecta, petaloideo-marginata, basi in lobulum utrinque pro- ducta. Anthera erecta, dorsalis, 2-locularis, apiculata ; clinandrio plano, immarginato. Stigma ovatum, obtusum, cum antherå parallelum. Herba pusilla, Tasmannica, caule bifloro, aphyllo?, lax? vaginato. This very curious genus is named after the late Mr. Gilbert T. Burnett, the first Professor of Botany in King's College, London, and author of the Outlines of Botany (2 vols. Svo. Lond. 1835), a considerable collection of Botanical information. It differs from Prasophyllum in the absence of lateral column-lobes ; from Genoplesium in the petals being distinct from the column, and the labellum flat. 518 NEOTTEJE— THELY MITRI DAE. 1. BurneTTIA cuneata. Hab. in Tasmannia; omnium rarissima, in solo udo sabuloso juxta Rocky cape, Dec. Gunn (947) (hab. s. sp.) Caulis cum floribus vix bipollicaris. Folia prater squamas duas caulis cucullatas, obtusas, herbaceas, vaginantes nulla. Flores duo pedicellati. Bractez ovato-lanceolatz, pedicellis pauld longiores. Sepala exsiccata 4 lineas longa, linearia, acuta. Labellum multó brevius, unguiculatum, cuneatum, apiculatum, versus apicem serrulatum, leviter pubescens. Columne margo apice oblique abscissus, basi in lobulum planum sub- truncatum utrinque deorstim productus. Of this rare plant 4 specimens only had been discovered at the date of Mr. Gunn's last despatch. Of these one was destroyed by me in the operation of examining its structure, one is in my herbarium, and the other two form part of the collection of its zealous discoverer. CCXCV. GENOPLESIUM. Genoplesium. R. Br. prodr. 1.319. Endl. gen. no. 1582. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia longiora. Petala basi cum columna connata. Labellum posticum, indivisum, ecalcaratum, basi cucullatum. Columna semibifida, laciniis lateralibus nullis. Anthera loculis approxi- matis, Pollinia.—— — Herba in Nova Hollandia orientali extra-tropica indigena, habitu Prasophylli. 1. GENoPLEsivuM Baueri. R. Brown, prodr. 319. Hab. in Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. Division VI. THELYMITRIDZ. CCXCVI. THELYMITRA. Thelymitra. Forst. gen. n. 49. Swartz. act. holm. p. 229. t. 3. f. L. Brown prodr. 1. 314. Endl. gen. pl. no. 1586. Perianthium regulare. Sepala petalis «qualia, semipatentia. Labellum sessile, ecalcaratum, perianthii foliolis conforme. Columna bifida; clinandrio petaloideo cucullato, apice trifido, lobis lateralibus penicillatis barbatisve aut rarius nudis. Anthera intramarginalis, clinandrii lobo intermedio demissius inserta, mutica v. mucronata, loculis bilocellatis. Pollinia 4, stigmatis glandule affixa. Stigma omnind liberum.— — Herbe terrestres Australie extratropice et Nove Zelandiz, glabre ; radicibus fasciculatis bulbiferis. Caulis monophyllus vaginatus. ~~ laxe spicati utplurimüm coerulei, albi v. carnei, rarius flavi, sub sole aperti, tempore nebuloso clausi. NEOTTE/E— THELYMITRIDJE. 519 A. Columne lobis lateralibus latá basi sessilibus. 1. TurELYvwiTRA fusco-lutea. R. Br. prodr. 315. T. perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis lateralibus conniventibus connatis lacero-fimbriatis sessilibus margine postico villosis ; intermedià extrusà erectà nudà, foliis lanceolatis glabris. Hab. in Australia meridionali, R. Brown; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A stout species 13-2 feet high. Flowers about 6 or 8 in a raceme, large, yellow, with numerous broken streaks of brown. Sepals and petals acute, 9. Tuetymirra stellata. Lindl. Swan R. pl. no. 212. T. folio radicali oblongo glabro, racemo cylindraceo, floribus fuscis ? stellato-patentibus : laciniis acuminatis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus fim- briatis margine postico pulvinatis villosis : intermedià carnosá galeatà breviore dorso tuberculatà. - Hab. in Australia occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 1-leaved, a foot or more high, quite smooth. Two membranous sheaths below the leaf. Flowers numerous, when dry coriaceous and deep brown. 3. TukrvMrTRA carnea, R. Brown l. c. T. perianthio connivente, cuculli laciniis extimis denticulatis imberbibus intermedià transversà glabra, folio lineari brevi, scapo flexuoso 1-3-floro. Hab. in Australia ; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown ; ericetis humidis, juxta Paramattam, Oct. Nov. 4. Cunningham; Tusmannia, Herb. Hooker. (hab. s. sp.) A slender plant with the habit of a Macdonaldia. Stem from 6 inches to a foot high. Flowers small. 4. TucrvwrTRA javanica. Blume Bijdr. l. j T. “ perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis lateralibus brevissimis penicillatis, lobo medio nudo emarginato edentulo, spicA 3-5-flora.” Hab. in Javd; summo montis Gede, Blume. B. Columne lobis lateralibus pedunculatis stuposis. 1. Cucullus indivisus aut emarginatus glaber. 5. Tuetymitra macrophylla. Lindl. Swan R. no. 213. "T. folio radicali erecto lanceolato, racemo elongato cylindraceo, floribus purpureis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus parvis subsessilibus stuposis: in- termedià majore fornicatà glabra indivisa. Hab. in Australia occidentali ; ad Swan River, Drunimond. (hab. s. sp.) A tall species, apparently at least 2 feet high, Raceme about 20 flowered. 6. Taetymirra arenaria. T, folio lineari, racemo 2-6-floro, cuculli emarginati glabri laciniis latera- libus petiolatis stuposis, floribus purpureis patulis. 5920 NEOTTEJE— THELY MITRID X. Hab. in Tasmannia; prope Circular Head, solo arenoso, Nov. Gunn. 937. 943. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Gunn.) A slender plant 13 to 2 feet high. Flowers middle sized. 7. TuELYMrTRA nuda. R. Brown, l. c. T. folio angusto ensiformi canaliculato, spicà multiflorá, cuculli laciniis extimis penicillatis petiolatis intermedià emarginatà lobulis rotundatis integris. B. grandiflora; floribus majoribus, cucullo bilobo. Hab. in Tasmannia, R. Brown; solo argillaceo juxta mare, nec non in pratis salinis, et rupium fissuris, Gunn 942, (3. Id. 940. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Gunn.) Stem. 1 to 13 feet high. Flowers pale blue with a pink shade, or of a fine bright pink, according to Mr. Gunn. "The flowers of 8 are consider- ably larger than in a, and the stem stouter and shorter. 8. THELYMITRA Forsteri. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 998. Ach. Rich. Fl. Nov. Lel. 165. t. 25. f. 9. A. Cunn: in Comp. Bot. Mag. 2. 376. T. folio ensiformi canaliculato, racemo 4-7-floro, perianthio erectiusculo patulo, cuculli laciniis extimis pedicellatis stuposis intermedià cuneatà rotundatà emarginatà. T. longifolia. Forst. gen. char. 49. Serapias regularis. Forst, prodr. n. 312. Hab. in N. Zelandia ; in filicetis apricis, solo frigido argillaceo, ad insula- rum sinum, alibique, Oct. Nov. 4. Cunningham. (hab. s. sp.) Very near T. nuda, from which it differs in being rather more slender, with smaller less spreading flowers, and the middle lobe of the cucullus wedge-shaped. According to A. Cunningham the sepals are purple and the petals white. 9. THELYMITRA versicolor. T. folio lineari, racemo paucifloro, floribus patulis, cuculli laciniis Jaterali- bus pedicellatis stuposis intermedià bilobà margine inflexà. Hab. in Tasmannia, Gunn 943. (hab. s. sp.) A smaller plant than T. nuda, with very narrow leaves, and a stem not more than a span high. 10. TnurLvwirTRA angustifolia. R. Br. prodr. l. c. T. perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis extimis penicillatis intermedia dorso nudà emarginatà lobulis dentatis, spicà pauciflorà, folio scapum zequante. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. 11. Twenymitra pauciflora. R. Brown, l. c. T. folio filiformi, cucullo perianthio patulo dimidio breviore: laciniis ex- timis penicillatis petiolatis : intermedià dorso fornicatà nudà emarginatà lobulis rotundatis integris, spicà pauciflorà. Hab. in Australia, ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown ; in Tasmannia, in cam- pis prope Circular Head solo sterili arenoso, Nov. Gunn 935. (hab. s. sp-) NEOTTEJE—THELY MITRIDJE. 591 A very slender plant less than a foot high, with from 1 to 2 flowers on a scape. 19. TnELvurTRA graminea. Lindl. Swan R. 216. T. folio radicali lineari, racemo secundo multifloro, floribus purpureis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus stuposis unguiculatis intermedià fornicatà integerrimáà glaberrima. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A very slender species near T. nuda, from which it differs in the form of the middle lobe of the cucullus. 2. Cucullus emarginatus, margine vel per totam superficiem glandulosus. 13. TnuELYMrrRA villosa. Lindl. Swan R. no. 211. t. VIII. c. T. folio radicali oblongo apiculato subtüs villoso caulinis linearibus acumi- natis glabris, racemo cylindraceo, floribus luteis, cuculli laciniis laterali- bus glandulosis recurvis intermedia denticulatà emarginata. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) A very fine species with large stellate yellow flowers. 14. TurLvMiTRA crinita. Lindl. Swan R. no. 214. T. folio radicali oblongo apiculato glabro, racemo cylindraceo, floribus purpureis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus barbatis unguiculatis intermedia fornicatà emarginatà dorso glanduloso-villosà. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Stems 11 to 2 feet high. Flowers very large. 15. THELYMITRA aristata. T. folio ensiformi canaliculato vaginisque acutissimisy spicà multiflora, bracteis aristatis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus pedicellatis villosis inter- media emarginaté glanduloso-serrata. Hab. in Tasmannia; solo sterili sabuloso, ad ripas fl. Welcome, alibique, Nov. et Dec. Gunn 939, 941. (hab. s. sp.) A very stout species, 1 to 1 j foot high. Flowers the size of Th. nuda. 16. Tuerymirra tigrina. R. Brown, l. c. T. ** perianthio patulo maculato, cuculli laciniis lateralibus distinctis stu- poso-barbatis ; intermedià breviore cristatà, foliis linearibus cana- liculatis.” Hab. in Australia meridionali, R. Brown. Flowers yellow, spotted with brown. Flowers small, sepals and petals very obtuse. 3. Cucullus trilobus. 17. TurLvumiTRA campanulata. Lindl. Swan R. 214. T. folio radicali lineari, racemo secundo multifloro, floribus purpureis cam- panulatis, cuculli laciniis lateralibus subulatis apice barbatis intermedi& tripartità dorso glandulosà. Hab. in Australia occidentali; ad Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp ) September, 1810. yyt 522 NEOTTEJE—THELY MITRID/E. Stems 14 to 2 feet high, very slender. Lateral divisions of the middle lobe of the cucullus emarginate smooth, the central only glandular at the back. 18. TuELYMITRA ixioides. Smith Exot. Bot. 1, t. 29. R. Brown, l. c. T. perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis lateralibus penicillatis ; intermedià trifidà; lobulis lateralibus apice erosis medio breviore multó latiore dorso glanduloso, spicà multiflora. Hab. in Australia orientali; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Brown.) 19. TuEgrvYMiTRA canaliculata. R. Brown, Ll. c. T. “ perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis extimis penicillatis ; intermedià dorso nudo multifidà lobulis corrugatis ; exteriore longiore remotiore, spicà multiflora.” Hab. in Australia tropicd, R. Brown. 20. TuELYMITRA iridioides. Sieb. fl. nov. holl. 168. T. folio angusto ensiformi plano, spicà elongatà multiflorà, cuculli laciniis lateralibus unguiculatis stuposis intermedià trilobà : lobis lateralibus erosis intermedio verrucoso. Hab. in Australia, Sieber. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 12 foot high. Flowers numerous, apparently purple, the size of T. nuda. 21. TuELYMITRA juncifolia. T. folio lineari, spicà 1-5-florà, floribus parvis purpureis variegatis, cuculli membranacei laciniis lateralibus petiolatis fimbriatis intermediá trilobà : lobis lateralibus cuneatis erosis centrali granuloso. Hab. in Tasmannia, Gunn 936. (hab. s. sp.) A small species resembling T. pauciflora. Flowers spotted with dark marks, according to Mr. Gunn. 99. TnErLYvMiTRA media. R. Brown, l. c. T. * perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis extimis penicillatis ; intermediá dorso nudo trifidà: lobulo medio dimidio breviore emarginato, spica multiflora.” Hab in Australia; ad Portum Jackson, R. Brown. CCXCVII. EPIBLEMA. Epiblema. Brown prodr. 1.315. Endlich. gen. no. 1585. Perianthium subregulare. Sepala et petala zequalia, patula. Labellum unguiculatum, ecalcaratum, ungue canaliculato, marginibus callosis e columnz basi productis, laminà integrà, basi processibus filiformibus fasciculatis. Columna nana, petaloideo-marginata, clinandrio excavato, integro. Stigma obcordatum. Anthera intramarginalis, mutica. Pollinia NEOTTEJE— THELY MITRIDE. 593 9, biloba. Herba Australasica, terrestris, habitu Thelymitrz, floribus ceruleis, speciosis. This genus differs from Thelymitra, of which it has all the habit, not only in its unguiculate lip with long slender processes at the base, but also in the anther-bed not being cucullate. l. EernLEMA grandiflorum. R. Brown prodr. 315. Hab. in Australia meridionali ; et occidentali ; sinu regis Georgii, R. Brown ; Swan River, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Caulis fere sesquipedalis, glaberrimus, teres. Folium solitarium, filiforme, vaginans, recurvum, caule multo brevius. Squame 2, distantes, acutis- simz, vaginantes, in scapum. Racemus 2-5-florus, subcorymbosus. Pedicelli filiformes, ultra semunciam longi, bracteas lanceolatas canali- culatas acutas superantes. Sepala petalis pauld angustiora, omnia ovata acuta; lateralia cum labello basi bilineata ; dorsale cum petalis striatum et maculatum. Nore. 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Petala libera, ssepius angustiora. Labellum inflatum, margine utrinque auriculato inflexo. Columna nana. Stamina 3, quorum unum sterile centrale dilatatum inflexum, et 2 fertilialateralia. Antherz sub stamine sterili latentes, subrotunde, 2-loculares. Pollen pulticeo-granu- losum. Stylus subliber, teres, stigmate disciformi terminatus. Herbe terrestres utriusque orbis, ab equatore fere ad circulum arcticum vigentes. Folia radicalia aut caulina, coriaceaaut plicata. Flores solitarii racemosi v. paniculati, speciosi. 1. Foliosa, caule polyphyllo, sepalis anticis omnino connatis. 1. Cypripepium parviflorum. Salisb. in act. linn, 1. 77. t. 9. f. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 3094. C. caule folioso 1-2-floro, foliis ovalibus acuminatis, stamine sterili trian- gulari, labello depresso petalis spiralibus lineari-lanceolatis breviore, sepalo dorsali ovato acuminato antíco integro latiore. Hab. in America septentrionali; Canada, Hooker; Virginia, Willd. ; sylvis fertilibus umbrosis a New Jersey ad Carolinam, Pursh ; Canada, Goldie. (hab. s. sp.) Sepals and petals dull chocolate brown. Labellum bright yellow with a few crimson spots at the orifice. Flowers very fragrant. ` Well distinguished in the Botanical Magazine from C. parviflorum by Sir W. Hooker, who states that the sterile stamen is the same in both those species, or only possesses occasional trifling differences. 2. Cypripepium pubescens. Willd. Hort. Berol. 1.13. t, 13, Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3024. A, C. caule folioso 1-bifloro, foliis ovalibus acutis, stamine sterili triangulari, 526 CYPRIPEDE. labello compresso petalis linearibus spiralibus breviore, sepalis equalibus integris dorsali lanceolato acuminato. C. parviflorum. Bot. Mag. t. 911. C. flavescens. Redout. lil. t. 90. C. calceolus. Mich. bor. am. 2. 161. Hab. in America septentrionali ; collibus apricis inter frutices, Pennsylv. ad Carolin. Pursh; inter sylvas, Beck ; Canada Goldie ; mont. Alleghany, Drummond. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers scentless, larger and paler than in C. parviflorum. I take the characters which distinguish those two species from Sir W. Hooker, who, in the Botanical Magazine, t. 3024, has well explained their differences. They are very difficult to distinguish when dry. Both are closely allied to C. calceolus. ] have occasionally found the lower sepal bidentate, but that circumstance is very unusual. 3. Cypripepium candidum. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 149. C. caule folioso 1-floro, foliis basi angustatis apice acutis, bracteá cucullatà, stamine sterili (lanceolato W.), sepalis integris petalisque spiralibus lineari-lanceolatis subzequalibus labello compresso longioribus. Hab. in Americd boreali ; Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg ; Canada in pratis ad ripas fl. S. Clair, prope arcem Gratiot, Pitcher. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Torrey.) I have only seen one specimen of this plant which has the leaves taper- ing a little to the base, a white labellum, and few hairs upon the flowers, which are about the size of those of C.-parviflorum. The form of the lip is not to be determined from my materials. 4. CYPRIPEDIUM spectabile. Swartz. act. holm. 1800, p. 251. Salisb. in act. Linn, 1. 78, t. 3. f.3. Willd. sp. pl. 4.144. Bot. Reg. t. 1666. C. caule folioso 1-Z-floro, stamine sterili cordato-ovato obtuso, sepalis subzqualibus oblongis obtusis indivisis petalis lanceolatis planis latioribus et longioribus, labello petalis longiore ventricoso subsulcato. ©. album.. Ait. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 303. Bot. Mag. t. 216. C. canadense. Mich. bor, am, 2. 161. C. regine. Walt. Carol. 222. fide Pursh. Hab. in America septentrionali ; in paludibus sphagnetisque, presertim ad latera montium a Canada ad Carolinam, Pursh. Goldie, &c. (hab. s. sp. et v. t. c.) 'This remarkable plant is the finest of the United States Cypripediums, and is not uncommon in the gardens of this country, its roots being periodically imported. It, however, seldom lives above a year or two after its arrival. Those who manage it the best treat it as a greenhouse plant, keeping it constantly under glass, in a moderately warm atmosphere, and very near the light until its leaves have withered, when it is removed to a dry shelf till its growing season returns. Except in the colour ofthe flower, it is much like the Siberian C. macranthon, which, however, has the front sepal bifid. 5. Cypripepium molle. Lindl. in Benth. pl. Hartw. p. 72. no. 517. C. caule folioso multifloro, floribus axillaribus pedunculis ovariisque villosis, stamine sterili oblongo cuspidato, sepalis subzequalibus acutis indivisis, petalis minoribus conformibus basi intüs barbatis, labelli petalis equalis oblongi ore truncato plano. . CYPRIPEDE.JE, 527 Hab. in Mexico; in quercetis ad San Miguel Sola, Hartweg. (hab. s. sp.) Nearly related to C. spectabile, but the flowers are not half the size, and appear from the axils of the uppermost 6 or S leaves. 6. CyPniPEDIUM palmifolium. C. caule angulato villoso piloso multifloro, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis basi angustatis suprà glabris subtüs pilosis superioribus sensim in bracteas lineari-lanceolatas mutatis, racemo simplici terminali multi- floro, stamine sterili ovato acuto, sepalis glabriusculis ovalibus integris subzqualibus labello brevioribus, petalis linearibus acuminatis basi ciliatis, labello eliiptico depresso. Hab. in Guayand Anglicd, in pratis sabulosis, Schomburgk. (hab. s. sp.) “ Called by the Indians Sewarer. It is found upon sandy savannahs, is often 5 or 6 feet high; stem and leaves dark green ; sepals light straw colour ; labellum yellow, spotted with purple. Schomburgk in litt. The leaves are hard like those of a Palm, or a Sobralia, and gradually diminish towards the tip of the stem, where they become narrow bracts to several flowers about the size of C. pubescens. What appears to be the same species in fruit exists in Dr. von Martius’ herbarium without locality ; it has a long narrow raceme of 20 flowers subtended by ovate ciliated hairy bracts and triangular fruit between 2 and 3 inches long. 2. Foliosa ; caule polyphyllo, sepalis lateralibus apice liberis. 7. Cypripepium Calceolus. Linn. sp. 1346. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Salisb. in act. Linn. 1. 76. t. 9. f. 1. Fl. Dan. t. 999. Nees ab Esenb. jun. ic. fl. germ. C. caule folioso, foliis ovalibus acutis, stamine sterili ovato obtuso, sepalis ovatis acuminatis subequalibus labello longioribus antico bidentato, petalis linearibus acuminatis rectis, labelli ore constricto venis centralibus pilosis. Hab. in Europd media et septentrionali, nec ut videtur in terris australiori- bus; nec non in Asid septentrionali: mont Altaic, Ledebour ; Dahuria, Fischer. (hab. s. sp.) The straight petals of this plant well distinguish this species from C. pubescens and parviflorum, which it much resembles. The former has sometimes, but very rarely, the lower sepal bidentate. Quid sit C. Calceolus. Thunb. jap. 30 ? nescio. 8. Cyrripepium cordigerum. Don prodr. 37. C. caule folioso, foliis ovalibus acutis, stamine sterili oblongo obtuso subcordato, sepalis ovatis acuminatis subaequalibus labello longioribus antico apice fisso, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis rectis, labelli ore constricto. Hab. in India septentrionali, Wallich, Royle. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) If the flowers of this plant were not white, with pale green sepals and petals, I should have no hesitation in regarding it as a mere variety of C. Calceolus, from which I can distinguish it by no satisfactory character ; and I am very much inclined to think that when further examined it will be found to merge in our European species, which has already been found 528 CYPRIPEDES. in Dahuria, and which, if Thunberg's C. Calceolus is rightly named, must also extend into Japan. 9. CveniPEDIUM montanum. Douglas MSS. C. caule folioso 2-3-floro, foliis ovalibus acutis, stamine sterili ovato acuto, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis labello longioribus antico bidentato, petalis linearibus acuminatis spiralibus, labello subgloboso. Hab. in Americd boreali occidentali, Douglas, (hab. s. sp.) A very fine species, with a lip apparently white, and of the size and form of C. spectabile. The sepals are exceedingly acuminated and as much as 23 inches long. 10. Cypripepium passerinum. Richardson in Franklin, app. 762. Hooker, Jl. bor. am. 9. 905. t. 206. C. caule folioso unifloro, foliis ovalibus acutis, stamine sterili elliptico- cordato obtuso, sepalis oblongis obtusissimis antico minore bidentato, petalis angustioribus obtusissimis labello obovato ore rotundato contracto subazqualibus. C. parviflorum. Richardson in Franklin, app. ed. 1. 340. Hab. in America boreali in pinetis ; a flumine Saskatchewan ad gradum 58""^ latitudinis borealis; nec non in montibus scopulosis, Richard- son. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) This curious species more nearly resembles C. spectabile than any other in North America, but its flowers are many times smaller, and the front sepal is bidentate. 11. CvrniPED1UM Irapeanum. Llave Orch. mez. 2. 10. C. caule folioso piloso multifloro, foliis ovatis acuminatis amplexicaulibus, stamine sterili ovato acuminato basi fimbriato, sepalis petalisque zqualibus oblongis basi barbatis antico apice bipartito labello obovato ore constricto brevioribus. Hab. in Merico; Irapeo, Rancho del Aguacate, Hurtweg, in montibus Irapei, versus Arumbaro, Llave. (Aab. s. sp.) This, the Flor de Pelicano of the Mexicans, is a most beautiful species. The sepals and petals are nearly equal, 22 inches long and more than au inch wide, and pale yellow ; the lip is still longer, of the same colour, but with some scarlet spots upon the inflexed border. 19. CveniPEDIUM macranthon. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2938. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1534. Ledeb. fl. alt. 4. 174. C. caule folioso 1-floro, foliis oblongis acutis, stamine sterili cordato acu- minato, sepalis inzequalibus dorsali oblongo acuto antico minore biden- tato, petalis ovato-lanceolatis labello ore contracto crenato brevioribus. Ca!ceolus petalis nectario equalibus aut minoribus. Gmel. sib. 1. p.2. t. l. f. Y- Calceolus purpureus speciosus. Amman. ruth. p. 132. n. 176. t. 21. Hab. in Asia septentrionali, inter Betulas, per omnem Sibiriam et Dahu- riam; in montibus Altaicis locis humidiusculis umbrosis, Ledebour ; Ukranià, Fischer. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers deep purple, not at all spotted. CYPRIPEDES. 529 13. Cypripepum ventricosum. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Willd. Sp. pl.4.145. Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 9. t. 1. C. caule folioso 2-floro, foliis oblongis acutis, stamine sterili sagittato cordato concavo, sepalis inzequalibus dorsali oblongo acuminato antico minore bifido, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis labello longioribus. Calceolus 2 petalis nectario longioribus. Gmel. sib. 1. 3. t. 1. f. ò. Hab. in Sibiria. (hab. s. sp. ex herb. Stephan.) Flowers very large, deep purple, richly spotted in the centre and round the edges of the lips, which are pale yellow. 3. Arietinium ; caule polyphyllo. Sepalis omnibus liberis. 14. Cypripepium arietinum. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 999, Pursh fl. am. sept. 2.595. Bot. Mag. t. 1569. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1240. C. caule folioso pubescente 1-floro, foliis lanceolatis glabris, sepalis omni- bus liberis lateralibus petalisque linearibus subzqualibus dorsali ovato acuto, labello unguiculato obconico, stamine sterili orbiculari. Arietinum americanum. Beck Bot. of North and Midd. st. 352. Hab. in America septentrionali, inter sphagna; Canada, Goldie, Pursh; Vermont et Maine, Beck. (hab. s. sp.) Stem 6 to 8 inches high, with few alternate leaves. greenish brown. Lip small, acute, netted with purple veins upon a white &round. "The separation of the lateral sepals is not sufficient to justify this plant being distinguished generically from Cypripedium. Flowers small, 4. Bifolia; caule diphyllo. 15. Cyprirepium japonicum. Thunb. fl. jap. 30. ic. Jap. t. 1. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 951. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 146. C. caule diphyllo villoso, foliis suboppositis subrotundis acutis sinuato- undulatis, bracteà oblonga acutà ovario multd breviore, sepalis petalisque labello subgloboso brevioribus. Hab. in Japonia, Thunberg. 16. Cyprirepium guttatum. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Falk topogr. beytr. II. t. 17. fide Ledeb. fl. alt. 4. 174. C. caule diphyllo, foliis alternis ovato-ellipticis acutis ciliatis, stamine ste- rili ovato emarginato, bracteà oblonga acuminata ovario longiore, sepalis labello brevioribus dorsali maximo apiculato antico bifido, petalis ovatis acuminatis abrupte acutis, labelli subrotundi ore patulo plano. Calceolus foliis ovatis binis caulinis. Gmel. sib. 1. 5. Calceolus minor flóre vario. Amman. ruth. 137. n. 177. t. 22. Hab. in Asia et Americd boreali ; Sibiria Gmelin ; montibus altaicis in locis umbrosis humidiusculis, Ledebour ; Daburia, Fischer ; circa Mosquam in sylvis, Prescott ; Unalaschka, Bunge; necnon in Canada, Richardson. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers small, stained with numerous blotches of crimson. It varies verv much in the hairiness, some specimens being nearly glabrous. October, 1840. 277 530 CYPRIPEDE. 5. Acaulia; foliis omnibus radicalibus. 17. CvPniPEDIUM humile. Salisb. act. linn. 1. 79. t. 3. f. 4. Swartz. l- c. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 144. Bot. Mag. t. 192. C. acaule, foliis binis radicalibus membranaceis oblongis plicatis, scapo pubescente, bracteà foliaceà acuminata ovario multd longiore, stamine sterili rhombeo acuminato, sepalis labello duplo brevioribus, petalis lineari-lanceolatis rectiusculis imberbibus, labelli maximi ventricosi ore contracto. C. acaule. Mich. amer. sept. 2. 161. Hab. in Americd septentrionali; in rupestribus umbrosis paludibusque mon- tanis desiccatis a Canada ad Carolinam, Pursh. (hab. s. sp.) Lip large, bright purple, veined with darker purple. Sepals and petals pale dull brown. 18. Cyprirepium venustum. Wall. MSS. Bot. Mag. t. 2129. Hooker Exot. Fl. t. 35. C. acaule, foliis coriaceis ligulatis canaliculatis, scapo pubescente, bracteà ovario plus duplo breviore, stamine sterili cuneato, sepalo antico lanceo- lato labello breviore dorsali subrotundo-ovato acuminato, petalis lineari- oblongis obtusis barbatis, labelli oblongi ore utrinque inflexo et lobo acuto erecto aucto. Hab. in India orientali; Sylhet Wallich. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) Leaves spotted like a Gasteria, and somewhat scabrous. Flowers green- ish, with the inside of the petals purple, and the labellum yellowish, netted with green veins. 19. Cypriprpium purpuratum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1991. C. acaule, foliis coriaceis oblongis acutis striatis maculatis canaliculatis, scapo pubescente, sepalo dorsali acuminato ciliato margine revoluto, petalis oblongis subundulatis pubescentibus, stamine sterili lunato. Hab. in archipelago Malaico, hortulan. This rare plant is said to be a native of the Malay archipelago, but there is no evidence before me on that point. I have never seen it, but the excellent figure in the Botanical Register leaves no doubt of its being a quite distinct species. Its leaves are most like those of C. venustum, but are more oblong, and far less rigid, besides having a pallid colour, quite unlike that of the species alluded to; its petals moreover want the long bearded fringe, and the dorsal sepal is convex, not concave. 20. Cyprirepium insigne. Wall. MSS. Lindl. coll. Bot. t. 32. Hooker exot. fl. t. 34. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1321. C. acaule, foliis coriaceis lineari-ligulatis debilibus basi canaliculatis, scapo tomentoso, bracteà ovario subæquali, stamine sterili obcordato pubes- cente, sepalo antico obtuso labello subequali dorsali fornicato oblongo undulato emarginato, petalis lineari-obovatis subundulatis basi barbatis extüs pubescentibus, labelli oblongi ore utrinque inflexo et lobo obtuso erecto aucto. Hab. in India orientali ; Sylhet Wallich, Khasiya, Griffith, k. et l. in herb. ind. (hab. s. sp. et v. v. c.) CYPRIPEDE.E. 531 Flowers pale green, Upper sepal large, broad, white-edged and spotted with brownish purple. Lip deep yellow. 21. Cyprirepium Lindleyanum. — Schomburgk in litt. C. acaule, fcliis radicalibus lanceolatis rigidis coriaceis acutis plicatis gla- bris, scapo rufo-villoso paniculato vaginato, vaginis bracteisque fuscis acutis cucullatis rigidis, stamine sterili hirsuto tridentato fornicato, sepa- lis villosis concavis obtusis antico labello breviore integro, petalis lineari- oblongis rectis obtusis villosis sepalis longioribus, labello oblougo cal- ceiformi glabro. Hab. in Guayand; in montem Roriema pratis humidis inter Utricularias, Xyrides, Droseras et Heliamphoras, Schomburgk. (hab. s. sp. et ic. pict. comm. cel, inventor.) I unwillingly consent, at the particular instance of Mr. Schomburgk, to allow this plant to bear my name, who have no title to the compliment. It is a most remarkable species, with green stiff leaves, smooth, and bordered with yellow. The stem is two feet high, panicled!, and covered with large hooded erect scales and bracts, which are of a pale brown colour, and densely clothed with brown glandular hairs. The sepals and petals are of the same colour; but the lip is dull green, with the sides streaked with the same colour, and the border turned inwards and down- wards; its sides appear to be brought together as if the labellum were compressed. The sterile stamen, and stigmatic part of the column, are covered with stiff hairs or bristles. Section unknown, 22. CYPRIPEDIUM caudatum, C. sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis extùs pubescentibus, petalis lan- ceolatis extùs pubescentibus in acumen longissimum caudiforme pro- ductis, labelli ore hirsuto. Hab. in Peruvia; In herbario Ruizii et Pavonii Lima conservato invenit Mathews, et Hookero misit. I have only seen one mutilated flower of this extraordinary plant, ob- tained at Lima, from an herbarium of Ruiz and Pavon, and sent by Ma- thews to Sir W. Hooker. The petals are nearly 8 inches long, while the sepals are about 5 inches long. 93. There is also in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium a second species, taken by Mathews out of the same collection, but it is too imperfect to be intro- duced here. CYPRIPEDEZXE. 532 10n : The twenty-three species of Cypripedium above described have hical distribut ing geograp Nore. the follow "uy uuoN | *s91do1) oq utqa BOY | +933 'sniunv] d | "eongy qnos | : *otdor, oy} puoÁoaq eorroury ujnog *Sordo1) ou UJM eormury "spur vag ymos "PUE[[OH MeN *ueder "eun *os3epodrqo1y uerpug *uo[4929 "erpu Jo 3uaupuo? ‘TedyN pue vrpug u12qjoN "wonoury YHON ‘BISV UIIYMON PUL eroqis ‘adomy Names of the Genera 299. Cypripedium . 533 The following published genera were omitted in their proper place, among Malaxee. » CORALLORHIZA. Corallorhiza. Hall, Hist. 2. 159. R. Brown in Hort, Kew. 5. 209. Endlich. gen. no. 1339. Perianthium ringens. Sepala lateralia ascendentia, basi obliqua, in cornu brevis forma decurrentia, supremum erectum incurvum. Petala se- palis conformia, sed paulo minora, supra columnam conniventia. La- bellum unguiculatum, basin versus bilamellatum, patulum, integrum trilobumque. Columna libera, semiteres, petalis ferè qualis, clinandrio plano truncato; stigmate ovali in rostellum parvum recurvum glanduli- forme producto. Anthera Q-labiata, 2-locularis, trivalvis, (nempe labii superioris valvulis connectivo colligatis, inferioris disjunctis.) Pollinia 4, globosa, cereacea, mollia, libera, nunc rostello leviter adhz- rentia.—Herbe parasitice, sæpiùs fusce aphylle, nunc foliose, hemispharam borealem utriusque orbis in paludibus habitantes. Rhiz- oma corallinum, ramosum, articulatum, fibrillis fer nullis. Scapus va- ginatus. Flores racemosi, fusci, The pollen masses of this genus are softer than customary among Orchidaceous plants with waxy pollen ; but they cohere in round solid masses, and only indicate their pulverulent nature when softened in water, and crushed; 1 therefore think it better to regard the genus as of the Malaxeous than of the Arethuseous tribe. It seems to constitute a type of structure among Malaxee equivalent to that of Eulophia in Vandee. § 1. Aphylia. a. Labellum trilobum. 1. ComarLLonuiza innata. R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 909. Hooker f. Lond. n. s. t. 142. fl. bor. am. 2. 194. C. aphylla, racemo paucifloro, ovario oblongo, cornu adnato, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio emarginato glabro lateralibus subtruncatis: lamellis rectis ultra sinus vix productis. : Ophrys corallorhiza. Linn. sp. 1349. Eng. Bot. t. 1547. Cymbidium corallorhizon, Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 238. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 109, Corallorhiza Halleri. Rich. orch. eur. annot. n. Corallorhiza Neottia. Crantz, carniol, n. 1134. Corallorhiza verna. Nuttall in Journ. acad. Phil. Oct. 1823 p. 135. Beck Bot. of the States, 345. Hab in paludibus Europe, omnis Sibirie, Gmelin, et Americe septentrion- alis. (hab. s. sp.) There is certainly no difference whatever between the C. verna of the N. American Botanists and our European C. innata. Reichenbach (Fl, excurs. p. 131.) mentions a variety of the latter, which, he says, resembles the C. multiflora, and like it has a white lip with crimson spots, but I have seen no specimens of it. 534 9. CORALI ORHIZA multiflora. Nutt. l.c. t. 7. | Beck l.c. Hooker Fl. Bor. am. 2. 194. exot. fl. t. 174. C. aphylla, racemo multifloro, ovario oblongo pedicellato, cornu adnato gibboso, labelli trilobi lobo medio oblongo obtuso glabro lateralibus acuminatis ter longiore: lamellis flexuosis ultra sinus long? productis. C. innata. Nutt. gen. 2. 197. Orobanche verna, &c. Pluk. alm. t. 211. f. 2. B. occidentalis ; cornu magis gibboso, labelli lobo medio subrotundo latera- libus acuminatis dupló longiore: lainellis vix ultra sinus productis. Hab. in Americd septentrionali, in Canadam usque; ĝ in California, Douglas. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers brownish yellow, with a white lip daggled with crimson. This is a much larger and stouter plant than C. innata, not unfrequently pro- ducing a narrow ieaf from the apex of the uppermost sheath of the stem, The supposed variety B is a still larger pant and is perhaps a distinct species. 3. CoRALLORHIZA mexicana. C. aphylla, racemo multifloro, ovario ovali longiüs pedicellato, cornu adnato gibboso, labelli trilobi lobis rotundatis intermedio dupló longiore iufra apicem pubescente : lamellis ultra sinus haud productis. Hab. in Mexico; in sylvis Mineral del Monte, Augusto, Schlechtendahl, no. 2. (hab. s. sp.) Flowers white and red. Very like C. multiflora, but apparently distinct in the characters above stated. 4. ConRALLORHIZA striata. C. aphylla, racemo denso elongato imbricato, ovario elongato ovali pedi- cellato, cornu adnato gibboso, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis striatis, la- belli trilobi lobo medio obovato acuto lateralibus acuminatis tér lon- giore: lamellis inconspicuis medio labello cis sinus adnatis. Hab. in Americd boreali-occidentali, Douglas, (hab. s. sp.) 'This is by far the finest species of this genus, the flowers being as much as an inch in diameter. The sepals and petals seem to have been thin, and distinctly marked with 3 stripes, while the labellum appears to have been fleshy. One of my specimens is nearly 2 feet high. 5. ConaLLonnizA Mertensiana. Bong. veg. Sitcha p. 47. Hooker Fl. Bor. m. 9. 194. C. aphylla, racemo tenui multifloro, ovario elongato pedicello equali, cornu sublibero, sepalis lateralibus patentibus petalisque linearibus obtusis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus acuminatis denticulatis intermedio oblongo obtuso: lamellis tenuibus ad sinus productis, Hab. in America boreali-occidentali ; Bongard, Menzies, &c. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Menzies.) Raceme long and slender, on account of the flowers being pressed close up against the rachis. The horn is very prominent. b. Labellum indivisum. 6. ConaLLonuiza odontorhiza, Nuttall gen. 9. 197. Id. in Journ. Acad. Phil. Oct. 1823. p. 138. Elliot. Carol. 9. 505. 535 C. aphylla, racemo paucifloro (2-10), ovario subrotundo long? pedicellato, cornu obsoleto, labello subrotundo denticulato crispo indiviso: lamellis inconspicuis. Cymbidium odontorhizum. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 110. ? Orobanche autumnalis &c. Pluk. alm. t. 211. f. 1. Hab. in America septentrionali; Florida Chapman (D.) Philadelphia Gray (B.), Virginia Beyrich, Carolina in quercetis umbrosis prope Beaufort, Elliot. (hab. s. sp.) This very distinct plant seems to be confounded by some American botanists with C. multiflora or innata, from both which its membranous undivided round lip clearly distinguishes it. It is a smaller species than C. innata. Whether Plukenet's figure is intended for the latter or the present species it is hard to say. It is scarcely worth quoting. 7. ConarLonHizA Wistariana. Conrad in Journ. Acad. Phil. 6. 145. C. aphylla, racemo paucitloro (2-12) laxo, ovario elongato breviüs pedicel- lato, cornu obsoleto, labello oblongo emarginato indiviso basin versus denticulato : lamellis tenuibus apice rotundatis. Hab. in America septentrionuli; Novum Aurelianum Torrey, Philadelphia, A. Gray. (hab. s. sp.) This little plant is perfectly distinct from C. innata, to which Sir W. Hooker refers it, in its undivided lip, and much larger flowers, which are about the size of C. multiflora. According to Dr. A. Gray it flowers early. § 2. Foliose. (Eulophie affines, generis dubii.) 8. CORALLORHIZA foliosa. C. folio ensiformi plicato, scapo laxè bivaginato, spicà densà oblonga, bracteis acuminatis ovario brevioribus, labelli trilobi in basin sensim angustati laciniis lateralibus rotundatis planis intermedia cuneatà rotun- datà undulatà : lamellis linearibus approximatis ad sinus productis. Hab. in India septentrionali, Royle. (hab. s. sp. a cel. invent.) Whole plant about 8 inches high. Leaf the same length; spike 13 inch long. Root uaknown. 9. CoRALLORHIZA patens C. folio ensiformi plicato, scapi vagin& inferiore laxà obtuså membranacea superiore lineari patente, racemo laxo paucifloro (7-8), bracteis linearibus ovario ter brevioribus, labelli trilobi basi obtusi laciniis lateralibus linearibus obtusis intermedià oblongé rotundatáà apice crispà basi bila- mellatà. Hab. in Sibiria, Prescott. (hab. s. sp.) Of this plant I have a small specimen, marked Siberia, and given me by Mr. Prescott many years ago. It is S inches high, with a short-jointed rhizoma, covered with loose scales. The raceme is lax, and the flowers are hardly ringent, but spread nearly equally from the centre. Iam uncertain whether these two plants really belong to Corallorhiza. If it were not for their leaves they would be referred to the genus 536 without question. Their habit is that of Eulophia; but they certainly have 4 pollen-masses, apparently loose in the anther. 10. Aphyllorchis pallida, Blume Tabellen, t. 77, of which no description has been published, seems to be near this genus, from which, however, it differs in having a bordered clinandrium, a 5-lobed lip, and perhaps connate lateral sepals. APLECTRUM. Aplectrum. Nuttall. gen. 2. 198. Hooker fl. bor..Am. 2, 194. Perianthium connivens. Sepala æqualia, libera, lateralia haud basi pro- ducta. Petala conformia. Labellum unguiculatum, liberum, petalis aequale, trilobum, m«dio lamellis tribus auctum, columná parallelum. Columna elongata, recta, teres. ^ Pollinia 4, (00.00) caudiculis et glandula nullis.—— — Herba terrestris Americz septentrionalis, rhiz- omate articulato, cormos gerente. Folium solitarium, plicatum, hiemale. ' Scapus radicalis, 3-vaginatus, multiflorus. Flores demüm penduli. 1. APLEcTRUM hiemale. Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. p. 139. Hooker, fl. bor. Amer. 2. 194. Cymbidium hiemale. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 107. Corallorhiza hiemalis. Nutt. gen. 2.108. Elliot, Carol, 2.505. Hab. in America septentrionali; Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg; in sylvis umbrosis a Canada ad Carolinam, humo nascens, Nuttall; Kentucky, florens Maio, Short. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) This plant is said by Willdenow to haye two large ovate leaves, like those of a Veratrum, scabrous backwards at the edge ; but all other authors speak of it as having only one, and I find but. one, with smooth margins in a beautiful specimen given me by Sir W. Hooker. Elliot describes it thus: * Root concatenately bulbous, leaf solitary, large, oval, lanceolate, some- what plaited, rigid, springing from the root and tapering at the base into a petiole 2 or 3 inches long. Scape 12 or 18 inches high, clothed with about 3 loose sheaths. Flowers in a terminal raceme, at first erect, after- wards pendulous. Petals linear-oblong, connivent, distinct, all nearly equal in size and inform. Lip unguiculate, distinct at the base, and about the length of the petals, dilated towards the extremity, trifid, ridged along the centre, the middle lobe round, with the margin undulate and crenulate. Column of an equal thickness and slightly curved, shorter than the lip. Lid of the anther membranous, caducous. Pollen masses 4, lenticular, waxy, attached to the summit of the column, at length deciduous." Dr. Asa Gray informs me that the cormi are excessively glutinous and are called Putty roots in the United States, where they are used by the poor as a cement for broken porcelain. The plant has very much the appearance of a Eulophia, and its round cormi, the size and form of those of Crocus luteus, upon a slender subterranean rhizoma, may be compared with some of the plants of that genus. Its pollen masses, however, appear, as far as I can ascertain from the dried specimens, to be destitute of gland and caudicula. 537 POSTSCRIPT. The following published species have been omitted in the preceding work, in consequence of the author's inability to ascertain to what genera they probably belong. Botanists who may possess information concerning them, or authentic specimens, are earnestly requested to communicate with the author, to whom a single flower-bud of such plants would generally be sufficient to solve his doubts. l. Cranichisnudifolia, Pers. syn. 2. 511. (Galeola nudifolia Lour. fl. coch. 9. 636.) 2. Limodorum imbricatum. fz. in Pers. syn. 2. 591. 3. emarginatum. Id. 4. bidens. Id. all apparently species of Angrecum. 5. flexuosum. Willd. 4. 128. 6. fasciola. Swartz. in Schrad. diar. 1799. 231. (Vanilla fasciola Gaudich. voy. p. 427. Epidendrum fasciola Forst. prodr. 320.) 7. Pachyphyllum scandens, Llave, orch. Merz, 2. 98. 8. ? uniflorum. Id. 9. Dendrobium aloideum. Id. 2. 43. 10. bracteatum. Id. 11 — pusillum. HBK. 1. 357. 19. acuminatum. Ib. 13. — — ———— elegans. Ib. 14. Epidendrum bidentatum. Retz. obs. 6. 54. (Limodorum bidentatum. Willd. sp. 4. 124.) 15. —— — —— liliifolium. Willd. sp. 6. 61. obtusifolium. Willd. sp. 4. 118. - 17. —— tuberosum. Lour. fl. coch. 2. 639. 18. ——————— polystachys. Thouars. orch. afr. t. 82. 19. Cymbidium Calceolarie. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 97. (N. B. C. ovatum W. est . Dendrobium crumenatum p. 88.) Q0. —— — —-- testeefolium. ld. 4. 96. 21. Thrixspermum centipeda. Lour. ft. coch. 2. 635. 22. Corymbis. Thouars orch. maur. t. 37. 93. Scaredederis. Id. t. 91. 24. Amphorchis inermis. Id. t. 5. 25. Orchis satyrioides. Stev, in mem. mosq. 9. 176. t. 11. f. 6. 26, Oxyanthera micrantha. 4d. Brongn. Duperr. voy. 197. t. 37. B. October, 1840. AAAA 539 INDEX. The Figures refer to the pages ; the Synonyms are in Italics. Acanthoglossum, Bl. 179 Acanthophippium, Bl. 177—xvi. Aceras, R. Br. 282 Acianthus, R. Br. 24, 396 petiolatus, Don, 28 ? bifolius, R. Br. 387 Acriopsis, Bl. 140 Acropera, Lindl. 172 Adenoncos, Bl. 235 Adenostylis emarginata, Blume, 485 integerrima, Blume, 486 Aeranthus, Lindl. 243 arachnitis, Lindl. 243 Aerides, Lour. 238 arachnites, Sw. 217 Borassi, Sm. 165 calceolare, Sm. 223 coriaceum, Sw. 224 cornutum, Roxb. 239 dasypogon, Sm. 222 elongatum, Bl. 218 maculatum, Sm. 216 matutinum, Bl. 218 paniculatum, Ker. 233 premorsum, W. 221 retusum, Sw. 220 rigidum, Sm. 216 spicatum, Don. 221 Sulingii, Bl. 218 undulatum, Sm. 222 Aerobion calceolus, Spr. 248 caulescens, Spr. 247 crassum, Spr. 245 cucullatum, Spr. 247 expansum, Spr. 246 filicornu, Spr. 246 fragrans, Spr. 246 gladiifolium, Spr. 246 gracile, Spr. 237 implicatum, Spr. 246 inapertum, Spr. 247 maculatum, Spr. 238 multiflorum. Spr. 248 palmiforme, Spr. 246 pectinatum, Spr. 247 rectum, Spr. 246 Aerobion recurvum, Spr. 246 superbum, Spr. 245 triquetrum, Spr. 247 ZEtheria, Endl. 490 Agrostophyllum, Bl. 249 Alamania, La Llave, 153 Altensteinia, H. B. K. 449 Amblyglottis flava, Bl. 249 abbreviata, Bl. 251 emarginata, Bl. 249 pulchra, Bl. 250 speciosa, Bl. 250 veratrifolia, Bl. 249 Amphiglottis lurida, Sal. 104 secunda, Sal. 107 Amphorchisinermis, Thouars, 537 BESI calcarata, Thouars, 332 Anacamptis, Rich. 274. Anæctochilus, Blume, 498 Angræcum, Thouars, 245 aphyllum, Thouars, 224 elatum, Thouars, 244 falcatum, Lindl. 237 gracile, Thouars, 237 rectum, Thouars, 246 recurvum, Thouars, 246 parviflorum, Thouars, 237 maculatum, Lindl. 238 monophyllum, A. Rich. 238 nervosum, Rumph. 39 sesquipedale, Thouars, 244 striatum, Thouars, 224 Anguloa, Fl. Per. 160 grandiflora, H. & K. 157 Hernandezii, Kth. 151 lurida, Link. 156 Ania, Lindl. 129 Anisopetalum Careyanum, Hook. 51. Anthogonium, Wall, 425 Aopla, Lindl. 304 Apaturia, Lindl. 130 Apista tenuis, Bl. 235 Aplectrum, Nutt. 536 Aplostellis, Thouars, 411 Apostasiacee, Lindl. xvi. Aporum, Bl. 70 540 Aporum concinnum, Lindl. 72 Appendicula, Bl. 227 Arachnis moschifera, Bl. 217 Arachnites monorchis, Hoffm. 305 Arethusa, Gron. 496 alaris, Thunb. 366 biplumata, L. 406 capensis, L. 370 catenata, Smith, 418 ciliaris, L. 334 crispa, Thunb. 368 divaricata, L. 414 gentianoides, Swartz, 414 lutea, Gaudich. 405 medeoloides, Pursh, 414 ophioglossoides, L. 413 parviflora, Mich. 413 P pendula, Willd. 413 racemosa, Walt. 444 | secunda, Thunb. 370 simplex, Thouars, 411 trianthophoros, Swartz. 413 verticillata, Willd. 414 villosa, L. 371 Arietinum americanum, Beck, 529 Aristotelia spiralis, Lour. 465 Arnottia, Ach. Rich. 333 Arpophyllum, La Llave, 151 . Arundina, Bl. 125 Asarca, Pépp. 406 aurantiaca, Lindl. 403 speciosa, Lindl. 404 Aspasia, Lindl. 139 Auliza ciliaris, Salisb. 100 Ate, Lindl. 326 Aviceps, Lindl. 345 Azuzena del Monte, 185 Bartholina, R. Br. 333 Baskervilla, Lindl. 505 Beclardia macrostachya, A. Rich. 245 brachystachya, A. Rich. 245 Benthamia latifolia, Ach. Rich. 297 Bletia, Fl. Per. 120 capitata, R. Br. xvi. ciliata, Presl. 177 angustata, Gaudich. 119 autumnalis, Liave, 115 Dabia, Don. 185 grandiflora, Llave, 115 humilis, Link, 170 Masuca, Don. 949 pallida, Lodd. 121 stricta, Presi. 185 INDEX. Bletia, Woodfordii, Hook. 127. Bicornella, Lindl. 334 Bifrenaria, Lindl. 152 Bilabrella falcicornis, Lindl. 328 Bipinnula, Juss. 405 Bonatea, Willd. 327 herbacea, Wallich, 307 punduana, Lindl. 307 Bontia luzonica, Petiv. 92 Brachycorythis, Lindl. 363 Brasavola, R. Br. 114 Brassia, R. Br. 212 Broughtonia, R. Br. 118 alba, Spr. 143 grandiflora, Spr. 147 maculata, Spr. 149 Bolbophyllum, Thouars, 47 conitum, Thouars, 55 longiflorum, Thouars, 58 nutans, A. Rich. 51 occultum, Thouars, 34 prismaticum, Thouars, 46 Burnettia, Lindl. 517 Caladenia, R. Br. 417 Menziesii, R. Br. 416 Calanthe, R. Br. 249 Calcearia fornicata, Blume, 394 picta, Blume, 394 Caleana, R. Br. 428 Callostylis, Bl. 129 Calochilus, R. Br. 459 Calopogon, R. Br. 424 Lessonii, Ad. Brongn, 411 Calypso, Salisb. 179 Camaridium purpureum, Spr. 168 ochroleucum, Lindl. 168 Camarotis, Lindl. 219 Caravata-Miri, 177 Catasetum, Rich. 155 Cathea pulchella, Salisb. 424 Cattleya, Lindl. 116 Centrosis sylvatica, Thouars, 250 Cephalanthera, L. C. Rich. 411 Ceraia simplicissima, Lour. 89 Ceratandra, Eckl. 363 Ceratium, Bl. 130 Ceratochilus, Bl. 232 grandiflorus, Lodd. 158 oculatus, Lodd. 158 Ceratopsis, Lindl. 383 Ceratostylis, Bl. 231 Chamorchis alpina, Rich. 305 INDEX. Chelonanthera, Bl. 178 incrassata, Bl. 40 longifolia, Bl. 42 miniata, Bl. 42 speciosa, Bl. 39 Cheirostylis, Blume, 488 Chiloschista, Lindl. 219 Chloidia, Lindl. 484 Chlorza, Lindl. 399 alaris, Lindl. 409 fimbriata, Pópp. 406 galeata, Lindl. 408 volucris, Lindl..407 Chlorosa, Blume, 452 Chrysobaphus Roxburghii, Lindl. 499 Chrysoglossum, Bl. 13 Cirrhza, Lindl. 141 Cirrhopetalum, Lindl. 58 Cistella cernua, Bl. 175 Cleisostoma, Bl. 226 Cleistes, Rich. 409 Cnemidia, L. 462 Cochlia, Bl. 46 Codonorchis, Lindl. 410 Celia, Lindl. 36 Ceeloglossum, Lindl, 302 Ceelogyne, Lindl. 38. xvi. Collabium, Bl. 96 Colax aromaticus, Spr. 146 Barringtonie, Lindl. 147 Harrisonie, Lindl. 148 palmifolius, Lindl. 14S parvulus, Spr. 148 Corallorhiza, Hall, 533 hiemalis, Nutt. 536 Cordyla, Blume, 452 Coryanthes, Hooker, 159 Corybas aconitiflorus, Salisb. 394 Corycium, Swartz. 368 humile, Hamilt. 495 Corymbis, Thouars, 537, xiv. Corysanthes, R. Br. 393 Cranichis, Swartz. 450 luteola, Sw. 73 muliiflora, Nutt. 444 nudifolia, Pers. 537 oligantha, Swartz. 454 speciosa, Llave, 448 stachyodes, Swartz. 454 tubularis, Llave, 44S Cremastra, Lindl. 172 Crepidium flavescens, Bl. 20 Rheedii, Bl. 21 Crinonia carnea, Bl. 37 541 Crinonia globosa, Bl. $7 Crybe, Lindl. 425 Cryptarrhena, R. Br. 195 Cryptochilus, Wall. 193 Cryptoglottis, Bl. 230 Cryptopus, Lindl. 244 Cryptostylis, R. Br. 445 Cyathoglottis, Popp. et Endl. 430 Cyclopogon ovalifolium, Presl. 470 Cuitlauzina, La Llave, 196 Cymbidium, Sw. 161 aloifolium, Bl. 164 altum, W. 121 Andersonii, B. Rep. 188 appendiculatum, Don. 173 bambusifolium, Roxb. 125 bituberculatum, Hook. 27 boreale, Sw. 180 clypeolum, W. 29 coccineum, Sw. 140 calceolarie, Willd. 537 corallorhizon, Swartz. 533 corniculatum, Spr. 9 crassifolium, W. 165 cucullatum, Sw. 114 dependens, Lodd. 141 echinocarpon, Sw. 208 equitans, Sw. 16 floridum, Salisb. 121 fragrans, Salisb. 162 furvum, W. 215 giganteum, Sw. 191 glaucum, Sw. 209 globosum, Sw. 112 graminoides, Sw. 209 grandiflorum, Willd. 409 guttatum, W. 201 hiemale, Willd. 536 hirsutum, W.177 humile, Sm. 43 hyacinthinum, Sm. 192 iridifolium, Roxb. 15 iridioides, Don. 163 ixioides, Don. 120 juncifolium, W. 206 lineare, Sw. 112 luteum, Willd. 401 muricatum, Sw. 209 nitidum, Roxb. 40 nodosum, Sw. 114 odontorhizum, Willd. 535 ovatum, Willd. 537 precor, Sm. 43 pramorsum, Sw. 222 542 Cymbidium pictum, R. Br. INDEX, plantagineum, Wall. 29 proliferum, Sw. 113 pulchellum, Sw. 424 pusillum, Sw. 203 quadripetalum, Sw. 198 reflecum, R. Br. 30 reptans, Sw. 57 rigidum, W. 119 scriptum, Sw. 173 spatulatum, L. 216 squamatum, Sw. 186 stapelioides, Link, 146 striatum, Sw. 122 strictum, Don. 39 tetrapetalum, Sw. 198 teretifolium, Sw. 112 tessellatum, Sw. 240 tesselloides, Roxb. 215 testefolium, Willd. 537 trichocarpon, Sw. 209 tripterum, Sw. 36 triquetrum, Sw. 205 umbellatum, Spr. 58 variegatum, Sw. 198 veratrifolium, Wall. 27 verecundum, Sw. 121 Dendrobium Barringtonie, Sw. 147 bracteatum, Llave, 537 ciliatum, Sw. 147 corniculatum, Sw. 9 cucullatum, R. Br. 79 cultriforme, Thouars, 73 demissum, Don. 44, 75 elegans, H. B. K. 537 fusiforme, Thouars, 73 graminifolium, W. 10 grandiflorum, H. B. K. 147 Harrisonie, Hook, 148 javanicum, Sw. 67 lanceola, Sw. 8 latifolium, H. B. K. 150 laxum, Sw. 7 leopardinum, Wall. 48 longifolium, H. B. K. 150 maculatum, H. B. K. 149 myosurus, Sw. 16 ophioglossoides, Sieb. 9 ophioglossoides, Sw. 12 palmifolium, Sw. 148 polystachyum, Sw. 73 pubescens, Hooker, 65 pumilum, Sw. 54 punctatum, Sm. 186 virescens, Willd. 400 Cycnoches, Lindl, 154 Cynorchis, Lindl. 330 Cynosorchis, Thouars, 330 triphylla, Thouars, 332 Cypripedium, L. 525 bulbosum, L. 180 Cyrtochilum, H. B. K. 210 Cyrtopera, Lindl. 189 Cyrtopodium, R. Br. 188 Woodfordii, B. M. 189 Cyrtosia, Blume, 25. 438 altissima, Blume, 438 Cyrtostylis, R. Br. 398 Cytheris, Lindl. 129 pusillum, Don. 85, H. B. K.537 pygmeum, Sm. 58 racemiflorum, Sw. 6 ruscifolium, Sw. 5 reptans, Sw. 57 sanguineum, Sw. 118 sertularioides, Sw. 8 squalens, Lindl. 150 testiculatum, Sw. 194 tribuloides, Sw. 6 utricularioides, Sw. 194 veratrifolium, Roxb. 197. Dendrochilum, Blume, 34 Dendrocolla arachnitis, Bl. 238 acuminatissima, Bl. 240 amplezicaulis, Bl. 239 anceps, Bl. 242 angustifolia, Bl. 241 appendiculata, Bl. 241 compressa, Bl. 240 emarginata, Bl. 241 hystrix, Bl. 242 minima, Bl. 241 obtusa, Bl. 239 pallida, Bl. 241 purpurascens, Bl. 240 spuria, Bl. 241 Decaisnea densiflora, Ad. Brongn. 455 Dendrobium, Sw. 74 acinaciforme, Roxb. 71 aggregatum, H. B: K. 151 album, Hook. 143 alpestre, Sw. 7 acuminatum, H. B. K. 537 aloideum, Llave, 537 anceps, Sw. 71 aphyllum, Roxb. 78 arachnitis, Thouars, 243 INDEX. Dendrocolla subulata, Bl. 241 leres, Bl. 240 Dendrolirium abbreviatum, Bl. 68 acuminatum, Bl. 69 albido tomentosum, Bl.66 appendiculatum, Bl. 69 bicristatum, Bl. 67 coriaceum, Bl. 64 densiflorum, Bl. 64 ebulbe, Dl. 69 erectum, Bl. 68 flavescens, Bl. 66 hyacinthoides, Bl. 66 laxiflorum, Bl. 64 micranthum, Bl. 69 multiflorum, Bl. 68 ornatum, Bl. 66 pusillum, Bl. 64 retusum, Bl. 64 'robustum, Bl. 69 rugosum, bl. 66 secundum, Bl. 64 sulcatum, Bl. 69 Desmotrichum angulatum, Bl. 76 angustifolium, Bl. 76 appendiculatum, Bl. 76 comatum, Bl. 76 convezum, BI. 76 cymbidioides, Bl. 77 elongatum, Bl. 77 fimbriatum, Bl. 76 geminatum, Dl. 77 grandiflorum, Bl. 77 pusillum, Bl. 77 triflorum, Bl. 77 Dichæa, Lindl. 208. ` Dicrypta, Lindl, 44, 152 Dienia, Lindl. 22 Diglyphosa, Bl. 62 Dilochia, Lindl. 38 Dinema, Lindl. 111 Diphyes angustifolia, Bl. 57 capitata, Bl. 56 cernua, Bl. 48 ciliata, Bl. 48 crocea, Bl. 57 flavescens, Bl. 54 gibbosa, Bl. 54 gracilis, Bl. 50 hirsuta, Bl. 49 inequalis, Bl. 49 laxiflora, Bl. 57 mutabilis, Bl, 48 543 Diphyes mucronata, Bl. 50. obtusa, Bl. 56 odorata, Bl. 54 ovalifolia, Bl. 49 pumila, Bl. 54 pusilla, Bl. 49 sulcata Dl. 57 tenella, Bl, 49 tenuifolia, Bl. 50 tortuosa, Bl. 50 violacea, Bl. 50 Diplectrum amenum, Thouars, 337 parviflorum, Pers. 336 Diplocentrum, Lindl, 218 Diplochilos hirsutum, Lindl. 330 longifolium, Lind}. 330 Diplomeris, Don, 330 Dipodium, R. Br. 186 Disa, L. 346 filicornis, Thunb. 361 flexuosa, Swartz, 359 graminifolia, Ker, 362 inflera, Mundt. 360 maculata, L. 360 melaleuca, 'Thunb. 361 patens, 'Thunb. 362, Swartz. 361 prasinata, Ker, 358 Richardiana, Lehm. 361 rufescens, Swartz, 357 tenuifolia, Swartz, 362 torta, Swartz, 358 Disperis, Swartz, 369 alata, Labill. 387 Diuris, Smith, 506. Nove Zelandia, Ach. Rich. 512 Doritis, Lindi, 178 Drakea, Lindl, 428. Dryopeia discolor, Thouars, 371 oppositifolia, Thouars, 371 tripetaloidea, Thouars, 371 Echioglossum, Bi. 233 Elleanthus lancifolius, Presl. 113 linifolius, Presl. 113 Empusa, Lindl, 17 Encyclia, Hooker, 111 patens, Hooker, 99 Ephippium, Bl. 231 ciliatum, Bl. 59 Epiblema, R. Br. 522 Epicranthes, Bl. 61 Epidendrum, L. 96 aloifolium, L. 165 INDEX. Epidendrum, alpestre, Sw. 7 altissimum, Jacq. 200 amabile, L. 213 anceps, Jacq. 104 anceps, Sw. 110 antenniferum, H. B. K. 174 Barringtonie, Sm. 147 bidentatum, Retz. 537 biflorum, Forst, 78 biflorum, Konig. 33 brachystachys, Thouars,245 capense, Linn. 248 carinatum, L. 92 carthaginense, Jacq. 201 caudatum, L. 212 Cebolleta, Jacq. 206 ciliare, Bot. Mag. 101 clavatum, Retz. 223 claviculatum, Swartz. 435 clypeolum, Forst. 29 coccineum, L. 140 cochlearifolium, Sw. 11 complanatum, Retz. 227 corniculatum, Sw. 9 corymbosum, Fl. Per. 102 crispatum, Forst. 91 cucullatum, L. 114 difforme, Jacq. 102 echinocarpon, Sw. 208 ellipticum, Lodd. 107 ensifolium, L. 169 equitans, Forst. 16 filiforme, Sw. 248 fasciola, Forst. 537 flabelliforme, Sw. 166 flos aeris, L, 217 funale, Sw. 937 glaucum, Sw. 209 globosum, Jacq. 112 graminifolium, L. 10 graminoides, Sw. 209 grandiflorum, H. & B. 157 guttatum, L. 201 humile, Sm. 43 juncifolium, L. 206 lanceola, Sw. 8 laxum, Sw. 7 liliastrum, Salisb, 117 liliifolium, Willd. 537 lineare, L. 112 lineatum, Salisb. 97 macrostachys, 'Thouars, 245 Magnolie, Muhl. 106 Epidendrum micranthum, Sw. 12 minutum, Aubl. 73 monile, Thunb. 84 moniliforme, L. 84 monophyllum, Hook, 9 montanum, Sw. 172 moschatum, Harailt. 82 myosurus, Forst. 16 nervosum, 'Thunb. 96 nodosum, L. 114 obtusifolium, Willd. 537 ophioglossoides, L. 12 orchideum, Retz. 232 ovale, Sw. 11 palmarum, Salzm. 436 palmifolium, Sw. 148 papilionaceum, West, 100 pendulum, Roxb, 165 polybulbon, Sw. 111 polystachys, Thouars, 537 precox, Sm. 43 premorsum, Roxb. 222 proliferum, Sw. 113 pulchellum, Sw. 11 punctatum, L. 189 pusillum, L. 203 pusillum, Retz. 237 racemiflorum, Sw. 6 resupinatum, Forst. 21 retusum, L. 220 rigidum, Lodd. 102 ruscifolium, Linn, 5 sanguineum, Sw. 118 satyrioides, Sw. 194 scriptum, L. 173 sertularioides, Sw. 8 sinense, Andr. 162 striatum, Thunb. 122 subulatum, Retz. 240 subulatum, Sw. 167 tetrapetalum, Jacq. 198 tenuifolium, L. 167 teretifolium, Sw. 112 tessellatum, Roxb. 240 teres, Thunb. 167 tribuloides, Sw. 6 trichocarpon, Sw. 209 tridentatum, Sw. 11 trigoniflorum, Sw. 12, tripterum, Sm. 36 triquetrum, Sw. 205 triste, Forst. 167 tuberosum, Lour. 537 INDEX. Epidendrum umbellatum, Forst. 58 undulatum, B. Mag. 201 usneoides, Don. 219 utricularioides, Sw. 194 variegatum, Sw. 190 VanillaL.434, Fl.flum, 436 vestitum, Sw, 168 volucre, Thouars, 244 Epipactis, Camer. 460 aphylla, Hall, 398 Camtschatea, Swartz. 458 carinata, Roxb. 414 caule paucifloro, Hall, 419 convallarioides,Swartz.456 cordaía, Swartz. 456 cucullata, Labill. 497 ensifolia, Swartz. 419 Jore albo, Feuillée, 408 lorevirescente, Feuillée, 400 Gavilu, Feuillée, 401 grandiflora, Smith, 412 Juliana, Roxb. 414 Nidus Avis, Swartz. 458 Nuil, Feuill. 468 ochroleuca, Baumgart, 412 ovata, Swartz. 455 pallens, Willd. 419 pallida, Swartz. 419 plicata, Roxb. 415 porrifolia, Swartz. 395 pubescens, Parsh. 444 purpurea, Crantz. 412 refera, Labill. 25, 357 rubia, Swartz. 412 spiralis, Crantz. 469 Epiphanes Javanica, Blume, 384 Epipogium, Gmel. 383 Epistephium, Kunth, 152. Eria, Lindl. 65 i stricía, Lindl. 63 Eriochilus, R. Br. 496 Erythrorcbis, Blume, 428 ? Erythrodes latifolia, Blume, 504 Eteria, Blume, 490 po affinis, Lind}. 488 elongata, Lindl. 494 flava, Lindl. 487 nervosa, Lindl. 487 Eucnemis, Lindl, 161 Eucosia, Blume, 495 Eulophia, R. Br. 180 > aculeata, Spr. 166 gracilis, Lindi. 187 October, 1840. B 545 Eulophia, hians, Spreng. 354 Mackaiana, Lindl. 187 streptopetala, Lindi. 191 Evelyna, Pdppig. xvi. Fernandezia, Fl. Per. 207 Fieldia lissochiloides, Gaud. 216 Flor de Muertos, 203 Flor de Mosquito, 174 Flos Susanne, Rumph. 295 Folium petolatum, Rumph. 497, 499 Forficaria, Lindl. 362 Gabertia scripta, Gaudich, 173 Galeandra, Lindl, 186 Galera, Blume, 500 Gamoplexis, Falconer, 384 Gastrochilus calceolaris, Don. 223 Gastrodia, R. Br. 384 Gastroglottis, Bl. 14 Genoplesium, R. Br. 518 Geodorum, Jacks. 175 candidum, Wall. 176 s pictum, Link. 938 Georchis, Lindl. 495 Glomera, Bl. 253 Glossaspis, Spreng. 284 Glossula, Lindl. 284 Glossodia, R. Br. 423 Gomeza recurva, B. M. 195 tenuiflora, Lodd. 192 Gomphichis, Lindl. 446 Gongora, Ft, Per. 158 macrantha, Hook, 159 speciosa, Hook. 159 viridipurpurea, Hook. 141 Goodyera, R. Br. 499 discolor, Ker. 490 fusca, Lindl. 491 glabrata, Wall. 302 occulta, Thouars, 491 Govenia, Lindl. 153 Grammatophyllum, Bl. 173 Grastidium acuminatissimum, Bl. 86 rugosum, Bl. 87 salaccense, Bl. 87 Gussonea aphylla, Ach. Rich. 221 Gyas florida, Salisb. 121 humilis, Salisb. 122 verecunda, Salisb. 121 Gymnadenia, R. Br. 275 albida, Rich. 299 Boryana, Ach. Rich. 331 BBBB 546 Gymnadenia, Commersoniana, Ach. INDEX. Rich. 298 ; fastigiata, Ach. Rich. 332 longifolia, Lindl. 324 plantaginea, Lindl. 393 secunda, Lindl. 303 purpurascens, Ach, Rich.331 squamata, Ach. Rich. 332 ? tenuiflora, Lindl. 302 ? tenuis, Lindl. 303 triphylla, Ach. Rich. 332 viridis, Rich. 999 Habenaria, Willd. 306 Amphorchis, Spreng. 332 albida, R. Br. 299 affinis, Don. 300 aphylla, Brown, 290 barbata, Wight, 327 bifolia, R. Br. 285 blepharigloitis, Hook. 291 blephariglottis, Beck. 291 borealis, Chamisso, 287 bracteata, R. Br. 299 chlorantha, Spreng. 297 Chorisiana, Chamisso, 297 ciliaris, R. Br. 292 citrina, Thouars, 298 cordata, R. Br. 298 cristata, R. Br. 291 cubitalis, R. Br. 292 dilatata, Hooker, 287 Elliottii, Beck. 279 fimbriata, R. Br. 293 Jissa, R. Br. 294 flava, R. Br. 293 goodyeroides, Don. 299 gigantea, Don. 295 graminea, Spreng. 292 grandiflora, Torrey, 294 herbiola, R. Br. 287 Hookeri, Torrey, 286 hyperborea, R. Br. 287 huronensis, Spreng. 288 incarnata, Lyall, 328 incisa, Spreng. 293 integra, Spreng. 279 lacera, R. Br. 295 macrophylla, Hooker, 286 Mascaranensis, Spreng. 279 micrantha, Wall. 302 ‘nigra, R. Br. 281 nivea, Spreng. 280 obsoleta, Spreng. 297 Habenaria, obtusata, Richardson, 284 orbiculata, Hooker, 286 orbiculata, Torrey, 286 psychodes, L. 295 rotundifolia, Rich. 292 Schischinareffiana, Cha- misso, 286 spectabilis, Spreng. 267 Susanne, R. Br. 295 tridentata, Hooker, 277 triflora, Don. 295 uniflora, Don. 295 viridis, R. Br. 299 Hemaria, Lindl. 489 Haplostellis, Endl. 411 Helleborine cordigera, Sebast. 377 graminea, Plum. 10 latifolia, F1. Dan. 460 Lingua, Pers. 377 longipetala, Tenore, 378 mariana, Pluk. 413 purpurea asphodeli radice Plum. 478 palustris, Raii, 460 pseudo-cordigera, Sebast. 378 Helleborines affinis, Pluk. 414 Hemipilia, Lindl. 296 Herminium, R. Br. 304 congestum, Don. 458 constrictum, Lindl. 300 cordatum, Lindl. 298 fallax, Lindl. 298 goodyeroides, Lindl. 299 gramineum, Don. 458 Hamiltonianum, Lindl. 299 latifolium, Lindl. 297 plantagineum, Lindl. 300 reniforme, Lindl. 304 Herpysma, Lindl. 506 Herschelia, Lindl. 362 Heterotaxis crassifolia, Lindl. 152 Himantoglossum anthropophorum, Spreng. 282 caprinum, Spreng. 282 cucullatum, Richb. 279 hircinum, Spreng. 252 parviflorum, Spreng. 274 secundiflorum, Richb. 283 viride, Richb. 999 Hippopodium, Harvey, 364 Holothrix, Rich. 283 Humboldtia cordata, Vl. Per. 5 INDEX. {> oldtia emarginata, Pav. 6 lanceolata, Fl, Per. 6 parviflora, Fl. Per. 12 purpurea, Fl. Per. 9 species ercluse, 13 spiralis, Fl. Per. 7 succosa, Pavon. 5 Hylophila, Lindl. 490 Hysteria, Reinw. 439 Tantha pallidiflora, Hook. 194 Ipsea, Lindl. 194 Ionopsis, H. & Kth. 193 Isochilus, R. Br. 112 gramixoides, Hook. 209 ramosum, Spr. 102 Lelia, Lindl. 115 Lepanthes, Sw. 10 Leptoceras, Lindl. 415 Limatodes, Bl. 252 Limodorum, Tourn. 398 altum, L. 191 articulatum, Schum. 181 barbatum, 'Thunb. 184 bidens, Afz. 537 bidentatum, Wild. 537 boreale, W. 180 callosum, Bl. 198 carinatum, W. 183 ciliatum, Schum. 187 clavatum, W. 993 cristatum, Afz. 185 complanatum, W. 227 concolor, 'Thouars, 181 cucullatum, Afz. 185 dipterum, Tausch. 244 diurnum, Jacq. 169 eburneum, Bory. 245 emarginatum, Afz. 537 ensatum, Thunb. 162 epidendroides, W. 183 Epipogium, Swartz. 383 falcatum, B. M. 237 fasciola, Sw. 537 filiforme, Sw. 248 flabellatum, Thouars, 167 flavum, Bl. 128 flexuosum, Willd. 537 fos aeris, Sw. 217 funale, Sw. 237 giganteum, Thunb. 191 grandiflorum, Aubl. 409 ? gentianoides, Sw. 414. hians,'Thunb. 183, Sw.354 imbricatum, Afz. 537 547 Limodorum, Incarvillei, Pers. 126 lanceolatum, Aubl. 478 longicornu, Sw. 248 luridum, Afz. 182 nutans, Roxb. 175 orchideum, W. 232 plantagineum, Thouars, 189 præcox, Walt. 472 pulchrum, Thouars, 189 purpureum, Redout. 121 pusillum, W. 237 recurvum, Roxb. 175 roseum, Don. 384 scriptum, Thouars, 182 spatulatum, W. 216 striatum, Banks,251 striatum, Thunb. 122 subulatum, W. 240 Tankervillie, Ait. 196 trifidum, Mich, 121 triste, Thunb. 184 tuberculosum, Thouars, 123 tuberosum, Jacq. 121 L. 424 utriculatum, Sw. 170 verecundum, Salisb. 121 villosum, Thouars, 123 veratrifolium, W. 249 virens, Roxb, 183 Lipari; Rich, 20 bituberculata, Lind). 27 correana, Spr. 28 labiata, Spr. 98 reflexa, Lindl. 30 Lissochilus, R. Br. 191 Listera, R. Br. 455 Nidus Avis, Hooker, 458 pubescens, Elliot, 444 Lockhartia elegans, Hooker, 207 Loroglossum | anthropophorum, Rich. 282 brachyglotte, Rich. 282 hircinum, Rich. 282 Luisia teretifolia, Gaudich, 167 Lyperanthus, R. Br. 392 Lyra, Lindl. 46 Macdonaldia, Gunn, 385 Macodes, Blume, 496. Macradenia, R. Br. 195 lutescens, Lodd. 99 Macrostomium, Bl. 60 Malaxis, Sw. 93 acuminata, Don. 20 affinis, Bl. 31 INDEX. Malaxis, angustifolia, Bl. i . atropurpurea, Bl. caudata, W. 919 cespitosa, ''houars, 39 cernua, W. 175 compressa, Bl. 39 cordifolia, Sm. 98 Correana, Barton, 98 crenulata, Bl. 30 decurrens, Bl. 18 diphyllos, Cham, 19 disticha, 'Thouars, 33 ensiformis, Sm. 15 equitans, Bl. 16 flavescens, Thouars, 29 imbricata, Bl. 17 lancifolia, Sm. 17 latifolia, Bl. 31 latifolia, Sm. 22 liliifolia, Sw. 28 Lóselii, Sw. 28 lunata, Bl. 17 microphylia, Bl. 17 minima, Bl. 32 monophyllos, W. 19 monstruosa, Bl. 17 montana, Bl. 29 mucronata, Bl. 32 nervosa, Sw. 26 nutans, W. 175 odorata, W. 26 ophioglossoides, W. 19 pallida, Bl. 31 parviflora, Bl. 31 purpurascens, 'Thouars, 28 Rheedii, Bl. 26 Rheedii, W. 21 similis, Bl. 17 spicata, Sw. 19 subulata, Lab. 445 tradescantifolia, Bl. 29 umbellulata, Sw. 19 unifolia, Mich. 19 viridifolia, Bl. 31 Mecosa dilatata, Blume, 290 Megaclinium, Lindl. 47 Mesoclastes, Lindl. 44 Metachilum, Lindl. 74 Microchilus major, Presl. 501 minor, Presl. 503 Microcoelia, Lindl. 60 Micropera, Lindl. 219 Microsaccus, Bl. 218 Microstylis, Nutt. 18 Microtis, R. Br. 395 Monachanthus, Lindl. 157 Monadenia, Lindl. 356 Monochilus, Wallich, 486 Monomeria, Lindl. 61 Monorchis ophioglossoides, Mentz. 19 Monotris, Lindl. 308 Myanthus, Lindl. 154 Mycaranthes, Bl. 62 ` Myoda, Lindl. 489 Myrobroma fragrans, Salisb. 435 Nanodes, Lindl. 139 Neottia, L. 457 acaulis, Smith, 475 adnata, Swartz. 481 amena, M. Bieb. 465 aphylla, Hooker, 478 aurantiaca, Llave, 479 australis, R. Br. 465 autumnalis, Host. 469 bicolor, Ker, 468 bifida, Blume, 493 calcarata, Swartz. 482 calcarata, Bot. Mag. 482 cernua, Willd. 467 cernua, var. latifolia, Torrey, 468 colorata, Bijdr. 494 : convallarioides, Rein. 456 cordata, Rich. 456 crispata, Blume, 465 crystalligera, Salisb. 478 diuretica, Willd. 468 Masdevallia, Fl. Per. 192 Maxillaria, Fl. Per. 142 elata, Swartz. 470 flava, Swartz. 484 atropurpurea, Lodd. 152 ciliata, Fl. Per. 147 galeata, Lindl. 172 gracilis, Lodd. 170 liliacea, La Llave, 185 . placanthera, Hook. 145 superba, La Llave, 153 Mecosa angustata, Blume, 290 Jflexuosa, Smith, 465 gemmipara, Smith, 464 glandulosa, Bot. Mag. 444 ? grandiflora, Hooker, 498 grandiflora, Hooker, 475 grandis, Bijdr. 494 lanceolata, Willd. 478. latifolia, Rich. 455 cCrUmem : INDEX. 549 Neottia, longifolia, Blume, 476 Oncidium Baueri, Lind]. 200 Michuacana, Llave, 480 bicornutum, Hook. 199 micrantha, Llave, 474 cuneatum, Lindl. 201 minor, Jacq. 470 juncifolium, Lindl. 206 monophylla, Don. 305 Onychium connatum, Bl. 89 odorata, Nutt. 467 crumenatum, Bl. 88 orchioides, Swartz. 478 fimbriatum, Bl. 88 parviflora, Smith, 465 fluvescens, Bl. 85 parviflora, Blume, 495 á gracile, Bl. 91 Petola, Blume, 497 japonicum, Bl. 89 picta, R. Br. 475 lamellatum, Bl. 89 plantaginea, Hooker, 478 mutabile, Bl. 86 polystachya, Swartz. 484 nudum, Dl. 85 procera, Ker, 493 rigidum, Bl. 86 pubescens, Willd. 499 subulatum, Bl, 91 quadridentata, Willd. 468 tenellum, Bi. 91 reticulata, Blume, 495 tetraedre, Bl. 89 rubicunda, Blume, 493 tricuspe, Bl. 88 sinensis, Pers. 465 Ophrys, Swartz. 372 speciosa, Jacq. 477 estivalis, Mich. 472 spiralis, Salisb. 469 alaris, L. 366 spiralis, Swartz. 469 alata, Thunb. 367 squamulosa, H. B. K. 478 alpina, L. 305 strateumatica, R. Br. 465 anthropomorpha, Willd. 9S2 sulphurea, Llave, 478 anthropophora, L. 282 tortilis, Swartz. 468 atrata, L. 364 tortilis, Elliot, 472 barbata, Walt. 424 tortilis, Pursh. 472 bicolor, Thunb. 368 vaginata, H. B. K. 472 bivalvata, L. 361 viridiflora, Blume, 493, 494 bracteata, L. 313 Nidus Avis, Nees jun. 458 Camtschatea, L. 458 Nephelaphyllum, B/. 24 catholica, L. 366 Nervilia Aragoana, Gaudich, 415 caffra, Thunb. 367 ? ovata, Gaudich, 415 cernua, L. 467 Nigritella, Rich. 281 i ciliata, H. B. K. 451 globosa, Rchb. 970 corallorhiza, L. 533 Norna borealis, Wahl. 180 cordata, L. 456 Notylia, Lindl. 192 cornuta, Soland, 512 densiflora, Desf. 283 inversa, ‘Thunb. 367 Oberonia, Lindl. 15 liliifolia, L. 28 Octomeria, R. Br. 9 lilüfolia, Huds. 28 convallarioides, Wall. 70 Lóselii, Lr. 28 pubescens, Spr. 65 macrostachya, Llave, 21 monophyllos, L. 19 rosea, Spr. 67 monophyllos, Pav. 93 spicata, Don. 70 stellata, Spr. 67 monorchis, L. 305 Odoneciis verticillata, Rafin, 414 nervosa, Thunb. 26 Odontoglossum. H. & Kth. 211 Nidus Avis, L. 458 CEceoclades, Lindi. 235 ovata, L. 455 CEonia, Lindl. 244 paleacea, H. B. K. 449 Cmmatodium, Lindl. 365 paludosa, L. 24 Oncidium, Sw. 196 paludosa, Fl. Dan. 28 INDEX. Ophrys, parviflora, Pres]. 450 patens, L. 362 peruviana, Aubl. 468 pubera, Mich. 444 pubescens, Presl. 450 salassia, Commers. 98 spiralis, L. 469 squamata, Forst. 186 triphylla, Thunb. 365 uniflora, Forst. 395 volucris, L. 365 volucris, Thunb. 369 Orchidea arenaria, Burch. 318 appressa, Burch. 301 exilis, Burch. 283 * falcicornis, Burch. 328 hispida, Burch. 303 pectinata, Burch. 304 pilosa, Burch. 301 Orchidium boreale, Sw. 180 Orchis, L. 258 abortiva, L. 398 agastachys, Fischer, 287 alba, Lamarch, 285 albida, Swartz. 299 alpina, Crantz. 299 Amboinica minor, Rumph.320 aphylla, Forsk. 290 ailantica, Willd. 300 barbata, L. 354 bicornis, Jacq. 336 bicornis, L. 329 bidentata, Elliott. 287 bifolia, Fl. Dan. £85 bifolia, L. 985 bipunctata, Raf. 275 blephariglottis, Willd. 291 blephariglottis, Elliott, 292 brachystachys, D'Urville, 274 bracieata, Willd. 299 Brancifortii, Bivon, 275 Burmanniana, L. 334 caprina, Bieb. 282 carnea, H. K. 336 chusua, Don. 280 ciliaris, L. 292 circumflexa, L. 370 clavellata, Mich. 277 coccinea, Buxb. 368 commelinifolia, Roxb. 325 condensata, Desf. 274 conopsea, L. 275 convallariefolia, Fisch. 287 cordata, Willd. 298 Orchis cornuta, L. 349 cristata, Mich. 291 cubitalis, L. 292 cucullata, L. 279 densiflora, Wahl. 276 dentata, Swartz. 296 dilatata, Pursh. 287 discolor, Psh. 952 dolichorhiza, Fisch. 287 Draconis, L. 352 elata, Poiret. 277 elatior, etc. Sloane, 503 . entomantha, Llave, 312 erubescens, Zuce. 277 fastigiata, Spreng. 332 filicornis, Thonning, 318 filicornis, L. 361 fimbriata, Hort. Kew. 293 fissa, Fluk. 294 flava, Forsk. 192 > fava, Nutt. 279 flava, L. 293 flexuosa, L. 359 foliosa, Swartz. 329 formosa, Steven, 282 fuscescens, L. 281 fuscescens, Pursh. 287 gigantea, Smith, 295 graminea, Crantz, 305 grandiflora, Bigelow, 294 Habenaria, L. 308 herbiola, Pursh. 287 hircina, Swartz. 282 hirtella, Swartz. 501 hispida, Thunb. 283 hispidula, L. 283 Hostü, Tratt. 276 huronensis, Nutt. 288 hyperborea, L. 287 iberica, Prescott. 277 ichneumonea, Swartz. 313 incisa, V illd. 293 incisa, Nutt. 294 integra, Nutt. 279 japonica, Thunb. 290 Künigii, Retz. 287 lacera, Mich. 295 leucophea, Nutt. 294 longicornu, Salzmann, 399 mauriliana, Sieber, 332 mauritiana, Lamark, 332 membai anacea, Swartz. 313 miniata, Crantz, 281 monorchis, Crantz, 305 INDEX. Orchis monorhiza, Swartz. 315 mutabilis, Steven, 982 Nicodemi, Tenore. 276 nigra, Swartz. 281 nivea, Nutt. 280 obcordata, Don, 290 obsoleta, Willd. 297 obtusata, Pursh, 284 odoratissima, L. 277 orbiculata, Pursh. 286 ornithis, Jacq. 275 pauciflora, Fisch. 280 pectinata, Smith, 321 pectinata, Willd. 334 plantaginea, Swartz. 503 plantaginea, Roxb. 323 platyphyllos, Willd. 323 platyphyllos, Roxb. 323 pratensis, Salzmann, 328 procera, Swartz. 318 psychodes, L. 295 purpurascens, Spreng. 331 pyramidalis, L. 274 quadripunctata, Tenore, 275 quinqueseta, Mich. 309 radiata, Thunb. 296 rotundifolia, Pursh. 292 Roxburghi, Pers. 323 sagittalis, L. 350 satyrioides, Stev. 537 scutellata, Nutt. 287 secunda, 'Thunb. 333 secundiflora, Bertol. 283 spathulata, L. 353 speciosa, L. 397 squamosa, Poir. 339 strateumatica, L. 465 suaveolens, Vill. 281 Susanne, L. 995 Susanne, 'Thunb. 296 tenella, L. 355 tipuloides, L. 285 tridactylites, Webb, et Berth. 318 tridentata, Willd. 277 tripetaloides, L. 351 tripetaloides, L. 356 triphylla, Spreng. 332 triplicata, Willim. 249 virescens, Muhl. 298 virescens, Gaud. 285 viridifiora, Swartz. 319 viridis, Swartz, 299 551 Ornithidium, Salisb. 139 Ornithocephalus, Hooker, 141 Orobanche autumnalis, &c. Pluk, 535 verna, Pluk, 534 Orthoceras, R. Br. 511 Osyricera, Bl. 13 Otandra cernua, Salisb, 175 Otochilus, Lindl. 35 Oxyanthera micrantha, Ad. Brong. 537 Oxystophyllum, Bl. 71 Pachites, Lindl. 301 Pachyne spectabilis, Salisb. 197 Pachyphyllum, H. & Kth. 208 scandens, Llave, 537 ? uniflorum, Llave, 537 Paragnathis pulchella, Spreng. 330 Pedilea, Lindl. 93 Pedilonum biflorum, Bl. 81 erosum, Bl. 86 Hasseltü, Bl. 87 Kuhlii, Bl. $7 secundum, Bl. 81 undulaium, Bl. 86 Pelexia, Poit. 481 bursaria, Lindl. 503 foliosa, Póppig. 503 pauciflora, Póppig. 504 repens, Póppig. 502 Penthea, L. 360 Peramium repens, Salisb. 492 Periquito, 160 Peristeria, Hook. 160 Peristylus, Blume, 297 Perularia, Lindl. 981 Phaius, Lour. 126 Pbhalznopsis, Bl. 213 Pholidota, Lindl. 36, xvi. Phreatia, Lindl. 63 Phymatidium, Lindl, 209 Physurus, Rich. 501 Pinalia alba, Hamilt. 7 Platanthera, Richard. 294 acuifera, Lindl. 396 albida, Lindl. 299 commelinifolia, Lindl. 325 constricta, Lindl. 300 cordifolia, Lindl. 296 densa, Lindl. 326 foliosa, Ad. Brongn. 310. geniculata, Lindl. 324 Heyneana, Lindl. 320 linifolia, Lindl, 318 552 Platanthera lucida, Lindl. 319 Orchidis, Lind]. 278 rostrata, Lindl. 325 Rumphii, Ad. Brong. 320 solstitialis, Bnghn. 285 viridis, Lindl. 299 Platylepis goodyeroides, Ach. Rich.491 Platysma gracile, Bl. 235 Platystylis, Bl. 18 Pleione humilis, Don. 43 precox, Don. 43 Pleurothallis, R. Br. 4 disticha, Ach. Rich. 16 foliosa, Hooker, 195 lanceola, Spr. 8 punctata, Ker. 192 purpurea, Don. 51 sagittifera, H. B. K. 192 sertularioides, Spr. 8. Plexaure, Endl. 483 Plocoglottis, Bl. 132 Podochilus, Bl. 234 Pogonia, Juss. 413 tetraphylla. Pópp. and Endl. 410 Polystachya, Hooker, 72 mauritiana, Spr. 73 Ponera, Lindl. 113 Ponthieva, R. Br. 444 multiflora, Póppig. 451 Prasophyllum, R. Br. 512 Prescottia, Lindl. 453 Psittacoglossum, La Llave, 154 Pterichis, Lindl. 444 Pterostylis, R. Br. 387 Pterygodium, Swartz. 366 atratum, Swartz. 364 sulcatum, Roxb. 485 volucris, Swartz. 365 Ptilocnema bracteatum, Don. 37 Renanthera, Lour. 217 Restrepia, Kth. 14 Rhyncostylis premorsa, Bl. 221 retusa, Bl. 220 Rima-rima, 193 Rophostemon, Blume, 452 , á Robiquetia ascendens, Gaud. 223 Rodriguezia, Fl. Per. 194 Satyridium, Lindl. 345 Satyrium, Swartz. 335 aculeatum, L. 166 adnatum, Swartz. 481 albidum, L. 299. INDEX. Satyrium atlanticum, Desf. 300 barbatum, Thunb. 354 bifolium, Wahl. 285 capense, L. 190 conopseum, Wahl. 275 conopseum f, Wahl. 276 cornutum, Thunb. 349 densiflorum, Brot. 298 diphyllum, Link. 298 Draconis, Thunb. 352 Epipogium, L. 383 flexuosum, Thouars, 279 fiexuosum, Thunb. 359 giganteum, L. 191 gramineum, Thouars, 292 grandiflorum, Thunb. 347 hians, L, 354. 183 hircinum,.L. 282 hirtellum, Swartz. 501 latifolium, Thouars, 297 maculatum, Desf. 283 monorchis, Pers. 305 nigrum, L. 981 odoratissimum, Wahl. 277 orchioides, Swartz. 478 orobanchoides, L. 369 pedicellatum, L. 190 plantagineum, L. 503 prealtum, Thouars, 321 , pumilum, Thunb. 346 repens, Mich. 492 rufescens, Thunb. 357 rosellatum, Thouars, 279 secundum, Thunb. 348 spathulatum, Thunb. 353 spirale, Swartz. 468 tabulare, L. 166-171 tenellum, Thunb. 355 triste, L. 184 vallisoletanum, Llave, 495 viride, L. 299 Saccidium, Lindl. 301 Saccolabium, Bl. 220 - ampullaceum, Lindl. 222 lineare, Lindl. 221 Sarcanthus, Lindl. 233 guttatus, Lind]. 220 Sarcochilus, R. Br. 142 Sarcoglottis speciosa, Presl. 475 Sarcostoma javanica, Bl. 80 Sauroglossum, Lindl. 480 Scaredederis, Thouars, 537 Schizodium, Lindl. 358 Scheenorchis, Bl. 243 INDEX. Scopularia, Lindl. 303 Serapias, L. 377 abortiva, Pers. 398 aculeata, Thunb. 166 capensis, L. 184 caravata, Aubl. 177 elegans. Chesnel, 412 ensifolia, Smith, 412 epidendrea, Retz, 183 erecta, Thunb. 419 falcata, Thunb. 412 flava, Swartz. 484 Gavilu, Pavon, 404 grandiflora, L. 411 Helleborine, L. 451 lancifolia, Roth. 411 latifolia, L, 461 Lonchophyllum, L. 411 longifolia, Huds. 411 longifolia, L. 460 lutea, Pers. 405 melaleuca, Thunb. 361 microphylla, Ehr. 460 nivea, Desf. 419 palustris, Scop. 460 patens, 'Thunb. 362 pedicellata, 'Thunb. 190 polystachya, Swartz. 484 regularis, Forst. 520 rubra, L. 419 tabularis, Thunb. 166, 171 Xiphophyllum, L. 412 Sobralia, Fl. Peruv. 176. 430 amplexicaulis, Fl. Peruv.433 citrina, Llave, 117 Spathoglottis, Bl. 119 Specklinia, Lindl. 8 Spiculea, Lindl, 498 Spiranthes, Rich. 463 G, estivalis, L. 457 454 decipiens, Hooker, 492 ? unalashkensis, Spreng. 286 Stanhopea, Hook. 157 Stelis, Sw. 11 caudata, Don. 55 hirla, Sm. 51 lanceolata, Pers. 6 micrantha, Sieb. 33 odoratissina, Sm. 55 parviflora, Pers. 12 pulchella, Kth. 7 purpurea, Pers. 9 spiralis, Pers. 7 Stenoglossum, Kth. 62 October, 1840. 953 Stenoptera, Presl. 447 Stenorhynchus, Rich. 476 Sunipia, Buch. 179 ` Synassa, Lindl, 481 Teniopbyllum, Bl, 225 Tuhuetahue, 176 Tainia, Bl. 132 Telipogon, H. and Kth, 214 Tetramicra, Lindl. 119 Tetrapeltis, Wall. 213 Thelasis, Bl. 253 Thelymitra, Forst. 518 flexuosa, Endl. 385 venosa, R. Br. 386 Thrixspermum centipeda, Lour. 537 Tipularia, Nutt. 252 Tradescantia nervosa, W. 214 Trias, Lindi. 60 Tribrachia hirta, Lindl. 51 pendula, Lindl. 53 purpurea, Lindl. 51 reptans, Lindl. 51 Trichoceros, H. B. K. 174 Trichoglottis, B/. 213 Trichotosia, Bl. 131 Triphora gentianoides, Nutt, 414 pendula, Nutt. 413 Tripleura, Lindl. 452 Trizeuxis, Lindl. 140 Tropidia, Lindl. 497 Tryphia, Lindl. 333 Tussaca reticulata, Rafin. 492 secunday Rafin, 492 Ulantha, Hooker, 498 Vanda, R. Br. 215 paniculata, R. Br. 233 teretifolia, Lindl. 234 trichorhiza, Hook. 167 Vanilla, Plumier, 434 fasciola, Gaudich, 537 pterosperma, Lindi. 438 Wana Raja, 499 Xylobium squalens, Lindl. 150 Zeuxine, Lindl, 485 Zosterostylis, Blume, 446 Zygoglossum umbellatum, Reinw. 58 Zygopetalum, Hooker, 157 cccc LONDON : PRINTED BY W. NICOL, 60, PALL MALL.