ISOCHILUS- ^^9 



Habitus. Planta parasltica, Caulis foliosus; foliis distichis, carnosis , 

 ensiformibus , basi vaginaiis, Spic^ axiliares , solitariae. Flores bracteatit 

 distichi, carnosi, virescentes- 



Affinitas- Cum Cjmbidio tumOncidio affine, sed ab utrisquehabitu et 

 calyte patulo, ab illo labello tuberculato et gynostemo alato, ab hoc la- 

 bcllo medio , nec basi tuberculato diversura, 



Etymologia, Nomen factum est ex -^^tx'^ crassum et ^r^AAo^ follum, 



I. PACHYPHYLLUM distichum. + Tab- LXXVH- 



Crescitin arborihus Peruvi^B prope L.oxam et Gonzanam , alt. 1070 hex. Tj; Floret Julio^ 



Plakta parasilica. Radices simplicGS, crassiusculie, terotes, glabrte , albidiC. Caoles sex- aut octopolli- 

 cares, compress! , dense foliosi, Foua ensiformia, acutiuscula, carnosa , glabra> basi vaginaalia, disticlia, 

 patcntia, poHicarla, vix tres lineas lala. Spic^ axiliares , solitarij:, foliis breviores. Flobes {Jig' i-) pedl- 

 cellali , bracliali, <Iisiicbi, Bi^ACTE^ o\alce> aculK, caiinatie, glabrfce, menibraaacete , approximatie» disti- 

 cli£C , pedicellis lon^iores , persistemes. Caltx patulus , -viridis, glaber; foHola quinque oblonga , acula , 

 carnosa, inlcrius plana, exCerius carinata i duo interiora esterioribus paullo tenuioraj vix miuora ; label- 

 lum {fi'^. 2. 5. adjectogj-nosttsmo.) cs^jizc^^wWo Jongia^, lanceoUlo-oblongum , planiusculum, carnosum, 

 liiieisduaLus, eJevatis,et supra medium tubercuHs duobus, caruosis insiructum- Cykostemum canalicu- 

 latum, erectum, caljce duplo brevius, glabrum, apicem versus ulroque latere alatum. ANfHEftA ter- 

 minalis, fjperculala. Pollims mass^du^e, oUong^, cereace^. Ovarivm subtriqnetrum , glabrum. CiPSULA 

 {Jig- 4 5,)eiJfpliia, subtrigona, lricosla*a, glabra , calyce corooata, magnituUlue pisi. 

 Cynjbidium microcarpum Sw., pbnlienoslrie valde afTine, fortasse hujus est generi*. 



ISOCHILUS. R.Broavn/ 



Cymbidu species. 



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CALTCisfoHola quinquesuba^qualia^conmventia; labellum subconforme, 

 basi caiinato-concavum, ecalcaratum. Gynostemum apterum. Anthera tcr- 

 minalis, operculata. Polltnis massge quataor, cereaccse. 



Plant^e parasiticEc, Caulis foliosus. Folia disticha, ssepius linearia, Flores 

 axillares ^ solitarii, aut terminales, spicati. 



* Injiit. Horl. Kew- 5. p. 209. 



