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Subtribus VI. CRANICHIDEAE Prrrz. 
CRANICHIDEAE Pfitz. Natürl. Anord. Orchid. 99 (1877), et in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 78 et 119; Kerch. 
Livr. des Orch. 252. — CRANICHIDAE (part.) Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orchid. 441 et 444 (1840). — CRANICHIDEAE (part.) Meissn. 
Pl. Vase. Gen. 384 [288] (1843). — SPIRANTHEAE (part.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. XVIII. 288 et 341 (1881) 
et in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. III. 480; L'Orchidoph. 1892. p. 369. 
Labellum posticum, petalis difforme. Anthera in columna saepe brevi erecta, aeque fere longa ac rostellum ; pollinia 
pulvereo-granulosa nec sectilia, rostelli glandulae affiguntur. — Folia mollia, non plicato-nervosa, ad basim caulis conferta, aut 
rarius caulis foliatus rarissime aphyllus. 
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CONSPECTUS GENERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
1. Sepala lateralia basi valde obliqua in mentum calcariforme coalita . . . . XIII WULLSCHLAEGELIA Rerne, F. 
II. Sepala lateralia in mentum non producta: 
A. Labellum liberum, ad basin columnae insertum. 
1. Sepala libera vel sublibera, basi in tubum non connata; columna brevis vel brevissima. 
a. Labellum indivisum, sessile, basi columnam amplectens eique subadnatum; lamina patula, lata, plana vel concava; 
clinandrium lateraliter membranaceo-dilatatum . 
XIV. ALTENSTEINIA Konru. 
b. Labellum trilobatum, sessile, lobis lateralibus columnam éccaltantibes, lobo mediano angusto et recurvo; clinandrium 
breve . 
XV. PTERICHIS Linn. 
c. Labellum divida; delito ni UR illa. concavum vel subsaccatum, erectum, columnam saepissime 
amplectens; clinandrium breve 
2. Sepala basi in tubum tenuem connata; hé TREE 
XVI. CRANICHIS Swartz. 
XVII. STENOPTERA PresL. 
B. Labelli unguis cyatho sepalino adnatus, lamina subcarnosa valde concava cucullata vel fere clausa 
XVIII PRESCOTTIA Lip. 
C. Labelli unguis basi columnae adnatus; petala ab apice columnae patentia XIX. PONTHIEVA R.Br. 
XII. WULLSCHLAEGELIA RercHs. F. 
WULLSCHLAEGELIA Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1863, p. 131 et in 
Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Isl. 639 (1864); Benth. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. XVIII. 342 et in Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
PI. III. 594; Pfite. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 
II 6. p. 120; L'Orchidoph. 1892, p. 371; Kerch. Livr. des 
Orchid. 261. 
SEPALA tenuia, erecta, conniventia, posticum liberum, 
triangulari-lanceolatum, lateralia paulo latiora, basi valde 
obliqua in mentum breve vel elongatum calcariforme 
coalita. PETALA sepalo postico similia, nisi paulo minora. 
LABELLUM posticum, ad basin columnae sessile, erectum, 
latiuseulum, valde concavum, intus nudum, indivisum, 
basi in saccum seu calcar intra sepalorum mentum pro- 
ductum. COLUMNA brevissima, crassa; stigma sub rostello 
brevi lato erecto integrum ; clinandrium breve. ANTHERA 
erecta, sessilis, ovata, obtuse apiculata, loculis distinctis 
contiguis; POLLINIA pulvereo-granulosa, anthera dehis- 
cente glandulae parvae rostelli affixa. CAPSULA parva, 
obovoidea, erecta. SEMINA minutissima, testa hyalina 
laxe areolata ultra nucleum utrinque longe producta. 
HERBAE terrestres, aphyllae, Americae tropicae 
orientalis incolae, fibris radicalibus in rhizomate brevi 
dense fasciculatis leviter incrassatis. CAULIS erectus, > 
simplex, tenuissimus, squamis paucis parvis instructus. 
FLORES minuti, breviter pedicellati, minute bracteati, 
in racemo laxo vel densiusculo dispositi. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM. 
I. Planta plus minusve puberula; racemi multiflori; flores minutissimi, 
breviter pedicellati; bracteae lineares vel lanceolatae, uninerviae; sepala 
acuta vel acutiuscula, obscure uninervia. 
A. Racemus longiusculus; ovarium glanduloso-puberulum ; 
sepala inaequilonga; saecus breviusculus, subrotundatus 
1. W. APHYLLA Reichb. f. 
B. Racemus brevis; ovarium leviter puberulum non glan- 
dulosum; sepala subaequilonga; saccus longiusculus 
e WM . :. 3... 5,5. 2 W., dibor Benth, 
IL Planta glaberrima; racemus pauciflorus; flores pro genere 
ampli, demum longe pedicellati; bracteae late ovatae, 
5--7-nerviae; sepala longe acuminata, 5-nervia 
3. W. ULari Cogn. 
1. WULLSCHLAEGELIA APHYLLA RercHB. F. caule 
subfiliformi, inferne glabro vel glabrato, superne brevissime 
subsparseque puberulo; racemo longiusculo, laxiusculo, multi- 
floro; floribus minutissimis, breviter pedicellatis; bracteis 
lanceolato-linearibus, longe acuminatis, puberulis, pedicellis 
sublongioribus; ovario sepalisque extus pilis bifurcatis glan- 
dulosis brevissimis densiuscule vestitis; sepalis anguste trian- 
gularibus, acutiusculis, dorsali satis longiore; petalis oblongis, 
