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inferne longe attenuata, dorso leviter carinata, 14—15 mm. lon 
È + Tonga, superne prov. S. Catharina : E : r ^ 
3 mm. inferne 1'/» mm, lata. LABELLUM erectum, carnosulum, iita con- s : E, Ule n.872; ad Itajahy : Fritz Müller n. 480; in 
basin attenuata, 12 mm. longa. 2 ine È urine er E re she 
b colonia ovar: Moritz n. 865, Fendler n. 1397; in Novae-Granatae 
a Socora altit. 1700 m.: Schlim m. 112. — Floret Februario ad 
Habitat in sylvis virgineis ad Fazienda Guidowald prov. Minas Gerais: 
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cavum, 13 mm. longum, 2'/; mm. latum. Corumxa recta, ab italia | Brasilia austro-orientali loco haud indicato: Glaxion n. 14290. Etiam in 
Martius ; in eadem prov. loco haud indicato: Regnell ; in sylvis ad Blumenau 
Tribus IV. LIPARIDINAE Prrrz. 
Liparipinar Pfitz. Natürl. Anord. Orchid. 55 et 100 (1887), et in Engl. und Pranil, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 78 et 128; 
Kerch. Livr. des Orchid. 252. — Tribus MALAXIDEAR sect. PLEUROTHALLEAE (part.) Lindl, Gen. and Spec. dies 8 (1830); 
Endlich. Gen. Pl. 187; Meissn. Pl. Vase. 368 (276). — EPIDENDREAE subirib. MrcrosTYLEAR ef LIPARIDEAE (pert) Benth. in 
Journ.‘ Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. XVIII. 287, 293 et 294 (1881); L'Orchidoph. 1891, p. 85, 215 et 217. — EPIDENDREAR aiki. 
. MALAXEAE et LIPARIEAE (part.) Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ILL 465 (1883). 
| Anthera unica, terminalis, postica, opercularis, erecta vel incumbens, persistens vel decidua; loculi 2, distineti, paralleli. 
Pollinia 4, cerea, biseriata, inappendiculata, in apice libera vel apicibus visco parco per paria connexis. Columna agoda vel 
cum labello in calcar breve producta. Perigonii cyclus internus, imprimis labellum, magis conspicuus quam cyclus externus, — 
Herbae terrestres vel epiphyticae. Caules graciles vel in tubera foliigera (pseudobulbos) incrassati. Foliorum vernatio duplicativa ; 
lamina saepissime cum vagina continet. Inflorescentia in caulibus sympodium componentibus terminalis. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
I. Columna brevissima, antice utrinque dente aucta; anthera intra clinandrium sessilis, erecta XXI. MICROSTYLIS Nurr. 
II. Columna elongata, apice utrinque marginata vel ala appendiculata; anthera terminalis, in- 
cumbens . scr are dc II PARLO Ba. 
XXI. MICROSTYLIS Nurr. LABELLUM sessile, erectum vel patens, petalis brevius, 
saepius latissimum, concavum, basi cordatum vel auri- 
culis elongatis columnam amplectens, integrum bi-tri- 
lobum vel dentato-fimbriatum. CoLumna brevissima, 
MrcrostyLIs Nutt. Gen. Amer. 11. 196 (1818); Lindl. Orchid. ` 
Scel. 17, Gen. and Spec. Orchid. 18; Spreng. Syst. Veget. II. 
672; Endlich. Gen. Pl. 189; Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et : : i 
Spec. II. 8; Meissn. PI. Vase. 369 (277); Ledeb. Fl. Ross. teres, vertice excavata, antice utrinque dente aucta ; 
IV. 50; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Ill. 624; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.- | clinandrium saepius prominens, obliquum, membra- 
Ind. Isl. 612; Chapm. FI. South. Un. St. 453; Benth. in naceum. ANTHERA intra clinandrium sessilis, erecta, 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. XVIII. 293 et in Benth. et a rostello aversa, loculis distinctis sursum dehiscentibus 
et Hook. Gen. Pl. 111. 494; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. post dehiscentiam persistens; pollinia 4, cerea, ovoidea, 
Bot. XXIV. 309; Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pfansen- in quoque loculo 2, visco parco cobitrentía vel libas. 
fam. II. 6. p. 130; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 686; Orchidoph. CarsuLA parva, ovoidea, erostria 
1891, p. 216; Kerch. Livr. des Orchid. 262. — Monorcuis 4 , = 
Mentzel, Pugill t. 5. fig. 12 (1682). — MALAXIS Swartz, HERBAE terrestres, Europae Asiae et Americae 
Prodr. 8 et 119(1788) el Fl. Ind. Occ. 1441 (part.) ; 0. Kunize, borealis australisque incolae. CAULIS foliatus, basi saepe 
Rev. Gen. Pl. 672. — AcuroantHES Rafin. in New-York Medic. ip ina Quir us. FOLIA 1—3, saepius lata, 
Reposit. V. 350 (1808), in Desv. Journ. Bot. II. 17 (1809), ie : ex 
in Journ. Phys. LXXXIX. 261 (Acroanthes) (1819), et FI. membranacea, basi in petiolum ione vel imma 
in vaginam contracta. FLORES parvi saepe minuti, 
Tellur. I. 58 (Acroanthus) (1836). — Drenta Lindl. in Bot. 
Regist. X. tab. 824 (1824), Orchid. Scel. 17, Gen. and Spec. rarius majores, in racemum terminalem nunc clongatum 
Orchid. 22; Spreng. Syst. Veget. III. 734, Gen. II.-672; | lacumque nunc fere in umbellam contractum dispositi. 
Endlich. Gen. Pl. 189; Meissn. Pl. Vasc. 369 (277); Wight, BRACTEAE parvae, angustae. 
le. Pl. Ind. V. 4. — CreripioM Blume, Bijdr. 387 (1825; 
.— ra Lindl. Orchid. Scel. 17 
ee Fi CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
(1826). — PrerocurLus Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 71 
(1832) . — CHEIROPTEROCEPHALUS Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. I Folia 3— 6, late elliptica, obtusa; flores versus apicem 
Orchid. Nov. I. 28 (1877). racemi congesti, nec umbellati . 1. M. Warmixon Reichb. f. 
IL Folia 2, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta rarius obtasinscula; flores 
. . : umbellati vel subumbellati. 
SEPALA libera, subaequalia, patentia. PETALA sepalis 1 Labellum.Iete ovatam, obtusum, integrum , exsariou- 
subaequilonga , saepius angustiora, nunc filiformia. latum; folia obtusiuscula . . 2. M. Hizmoxvwi Cogn. 
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