

353 



, 



ORCHIDACEAE: CTRTOPEBA. 



B. Labellum basi non saccatnm ; anthera convexa vel unigibba. 



1. Sepala lateralia basi angusta, ad apicem ovarii inserta; labellum distincte 

 trilobatum ' 



: 2. Sepala lateralia basi dilatata, columnae pedi adnata et mentum formantia; 

 labeilum indivisum vel vix trilobatum 



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LVII. CYRTOPODIUM R. B* 



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II. Racemus in caule foliato terminalis; anthera unilocularis. 



A. Sepala lateralia basi cum columnae pede mentum formantia; labellum in- 

 divisum; columna superne vel undique alata; folia ampla, basi in petiolum 

 contracta, limbo dilatato ., 



B. Sepala lateralia mentum non formantia ; labellum distincte trilobatum; columna 



LVIII. WARREA Lindl. 



LIX. GOVENIA Lindl. 



non alata; folia angusta, graminoidea, basi non contracta ...... LX. CYANAEORCHIS Barb. Rodr. 



LVI. CTRTOPERA Lindl. 



Cyrtopera Lindl. Gen. and Spec. Orch. 189 (1833); Endlich. 

 Gen. PL 201; Meissn. PI. Vase. 377 (283); Beer, Pralct. 

 Stud. Fam, Orch.. 227 ; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 

 457; Miq. Fl; Ind. Bat. 111. 686; Du Buyss. L y Orchid. 297; 

 Stein, Or chideenb. 180; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 317; Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. 38. — Eulo- 

 phiae sect. Cyrtopera Blume, Orch. Arch. Ind. 181. tab. 62. 

 63 et 66 (1858); Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 5. — Cyrto- 

 podium (part.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 

 320 (1881), et in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. III. 541; 

 L'Orchidoph. 1892: p. 83. — Eulophia (part.) Pfitz. in Engl. 

 u. Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 157 (1888); Rolfe 



in This.-Dyer, FL Trop. Afric. VII. 47. 



; t J3epala subaequalia, inter se libera, lateralia basi 

 non vel vix latiora pedi columnae adnata. Petala 

 sepalo postico similia vel vix latiora brevioraque. 

 Labellum erectum , ad apicem pedis columnae sessile, 

 supra basin b'revissime contractum, inter sepala lateralia 

 in gibbum saccum vel calcar productum; lobi laterales 

 erecti, columnam plus minusve amplectentes, medius 

 rotundatus, patens, integer bilobus vel crispato-dentatus, 

 discus medio varie cristatus vel lamellatus. Columna 

 ereota, basi in pedem producta, semiteres. angulis acutis 



vel alatis; clinandrium valde obliquum, integrum. 



... *. . - ■ 



Anthera terminalis , opercularis , incumbens , semi- 



globosa, obtuse conica vel acuminata, biappendiculata 



vel interdum, bicornuta, imperfecte bilocularis; pollinia 



2 vel 4, per paria plus minusve connata, late ovoidea 



vel globosa, cerea, in anthera inappendiculata, anthera 



* 



dehiscente glandulae rostelli latae fere membranaceae 

 vel - in stipitem brevem crassum productae araxa. 





Capsula saepius oblonga rarius elongata, erostris, 

 pendula, costis prominulis crassiusculis. 



i * m 



Herbae terrestres, per regiones calidiores utnusque 



orbis dispersae, pro maxima parte gerontogeae, rhizomate 

 in pseudobulbos tuberiformes incrassato, caulibus breviter 

 paucifoliatis . Folia disticha, plicato - venosa , elongata, 



saepius angusta, in petiolum contracta. Scapi vel 

 pedunculi aphylli multivaginati , elati, erecti, ad basin 

 caulis foliati laterales. Racemus simplex, floribus 

 mediocribtis vel parvulis, confertis vel dissitis, breviter 

 pedicellatis. Dracteae membranaceae, lineares vel 

 lanceolatae. 



1. CYRTOPERA LONGIFOLIA Reichb. f. pseudo- 

 bulbis hypogeis, magnis, ovoideis vel irregulariter globosis, 

 transverse pluriannulatis ; foliis hysteranthis, 3—4 con- 

 temporaueis, amplis, elongato-lanceolatis , acuminatis, inferne 

 longissime attenuatis et vaginantibus, 7— 9-nerviis; pedunculo 

 communi robusto, erecto, foliis multo longiore, inferne vaginis 

 elongatis membranaceis laevibus apice oblique truncatis et 

 acutiusculis vel obtusis vestitis, superne densiuscule raulti- 

 floris; bracteis lineari-subulatis vel lineari-lanceolatis , longe 

 acuminatis, ovario paulo brevioribus; floribus mediocribus, 

 breviuscule pedicellatis, segment is membranaceis; sepalis 

 erecto -patulis, oblongo-ligulatis, acutis, lateralibus paulo 

 majoribus basi non dilatatis; petalis oblongo-subspathulatis, 

 obtusiusculis, sepalo dorsali paulo brevioribus latioribusque; 

 labello sepalis lateralibus satis breviore, basi saccato, ambitu 

 late ovato-subrotundato , distincte trilobato, lobis lateralibus 

 erectis, late ovatis, apice rotundatis, margine integerrimis, 

 lobo terminali late rotundato, obtusissimo, margine leviter 

 undulato, intus longiuscule sparseque papilloso, disco ad 

 medium lamellis duabus brevibus elevatis basi decurrentibus 

 ornato; columna breviuscula, subclaviformi, dorso apice acuta; 

 anthera longe rostrata, rostro apice emarginato vel bilobato. 



Tabula nostra LXXVI (habitus cum analyst). 



Cyrtopera longifolia Reichb. f. ! in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 668 (1863), in Flora, 1865. p. 189, in Bericht. Deutsch. Bot. 



Gesells. III. 276; Wi 



850. 



Symb. Fl. Bras. Cent 



IAmodorum praealtum „Linn."; L. C. Rich. I in Act. Soc. 

 Hist. -Nat. Paris, I. 112 (1792, — nomen tantum). 



Humb 



(1815) 



Sims 



Regist 



Anier; 



Broadway in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVIII. 612 (1895). 



