229 ORCHIDACEAE: 
sepalis lateralibus satis longiore, anguste longeque unguiculato, 
limbo minuto, profunde quadrilobato, lobis externis elongatis, 
arcuato-recurvis, lineari-subulatis, acutissimis, integerrimis, 
lobis medianis brevioribus, divergentibus, subrectis, linearibus, 
obtusiusculis, integerrimis vel interdum denticulatis; columna 
gracili, claviformi, clinandrio margine subtiliter denticulato, 
rostello longiuscule producto. 
Tabula nostra XCIV. Fig. I (habitus cum analysi). 
Cryptarrhena Kegelii Reichb. f.! in Bot. Zeit. X. 766, 
in Nederl. Kruidk. Arch. IV. 327, in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 
698, in Linnaea XLI. 126. 
Rapices numerosae, dense fasciculatae, filiformes, elongatae, satis 
flexuosae, simplices vel rarius paulo ramosae, canescenti-cinereae. Forra 
erecta vel plus minusve patula, limbo cum vaginis articulato, satis caduco, 
leviter concavo vel subplano, supra siccitate atroviridi, subtus paulo 
pallidiore, 8—14 cm. longo, 10—22 mm. lato; nervo mediano supra paulo 
impresso, subtus satis prominente; nervulis lateralibus numerosis, tenuis- 
simis, in sicco utrinque vix prominentibus; VAGINAE coriaceae, lateraliter 
valde compressae, dorso acute carinatae, 1—1!/» cm. longae. PEDUNCULUS 
communis valde arcuatus, teretiusculus, laevis 15—25 cm. longus; VAGINAE 
subadpressae, submembranaceae, 3—5 mm. longae. PEDICELLI patentissimj 
vel subreflexi, tenuiter filiformes, satis arcuati vel subrecti, cum ovario 
lineari-subclavato acute trigono 6—7 mm. longi. BmacrEA& patenti- 
subreflexae, leviter flexuosae, 3—4 mm. longae. SepaALa leviter concava, 
distincte uninervulosa, basi vix attenuata, 3'/a mm. longa, 1'/4—11/; mm, 
lata, dorsale erecto-patulum, lateralia paulo obliqua, patenti-reflexa. PETALA 
erecta, subplana, paulo obliqua, inferne satis attenuata, 3 mm. longa, 
1'/s mm. lata. LABELLUM satis concavum, 5 mm. longum. CoLumxA recta, 
semiteres, 2!/2—3 mm. longa. CAPSULA ignota. 
Habitat in Surinam: Splitgerber n. 814, Hostmann n. 832; ad 
vamos arborum in sylvis prope plantationem Quarta: Kegel n. 460; in 
Guiana anglica: Jenman m. 1964. In Brasilia septentrionali forsan 
adhuc invenienda. — Floret Januario—Julio. 
CXX. CHYTROGLOSSA REICHE. F. 
CuvrRoaLOssA Reich). f. în Hamb. Gartenz. XIX. 545 (1863), 
in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ser. 2. I. 97. tab. 3 el 4, Xenia 
Orch. II. 134. tab. 148; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. 
Bot. XVIII. 329, in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. III. 569; Pfiz. 
in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 203; 
Kerch. Livre des Orch. 272. 
SEPALA subaequilonga, libera, patentia, lateralia 
postico saepius sublatiora. PETALA sepalis subsimilia 
sed saepius paulo majora. LABELLUM cum basi columnae 
continuum, patens, late vel leviter trilobatum, prope 
basin bicallosum vel transverse unicallosum. COLUMNA 
longiuscula, supra stigma a latere valde compressa, 
‘apice truncata et antice dente minuto erecto aucta, alis 
2 lateralibus latis apice productis; clinandrium mem- 
branaceum, concavum, denticulatum, alas columna ter- 
minans; stigma ad basin columnae magnum, concavum. 
ANTHERA terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, convexa, 
oblongo-spathulata, unilocularis; POLLINIA quaterna, per 
paria incumbentia, cerea, ovoideo-compressa, inappendi- 
Orchid. III. 
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culata, anthera dehiscente stipiti longo lineari apice 
latiori affixa, glandula parva.  CarsuLa ignota. 
HERBAE manae, epiphylicae, Brasilienses, CAULE 
FOLIA 
subdistiche fasciculata, oblonga vel lineari-ligulata, plana. 
PEDUNCULI ad basin foliorum recurvi vel penduli, 
graciles, longiusculi, simplices, superne fractiflexi, laxe 
pauci—pluriflori. FLORES mediocres vel satis parvi, 
breviter pedicellati. BRACTEAE parvae vel minimae. 
brevissimo non vel minutissime pseudobulboso. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM. 
I. Columna apice tantum denticulata. 
A. Racemus multiflorus; sepala lateralia ovata, margine 
integerrima; petala oblongo-spathulata; labellum vix 
trilobum, callo depresso emarginato in basi 
1. C. avrata Reichb. f. 
B. Racemus rariflorus; sepala lateralia oblongo-ligulata, 
superne margine denticulato-serrulata; petala cuneato- 
obovata; labellum profundiascule trilobatum, callis 
duobus divergentibus elevatis in basi 
2. C. MARILEONIAE Reichb. f. 
II. Columna a basi ad apicem denticulata 3. C. PauLensis Edwall, 
1. CHYTROGLOSSA AURATA Reichs. F. pseudo- 
bulbis nullis vel indistinctis; foliis ligulatis, acutis, inferne 
longe attenuatis fere petiolatis, dorso acute carinatis; pedun- 
culo communi deflexo, foliis multo longiore, inferne vaginis 
paucis brevissimis acutisque vestito, superne densiuscule multi- 
floro; bracteis cordato-triangulis, acutis, margine subtiliter 
denticulatis, ovario satis brevioribus; floribus mediocribus, 
brevissime pedicellatis, segmentis membranaceo-hyalinis ; sepalis 
valde diversis, dorsali erecto-patulo, cuneato-ligulato, apice 
subrotundato, superne erosulo-denticulato, lateralibus subtriplo 
brevioribus, reflexis, ovatis, acutis, margine integerrimis; 
petalis oblongo-spathulatis, apice subrotundatis, margine fere 
usque ad basin tenuiter denticulatis, sepalo dorsali sublongi- 
oribus; labello patenti-deflexo, ambitu late ovato-triangulo, 
basi leviter cordato, leviter vel interdum obscure trilobato, 
lobis margine minute denticulatis, lateralibus late rotundatis, 
terminali leviter producto, ovato-triangulo, apice obtuso, disco 
ad basin transverse calloso, callo parvo, depresso, emarginato; 
columna claviformi, basi satis attenuata, apice tantum margine 
denticulata et retrorsum gibba; anthera antice obtusa. 
Chytroglossa aurata Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenz. XIX. 
546 (1863), in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ser. 2. I. 98. tab. 4, 
Xenia Orch. II. 134. tab. 148. fig. I—II. et 1—10. 
Rapices paucae, filiformes. Forra plus minusve patula, congesta, 
satis convexa, glauca, 5 cm. longa vel longiora, 6—8 mm. lata, nervo 
mediano supra profunde canaliculato, subtus valde prominente. PEDUNCULUS 
communis inferne teretiusculus et leviter flexuosus, superne compressus 
et distincte fractiflexus, 12—15 cm. longus, '/:—*/ mm. crassus; VAGINAE 
adpressae, 2—3 mm. longae. PepiceLLI patuli, graciles, subrecti, cum 
ovario 4—6 mm. longi. BnacrEAE patulae, valde concavae, basi amplexi- 
caules, 2—4 mm. longae. FLores patuli, segmentis prasino-hyalinis, SEPALA 
uninervulosa, dorsale leviter concavum, 11—13 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, 
lateralia satis obliqua, leviter convexa, 4—5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata. 
PETALA erecta, sepalo dorsali conniventia, paulo concava, leviter obliqua, 
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