287 ORCHIDACEAE: ONCIDIUM. 288 
Gen. and Sp. Orch. 196, Sert. Orch. sub tab. 48, in Pact. 
Flow. Gard. I. sub tab. 6, Folia Orch. 1855; Poepp. et Endl. 
Gen. ac Spec. I. 34; Endlich. Gen. Pl. 203; Mutel, Mem. 
sur plus. Orch. II. 16; Meissn. Pl. Vase. 376 (282); A. Juss. 
in Orb. Dict. IX. 109; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 281 
(part.); Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 485; Reichb. f. in 
Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 699 (part); Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 
Isl. 631; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 414; Benth. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Lond. Bot. XVIII. 328, in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. 
111. 562; Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XII. 75, Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Bot. III. 278; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. II. 423, 
IV. 578; Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 
II. 6. p. 199; Watson, Orch. 363; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 
VIII. 1; Stein, Orchideenb. 401; L'Orchidoph. 1892. p. 149; 
Bois, Orch. 147; Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. III. 372, IV. 33 
et 80; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 272 et 382; Williams, Orch. 
Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 598; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 892; Sander, 
Orch. Guide 172 (non Nees, 1823). — CyRrocHILuM Kunth 
in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. et Spec. I. 349 (1815), Syn. 
Pl. 1. 335; Lindl. Orch. Scel. 15, Gen. and Spec. Orch. 210; 
Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. ac Spec. I. 35; Endlich. Gen. PI. 
203; Meissn. Pl. Vase. 376 (282); Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. 
Orch. 229. — CyrrocuiLos Spreng. Syst. Veget. III. 680 et 
729 (1826), Gen. II. 668. — Coppensia Du Mort. in Mem. 
Acad. Bruxell. IX. (Sur Maelenia). 10, in nota (1835). — 
Oaasrs Rafin. Fl. Tellur. II. 51 (1836). — XEILYATHUM 
Rafin. Fl. Tellur. II. 62 (1836). — ToLuMniA Rafin. Fl. 
Tellur. II. 101 (1836). — XARITONIA Rafın. Fl. Tellur. IV. 9 
(1836). — Lopnraris Rafin. Fl. Tellur. IV. 40 (1836). — 
Psycnopsis Rafin. Fl. Tellur. IV. 40 (1836). — BAPTISTONIA 
Barb. Rodr. Gen. et Spec. Orch. Nov. I. 95 (1877); Pfitz. in 
Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. II. 6. p. 110. 
SEPALA saepius subaequalia, patula vel reflexa, 
libera vel lateralia inferne breviter connata, posticum 
rarius lateralibus multo angustius longiusque. PETALA 
sepalo postico similia vel rarius majora. LABELLUM basi 
columnae affixum, continuum, ungue brevi a columna 
divergente vel patente, plus minusve distincte triloba- 
tum; lobi laterales ungui adnati, saepius breves patentes 
vel reflexi, nune obsoleti, medius patens, interdum 
latissimus, emarginatus vel bifidus, nune angustus vel 
parvus integerrimusque ; discus ad apicem unguis saepis- 
sime insigniter cristatus vel tuberculatus. COLUMNA 
brevis, crassa, superne ad latera stigmatis utrinque ala 
petaloidea auriculiformi extra marginem fovea instruota, 
apoda sed basi haud raro antice breviter gibba vel 
biauriculata ; clinandrium nunc brevissimum truncatum 
nune ovatum oblique erectum, integrum vel antice 
breviter bidentatum. ANTHERA terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, valde convexa, semiglobosa vel cucullata, 
unilocularis vel imperfecte rarius perfecte bilocularis; 
POLLINIA bina, cerea, obovoidea, inappendiculata, anthera 
dehiscente stipiti plano angusto elongatoque vel lato 
brevissimoque affixa, glandula varia. CAPSULA saepis- 
sime ovoidea oblonga vel fusiformis, plus minusve 
rostrata. 
HERBAE epiphyticae, Americae tropicae | incolae, 
CAULIBUS foliatis saepius brevibus vel brevissimis pseudo- 
bulbo uni—bifoliato terminatis, rarius multifoliatis ebul- 
bosis. FOLIA sub pseudobulbo pauca vel interdum nulla, 
plana, coriacea vel rarius papyracea, vel în speciebus 
ebulbosis. basi a latere compressa distiche equitantia, 
vaginis caulem brevem obtegentibus. PEDUNCULI late- 
rales vel ad basin pseudobulborum saepius elongati 
ramosique, interdum flexuosi, rarius abbreviati pauci- 
flori vel uniflori. RACEMI lazi, floribus saepe speciosis 
saepissime plus minusve flavis.  BRACTEAE parvae. 
CONSPECTUS SECTIONUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
I. Folia plana. 
A. Labellum coriaceum; lamina seu lobus 
medius parvus vel angustus, integerrimus 
I. OyRTOCHILUM. 
B. Labellum membranaceum; lamina lata, sepalis longior. 
1. Clinandrium margine nudum. 
a. Sepala lateralia inferne plus minusve connata. 
1‘. Labellum in sinu inter lobos mar- 
gine barbatum II. BARBATA. 
2‘. Labellum margine laeve. 
a‘. Petala sepalaque subaequalia 
III. SYNSEPALA. 
b’. Petala sepalis lateralibus multo 
majora . IV. Crispa. 
b. Sepala lateralia usque ad basin libera. 
l' Petala sepalis lateralibus multo 
majora . V. MACROPETALA. 
2‘. Petala sepalaque subaequalia. 
a'. Labellum indivisum vel apice 
tantum lobatum vel basi utrin- 
que unidentatum 
| VI. INTEGRILABIA. 
b'. Labellum auriculatam panduratum. 
+ Labellum basi manifeste 
latius VII. BASILATA. 
ft Labellum basi angustius, vel lobo 
terminali aequali. 
a. Labelli crista tuberculata. 
X Cristae tubercula imparia, 3 vel 
5 vel numerosiora. 
at. Cristae tuber- 
cula 5 vel nume- 
rosiora, adjectis 
verrucis circum- 
stantibus 
VIII. VERRUCITUBERCULATA. 
