672 CXLVIII. orcHIDEa. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Vandee. 
jointed at the base. Stipes of the pollinia long, narrow. Flowers in simple or 
branched, very long peduncled racemes. 
51. STAUROPSIS. Sepals and petals spreading widely. Lip not jointed at the 
base. Stipes of pollinia long, narrow. Flowers medium-sized, in simple or branched 
racemes. 
52. ARACHNANTHE. Sepals and petals widely spreading, Lip jointed at the 
base, gibbous or shortly spurred. - Stipes of the pollinia flat, acute from a broad base. 
Flowers large, loosely racemed. ' 
** Lateral sepals adnate to the foot of the column, forming a mentum. 
Spur, if present, distant from the base of the lip, sometimes recurved and 
ascending. 
53. PHALENOPSIS. Lip spreading from the base or erect at the base, not spurred. 
Column erect, foot short. stipes of the pollinia linear or spathulate. Flowers large, 
in simple or branched racemes, 
54. Doritis. Lip with a long claw, incumbent, 3-lobed, not spurred. Column 
winged, foot long. Flowers small or medium-sized, in simple or branch 
racemes, i 
55. BHYNCHOSTYLIS. Lip saccate at its union with the foot of the column, . 
then narrowed, blade ovate or tongue-shaped. Column wingless, foot short. Stipes 
of the pollinia subfiliform. Flowers rather large, in long dense racemes. 
: 56. SARCOCHILUS. Lip shortly incumbent or adnate to the base of the colani 
blade fleshy, top often inflexed, gibbous or shortly stoutly spurred. Stipes of the 
pollinia linear or oblong. Flowers usually small, in simple racemes. 
97. TRICHOGLOTTIS. Lip with a long foot adnate to the base of the column. 
Flowers few, small. ' : 
98. AERIDES. Lip jointed on to the long foot of the column, blade with an 
ascending or recurved hollow spur. Stipes of the pollinia narrow. Flowers in simple 
or branched racemes. : . 
*** Lip saccate or spurred a£ the base (not under the blade). Column 
wingless. 
59. RENANTHERA. Sepals and petals spreading widely; lateral sepals usually 
the largest, parallel and placed under the small lip. Stipes of the pollinia es 
narrow. Racemes branched. 
„60. Vanps. Sepals and petals fleshy, widely spreading from a narrow base. 
Stipes of pollinia broad, Flowers large, in simple racemes. sail 
61. SaccoLaBiUM. Sepals and petals widely spreading. Column vi 
appendages. Stipes of pollinia usually slender. Flowers small, in simple or brane 
racemes, 
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62. Scn@voncuis. Flowers of Saccolabium, but column with 2 erect lin 
appendages, 
,63. UwcrrERA. Sepals and petals erecto-patent. Spur of lip strongly incurred. 
Stipes of the pollinia with a dilated sub-2-lobed tip. Flowers small, in dense 
racemes, 
61. AciwPE.  Sepals.and petals thick, concave. Stipes of pollinia pi 
Flowers small, crowded in a short rigid simple or branched peduncle. | orent 
. 65. SARCANTHUS. Sepals and petals.fleshy, spreading. Spur of the lip inte 
divided longitudinally. Flowers small, in simple or panicled slender racemes. 
66. CLEISOSTOMA. Spur of the lip almost closed with a callus or lamella. 
small, crowded in simple or branched racemes. claw 
67. ORNITHOCHILUS. Sepals spreading į lateral connate at the base of wri often 
of the lip, and together with it forming a mentum. Lip broadly 2—3-lobed, bed 
fimbriate. Stipes of the pollinia sStrap-shaped.  Fiowers small, in simple or 
slender racemes, : 
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