636 ORCHIDE.E. 



parallel to the lip, clavate : pollinaria 2, solid: caudicula oblong, gland ovoid.— Root 

 fibrous; scape panicled ; leaves eauitant ; flowers smuII, densely racemose along the 

 branches of the scape. 



179. T. falcata, Lindl. (E.). Scape slender, 6"-12" high; leaves distichous-rosulate, 

 obloug-linear, acuminate, slightly falcate, 3"-C" long, 4'" hroad ; blanches of the pauicle 

 distant, 1" long, or shorter, naked below : bracts small, subulate-linear ; flowers approxi- 

 mate, about 1'" long : perigonial divisions ovate. — IIab. Trinidad!, Cr., Brad/. ; [Venezuela.; 

 New Granada!]. 



56. JOXOPSIS, Klh. 



Lip little adhering to the base of the column, clawed, its blade spreading: perigonial 

 divisions exterior lateral cohering at the base, and produced into a sack below the hp. 

 Column naked, low : rostellum beaked : pollinaria 2, dorsaily furrowed ; caudicula linear, 

 gland ovoid. — Scape panicled or racemose ; leaves rigid; flowers ivhite or purple. 



ISO. J. testiculata,. Lindl. " Scape few-flowered, simple (or few-branched) ; leaves 

 terete, acuminate ; perigonial divisions exterior pointed, interior blunt : sack didgmous- 

 ventricose ; lip ovate, acuminate." — Dendrobinm, Sw. Epidendruni satyrioides, Sw. (J°- 

 nopsis, 67. Echb.).—" Leaves 2"-3" long, 3-4 times exceeded by the scape; flowers small, 

 white; lip and interior perigone red-veined." — IIab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; [Haiti]. 



181. J. pallidiflora, Lindl. "Scape simple; leaves oblong-linear, flat; perigonial 

 divisions blunt : sack didymous-ventricose ; lip 2-lobed, more than twice as long as the 

 perigone." — "Flowers white, with purple stripes." — Hab. Trinidad {Hook.). 



182. J. utricularioides, Lindl. ! Scape panicled above ; perigonial divisions bluntish : 

 sack short, simple, blunt; lip 2-lobed from a cuneate, 2-callous claw, half as long again or 

 twice as long as the perigone : lobes subquadrate-roundish. — Dendrobium, Sw. J. Gardnen, 

 PL Wright. 667— l'-lfc' high; leaves 4" long, 4"'-6'" broad; flowers 5"' long, white 

 with red veins, or variegated.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., WullschL, March, ou trees; [Cuba. 

 to Venezuela!]. 



57. COMPARETTTA, Poepp., Endl. 



Lip free, clawed, flat, its claw produced from the back into 2 filiform horns, concealed 

 within the spur : perigonial divisions exterior lateral cohering at the base, and produced into 

 a spur beneath the lip. Column winged above, low : pollinaria 2 : " caudiculse as many, 

 distinct, gland ovoid." — Scape lateral to minute, 1-leaved, aerial tubers; flowers race- 

 mose. 



183. C. falcata, Poepp., Endl. {L). Leaves oblong, blunt or mucronate, much ex- 

 ceeded by the slender, simple scape ; flowers distant in the raceme, red ; perigone hall as 

 long as the lip : spur linear, falcate, ascending, as long as the perigone ; lip rouums , 

 2-lobed : its blade as lonsr as the cuneate, 2-auricled claw. — Pospp., Endl. N. Gen. 1. t. > 6 > 

 — l'-2'high; leaves 4"-6 > 'loug, 1 "-14" broad; lip 6"'-8'" long— Hab. Jamaica!, WullscM., 

 ou trees ; [Cuba ! to Peru]. 



Tribe IV. ARETHUSE/E— Pollinaria powdery-granular. Anther terminal, jointed 

 at the base. Stem terrestrial. 



58. CLE1STES, Rich. 



Lip convolute below around the column, 2-callons at the base : perigone subequal, conm- 

 vent, its divisions free. Column free, clavate : anther inflexed-termiual, its bed dentate. 

 Tubers terrestrial; leaves distant, embracing the stem at the base ; flowers large, axillary, 

 or single. 



184. C. lutea, Lindl. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; flowers yellow : perigonia 

 divisions oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; lip half as long, " 3-lobed, the middle lobe crispate, 

 emarginate."— Aubl. t. 321.— Limodorum grandiflorum, Aubl.— Stem 2'-3' high; flowers 

 few, 3" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., Savannah de Omara ; [Guiana]. 



185. C. rosea, Lindl. {JR.). Leaves oblong-lanceolate, pointed ; flowers rosy : pcrig°- 



