10 MALAXIDE. PLEUROTHALLEZ. 
the species represented by Dr. Hooker is unquestionably 4 celled with a 
fleshy crest, figured as absolutely bilocular without any crest. 
1. Ocromeria graminifolia. R. Br. 
O. foliis solitariis lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis, labello ovato: 
lobis lateralibus abbreviatis intermedio bicostato tridentato, sepalis pe- 
talisque ovatis. © 
Helleborine graminea repens biflora. Plum. sp. 9. ic. 176. f. 1. 
Epidendrum graminifolium. Linn. sp. pl. 1353. 
Dendrobium graminifolium. Willd. n. 15. 
Octomeria graminifolia, R. Br. l, c. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 2764. 
Hab. in insulis- Caribeis. (v. v. cult.) 
Flores flavi, duabus maculis sanguineis, numero incerti, nunc solitarii, 
nunc binati ternative. Caules majores et crassiores quam in O. Baueri. 
2. OctomeERiA Baueri. 
O. foliis solitariis lanceolatis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis, labello ob- 
longo: lobis lateralibus sinuosis intermedio elongato apice flexuoso 
dilatato apiculato, sepalis petalisque ovatis. 
Hab. in India Occidentali. Floruit in Horto regio Kewensi Martio 1817. 
(V. ic, pict, cel. Baueri.) 
Flores albi apice flavi. Labellum maculis nullis. 
This species and the foregoing so entirely resemble each other in habit, 
foliage and inflorescence, that it is in vain to seek to which of them the 
specific name graminifolia may with the greatest justice be applied. Mr. 
Brown's specific character is equally applicable to both, and any Botanist 
might be liable to confound them when dried. I have therefore retained 
the name for the species figured by Dr. Hooker, who may be considered 
as the first who really established the species with precision. 
3. OCTOMERIA serratifolia. Hooker. 
O. folis distichis apice serrulatis lineari-lanceolatis basi vaginantibus, 
racemo terminali paucifloro, labello oblongo-lineari crenulato: lobo 
intermedio abbreviato obtuso, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis. 
Octomeria serratifolia. Hooker. Bot. Mag. 2823. 
Hab. in montibus Brazilie. Hooker. 
Flores albi fulvo suffusi. Anthera secundum cl; Hooker 2-locularis, loculis 
transversim septulo divisis ; (character insolitus !) An pollinia rect? visa ? 
—ex habitu valde suspicor generis esse diversi, 
IV. LEPANTHES. 
Lepanthes. Swartz in act, Scient. Soc. Ups. vi. p. 85; Flora Ind. Occ. p. 1555. 
Sepala patula, basi, praesertim lateralia, connata, Petala duo, libera, nana. 
Labellum (secundum Swartzium nullum sed verosimiliter) apice bilobum 
cum columna connatum. Columna elongata, teres (secundum Swartz. 
bialata, sed alz verosimiliter lobi labelli connati, cum auctor ille alas L- 
cochlearifolie et tridentate ad latera baseos columnze describat). Pollinia 2- 
—Herbe epiphyte, caulibus filiformibus monophyllis vaginatis, spicis 
axillaribus, Pleurothallis omnino, habitu. Flores lutei, v. sanguinei, 
minutissimi, column& semper sanguinea. 
