172 VANDES. 
Radix bulbosa. Folium radicale, solitarium, lineare, patens, glabrum, 
digitale. Scapus flexuosus erectus, striatus, vix pedalis. Vagine in 
scapo bine v. 3. Flores circiter 5, cernui. Bractea sub singulo flore 
lanceolata, capsulà brevior. Corolla irregularis, virescens, 5-petala; 
tria exteriora consimilia, ovata, obtusa, venosa, concava, erecta, ungui- 
cularia; lateralia basi antice ad latera labelli parüm producta; duo 
interiora vix angustiora, subpatentia. Labellum totum flavum, reliquis 
petalis latius, et pauló brevius, convoluto-concavum, obtusissimum, 
tripartitum, lacinie ovate integrae ; intermedia concava, subinde brevior, 
excisa. Thunb. 
40. CymBipium montanum. Swartz. Nov. Act. Ups. 6. 72. 
C. * caule simpliciusculo, foliis lato-lanceolatis apice subrecurvis, racemo 
terminali, floribus secundis, lamina labelli trifida.” Swartz. Fk Ind, Occ. 
3. 1469, | 
Epidendrum montanum. Swartz Prodr. 121. 
Hab. in arboribus in montibus ceruleis Jamaice australis; Swartz. 
Caulis 1-2-pedalis, simplicissimus, teres, inferne aphyllus, vaginatus, geni- 
culatus, ad genicula infima subdivisus, superne? foliosus. Racemus 
lpedalis, flexuosus, compressus, multiflorus. Flores albi. Bracteæ cu- 
cullatz. Sepala et petala ovato-lanceolata, concava, patentia. Labellum 
cymbiforme, lacinià intermedià longiore, medio sanguineo-punctatà. Er 
Swartz. 
XCVIII. ACROPERA. 
Sepala patentia, supremum galeatum, lateralia divaricata. Petala nana, 
obliqua, apice truncata, subpatentia. Labellum unguiculatum, cum 
basi column: elastic? articulatum, trilobum, lobo intermedio minore 
saccato. Columna erecta, marginata, basi saccata. Pollinia 2, linearia, 
convoluta, caudiculà lineari-subulatà, glandulà minutd. Rostellum 
subulatum. Epiphyta, racemis cernuis multifloris, vegetatione Maz- 
illarie Colacis. 
This genus is very near Maxillaria, from which however its curious 
labellum, and stunted petals sufficiently distinguish it. 
1. AcnorERA Loddigesii. 
Maxillaria galeata. Lindl. in Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 1645. 
Hab. in Mezico prope Xalapa, Loddiges. (v. v. c. comm. amic. Loddiges.) 
floret Julio. 
Flores fusco-crocei. Labellum rubescens ob elasticitatem unguis ligu- 
lati semper vacillat. Ovarium cylindraceum, viridi. purpureum, subspi- 
raliter convolutum. i 
XCIX. CREMASTRA. 
Perianthium tubulosum, apice patens. Sepala et petala angusta, sube- 
qualia, omnind libera. Labellum longe unguiculatum, cum columna 
parallelum, apice dilatatum 3-fidum : appendice ad basin limbi carnoso, 
navieulari, ascendente. Columna longissima, semiteres, erecta, libera. 
Pollinia (4, ovata, plana, glandulà dilatatà. Wallich.) Terrestris; 
pseudobulbis annulatis, aggregatis. Folia membranacea, subplicata. 
