186 VANDE X. 
Planta liliacearum habitu. Folia radicalia, bina aut terna, ensiformia, pe- 
tiolata, ad basin membranis purpurinis convoluta. Scapus subpedalis, 
erectus, spathd membranaceà, monophyllà, lateraliter dehiscente ad ex- 
tremitatem cinctus. Flores nivei thyrsoidei.  Bractes lanceolate, 
demüm, ut tota planta marcida, nigricantes. Perianthium ringens, 3 
segmentis superioribus connatis, quorum 2 lateralia lineis purpurinis 
variegata, duobus inferioribus lunulatis convergentibus eodem modo 
maculatis. Labellum concolor, ovatum, carinatum, ascendens, limbo 
integro, ad basin punctis ochreis maculatum, obscure calcaratum. Co- 
lumna clavata, canaliculata, incurva, versus apicem amplificata. Pol- 
linia 4, reniformia, cereacea. Anthera bilocularis, acuminata. Ll. 
If this is rightly described it may be a new genus; but it is not impro- 
bable that it may be a Eulophia the Pollen-masses of which are inex- 
actly mentioned ; or is it not rather another species of Govenia? 
CXI. DIPODIUM. 
Dipodium. R. Brown Prodr. 1. 330. 
Perianthium patens, petalis sepalisque qualibus. Labellum subconforme, 
utrinque infra medium auriculatum, disco barbatum, basi saccatum et 
cum columna connatum. Columna erecta, marginata, semiteres. An- 
thera membranacea, 2-locularis? Pollinia duo, oblique biloba, caudicu- 
lis duabus glandule communi affixis. Herbe terrestres, aphylle. 
Radix crassa, ramosa. Caules squamosi. Racemi speciosi. 
1. Drropnruw punctatum. R. Br. Prodr. 331. 
D. squamis radicalibus distantibus, labello recto disco pubescente. 
Dendrobium punctatum. Smith, Exot. Bot. 1. 21. t. 12. 
Hab. in Nova Hollandia ad Portum Jackson, necnon in Insula Van Diemen, 
R. Brown. (hab, s. sp. comm. cel. Brown.) 
2. Diropium squamatum. R. Br. l.c. 
D. squamis radicalibus oblongis carinatissimbricatis, labello barbato de- 
flexo. 
Ophrys? squamata. Forst. Prodr. 310. 
Cymb. squamatum. Swartz. dct. Holm. 1800. 238. 
Dipodium squamatum. Smith. in Rees Suppl. 
. Hab. in Nova Caledonia, Forster. 
CXII. GALEANDRA. 
Galeandra. Lindl. Illustr. of Orch. Pl. Gen. t. 8. 
Perianthium patens v. connivens, sæpiùs (an semper ?) sepalis petalisque 
ascendentibus, liberis. Labellum infundibuliforme, calcaratum, 1m% 
visum, sessile, intüs leve, margine nunc fimbriato. Columna erecta, 
membranaceo-alata, clinandrio declivi. Anthera galezformis, cristà re- 
curva cum dorso clinandrii cardinatà. Pollinia Q, postice excavala, 
caudiculà brevi, cum glandula elongata basi divergenti-biloba articula- 
ta. Herbe terrestres, foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus v. racem" 
terminalibus, : r case 
