304 OPHRYDE.. 
Radices testiculate. Folia radicalia membranacea. Caulis 
aphyllus. Spica elongata subsécunda,. 
1. ScorvLAn1iA Burchelli. 
Orchidea pectinata. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 6709. 
Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell, (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) 
Radices testiculate, lanate. Folia radicalia verosimiliter 2, membranacea, 
suborbiculata? Caulis pilosus 8 poll. altus, omnino nudus nisi squamulis 
quibusdam distantibus juxta fastigium. Spica 53 poll. longa, multi- 
flora. Bractee ovate, acute, glabre, ovario multo breviores. Flores 
parvi. Sepala ovata acuta, impar majus et longius. Petala cuneata, 
membranacea, calyce longiora, apice capillaceo-multifida. Labellum 
cum petalis convolutum, trilobum ; lobis lateralibus bifidis acutis inter- 
medio rotundato margine capillaceo-multifido. 
CLXXXV. AOPLA. 
Aopla. Lindl. in Bot. Reg.1701. 
Calyx bilabiatus. Sepala lateralia deflexa, supremum erectum cum petalis 
agglutinatis galeam formans. Labellum lineare, ecalearatum. Anthera 
brevis, erecta, lobis brevibus ascendentibus, rostello decurvo elongato. 
Glandule nude.—— — Herba (Indica) radicibus testiculatis. Folium 
solitarium, radicale. Spica laxa secunda. Flores herbacei. 
1. Aorta reniformis. 
Herminium reniforme. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7067. 
Hab. in Napalia, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Museo Anglo-Indico, et v. ic. pict.) 
Folium solitarium suborbiculatum cordatum. Sepalum supremum petalaq. 
conniventia: inferiora subparallela porrecta; labellum lineare esaccatum. 
CLXXXVI. HERMINIUM. 
Herminium. R. Brown in Hort. Kew, ed. 2. 
Chamorchis. Rich. Annot. p. 35. 
Sepala membranacea, subequalia, conniventia. Petala magis carnosa, 
labello subconformia. Labellum carncsum, seepius vix petalis longius, 
rhomboideum, integrum, vel tridentatum ; basi nunc planiusculum, 
sepitis saccatum v. gibbosum. Columna utrinque squam4 (anther 
sterili) instructa. Anthera erecta, minuta, loculis basi divergentibus. 
Rostellum planum. Pollinia glandulis nudis. Herbe, radicibus 
testiculatis. Flores parvi, sepius herbacei, nunc albi. 
As limited by Dr. Brown, this genus was confined to H. monorchis, and 
was characterized by the naked glands of the pollen masses, and the gp 
less labellum. Richard adopted Dr. Brown’s views, but added the fla 
rostellum to its character. But, the labellum of H. monorchis being dis- 
tinctly saccate, the genus might be considered to represent a group b 
species in which, as in Aceras, a short spur may be expected to occur: 
and in reality, upon studying the exotic Ophrydez, it is impossible not e 
