430 ARETHUSEJAE. 
CCXLIV. CYATHOGLOTTIS. 
Cyathoglottis. Péppig et Endlich. n. g. et sp. I. 55. Endlicher, gen. no. 1610. 
Perianthium connivens, sepalis petalisque inter se et basi qualibus. La- 
bellum minus, facie inferne cum columne basi connatum, marginibus 
eundem amplexans ; lamina indivisà plana. Columna clavata, membra- 
naceo-marginata. Anthera terminalis, opercularis ..... — ——Herbe 
Peruviane, andicole, epiphyte, radicibus repentibus czspitosis, cau- 
libus suffruticosis. Folia rigida, plicata. Flores spicati v. racemosi, 
fugacissimi, crocei v. candidi. Endlicher, l. c. quibusdam mutatis. 
1. CYaTHOGLOTTIS crocea. Péppig, l. c. 
C. * caule apice 2-3-floro, floribus sessilibus, labello columnam 3-plò su- 
perante.” 
Hab. in arboribus Peruvie, ad predium Pampayaco, rariùs, Pöppig. 
Stems 1-2 feet high, simple, rigid, with a polished epidermis. Leaves 
articulated with their sheaths, and readily thrown off while drying, tapered 
into a long point which is usually bifid. Flowers yellow, very fugitive, 
withering by 2 P.M. Péppig. ~ 
9. CvarHocLoTTIS candida, — Póppig. l. c. t. 94. 
C. “ floribus terminalibus longe pedunculatis, pedunculis bracteatis, labello 
columnam dimidio superante." 
Hab. in Peruvia, cum precedente, Póppig. 
Stems somewhat angular, a foot high. Leaves of the same texture as 
those of the common reed, about 6 inches long and an inch wide. Flowers 
snow-white, very fugitive, so transparent and tender that they almost 
wither at the touch. Poppig. 
CCXLV. SOBRALIA. 
Sobralia. Fl. Peruv. prodr. 120. t. 26. Supra,p.176.  Püpp.et Endlich. n. g. et 3P- 
I. 54. ' Endlich. gen. pl: no. 1611. 
Perianthium maximum, petaloideum, subzquale; sepalis patentibus vel 
reflexis, petalis erectis. Labellum cucullatum, columnam amplexans, 
basi angustatum, disco plicato-barbatum, apice bilobum. Columna 
elongata, marginata, clavata, apicis trifidi lobo medio cucullato anthe- 
rifero. Stigma marginatum, basi gibbere gemino nectarifero. Anthera 
terminalis, stipitata, semiquadrilocularis. Pollinia farinacea, 4, com 
pressa, postice coherentia et contortuplicata, ecaudiculata. Herbe 
Americe squinoctialis, terrestres, simplices, spe triorgyales, foliosis- 
simz ; foliis plicatis; floribus racemosis terminalibus, vel axillaribus 
geminis, niveis, roseis, sanguineis, violaceisve. Omnes fere pes 
loca rupestria, sicca, aprica, calidissima eligunt, dumeta szepius ampia 
formantes. i 
Character reformatus ad Póppigium et Endlicherum, paucis tantum mutatis. 
