NEOTTEJE—CRANICHID E, 445 
This singular genus has the habit of Spiranthide, but the structure of 
Cranichida. It approaches Cryptostylis in the structure of the flowers, 
especially in the column, but the remainder of the flower is quite 
different. 
l. Prericuis galeata. 
Hab. in Peruvia ; Mathews, 1882 (hab. s. sp.) 
Folia ignota. Scapus 13-2 pedes altus, tomentosus, penne anserinz crassi- 
tudine, squamis vaginantibus, distantibus, appressis, verosimiliter her- 
baceis vestitus. Spica flexuosa, 4-S-flora, rara. Bractez ovata, acute, 
glanduloso-tomentose, ovario appresse eique subequales. Sepala 
densé glanduloso-tomentosa ; lateralia 4 lin. longa, ovata, acuminata, 
obtusa, coriacea; dorsale lanceolatum obtusum. Petala unguiculata, 
Diuridis ad instar torta, sicca 4 lin. longa, lanceolata, glabra. Labellum 
coriaceum, intüs puberulum, subrotundo-ovatum, acuminatum, basi 
sagittatum, secus marginem interiüs verrucarum serie ornatum, in galee 
speciem compressum. Columna minima. 
CCLH. CRYPTOSTYLIS. 
Cryptostylis. Brown prodr. 1. 317. Endlicher genera no. 1579. 
Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, libera, patula. Petala similia sed 
minora. Labellum posticum, sessile, indivisum, carnosum, intra basin 
ventricosam columnam includens, sub apice appendiculatam. Columna 
nana, indivisa; stigmate ovato; clinandrio margine membranaceo 
lacero. Anthera stigmati parallela, obtusa, bilocularis. Pollinia 4, 
pulverea. Herbe terrestres asiatice. (Bulbi fasciculati. Folia 
radicalia, plana, petiolata, pauca. Flores scapum vaginatum terminantes, 
Spicati, sordide rufi, inodori. R. Brown.) 
l. CnvrrosTYLIS longifolia. Brown. prodr. 317. Bauer's Illustrations, ge- 
nera t. 17 et 18. Endlich. Iconograph. c. ic. 
C. floribus porrectis, labello convexo marginibus recurvis: axi a basi 
Striis 9 elevatis desinentibus in callum ovatum apice approximatum, 
foliis oblongis, spicà elongata. 
Malaxis subulata. Lad. nov. Holl. t. 212. 
Hab. in Australia ; prope Portum Jackson, R. Brown; in Tasmannia, in 
uliginosis arenaceis, Februario et Marte florens, Gunn, 358, (v. v. c. et 
hab. s. sp.) 
Of this dusky-flowered plant the stem is from 1 to 13 foot high, and 
the leaves from 4 to 5 inches long without their petiole. Mr. Gunn re- 
Es that the base of the scape and the petioles of the leaves are very 
rittle. 
2. CRvPTosTYLIs ovata. R. Brown, l. c. 
C. floribus porrectis, labello convexo marginibus recurvis : axi intüs infra 
medium levi; juxta apicem processu didymo elongato obtuso pubes- 
cente calloso, foliis oblongo-ovatis petiolo suo longioribus, spicà co- 
arctatá, 
Hab. in Australia australi, Brown, (v. ic. comm. cel. Endlicher.) 
