Tas. 5046. 
KEFERSTEINIA craminea. 
Grass-leaved Kefersteinia. 
Nat. Ord. Oncu1pE#.—GyYNANDRIA MoNnANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. KEFERSTEINIA, Reichb. fil. Perigonii subpatuli sepala ac petala 
(tepala, Reichb.) oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, submembranacea. Sepala retrorsum 
oblique inserta. Labellum cum gynostemii pede producto articulatum, flabellatum 
seu rhombeum, cucullatum, basi callosum; callo laminato, foveato. Gynostemium 
semiteres, apice clavatum, rectum, marginibus lateralibus alatum, angulatum. 
Androclinium perpendiculare, ellipticum, immarginatum, apice rotundatum, ros- 
tellt tridentati dente medio subulato majore. Stigma lineare, transversum. Crista 
longitudinalis a stigmatis labio inferiori ad medium gynostemium (certe stamino- 
dium ent.). Pollinia pyriformia, papyracea, excavatula, per paria incumbentia, 
valde inzqualia, in caudicula obtusa ligulata, superne angulata, glandula oblonga 
infra adnata subequilonga. Reichd. fil. 
KEFzRsTEINia graminea ; labello transverso rhombeo apice retuso dimidio ante- 
riori denticulato seu lacero fimbriato, callo rhombeo seu triangulo antice 
_ bilobo seu paucidentato a basi discum versus. Reich. fil. 
KEFERSTEINIA graminea. Reichd. fil. in “V. Mohl, u. v. Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. x. 
634.” Xen. Orchid. p. 67. t. 25. ii. f. 2-11. 
ZYGOPETALUM gramineum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, Misc. p. 15. 
This curious Orchid was not known in cultivation when Dr. 
Lindley named and described it as Zyyopetalum grameum. It 
1s from Popayan, on the west side of the Andes, where it was dis- 
covered by Hartweg, and it has since been found in the Caraccas 
by Linden, Funcke, and Schlim. We derived our plant from the 
Imperial Gardens of St. Petersburg, and we learn that it exists 
in gardens under the name of “ Huntleya fimbriata.” Three 
Species of the genus are described by Reichenbach fil. 
Duscr. Pseudobulbs none. The eaves rise directly from the 
root, and are about a span long, erect or spreading in a fan- 
shaped manner, lanceolate, moderately acuminated, faintly stri- 
ated, carinated below, and jointed on to the compressed and 
conduplicate, equitant, sheathing bases. -Peduncles also radical, 
springing from below the leaves, three to five, in a clustered 
manner, slender, almost filiform, weak, two to three inches long, 
APRIL Ist, 1858, 
