Epidendrea.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 491 
4. Lepanthes, Swartzin K. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. Stockh. xxi. 249, t. 8; Fl. Ind. 
Occid. iii. 1555.— Sepala tenuia, lata, subszequalia, basi breviter connata v. sepius lateralia 
altius connata, postico sublibero. Petala multo breviora, ungue brevi basi eolumnze 
adnata, lamina irregulariter transverse eblonga, sspe varie appendiculata.  Labellum, 
ungue brevi columnze arcte applicita v. adnata, divaricato-2-lobum, lobis polymorphis alas 
column:e simulantibus. Xue brevis, anguste; apice dilatata, exalate, apoda ; 'olinau: 
drium breve. Anthera termi ; 
pollinia 2, cerea, ovoidea v. doUminata, libera v. apice visco parco cohzerentia. SOLE 
parva, dibboss v. ovoidea, subtriquetra.— Herb: ssepius parve epiphytios, caule v. 
ramulis caulis repentis apice 1-phyllis, infra folium vaginis ssepius plurimis dissitis brevi- 
bus laxisque v. longioribus ocreiformibus instructis. zEolium grepius cordatum v. parvum, 
rarius in petiolum brevi tract i t venosum. 
Racemi terminales, ad basin folii solitarii v. pauci, nunc tenues recti bracteis eleganter 
distichis floribundi, nunc long g , rhachi flexuosa, floribus dissitis. Flores 
parvi, nune minuti. 
Species ad 40, Andium Americee australis et centralis, Indi: occidentalis e& Mexiciincole. ZLindl. 
Gen. et Sp. Orch. 10. — Heichb. f. Xen. Orch. i. 140, &. 49, 50; in Walp. Ann.ii. 523; vi. 196 ; in 
Flora 1865, 275; Orch. Centr. Amer. 56, 90, 2. 9, 10; in. Linnea xli. 46. Hook. Journ. Bot.i.t. 
114. Bot. Mag. t. 4112, 5269. Bot. Heg. t. 1762. 
Genus quoad species normales a Pl Aalli facile di itur habitu petalis &c.. L. nummularia, 
Reichb. f., sola differt caule filiformi repente ramulis floriferis numerosis brevissimis 1-foliatis 1-floris 
sub folio 1-vaginatis, ita ut prima facie flores ad axillas foliorum distiche alternorum apparent. 
b. Restrepia, H. D. e K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. i. 360, t. 94.—8Sepalum posticum liberum, 
lateralia basi v. alte connata in unum Res 2- dentatum v. 2-fidum basi :equale v. 
leviter gibbum. Petala libera, filif act ia, apice sepe glanduloso- 
dentata, v. rarius parva latioraque. iba oblongum v. ovatum, basi ssepius con- 
tractum et cum col basi articulatum, planum v. basi concavum, utroque latere ssepius 
dente v. lobo brevi v. arista auctum. Columna elongata, angusta, nuda v. angustissime 
marginata, ceterum exalata, apoda ; denis truncatum v. vix postice productum, 
rarius alte cucullatum. Anthera t ! ; pollinia 4, cerea, glo- 
bosa v. idend pyriformia, apice per paria visco gu cohrerentia. Stigma infra antheram 
; v. — Caules c:spitosi v. rami caulis 
repentis Bis jlicés, longiusculi v. rarius brevissimi, apice l-foliati, infra folium sspius 
1-3-vaginati. Pedunculi ad basin folii solitarii v. pauci, vagina spathiformi szpius brevi 
stipati, 1- flori, folio breviores, sspius graciles. Flores quam in Pleurothalle ssepius 
majores, rarius parvi. 
Species deseripte ad 20, nonnulle tamen reducendz, Ameriez tropicze a Brasilia usque ad 
Mexieum incole. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1859. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 203; Xen. Orchid t. 60, f. 
1ad 3, t. 206, f. 2, 3; Orch. Centr. Amer. 57, 92, t. 10; in Bonpl. 1855, 70, 225; in Hamb. Gart. 
Zeit. xxi, 300; in Linnea xli. 45, 133 ; et in Wawra, Pr. Maz. Heise, Bot. 150, t. 104, f. 5. Hook. 
Journ. Bot. iii. 308, £. 9 (Pleurothallis).  Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc, iii. 314, ic. zyl. — Karst. Ausw. 
Gewüchs. Venez. t. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 5257, 5966, 6288. Lemaire, Illustr. Hortic. t. 601. Fl. des 
Serres t. 143. 
Genus Pleurothalli valde affine, distinguitur polliniis 4; habitus fere idem, sed pedunculi 
constanter l-fHori videntur, et flores sepius nec semper majores. 7. Miersii, Reichb. f. (Pleuro- 
thallis, Vindl.), et R. Gardneri, Benth. (Pleurothallis, Lindl.), species ab ea paullulum diversa foliis 
angustioribus et floribus plus duplo majoribus, insignes sunt caule nano filiformi prostrato intricato- 
ramoso et floribus parvis. Lindley distinctionem generis potius in petalorum forma et columna 
elongata petivit. 
6. ? Brachionidium, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1859.—Sepala basi brevissime connata v. a basi 
patentia, in acumen v. caudam producta, lateralia swpius altius connata. Petala sepalis 
conformia nisi paullo minora.  Labellum parvum (cum basi column:e articulatum ), sessile, 
