494 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Epidendrec. 
x a PI e * i253 Moall. 
minimi, in racemo termi p laxe spi: p i, torsione 
ovarii resupinati. 
Species 1, per Europam precipue borealem late dispersa. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 93. Bauer, 
Jllustr. Gen. Orch. t. 1. — Reichb. f. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 494. — Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. iii, n. 14. 
De vegetatione efr. HornscA. in Flora 1838, 257, t. 2; de fcecundatione, Darw. Fertil. Orch. 130. 
Species numerosas huie generi a Reichenbachio associatas ad Oberonia restituimus. 
12. mMicrostylis, Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. ii. 196. (Achroanthes, Raf. ex Endl. Gen. 189. 
Pedilea, Lindl. Orch. Scel. 27, cwm ic. Orepidium, Blume, Bijdr. 387. Pterochilus, Hook. 
et Am. -Bot. Beech. Voy. 71, t. 17.)—Sepala libera, subsequalia, patentia. Petala sepalis 
lia, sepius ti nune filiformia. Labellum sessile, erectum v. patens, 
petalis brevius, sepius latissimum, concavum, basi cordatum v. auriculis elongatis 
columnam amplectens, integrum 2-3-lobum v. dentato-fimbriatum. Columna brevissima, 
teres, vertice SIDES antice utrinque dente aucta; clinandri sepius p i 
Anthera intra clinandrium! sessilis, erecta, a rostello aversa, 
loculis d iis sursum dehiscentibus post dehiscenti: ; pollinia 4, cerea, 
ovoidea, in quoque loculo 2, visco parco cohrrentia v. libera. Capsula parva, ovoidea, 
erostris.—Herb:e terrestres, caule foliato basi ssepe in p to. Folia 
1-3, sspius lata, membranacea, basi in petiolum vaginantem v. immediate in vaginam 
contracta. Flores parvi, seepe minimi, rarius majores, in racemum terminalem nunc 
elongatum laxumque nunc fere in umbellam contractum dispositi. Bractes parvsw, 
angustze. 
Species ad 40, Europee, Asize et, Americze borealis et australis incole. —Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 18. 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 526, vi. 206; Otia Hamb. 36, 94 ; Orch. Centr. Amer. 99; in Linnea 
xli. 97; et in Seem. Fl. Vit. 302. Reichb. f. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 493. Wight, Ic. t. 901, 902, 1631, 1632, 
et t. 1630 (Dienia). Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 11. Bot. Mag. t. 5408. 
Genus Malazi quam maxime affine, primo aspectu in sectiones 2 dividitur qu tamen vix limitibus 
certis definiend: 1. Umbelluli racemis abbreviatis fere in umbellam contractis, floribus longe 
icellatis. Hue M. fastigiata, Reichb., species Mexicana in Zo. Reg. t. 1290 pro M. ophioglossoide, 
Nutt. delineata, Link et Otto, Ie. Pl. Har. t. 5. Bot. Mag. t. 4103. Species typica Nuttallii, 
boreali-Americana, nobis distincta videtur floribus evidentius racemosis, etsi racemus brevior et 
densior quam in plerisque racemifloris, 
2. Laviflore, racemo elongato floribus breviter pedicellatis dissitis, v. pedicellis brevissimis 
floribus ferein spieam longam cylindraceam confertis, Hec series includit species omnes gerontogeas 
cum pluribus ex Americanis. 
Dieta, Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orch. 22, a Microstyle separata | fuit. ob labellum erectum nee patens, 
character tamen nequaquam constans et genus rite a Reich ad X 'ylem revocatur. 
Pterochilus plantaginea, Hook. et, Arn., eadem species videtur ac M. platycheila, Reichb. f. 
Anthera in diversis speciebus diversa videtur, in speciebus typicis boreali-Americanis, loculi beno 
disereti per dehiseentiam superne aperti, polliniis more Ma/azeos exsertis; in speciebus Indicis 
anthera d erecta. sed loeulis arete contiguis longior; nunquam tamen vidimus more Liparis 
b et deciduam. 
M. Joupbidin, Reichb. f.; Bot. Mag. t. 6325, insignis est floribus solito majoribus, sepalia 
petalisque latiusculis, labello maximo valde concavo fere cueullato sepalis vix breviore, 
13. Oberonia, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 15; Fol. Orch. 1859.—8Sepala libera, sub- 
:qualia, erecta v. posticum minus et reflexum. Petala sepalis angustiora v. breviora. 
Labellum sessile, "00D0B V UI, He dilatata sspe pülvinatum v. carinatum columnam 
, margine i dum fimbriatum v. apice 
2-3-lobum. Columna Brevissima, teres, basi contracta, apoda, apice utrinque angulato- 
marginata ; clinandrium parum prominens. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens ; 
pollinia 4, cerea, per paria arcte contigua et interdum insqualia, omnia apice visco parco 
cohserentia et in massam decidua. Capsula parva, globoso-triquetra v. breviter oblonga. 
—Herb:e epiphyti it absque pseudobulbi: Folia disticha, vaginis compressis 
equitantia, in caule brevissimo pauca v. secus caulem elong ssepe fl alterna, 
