502 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. LEpidendrea. 
dorso connata, inappendiculata nisi rarius visco parco subgranuloso cohzrentia. Capsula 
globosa ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris.—Herb:e caule seu rhizomate in saxa arboresque 
repente radicante, vaginis scariosis plus minus obteoto. Pseudobulbi ad axillas vaginarum 
sessiles, apice folia 1—2 ferentes, et rarius caulis apex 2-3-foliatus absque pseudobulbis. 
Scapi floriferi ad latera pseudobulborum v. rarius in rhizomate sparsi, aphylli, simplices, 
basi v. sparse oo-vaginati. Flores nunc parvi v. minuti in racemo terminali numerosi, 
nunc majores rarius magni in scapo solitarii v. pauci, in paucis speciebus pedicellis ad 
apicem scapi approximatis subumbellati. Bracteze swpius parvz, in paucis speciebus 
flores subeeq P UE bdisticl 
Ms 
Species ad 80, pro maxima parte per regiones tropicas Africz et, Asize disperse, perpaucze Austro- 
American v, Australianz, una sola in Nova Zelandia obvia. Lind. Gen. e£ Sp. Orch. 47, t in Journ. 
Linn. Soc, vi. 126. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 243, pro parte ; in. Bonpl. 1857, 01; in. Bot. Zeit. 
1863, 237, 1860, 99; in Flora, 1865, 184 ; in Linuea xli. 92; Otia Hamb. 94, 118; et in. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxx. 160. — Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 286. 
Genus florum numero et magnitudine polymorphum, quoad species plerasque naturale, sed non 
semper a finitimis accurate limitatum, nec facile in sectiones bene definitas dividend Seq 
imprimis ad inflorescentiam conditz, formis intermediis haud raro junguntur etsi plures a variis 
auctoribus pro generibus propriis propositee sint. 
1l. Sesiochilos. Flores majuseuli v. magni, in peduneulo v. scapo basi paucivaginato v. nudo 
solitarii. In plerisque speciebus pseudobulbi l-foliati, columns dentes laterales breves, anthera 
magna valde convexa v. obtuse conica. Species Indicz v. Archipelagi Malayani. Griff. Jc. Pl. As. 
t. 292,295. Bot. Mag.1.4032. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 13.  Reichb. f. in Saund. Hef. Bot. i. 116. 
Sxsrocurros, Breda, Orch. Kuhl et Hass. cum ic,  SancoPop1t $ 2, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1853. 
2. Leopardine. Pedunculi breves, laxe 23-fori, rarius 1-flori, floribus majusculis. Sepala lata, 
patentia, Petala multo minora. Columns angule anticz vix in dentes produetz.  Anthera oper- 
cularis, convexa y. depresso-hemisphzrica. Species Indiem. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nap. t. 28 (Dendro- 
bium). Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 296, f. 2. — eichb. f. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. t. 32 B. ; Xen. Orch. 
1. 144; et in. Saund. Itf. Bot. t. 116. Bot. Mag. t. 5408 (Sarcopodium), 5605, 6119. 
3. Elegantes. Pedunculi v. scapi graciles, laxe pluriflori v. interdum 1-flori, floribus mediocribus. 
Column:e angulee in dentes prominentes v. brachia produetz. Pseudobulbi 1-foliati. Species Indicze 
v. Archipelagi Malayani. Mig. Choiz Pl. Jard. Buitenz. t. 20, f. 2, 1. 22, f. 2. — Reichb. f. in. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxx. t. 32 A. 
His affinis est inter Americanas £. Napelli, Lindl. (B. baleniceps, Reichb. Xen. Orch. t. 157, ex ic. 
et deser. ?) e Brasilia. 
ErrcnaNTRES, Blume, Bijdr. 306, t. 9, ex ic. et descr. est verisimiliter Bulbophylli species Elegantibus 
affinis, pseudobulbis 1-phyllis, scapis 2-floris; differt columna inferne utroque latere processubus 
antenniformibus 7 pendulis' cincta. Hi processus sunt forte petalorum nanorum lacini. In 
collectione Parishiana flores 2 soli supersunt, in quibus processus lineares breviter stipitati ad 
utrumque latus columne 3 v. 4 omnino locum petalorum tenere videntur. Reichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. vi. 265 Monomeriam cum Epicranthe junxit, serius tamen in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 143 iterum. 
distinxit. 
4. Hacemose. Scapi co-vaginati, sepe elongati, floribus in racemo swpius numerosis breviter 
pedicellatis parvis v. mediocrik Columnz anguli in dentes prominentes v. brachia producti et 
interdum columna infra brachia utrinque 1-dentata.  Pseudobulbi 1-foliati v. presertim in 
speciebus nonnullis Africanis 2-foliati. Species ultra 40, Asiaties et Africane cum paucis 
Amerieanis. Wall. Pl. As. Har.1.69. Wight, 1c. t. 1600, 1749. Griff. Ic. Pl. 4s. 1. 297. Bot. 
Mag. t. 4166, 5050, 5309, 5310, 5329. Bot. Reg. t. 963 (Tribrachia), 1964. —RHeichb. f. in 
Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 117. Xen. Orch. t. 207. TavnosrALix, Heichh. f. in Dot. Zeit. 1852, 933, 
ez char, 
JBolbophylla typica racemosa pluribus notis polymorpha sunt, J. variegatum, Thou. Orch. Iles 
Afr.t. 105,6 Mauritio, insignis est, seapis elatis oo-vaginatis plerisque more generis ad latera pseudo- 
bulborum sitis, terminalis tamen supra vaginas 2-foliatus. —.J. elavatwm, "Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 
99, e Mauritio, distinguitur rhachi i carnosa ; flores tamen sparsi, nee ut in Megaelinio in 
faciebus rhacheos planz 1l-seriati. In 7. occulto, Thou. Le. t. 93, 94,.e Mauritio, et P. lupulino, 
Lindl, ex Afriea tropica, bractes solito majores, imbricatze, membranaceze, flores parvos fere oceul- 
tantes, Püiloglossum, a Lindleyo, in Journ. Linn. Soc, vi. 125, pro sectione propositum, species 
