Epidendrec.] OLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 509 
erronea). Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 325 (Bifrenarid). Bot. Mag. t. 4712 (ic. in. Fl. des. Serres, t. 
900 repetita), 6628. 
Genus vix ae ne vix ab Erie distinguendum patria, habitu et (saltem quoad speciem typicam) 
eapsula. 
38. Erta, Lindl. i Bot. Reg. t. 904. (Dendrolirium, Blume, Bijdr. 343, t. 69. Pinalia, 
Lindl. Orch. Scel. 21, ewm 4c... Octomeria, Don, Prod. Fl. Nepal. 31, non Br.).—8Sepala 
subzequalia, posticum liberum v. basi breviter rarius alte cum eseteris connatum, lateralia 
seepius latiora basi -pedi column:e adnata, mentum breve v. rarius calcariforme formantia, 
superne libera v. rarius altius connata. Peta!a sepalo postico subconformia. Labellum 
ad apicem pedis col basi contract rarius articulat i b superne patens, 
integrum v. utrinque lobo laterali auctum. Columma brevis, lata, antice cava scpeque 
anguste 2-alata, basi in pedem producta ; clinandrium margine integrum v. vix antice 
9-angulatum et postice 1-dentatum. Anthera terminalis, op laris, i b i d 
valde convexa v. obtuse conica, loculis 2 distinctis imperfecte 4-locellatis ; pollinia 8, cerea, 
in quoque loculo 4, pyriformia v. late ovoidea, parum ip tiuscula v. inat 
in fasciculos 2 visco parco coh:erentia. Capsula oblonga v. linearis, erostris. —Herbse 
iphytics y. rarius t &res, caulibus secus rhizoma ssepius confertis pseudobulbosis, v. 
longiusculis sepe carnosis 2—co-foliatis, v. rarius 1-foliatis. Pedunculi v. scapi pseudo- 
terminales v. laterales, nec directe rhi ti affixi, simpli iferi v. interdum 1-flori. 
Flores parvi mediocres v. rarius majusculi, secus rhachin racemi sparsi v. rarissime distichi. 
Bracte:e parve v. anguste. 
Species ad 80, Indi: orientalis, Chinse australis et Archipelagi Malayani incole, Lindl. Gen. et 
Sp. Orch, 65, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 48 (eacl. Trichosmate), .Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 206; 
in Bonpl. 1857, 04; Otia Hamb. 54; in Bot. Zeit. 1864, 415; in Flora, 1872, 270; in Linnea xli, 
86; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 147 (excl. spp. paucis). 
Genus habitu polymorphum, in sectiones sequentes a nonnullis pro generibus propriis habitis 
dividitur :— 
l. Porpaz. Plante manw, pseudobulbis dep globosis v. deplanatis demum rete fibroso 
obteetis, foliis 2 orbieulatis ovatisve mox deliquescentibus coronatis, Flores inter folia solitarii v. 
2.3-ni, iles v. brevissime pedicellati di Species 7, Peninsule Indice v. Burmee 
Pritanniez incole, Ponrax, Lind. Bot. Reg. 1845, Misc. 62. AGGEIANTHRUS et, LicRENORA, Wight, 
1c.v.18, 4. 1737, 1738. Reichenbach f. in Bot. Zeit. 1862, 214, et in Trans. Linn, Soe. xxx. 148, 
species 2 typicas, E. reticulatam et E. Jerdonü ad Cryptochilum, refert ob sepala lateralia fere 
ad apicem inter se et ad medium cum postico coalita, sed nobis tam habitu quam floribus a Crypto- 
chilis veris longe differre videntur, et in E. lichenora, Lindl., E. ustulata, Reichb. f, e& E. Parishii, 
Lindl, sepala lateralia inter se ultra medium et, basi cum postico coalita sunt. 
..2. Conchidium. Herbe nans, pseudobulbis foliisque Porpacis, sed peduneuli tenues, longiusculi, 
i-fori v. rarius 2-flori, foribus quam in Porpace sepius multo minoribus. Pedunculus post folia 
delapsa in centro pseudobulbi terminalis apparet sed revera ad cicatricem foliorum v. gemmze ter- 
minalis lateralis est. Species 5-6, Peninsulce Indies, Zeylanis, Burm:e Britannieze et Chin: australis 
incole. Wight, Jc. t. 1637 et 134 (Phreatia). Bot. Mag. t. 5910 (quoad pollinarium. erronea). 
CoxcnaipimeM, Griff. Notul. iii. 321, £. 310. 
E. pleurothallis, Par. et Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 147, t. 30, e Burma, peduneulo 
tenui, flore unieo parvo, E. (Conchidio) pusille, Lindl., subaffünis, differt peduneulo e basi imbricato- 
vaginato in pseudobulbum non i 
3. Bryobiuin. |. Herb parvie, pseudobulbis Conchidii v. interdum ovoideis. Folia in caule brevi 
2-3, v. peduneulus per anthesin aphyllus tenuis. Flores parvi nune minimi, in racemo plures, 
breviter pedicellati. Species ad 8, Indis Orientalis et. Archipelagi Malayani incole. —.WigAt, Ic, t. 
1642 (Dendrobium). Bmxomww, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst, ed. 2, 446; Bot. Heg. 1838, Misc. 79 
(e Java). Arvisis, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1869 (e Zeylania). 
In speciebus typicis tam Zryobii quam Alvisie pseudobulbi ovoidei arete conferti rhizoma monili- 
forme simulant, flores minimi, sepalis latiusculis, In plerisque speciebus flores paullo majores 
sepális angustis inatis fere Dendrobi. Stachyobiorum, et mediante E. Dalzelli, LindL, 
-— Hymenereis accedunt. 
