512 CLXIX. ORCHIDEZAX. [Epidendrec. 
cinandrium breve, incurvum.  Anthera opercularis, incumbens, convexa, perfecte v. 
imperfecte 2-locularis, ultra loculos sepius producta, loculis vix locellatis ; pollinia 8, in 
- quoque loculo 4, cerea, v. in lam producta, apice in fasciculos 2 leviter 
connexa. Capsula oblonga, erostris, erecta v. demum pedicello recurvo nutans, costis 
acute prominentibus.—Herbze t t Folia in caudice solitaria v. gemina, elongata, 
plicata v. prominenter nervosa, petiolis elongatis basi cc-vaginatis e& demum plus minus in 
pseudobulbum seu tuber incrassatis. Scapi floridi e caudice v. e basi pseudobulborum 
oriundi, basi cc-vaginati, aphylli, simplices, nunc elongati floribundi, nunc tenuiores pauci- 
flori, racemo laxo. Flores flavi v. violacei. Bractez nune minimi erect:e, nune majores 
lanceolatze deflexze. 
Species ad 10, Indiz orientalis, Chine australis, Archipelagi Malayani, insularum maris Pacifiei et 
Australiw incole, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 119. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi.495 ; et in Linnea xli. 
85. Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. (. 311. In series 2 distribuends» :— 
1. Elatiores, pseudobulbis parum i is, vagi reliquiis fibrosis s:zpius obtectis, foliis 
amplis, racemo multifl bracteis pieuis. Hue pertinent Limodorum unguiculatum, Labill. 
Sert. Austr, Calid. t. 26 ;. Bletia, angustifolia, Gaud.'in Freye. Voy. Bot. t. 32; Spathoglottis plicata, 
Blume; DeVriese, Orch. eum tab. 1; S. tomentosa, Lindl. ; S. Petri, Bot. Mag. t. 6304; S. Pauline, 
F. Muell; Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 304 ; Fi itzger. Austral. Oreh. cum tab. 1; S. Vieillardi et. S. 
Deplanchei, Reichb. f. in Linnza xli. 85, 86. Species omnes inter se valde affines, 
Paxroxia, Lindl. Bot. Heg. 1838, t. 60, est. species Manillana, S. plicate, Bl, valde similis, sed a 
genere differt labello explanato indiviso petalis simili v. paullo latiore. Lindley nuper suspicatus est 
Bpathoglottidis esse peloriam, et Reich, f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 456, speciem sub Spathoglottide dubie 
enumerat. 
2. Tenuiores, pseudobulbis cormiformibus subnudis, foliis angustis, racemo laxo paueifloro, bracteis 
parvis. JWall. Pl. 4s. Rar. t. 203. Wight, Ic. t. 1139. De Vriese, Illustr. Orch. cum t. 1. Bot. Reg. 
1845,7. 19, Hec series a Reichenbachio ad P. hy ; refertur, nostro sensu tamen tam habitu 
quam perianthii forma valde diversa. 
42. Acanthephippium, Blume, Bijdr. 359, t. 47 (Acanthophippium) ; Orch. Archip. 
Ind. 156, t. 49.—Sepala lata, carnosa, in urceolüm latum oblique ventricosum coh:erentia, 
posticum fornicatum, lateralia basi pedi columnae adnata, mentum breve v. conieum in 4. 
striato fere calcariforme formantia. Petala sepalis inclusa, ad latera column: affixa, sepalis 
multo angustiora, basi cum marginil b is pedis col continua. Labellum 
ad apicem pedis col articulatum, inflexum, sepalis inclusum ; lobi laterales lati, erecti ; 
medius recurvus, indivisus. Columna brevis, crassa, superne anguste 2-alata, basi in pedem 
longissimum medio ineurvo-inflexum | producta; clinandri breve, b 
Anthera intra gi li drii , Op laris, i , convexa, 2-locularis, 
loculis imperfecte locellatis ; pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, cerea, superiora obovoidea, 
inferiora longiora, omnia erecta, sursum appendieula granulosa connexa ; glandula nulla 
2 rostello solvenda. Capsula magna, oblongo-clavata, erostris, costis 6 prominentibus.— 
Herb: terrestres, pseudobulbi. oblongis paucifoliatis. Folia ampla, plicato-venosa, in 
petiolum contracta. Scapi foliis breviores, aphylli, vaginis paucis latiusculis. Flores 
majusculi, in racemo pauci, pedicellis brevibus post anthesin accretis. Bractesze mem- 
branacez, ssepe coloratze, majuscule. 
Species 3 v. 4, Indiv orientalis et; Archipelagi Malayani incole. FHeichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 460. 
Bot. Heg. t. 1730 et 1846, 7. A7. Bot. Mag. t. 4492. Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 325. Maund, Botanist, t. 200. 
Flores carnosos v. fere spongiosos in speciminibus siecis male servatos examinare nequimus, 
characteres ex iconibus et descriptionibus auctorum imprimis Blumei sumpsimus. Glandula 
pollinarii a. Lindleyo. descripta, est appendieula granulosa anthera inclusa ncc squama a rostello 
solvenda. 
43. Phatus, Lour. Fl. Coch. 529. (Tankervillia, Link, Handb, i. 951. Pachyne, Salisb, 
in Trans, Hort. Soc. i. 299.) Sepala libera, subrequalia, patentia v. suberecta. Petala 
sepalis similia nisi angustiora. Labellum erectum, concavum v. cucullatum, basi in 
gibbum cayum v, calear rectum v, curvulum cum col basi conti: productum ; 
