 Epidendréo.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJ. 513 
lobi laterales ampli, erecti, col involventes, apice interd undulati et cum. lobo 
medio confluentes ; lobus medius expansus, ssepius brevis latusque, patens v. récurvus, 
margine szpe ETAT Columna longiuscula, subteres, 2-angulata v. 2-alata, ápice 
clavata, Spoda ; bw uw MT obliquum, margine sinuatum: | Anthera juxta 
d i conyexa, distincte 2-locularis, loculis 
iinperfeote 4- locellatis ; 5 yell 8, in quoque loculo 4, obovata v. oblonga, a latere parallele 
compressa, faciebus pér paria applicita, paris inferioris cujusve loculi quam. superiora 
ssepius longiora, apice evidentius attenuata, omnia in anthera perfecta cerea, apice appen- 
dieula granulosa in anthera juniore loculos fere implente connexa. Capsula oblonga, 
erostris, costis valde prominentibus. —Herb: elatiores, terrestres v. epiphyticge, caulibus 
in caudice confertis, basi sspe in pseudobulb brevem i is. Folia ampla v. 
elongata, plicata, basi angustata v. in petiolum longum contracta, vaginis sepius striatis. 
Scapi v. pedunculi nunc e caudice oriundi, nunc laterales v. terminales. Flores in racemo 
plures v. pauci, speciosi, pedicellati, flavi violacei v. albi. Bractez nunc parve lineares, 
nunc majuscule membranacez v. herbacez.  Pollinia ut in Bletia sepe (in anthera adhuc 
rfecta ?) cum appendicul 1 in massam unicam in quoque loculo conferta 
apparent, bene evoluta in omnibus sectionibus more generum aflünium cerea et Levia 
sunt. 
Species ad. 15, imprimis Asiatiez tropicz sed ab Afriea tropica et insulis Masearensibus usque 
ad Australiam, insulas maris Pacifici et Chinam Japoniamque extensm. /Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 
126. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 458; Otia Hamb. 58; et in Bonpl. 1856, 328; 1857, 42. 
Genus.a Blumeo bene elucidatum in sectiones sequentes dividitur :— 
L: Genuini, Bl. Scapi racemiferi e caudice: oriundi, elati, aphylli, plurivaginati, Labellum basi 
calearatum. Colümina exalata. ' Species enumeratz ad 18, nonnullee tamen parum distinetz potius 
varietates hábendz. - Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. t, 1.ad 8, t. 4, f. 2, 1.5, D, E. Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vi.304. it. Hort; Kew. ed. 1, iii. £: 12 (Lémodorum); « - Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 496 (Limodorum). |. Bot. 
Mag. 1.1924 et 2719 (Bletia), t. 39960, 4078, 6032. .Lindl. ert. Orch. t. 23. : Wight, Ie. t. 1659-60. 
Reich. f. Xen. Orch. t. 16, 192. 
2, Gastrorchis, BL, species includit. 4 Me a Genuinis parum. diversas caleare ad saccum 
v. gibbum brevissimum reducto. TÀow. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 31, 32 (Limodorum), Blume; Orch. 
Archip. Ind. 13, t. 11 B. 
PsowERIA, Lindl. Bof. Reg. 1838, Jis! 5 ; Bot. Mag. i. 4449, est P. tetrágonus, Reiehb. f. (Epiden- 
drum, Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. $/33, 34) species Madagascariensis calcare ut in Gastrorchide ad gibbum 
redueto, labello ima basi column:e subadnato. 
8. Thunia. -Racemus in caule foliato terminalis, nutans, bracteis. amplis. membranaeeis, flore 
ominino GenuiRortni. - Species 3 v. 4; Himalaicee v. Burmanicz. :.JVall. PL.4s/ Rar;::198: Bol. Reg. 
1838, 4. 83. Bot. Mag... 3991. Knowl. et. West, Fi. Cab. t, 125. | "Tuuw1A, .-eichb. f. in. Bot. 
u- 1852, 764, «t Bot. Mag. 1.5694, 
, Bl. .Racemi in caule foliato infra folia laterales. Labellur calcaratum. Columna. 
2-4 : rostello longiusculo. .Lrwaropzs, Blume, Bijdr. 375 ; Linn. Gen. et. Sp. Orch. 252, genus ad 
sectionem PAaii reductum. a Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. 11, t. 4, f. 1, e£ &. 11 A.. Species 2, 
Javenses, quibus. addidit Lindl, Fol. Orch, 1864, et in Paxt, Fl. Gard. iii. 35, feries 4- Asiaticas, 
inter quas tamen Z, gracilis et L. rosea, potius ad. Calanthem referendze sunt, 
44. Bletia, Ruiz eb nus Prod. 119, t. 26 ; Syst. Veg. Fi. Per. P Chl. 299... - (Gyas, 
Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. iid TPhisbauka, Cola M Map D Linn. Par. iii. 161, t. 4.) 
— Sepala libera, conniventi. bpatentia, zequalia v. lateralia basi paullo latiora. Petala 
sepalo postico similia v. Miss Tábellum basi columns affixum, liberum, erectum, basi 
tum v. leviter ium ; lobi laterales latiusculi, erecti, paralleli v. apice patentes, 
l non amplectent E medius patens, latus, ssepius emarginatus v. 2-lobus ; discus 
scepius laminis oo integris Y. crispis Columna elongata, semiteres, 
2-angulata, siepius ineürva, i dum basi 2-auriculat i Y. superne 24 Bini, apoda.; clinandrii 
lobi laterales Sepe lati tundati, posticus de ius. Anthera 
'opéreülaris; incumbens pendula; cónvés v. 'éleyüto- 
LS 
Codigo aperire c perfecte 2-locollatis ;' pollinià 8, in quoque lóeuló 4, 
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