514 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Epidendrec. 
per paria superposita, obovata v. oblonga, a latere parallele compressa, faciebus per paria 
applicita, pari inferiore cujusve loculi superiore swpius majore, omnia in anthera perfecta 
cerea, in quoque loculo appendicula g d i le laminiformi sursum connexa ; 
glandula rostelli 0. Capsula oblonga v. fusiformis, erecta, erostris.—Herb:e erecte, 
terrestres v. epiphytics, pseudobulbis globosis v. depressis crassis fere tuberiformibus. 
Folia pauca, ampla v. elongata, plicata, in petiolum contracta, v. rarius omnino desunt. 
Racemus in caule foliato v. in scapo vaginato aphyllo terminalis, laxus, longe pedun- 
culatus, simplex v. laxe ramosus. Flores pedicellati v. fere sessiles, mediocres v. majus- 
culi, sepalis lateralibus cum basi columns interdum mentum breve formantibus, labelli 
sacco tamen ubi adest distincto. Bractec parv: nunc minutee. 
Species ad 20, plerweque Americe tropiem incobe, cum una Chinensi et Japoniea. RHeichb. f. in 
Walp. Ann. vi. 440 (quoad. species Plicifolias) ; in Bot. Zeit. 1864, 298 ; in Flora 18065,9278; et in 
Linnea xl. 7. Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. 15 (excl. B. aphylla). 
Genus pluribus notis Phaio accedit, sed. labellum nunquam columnam involvit. In utroque 
genere pollinia nondum perfecte matura sepe cum appendieula massam granulosam concolorem. 
formant, perfecta semper cerea et bene distineta vidimus, Bletie species in sectiones 2 sequentes 
facile distribuuntur :— 
1. Eubletia, Scapi in pseudobulbo laterales, aphylli; racemus interdum ramosus, Species omnes 
Americans. acq. Je. Rar. t. 602 (Limodorum). Red. Lil. t. 88 (Limodorum). Pepp. et Endl. 
Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 95. Bot. Mag. t. 930 (Limodorum), 3217, 3319, 3518, 5646. — Bot. Heg. t. 1401 
(B. florida ex icone sola nobis nota), 1760. 
2. Bletila. Scapi in pseudobulbo terminales v. simul laterales, 1-2-foliati v. rarius sub anthesi 
aphylli; racemus semper simplex. Species Americans. Bot. Mag. t. 3736. Bot. Reg. 1847, 1. 60, eum 
B. hyacinthina, R. Br., e China et, Japonia, columna superne evidentius 2-alata. Blume, Orch. Archip. 
Ind.17,6.6. Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 60 (Cymbidium). |.Bot. Mag. t. 1492 (Cymbidium).  Brgritza, 
Rieichb. f. in Fl. des Ser;cs viii. 246. In B. gracili, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1681; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 
1977, pariter ad Bletillam referenda, columna basi insigniter 2-auriculata, quod etiam in non- 
nullis aliis speciebus plus minus ob tur. T* icr. platyphylla, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 264, 
foliis etsi parvis planis latis venosis bene ad Bletiam (Bletillam) referenda videtur. B. montanam, 
Reiehb. £, pro genere proprio (Octadesmi) habemus. B. aphylla, Nutt., Corallorhize affinis, 
est genus Hezalectris, Rafin. 
45. Cnysis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1937, et 1841, t. 23.—Sepala sequilonga, inter se libera, 
patentia, lateralia postico latiora, basi obliqua columns pedi adnata. Petala sepalo 
postico similia. Labellum pedi column:e affixum eique breviter incumbens, dein erectum ; 
lobi laterales ampli, erecti, medius patens v. reflexus, integer v. 2-lobus ; laminse v. venze 
disci basi ssepius calloss. Columna erecta, incurva, crassa, latiuscule 2-alata, basi in 
pedem producta; clinandrii dentes laterales breves, obtusi, posticus longior. . Anthera 
denti postico affixa, opercularis, i b loculis 2 distinctis imperfecte 2—4-locellatis ; 
pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, obovoidea v. oblonga, cerea, appendieula granulosa ampla 
interdum fere in laminam extensa connexa, paris inferioris cujusve loculi smpius majora 
v; inter se valde inzequalia, paris superioris interd ppendicule adnata (v. vix ab ea 
distincta !) Capsula . . .—Herb:e epiphyticze ; caules carnosuli, basi vaginati, superne 
confertim foliosi, demum (post folia delapsa!) incrassati fusiformes v. longe pseudobul- 
bosi. Folia longi la, venis prominulis. R lateralis, sepius ad axillam folii 
inferioris; flores plures, speciosi, albi v. plus minus flavi. Bractez nunc parve nunc 
foliace:, flore paullo breviores. 
Specios editze 6-8, nonnulle tamen potius varietates, Mexici et Columbiw incole.  Heichb.f. m 
Walp. Ann. vi. 471. Bot. Mag. t. 3017, 4576, 5186, 5265. Lem. Jard. Fleur. t. 121. Fl. des 
Berres, t. 671, 675. 
Lindley 1. c. pollinia superiora cum massa materie viseidule semifusa deseripsit, an in flore adhue 
imperfecto vel monstruoso ? ; in floribus speci 2 a nobis inatis pollinia vidimus omnia 8 
perfecte distineta, etsi in uno flore valde inzequalia. 
46. Blume, Bijdr. 372, t. 92. (Cytheris, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 198.) 
— Sepala gubsequalia, libera, patentia, omnia angusta v. lateralia latiora. Petala sepalo 
