Epidendree.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEX. 515 
postico subsimilia. Labellum ad basin column:e sessile, breviter calcaratum, erectum, 
ovatum obovat v. oblong lobis lateralibus angustis erectis v. obsoletis, medio 
patente ; discus sepe 2-3-lamellatus. Columna erecta, longiuscula, 2-alata, apoda, vertice 
in elinandrium latiusculum producta. Anthera opercularis, apice sspe breviter 2-loba, 
loculis 2 bene distinctis; pollinia 8, cerea, in quoque loculo 4, compressa, parallela, 2- 
seriata, appendiculie lineari sursum adnata, superiora spe minora. Capsula reflexa, 
oblonga, erostris, costis prominulis.—Herb:e terrestres, repentes. Folia solitaria, ovato- 
lanceolata v. cordata, membranacea, petiolo longi lo medio articulato v. potius 
pseudobulb petiolif: termi i Scapus in vagina scariosa cum petiolo 
inclusus, specie inalis revera e rhi: ie seu caudice distincto oriundus, simplex, 
plurivaginat Flores medi , laxe v. dense racemosi. 
Species 4, Indice orientalis, Chine australis et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Blume, Orch. Archip. 
Ind. 170, t. 61 et 64 F.. De Vriese, Illustr. Orch, cum t, 1, Reichb, f. Xen. Orch, t, 88. .Bot. Mag. t. 
5332, 5390. 2 
47. "Tainia, Blume, Bijdr. 954. (Mitopetalum, Blume, Prof. Fl. Jav. 8, et Orch. Archip. 
Ind. 107,1.00,01, 54. Ania, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 129.)—Sepala subsequilonga, erecto- 
patentia, posticum liberum, lateralia basi cum pede column: breviter adnata. Petala 
sepalo postico similia v. angustiora. Labellum ad apicem pedis columnze affixum, erectum, 
basi in gibbum v. calcar breve productum, lobis lateralibus erectis parallelis v. l 
pl. ibus, int dio patente brevi lato integro.  Columma longiuscula, leviter 
incurva, antice concava, anguste 2-alata; clinandri valde obliq , edentat 
Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i b valde convexa, ssepius didyma 2-cornuta v. 
2-cucullata, distincte 2-locularis, loculis septo imperfecto cruciatim 4-locellatis ; pollinia 
8, in quoque loculo 4, distincta, cerea, ovata, parallele compressa, 2-seriata, visco granu- 
loso laminiformi v. lineariconnexa. Capsula . . .— Caules steriles e rhizomate basi pluri- 
vaginati, demum in pseudobulbum incrassati, folio unico terminali amplo longe petiolato. 
Scapi floridi pariter rhizomati affixi, elati, aphylli, basi paucivaginati, racemo terminali 
simplici. Flores pedicellati. sparsi, majusculi v. di , sepalis petalisque angustis 
iiusculis v. longe inati 
Species 6—7, Indis orientalis, Chinze australis et Archipelagi Malayani incole. AReichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. vi. 269, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 148 (Eria). Bot. Mag. t. 4669 (Calanthe). Breda, Orch. 
Kul et. Hass. cum ic. 11 (Octomeria paucifolia, in icone). — Wight, Ic. t. 914. 
Genus Erie, quocum junxit Reichenbach f. certe affine, sed columna elongata et habitu nobis 
bene distinctum videtur et Bletieis afünius. 4mia angustifolia, Lindl, e Silhet et Hong Kong, a 
Reichenbachio ad PacAy (Apaturiam) relata, est ex speciminibus nostris certe Tuinie species. 
Species 2 Zeylanicas (Tw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 301; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 8) examinare non 
potuimus; 7. speciosa, Bl., ab omnibus differt sepalis p lisque longissimis sut datis, 
48. Anthogonium, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 341 ; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 425.—8Sepala 
in tubum tenuiter cylindraceum basi supra ovarium breviter productum alte coalita ; limbus 
ineurvus, lobo postico concavo fornicato, lateralibus latis falcatis. Petala linearia, sepalis 
sequilonga, in ungues longos intra calycem liberos contracta. Labellum basi cum columna 
connatum, superne eam involvens, apice liberum, patens, dilatatund, ine sinuat 
sepalis squilongum. Columna elongata, tenuis, semiteres, apoda, superne anguste 2- 
alata ; clinandrium breve, dente postico parum prominente, anticis obtusis cum column: 
alis continuis. Anthera inalis, opercularis, i b parum convexa, 2-locularis ; 
pollinia 4, in quoque loculo 2, cerea, ovata, a latere compressiuscula, omnia parallela, in 
quoque loculo appendieula granulosa conmexa. Capsula angusta, erostris.—Herba. 
(epiphytica?), caulibus foliatis brevibus basi in pseudobulbos breves i tis. Folia 
-3, angusta, graminea v. paullo latiora et plicato-venosa, basi in petiolum contracta. 
Scapi ad latera pseudobulbi simplices, erecti, aphylli, paucivaginati. Racemus tenuis, 
laxus, floribus mediocribus tenuibus dissitis breviter pedicellatis. Bracte:se parve. 
Species 1, Himalay:e orientalis et Burmze incola. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 471. — Griff. Ic. Pl. 
45.1. 345. Genus a emteris Bletieis differt polliniis 4 tantum l-seriatis, sed habitu et patria his 
potius quam Zuepidendreis referendum videtur. 
