Epidendrea..] | CLXIX. OROHIDEJE. BIZ 
bosis. Folia disticha, angusta, membranacea v. tenuiter coriacea. Flores parvuli, in 
capitulo laxo terminali sessili i breviter pedicellati, bracteis is inter- 
mixti, e quibus tamen semper exserti. 
' Species 2, Archipelagi Malayani et insularum maris Paeifici incole. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 
253. Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. ii. t. 198, et in Linnca xli. 1T. 
Genus Agrostophyllo valde affine, cui adjungitur in Herb. Lindl, bene tamen differe videtur 
eapitulis laxioribus et polliniis 4 nec 8. 
52. Agrostopnyllum, Blwme, Bijdr. 368, t. 53. (Diploconchium, Schau. in. Pl. Meyen. 
498, t. 19 A, ex Reichb. f., char. viz convenit.)—Sepala erecta, conniventia, sequilonga, basi 
connata, lateralia latiora cum pede columm:e sepius mentum breve formantia. Petala sepalis 
tenuiora v. angustiora. Labellum basi column:e v. pedi brevi affixa, a basi subincumbente 
erectum, latiuscul sepalis subzequilong: int v. 9-fidum. Columna semiteres, 
erecta v. incurva, superne incerassata, exalata, basi ssepius in pedem brevem producta ; 
clinandrium obliquum, dorso in lobum brevem productum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, convexa, non acuminata, 2-locularis ; pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, cerea, 
ovoidea, breviter v. vix inata, libera, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente interd 
visco parco connexa (et glandulee parve affixa ? ). Capsula parva, ovoidea v. oblonga, inter 
bracteas persistentes swpius sessilis, erecta.— Herbie epiphytiee, caulibus foliatis cum 
vaginis imbricatis plus minus p que carnos i Folia 
disticha, lato-linearia v. oblonga, tenuiter coriacea, vaginis caulem omnino obtegentibus. 
Racemi brevissimi, plerique 2-flori, issimi, in capitulum terminale sessile erectum. 
v. nutans densissime conferti. Bractec numeros: anguste paleacerm, imbricate, flores 
parvos siepe fere occultantes. 
Species adsunt 5, Indie orientalis et Archipelagi Malayan:e incole. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 248. 
Reichb. f. in. Walp. Aun. vi. 909 ; et in. Seem. Fl. Vit. 296 (quoad A, callosum). Griff. in Calcutta 
Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. t. 19. Wight, Ic. t. 1148 (Appendicula). 
Genus a nonnullis A4ppendicule relatum, nostro sensu toto colo diversum tam column: fabrica 
quam habitu et inflorescentia. 4. aegalurum, Reichb. f. in Seem. Fl. Vit. 296, inflorescentia spici- 
formi elongata, rostello erecto, aliisque notis verisimiliter generis alieni est. 
59. Ceratostylis, Blume, Bijdr. 304, t. 56.—Sepala erecta, iventia, subzequil 
lateralia latiora, basi cum pede column: in mentum calcariforme descendens coalita. 
Petala sepalo postieo angustiora, czeterum similia. Labellum pedi column: affixum, 
ungue longo ineumbente, lamina erecto-patente, crassa, concava, indivisa, sepala non 
excedente. - Columna brevis, exalata, apice in lobos clinandrii 2 longos erectos, basi in 
pedem ssepius longiusculum producta; clinandrii lobus postieus antherifer brevissimus ; 
stigma rostellumque parva. Anthera terminalis, op laris, i bens, eonvexa v. 
semiglobosa, 9-locularis ; pollinia 8, cerea, in quoque loeulo 4, ovoidea, parva, apicibus 
visco parco (v. appendieula parva?) connexa, post anther:we dehiscentiam cum anthera 
decidua, v. liberata rostello adh tia, nec glandule nee stipiti distincto affixa. Cap- 
sula parva, ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris.—Herb:m epiphyticm, humiles. Caules nunc 
cwspitosi, fascieulati, sspe junciformes, basi vaginis scariosis imbricatis stipati, apice 
1-foliati (v. interdum aphylli?), nunc breviter diffusi, ramosi, vaginis membranaceis v. 
scariosis plus minus obtecti, ramulis ad axillas vaginarum apice (more Pleurothallearum) 
l-foliatis. Folia linearia v. anguste oblonga, coriacea v. la, interd Ibtereti 
Flores parvi, pauci v. interdum solitarii, inter bracteas imbricatas paleaceo-scariosas 
capitulum parvum. ad axillam folii sessile formantes, inflorescentia sie revera terminalis 
elsi ob folium ereetum caulem continuum scpe axillaris v. oppositifolia apparet. 
Species note ad 15, Indiw orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et insularum maris Pacifiei incole. 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 230. — Reichb. f. in. Bonplandia, 181, 63; Otia. Hamb. 54; Xen. Orch. t. 
197. Griff. lc. Pl. As. 1. 332 (Vanda, Appendieula in. Notul.). 
. Genus Agrostophyllo affine, habitu. faeile distinetum. Specimina sieeà swpe quoad flores valde 
manca, et structura in perpaucis speciebus rite examinata. 
