Epidendrea.] CLXIX. OROHIDEZE. 519 
tatum, integr lentatum v. antice 2-angulat Anthera intra marginem clinandrii 
affixa, subopercularis, i b 2-locularis, loculis basi v. fere undique confluentibus ; 
pollinia 4, cerea, obovata v. oblonga, compressa, per paria in loculis segregata, apice appen- 
dice granulosa polymorpha connexa. Capsula ssepius oblonga, costis acutissimis et plus 
minus in alas expansis.—Herbee epiphytics, cwspitoss v. longe repentes. Pseudobulbi 
secus rhizoma sepius crassi insigniter angulato-costati v. sul ies, apice s:pissi 
9-phylli. Scapi v. peduneuli alii inter folia $erminales basi paucivaginati, alii sub anthesi 
ad basin pseudobulbi longius imbricat aginati, foliis sub pedunculo tardius evolutis, 
rarius ad apicem rhi iis in caulem paucifoliatum abeuntes. Flores majusculi v. spe- 
ciosi, in pedunculo v. scapo solitarii, v. plureslaxe racemosi. Bractew ssepe coriaces v. 
subpetaloidez, decidus v. persistentes. Labelli superficies sepe laminis v. lineis pro- 
minentibus dentatis ciliatisve cristata. 
Species ad 50, per Indiam ori lem et Archipel Mal late disperse, una usque ad 
Chinam australem extensa. ichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 222 (excl. Otochilo et Pholidota) ; in 
Bot. Zeit. 1862, 214, et 1864, 415 ; in Flora, 1872, 271 ; in Bonpl. 1897, 43; in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxx. 146, £. 30; et in Linnea xli. 116. 
Genus naturale, a Lindleyo in sectiones 3 sequentes a nonnullis pro generibus propriis habitus 
divisum, vix tamen ch teribus certis limitande videntur :— 
1. Neogyne. Racemus nutans, floril d Sepala iventia, lateralia basi diserete saceata 
cum labello breviter saecato florem quasi trisaeeatum formantia. Clinandrium latum, d 
margine dentatum et sub-3-lobum. Species 1, Himalaica. Wall. Pl. A5. Rar. t. 38. 
vi. 73, cum ic. Ngoaxwg, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 931. 
2. Pleione. Seapi v. peduneuli per anthesin aphylli v. jam 2-foliati foliis deciduis, 1-fori (raris- 
sime 2-fori?) flore magno.  Braetea sub flore sepius ampla, laxe vaginans. Labellum basi sepius 
breviter saecatum. Sepala lateralia in gibbum. parum prominentem basi connata v. omnino libera. 
Clinandri " gine dentat Sm. Exot, Fl. t. 97 (Epidendrum). Wall. Pl. As. Rar.t. 
53, 54.  Lindl. in Paat. Fl. Gard. t. 39, 51 (Pleione). Bot. Mag. t. 4496, 4691, 5072, 5370, 5674, 
5753, 6388. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 24. Reich. f. Xen. Orch. t. 134,/. 1. PrxrowE, Don, Prod. Fl. 
Nepal. 36. Borsomcms, Zoll. et Mor. Verz. Java Pfl. 89; Reichb. f. in. Walp. Ann. i. 715, fide 
Lindl. 
3. Eucelogyne. Scapi v. peduneuli per anthesin aphylli v. ssepius jam 2-foliati, laxe co-flori v. 
rárius 1-2.flori. Bractez sub floribus dissitee swpiusque deeidum, rarius persistentes. Labellum 
basi vix v. non saecatum. Clinandrium obliquum, integrum v. denticulatum. Speeies numerose, 
per totam aream generis disperse, in series sequentes inter se parum distinetas distribuuntur :— 
a. Normales. A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xv. t. 6. Wight, Ic. t. 1638 ad 1641. Bot. Mag. 
t. 3767, 4645, 4661, 0323, 0462, 5601, 5958. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 29, 51; 1846, £. 69. Reichh. f. Xen. 
Orch. t. 46, 134, f. 2, 168, 180, f. 2. 
b. Filifere. Species pauem petalis angustis nune angustissimis; variant tamen de specie in 
speciem. Mig. Choiz Pl. Buitenz. t 25, f. 1. Bot. Mag. t. 4440,4889. Bot. Heg. t. 868; 1847, t. 
23. Lodd. Bot. Cab. i. 1420.  Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 166. 
e. Prolifere. Species ad 8, Himalaiez et Burmannicz, braeteis vaeuis sub racemo pluribus cori- 
aceis arcte i is diu persi ibus, sub floribus caducissimis. Wall. Pl. 4s. Rar. t. 218. Griff. 
Jc. Pl. 4s. t. 990. Bot. Mag. t. 0001. & 
d. Fleruose. Racemus laxus, rhachi flexuosa, bracteis caducis nec sub racemo imbricatis, superi- 
oribus tamen nonnullis ultra racemum vaeuis imbrieato-convolutis. Labellum quam in ezteris 
Eucalogynis evidentius saccatum. Species 2, Archipelagi Malayani incolie, adhuc non delineatze. 
e. Flaccide. Raeemus recurvus v. pendulus, braeteis omnibus caducissimis v. rarius subpersi 
tentibus. Species ad 5, Malayane v. Indice. Bot. Mag. t. 3318, 4785, 5084, 5494. Je Vriese, 
Illustr. Orch. cum. tab. 1. — Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 81. Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 89, 121. 
y Paat. Mag. 
tel 
58. otochilus, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 30, et in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 173. (Tetrapeltis, 
Wall. in. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 212.)—8epala et petala subsequalia, libera, angusta, 
patentia. Labellum ad basin column:e sessile, basi t lobis lateralibus erectis 
aurieuliformibus, lobo medio elongato linguiformi patente petalis subsimili. Columna 
elongata, erecta, semiteres, exalata, apoda, superne clavata ; clinandrium valde obliquum, 
fere cucullatum. Anthera inalis, opercularis, i 
