Epidendrec.] OLXIX. ORCHIDEJZE. 523 
et rostello sepe affixa, — Capsula oblongo-fusiformis, erostris, costis parum. prominulis.— 
Herbe epiphyticz, caulibus foliatis basi vaginatis carnoso-incrassatis. Folia angusta, 
tenuiter coriacea, vaginis appressis. Panicula terminalis, tenuis at rigidula, floribus secus 
ramos confertim racemosis parvis breviter pedicellatis. Bracteze minime. 
Species 3, una Brasiliensis (Epidendrum  zridactyla, Lindl), altera Peruviana (E. anicranthum, 
'Hook.), tertia Boliviana. Heichb. Jf. in Walp. Ann. vi. 485 ; in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 101 ; et Xen. Orch. 
ii. 92. Pollinia in 4. micrantho omnino blostomatis vidimus, ovoidea, in locellis 4 antheree reni- 
formis distineta, inappendieulata, visco parco extensivo connexa. 
65. Seraphyta, Fisch. et Mey. i» Bull. Seient. Acad. Se. Peterab. vii. (1840) 25.— 
Sepala subzequalia, libera, acuta, subpatentia. Petala anguste linearia, sepalis zqui- 
longa, patentia. Labelli unguis columnze squilongus, quacum in urceolum connatus ; 
lamina late ovata, indivisa, patens ; discus ad os urceoli callosus. Columna brevis, alis 
cum labelli ungue urceolum formantibus, czeterum apoda ; clinandrium breve, lobis latera- 
libus rotundatis, postico obsoleto. Anthera inter lobos laterales terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, subglobosa, dorso crasse carnosa quasi appendiculata, antice 2-locularis, 
loculis 2-locellatis ; pollinia 4, cerea, ovoideo-globosa, distincta, inappendiculata, anthera 
dehiscente per paria visco sat copioso in fila 2 elastice extensivo connexa, sspeque ros- 
tello affixa. Capsula ovoidea, acuminata, subrostrata, costis parum prominulis.—Herba 
epiphytica, caulibus foliatis basi vaginatis vix carnosis. Folia coriacea, oblonga v. latius- 
cula, vaginis arcte appressis. Panicula terminalis, laxe iterque ramosa, floribus 
parvulis secus ramos laxe racemosis pedicellatis. Bractese parvae. 
Species 1, Indiw occidentalis. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 846. Bot. Mag. t. 3565 (Epidendrum 
diffusum). 
Genus Aimnblostomati valde affine, nec differre videtur nisi labelli et anthere forma. 
66. Diothonea, Lindl. in, Hook. Jowrn. Bot. i. 12. (Gastropodium, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. 
Hist. ser. i. xv. 107.)—8epala subsequali patentia, 1 lata, posticum liberum, lateralia 
basi leviter obliqua, cum pede v. basi columnae mentum breve formantia. Petala sepalis 
subsimilia. Labellum basi cum columna in cyathum latum apertum v. antice saccatum 
connatum ; lobi laterales ad marginem cyathi breves, erecti, medius basi sigmoideo- 
inflexus v. subrectus, dein patens, ample obovatus, sepalis longior, integer v. obscure 
lobatus. Columma brevis, usque ad apicem marginibus membranaceis cum labelli basi in 
cyathum connata v. supra cyathum brevissime lateque erecta, basi in pedem brevem nunc 
obseurum eum cyatho continuum producta ; clinandrium promi t 
obliquum, integrum. Anthera intra marginem clinandrii affixa, opercularis, incumbens, 
subreniformis, leviter convexa, discrete 2-locularis, loculis septo longitudinali vix perfecto 
2-locellatis ; pollinia 4, cerea, ovoidea, vix comp 1-seriata, inappendiculata, libera v. 
apicibus visco parco in filum extensivo cohzrentia. Capsula . . .—Herbme epiphyticz, 
non pseudobulbosc, ssepe ramosee, foliosce, ramis vaginis rigidulis obtectis. Folia coriacea, 
angusta v. ovata, cum vagina articulata. Flores mediocres v. majuseuli, in racemo laxo 
terminali sepius recurvo longiuscule pedicellati. Bractez parve, lineares. 
Pare 4, Andium Columbie et Peruviw incole. |Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 446, et in Linea 
i. 39. i 
HxwrscumRrA, Lind! Fol. Orch. 1853, habitu eharacteribusque omnino Diothonee, & D. lloensi 
differt floribus minoribus, et columna supra cyathum brevissime produeta, Anthera et pollinia ad 
amussim conveniunt. : 
67. Stenoglossum, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. ct Sp. i. 955, t. 87.—Sepala subequalia, 
erecto-patentia, angusta, posticum liberum, lateralia basi leviter obliqua, cum pede 
columnz mentum breve formantia. Petala sepalis similia v. angustiora. Labellum basi 
cum columna in cyathum latum apertum connatum, lobi laterales a marginibus sinuatis 
cyathi non distincti, medius patens, anguste linearis, integer. Columna brevis, usque ad 
apicem ginib t is cum labelli basi in cyathum connata, basi in pedem 
