Epidéidreo.] OLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 585 
70. Scaphyeglottis, Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 08, t. 97 ad 100. (Cladobium, 
Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 446.)—Sepala sub:squilonga, erecta v. subpatentia, 
lateralia postico latiora, basi ssepe in mentum breve cum pede column: connata. Petala 
sepalo postico similia nisi paullo minora. Labellum cum pede column: articulatum v. 
ti basi iract " i bens, dein erectum, apice patens, indivisum v. obscure 
lobatum. .Columma longiuscula, erecta, apice 2-auricul basi in pedem 
brevem sspe membranaceo-dilatatum producta; clinandrium parum prominens, integrum 
v. antice 2-dentatum,  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, 2-locularis; pollinia 
4, cerea, in quoque loculo 2, ovoidea v. globosa, haud p inappendiculata, libera 
v. vix visco parco connexa. Capsula. . .—Herb:z epiphyticse, ramose ; rami novelli 
quotannis ab apice rami annotini solitarii v. gemini basi vaginis paleaceis stipati, apice 
2-foliati, demum. carnoso-incrassati, pseudobulbos lineares v. anguste fusiformes for- 
mantes. Folia angusta nunc linearia, coriacea. Flores inter folia ad basin innovationum 
gemini v. pauci fasciculati, parvi, pedicellis basi braeteatis. 
Species ad 8, Amerieze tropiere à Brasilia usque ad Mexicum incole. Hook. Jc. Pl. t. 313, 317. 
Bot. Mag. t. 4071. Bot. Reg. 1.1901. / Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 200 (Ponera). 
Genus a Reichenbachio in Walp. Ann. vi. 452 ad Poneram. refertur,nobis Heradesiie afünius 
videtur. A. Peppigio eum Dichea. comp a qua distinguitur columna late alata, quod tamen 
in iconibus suis in sola S. parviflora, t. 97, delineatur, et hzc species cum S. pendula, t. 98, ab omnibus 
a nobis visis differre videntur pseudobulbis secus caulem hine inde crassis ovoideis 1—2-phyllis. 
71. Hexadesmia, A. Brongn. in Av. Se. Nat. ser. 2, xvii. 44.—8epala subcequilonga, 
erecta v. subpatentia, posticum liberum, lateralia paullo latiora, basi cum pede columnze 
deorsum in mentum producta. Petala sepalo postico similia v. minora. Labellum eum pede 
i m QR ; 
basi contract b superne patens, indivisum 
v. breviter 2-lobum. Columna longi la, erecta, it apice clavata, exalata, basi in 
pedem defl smpe b dil produeta ; clinandrium. 3-lobum, lobo 
posticoinflexo, lateralibus erectis. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, 2-locularis, 
pollinia 6, cérea, ovoidea, haud compressa, apicibus acutis v. attenuatis visco parco eon- 
nexa, quorum 4 (in quoque loculo 2), collaterali, tertium. cujusve loculi iis superpositum, 
omnia septis imperfectis separata. Capsula parva, ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris.—Herbm». 
epiphyticz, ramos ; rami novelli quotannis ad apicem. rami annotini solitarii v. gemini, 
basi vaginis paleaceis imbricatis stipati, apice 2-foliati, internodio. superiore sub foliis 
sepius elongato carnoso valde i to v. pseudobulb Folia carnosa. Flores inter 
folia ad basin innovationum fasciculati v. breviter denseque racemosi, parvi, bracteis ssepe 
Species 4 v. 5, Mexiei, Ameriez centralis, Indiw occidentalis et Brasiliz. incolie. |. ReicAb. f. in. 
Walp. Ann. vi. 468; Xen. Orch. t. 59 ; Orch. Centr. Amer. 89; et in. Linnea xli. 84. 
Ref. Bot. t. 92, 113. 
79. Octadesmia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 311.— Sepala subcequilonga, sub- 
patentia, posticum angustum liberum, lateralia latiora subfalcata, basi in mentum'parum 
prominulum sub labello connexa. Petala sepalo postico parum latiora. Labellum a basi 
column: suberectum, liberum, oblong! lobis latéralibus parum prominulis, margine 
crenulatum, sepalis subbrevius. Columma longiuscula, leviter incurva, semiteres, exalata; 
clinandrium parum prominens, obscure 3-lobum.  Amnthera terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, semi-globosa, 9-locularis, loculis obscure 2-locellatis. Pollinia 8, in quoque 
- loculo 4, sub-2-seriata, anticis paullo longioribus, apicibus visco parco connexa. Capsula 
oblonga v. elongato-fusiformis, in rostrum bréve contracta, erectiuseula v. nutans.— 
Herb:e epiphyticze, caulibus simplicibus foliatis. "Folia lineari-lanceolata, disticha, rigidula 
nec carnosa. Pedunculus terminalis, simplex'v. parce ramosus, ramis dissite paucifloris. 
Flores medi breviter pedicellati. Bractew breves,'basi vaginantes. 
Species 3, ins. Jamaice et San Domingo incole: 1. O. montana, Benth. (Octomeria serratifolia, 
Hook. Bot. Mag.t. 2823; Teíremiera montana, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 622; Bletia montana, 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 445), foliis pluribus lineari-lanceolatis, racemo plurifloro. 2. O. elata, 
