528 GLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Epidendree. 
£8. Pinelia, Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1893.— Sepala sübsqualia, petaloidea, libera, patula, 
lateralia basi inzequalia. Petala sepalis conformia at minora. Labellum petalis majus, 
indivisum, eum columna continuum eique basi adnatum. Columna nana, rectiuscula, 
fere horizontalis, margine petaloid Anthera col apice adnata, carnosa, 4-locu- 
laris; pollini& 4, oblonga, collateralia, i-seriata, appendiceula laminiformi 2-partita 
colligata.—Herba nana, epiphytica, pseudobulbis apice l-foliatis. Folium carnosum, 
ovato-lanceolatum, ex icone inat ex descripti 3-dentat Ped l 
terminalis, filiformis, 1-florus. 
Species 1, Brasiliensis, non nisi ex icone notisque Pinelianis in herb. Lindl. nobis nota; à Reiehb. 
f, in Walp. Ann. vi. 204, ad Hestrepiam refertur, sed pseudobulbi, Jabellum basi columnze adnatum, 
et pollinia mediante lamina connata omnino Cattleye, abhorrent; planta potius Sophroniti afünis 
videtur, a qua differt polliniis 4 nec 8. 
79. Rartwegia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub t. 1970.—8Sepala sub:quilonga, erecta, conni- 
ventia, postieum liberum, lateralia multo latiora, basi pedi column: adnata, mentum sub 
labello formantia. Petala sepalis minora. Labellum basi ventricosum pedique columnze 
adnatum, ungue lato concavo erecto marginibus columnze alte adnatis ; lamina patens, basi 
contracta, abrupte recurva, dein ascendens, ovata, integra, facie basi transverse callosa. 
Columna supra unguem labelli breviter producta, antice concava, anguste 2-alata, alis 
apice in auriculas rotundatas erectas productis ; clinandrium postice breviter productum. 
Anthera op laris, i b late iglob 2-locularis ; pollinia 4, cerea, late 
ovata, squalia, a latere parallele compressa, l-seriata, in quoque loculo appendicula 
lineari granuloso-viscosa a basi marginibus applieità connexa. Capsula... . —Herba 
epiphytica, caule e rhizomate repente erecto, 1-foliato, supra folium longe scapiformi, 
vaginis pluribus arcte appressis. Folium T il »blong: 
v. fere lineare. lores mediocres, in racemo terminali brevi denso conferti, breviter 
pedicellati, addito interdum racemo altero sessili à terminali distante.. Bractesm parvze, 
arcte approximate. y j 
Species 1, Mexici e& Amerieze contralis incola. Reichh. f. in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 94. 
' Genus Epidendro et Ponere affine. — Habitus Epidendri sect.  Amphiglottis, sed differt labello basi 
saccato intra sepalorum mentum ei Ponere subsimile formante. Habitu a Pouera longe recedit ut 
et labello column:e alte adnato. 
coriace: 
ad apicem ungui labelli adnata, interdum apice libera, semiteres v. rarius 2-alata v. 
9.auriculata ; clinandrium ssepius breve, lobis lateralibus ssepius rotundatis postico 
obsoleto, interdum magis lut H lacero-fimbriatum.  Anthera ter- 
minalis, opereularis, inoumbens, convexa v. semiglobosa, distincte 9-locularis, loculis 
septo longitudinali 2-locellatis ; pollinia 4, cerea, ovata v. lata, zequalia a latere parallele 
compressa, l-seriata, in quoque loculo appendieula granul laminiformi v. 
lineari a basi marginibus applicita connexa. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris v. 
rostrata, costis srpe valde prominentibus angulata v. interdum alata.—Herb:e epiphy- 
tiem, caulibus foliis nunc carnosis v. demum in pseudob Ib i tis, nunc 
tenuioribus interdumque ramosis, Folia coriacea v. rarius graminea. "Pedunculus 
(excepto sect. Psilanthemo) in. caule foliato terminalis, simplex v. paniculato-ramosus. 
Flores mediocres v. speciosi, rarius parvuli, secus rhachin simplicem y. ramos paniculee 
racemosi, breviter pedicellati, bracteis parvis v. angustis, rarius in racemo brevissimo 
sessili conferti, bracteis paleaceis subimbricatis. : 
Species deseriptz ultra 400, per Americam tropieam late disperse usque ad civitates austra- 
liores Ameriere borealis parce extensze, nonnullee tamen ad varietates hortenses reducendz.. Lindl. 
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