Epidendrec.] COLXIX. ORCHIDELJE. 531 
Dot. Heg. t. 17, 1845, t, 4. Maund, Botanist, t. 226. — eichb. f. in. Saund. IMf.. Dot. t, 112; Xen. 
Orch. t. 37. 
h. Strobilifere. Caules swpius diffuse ramosi v. humiles. Spiewe simpliecs laxe paueiflorz v. 
rarius elongate, floribus bracteis latis concavis fere spathiformibus subinelusis. Hue E. razostn et 
E. rigidum, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 132, 134. — Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 314, affinesque plures. 
i. Sessililere. Flores pauci v. solitarii intra braetearum pal 1 bsessil. 
Bütiénlo ad axillam folii summi erecti caulem quasi continuantem &essili. Species paucce, inflores- 
centia Ponere v. Hexisie accedentes inter se habitu divers, includunt E. equitantem, Lindl., caule 
simpliei plano-compresso foliis equitantibus, et E. Zeretez, Reichb. f., affinesque caule ramoso foliis 
subteretibus patentibus. 
k. Nene. Ciules humiles, diffusi, distichophylli. Flores terminales, sepius RA intra 
vaginam latam brevem is spathiformem sessiles v. brevissime pedicellati. ' Columme tubus 
brevis, eli Labellum indivisum, sepalis amplius, Speeies ad 6, 
Andium Ameriee australis et centralis incole. E. Mahewsii, Reichb. f. in Linmwa xli. 81 
affinesque. 
Nanonzs, Lindl. Dot. Heg. t. 1541, species typica, parviflora, Surinamensis Lu insule Trinitatis 
eum altera grandiflora N. Meduse, Reichb. f. ; Bot. Mag. t. 0723, ab Zuepidendris Nanis distingui 
foliis confertioribus floribus interdum geminis arcte sessilibus et polliniorum appendieulis squamee a 
rostello solute affixis. Hic character tamen ulterius scrutandus est, in flore unico vix perfecte JN. 
discoleris a nobis examinato non vidimus, nec in analysi Foctei in herb. Lindl.delineatur. Deseriptio 
IN. Meduse in Bot. Mag. l.c., evidenter ad ieonem instructa est. 
5. ? Psilanthemum. Caules foliati, in pseudobulbum fusiformem inerassati. Scapi floridi aphylli, 
ample paniculati, e rhizomate oriundi, ramis laxe racemiferis. Columna usque ad apieem cum labelli 
ungue in tubum tenuem sepius incurvum connata; elinandrium postice ample membranaceum. 
Anthera in fundo clinandrii suberecta, mox ineumbens, ultra loeulos 2 dissitos breviter acuminata ; 
pollinia 4, sub-2-seriata, dura, acuta, subfaleata, a latere p fere 3-quetra, appendieula 
granulosa per paria eonnexa. Species l (v. 2?) Columbiz et Americe australis incole, E. Stam- 
fordianum, Batem. Oreh. Mex. et Guatem. t. 11; Bot. Mag. t. 4759 (£. basilare, Link Kl. et Otto, 
Ie. Pl. Rar. t. 40... E. cycnostaliz, Reiehb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 731). Flores iis Epideidrorum 
nonnullorum simillimi, sed character vegetationis et pollinia forte genus proprium indicant. 
81. Broughtonia, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 9, v. 217.—8Sepala :equalia, libera, 
subpatentia. Petala sepalis ampliora. Labellum ad Jahn columnze sessile,ab ea liberum 
v. vix brevissime adnatum, erectum, latum ; lobi laterales lati, basi columnam amplec- 
tentes, medius latus, patens, sepe Wishcontus Columna sepalis pluries brevior, erecta, 
late 2-alata ; clinandrii dentes breves. Anthera terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, convexa, 
distincte 2-locularis, loculis septo longitudinali perfecte 2-locellatis; pollinia 4, cerea, per 
paria in loculis segregata, ovata, qualia, a latere parellele compressa, appendicula granu- 
loso-viscosa a basi marginibus applicita connexa. Ovarium in collum cavum (calcar adnatum, 
R. Br.; cuniculum, Lindl.) longe productum. Capsula ovoidea, collo ovarii rostrata.—Herb:e 
epiphytiese, pseudobulbis ovoideis v. globosis vaginis paucis obtectis apice 1-2-foliatis. 
Folia coriacea v. carnosa, oblonga v. elongata. Pedunculi terminales, vaginis appressis 
dissitis. Racemus laxus, simplex v. parce ramosus. Flores mediocres v. majusculi, 
breviter pedicellati. Bractes parvze, squamiformes. À 
Species 3 v. 4, Indis oecidentalis incole. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 118. — Bot. Mag. t. 3076, 3536. 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. Ba 793. Henfr. Gard. Mag. iii. 201, ic. in. Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 172 repetita, 
Genusa R hio cum Epidendro jungitur. 
82. cattleya, Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 33 ad 97; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 116.— Sepala libera, 
subsqualia, patentia v. rarius conniventia. Petala sepalis latiora v. rarius similia. 
Eabellum basi calum affixum (excepta C. bicolore), liberum, erectum ; lobi laterales lati, 
v. tes, medius. patens polymorphus, a literalibus bene 
distinetus v. cum iis i Columna 1 valida, it exalata, ssepius 
incurva ; clinandrium obliquum, Reptibns B lobis 3 smpius prominentibus obtusis. 
Anthera t i p is, b v- semi-globosus, distincte 2-loeu- 
