Epidendreq:.] OLXIX. ORCHIDEZE. 533 
integer, basi contractus, Columna erecta, superne v. a basi late 2-alata ; clinandrii lobi 
v. dentes laterales sepe membranacei, postieus parvus. Anthera terminalis, opereularis, 
incumbens, convexa, loculis 2 distinctis septo longitudinali interdum vix p inent 
imperfecte 2-locellatis ; pollinia perfecta 4, cerea, per paria in loculis segregata, parallele 
dien : inib ] 
E , app basi rn pplicitis connexa, additis sepius in quoque 
loculo polliniis 2 parvis v. imperfectis, ab apice appendieularum d lentib Capsula 
oblonga, erostris .— Herbz terrestres v. epiphyticze, rhizomate repente, caulibus foliatis vix 
i iis nec pseudobulbosis. Folia e rhizomate intra vaginas imbrieatas ad. basin scapi 
1-3, linearia, carnosa, semiteretia v. brevissima, crassaque, v. fere subulata graminea. 
Pedunculus terminalis, elongatus, tenuis, rigidus, vaginis membranaceis appressis dissitis. 
Racemus simplex, laxus, floribus mediocribus pedicellatis. Bractez parve. e 
Species ad 6, Ameriem tropies a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem incole. 4. Rich. Fl. 
Cub. i. 83 (Dletia). Bot. Mag. t. 3098 (Brassavola). Hamilt. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. 58, cum dc. 
(Cyrtopodium). 
Genus a Reiehenbachio f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 438 ad. Diefiam reducitur à qua nobis tam habitu 
quam ch ibus distinetissi videtur, et Cattleye Lelieque affinius. 
Txerorzs, Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 11, Bot. Reg. t. 1625, Bot. Mag. t. 3134, est species Brasiliensis 
peduneulo abbreviato laxe paucifloro v. unifloro, floribus quam in eweteris Te/ramicris majoribus, 
labelli lobis 1 libus parvis ieuli ik Pollinia ex charactere Lindleyano 2 magna 
oblonga, 4 superiora parva, in flore examinato ut in icone citata Bot. Mag. inferiora vidimus 4 per- 
fecta oblonga, superiora omnino Tetramiere parva v. imperfecta. In T.teaera, Griseb. (Dletia tenera, 
A. Rich.; 2. Eulophie, Reichb. £2), labelli lobi laterales minimi aurieuliformes omnino Leptotis. 
Bletia pratensis ct DB. Schomburgkii, Reichb. f£. in Walp. Ann. vi. 439, a Teframicra rigida non 
distinguend»e videntur. J.schenina, Reichb. f. l.c. 439, est, Tetramicre speeies distinetissima foliis 
tenuissimis gramineis. 7. platyphylla, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 264, ad ZWetiam referenda videtur. 
T. inontana, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 622, ad genus nostrum ÓOctadesmiam pertinet. 
85. Brassavola, R. Br. in Ait. Hori. Kew. ed. 9, v. 216.— Sepala libera, requalia, 
patentia, linearia v. lineari-lanceolata, scpe longa, i d longe set inat 
. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum ad basin column: sessile, erectum, basi breviter v. 
longiuscule angust j plectens v. involvens, dein abrupte v. rarius gradatim 
expansum in laminam acutam v. acuminatam sepius latam, planam v. rarius basi con- 
cavam v. fere cucullatam. Columna erecta, ungue labelli ssepius brevior, plus minus 2- 
alata ; clinandrii lobi 3, erecti, prominent Ibzequilongi, omnes v. postieus solus apice - 
dentati, Anthera lobo postico clinandrii affixa, opercularis, incumbens, loculis 2 discretis 
septo longitudinali 2-locellatis ; pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, late ovata et parallele com- 
pressa, paris inferioris ascendentia cum paris superioribus descendentibus in quoque Ioculo 
appendieula granulosa lineari v. laminiformi connexa. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, : ovarii 
collo interdum prselongo rostrata.—Herbee epiphyticze, caulibus vix incrassatis, e caudice 
ramoso ascendentibus v. erectis laxe paucivaginatis v. 1-2-foliatis. Folia carnosa sub- 
ieretia v. erasse linearia. Flores speciosi, terminales, nune in ped lo brevi solitarii v. 
gemini, nunc ad apicem pedunculi elongati plures, racemosi, pedicellati. Bractez breves. 
Ovarii eollum interdum ovario ipso pluries longius.  Pollinia seriei superioris sepe 
inferioribus more T'etramicre minores. 
Species ad 20, Ameriez tropiez a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexieum. incole. 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 114, Reielb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 493. (Bletie sp... Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 
140 (Epidendrum). ..Bot. Mag. t. 548. (Epidendrum), 2818, 3229, 3122, 3101, 3782, 4021, 4734. 
Jot, Tieg. t. 1465, 1561, 1914, 1839 , 5, 1840, f. 39. 
Ji. glauca, Lindl., et B. Digbyana, Lindl., tam habitu quam floribus nobis videntur potius Lelie 
species. 
86. meetia, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 115, et im Bot. Reg. 1842, sub t. 02. (Amalias, 
Hoffmans. Preis Verz. Orch. ez. Linnaa, xvi., Littbl. 998.)—Sepala subiequalia, libera, 
patentia. Petala sepalis sepius latiora, interdum longiora. Labellum ad basin columnze 
erectum, ab ea liberum ; lobi laterales lati, columnam involventes ; medius patens, nunc 
