Epidendrec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 535 
88. Sophronitis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1129.—Sepala libera, sequalia, plana, pa tentia. 
Petala sepalis similia v. latiora. Labellum ad basin columnse sessile eique breviter 
adnatum, erectum ; lobi laterales lati, iventes, col omnino ltantes, medius 
linguiformis, subrecurvus, integerrimus, acutus, diseus nudus v. prope basin transverse 
cristatus.  Columma brevis, crassiuscula, superne ad latera stigmatis subpetaloideo- 
dilatata ; clinandrium minuté 2-dentat Anthera inalis, opercularis, i b 
convexa, 2-locularis, loculis septo longitudinali perfecte 2-locellatis, locellis septo 
transverso minus perfecte divisis; pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, cerea, 2-seriata, 
parallele compressa, superiora pendula cum inferioribus ascendentibus appendicula 
fere laminiformi connexa.—Herbr epiphytiom, humiles. Pseudobulbi in rhizomate 
conferti, 1-2-foliati. Folia coriacea v. carnosa, complieata, demum explanata, patentia. 
Peduneulus terminalis, brevis, in specie typica racemum brevem pauciflorum ferens, 
bracteis subpedicellis minutis, in cmeteris speciebus 1-florus, bracteis 1-2 minutis ad basin 
pedicelli. Flores speciosi coccinei v. violacei. 
Species 4 v. 5, Brasilienses (e montibus Orgaos). Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 5, f. 2. Itcichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. vi. 465. Bot. Mag. t. 3071, 3109. FI. des Serres, t. 17106. 
Tarsus Il. VANDEJE. 
89. mulophia, R. Br. in Bot. Rej. t. 686. (Orthochilus, Hochst., A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
ii. 284, t. 82.)—Sepala subcequalia, inter se libera, lateralia patentia interdum basi 
colummze adnata. Petala sepalo postico similia v. vix latiora, eum eo patentia v. erecto- 
conniventia. Labellum a basi column:e erectum, supra basin brevissime contractum, 
inter sepala lateralia in gibbum saccum v. ealear productum ; lobi laterales erecti 
columnam amplectentes v. rarius obsoleti, medius patens v. recurvus, sepius latus, 
integer v. 2-lobus ; discus medio. varie cristatus v. lamellatus. Columma brevis, crassa, 
apoda, ssepius 2-alata ; linandrium valde obliq erectum, integrum.  Anthera ter- 
minalis, opereularis, incumbens, semi-globosa, obtuse conica v. acuminata, 2-appendi- 
culata v. interdum 2-cornuta, imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 4, ovoidea, cerea, per paria 
swpius connexa postico minore, inappendiculata, anthera d hiscente stipiti brevi v. rarius 
elongato glandul:e disciformis rostelli annexe. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, rarius elon- 
gata, erostris, pendula, costis promi li i lis.— Herb: t caulibus 
foliatis basi demum in pseudobulbos sepius anguste oblongos v. elongatos incrassatis. 
Folia disticha, sepius angusta, elongata, plicato-venosa.  Seapi v. pedunculi aphylli 
co-vaginati, in speciebus genuinis ad basin caulis foliati laterales, in desciscentibus in 
caule foliato terminales. Racemus simplex v. laxe panieulato-ram sus, Flores di 
y. parvuli, pedicellati, conferti v. dissiti. Practeze membranaceze, longiuseulee v. -. 
Species ad 50, pro maxima parte gerontogec, imprimis Afrieane, tropiee v. australes, plures 
timen ex Asia tropica, 2 Australianm, et una saltem in Brasilia obvia. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 
180. AReichb. f. in Walp. Ann. i. 785, vi. 644 ; Xen. Orch. t. 173, 187 ; Otia Hamb. 60,116 ; in Bonpl. 
1857, 38; in Flora, 1865, 186, ct 1872, 276; et in Bot. Zeit. 1866, 378. Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. 
180 (quoad sect. 1). Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 299. Rozb. Corom. Pl. t. 38 (Limodorum).  Thov. Orch. 
Iles Afr. t. A8 ad AT (Lümodorum). Wight le. t. 913, 1666, 1667. Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Deng.xlv. t. 18. A. Rich. FI. Abyss. ii. 284, 7. 81 (Saccolabium in icone). Bot. Mag. t. 2467, 5561, 
5570, 6246. Bot. Heg. t. 114, 1433, 1821, 1972. Lodd. Bot. Cab.:.818. Mawnd, Botanist, 
t. 112 (Lissochilus). 
In speciebus plerisque, Genuinis, Lindl, seapi floriferi aphylli, simplices; in paucis Austro- 
Africanis, Desciscentibus, Lindl., peduneuli in enule foliato terminales ; in E. Aerbacea affinibusque 
Asintieis petala sepalis latiora et magis colorata affinitatem eum Lissochilo exhibent; in E. caz- 
gestri affinibusque ex India Orientali caules foliati et seapi floriferi non coetanii ; in E. saicrantha 
ex Africa australi, et E. lurida, ex Afriea tropiea, affinibusque paucis, flores parvi, in racemo pani- 
eulato-ramoso. 
In specie Sumatrensi Beceari n. 389, labellum columns brevi adnatum caleare solito multo 
longiore obtuso fere clavato, vix tamen a genere separanda. 
' E. gracilis, Lindl Bot. Reg. 742, ex Africa tropica, postea ab auetore ad Galeandram relata, 
