Vandec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEZE. 537 
laxe amplectentes, medius patens v. recuryus, indivisus, disco varie 2-lamellato. Columna 
longiuscula, semiteres, curvula, exalata v. anguste 2-alata, apoda; clinandrium parum 
prominulum, truncatum y. obliquum. — Anthera terminalis, opercularis, ineumbens, valde 
convexa v. late semiglobosa, l-loeularis v. imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, late sub- 
globosa, cerea, profunde sulcata v. e duobus sibimet arcte applieitis uno minore conflata, 
in anthera collateraliter contigua, appendicula parva transversa v. divaricato-2-lamellata 
connexa, anthera dehiscent diante appendieula glandule squamiformi transverse 
affixa. Capsula oblonga, sspe majuseula, interdum breviter rostrata.— Herb epiphytiem, 
caulibus foliatis abbreviatis cum foliorum basibus plus minus in pseudobulbum incrassatis. 
Folia sspe longissima, coriacea, venis elevatis pereursa, v. breviora magis carnosa 
levioraque, vaginze basi dilatatz: in caule imbricatw, vetustiores szepe ad fibras diu per- 
sistentes reducto. Pedunculi v. scapi inter folia v. ad basin caulis oriundi, longi, simplices 
v. rarissime ramosi, basi vaginis laxis interdum fere in folia brevia productis stipati. Flores 
majuseuli, laxe racemosi, breviter pedicellati, racemis haud raro elongatis pendulisque. 
Bracte: breves. 
Species ad 30, pro maxima parte Indie orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et. Chin ineolie, eum. 
speeiebus 2 Africanis, 3 Australianis, 1 Novo-Caledonica et 1 Japonica. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 
101, quoad. sect. Eucymbidium; Sert. Orch. t. 4... Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 622 (eacl. sp. paucis) ; 
in Flora 1860, 188; 1872, 274; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144. Sm. Spicil. Bot. t. 24 (Epi- 
dendrum). .Hoxb. Corom. Pl. t. 44 (Epidendrum). Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 216 et 344 (Epidendrum). 
Wight 1c. t. 1687-88, 1703. .Miq. Choia: Pl. Jard. Buitenz. t. 19. — Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 321. . Hook. 
Kot. Fl. t. 91. Bot. Mag. 1. 387, 888 (Epidendrwm), 1751, 4844, 4907, 5126, 5457, 5574, 5710, 
5801. Bot. Heg.1. 029, 1976 ; 1840, 4. 25; 1841, t, 38; 1844, t. 24; 1847, t. 67. Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 37. 
C. tabulare, Sw., et. C. aculeatuin, Sw., ex Africa australi, a Harveyo rite ad Eulophiam referentur. 
C. Sandersonii, Harv., tamen eum specie affini ex Afriea tropica vera Cyinbidia videntur, etsi ab 
Asiatieis different seapo ramoso. €. Huftoni, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 0676, cujus specimina non vidimus, 
ex ie. et deser. charaet omnino G; is nec. Cyibidii offert, sed e Java. nee e Madagasearia 
introducta dieitur. T : 
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93. Ansermia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, sub t. 12, 1846, t. 30.— Sepala subiequalia, libera, 
patentia. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum ad apicem pedis columm:e sessile, erectum ; 
lobi laterales lati, erecti, paralleli ; medius patens, &o-rotundatus ; discus 2-lamellat 
. Columna erecta, lobis lateralibus labelli il leviter incurva, semiteres, marginibus 
aeutis, exalata, basi in pedem brevem latum concavum 2-lobum producta ; clinandrium 
parum prominens, integrum.  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, convero, 
appendice obtuse conica eoronata, imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollihia 2,  éfea, ovato- tun- 
data, 9-loba v. 2-partibilia, in'anthera collateraliter contigua, app dicula parva [p 
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affixa. Capsula oblonga, erostris.—Herbs epiphytice, caule elato carnoso-incrassato 
folioso. Folia disticha, longa, plieato-venosa. Pedunculi terminales, ramosi, Flores 
secus ramos panieulr amplre laxe racemosi, speciosi, pedicellati. Bracterm parvze. 
Species v. varietates insignes 3-4, quoad labelli lamellas magnitudinem florum etc. valde varia- 
biles, per Afrieam tropieam late disperse, una usque ad regionem Natalensem Africz australis 
extensa, | ZeicAb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 627...Bof. Mag. t. 4965, . eg, Gartenfl. t, 9. 
94. Grammangis, Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. ii. 17.—8Sepala sub:equalia, posticum subforni- 
catum, lateralia patentia, libera v. basi brevissime in gibbum didymum connata, omnia 
carnosula. Petala multo breviora tenuioraque, lata, obliqua. Labellum basi columna» 
affixum, erectum, sepalis multo brevius ; lobi laterales lati erecti, medius brevis, subpatens ; 
diseus lamellatus v. cristatus. Columma erecta, leviter incurva, 2-alata, apoda ; clinan- 
drium obliquum, incurvum. — Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i Ibens, valde convexa, 
dorso (an semper?) app diculata, imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, late subglobosa, 
suleata, in anthera collateraliter contigua (appendicula parva eonnexa 1), anthera dehis- 
