Vandec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDE.E. 539 
postice lato-ovatum, erectum. — Anthera terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, valde convexa, 
i- loeularis v. imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, cerea, lata, profunde sulcata sub-2-loba, 
iculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti brevi plano affixa, glandula sepe majuscula. 
Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris, reflexa.— Herb:e terrestres, rhizomate spe tuberoso- 
incrassato. Caules plurifoliati, breves. — Folia ovato-lanceolata v. elongata, plicato-venosa, 
in petiolum contracta. Seapi e rhizomate erecti, vaginati, simplices, racemo ad apicem 
denso nutante. Flores mediocres, brevissime pedicellati. Bracteze membranaceo- scarios;e, 
lanceolatz v. lineares, flores interdum subcequantes. 
Species enumeratze 9, Indiz orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et Australiwe ineole, plures tamen 
characteribus fere de flore in florem variabilibus distinetm. — Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1854. — Reichb. f. in 
Walp. Ann.vi.631.  Hoxb. Coro. Dl. t. 39, 40 (Limodorum). | Wight, Ic. t. 912. — Bot. Mag. t. 2195. 
Bot. Iteg. t. 619, 1687. 
98. Grammatophyllum, Blume, Bijdr. 917, t. 90 ; Rwmphia, iv. 47, €. 191... (Gabertia, 
Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 420. Pattonia, Wight, Ic. t. 1150.)—Sepala subsqualia, 
libera, patentia. Petalasepalis similia. Labellum'supra basin column: affixum (mobile ?), 
erectum, concavum ; lobi laterales lati li, erecti, col laxe lectentes, medius 
brevis, recurvo-patens, angustus v. dilatatus. Columma erecta, labello paullo brevior, 
sémitores, gubclavata, exalata, apoda; clinandrium obliquum, incurvum. Anthera sub- 
b lata, valde convexa, S IOAIRONS pollinia 2, cerea, 
subglobosa, fere 2- -partita, inapp diculat. anthera dehi igillatim lobis v. cornubus 
glandul:e lunatze v. fere hippocrepidiformis affixa. Capsula oblongo-fusiformis, erostris,— 
Herb:e epiphyticze, validio, caulibus nunc elongatis multifoliatis plus minus carnosis, nunc 
brevius pseudobull ifoliatis. Folia disticha, ssepius longissima, coriacea, venosa. 
| Seapi xdi basin caulis laterales, longi, simplices. Racemus laxe floribundus, floribus longe 
pedicellatis speciosis, nunc magnis carnosisque, nune minoribus tenuioribus. Bractec 
pedicellis multo breviores. 
Species 3 v. 4, peninsule et Arehipelagi Malayani incole, Jieichb. f. in JWalp. Amm. vi. 628; 
Xen. Orch. ii.-16 ; et in Linnea xli. 107. — Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv.7.8,9. Bot. Mag. t. 
5157 (quoad góllinarium erronea). Dot. Heg. 1889, t. 65, 1842, t. 69. Pazt. Mag. Bot. vi. 217, 
cum ic. 
99. Dipodium, A. Br. Prod. 330. (Leopardanthus, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 
47,1. 15. Wailesia, Lindl. im Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 261.)—Sepala sub:equalia, libera, 
patentia. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum erectum, ima basi columnz adnatum 
leviterque gibbum v. brevissime saccatum, medio 3-lobum, lobi laterales angusti v. tri- 
angulares, medius longior, angustus v. , latus, apicem versus facie. smpius pubescens. 
Columna erecta, , non v. aiata, apoda ; clinandrium varie sinuatum 
v. dentatum. | Anthera terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, convexa v. semiglobosa, 2- 
looularis ; pollinia 2, ceres, globosa, sulcata v. 2-partibilia, inappendiculata, anthera 
ti 2 distincti oretgpin pes glandula la, ovata v. rot 
Capsula angusta. —Herb:e bull caulibus basi foliatis v. 
floriferis aphyllis. Folia dum adsint. xim coriacea, vaginis in caule imbricatis v. 
gulariter distichis equit Scapi aphylli, elati, basi vaginis nonnullis imbri- 
catis stipati, v. pedunculi i in coule foliato  Jongi, erecti, Racemi simplices, sepe flori- 
bundi, floribus maj 
Species ad 6, peninsule et Kschipelagi — insularum maris Pacifiei et Australie incolw, 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 186. — Heichh. f. Xen. Orch.ii. 10,2. 107. Sin. Erot, Bot. 1.12 (Dendrobium). 
Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. iii. t. 323, 324 (Grammatophyllum). — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. t. 329. .— Bot. teg. t. 
1980. JPaa!. Mag. Pot. xvi. 321, cum ic. (Waiesia). 
100. Thecostele, Heichb. TE dn Jieiatdo, 1857, 97 ; Xen. Orch. ii. 139, t. 147 ; et in 
Trans, Linn. Soc. xxx. 144, t. 29.—8Sepala qualia, libera, patentia, latiuscula. Petala 
linearia, sepalis equilonga. Labellum basi eum columna in tubum latum — dein 
