Vandea.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 541 
ex orbe vetere distinguitur, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 72, et in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 129. — eichb. f. 
in Walp. Ann. vi. 637 ; Xen. Orch.1. 207 ; Otia Hamb. 60, 110; in Bonpl. 1857, 39; in Flora, 1865, 
185; eí in Linnea xli.73. Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 20 (Dendrobium). Wight, Ic. t. 1678, 1679. 
Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 116 ad. 179. Bot. Mag. t. 3107, 4161, 0586. — ot. Iteg. (. 801. Lodd. Dot. 
Cab. t. 458 (Dendrobiumys FL. des Serres, t. 1521. Saund. Ref. Bot. d 80, 81. 
Pollinarii stipes scpe I in ibus siceis difficili dumque deesse 
videtur, sed anthera et pollinia epum; omnino Vandearum. 
108. ? P1ocoglottis, Blume, Bijdr. 380; Orch. Archip. Ind. 61, t. 14 ad 16.— Sepala zequi- 
longa, libera v. lateralia basi latiore columnze pedi adnata, mentum breve sspe formantia, 
omnia patentia v. posticum cum petalis sepius angustioribus connivens. Labellum ima 
basi col plicis b connexum breviterque .saccatum, supra saccum 
erectum; lobi laterales parum prominuli, medius interdum demum elastice roflexus. 
Columna erecta, crassa, semiteres, exalata, basi in pedem brevissimum producta; clinan- . 
drium obliquum, dentibus vix prominulis v. obsoletis. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, convexa, distincte 2-. locularis, loculis valde imperfecte 2-locellatis. Pollinia 
4, cerea, ovata, compressiuscula, per paria in loculis segregata et sibimet incumbentia, i in- 
Riocudothei dehisteitt)per-pania stitiitibibiformik Mi ^" 
rostello affixa (absque glandula distincta ? ). Capsula oblonga v. elóigata erostris, costis 
obtuse prominentibus.— Herb:e terrestres, caulibus e rhizomate repente 1—co-foliatis, basi 
leviter incrassatis nec distincte pseudobulbosis. Folia ampla, plicato-venosa. Pedunculi 
v. scapi aphylli, a. basi caulium laterales, longi, erecti, paucivaginati. Racemus simplex, 
floribus mediocribus breviter pedicellatis. Bractee nune minime, squamiformes, nunc 
pedicello sublongiores. 1 
Species ad 8, Archipelagi Malayani ineole. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 182.  Reichb. f. in Walp. 
Ann. vi. 464 ;. Xen. Orch. ii. 7. 154. 
104. Cyrtopodium, FH. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 9, v. 216. (Tylochilus, Nees in. Verh. 
Gartenb. Gesellsch. Berlin, viii. 191, t. 3. Cyrtopera, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 189.)—Sepala 
libera, patentia, subzequalia v. lateralia basi latiora et plus minus in pedem column: 
decurrentia. Petala sepalo postico similia v. paullo latiora brevioraque.  Labellum pedi 
column: affixa ssepiusque breviter adnata, quacum mentum format inter sepala lateralia 
plus minus prominens ; lobi laterales latiusculi, erecti v. demum patentes, medius rotun- 
datus, patens, integer 2-lobus v. crispato-dentatus. ^ Columma erecta, basi in pedem 
mentum formantem producta, semiteres, angulis acts vix alatis ; clinandrium obliquum, 
integrum.  Anthera terminalis, op 1 i dum stipitata, convexa v. 
dorso 1-2-gibba, imperfecte 2-locularis.  Pollinia 2 v. o per paria plus. minus GonDate, 
late ovoidea v. globosa, cerea, in anthera inappendi ,anthera del 
rostelli latze fere membranace: v. in stipitem. brevem crassum productze affixa. Capsula ob- 
longa v. elongata, Teflexa, erostris, costis Rtopina acute prominulis.—Héerbze terrestres, rhizo- 
mate in p caulibus breviter paucifoliatis. Folia longa, 
plicato-venosa, in petiolum contracta. Scapi e rhizomate erecti, elati, aphylli, pluri- 
vaginati. Racemus simplex v. ramosus, floribus mediocribus v. speciosis breviter pedi- 
cellatis. Bracteze lineares v. lanceolatze. 
Species ultra 20, Asis, Africze et Amerieze tropicze et Madagascariz incole. Limdl. Gem. et Sp. 
Orch. 188. Reichb, f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 606, 667 ; Otia Hajnb. 35, 44, 68, 88, 116 ; n Donpl. 1857, 
38 ; in Flora, 1865, 189; 1872, 274, et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144 (Cyrtopodium et Cyrtopera). 
In specie typica, €. Vi psonic Br, in C. punctata ibusq luribus A vix non 
C. Andersonii varietatibus, racemus ramosus et sepala lateralia basi vix dilatata, brevissime tantum 
pedi eclumne adnata. Hue pertinent icones Lind!. Sert. Orch. t. 19. Andr. Bot. Hep. 1. 651 
(Cymbidium). Bot. Mag.t.1800,3507. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 8. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1. 121. Kn. et Westc. 
Yl. Cab. t, 4... Reichb. Iconogr. Eso. t, 214. 
Genus Cyrtopera (Eulophie, sect. Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. 181, t. 62, 63, 66) propositum fuit ad 
species Asiaticas et Africanas rncemo simpliei et sepalis lateralibus plus minus interdum fere ad apicem 
