542 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Vandee. 
pedis eolumpze adnatis. Wight, 1c, 1. 1690, 1754. —.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal.t.88. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 
104 (Cymbidium). Bot. Mag. t. 6161. Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 41, 42 (Lümodorum). C. Woodfordii 
tamen, ex America tropiea (Bot. Mag. t. 1814, Bot. Reg. t. 1508), charaeteres ostendit Cyrtopere et 
in C. flava, Lindl., ex India orientali, et in C. pl inca, Lindl., e Madag ia, sepala lateralia a 
pede columnze fere omnino libera nee basi dilatata. In his omnibus speciebus racemus simplex, sed 
distinctio inter genera ceterum evanescit. 
C. foliosa, Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 203, ex Africa australi habitu a. Cyrtoperis distinctissima, 
ex icone in herb. Lindl., videtur potius Eulophie species E. cochleari, Lindl., subaffinis. 
105. Govenia, Lindl. in Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1709 ; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 153. (Eucnemis, 
Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 161, ex adnot. in. Herb. Lindl.)—Sepala subequalia, conniventia, 
posticum ineurvo-erectum, lateralia falcata v. decurva, basi cum columnze pede mentum 
breve formantia. Petala sepalo postico similia. —Labellum pedi columnre affixum, articu- 
latum, basi incumbens, concavum, apice patens, indivisum. Columna ineurva, late semi- 
teres, superne v. undique alata, basi in pedem brevem producta ; clinandrium truncatum. 
Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, valde convexa, dorso interdum cristata, 1- 
locularis ; pollinia 4, cerea, late ovata, compressa, per paria sibimet applicita, paribus in 
anthera a latere appositis, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti oblongo v. lato 
aflixa, glandula parva v: dilatata. Capsula oblonga, erostris.—Herb:e terrestres, rhizo- 
mate interdum in pseudobulbos tuberiformes incrassato, caulibus erectis paucifoliatis basi 
vaginis nonnullis stipatis, quarum una s:epe inflato-utriculiformis. Folia ampla, plicato- 
venosa, basi contracta. Racemus in caule foliato terminalis, simplex, peduneulo prope 
basin paucivaginato. Flores medi , conferti v. demum dissiti, brevissime pedicellati. 
Bractem parvie ovatre, v. angustze ovario paullo breviores. 
Species ad 10, Ameriez tropic a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexicum ineolz. 
Ieichh, f. in. Walp. Ann. vi. 656; Orch. Centr. Amer. 9. Bot. Mag. t. 3660, 4151. Bot. Reg. t. 
1795, 1838, t. 13. 
Govenia lümbata, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 628 (Cymbidium limbatum, Lindl), delenda est. 
Deseripta fuit ad specimen in herb. ITook. evidenter ex horto Liverpool, eonstans e folio Oncidii eum 
inflorescentia. Cymbidii, ut bene notavit Reichb. f. 
106. Pteroglossaspis, Reichh. f., Otia Bot. Hamb. 67.-Sepala subrequalia, libera, patentia, 
lateralia basi mentum parum prominulum formantia. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum 
ad basin column:e affixum, sessile, patens, ecalcaratum ; lobi laterales ovato-rotundati, 
patentes, medius major, obtusissimus, integer ; discus cc-seriatim tuberculosus. Columna 
brevissima, lata, basi vix in pedem I producta, lobis 2 calliformibus instructa, 
ad angulos subalata ; clinandrium rotundat parum i Anthera terminalis, 
opercularis, incumbens, 1-locularis; pollinia 2, subglobosa, basi extrorsum perforata, 
inappendieulata, anthera dehiscente stipiti brevi affixa; glandula squamiformis. 
Capsula . . .—Herba (epiphytica?) pseudobulbis demum ovoideo-globosis; caulibus ' 
foliatis brevissimis. Folia 1-2, longa, angusta, plicato-venosa. Scapi e rhizomate elati, 
aphylli, plurivaginati. Flores mediocres, in racemum simplicem densum conferti, pedi- 
cellis brevissimis. Bractes b flores «quantes v. paullo breviores. 
Species 1, Abyssinieca. 
107. zygopetalum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2748.—8Sepala subwqualia, patentia, libera 
v. vix brevissime basi connexa, lateralia pedi brevi column: affixa. Petala sepalis 
similia. Labellum pedi column:  afüxa, cui breviter incumbens mentum breve 
format; lobi laterales nunc parum prominentes patentes, nunc paullo majores 
erecti, col plectentes, medius explanatus, patens, swpius latum interdum 
ovatum ; diseus crista transversa sepius valde prominente carnosa integra v. lobata 
instructus. Columna incurva, semiteres, exalata v. apice breviter 2-alata, basi in pedem 
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