568 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Vandee. 
postieum liberum, lateralia ima basi sub labello in saccum brevem connata. Petala sepalo 
postico similia nisi latiora.. Labellum basi columnze affixum, ungue sepalis parum breviore, 
lobi laterales intra marginem unguis angusti, medius maximus expansus, sepalis 2-3-plo 
longior, late 2-lobus, discus basi 9-callosus. Columna brevis, erecta, crassa, antice con- 
cava, exalata, apoda; clinandri breve, tr ium.  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, 
incumbens, semiglobosa, 1-locularis v. imperfecte 2-locularis, antice breviter productus ; 
pollinia 2, cerea, obovoid bglobosa, inappendieulata, anthera dehiscente stipiti 
loriformi affixa, glandula squamiformi. Capsula oblonga v. ovoidea, erostris v. in 
rostrum breve producta.—Herb:e epiphytiez, caulibus foliatis brevissimis non pseudo- 
bulbosis. Folia pauca, angusta, coriacea, vaginis persistentibus distiche imbricatis. 
Pedunculi 1-3, laterales v. subterminales, elongati, tenues, rigidi, paucivaginati. Racemi 
graciles, laxi, simplices v. paniculat si. Flores medi v. el , longi 1 
pedicellati. Bracteze minimse, 
Species enumeratze ad 10, nonnulli tamen ad varietates 7. pulchelle reducends, Americz tropicee 
à Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexicum incole. Lindl. Gem. et Sp. Orch. 193; Fol. 
Orch. 1852; Collect, Bot. 1. 39 A. Tteichb, f. in Walp. Aun. vi. 683, et in. Linnea xli. 68. Bot. 
Mag. t. 6941. | Bot, Reg. t. 1904. 
170. Cryptarrhena, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 153. (Orchidofunckia, A. Rich. im Amm. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii. 24, et. eo teste Clynhymenia, A4. Rich. in. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Par. 
1844.)—Sepala subzequalia, libera, patentia, acuta. Petala sepalis subzequalia at latiora. 
Labelum cum basi columns continuum, patens, ungue longo supra carinato-cristato ; 
lobi laterales ad apicem unguis. angusti, patentes v. recuryi; medius brevior, latior, 
2-4-fidus. Columma brevis, superne incrassata, exalata, apoda; clinandrium valde 
levatum, obliq: v. fere llatum, margine denticulat Anthera intra clinan- 
drium opercularis, incumbens, convexa, breviter acuminata, 1- (v. 2- ) locularis ; pollinia 
(ex ic. Rich.) 4, cerea, per paria facie plana sibimet i bentia, inappendiculata ; 
anthera dehiscente apici parum dilatato stipitis linearis affixa, glandula parva. | Capsula 
ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris.— Herbze epiphyticze, humiles, caulibus foliatis brevissimis non 
pseudobulbosis. Folia plura, conferta, membranaceo-coriacea, vaginis coriaceis distiche 
imbricatis. Pedunculi axillares, erecti, foliis longiores, simplices. Flores parvuli, laxe 
racemosi. Bractez anguste, pedicellos subzequantes, x 
Species 2, altera per Indiam occidentalem et Ameri tralem et occidentalem usque ad Guay- 
aquil extensa, altera Surinamensis. —.Zeichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 697. 
C. pallidiflora, Reichb. f, omnino eadem videtur ac species typiea, C. lunata, Br. ; pollinarii 
appendices a Reichb. f. descripte verisimiliter monstruos erant, in icone Riehardiana in herb. 
Lindl servata non apparent. Pollinaria a speeiminibus a nobis examinatis omnia jam delapsa 
fuerunt. 
171. Ornithocephatlus, JJook. Exot. Fl. t. 127.—Sepala sub:qualia, libera, patentia, 
posticum concavum. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum cum basi columnze continuum, 
Ibsessile; lobi laterales crassi, lati li, medius parvus v. elongatus, smpe inflexus, 
ginibus interdum in dorso laterali d ül Columna brevis, crassiuscula, 
antice concava, exalata, apoda, rostello horizontali longissi 0 ; clinandrium. parum pro- 
minens. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i: bens, imperfecte 2-locularis, ultra loculos 
in appendicem brevem producta; pollinia 4, cerea, inappendieulata, anthera dehi 
per paria apici parum dilatato stipitis longe linearis affixa, glandula ovoidea v. parva. 
Capsula ovoidea v. subglobosa, erostris.—Herbze humiles, epiphytiez. Folia carnosa v. 
coriacea, oblonga v. linearia, vaginis distiche imbricatis carnosis margine. interiore ssepe 
scariosis, post laminam delap smpe i tis vix tamen pseudobulbosis. Pedunculi 
axillares, simplices. Flores sspius parvi, in racemo dissiti, Bractez distichz, in rhachi 
ssepe flexuosa rigidulw, persistentes, patentes, fere dentiformes. 
Species ad 20, Americz tropiez a Brasilia usque ad Mexieum incole. —Heichb. JF. in Walp. Aun. 
vi. 492; Otia Hamb. 88; et in Linnea xli. 33, 106. ' 
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