572 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Vandec. 
H Bn 
carnosa, Spies laterales, szpius brevissime, floribus parvulis v. mediocri- 
bus. Bractes breves, crassw, subimbricatze. 
Species ad 10, Indis orientalis et Asiz orientalis, ab Archipelago Malayano usque ad Japoniam 
incole. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1853. — Blume, Rumphia, iv. 50, t. 194 e 197 D. — Reichh. f. in Walp. 
nn, vi, 619; Xen. Orch. t. 78; et in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144, 1, 30. Thunb, Ic. Pl. Jap. t. T 
(Epidendrum). Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 12 (Vanda). Wight, Ic. 1. 911 et 1689 (Cymbidium). | Bot. Mag. 
1, 3648 (Cymbidium) et t. 6558. 
181. Cottonia, JVight, Ic. v. 91, t. 1755.— Sepala subzequalia, libera, patentissima. 
Petala sepalis conspicue angustiora. Labellum ad basin column: sessile, patens, ecal- 
caratum, sepalis scepe longius, planum v. concavum ; lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, medius 
bovatus v. angustus, integer ginatus v. bud 2-fidus v. 2-setifer. Columna 
brevis, lata, apoda, exalata ; clinandri breve, obliq ; dentibus obtusis parum pro- 
minentibus. | Anthera csbant opercularis, incumbens, parum convexa, lata, loculis ad 
basin connectivi 2 distinctis ; pollinia 2, ovoideo-globosa, cerea, fere 2-partita, inappendi- 
culata, anthera. dehiscente stipiti longi lo tenui affixa, glandula parva. Capsula 
anguste oblonga v. elongata, erostris, patens v. demum pendula, costis parum prominulis. 
—Herbze 'epiphyticz, caulibus foliatis brevibus non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, in 
una specie longiuscula rigide coriacea, in altera oblonga subfalcata tenuiter coriacea, 
veginis persistentibus caulem brevem obtegentibus. Pedunculi laterales, in una specie 
in altera simplices folia vix b Flores. medi laxe 
racemosi, breviter pedicellati. —Bractes parvze. 
Species 2 v. 3, Indis orientalis incole, inter se liabitu sat dissimilés, altera typiea, C. peduncu- 
laris, Lindl., quam e Zeylania et vieinibus Bombay accepimus, altera pluribus notis bene distincta, 
[42 AEST Lind, a provinciis orientalibus usque ad Chinam australem extenditur, et ab hac vix 
distinguere possumus Luisiazn bicaudatam, Thw. Enum, Pl. Zeyl. 302, e Zeylania.. 
182. Stauropsis, Reichb. f. in "Hamb. Gartenzeil. 1860, 117 ; Xen. Orch. d. 7 (errore 
Stauritis, Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1862, 34.  Fieldia, Gauidich. d Freye. Voy. 
-Bot. 424, t. 36, non Cunn.).—Sepala subsqualia, libera, p "Petala sepalis 
similia. Labellum basi column:e affixum, continuum, patens, concavum, eealcaratum, 
angustum ; lobi laterales breves, medius ongruscütus concavus, apice inflexus. Columna - 
brevis, crassa, exalata, poda; cli t t parum i Anthera 
terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, semiglobosa, imperfecte 9- locülaris ; ; pollinia 2, cerea, 
ovoideo-globosa, sulcata v. 2-partibilia, inappendiculata, anthera dehi te stipiti plano 
affixa, glandula squamiformi. Capsula oblorigo-clavata, erostris, crassiuscula, costis pro- 
minulis.—Herbz» epiphytios, caulibus foliatis non  pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, 
patentia, coriacea, plana. "Pedunculi laterales, racemo nunc brevi simplici floribus paucis 
majusculis, nunc longo laxe ramoso floribus sat numerosis minoribus. 
Species ad 8, Archipelagi Malayani (et Indiz Orientalis?) incole. lume, Rumphia, iv.: 49, t. 
194. Lindl. Bot. Heg.1846, t. 59. Bot. Mag. t. 5189, apud quos auctores sectionem formant 
Vande, Ab'hoc genere tamen differunt sepalis petalisque basi minus angustatis, labello nee saccato 
nec calearato, et Peldia pro genere Den restituitur a Reichb. f in Walp. Ann. vi. 870, Nomen 
Cu 
tamen mutandum fuerit ob genus prius h inter Gesneriaceas, supra, ii. 
1012, si ise a Stauropride, Reichb. £,, distingui Nos ch nullum i; , et specio- 
bus a Rei: idem relatis àddénda videtur T'richoglottis fasciata, Reichb. f. Genus 
esterum Coftonie valde affine, nuperrime a Reiehenbacehio in Gard. Chron. iterum in PAalenopside 
inclusum. 
183. Arachnanthe, Blume, Feumphia, iv. 55, t. 196 et 199 D. (Arachnis, Blume, Bijdr. 
365.)—Sepala libera, patentia, subzequalia, erassiuscula, angusta sepeque undulata v. 
curvula, v. latiora subplana. Petala sepalis similia.  Labellum ad basin column: 
articulatum, breve, erectum v. patens, basi nec saccatum nec calcaratum ; lobi laterales 
erecti v. rarius obsoleti, medius carnosus, polymorphus, dorso ssepe gibbo v. calcare 
brevissimo ineurvo v. recurvo instructus. Columna brevis, crassa, antice concava, basi 
