580 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. : [Vandec. 
continuum, patens, basi bum v. coni learat calcare intus vaeuo ; lobi laterales 
auriculiformes ad latera calearis erecti, medius patens, integer ; discus ssepius basi lamel- 
latus v. pilosus. Columma brevissima, erassa, apoda, exalata ; clinandrium truncatum, 
antice breviter 2-lobum. v. 2-mucronatum.  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i b 
imperfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, subglobosa, cerea, inappendiculat anthera dehiscent 
stipiti tenui affixa, glandula parva. Capsula oblonga v. fere linearis, crassiuscula, eros- 
iris.—Herbze c pipliytieze, caulibus foliatis non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, coriacea, 
vaginis persistentibus caulem obtegentibus. Pedunculi laterales, rigidi, nunc breves 
simplices, nune elongati, paniculati, ramis brevibus. Flores quam in, Vanda multo 
minores, secus rhachin conferti, breviter pedicellati. .Bractes parvi. - 
Species ad 9, quarum 8 (ex Lindleyo) Indiw Orientalis et Chinee australis incole. JHozb. Corom. 
Pl. t. 48 (Epidendrum). . Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 38 (Vanda).. Bot. Reg. t. 1682 (Saccolabium).. Wight, 
Je. t, 1670 (Vanda) et 6. 1672 (Saccolabium). | Reichb, f. in Flora, 1812, 211 ; Otia Hamb. 16. . His 
addenda videtur species in Africa austro-orientali a. Mellero lecta, 4. papillose et 4. excavate 
evidenter valde affinis. 
Genus naturale etsi. ebaraeteribus floralibus parum. distinetum. Racemi in plerisque speciebus 
in peduneulo brevi simplices, in A. aultiflora tamen sepius paniculati. 4. dentata, LindL, e Sikkim, 
floribus parvis paniculatis primo aspectu Sarcantho paniculato accedit, sed labelli calear intus nudum 
indivisum, 
196. Sarcanthus, Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 99 B; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 233.—Sepala libera, 
.bequalia, patentia, la. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum basi column: 
affixum, continuum (v. ex Lindl. articulatum), patens, basi calcaratum, calcare cylind 
v. obtuse conico intus antice lamina longitudinali semidiviso, postice ad os scepius calloso- 
appendiculato ; lobi laterales ad latera calcaris breves auriculiformes y. obliqui, medius 
ovatus oblongus v. lanceolatus, patens v. inflexus. Columna oblonga, subteres, antice 
concava, exalata, apoda ; clinandrium truncatum, antice 2-angulatum 2-dentatum v. 2- 
cornutum. Anthera terminalis, opereularis, incumbens, convexa, breviter acuminata, 2- 
loeularis; pollinia 4, ovoidea, cerea, per paria sul ia, inappendiculata, anthera 
dehiscente stipiti angusto sspe filiformi affixa, glandula parva. Capsula | erostris, 
ovoidea v. oblonga, patens v. reflexa, rarius longior et erectiuscula.—Herbze epiphytiese, 
caulibus foliatis non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, coriacea v. carnosa, plana v. teretia, 
vaginis persistentibus caulem. obtegentib Pedunculi laterales, seepe tenues, simplices 
v. panieulato-ramosi. Flores parvi, breviter pedicellati, sepe f i tes intus 
purpurascentes. Bracte:s parve. T 
Species ad 15, Indise orientalis, Chine australis et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Bauer, Ill. Orch. 
Gen. t. 9. Reichb. in Walp. Ann. vi. 891; in Saund. Ref. Bot. 1.109 ; in Bonpl. 1857, 40; in Bot. Zeit. 
1857, 159; 1864, 298. Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 6 (Vanda). Hook. Exot. Fl. 1.187 (Vanda) Wight, 
Jc. t, 1741. Bot. Mag. t. 8511, 4639, 5217, 5630. Bot. Reg. t. 220 (Aerides), 616 (Vanda), 1014. 
Saccolabiuim densiflorum, Lindl., a Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 136, ad Sarcanthum relatum, 
lamina longitudinali intra calear carente, ad Cleisostoma transferendum est. 
197. Cleisostoma, Blwme, Bijdr. 969. (Pomatocalpa, Breda, Orch. Kwhl et Hass. 
ex Reichb. f. ; ic. im exempl. nostro deest.)—Sepala' subpatentia, subsqualia, libera v. 
lateralia bàsi column:ze pedi brevi affixa. Petala sepalis similia. ^ Labellum basi columnse 
v. pedi affixa, basi in calcar v. saccum intus longitudi liter indivi sed ore squama 
v. appendicula postica integra v. bifida subelausum productum ; lobi laterales ad latera 
calearis faleati v. angusti, medius brevis sepius latus. Columma brevis, semiteres, 
exalata, basi interdum in pedem brevem producta ; clinandrium breve, truncatum, antice 
9.dentatum v. 2-lobum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i bens, 2-locularis ; pol- 
linia 4, per paria conferta v. concreta, cerea, inappendiculat anthera dehiscent 
stipiti angusto v. spathulato interdum filiformi affixa; glandula squamiformis. Capsula 
angusta, longiuscula v. rarius breviter oblonga, erostris, erecta v. patens, costis promi- 
nulis.—Herbe epiphytiete, caulibus foliatis non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, patentia, 
