Vandec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 983 
203. Angreecum, Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. tab. syst. 2, pro parte.  (Aerobion, Spr. Syst. 
iii. 679.)—Sepala subzequalia, libera, patentia. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum basi 
l affixum, ti ima basi in calear longum nunc longissimum productum ; 
' lobi laterales ad latera calearis parvi v. obsoleti, lamina patens v. erecto-patens, integra 
v. 9-loba. Columna brevissima, lata, facie concava, exalata, apoda ; clinandrium vix 
prominulum, truncatum, integrum.  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, con- 
vexa, antice ssepe producta, vix perfecte 2-locularis ; pollinia 2, cerea, globosa, sulcata, 
stipiti plano v. stipitibus 2 distinctis planis afüxa, glandula squamiformi simplici v. 
duplici. Capsula oblonga v. fusiformis, erostris, erecta v. patens.—Herbre epiphytiere, 
caulibus foliatis elongatis v. brevibus non pseudobulbosis. Folia disticha, coriacea v. 
carnosa, vaginis persistentibus caulem obtegentib Pedunculi laterales, simplices. 
Flores s:pius speciosi nune maximi, racemosi v. rarius subsolitarii. 
Species ad 25, pro maxima parte Afriex tropiez v. australis et insularum Mascarensium incole, 
una tamen ch ibus nullis ialil T da in China et Japonia invenitur. ind]. Gen. 
et Sp. Orch. 245. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 904; Otia Hamb. 68, 77, 111; in Flora, 1865, 189; 
1872, 278 (excl. sp. paucis). Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc, xix. 
Genus a variis auetoribus varie extensum v. reduetum, haud facile characteribus certis a Vanda 
et Saccolabio separatur, sepissime tamen cog. dum ealearelongo tenui. Pollinarium in diversis 
speciebus diversum, in aliis adhue non bene observatum et affinitates incertze remanent. Interea 
tamen sectiones sequentes distinctze videntur et duce priores forte generice separandze :— 
1. Maeroura. Labelli lamina patens, ssepius dilatata; calearlongum, tenue. Pollinia in stipitibus 
2 distinetis planis faciei affixa, glandulis squamiformibus distinetis, Hue pertinent 4. sesquipedale, 
Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 66, 67 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5113; 4. gladiifolium, Thou.l.e. t. 53; Bot. Reg. 1840, 
t. 68; A. funale, Bot. Mag. t. 4295. 
2. Listrostackys. Labelli lamina eum calcare continua, basi ssepius concava in acumen integer- 
rimum desinens. Pollinia in stipitibus 2 distinctis planis apice affixa, glandulis squamiformibus 
distinetis v. in unam connatis, Racemi floribundi, bracteis sepe latis interdum fere foliaeeis. Hue 
pertinent: 4. arcuatum, Lindl.; Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 107; 4. Chailluanum, Bot. Mag. t. 5589; 4. 
gertusum, Paxt.; Bot. Mag. t. 4782, et genus Lisrnosracnvs, Jeeichb. Jf. in Bot. Zeit. 1852, 930; in 
Walp. Ann. vi. 907 ; in Flora, 1865, 189; et in Linnea xli. 75. 
3. Euangrecum. Labelli lamina patens, sepius dilatata. Pollinia ad apicem stipitis plani sepe 
angusti indivisi v. faeile partibilis affixa, glandula unica. Species numerose, plures tamen quoad 
pollinarium adhue imp servate. Thou, Orch. lles Afr. t. 61 ad 65. Bot. Mag. t. 4159, 
4761, 0170, 0624. Bot. Reg. t. 1622, 1841, 0. 35. Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 108. 
Inter Euangreca, A. infundibulare, Lindl., insigne est ealeare longo ad. os late infundibulari ; 4. 
caudatum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1844; Bot. Mag. t. 4370, calcare longissimo undique tenui et columna 
quam in exteris speciebus multo longiore. 4. arzmeniacum, Lindl, floribus parvis. 4. falcatum. 
(Limodorum, Thunb. Ie. Fl. Jap. t. 6; Bot. Reg. t. 283; Bot. Mag. t. 2097; Aerides, Miq. Ann. 
"Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 205) patria (China et Japonia) a ceteris longe distat, nulla specie adhuc in Asia 
tropiea reperta; cL omnino speci ypi ostendit, cáleare longo tenui et floribus 
non minoribus quam in nonnullis Africanis. Hiec species a Franch. et Savat. Enum, PI. Jap. ii. 29, 
ineaute confusa est cum Aeride japonica, Linden, quie vera Aeridis species. 
Species plures, a Thouarsio delineate v. in herbariis servate, adhue minus cognite, dubize 
remanent. 
Axnaxars, Fieichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 190, species ineludit 2 Angolenses ab Euangreco separatas 
ob pollinarii stipitem semi-2-fidum. 
904. Cryptopus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub t. 817. (Beclardia, A. Rich. Orch. Iles Fr. et 
Bourb. 78, t. 11, f. 3.)—Sepala subrequalia, libera, patentia, integerrima. Petala sepalis 
:quilonga sed apice valde dilatata, divaricato-2-4-loba. Labellum ad basin columns 
sessile, patens, basi in calear longum tenue productum ; lobi laterales ad latera calcaris 
patentes, falcati, medius unguiculatus, patens, apice 3-lobus, lobis lateralibus divaricatis 
medio minimo. Columna brevissima, antice sub-2-alata, apoda; clinandrium breve, 
truncatum.  Anthera terminalis, opercularis, i b diu persist valde convexa, 
breviter acuminata, 9-locularis ; pollinia 2, globosa, suleata v. 2-loba, inappendiculata, 
anthera dehiscente stipitibus 2 distinctis brevibus cupulatis aflixa, glandulis 2 squami- 
