Vandec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 585 
elongatis floribundis, labelli caleare extremitate clavato v. late saccato. Pollinarii stipites basi 
filiformes apice tamen haud raro clavati v. fere eupulati. Hue pertinent 4ngrecum caulescens, Thou. 
Orch. Iles Afr. t. 75, Hook. Journ. Bot. i. t. 117, speciesque ad 6 imprimis tropic. 
Angrecum pellucidum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 2, his habitu et pollinarii stipitibus affine, differt. 
calcare aeuto. 
Pectinaria sectio facile pro genere distincto habenda, species 2 continet parvas, caule tenero, foliis 
numerosis insigniter distichis parvulis, floribus lateralibus sepius solitariis subsessilibus, labelli 
calcare longo tenui, lobis lateralibus quam in speciebus typieis magis evolutis, pollinarii stipitibus 
brevissimis v. ad filum elastice extensivum reductis, polliniis specie in glandula squamiformi 
subsessilibus. Hue pertinent 4ngrecum distichum, Lindl, Bot. Reg. t. 1781, Bot. Mag. t. 4145, e 
Sierra Leone, et 4. pectinatum, Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 51, A. Rich. Oreh. Iles Fr. et Bourb. t. 10, 
f. 5, Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 47, t. 116, e Madagascaria. 
907. Dendrophylax, Reichb. f. i» Walp. Aun. vi. 903.— Sepala subzqualia, libera, 
patentia. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum ad basin columns sessile, basi in calcar 
longum os versus dilatatum productum, cum columna continuum, erectum, basi concavum ; 
lobi laterales breves, patentes, medius late 2-lobus, lobis divaricatis dente ssepe interjecto. 
Columna brevissima, lata, sub-2-alata, apoda ; clinandrium parum prominulum, truncatum. 
Anthera inali percularis, i b convexa, breviter acuminata v. mutica, 
2.locularis; pollinia 2, globosa, cerea, suleata, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente 
stipitibus 2 distinctis planis oblongis v. cuneatis affixa, glandula squamiformi unica 
v. 2-partibili. — Capsula oblonga v. elongata, erostris, angulata.— Herb: epiphyticze 
aphylle, radicibus dense f. iculatis, pseudobulbo mullo. Scapi tenues, simplices, 
vaginis is dissitis. Flores in scapo solitarii v. pauci racemosi, maximi mediocres 
v. parvuli. Bractesz parve. 
Species 3, Indie occidentalis incole. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, l. c. (Dendrophylaw), et 902 
(Aeranthi aphylli grandiflori), Bot. Mag. t. 4295 (Angrecum). 
ssepius integer. Columna brevissima, exalata, apoda; clinandrium parum prominens, 
truncatum.  Anthera inalis, opercularis, i b convexa, erostris v. breviter 
acuminata, 2-locularis; pollinia 2, globosa, cerea, inapp dieulata, anthera dehi t 
stipitibus 2. brevibus filiformibus v. ad fila elastice extensiva reductis affixa, glandula 
squamiformi unica v. 2-partita. Capsula parva, ovoidea v. anguste oblonga, erostris, 
costis acutis angulata.—Herb:e epiphytiez, caulibus nune foliatis nunc rarius aphyllis, 
non pseudobulbosi dieibus fascieulatis v. sparsis. Folia disticha, ssepe dissita, oblonga 
linearia v. teretia. Flores minuti, in spicis lateralibus tenuibus brevibusque dense 
conferti, rarius in spicis laxioribus longioribusque alterni, sspe distichi. Bractes parvse, 
persistentes. 
Species ad 15, Ameries tropieze a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexieum incole, a 
Lindleyo sub Angreco v. a. Reichb. f. sub Aerantho enumerate. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1712 (Rabitatione 
falsa) et 1840 sub t. 68. Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 901 ; Otia Hainb. 10,91 ; in Flora 1866, 279 ; et 
in Linnza xli. 31. 
909. Cirrheea, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 930 ; Gen. et Sp. Orch. 141. (Scleropteris, 
Scheidw. in Allgem. Gartenz. 1839, 407.)—Sepala libera, subsqualia, patentissima v. 
reflexa, angusta. Petala sepalis sepius minora, magis colorata. Labellum cum basi 
column: continuum, ungue longo patente dein ascendente ; lobi laterales ad apicem 
unguis longi, angusti, reflexi v. recurvi, medius brevior, patens, basi sepius eolumnze 
contiguus. Columna erecta, it a basi att ia, incurvo-i ia v. clavata, 
