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apicem in unum postico simile connata. Petala sepalis sequilonga at latiora, plana. 
Labelli unguis cum columnze in l latum t lamina patens, concava, 
angusta, basi lobis lateralibus latiuseulis 2-auriculata, apice 3-fida. Columma supra 
urceolum breviter producta, curvula, subelavata, superne ad latera stigmatis auriculis 
2 falcatis instructa, apoda; clinandrium amplum, membr incurv llat 
Jate 9-lobum ; rostellum terminale, erectum v. antrorsum inclinatum, acutum, latius- 
eulum, dorso concavo antheram fovens. Anthera in fundo clinandrii erecta, semi- 
immersa, rostello applicita, acuminata, 2-locularis; pollinia 2 v. 4 per paria sibimet 
arcte applicita, anguste oblonga, pulposa, i diculata, anthera dehiscent 
stipiti longo filiformi v. superne dilatato affixa, glandula parva oblonga. Capsula par- 
vula, inflato-globosa, in uno specimine 3-valvata.—Herb: epiphytics, tenues, pseudo- 
bulbis carnosis globosis v. ovoideis 1-2-foliatis. Folia angusta, tenuiter coriacea. 
Scapi ad latera pseudobulborum tenues, plices v. superne ramosi, nudi v. vaginis 
paucis parvis instructi. Flores parvi, laxe racemosi. Bractem parve. 
Species 3 y. 4, Burmee et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Reichb, f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 492... Griff. 
Jc, Pl. As. (. 918. Wight, Ic. t. 1748. 
213. Telipogon, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 335, t. 19 (quoad analysin imperfecta). 
(Thelypogon, Spr. Syst. iii. 682.)—Sepala subcwquali libera, patentissi angusta. 
Petala pariter patentissima sed multo latiora, venosa. Labellum sessile, patentissimum, 
indivisum, petalis similli v. paullo latius, rarius minus. Columna brevissima, crassa, 
exalata, apoda, undique v. ad clinandrium longe setosa v. hispida, rostello terminali 
erecto; stigma anticum, horizontale, late concavum ; clinandrium posticum, breve, 
integrum. Anthera erecta, rostello applicata, subdidyma, distincte 2-locularis ; pollinia 
4, cerea, in quoque loculo 2, distincta, oblonga, acuta, cujusve paris swpe inzqualia, 
inappendieulata, anthera dehiscente apici parum dilatato stipitis linearis tenuis aflixa, 
glandula cum apice rostelli uncinata. Capsula ubi nota ovoidea, 3-alata v. acutissime 
S-angulata, breviter rostrata.— Herb epiphyticsw, caulibus foliatis secus rhizoma v. 
di dicantem brevissimis v. ad apicem caudicis longioribus, pseudobulbis nullis 
(in speciminibus visis). Folia disticha, brevia, coriacea v. carnosa. Pedunculi pseudo- 
terminales, longiusculi, erecti, simpli Flores ad apicem pedunculi pauci, laxe race- 
mosi, speciosi. Bractes pedicellis breviores. 
Species deseriptm ultra 40, Andium Colombie et Peruvim ineole, plures tamen inter se vix 
distinetme videntur. Jindl. Gem. Sp. et Orch. 214. Heichb. f. in Walp. Ann. i. 790, iii. 562, vi. 
861; Xen. Orch. i. t. 97; Otia Hamb. 6 ; et in Linnea xli, 3, 27, 69, 104. 
214. Trichoceros, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 397, t. 76.— Sepala sub:equalia, 
libera, patentia. Petala sepalis similia v. latiora. Labellum ad basin columns sessile, 
patens; lobi laterales ad basin patentes v. erecti, oblongi v. lineares, interdum ciliati 
antenniformesque, medius ovatus, petalis subsimilis v. ssepius angustior crassiorque. 
Columna brevissima, crassa, exalata, apoda, rostello erecto terminata ; stigma anticum, 
horizontale, late cavum ; clinandrium posticum, amplum, 2-3-lobum, longe setosum v. 
hispidum.  Anthera dorso rostelli applicita (prope basin affixa?) subdidyma, distincte 
92.]ocularis ; pollinia 4, cerea, in quoque loculo 2, distincta, oblonga, acutiuscula, cujusve 
paris sepe inzquali , inappendiculata, anthera dehiscent apici parum dilatato stipitis 
linearis affixa, glandula parva recta v. cum rostelli apice recurva. Capsula (in T. murali, 
Lindl.) oblongo-fusiformis, erostris.— Herb: epiphyties, caulibus e rhizomate radicante 
brevissimis, seepius pseudobulbo 1-foliato terminati Folia pauca, disticha, coriacea v. 
carnosa, Ped lus sub pseudobulbo axillaris v. pseudobulbo non evoluto pseudoter- 
minalis, erectus, simplex. Flores ad apicem pedunculi laxe racemosi, mediocres v. parvi, 
longiuscule pedicellati. Bractem pedicello breviores. 
Species deseriptee 6 v. 7, Peruvis et Colombis incolte, forte ad 3 v. 4 reducendsm. . Lindl. Gen. et 
Sp. Orch. 174. Reichb, f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 630 ; Xen. Orch. i. t. 9, 97; in Bonpl. 1856, 212; et in 
Linnea xli.33. Humb, et Bonpl, Pl. ZEquin. t. 28 (Epidendrum). 
