Vandec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 589 
ienues, multiflori, pseudoterminales v. in parte superiore caulis pauci. Flores parvi, 
sepius minuti. Bracte: breves, patentes v. reflexc. 
Species ad 20, plereque Malaecze, Archipelagi Malayani v. insularum maris Pacifici incole. LinqI. 
Gen. et. Sp. Orch. 227. — Reichb. f..in. Walp. Ann. vi. 803 ; in Bonpl. 1857, 41; Xen. Orch. t. 138; 
Otia Hamb, 45; et in. Linnea xli. 76. Wight, Ic. t. 1748. Griff. in. Calc. Journ. Hist. Nat. iv. t 
19; Jc. Pl. As. 1. 335, 337. Illis tamen addends 4. bifaria, Lindl, e China australi et e Cachar 
Indie orientalis, cum. altera ei simillima e Peninsula Indiw orientalis jam a Keenigio in Retz, 
Obs. vi. 45, edita, sub nomine Epidendri hexandri descripta, etsi ab auctoribus recentioribus neglecta. 
In specimine nostro ex herbario Rottleriano flores haud perfectos examinare nequivimus, sed ex 
descriptione fusiore Kenigii omnino Appendicule convenit, etsi pollinia in quoque loculo ad 3 reducta 
dicuntur, quod hine inde in aliis speciebus casu observatur. Hzec species igitur, uti Hezameria 
Brownii, genera Podochilum et. Appendiculam arcte connectit. 
217. 'Fhelasis, Blwme, Bijdr. 385, t. 15; Orch. Archip. Ind. 19, t. 5, 7. (Oxyanthera, 
Brongn. in. Duperr. Voy. Bot. 197, t. 37 B. Euproboscis, Griff. im Cale. Jowrn. Nat. 
Hist. v. 971, t. 26.)—8epala rsequalia, erecta, conniventia, basi plus minus connata, 
lateralia basi in mentum breve producta. Petala sepalo postico similia v. paullo minora. 
Labellum basi column: affixum, erectum, ovatum, sepalis sequilongum, indivisum, con- 
cavum v. complieatum.  Columma brevis, exalata, apoda. (v. in pedem brevissimum 
producta ?) ; rostellum ——À erectum, longum, antice , dorso 
concavum ; cli tellum parvum ; stigma anticum subhorizontale. peut 
in clinandrio sessilis, sme acuminata, rostello applicita et enum. fere involutis basi 
2-locularis; pollinia 8, in quoque loculo 4, ovoidea v. subglob 
anthera dehiscente stipiti longe filiformi affixa, glandula parva squamiformi - v. oblonga. 
Capsula parva, oblonga v. oblique Spem erectaj erostris.—Herbze epiplsytioee, | ssepius 
parvie. Caules nunc i carnosum d folio 
unico angusto coriaceo basi vágina stiputo, nunó breves foliati non pseudobulbosi, Vis 
foliórum more Oberonic distiche subi Scapi si pli aphylli, P i 
dob e rhi te oriundi, basi folio unico v. vagina longa spati, in in 
foliatis ad axillam foliorum. Racemi v. spice tenues, elongati v. juniores fere in capitulum 
contracti. Flores minimi, brevissime pedicellati. Bractez parve. 
Species v. varietates insignes adsunt 8, Indice orientalis, Chin: australis et Archipelagi Malayani 
incole.  Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch, 263. . Heichb, f. in Walp. Ann. vi..922, et in. .Honpl, 1897, 37. 
Wight, Ic. t. 1182 (Euproboscis, ad specimen Jloribus monstruosis 3-andris delineata). 
Tarsus III. NEorriEx. d 
218. Galeola, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 520. (Cyrtosia, Blume, Bijdr. 396, t. 6; Tumphia, 
1.199, f. 69. Erythrorchis, Blume, Rwmphia, i. 200, t. 70. Hiematorchis, Die: Le.iv. 
t. 900 B. Pogochilus, Falcon. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 73. Ledgeria, F. Muell. Fragm. 
Phyt. Austral. i. 238.)—Sepala subzequalia, concava, conniventia v. demum patentia. 
Petala sepalis squilonga, nune latiora nune angustiora. Labellum ad basin columnze 
sessile, latum, coneavum, columnam laxe involvens, sepalis vix longius, lobis lateralibus 
brevibus latis v. obsoletis, medio lato sspe undulato-crispo, facie villosa v. glabra. 
Columna longiuscula, exalata v. apice breviter alata, apoda ; stigma sub rostello brevi 
iransversum ; clinandrium plus minus membranaceo-dilatatum, obseure lobatum v. 
denticulatum, cum alis columns dum adsint continuum.  Anthera intra m: 
affixa, i b dorso, plana gOnver v. crasse — loculis distinctis ; 
pollinia in loculis plus minus distincte 2-lobis pulvere terd subeéres; 
ie v. demum in rostello sessilia. Capsula magna, oblonga vy. Min elongata, Càrnosa 
. rarius subsicca, interdum yix tardius dehiscens sepius tamen demum in valvas in- 
ni fisso. Semina late v. angusto alata v. aptera.—Herbe aphylle, ramos, super 
arbores i alüssime scand radices hine inde emittentes, interdum erect, 
