590 CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Noottien. 
elats». Racemi laxe paniculati sepius penduli. Flores mediocres v. majusculi. Bractem 
ad basin i et pedicell parvie v. in una specie foliaceze. 
Species ad 12, Indiw orientalis, Japonise, Archipelagi Malayani, Nove Caledonize eti Australie 
incole. Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. ii. 76, t. 119 (Erythrorchis), t. 120 (Qyrtosia), et 1. 195; Otia Hamb. 
40. Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 306. Hook. f. Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 22 (Cyrtosia). — Fitzger. Austral. 
Orch. cum tab. 1. 
Capsula in G. javanica omnino indehiscens dicitur, in G. Lindleyana, et G. septentrionali vix 
tardius diu siccata dehiscit, in G. altissima, et G. cassythoide longior iorque est, et. itat 
facile dehiseit. — 
Enraxis, Reichb. f. in Linnea xli. 63, est species Novo-Caledonica quam auctor distinguit capsula 
domum in valvas 6 dehiscente, labellc basi columnze adnato et, ramis nonnullis sterilibus foliis bene 
evolutis instruetis. Species tamen nobis invita natura a Galeola (Erythrorchi) altissima, Bl., 
generice separatur. Oapsule valve in aliis speciebus numero variant 2, 8 v. 4. Sepala extus 
ill i vix non valvata observantur in G. altissima ut in G. rigida. 
919. vanina, Sw. in Nov. Act. Soc. Sc. Upsala, vi. 66, f. D. (Myrobroma, Salisb. 
Parad. Lond. t. 89.)—Sepala subsequalia, libera, patentia. Petala sepalis subsimilia. 
Labelli unguis columns adnatus, limbus latus, concavus, basi columnam involvens. 
Columna elongata, aptera, apoda ; stigma sub rostello brevi transversum ; clinandrium 
breve v. oblique elevatum. Anthera margini clinandrii affixa, incumbens, convexa semi- 
globosa v. obtuse conica, loculis discretis ; pollinia pulvereo-granulosa, libera v. demum 
in rostello sessilia. Capsula ssepius elongata, carnosa, non v. vix tardius dehiscens.— 
Herbs valide, alte scandentes, ramos, folios v. rarius aphylle, radices emittentes. 
Folia coriacea v. carnosa, nervosa, sessilia v. breviter petiolata. Racemi v. spicze axillares, 
sepius breves. Flores magni. Bracte: ovatm. ; 
Species ad 20, per regiones tropieas utriusque orbis late disperse. Lind], Gen. et. Sp. Orch. 434. 
Bauer, Ill. Orchid. Gen. t. 10, 11. — Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, 1854, 88, 97 ; in Flora, 1865, 273; 
Otia Hamb. 39; et in. Linnea xi. 60. Blume, Rumphia, i. 4 67, 68. Wight, Ic. t. 931, 932. 
Griff. Ic. Pl. 4s. t. 281. Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 588. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t, 191. Hayne, Arzneigew. xiv. 
1.92. Fl. des Serres, t. 1769, 2218. i 
220. Sobralia, Ruiz et Pav. Prod. Fl. Per. et Chil. 120, t. 26 ; Syst. Veg. 231.— Sepala 
subzequalia, erecta, basi connata. Petala sepalis subsimilia v. latiora magisque colorata. 
Labellum a basi columnze erectum ; lobi laterales col arcte amplectentes v. invol- 
ventes, eique interdum basi adnati; lamina e sepalis breviter exserta, patens, concava, 
undulata v. fimbriata, indivisa v. 2-loba ; facie levis v. 2-1 llata v. lamellato-cristata. 
Columna elongata, subincurva, semiteres, angulis acutiusculis v. anguste alatis, apoda ; 
stigma sub rostello brevi latum ; clinandri breviter v. longiuscule 3-lobum. |. Anthera 
lobo postico affixa, incumbens, discrete 2-locularis ; pollinia (in perpaucis floribus obser- 
vata) sepius in quoque loculo 4, pulvereo-g 1 ppendicula copiosa laxe granulosa 
connexa, a rostello libera (v. demum in rostello sessilia ?). Capsula oblonga v. elongata, 
rigida v. carnosa, erostris. —Herbze terrestres, elate, foliosc, non tuberose. Folia dissita, 
' eoriacea, plicato-venosa, in vagina sessilia. Flores magni, in racemis terminalibus axillari- 
busque pauci, interdum ad florem unicum reducti. Bractez appresswe, spe rigide 
paleaces, interdum plures imbricatee. 
Species ad 30, Andium Americe tropicze a Peruvia usque ad Mexicum, necnon Guianze incole. 
Lindl. Fol. Orch. 1854 ; ert. Orchid. t. 29. — Heichb. f. Orch. Centr. Amer. 5, 68, t. 15 Xen. Orch. 
ji. 175, 4.80, 42, 90, 163, 175, 176. Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 93. .Batem. Orch. Mez. 
et. Guatem. t, 26, 37. Bot. Mag. t. 4446, 4570, 4682, 4882. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 1T. 
Fnxoza, Reichb. f. in. Bot. Zeit. 1852, 7125 Orch. Centr. Amer. 10, £. 2, species uniea ex America 
centrali, e specimine unico sicco a nobis non viso nota, ex charactere dato et. icone vix a Sobralia. 
generice distinguenda videtur columna abbreviata. : 
Cxarzocrorris, Papp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 65, t. 94, species unica Peruviana, a nobis non 
