610 OLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. LNeottiét, 
supra folium sepe subsessile, pedunculo tamen. fructifero plus minus elongato. Bractea 
parva. 
Species ad 15, Australie, Nove Zelandiz et Archipelagi Malayani incole. Beuth. F(. Austral. vi. 
350. Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 265; Fl. Tasm. t. 107. Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. 173, t. 63, 
64, 66 C. Endl. lconogr. t.18. Bot. Mag. t. 5397. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1320. Fitzger. Austral. Orch. 
cum tabb. 2... Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 197 (Corjbas). 
Labellum in speciebus Javanieis basi 2-gibbum v. brevissima 2-ealcaratum, quod in typieis 
A lianis adhue non f, rostellum etiam evidentius, sed characteres exteri et habitus in 
toto genere eidem, 
1 
912. Pterostylis, R. Br. Prod. 320. (Diplodium, Sw. in Gesellach. Nat. Fr. Berlin. 
Mag. iv. 84, t. 3.)—Sepalum posticum erectum, incurvum, concavum, cum petalis 
galeatum, lateralia basi pedi column: adnata, plus minus connata in labium inferius 
erectum v. recurvum 2-lobum, lobis interd longe inatis v. caudatis. Petala 
lanceolata, faleata, basi contracta, sub galea adnata. Labellum ad apicem pedis columns 
breviter unguiculatum, mobile, lamina lineari v. oblonga, basi supra unguem in appendi- 
cem brevem v. elongatam 2-fidam ciliatam v. penicillatam producta. Columna elongata, 
ineurva, basi in pedem brevem producta, semiteres v. anguste 2-alata, ad latera rostelli 
utrinque ala quadrangulari v. dolabriformi instructa; stigma infra alas longe oblongum ; 
clinandrium breve, antice swpe in dentes v. lobos 2 erectos productum. Anthera a 
margine clinandrii erecta v. incumbens, loculis 2-valvibus, connectivo non producto ; 
pollinia granulosa, libera v. demum in rostello sessilia. Capsula oblonga v. rarius ob- 
ovoidea, erecta, erostris.— Herb: terrestres, tuberibus parvis, caule v. scapo florente pauci- 
foliato v. aphyllo vaginato. Folia radicalia ad basin caulis v. e gemma distincta conferta, 
subrosulata, ovata, caulina dum adsint linearia v. lanceolata. Flores nunc majusculi 
solitarii, nunc minores v. parvi, in racemo breviter pedicellati. Bracte:s ssepius parvse. 
Species ad 36, quarum 6 Novo-Zelandiez, ezeterze omnes Australiang, ex his tamen una etiam in 
Nova Zelandia obvia, altera in Nova Caledonia.— enzh. Fl. Austral. vi. 302. Hook. J. Handb. N. 
Zeal. Fl. 268.  Fitzger. Austral. Orchid. cum tabb. 12. 
Genus naturale et bene limitatum, in sectiones 2 sequentes commode dividitur :— 
1. Antennga. Perianthii labium inferius erectum concavum, lobis v. caudis galeam amplectenti- 
bus. Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. t. 210 (Disperis). — Guillem. Ic. Pl. Austral. t. 2, 6. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. 
t. 114 A, B, 115, 116 (fig. dextr.). Hook. Journ. Bot. i. t. 136. Dot. Mag. t. 3085, 3086, 3172, 
3400, 3401, 63501. — Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 187. 
2. Catochilus. Perianthii labium inferius a. basi patens, v. reflexum v. a medio reeurvum. Labelli 
appendix basalis obtusa v. fere obsoleta. Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. t. 116, f. 1, 2, t. 117. 
273. Caleana, R. Br. Prod. 929. (Caleya, Endl. Iconogr. t. 8.)—Sepala subsqualia, 
linearia, posticum (ovario recurvo inferum) erectum, lateralia patentia v. reflexa, Petala 
sepalis lateralibus similia. Labellum ad basin column: v. ad apicem pedis articulatum, 
ungue lineari ineurvo ; lamina ovata v. oblonga, peltata, convexa, indivisa, infra medium 
affixa, supra levis v. tuberculata. Columna elongata, apoda v. basi in pedem producta, 
late 2-alata; stigma sub rostello brevi latum ; clinandrium postice parum elevatum, 
marginibus dilatatis cum alis column: continuis. Anthera in margine clinandrii erecta, 
mutica, loculis subdiscretis valvis subzequalibus ; pollinia (si rite observata) in loculis 
2-partita, g losa, anthera dehiscente libera v. glandulee rostelli affixa. — Capsula erecta, 
ovoidea v. obovoidea.—Herb:e terrestres, glabri, tuberibus parvis, caule 1-foliato ssepeque 
l-vaginato. Folium prope basin caulis lineare lanceolatum v. oblongum. Flores lad 3 
rarius 4, breviter pedicellati. Bractes acutze. ; 
Species 3, Australie extratropice incole. Ben/A. Fl. Austral. vi. 365.. Hook. J. Fl. Tasm. t. 
107A. Fitzger. Austral. Orch. cum tab. 1. 
n C. majore, Br., column:e ale petaloidew basi brevissime tantum cum ungue labelli connectuntur; 
ju Q. minore, Br. e& in C. migrita, Lindl, columnz ale in pedo column continu, cyathum 
latum petaloideum formant ; sepala lateralia etiam breviter adnata, 
