ANeottiec.] CLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. 615 
Orch. 425. Bot. Reg.:. 1872.) Folia serotina in hac e gemma distineta evolvuntur, in duabus 
prioribus deesse videntur. Charaeteres florales in omnibus iidem, 
286. Calopogon, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 204. (Cathea, Salisb. in, Trans. 
Hort. Soc. i. 300, absque char.)—Sepala libera, subsqualia, patentia. Petala sepalis 
similia. Labellum (superum), a basi col patens, d ungue angusto v. lato, 
lamina dilatata ad apicem unguis barbata. Columma elongata, curvula, superne 2-alata ; 
stigma sub rostello brevi transversum ; clinandrium elevatum, integrum, marginibus cum 
alis continuis. Anthera margini v. paullo infra marginem clinandrii affixa, incumbens, 
convexa; pollinia in loculis solitaria (v. 2 ?) laxe granulosa, libera v. demum in rostello 
sessilia. Capsula . . .— Herbs terrestres, tubere parvo, caule 1- rarissime 2-foliato supra 
folium esq; to. Folium grami Flores majusculi, in racemo laxo plures, vix 
pedicellati. —Bractes parve. 
Species edit: 4, Amerieze borealis incole, inter se valde affines. Lindl, Gen. et Sp. Orch. 424. 
Chapm. Fl. S. U. St. 466. Bart. Fl. N. Amer. t. 68. Bot. Mag. t. 116. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 
1.116. Fl. des Serres, t. 1036. 
Specimen Cubense, Wright, n. 3317, a forma communi boreali C. pulchelle, Br., vix differt spica 
longa floribunda, 
987. Pogonia, Juss. Gen. Pl. 65.— Sepala subzequalia, libera, erecta v. rarius patentia. 
Petala sepalis similia v. ssepe latiora v. breviora, erecta v. cum labello declinata.  Label- 
lum a basi column: erectum, liberum, ecalcaratum, nunc sessile lobis lateralibus columnam 
anguste amplectentibus, nunc in unguem contractum, lamina patente 3-loba v. indivisa, 
facie ssepius lineis 2 v. 4 callosis instructa. Columna elongata, apice leviter clavata, 
exalata, rostello brevi; stigma sub rostello oblongum v. latum ; clinandrium plus minus 
levatum, integ v. denticulat Anthera in margine clinandrii substipitatum, plus 
minus incumbens, obtuse conica v. semiglobosa, loculis siepe septo imperfecto semi-2- 
locellatis ; pollinia in loculis solitaria v. in 2 divisa, tenuiter granulosa, ecaudata, libera v. 
demum in rostello sessilia. Capsula oblonga v. ovoidea, erecta v. (in Triphoris nonnullis 
et in Nervilia) pendula.—Herb:e terrestres, rhizomate varie tuberoso. Folia nunc in 
caule florente coztanea solitaria v. pauca, nunc serotina e gemma solitaria, petiolo basi 
vagina stipato, lamina lata, scapo florente in eodem tubere e gemma distincta aphyllo 
i to. Flores medi y. maj li, solitarii v. in racemo secundi, nutantes v. 
rarius erecti. 
Species ultra 30, in utroque orbe late disperse. Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. Orch. 418. Blume, Orch. 
Archip. Ind. 147. — Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. ii. 88. 
Genus melius characteribus vegetationis quam floralibus in sectiones sequentes dividitur, quee vix 
non genera naturalia prebent :— 
l. Nervilis, Scapi floridi 1-3-vaginati, ceterum aphylli. Folia serotina, e gemma distincta 
solitaria, petiolo basi vagina stipato, lamina lata &epe orbieulata v. fere reniformi. Flores &epius 
in racemo breviter pedicellati, nutantes, secundi, rarius solitarii v. gemini. Stigma quam in Zupogonia 
brevius latiusque. Species ad 15, omnes gerontogece tropieze v. subtropicz, ab Africa tropica usque ad 
Chinam, insulas maris Pacifici et Australiam extense,  Z/wme, Orch. Archip. Ind. 150, t. 10, JF.4, 
t. 49, f. 2, 0. 64 B, 1. 56, 07. Wight, Ic. t. 1720, 1758. RHeichb, f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 142; 
in Flora 1868, 184, et 1872, 276; Otia Hamb. 60; et Xen. Orch. t.126, f. 3ad 6. Bot, Mag. t. 6125. 
Nxnviui, Gaud, in. Freyc. Voy. Bot. 422, t. 38. Compra, Blume, Bijdr. 416. RormosrEwox, Bl. 
Fl. Jav. Pref. 6. AvtosrELUIs, Thou. Orch. Iles Afr. t. 24. Harosrerum, Endl. Gen. Pi. 219. 
2. Eupogonia. Caulis 1-foliatus, l-bracteatus, l-florus. Folium angustum v. oblongum. Bractea 
. Flos erectus v. inelinatus, Labellum sessile, Clinandrium sepius denticulatum. Species 
2, boreali-Americanee, quarum una etiam in Japonia obvia. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 10. — Bot. Reg. t. 148. 
Blume, Orch. Archip. Ind. t. 82,et 1,64 A.  Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. t. 126, f. 1. D similis, Bl. (D. 
japonica, Reichb. f.) ab A. Grayio ad P. opAioglosscidem redueitur. 
3. Cleistes. Caulis elatus, 2-3-foliatus, 2-oo-braetentus, 2-oo-florus. Braetere foliaces. Flores 
maximi, subsessiles, subereeti. Labellum sepius sessile.  Clinandrium (an semper?) dentatum. 
Species, ex Reichb. f. (Xen. Orch. ii. 89) 11, Americans tropiez, plures tamen inter se male dis- 
