636 OLXIX. ORCHIDEJE. [Cypripediee. 
paullo latius, subspathulatum, esterum simile. Columma'brevis. Anthersw perfecto 3j 
erecto, stipitatze, angustce, loculis parallelis contiguis, 2 ad latera rostelli, tertium posti- 
eum ; pollen granulosum. Rostellum (stylus) : ad eran column:e erectum, elongatum, 
apice in discum parvum antrorsum obli dilatat Ovarium perfecte 
3-loculare. Capsula ovoideo-3-quetra, breviter  gostrata. —hHerbs terrestres, rhizomate 
brevi, caule erecto simplici foliato. Folia longa, in petiolum contracta, venis elevatis 
peréursa. Spica terminalis, densa, simplex, sepe elongata. Flores parvi, sessiles. 
Bracte:e anguste, flores interdum superantes. 
Species 3, Malacese et Archipelagi Malayani incole, JHeichb. f. Xen. OrcA. ii. 13, 215, &. 106, et in 
Bonpl. 1857, 68. 
On CLXX. SCITANIINEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 221. Horaninow, Prod, Monogr. Seitam. Petropoli, 1862, folio, cum tabb. 4. MUSACE:E, 
ZiNGrERACEX et ManANTACEX, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 163 ad 169. Ms; et CANNE, Juss. Gen. 
Pl. 61, 62. 
1 dendi ] Porianth 
Flores v. rarius polygami, irreg Per iw superum, ad normam 
duplici serie 3-merum, exterius .&ulycinum, iiteriuiy corollinum, segmentis tamen sspe 
varie connatis v. uno alterove deficiente. Sepala puer Mibeces aste imbricata, dodge 
inzqualia v. uno latiore, nunc in calycem. tubul t 
connata, rarius basi tubo corollre adnata, ssepius de rigidula, Side am colorata v. 
herbacea. Corolla basi tubulosa limbo 3-partito, v. petala 3 a basi soluta v.in unum 
—— vi iet ice connata, laciniis petalisve valde insqualibus v. rarius 
b li iwm ad normam duplici serie 3-merum sed valde irregulare ; stamina. 
nune 5 dedi libera sexto deficiente v. parvo, nune swpius unum solum perfectum, 
cxteris in staminodia petaloidea irregulariter polymorpha basi varie connata mutatis. 
Antherc lineares, nunc loculis 2 parallelis contiguis v. connectivo petaloideo dissitis, nune 
loculo 1 solo ad marginem connectivi petaloidei. Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare, v. loculis 
2 parvis vacuis specie 1-loculáre, v. rarius revera 1l-loculare placentis 3 Masietalibus vy. 
perfecte 2-loculare. Stylus terminalis, elongatus, indivisus, nunc ut videtur simplex 
excentricus, liber v. plus minus androcio unilateraliter adnatus, apice in stigma globosum 
v. oblong sepe ' v. inflexum, vertice foveolatum v. 2-labiatum swpeque 
ciliatum i t nunc e 3 veri itus, centralis, liber, stigmate brevi 
v. oblongo 3-6-dentato v. 3-fido ; ubi stylus simplex excentricusqne adsunt spe in vertice 
ovarii ad latera styli stylodia 2 lues Ibulata v. pulviniformia, libera v. inter se connata, 
v. rarius andrcecio lateraliter adnata parumque prominula. Ovwl& in quoque loculo 
solitaria a basi erecta, v. co placentis axilibus rarius parietalibus «oo teni, affixa, hori- 
zontalia v. ascendentia, anatropa. Fructus calyce persi v. perianthio toto 
deciduo nudatus, 3-locularis v. abortu 1-2-locularis, nunc. carnosus indehiseens, nunc 
loculicide 3-valvis, v. pericarpio tenuiore lateraliter rumpens. Semina l-oc, sepius 
globosa oblonga v. irregulariter angulata, inappendiculata, arilo varie carnoso lacero v. 
stupposo fulta vy. fus involuta; testa membranacea v. coriacea, du hilum plus,minus 
intrusa ; tenue, Ib i adnabum. y. ad hilum incrassatum. 
Albumen copiosum, album, durum v. interdum plus minus fari Embryo in canali 
centrali albuminis erectus rectus incurvus v. hippocrepicus, interdum vitello tenui v. 
sat copioso involutus, radicula juxta hilum sepius prominente, 
Herbow sepius perennes, inter majores, rhizomate horizontali duro v. varie tuberoso, 
rarius annuze. is nunc abbreviatus v. vix ullus, nunc elatus simpiee basi foliorum 
delapsorum ci ibus annulatus. Folia nunc ommia sub v terdum circa 
scapum. conyolu lem simulantibus, nunc in caule florifero v. sterili acl v. plura, 
vaginis caulem involventibus ; lamina supra vaginam. sessilis v. petiolata, sepius ampla, 
