568 A. Coenıaux: 
Sepala petalague extus alba, intus pallide fusca; labellum album, 
intus aureo rubroque varium. Fl.I, II, IV. 
Quasi spontaneus in Cuba locis humidis inter herbas ad Pinal 
de Santa Anna alt. 800 mm.: Eggers n. 5051; Jamaica ad Bethany, 
Bellevue 1500 m. alt., locis umbrosis ad Wallenford 1000 m. alt., in 
graminosis humidis ad Lapland prope Catadupa 600 m. alt.: Wull- 
schlaegel, Alexander Prior, Eggers n. 3793, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. 
n. 7637, 9183, O. Hansen n. 7. — Patria Asia or. trop. 
LV. Calanthe R. Br. 
R. Br. in Bot. Reg. VII (1821) sub t. 573; Benth. et Hook. Gen. III 
».520, Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6 p. 153. 
Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentia. Petala sepalis similia vel 
angustiora. Labelli unguis cum columna connatus in tubum eylin- 
draceum vel late turbinatum, ima basi saepissime in calcar longum 
tenueque productus; lamina patens, triloba, lobo medio saepe bilobu- 
lato; discus varie callosus vel lamellatus.. Columna brevis, erecta, 
apoda, alis saepius usque ad apicem extensis cum ungue labelli con- 
natis; clinandrium membranaceum, saepe profunde excavatum. An- 
thera subterminalis, opereularis, incumbens, bilocularis; pollinia 8, 
in quoque loculo 4, cerea, complanata, apice attenuata vel caudata. 
Capsula oblonga, saepe nutans. — Herbae terrestres, pleraeque 
Asiaticae tropicae, caulibus foliatis brevibus demum saepe in pseudo- 
‘ bulbos inerassatis. Folia non artieulata, pauca, saepius gemina, ampla 
plicato-venosa, in petiolum contracta. Scapi e rhizomate erecti, 
saepe elati, sub anthesi saepe aphylli, basi vaginis plus minus stipati, 
foliis tardius evolutis. Racemi simplices. 
356. Calanthe mexieana Rchb.f. pseudobulbo angusto, vagina 
hyalina oblonga acuta reticulato-nervosa vestito; foliis 2, late oblongis, 
acutis, basi longe angustatis, crasse trinerviis, 3—6 dm. longis, usque 
1—2 dm. latis; scapo erecto, simpliei, primum dense velutino demum 
glabro, foliis eireiter aequilongo; racemo elongato, laxiuscule multifloro; 
bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine breviter ciliatis, 10— 
13 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; floribus patulis demum nutantibus, den- 
siuscule breviterque pubescentibus, breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis 
acutiusculis, tenuiter trinervulosis, 8—9 mm. longis, dorsali anguste 
ovato, inferne angustato, lateralibus oblongo-ligulatis; petalis ligulato- 
subspathulatis, abrupte acutiusculis, sepalis satis brevioribus; labello 
obovato, indiviso, apice rotundato vel retuso interdum minute apieu- 
lato, margine integerrimo, sepalis paulo longiore, nervis lateralibus 
duobus a basi in discum carinulatis, calcari filiformi, acuminato, unci- 
nato, ovario breviore. | 
