Tr 
Orchidaceae. 569 
Calanthe mexicana Rehb.f. in Linnaea XVIIT (1844) p. 406, 
Xen. Oreh. I p.205 1.79 f.1,1—3; Griseb. Cat. p. 267; Sauv. Fl. Oub. 
p. 231. 
Ghisbreghtia calanthoides A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3. III 
(1844) p. 28; Lindl. Orch. Lind. p. 25; 4A. Rich. in Sagra, Oub. XI 
p. 249. 
Calanthe eubensis Rehb.f. in Bonplandia IV (15 Oct. 1856) p. 322, 
Xen. Orch. I (21 Nov. 1856) p. 206. 
Flores albo-flavescentes, roseo-punctati. Fl. VIH. 
Hab. in Cuba in sylvis ad Mount Liban et Sierra Maestra, alt. 
1000 m.: Linden; Jamaica: D. Watt, W.Cradwick, W. Harris, W. Faw- 
cett, ex Fawe. in litt. — Mexico, Costa-Rica. 
LVI. Bletia Ruiz et Pav. 
Rux et Pav. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. Prodr. (1794) p.119; Benth. et Hook. 
Gen. III p. 513 (part.); Pfitx. in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzen- 
fam. II.6 p. 155; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. III. 5 p. 347. 
Sepala libera, conniventia vel subpatentia, aequalia vel basi 
paulo latiora. Petala sepalo postico similia vel latiora. Labellum 
basi columnae affixum, liberum, erectum, basi contractum vel leviter 
saccatum; lobi laterales erecti, columnam non amplectentes; lobus 
medius patens, latus, saepius emarginatus vel bilobatus; discus saepius 
laminis pluribus integris vel denticulato-crispis instructus. Columna 
elongata, semiteres, biangulata, apoda; clinandrii lobi laterales saepe 
latiuseuli rotundati, postieus dentiformis interdum elongatus. Anthera 
denti postico clinandrii affixa, opercularis, incumbens vel subpendula, 
distinete bilocularis, loculis imperfecte bilocellatis; pollinia 8, in 
quoque loculo 4, per paria superposita, obovata vel oblonga, a latere 
parallele compressa, cerea, in quoque loculo appendicula granulosa 
crassiuscule laminiformi sursum connexa; glandula rostelli nulla. Cap- 
sula erecta, erostris. — Herbae erectae, terrestres vel epiphyticae, 
Americae tropicae incolae. Pseudobulbi globosi vel depressi, crassi, 
fere tuberiformes. Folia basi articulata, pauca, ampla vel elongata, 
plicata, in petiolum contracta. Scapi in pseudobulbo laterales, aphylli, 
vaginat. Racemus in scapo terminalis, laxus, simplex vel laxe 
ramosus. Flores mediocres vel majusculi, pedicellati. Bracteae 
parvae vel minutae. 
Conspectus specierum. 
I. Labellum profunde trilobatum, disco distinete plurilamellato. 
A. Columna.apoda; mentum indistinctum; labellum obovatum, basi plus 
minusve angustatum, lamellis latis, tenuiter membranaceis. 
