54 MONOGRAPHIE DES ORCIJIDKES 



Rhizoma parasilicum repens sublignosum, parvuli culami scriptuiii crassilii-, teres, 

 Bbras r.-imosns albas passim eraittens. 



Folia duo eï apice bulbi ovoidco-oblongi compressi i uiiciam alti \ix climidiam 

 lati , sublutei enasccnlia, lanceulato-oblonga , obtusa et aliquandi) subbiluba , inte- 

 gcrrima, subeoriacea, striala, 5-G iincius longa, vis diniidiani latii , basi angustata , 

 CTccta, glabra. 



Scapus lateralis v\ iniâ et laterali bulbi basi cicclus , foliis longior , leres , siiperiori 

 parle inerassalus et cjuasi elavatus,.s(jiiamis allernis supeiposilis ampleetcntibus et vagi- 

 nantibus vestitus. 



Flores partuli resupinati, purpurascentes, spicati, sessllcs, braclcali, in axi eom- 

 muni clavatù subfoveolati , ereili, adpressi ; spicà subelavaUi biiineiali; braclcis semi- 

 ovallbussubacutis,aniplecleiilibus,florlbussubbrevioribus. Flores nundumaperli ovato- 

 elliplici eompressi, facieinlcinà plaiii, eîlernâ vcio subconv'exi. Calvcis laeiiiiae esle- 

 nores asqualcs, inter se ad qiiartani iiifeiiurem partcm coalila";dua; posteriurcs omniiio 

 in uiiam ronflatœ, quasi Jitrnicatœ, anlorioie veio libéra ereeliusciilà. Diia; iiiteriores 

 lanceolatx, aculx, lliieares, eiterioribus breviores. Labellum supciins, longé pedicel- 

 latum, lamina erecta , snbcordata , obtusa , sinuosa, subconcava , pedicello infra cum 

 laciniis posterioribus coalito et basi cuni gjnostemio rontinuo. 



Gynostemium brève, margine anticè in cornua duo productuni , subtùs concavum. 

 Sligma foveam gvnostemii anticara occupans. Anibera terniinalis operculata ; massa 

 poUinis solida , uniea , subbiloba ; opereulum roncavura, subbilocidalum. Ovarium 

 brevissimum non eontortum. 



Creseit in insulà Mauritii. (Du Petit-Thouars, Néraud.) 



4o. BULBOPHYLLUM prismaticum. Du Petit-Thouars, t. io8. 



(tab. 8,11. 3.) 



2. B. rachide gracili; floribus dislinctis ; laciniis calycis extPiioribus 

 basi coalilis ; internis spaihulalis, obtusis; labello crasso , apice bifido, 

 et \yyx fonnani quasi refcrenli. Nob. 



Planta parasitica cpidendrea. Caulis repens ramosus, subsquamosus, crassilie calami 

 corvini , hinc illinc (ibras radicale» ramosas emittcns. 



Folia gemina e summo bnlbo ovoideo-subictragono untiali lani nasccnti» , erecta, 

 elliplico-oblonga, ligida , subobtusa , 3 uncias longa, 4-5 limas lala, striata , basi 

 aogustiora. 



Scapus gracilis ereetus, simples, e caulc seu e basi lalerali bulbi assurgcns, 6-f 

 untlas altus, basi nudus, squamas distantes (ubuloso-ampUclenles gerens. 



Flores resupinati lutescenles in spicà paucillurà disposili , ad axillain braelca: sein) 

 amplexicaulis fubcordatae , sessilcs. 



