■jo MONOGRAPHIE DES ORCHIDÉES 



Calyi patens; lacinix trcs cxteriores siiiiiles spathulatce , striala; , basi in ungui- 

 rulum longum desincntcs; dux interiores similcs,subol)liqua;, basi longé ungiiirulatx i 

 apice in laminam subtrapezoideam, angulalam dilatatae. Labellum supciius, ercctum 

 tum gjnostemio basi marginibus coalitum , trilobum, lobo modio latiore, dipte- 

 rum , alis angustatis, ad apiccm obliqué dilalalis, mucrone parvulo acuto intcr alas • 

 lobis laleralibus angustatis valdè falcato-recurvatis ; ralcar è basi labelli , conicum 

 apice angustatum in tubo grucili cl recurvato. 



Gynostemium subbrevc , dorso convexum , facie anteriori concavuni , et stigma 

 glandularc gerens , versus apicem in duas lamintilas proccdens. 



Anthera terminalis in apice gynostcraii nidulans, operculata; opercule substipitato 

 anticè bi£do. ' 



PoUinia duo solida , globosa , basi subangustaU et in membranulam bisrecur- 

 vatam , rctinaculo ovali peltato, facie superiori pilis albis hyalinis brevibus tectà 

 insidentem. 



Fructiis pedunculatus , oblongus , tricostatus , apice urabilicatus. 



Crescit in insulis Mauririi ( Du Petit-Thouars, Néraud), Borbonix (Du Petit- 

 Thouars ). 



64. BECLARDJA macrostachya. Nob. 

 (tab. 11, f. 2.) 



Epidendrum macrostachys. Du Pctil-Thouars. Orch., t. 82. 



2. B. caule brevissimo ; foliis approximatis, oblongo-Iiiieafibus, 

 obtusis, bilobis ; racenio simplici, multifloro. Nob. 



Radix parasitica fibrosa ; fibris simplicibus toretibus crassis, subpulvcrulenlis. 



Caulis brevissimus , undiquè basibus folioium persistentibus imbricatls vestitus. 



Folia disticha , basi imbricata , juniora plicato-ensiforniia ; adulta cUiplico-lan- 

 ceolata , obtusa , integerrima , plana , subcoriacea , glabra , nervosa , basi plicalo- 

 canaliculata , compressa, transvcrsè sccedcntia, basi solu.niniodo persistent!. 



Scapi axillares crecti pédales , simpliccs , graciles , c^lindrici , glabri , sipamis 3-5 

 basi vaginantibus, apice lanceolatis , distantibus vestili. 



Flores albi, distantes, pedicellati , 8-1 n in spicam laxam dispositi , bracteati ; brac- 

 tcis lanccolalis Iaxis , basi amplexicaulibus , pcditcllo brevioribus. 



Ovarium fusiforme, contortum, glabrum , basi a pedicello vix distinctum. 



Caljx subpatens ; lacinix très extcriorcs a-quales , ovali-lanceolata: , acutx, sub- 

 patentes; dua: interiorcs siniiles, obovali-acuininaix- , marginc denticulala;, basi an- 

 gustatx et quasi spathulalx. Labellum superiu.s sessilc, ercctum , lati.ssimum, apice 



