RKNANTIIERA. ORCHIDES. 877 



triangulne ininutissimoe. Ovaria pedicollata flliforniia uncialia. Perigoniiiin coriacco 

 carnosum. Se|inlum summum lineariligulatum aculum. Sepala ialeraiia a basi au- 

 gusia magis clilalaia. basibus inicr se remolis fissuram pro labcllo permillcniia . deiu 

 dilatata , 0'iiuino coniigua, commissurae parlc suprcma extrorsum angulata, deiu au- 

 trorsum gibberoso prominuia, marginibus cxternis rcvoliitis. Tcpala angustiora, bnsi 

 melius aitcnuaia. Labollum minutissimum cCim gynoslcnuo l>cne arliculatum ; Jobi 

 latcralcs crccii scmiovali aiitice falculali, nunc margine superiori bidcntato bilobiili in 

 cakar saccalo cylindraccum descendcnles; lobus medius ligulatus parvus nuuc 

 acutiusculus. margine undulatus seu planus. Gynostemium semilercs, retusum, an- 

 trorsum utrinquc supcrne rbombeo anguialum. toto margine anlico velulinum ; fovca 

 elliptica transvcrsa ; androclinium vckuino marginatum, bicameratum; roslcllum re- 

 lusum nicdio emarginatum ; anlhera dcpressa antrorsum ligulata relusa. Poilinia ob- 

 longa, extrorsum more geiieris fissa insidcntia in apice lincari caudiculae celcrum 

 triangulo ligulaiac glandnlac oblongae pehalira affi.xae. — Flores primum pulcberrime 

 sanguinei, extus pailidiorcs , disco scpalorum lateralium aureo, uli lcpalorum bascs 

 airopurpurco guttalo. Labellum inius alropurpurcum. Gynostemii dorsuuT alropur- 

 pureum; facies aniica slrnminea lineis duabus longiiudinnlibus violaceis sub fovca* 

 Sensim llores mutantur in colorcm luteo cinnabnrinum. 

 Salnk. Blume. 



D. Anhynchium: labelli lohi lalcrales prope obhlerali; lamina metJia 



calloso carnosa siipra oslium caicaris oblique adnati protensa. (Poihnia 



i)ina biparlila seu quaterna caudicula triangula seu lineari subulata ; 



glandula quodrata seu triangularis.) 



6. KENAiNTIIERA LABROSA Rcbb. fll. 1. c, p. 88: • 



Labelli asccndenlis lamina ovali medio gibbcrosa, auriculis minulis 

 Iriangulis, glandula triangulari. 



Arrhynchinm hibrosim Lindl. Fl. Garden I. 14'2. 



Habitu Sarcochili Vandaevc parvulae. Folia disticha coriacea. Raccmus. Florcs 

 oequidislantes, diamciro unciac, coriacei, purpureobrunnei, llavo maculati. Sepala el 

 " lcpnla subaequalia, obtusa, lepala subbreviora, omnia basi aequnlia. Labellum uiiguo 

 • cuneolo ascendens, carnosum anle basin utrinque minuic triangulo auriculalum ; la- 

 mina lulca cornosa crassissima rugosa ovalis, horizonl aliler fissa, calcaris obtusi con- 

 vciitati adnata , orc calcaris incrassato ferc clauso. Columna nana , tcrcs hasi pro- 

 ductn, siigmaic circulnri. Antbera subrotunda, bilocularis, mcmbranacea, deprcssa. 

 Pollinia quatcrna, gcminata ncqualia, caudicula subulata, glandula iriangulari mcm- 

 branacca semilibcra. RoslcIIum truncatum. — „The lip is a hollow cinved hlnul 

 Iiorn, rising from the base of ihc column with ils convexity upwards ; on tlie con- 

 Tcxiiy lics a nm ycllow wrinldcd (lcshy tonguc , which seems as if it consisted of 

 iwo layers; at ihc base tbe lip is concave and has on ciiher sidc a short truncntc 

 car, wiih which it clibs thc coluinn. Column is tap(r, shorl, straight, wilh a ncarly 

 circular slopc. No known gcnus caii rcceivc this singular plant, unlcss ii is Ibrowu 

 into ihc crowd of Saccolnbs, among which howcver it w ould scarcely be soughl; for 

 ils ihick fleshy lip is very difrcrenl from ihe ibiii mcmbrane found iii ihal gcuus. 

 Morcover it is esseniially disiinguisbcd by its rostd, not being exlendcd into a long 

 beak as is the case in oll gcnuinc Saccolabs and Sarcanlhs. As for Sarcochilus. 

 which il is said to rcscmblc, that genus is qiiiic dillcrcnt iii the long narrow foot on 

 which the lip is idaced, as wcll as in llie notiiic of ibc lip ilsclf. — Tropiciil Asia,' 



Huc: /?. bilintjnis Rchb. fll. Xenia i: 



Labclli paiuli lamina ligulaia mcdjo plano, auriculi.s magnis icclaiigulis, intus gib- 

 berosis, gbndula quadinia. An hacc planta cadcm: „1 am unccrtain. whcthcr a plant, 



