882 ORCHIDES. 



CAMAROTIS. 



Their hranclies are too leafloss , clusiers of memliranaceoiis braots such as \ve fliul 

 in ceiUin spccics of Pieuioihallis aiid Dendrobiun). Froni amongsl ihese bracls 

 enicrjire ilie flowers, which are small anil rather fieshy. New Guinea Mr. Hinds. 



1476/1. 8TAUROPi§IIS Rchb. fil. 



in Otio Ilamb. Gnitenztg. 1860. p. 117. e p. 



1. STAUROPSIS PHILIPPLNENSIS Rcbb. fil. Huc: Trichoolollis philippinensis LincII. 

 Ann. N. H. XV. 1845. p. 386 : 



Foliis subrolundo ovalis emarginalis mucrone inlerjeclo, sepalis 

 oblongo-lanceolalis paluiis, petalis reflexis linearibus brevioribus, ia- 

 hello esaccalo jiubescente secus axin villoso oblongo convexo apice 

 baslato trilobo dentibus baseos brevibus rotundatis. 



Philippinen. (Cuming). 



A planl with tlie habit of a Vanda, biuh wilh very short, roundish, leathery, some- 

 what imbricaied leavcs. Tlie llowers are solitary in the axils, an inch and a half 

 from ihe point of ihe dorsal sepals lo thot of the labellum. The species dilTers from 

 Ulume's fig. and descript. in not having a very short spur or sac at the base of ihe 

 lip, but i:i iioihing else tliat seems essential. 



1479. M[I€ROPE»A DalzelL 



Hook. Journ. III. 2S2. 

 (nec Lindl. 0. 219. — quae Cnmarolis.) 



1. .MICROPERA MACULATA Dalzell I. c. : 



Subacaulis foliis planis lineari oblongis basin versus angustatis apice obliquis 

 emarginalis, cum inucronulo ; racemis basilaribus vel axillaribus simplicibus solitariis 

 elongaiis crcctis multinoris a basi florifcris, foliis duplo longioribus , sepalis petalis- 

 qno subaequalibus obovalis basi liberis, labelli albo ct roseo picti utroquc margine 

 cornuto. cornubus reclinatis columnam aequantibus , calcare perianihio breviore sac- 

 cato obluso , porrecio, inins piloso , laminae 3-lobatae brevius cuculiatae supposito. 

 • Capsula oblonga l'/? pedos, diam. 4 — 5 1.. cernua, 6-suIcata. angulis obtusis. Flores 

 4—5 I. diara. Sepala et petala lutea. medio macula purpurea notata. Sepala latcra- 

 lia patentia. petala cum sepalo supremo erecla, conniventia. Pollinia inaequalia bi- 

 pariibilia. Folia 4—5 pollices loiiga, 1 lata. Crescit in orboribus prope Tulkut, in 

 moiitis Syhadrensis lat. 16". Fl. Majo — meo judicio forma aberrans, dubia. 



1479 1'/ BROMREADIA LindL 



Bot. Reg. .WVIl. 1841. Misc. 184. 



Perianthiura (candid.) sesquipollicare, cylindraceo connivens, laciniis omnibus 

 lineari oblongis curvii canoliculalis obtusiusculis. Labellum. cucullatura , 3-lobum, 

 cum columna omnino parnllelum , basi inariiculatum ; lacinia intermedia reiusa fla- 

 vescente disco iuioo-glandulosa, loteralibus ovatis brevioribus violaceis ; oxi elcvata 

 pubcscente. Coiun:;na luteo olata , oblusa , carnosa. Anthera bilocularis, longitudi- 

 naliter dehisccns, dorso conica et cum columna articulala. Pollinia 2, reniformia, 

 postice e.xcavata. in glandulam latam iriangularcm membranaceam sessilia. 



1. ItnOMHEADIA FI.NNLAYSOMANA Bchb. fil. Walp. Ann. Ann. VL p. 630. Gram- 

 mulophyUum ? Finnlaysoniamim L. 0. 173. Br. paluslvis Lindl. I. c. : 



Herita parasitica caulesccns , ebulbis. Foli.i di.sliclin oblongo lincaiia emarginata. 

 Spica torminalis, disticha, flexuosn, multiflora, longepedunculata, bracleis brovissimis, 

 rigidis. deniiformibus. Lindl. D. Rcg. XXX. 1844. 18. Hook. B. Mag. 4001. Wight 

 1. c. 1740. 



