910 ORCHIDES. 



AGROSTOPHYLLUM. 



Flores niinmi. viridiscentes albidi, in paleis stiliimm«^rsi, superiores praecociores; in- 

 terduin soliiarii. Perianthium ringens, posiicunj. Sepala oliionga, acuia, lateralia 

 obliqiia et ab labelli basi saccata. Pelala lanceolala , paulo breviora, margine re- 

 curva fere conduplicata , vel semirenexa , alba. Labelhim horizoniale saccotuTi cum 

 columna conliniium, medio constriclum et iransverse sepiaium, septo lutesceiUe, laie 

 eniargiiiato; lamina reniformis , emarginata , denie inteijeclo , aucta crisia obsolete 

 longiiudinnji margine crenulaia subrecurva. Columna sepalis paulo brevior, medium 

 versus gihbere valido subbilobo insiructo, giadatim aiieniiaia in pcdem brevem , cum 

 quo labellura continuum. Clinandiium iridenlalum. Stigmalis labium snperius (ros- 

 telluiii) biparlitum, parvuro, inf^-rius carnosum. magnuni . revoluliim; lela siigmatosa 

 tantum subtus labium supcrins. .\nthera terminalis . 8-locellata. PoHinia 8, oblongo 

 obovata, in glandulam roiundam rubescenlem sessilia. Ovarium recuim , costis in- 

 conspicuis. — Inlroduced by Mr. Gibson , during bis residcnce oii ibe Kliasiya Hills. 

 It succeeds well in mould with broken pols. I know it lo be ihe Eria planicaulis of 

 Dr. Wallich , with the auihorily of a drawing in tlie Library. Tlie name would have 

 been passed over eniirely, had il not made iis appearance. under ihe sanction of 

 Dr. Lindley ; and so grave are the mistakes, ihat may be iniposed by the authority of 

 Mss. names, whiih should very generolly be viewed wilh susplcion, ihat ihis piant 

 whichdilTers toio coeio from Eria, and which btlong tn the Sect. Vaiideae of Dr. L. Iias 

 t)€en characlerizi^d by that auihority on ihe species of ihis difrKult family as an Eria 

 and has also been fully dcsciibed by .Mr. Dooth , as an Eria. 



t'6.s'. Huc etiam pertinebii: Diploconcliium inoccphalnm Schauer Nov. Act. Leop. 

 XIX. Suppl. l. T. r^9. Descriptio adeo iiianis. ut reddenda non sil. Specimen in 

 Museo Uerolineusi adhuc inanius. Rchb. 01. 



1501. CA£.A]¥THE RBr. 



Bot. Reg. 518. 



Lindl. Folia L Fasc. VI. VII. (.Novbr. 1855.) (Iiiipressa mouographia Novbr. I. 1854.): 

 This wcll-marked genus approaches Phaius very neorly, as Grifilih has pointed 

 oui, bul ihe adhesion of the pollen-masses lo a separable gland is conslant, unless 

 ihe nowers are e.xamined too eaily. Limaiodis differs in having a lateral inllores- 

 cence as well as a free cucullale lip. The callosiiies on the lip afford e.xcellent spe- 

 ciflc marks, bul cannot be employed in tlie generic characier, as will be evident from 

 the following enumeration. 



Specieiuni analysis e I. c. 

 §. I. Ghiesebreghtia. Calcar 0, v. brevissimum. 



A. Calcar 



a. Labelli lobus medins major lamellalus 1. tricarinala. 



b. ,, „ „ minor iiudus 2. j)ubmi/fi. 



R. Calcar brevissiniiim. 



u. Labellum laiiiellalum. 



laincllis 5 3. occKlenlalis. 



,, 3 4. brtn^iconiu. 



b. Labellum secus a.vin callosum. lobo medio iiia.\im') bilobo . . 5. biluba. 



c. Labelliim nudum et pctala lomentosa nana H. me.ricana. 



d. ,,basi rum tiibeiculo hirsulum" 7. abbrcviata. 



%. 11. Eucalarithf. Calcir elongatum. 



.\. Labellum indivisiim 8. aliuna. 



li. Labelli lubus medius maxiinu». 



