SOPHKONITIS. 



ORCHIDES. 4G7 



phyllis exlernis lanceolatis aculis (—11'" Jong., 1,5'" lat.), laleralibus iiiteruis paulo 

 brevioribus, angustioribus , labello nunc obtuse rhomheo , nunc lanceolato acuto, 

 nuuc obovato acuto basi calloso, callo triangulari postice bilobo, ante calcaris oslium. 

 caicaro cura ovario et sepalis inferis connato, gynosteinii brachiis productis oblongis 

 nunc apico retusis. 



1397/^ PHYJSIlSrOA Liudl. 



B. Reg. 1838. XXIV. Misc. 45. 



Sepala nienibianacea, aequalia, basi connata. Petala minora, basi 

 sepalis oblique adnala. Labellum carnosum, luberculatum, indivjsum, 

 cum basi columnae coiinatum, sacco vesiciformi basi auclurn. Columna 

 carnosa, nana, biloba, basi ima antherifera. Poilinia 4, lilis duobus 

 yeminatis pulvereis adnata. Stigma: area minuta , madida , bidenlata, 

 supra faucera vesicae. 



1. PHYSINGA PROSTRATA Lindl. I. c. : 



Caulis prostratus , brevis, anceps, dense et distiche foliosus. Folia 

 crassissima, ovato-lanceolata , acuta , amplexicaulia, dilute purpuras- 

 centia striata. Scapus terminalis, filiformis, prostratus, ramosus , 8—9 

 pollices longus, vaginis angustis, fusco purpureis, acutis, carinafis, 

 slriatis arcte vestitus. Flores pauci , parvi, apioe ramorum , herbacei, 

 dilute purpureo suffusi. Calycis laciniae acuminatae, patentes. Petala 

 anguste lanceolata, acutissima. Labellum albidum, obovatum, acutum, 

 apice recurvum, basi auriculis carnosis inflexis auclum; hnea media 

 callosa tuberculisque duobus antice procurrentibus : vesica sphaeroidea, 

 viridescens. Columna alba , auriculis imis labelli brevior, basi ipsa 

 tanlum labello adnata. 



Orchid of' no beauty. but one of the most curious , that I am acquainted with. It 

 has much the habit of an Epidendrum and is not at all unlike orchirlifiorum in its 

 manner of growlh, but it belongs to no genus hitherto described. The sepals are 

 united at the base into a cup as in Masdcvallia ; the labellum has a liitle bladder 

 like pouch at its base, in room of a spur; and the column. which is very small , is 

 more Hke that ef a Cypripedium. than any thing eise. Mr. Loddiges obtained it from 

 Demerara. 



1397/2. DRYMODA Lindl. 



Lindl. Seri. Orchid. (1838) 8. 



Perigonium valde inaequale et irregulnre. Sepalum supremum erectum, 

 liberum, lateraiia postice cuni pede longissimo columnae connala, sub- 

 ihomboidea, acuminata, sessilia, supremo pluries majora. Petala nana, 

 libera. Labellum cum pede columnae articulatum, tnlobum, convexum, 

 lobo medio deflexo. Columna nana, semiferes, auricula longa petaloidea 

 utrinque porrecta, basi in pedem longissimum linearem canaliculatum 

 elongafa. Anthera ferminalis opercularis cristata, bilocularis. 



Pollinia 4, accumhenlia, glaudulae globosac, grnmosae, separabili accrcscentia, flerba 

 minuta, cpiphyta, pscudobulbosa, apliylla. scapis radicalibus vaginaiis unifloris. 



DRYMODA I'ICTA Lindl. 1. c. : 

 Thc only knowledge I havc is from a sketcli made by Mr. Griffllh from specimens 

 discovcred by him in Fcbr. 1835 at Mergui in llie Burmese cmplre. It is so entircly 

 differcnt from any oibcr 0. wiih wbich I niii acquainted that I am unable even 

 10 name a genus wilh which it may be coniparcd. In ihc structure of ihe stiginalic 

 gland in particular il is so peculiar that Mr. Griflith considcrs ihe planl situated on 

 the confiny of Epidendrcac ct Vandeac. 



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