468 ORCHIDES. 



DRYMODA. 



C. whole plant: I presume , the plant hasnothing, but litile lemicular angular 

 pseudobulbs , it will be seen, ihat the flower is inverted , that is the labellum up- 

 perraost. 



C, 1. pink and white lat, sepals (in icone flavi et purpurei!) between which 

 hangs down the deep red fleshy, hairy labellum. 



C. 2, Large yeliow siigmatical gland standing in front of the anther. 



C, 4. 4 pollenmasses, fogeiher with the gland. This gland is opaque , clavate, 

 rounded, always separating with the pollen masses, which, especially the inner , ad- 

 here to it very firmly; it is composed of soft grumous matter and is easily 

 broken away. 



C. 5, Proflle of same parts. 



C. 6. External view of an outer pollenmass. 



C. 7. Interior view of the same. Sert, Orchid. 8. C. 1838. 



1397/3. HEXADKSm.% .4. Brogn. 



Ann. sc. nat. 1842. XYII. 44. 



Sepala subconniventia, supremo oblongo-lanceolalo, lateralibus tri- 

 anguiaribus infra cum basi columnae in pseudocalcare unitis. Petala 

 sepalis subaequalia oblonga. Labellum cum basi producta columnae 

 articulatum, subintegrura, plicatum. Columna petalis brevior, semiteres, 

 apice clavala, clinandrio auriculis lateralibus et dente postico uncinato 

 marginato basi foveola nectarifera excavata. Anthera operculaeformis, 

 denti marginis clnandrii affixa, carnosa, sexlocularis. PoIIinia 6, aequalia, 

 4 posticis caudiculis longioribus replicatis, 2 anterioribus caudiculis 

 brevissimis, tria ad utrumque lobum antherae pertinenliaj et inter se 

 caudiculis unita, facillime glutine apicis caudicularum in fasciculo unico 

 connexis. 



Herba mexicana ab indefesso viatore Linden Musaeo Parisiensi allata , habitu Den- 

 drobia quaedam asiatica et forma floris Apora praesertim referens , sed polliniorum 

 structura cum Epidendreis quadrans eorumque numero ab aliis hujusce familiae 

 generibus, excepta Hexameria RBr, e tribu Malaxidearum distincta, 



1, HEXADESMIA FASCICULATA, 1842, Ad. Brogn, in Ann. des Sc.XVH.p. 45. B. Reg. 

 XXIX. 1843. p. 16. Misc. 2t : 



Flowered in the garden of the horticultural society, where it has been saved out 

 of a collection formed by Mr. Hartweg at Quezahenango in Guatemala, It has.small 

 green flowers of no beauty, and the habit of Epidendrum clavatum. 



B. Reg. XXVIII. 1842. Misc. 44. Caules e rhizomate nascentes, erecti, basi gra- 

 ciles squamis vestili, superius incrassato-subspathulati bulbosi, pseudobulbis stipitatis 

 compressis, elliptico-lanceolatis apice diphyJlis. Folia oblonga , 5— 6 pollicaria , pol- 

 licem lata, coriacea, plana, apice emarginala. Flores terminales 2—4 fasciculati sub- 

 sessiles, e spatha communi brevi oxeuntes , pedicellis ovariisque gracilibus incurvis, 

 squnmis obtectis, — Huc : 



Hexadesmia Lindeniana. Rich, el Gal. tab. 23. Ann. sc. nat. 1845. Jan, p. 23: 

 Pseudobulbis stipilatis fusiformibus compressis, apice 1—2 phyllis ; 

 foliis oblongo-elliplicis oblusis; floribus fasciculatis: labello unguiculato, 

 ovali, obluso, 

 Mexico. 



2. HEXADESMIA CRUCIGERA Lindl. B, Reg. XXX. 1844, Misc. 4: Hexopia crucigera 

 Baiem. Mss. 



Caule fusiformi, foliis exacle linearibus, racemis flexuosis paucifloris, 

 bracteis ovalis membranaceis, mento valde producto, labello obovato 

 alte bilobo. 



