CERATOSTYLIS. 



ORCHIDES. 471 



laevis , basi squamis scariosis vestitus. Folia sesquipollicaria crasso 

 terelia mucronala. Flores 4 — 1 congesti aspectu Fumarioideo a spatha 

 communi bracteisque scariosis lanceolatis fnlti. Ovnrium cum sepalis 

 extus pubescens. Mentum bene productum, sepala lanceolata acuta, 

 tepala ovata acuminata „apice reflexa" (sed in icone recfa). Labellum 

 integerrimum apiculatum spathulatum ohtusum apice valde cnrnosum 

 (concavum?); gynostemii processus concavi oblongi. 



Gewissermaassen die Pieurothallis iinter den Epidendreae. Trotz grosser Verscliie- 



denlieiten scheinen die C. mit Drvmoda verwandt. 



1397/6. AlVTHOOOlXrilJM Wall. ^ 



(Endl. Lindl. 0. 425. 1609/,.) 



1. ANTHOGONIUM GRIFFITHII Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. H. 90: 



Foliis linearilanceis acuminatis plicatis, peduncuio folia excedente, 

 labello obscure quadrilobo unguiculato basi gynoslemio adnato, basi per 

 axin bicristato. Anthogonium Gr. CCCXLV. 



Obs. Monet ill, Lindley nil nisi ipsissiraum A. gracile Wall. 



1397/7. CMYSIS LindL 

 B. Reg. XXIH (1837) 1937. 



Sepala paulo connata , patula : lateralia pedi producto columnae ad- 

 nata et calcar siraulantia. Petala sepalis conformia. Labellum trilobum, 

 patulum, venis basi callosis. Columna marginata , canaliculata, mutica. 

 Anlhera subrolunda, opercularis glabra. Pollinia 8, in laminam luteam 

 semifusa , 4 exterioribus tenuibus quatuor interiora crassiora abscon- 

 dentibus. Rostellum laminatum, convexum. Herbae epiphytae , occid., 

 ab arboribus pendulae ; caulibus Cyrtopodii depauperatis, f)Iiis nervosis 

 basi vaginantibus, racemis lateralibus mullinoris. 



1. CHYSIS AUREA LindL B. Reg. I. c. : 



Caules penduli, subclavati, arliculati, squamis fuscis , membranaceis 

 vestiti. Folia ovato-lanc(jolata, basi vaginantia, nervosa, undulata. Ha- 

 cemi pedunculati, ex axilla folii inferioris erumpentes, penduli, multi- 

 flori. Sepala ovala, obtusa. subundulata, basi alba , caeterum crocea; 

 lateralium margine anteriore infracto. Pelala ovato-oblonga , obtusa, 

 magniludine et colore sepalis similia. Labellum concavum, venis san- 

 guineis , trilobum; loho medio oblongo, obtuso, crispo, apice subsac- 

 cato ; venis 5 mediis tumidis, callosis, tribus lateralibus utrinque pubes- 

 centibus obovatis. PoIIinia sunt hujusmodi: lamina adest tenuis, lutea, 

 pulverulenta . bipartita, utrinque biloba , in clinandrium prona , margi- 

 nibus suis incrassatis et incurvis (= poUiniis basi in laminis duabus 

 geminatim cohaerentibus). — Praelerea. adsunl 4 alia minora et prioribus 

 supertecta, qiiorum duo ab angulis posterioribus et duo ab anterioribus 

 lamellae supradictae fissae oriuntur (= jpoll. 4 alia minora). Horum 

 corporum vera indoles latet ; sed verosimiliter pollitiia 8 adsunl quorum 

 4 exleriora in laminam fissam margine bilobam deliquescunt. 



Discov. by Menchman is thc valley of Cumancon in Venezuela. Mr. H. describesTt 

 as growin? suspcndcd liy long llbrous rools irom the lateral trunks of Irees, so 

 thal its pseudohuibs which in their growing stale are uncommonly briltle liang down- 

 wards and wave in ihe vvind. which wonid olherwiso he suflicient to brenk Ihem. 

 Clapton Nursery. 



