BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CamBripGe, MassacnuusetTts, JuNE 30, 1976 VoL. 24, No. 9 
THE GENUS OECEOCLADES LINDL. 
BY 
Lestige A. GARAY AND PETER TayLor* 
In 1832 while describing Oeceoclades, as a genus differ- 
ent from Angraecum, Lindley offered the following ob- 
servation: ‘‘The genus Angraecum. . . is known by its 
undivided lip, which is neither cucullate, nor articulate 
with the column; by its spreading perianthium, which 
never has the segments turned upwards as in Eulophia; 
by its long taper-jointed spur, which is rarely enlarged 
at the base; and finally, by all these characters being 
connected with coriaceous leaves that are never ribbed 
or plaited. Such being the definition of Angraecum, it 
will be apparent that, . . . such as our Angraecum macu- 
latum and a few of those of Du Petit Thouars, must be 
excluded; these form a genus nearly related to Eulophia, 
from which they are to be distinguished by their coria- 
ceous leaves, by the perianthium never being secund, and 
by the want of a crest upon the lip.” 
With this introduction Lindley also provided a sepa- 
rate generic description in Latin as well as a list of names 
—five under Angraecum and four under Limodorum — 
which he considered belonged to Oeceoclades, but with- 
out making the proper nomenclatorial transfers. ‘The 
following year, in 18338, in his Genera and Species of 
Orchidaceous Plants, he treated Oeceoclades in a similar 
* Orchid Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. 
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