distance adnate to sides of column. Lip broadly unguiculate, 
sagittate-auriculate, the claw free from sepaline tube. Column 
free, elongate, slender, cylindric, pubescent in front, basally 
produced into a short, oblique base; stigmata 2, anterior, 
approximate; rostellum elongate, oblong-linear, truncate or 
obscurely excised. Anther in the descending clinandrium erect, 
umbonate, 2-celled. Ovary cylindric, sessile. 
Terrestrial plants with fleshy, fasciculate, villose roots. Leaves 
basal, rosulate, prominently petiolate. Scape slender, several- 
sheathed, spicate above. Flowers small, membranaceous. 
TYPE: Cyclopogon ovalifolium Pres] 
One species native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and 
Fer. 
Index to species 
albopunctata Barb.Rodr. = Mesadenella cuspidata (Lindl.) Garay 
alexandrae (Krzl.) Schltr. = Beadlea alexandrae (Krzl.) Garay 
alpestris Barb.Rodr. = Beadlea congesta (Vell.) Garay 
amabilis (Ames) J. Acuna = Hapalorchis lineatus (Lindl.) Schltr. 
aphyllus Schltr. = Pelexia goyazensis (Cogn.) Garay 
apricus (LindI.) Schltr. = Beadlea aprica (Lindl.) Garay 
argyrifolius Barb.Rodr. = Beadlea argyrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 
argyrotaenius Schltr. = Beadlea argyrotaenia (Schitr.) Garay 
atroviridis Barb.Rodr. = Mesadenella atroviridis (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 
Bangii (Rolfe) Schltr. = Odontorrhynchus chlorops (Rchb.f.) Garay 
bicolor (Ker-Gawl.) Schltr.= Beadlea bicolor (Ker-Gawl.) Garay 
bifidus (Ridl.) Schltr. = Helonoma bifida (Ridl.) Garay 
Bradei Schltr. = Beadlea variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 
calophyllus Barb.Rodr. = Beadlea calophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 
candidus (Krzl.) Pabst = Hapalorchis candidus (Krzl.) Schltr. 
casanaénsis Schltr. ex Mansf. = Beadlea casanaénsis (Schltr. ex Mansf.) 
Garay 
cearensis Barb.Rodr. = Beadlea cearensis (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 
chloroleucus (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. = Stigmatosema polyaden (Vell.) Garay 
congestus (Vell.) Hoehne = Beadlea congesta (Vell.) Garay 
cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920 = Beadlea cranichoides (Griseb.) Small 
cranichoides Schltr. 1921 = Beadlea peruviana (Presl) Garay 
cuspidatus (Lindl.) Schltr. = Mesadenella cuspidata (Lind]l.) Garay 
densiflorus Schltr. = Beadlea Lindleyana (Link, Kl. & Otto) Garay & 
Dunsterv. 
diversifolius (Cogn.) Schltr. = Beadlea diversifolia (Cogn.) Garay 
Doeringit Schltr. ex Hoehne, nomen = Beadlea variegata (Barb.Rodr.) 
Garay 
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