incurved foot; stigmata 2, approximate to confluent; rostellum 
laminar, erect, membranaceous, acute to obtuse. Anther ovate- 
cucullate, acute; pollinia clavate with a small, roundish visci- 
dium. Ovary sessile, very slightly twisted, sometimes colliferous 
at apex. 
Plants small to miniature, facultative epiphytes, growing on 
branches of trees, with slender, fleshy roots. Leaves basal, rosu- 
late, with ciliate to hairy blades. Scape short, erect to arcuately 
pendent, few-sheathed, terminated by a densely compact, capi- 
tate spike. Flowers small to minute, mostly hidden by large, 
ciliolate bracts. 
TYPE: Eurystyles cotyledon Wawra 
13 species native to regions of New World tropics. 
Index to species 
actinosophila (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 
alticola Dod = Eurystyles auriculata Schltr. 
ananassocomus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
auriculata Schltr. 
borealis A.H. Heller 
Cogniauxii (Krzl.) Schltr. 
colombiana (Schlitr.) Schltr. 
Cotyledon Wawra 
cristata (Schltr.) Schltr. 
domingensis Dod = Eurystyles Gardneri (Lindl. ex Gardn.) Garay 
Gardneri (Lindl. ex Gardn.) Garay 
Eurystyles Guentherana (Krzl.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stenoptera Guentherana Krzl. in Fedde, Rep. 25: 19, 1928. 
Lorenzii (Cogn.) Schltr. 
paranaensis (Schltr.) Schltr. 
Standleyi Ames 
Funckiella Schltr. in Beith. Bot. Centralb. 37(2): 430, 1920, 
orthogr. correct. 
Etymology: In honor of Nicolas Funck (1816-1896), a Bel- 
gian explorer and avid orchid collector who in 
commercial circles was known by the affection- 
ate name, “l’Oncle Funck”. 
Sepals dissimilar, horizontal, subparallel to ringent; dorsal 
sepal partially adnate to back of column; lateral sepals oblique 
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