Curculigo-like leaves and an erect spike of yellow flowers 
with nearly regular, connivent perianth, and three linear 
or oblong anthers borne on one side of the flower, free 
pollen grains and a slender nearly free style.”’ 
APPENDIX 
The following descriptions of the five subfamilies men- 
tioned in the text are herewith presented, according to 
the requirements set forth by the rules of the Inter- 
national Code of Botanical Nomenclature. The accom- 
panying plates illustrate representatives of these groups. 
Subfamilia Apostasioideae Garay subfam. nov. 
(Plate XV). Flores zygomorphi; perianthii partes con- 
similes; filamenta antherarum stylo sive pro parte sive 
fere omnino connata, ergo columnam brevem formantia; 
antherae 2 vel 3, erectae, basi- vel dorsofixae interdum 
versatiles; pollen siceum granulosum; microsporae sem- 
per monocolpatae numquam in pollinium aggregatae ; 
stigmata 3. 
Typus: Apostasia odorata Bl. 
Subfamilia Cypripedioideae Garay subfam. nov. 
(Plate XVI). Flores zygomorphi; perianthi partes 
dissimiles; antherae stylo omnino adnatae, semper 2, 
tertia ex circulo exteriori staminodium formans; pollen 
viscosum, granulosum; microsporae semper monocolpa- 
tae, numquam, in pollinium aggregatae; stigmata 8. 
Typus: Cypripedium Calceolus L. 
Subfamilia Neottioideae Garay subfam. nov. 
(Plate XVII). Flores zygomorphi; perianthi partes 
dissimiles (raro in Thelymitra fere consimiles); columna 
suepe abbreviata; anthera erecta, semper singula, basi- 
vel dorsofixa, interdum versatilis; microsporae sive mono- 
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