TAB. 40. 



Tribe Ophryde^e. 



Sub-tribe Dise^. 



Genus Brownleea. 



BROWNLEEA, Harvey, e.v Lindley, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., 

 vol. 1, p. 16 (1842); Sonder, in LinncEd, vol. xix, p. 106 (1847); Ben- 

 tham d- Hooker, Gen. Plant, vol. iii, p. 631 (1883). — Sepala fequilonga, 

 posticum cum petalis erectis tequilongis in galeam agglutinatum, cal- 

 caratum, lateralia libera, patentia, vel rarius plus minus connata. 

 Petala lata Integra vel lobata, basi ad latera columnae adnata. Label- 

 lum basi semi-annulare, columnae basin arete cingens eoque coalitum, 

 lamina minima angusta libera erecta patensve, vel ad stigmatis faciem 

 arete applicita. Columna brevissima, rostellum eminens erectum 

 bilobatum bipartitumve ; stigma sub rostello pulvinatum crassius- 

 culum. Antliera resupinata incurva, loculis parallelis, apicibus in 

 canales caudiculiferes in lobos rostelli adscendentibus productis ; 

 polliuia in loculis solitaria laxe granulosa, glandulis distinctis in apici- 

 bus rostelli horizontaliter positis. Capsula erecta cylindrico-clavata 

 erostris. — Herbae terrestres glabrae, caule gracili longiusculo, distanter 

 3-vel rarius 2-foliato. Folia saepius angusta, vel in una specie latius- 

 cula. Flores laxe racemosi, dense spicati, vel subcapitati. 



Genus Dis^e arete affine ; differt petalis cum sepalo imparl aggluti- 

 natis, prfesertim forma labelli, aliisque notis momenti minoris. 



Brownleea coerulea, Harvey, loc. cit.; Thes. Cap., vol. ii, jk 2, t. 

 104 (1863). — Caulis 15-37 cm. altus erectus subflexuosus teres, basi 

 vagina longa inclusus ; folia 3 caulina remota oblongolanceolata acuta 

 patentia vel adseendentia, obscure trinervia, iuferius 6-11 em. longum, 

 superiora minora; raeemus subpyramidalis, 3-12-fl., floribus patenti- 

 bus, bracteis foliaceis ovaria subfequantibus ; sepala lateralia semi- 

 ovata porrecto-deflexa, 1 em. longa ; sepalum impar (cum petalis) 

 galeatum inf undibulare acuminatum, sensim in ealear gracile areuatum 

 pollicarem produetum ; petala oblonga, ore galeae jequilonga ; labellum 

 lineare erectum, ad stigma arete applieitum eoque ^equilongum (vix 2 

 mill.) ; rostellum adscendens, lobo medio majusculo, basi bitubercula- 

 tum ; antliera reclinato-incurva, glandulis pollinium distantibus ; 

 ovarium cylindricum, basi in stipitem brevem atteuuatum. [Ex 

 exempli, plur. viv. e.vsiccatisque). B. macroceras, Sonder, in Linnaa, vol, 

 xix, p. 106 (1847); Disa coerulea, Eeichenhach fil., Otia Bot. Hamh. p, 

 119 (1881). 



