Monandrae. Orchidaceae, 



OrcMdaceae Lindlei/. Kat. sijst. cd. II, SoG; Genera ct Species ISiO 

 j). XI, oSl. BcJib. f. Walpers Annal. III, 516; Pfttzer in Enyler Trantl. 

 Natiirl. lyianzevfamilien II Abt. G, 53. — Orchideae Haller ITi:^. Enum. 

 stirp. Ifelvct. praef. 33, Linnaei et omnium fere auctorum. — Orchides 

 Jussien hort. Trian. 1759. 



Flores liermaphroditi rarius dioeei v. polygami. Peri- 

 g-oiiiiim foliolis 6 in circulos 2 alternautes dispositis compo- 

 situm, illa circuli exterioris „sepala" dicta; lateralia circuli 

 interni ,,petala" medianum circuli interioris saepe ampliatum 

 structura (luam maxime varians ,,labellum" dictum. Stamina 



1 rarissime 3 cum stjdo in co]*pus „coIumna v. gynostemium" 

 dictum coalita (Sc. stamen unicum si adest sepalo dorsali 

 oppositum, si 3 petalis illi et lateralibus opposita). Stigma 

 in areolas 2 rarissime 3 divisa quarum 2 (laterales) ad reci- 

 piendum pollen aptae, tertia plerunniue in organum peculiare 

 „roste]lum" dictum transformata; stigmata plerumque foveae 

 glutine scatenti immersae, rarius producta v. stipitata. PoIIen 

 aut pulverum aut granulosum aut cereum, plerumque massulas 



2 (interdum 4 v, imo y) formans. saepius in „tetradas" dictas 

 dissectile; massulae in processus „caudiculae" dictae productae 

 et glandulae unicae v. binis aifixae. — Herbae v. frutices 

 perennes, pleraeque radicibus proprie dicendis instructae, ter- 

 restres v. epiplijticae, caules sj^mpodia v. rarius monopodia 

 efficientes. Saepius in „bulbos" incrassati, folia aut lierbacea 

 (annua) aut coriacea v. imo cartilaginea (perennia) duplica- 

 tiva V. convolutiva. Inflorescentiae racemosae (rarissime mo- 



