ICONES PLANTARUM, 25 
hizoma v. caudex reptans radicans, vaginis brevibus laxis ser 
Caules absque inflorescentia 1—2-pollicares, carnosuli at non in pseu udo- 
bulbas incrassati. Folia 4-8, we disticha, in vagins sessilia, 
recurvo- pine oan fere 3- -quet nek ppt opie tome 
brevis, marginibu membranaceis cum labelli basi in tubum conn 
Labelli lamina saat eequilonga, erecto-patens, late lanceolata, concava, 
acuta, indivisa, basi secus lineam centralem 2-lamellata. Antherarum 
loculi septo transverso 2-locellati. Pollinia 4, in locellis anthers 
segregata, inferiora longiuscule, superiora brevius, acuminata, apicibus 
Visco ~~ connexis, 
distinct grou rechideee which Lindley h y intended to 
establish as a bette, i bat which he fnalle Cndwoed robebl by the 
union of the base of the labellum with the column) entered as a section 
or subgenus of Hpidendrum. The pollinary apparatus is, however, as 
observed by Focke, so totally different from that of posal that it 
was impossible to retain the two species in that genus without doing 
violence to its character. It is in fact very nearly allied to that of the 
Liparidew, but upon the bona eee pane seems best placed in our 
subtribe Stenoglossem. —G. B 
Fig. 1. Flower, magnified. 2. Labellum and column (without the anther) seen 
from above, 3. Anther-case, Een the four locelli. 4, The two pollen-masses of 
PLATE 1535. 
LANIUM AVICULA, Lindl. 
OrcHuipEs, Tribe EpripENDRE (Stenoglossee). 
L. Avicula, Lindl. MS., caulibus psendobulbosis apice 2-foliatis, foliis 
in pseudobulbo sessilibus planis ovatis, pani icula ramosa.—LEpidendrum 
(Laniumy Avicula, Lindl. in Hook Journ. Bot. iii. 85. 
Has. Brasil, Organ Mountains, growing in dense tufts on the stems 
and branches of trees, Gardner, n. 625. 
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Caules in pseudobulbum ovoideo-globosum semipollicarem foliis 
coronatum scisenti, basi squamis 1-2 latis brevibus yaginati- 
