2 NEOTINEA INTACTA, THE NEW HUSH ORCHID. 
Jfabenarie^e of the otlier continents. Two peculiarities cliaracterize tlie 
genus. The plate seen between the anther-cells is not equivalent to 
the " processus rostellaris" of our common Orchids. It bears con- 
jointly in two channels the caudiculse ; and the glandulse are formed out 
of its own substance, so that there is either an impressed aperture 
(fig. 8)j or an aperture with an outward slit (tig. 8). This organ can 
ooly be regarded as a union of the anther-channels and the upper lip of 
the rostellura. The second peculiarity is that two of the shanks of the 
stigma, which alone are developed, have the shape of tw^o semicylindrical 
erect elevations. They are either united in the middle or quite dis- 
tinct. The lower lip of the rostellum is undeveloped. It is also 
worthy of remark, that the border which usually surrounds the pit of 
the stigma is only indicated laterally at the origin of the shanks of the 
stigma* Unfortunately I have not given a lateral view of it from the 
living plant. 
The supposition I formerly expressed (Orchid. Europ, 3), that fer- 
tilization takes place in the bud, is now confirmed. A similar pro- 
cess I noticed in Maxillaria rufescens, Lindl. (see Seemann's ' Bon- 
plandia,' 1854, p. 16), and since frequently in Dendrobimn cretacetm, 
Lindl. Similar observations have also been published by an accurate 
observer, Mr. J. Anderson, in the ' Journal of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society,' 1863, March 17. With such facts before us, it is hard to 
believe that any Orchid is incapable of fertilizing itself, and requires 
some as yet undiscovered insect to act as sexual agent. 
The synonymy of our plant is very extensive, viz. OrcJiis intacta 
Link, in Schrad. Diar. 1799, p. 11; Safyritm tnaculatum, Desf. Atl 
cundi/lora, Bertol. Amoen 
Himantoglossum secundjfii 
densi/li 
densi/li 
densljl{ 
dm 
Jensijl^ 
Voy. 595 ; Tinea cylindracea, Biv. Bern, in Giorn. Sicil. 1833, 149 
T. cyUndriea, Tod. Orchid. Sicul. 1 ; OrcJiis sagittata, Munby, Eevue 
ii. 505 ; Tinea maculata, Yisian. Dalm. iii. 353 ; Neotinea intacta 
Echb. fil. de Orcbid. Pol. Gen., etc., p. 29 ; Walp. Ann. iii. p. 580. 
A few words about tbe change from Tinea into Neotinea. I am a 
decided opponent of tbe view that tbe same generic name could not be 
