360 CXXII. llCUIDACEiE. 



undivided or 3-lobed. Column erect, semiterete. Anthers 2- 

 celled. Pollinia 2, mostly 2-lobed at back, subsessile on a 

 triangular gland. — Lindl. Orch. p. 161. 



Epiphytes (some terrestrial ?) of various habit. The Cape species re- 

 fen'od to this genus bj autliors belong to EidopMa ; but Mr. Sanderson has 

 recently discovered near Natal a fine plant (C. Sandersoni, mss.), which 

 seems to be a genuine species. It has long, cylindrical pseudobulbs, 

 coriaceous, many-ribbed leaves, and a tall scape, ending in a panicle of pale 

 yellow flowers. Found between D' Urban and Atherclitl'e, 1860. 



4. EULOPHIA, E. Br. 



Perianth expanded, the sepals and petals ascending, sub- 

 equal, either quite free or connate with a more or less pro- 

 duced column. Labellum sjnirred or saccate at base, sessile, 

 concave, very generally furnished wath crested or bearded longi- 

 tudinal ridges, sometimes smooth; often 3-lobed, sometimes 

 undivided. Column semiterete, margined. Anther 1-2-celled. 

 Pollinia 2, 2-lobed at back or hollow, with a short, linear 

 caudicle and a transverse gland. — Lindl. Orch. p. 180. 



Terrestrial, pseudobulbous plants. Leaves long, rigid, plaited or many- 

 ribbed. Scape radical, simple or branched, many-flowered. Flowers duU- 

 coloured, shaded with green, dull purple and white. — Many Cape species, 

 dispersed. 



5. CYRTOPERA, Lindl. 



Perianth expanded, sepals and petals ascending, subequal, 

 connate with the much- produced base of the column. Label- 

 lum not spurred, concave, subventricose, 3-lobed, marked with 

 crested or tubercled ridges. Column semiterete, margined. 

 Anther 1-2-celled. Pollinia 2, 2-lobed at back, with a short, 

 subtriangular caudicle. — Lindl. Orch. p. 189. 



Terrestrial plants, with plaited leaves and fleshy stems, sometimes long 

 and fusiform, sometimes short. Scapes radical ; flowers racemose. — 2 or 3 

 Cape species, Eastern. 



6. LISSOCHILUS, E. Br. 



Perianth expanded ; the sepals small, reflexed or spreading, 

 herbaceous, free ; the petals much larger, spreading, wing-like. 

 Labellum saccate at base, concave, subentire or 3-lobed, mostly 

 connate with the base of the column. Column erect, short, 

 semiterete. Anther 2-celled, crested. Pollinia 2, 2-lobed at 

 back, with a short linear caudicle and transverse gland. — Lindl. 

 Orch. p. 191. 



Terrestrial, pseudobulbous plants, resembling EtdopMce^ from which 

 genus this cliieily diflers by its large petals. Flowers pauicled or racemose, 

 showy, yellow and brown. — Several Cape species. 



