Oichklaceae. -'Mo 



Hab. in Grenada in sylvis montosis umbrosis hiimidisqiio 

 prope lacum Grand Etang: Broadway n. 1224; Tobago prope 'Tbe 

 AVidows': Broadway n. 2497; Trinidad ad Cascade of Diego Martin: 

 Dr. Bradford. — Amer. austr. trop. 



Subtribus V. Physureae Pfitz. 



Pßix,. Natihi. Anord. Orch. (1H87) p. !)8 (PJiijsuraleae) ei in Enr/l. und 

 Prantl, Natürl. Pflanxenfam. ILO (1888) p- 114. 



Labelbim petalis difforme aut paene con forme, anticum, saepe pen- 

 dnhim. Sepabim impar cycli externi cum petab's in galeam saepissimo 

 coliaeret. Anthera orecta vel incnmbens, aequo fere longa ac rostellum; 

 pollinia sectilia, rostelli glandulao affiguiitur. — Folia mollia, non plicato- 

 venosa, ad basin caulis eonferta, aut rarius caulis foliatus vel aphyllus. 



X. Physurus L. 0. Rieb. 



L. C. Rieh. Orch. Eiirop., in Mem. Mus. Paris IV (1817) p. 55 



(7iomen tanüim); Lincll. Gen. and Sp. Orch. (1840) p. 501; Benth. 



et Hook. Gen. III p. 597; Pfitx. in Engl, und Prantl, Natürl. 



Pflanzenfam. II 6 p. 116; Coyn. in Marl. Fl. Bras. III 4 p. 225. 

 Sepala snbaeqnalia, libera, erecta vel subpatentia. Petala cum 

 sepalo postico in galeam conniventia vel cohaercntia. Lab eil um a 

 basi columnae erectum eiqiie interdum breviter adnatum, subtus in 

 calcar descendeus prodnctum, superne cavuni, abrupte contractum, 

 lamina terminali patenti vel recnrva integra vel bifida. Colnmna 

 brevis nunc brevissima, exalata; Stigma ad basin rostelli erecti lon- 

 giuscnli cavum; clinandriiim parum prominens. Antbera erecta, 

 breviter acuminata, loculis contiguis distinctis; pollinia granulosa 

 (sectilia), anthera dehiscente a glandula rostelli saepins majuscula ob- 

 longa pendula pollinario delapso rostellum alte bifidum relinqnentia. 

 Capsula oblouga vel ovoidea, erecta. — Herbae terrestres, foliatae, 

 regionum calidiorum Americae et Asiae incolae, fibris radicalibus in 

 rhizomate repente saepius fasciculatis. Caules ascendentes vel erecti, 

 simplices. Folia petiolata, membranacea, ovata vel lanceolata. Flores 

 parvi vel raediocres, in sjiica saej^e elongata subsessiles. Bracteae 

 parvae vel angnstae. 



Conspectus specierum. 



I. Labellum basi attenuatum non cucullatum, sub apice valde constrictum. 

 A. Labellum sepalis aequilongum , lobo terminali ovato, trilobulato; calcar 

 anguste obovoideum. 



1. Caulis robustus, superne longe denudatus; folia basi augustata; 

 bracteae acuminatae, ovario longiores; ovarium densiuscule glau- 

 duloso-pilosum; sepala 6 mm. longa 57. P. plantaglneus Lindl. 



