126 Orchideae R.Br. 



rima, corlacea, plana aut subtus saepe concava, apice obtu- 

 siuscula aut subbifida, 2,5 — 3,5 poll. longa, 1,0 — 1,2 poU. 

 lata; flores bini laterales supra medium vaginae foliorum 

 hanc perforantes ; involucrum diphyllum complanatum, gemmas 

 foHiferas occultans, plerumque emarcidum, foliolis quadratis 

 verticalibus ; flores succedanei breviter pedicellati; perigonium 

 flavum ; tubus germini adnatus obconicus crassiusculus ; laci- 

 niae Kmbi pallidae, externae elongatae, tubo longiores, undu- 

 latae involutae, interiores externis subaequantes paullo mino- 

 res et angustiores; laterales externae basi productae, colum- 

 nae adnatae; labellum basi angustatum, membranaceum, cum 

 basi colunmae producta articulatum, luteum, intus subcrista- 

 tum, aurantiacum, trifidum ; lobi laterales breviores acuti, in- 

 termedius elongatus, acuminatus; columna crassa, abbreviata, 

 versus apicem paullo attenuata; anthera terminalis biloculata; 

 pollinia bina ceracea oviformia libera. 



67. SPATHOGLOTTIS PLICATA Bl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 1384, *sed laljellum tricristatum, crista media 

 ad apicem, lateralibus totis crispato-undulatis, lacinia intermedia vix 

 unguiculata, sed apice dilatata sul^rotunda (spathulata) lateralihus 

 erectis conniyentibus acutis; Msn. Gen. 37"2. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 401. Lndl. Orch. 119. Hsskl. Dec. 35. 



Descrpt. Caulis abbreviatus; petioli teretes 18 poll. 

 longi; folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminatissima, plicata, cum 

 petiolo 3 ped. longa, 2 — 3 poli. lata glabra, ba^si in petiolum 

 decurrentla; pedunculus terminalis erectus, 3,0 — 3,5 ped. lon- 

 gus vlridis, apice spicifer; squamae albldo-coloratae vagi- 

 nantes adpressae; flores breviter pedicellatl; pedicelli 0,5 poll. 

 longi, patentes ; bracteae oblongo-lanceolatae superlores llnea- 

 res, acuminatae. concavae, albldo-coloratae, perslstentes, dein 

 marcescentes, reflexae; perigonli tubus germlni adnatus, basi 

 attenuatus, erectus, striatus, vlridls ; limbus candldus, laclnlae 

 oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, externae basi productae, colum- 

 nae adnatae ; capsuke cyllndrico-hexagonae, pendulae, virides, 

 1,2 poll. longae, 0,3—0,4 poll. crassae. 



