128 Orchideae R.Br. 



Descrpt. Caulis vix pedalis, basi ad medium bul- 

 boso-subcarnosus, tetragonus apice 4-angularis, succo liyalino 

 copioso foetus, vaginis dein marcescentibus tectus ; folia te- 

 nuissima membranacea; pedunculus terminalis, sed evolutione 

 gemmae lateralis progrediente pseudo-lateralis, pauciflorus 

 spicatus ; pedicelli subnulli in perigonii tubum sensim transeun- 

 tes, torsum roseum; perigonii limbus roseus et purpureus, 

 maculis saturatioribus ; stipes labelii basi contractus intusque 

 sulcatus, supra basin planus scutaeformis ; labellum valde 

 mobile in loborum apicibus atro-purpureum, in alis albido- 

 roseum, in disco medio cerinum; lameilae utrinque binae in 

 medio labelli versus apicem singulae, basi tuberculum mi- 

 nutum. 



70. PTEROCERAS RADICANS Hsskl. 



Char. Cen. cf. Encll. Gen. Sppl. III. 1458/1. Msn. Gen. add. 371. 195/1, 



sed labelli limbus apice recurvus obtusus. 

 Char. Spec. cf. Hsskl. Diagu. nov. 24. Catal. 230. 1. Dec. 39. 



D e s c r p t. Herba pseudo-parasitica caulescens uber- 

 rime radicans; radices aerei albidi, flexuosi, elongati, apice 

 carnosi virides s. viridescentes, nodum quasi formantes ; rami 

 teretes virides; folia petiolo vaginante, carnosa, ovato-oblonga 

 s. oblonga, apice inaequalia, altero latere recedente, altero 

 prominulo acuto^ viridia erecto-patentia, 3 poll. longa, 0,7 — 

 1,0 poll. lata; flores racemosi; pedunculus longissimus, inter 

 radices aereas progerminans cylindricus, 3 — 4 ped. longus, 

 bracteatus, intra bracteas scrobiculatus, flores deinceps evol- 

 vens; bracteae imbricato-adpressae, parvae, rotundaate, car- 

 nosae; pedicelli 0,3 — 0,5 poll. longi, patentes, teretes, flaves- 

 centes ; perigonium extus stramineum, intus punctis sanguineis 

 notatum, labellum infra stramineum, ad margines conniventes 

 albido - roseum , alis stramineis, purpureo - punctatis , apice 

 revolutum atro-purpureum obtusum. 



71. RYNCHOSTYLIS PRAEMORSA Bl. 



Char. Gen. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 286. Saccolabium Lndl. Orcli. 220. Endl. Gen, 

 1480, ex parte. — Genus reservandura, nec Saccolabio adjungen- 



