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didyma intusquc loculis binis approximates, antice in apicem obtusiusculum mcmbranaceum attenuate. Pollinia 2, 

 subglobosa, substantia dura cerca, ex impressione dorsali, funiculi! m elasticum emittcntia , cujus ope apici dilatato 

 caudicula? longa? spathulataj membranaceffi separatim adherent. Caudicula ad basin in larainam (s. glandulam v. 

 retinaculum Auctorum) magnam cordatam refractam rostello connexam continuata. Capsula clavata, plus Spoil, longa, 

 digitum crassa, subtrigona, costata, fissuris lateralibus debiscens. Semina plurima, minutissima, scobiformia, straminea. 



EXPLICATIO FIGURARUM. 



Tab. 194. fig. \. Phalamopsis amabilis florens, magn. nat. 



Tab. 199. A. Analysis floris, figuris duabus prioribus paululum modo, reliquis magis niinusve magn. auct. — 1. Flos, 

 pbyllis supra basin abscissis ; s I basis pbyllorum lateralium externorum ; s d eadem posticorum ; s i eadem internorum ; 

 /labellum. — 2. Flos idem verticaliter persectus, anthera cum polliniis demtis. — 3. Pars superior gynostemii figuraj 

 superioris, ex adverso visa ; an androclinium ; r rostellum; s stigma. — 4. Eadem a latere, apparatu pollinari adbuc 

 praedita; p pollinia; r rostellum; s stigma. — 5. Antbera, a tergo visa. — 6. Eadem , subtus visa. — 7. Apparatus 

 pollinaris; c caudicula ; g lamina s. retinaculum cordatum rostello agglutinatum ; p pollinia, extus visa. — 8. Idem 

 apparatus conversus, ut pollinia postice conspiciantur. 





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AERIDES Louu. Flor. Cochinch. (ed. Willd.)^. 641. Lindl. Gen. etSpec. Orchid, p. 238 (ut reliqua 

 eitata ex parte!). Endl. Gen. Plant, p. 206 N° 1493. Meisn. Plant. Gen. p. 374. et Comment. 

 p. 280. 117. 



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Perigonii patentis phylla subsequalia , exteriora lateralia basi obliqua ungui gynostemii adnata. 

 Labellum maximum, ungui gynostemii continuum, reclinatum, calcaratum, cucullato-trilobum. Gvrio- 

 stemium in ovario recumbens, brevis, apterum, ima in unguem longum protensum; rostello supra stigma 

 prominente, cmarginato. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, postice oblique biloba, 

 caudicula) angustae membranacese in rostello dilatato-replicata3 annexa. — Herbw Asice tropica? } epiphytce, 

 caulescentes , simplices v. subramosce^ radicantes> glabrwj foliis distichis, coriaceis v. subcarnosiSj, 

 loriformibus , apice oblique emarginatis; floribus racemosis, speciosis, albidis, roseis v. e violaceo 

 purpureis, odoratissimis . 



Obs. Genus boc multo rcstrictius existimo, quam V. Doct. Lindley censuit, qui Dendrocallam mini ci adjungit. Dua?. stirpes 

 bic descripta;, in Bydr. Flor. Ned. Ind. meis non commemoratce, florum fabrica exacte cum A. odoratd Loua., quod typum 

 hujus Generis offert, congruilnt. 



1 . A . pallidum Tab. 1 92. fig. 5 et tab. 1 97. A : foliis carnosis rigidis canaliculars oblique emarginatis inter lobos mucronatis • 

 1 racemis ascendentibiis foliis longioribus multifloris; perigonii phyllis obovato - oblongis obtusis; labelli cucullati lobis 



lateralibus retusis, intermedio cuncato - subtrilobo crispo; calcari conico incurvo Bl. Cent. Plant, nov. — Habit. In 

 Timor in arboribus, intimcJ. Wightiano Lindl. affinc. — Caidis simplex, teres, inferne foliorum basibus truncatis 

 fuscis striatis equitantibus, inter quas radiculae aeria3 longce vermiculares albicantes tenacissimoe propullulant. va^inatus 

 supcrne foliosus. Folia disticha, varic patentia, 4-8 poll, longa, 8-11 lin. lata, obtusa, oblique emarginata cummucro- 

 nulo, canaliculata, supra basin amplexicaulem conduplicata, crassa, carnosa, rigida. Racemi axillares v. laterales 

 solitarii, simplices, ascendentes, 8 poll, ad plus pedem longi; pedunculo tereti, vaginulis distantibus brevibus arctis 

 oblique truncatis, quaj ad rhachin undique flpriferam in bracteas ovatas semiamplexas patentes unifloras transeunt 

 ',- instructo. Flores speciosi, candidi, labcllo striolis transversis dilute roseis distincto in apice calcaris lutescente, florum 

 Convallarice majalis instar odoris gratissimi. Perigonii phylla patentissima, obovato-oblonga, obtusa v. leniter retusa 

 antcriora duo exteriora latiora basi ungui gynostemii oblique adnata, interiora duo modo paulo minora ac basi ma«Ws 

 angustata. Labellum phyllis perigonii multo majus, ungui gynostemii incumbens eique continuum, cucullatum, trilobum 

 basi in calcar conicum obtusiusculum incurvum prominens ; lobis lateralibus arcuato-ascendentibus, oblongis, retusis • 

 lobo intermedio majore, incurvo, cuneato-oblongo, obtuso, brevitcr trilobo, crispatulo. Gynostemium in ovario recum- 

 bens, basi in unguem longum linearem concaviusculum productum; parte superiorc brevi, crassiore, semitereti, facie 

 antica stigmate subrotundo excavata, supcrne androclinium acctabuliforme imprcssionibus duabus notatum efformante. 

 Rostellum supra stigma subproboscideo - prominens, apice retusum. Anthera opcrcularis, depresso-ovoidea, postice 

 didyma, apice membranacco-altenuata, bilocularis, loculis valvula membranacea subrotunda. Caudicula linearis, mem- 

 branacea, ad rostellum in laminam latam reclinata, extremitate superiorc e poris duobus fila elastica emittens, quibus 

 hie pollinia duo subglobosa postice oblique biloba dura ccracca annexa. 



2. A. suaveolens Tab. 193. fig. 1 : foliis coriaceis rigidis subcanaliculatis oblique emarginatis; racemis nutantibus foliis 



longioribus multifloris ; perigonii phyllis ovatis obtusis ; labelli cucullati lobis lateralibus obtusis v. truncatis, intermedio 

 lanceolato superne obsolete denticulato; calcari conico incurvo Bl. Cent. Plant, nov. — A. odoratum (haud Loua. !) 

 Herb. Rwdt. 



/3. Var. virens: foliis latioribus; labelli lobo intermedio elongato supcrne eroso - denticulato. A. virens Lindl. Misc. Bot. 

 Reg. (1843) 48 et Bot. Reg. (1844) tab. 41. — Habit. In provinciis Javae occidentalibus in sylvis montanis arbores 

 incolens. A. odorato Loua. e Sina et Cochinchina afline, floribus hujus instar odoratissimis. Vegetatione exacte cum 



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