BRACHIONIDIUM. 
Sepala Poses aca pre eg lateralibus connatis. Petala con- 
mia, 6 minora. Labellum nanum, sessile, indivisum. Columna 
nana, cha , basi haud produc  ainekaen 3-lobi brackiis m maximis 
a carosis, perc plano ieee ecto. An a ; Pol- 
ae artilaginea setacea. Rhizom: repens, vaginatuin, 
is coriacea iahussthn gerens. Flores solitarsi, consptcut, brev 
pedicellat 
I formerly ppg one soem: sf Pi genus to Restrepia, the t oh charac- 
ters of which wi unknown. r acquaintance with the structure of 
Brachionidium, although still ne “neafien, e pollen-masses qe anther 
not having been seen ore with Stelis than Restrepia. 
With the steel genus , indeed, it eornenpotids is in the dwarf lip, pressed close 
ye genes a footless column, and in the great development of the lateral arms 
the column, whic ’ Eaves’ are not stigmatic. But it core not only in 
its whole habit, but in the petals having the same full development as the 
great membranous psc In Pleurothallis, I find nothing at all approaching 
this structure. 
1. Br. parvifolium (Restrepia —- Lindl. in Orch. Pence at No. 18); 
foliis ——— Pacer albidis——. slope o 
Peak of T among mosses er old stunted trees at 12000’ of 
elevation aves ia phi flowers are "aap iy” long, far larger than in the 
other species ; "D yalian. slightly with ” Linden, With their lip 
and column I am unacquainted. 
2. Br. concolor ; foliis acuminatis subtus —— labello lunato inap- 
pendicula: Bolivia, Bridges, h. s. sp.—F lowers much smaller than in 
to-——. 
the last. Lip crescent-shaped, strongly 3-veined, thin edged, with the horns 
of the crescent r 
3. Br. hore ea foliis oblongis a tantum, labello — 
medio tubereulo 3-lobo aucto——New igo Funck & 58, 
h. s. omm. cel. Lin ae Flow intermediate te in si ae 
two preceding species. The lip fina Dicken ed margin; its "Sobed perce 
is just in the centre, upon the jatiiate vein, with a furrow along the middle 
lobe. 
Jan. 17, 1859. 
