Supplement, ^c] oxlviii. OROHiDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 177 



that 4 is the rule, but one of each pair is often much smaller, and I suspect sometimes 



In line 3 of the character of subtrlbe Malaxece for not incumbent, read accum- 

 beut or incumbent. 



P. 667. Subtribe Ebie^. The inflorescence is often subtermlnal in JEria, and 

 appears.to be truly terminal in the anomalous genus 10/2 Claderia. (See p. 810.) 



P. 668. The Subtribe Cyetopodiejb of Bentham, is here included as far as the 

 Indian genera are concerned in EulophieiB, though by oversight, it is introduced at 

 p. 671. ^ulophiea are described in the " Genera" as pseudobulbous, and having a 

 spurred lip, but very few indeed of the Indian species are pseudobulbous, many have 

 a mere sac to represent the spur, in many the so-called spur is a true mentum, and , 

 Bolus " Orchid of Cape Peninsula " describes species that have neither a spurred 

 nor saccate lip. The only character given for Oj/rtopodieie, as distinctive from 

 HulophietB, is that of the column being produced into a foot ; but this is invalidated 

 by my having to follow Blume, Bolus apd others in replacing Ct/rtopera, which in 

 the " Genera " is referred to Oyrtopodiv/m, in EulopMa ; and as I find no cbaracter by 

 which PloeoglotUs, the only other Indian genus of Bentham's Ct/rtopodiea, can be 

 excluded Eulophiece, I propose as a character — 



Subtribe Eolophie^s;. Terrestrial, never epiphytic. Stem rarely pseudo- 

 bulbous. Lip usually spurred saccate or forming with the lateral sepals a mentum. 



39. EuioPHiA. Lip free from the sides of the column, adnate to its base or 

 foot. 



48. yLOCoaLOTTis. Lip adnate by a membrane to the sides of the column. 



Suborder Cymbidie^d. Terrestrial or epiphytic. Lip neither spurred nor con- 

 spicuously saccate ; adnate to the base of the column. — Genera as at p. 671, including 

 Cremastra, which has to be added. 



Suborder Vaniiles;. The free often hippocrepiform poUinia, without caudicle or 

 gland, distinguish the Indian species from Corymheie and Spiranthece. 



Subtribe CoEYMBEiE, differs from all other Indian Neottie^ in the hard almost 

 woody stem, and rigid leaves, in which respect the species resemble Apostasia. 



Tribe Ophutbe^s. In 4tb line insert "long or" before short. 



Subtribe 'Evo:eB3.YT)EM. If I am correct in my analyses of the rosfcellum in some 

 of the smaller Hahenarice, it may prove difiicult to separate this subtribe from 

 ttabenariece. Under any circumstances the modifications of the rostellum are so 

 great in both, that I doubt its forming a subtribal character. 



After Subtribe DisEa; should follow (as at p. 675) — 



Subtribe CoETClEiE, to include 110 Dispekis. This genus and Satyrium are the 

 solitary Indian representatives of the extensive S. African Subtribes Bisece and 

 Coryeiece, which are distinguislied from one another by Bentham, and more recently 

 by Bolus (the Orchids of the Cape Peninsula) by the former having the sepals and 

 petals all free, and the lip at the base of the column, whilst in the latter the dorsal 

 sepal and petals cohere, and the lip is adnate to the column nearly to its tip. 



Tribe CYPBiEEBiEa;. This tribe I think includes two subtribes, if not two, 

 tribes; namely — 



Cypbipedie^e. Flowers very irregular. Lip inflated. Anthers 2, one on each 

 side of a large dilated rostellum. Sbaminode very large. 



AposTASlEiE. Flowers regular. Lip like the sepals and petals. Anthers 2 or 3 

 on the sides of a siliall erect rostellum ; staminode very small or 0. 

 Key to the Geneea. 



P. 669. After 9. Bomophyllum, insert— 



9/1. HenosiS, see Vol. v. p. 771, and for amended characters p, 189 of this 

 volume. 



P, 670. After 18. CaBSSoaiosstrir, iosert— 

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