334 83. OECHIBACB^. 



10. LiSTBBA. Perianth ringent. LipdeflexedjS-lolDed. Stigma 

 transverse. Eostellum f oliaoeous, acute, arcHng over stigma. 

 Column very short. 



11. Neottia.. Perianth hooded. Lip deflexed, 2-lobed, 

 gibbous at the base. Stigma transverse. Rostellum flat, 

 broad, prominent, entire, without an appendage. Column 

 long. 



12. EprPACTis. Perianth patent. Lip interrupted ; the basal 

 division concave ; terminal one (label) larger with 2 project- 

 ing plates at its base above. Stigma nearly square. Ros- 

 tefium short, terminated by a globose appendage. Anth. 

 terminal, erect, sessile, 2-oelled. Colunm short. Germen 

 straight on a twisted stalk. 



** Stigma without a rostellum. 



13. Oephalantheka. Perianth converging (in C. rubra 

 spreading). Lip interrupted, the basal division gibbous, 

 jointed to the recurved label. Stigma transverse. Anth. 

 terminal, erect, movable, shortly and thickly stalked, 2- 

 celled. Column long. Germen sessile, twisted. 



Tr, III. ARETR USHM Anther ultimately free, like a lid, 

 deciduous. Pollen in many granules, pulpy or powdery, 

 cohering in 2 stalked masses. — Boot (in our plant) of fleshy 

 much-branched fibres. 



14. EprpoGUM. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, large, 

 entire, with a small patent lobe on each side of its base and 

 an erect inflated spur. Anth. tumid, seated in the lobed 

 top of the column. Stigma transverse. Germen and stalk 

 not twisted. 



Tr. IV. MALAXIDEjE. Anther terminal, free, usuaUy like 

 a lid. Pollen cohering in a definite number of granules 

 and at length waxy and confluent ; no stalks. — Root fibrous, 

 with or without a superior bulb. 



15. CoBALLOKitHizA. Perianth converging. Lip with 2 

 prominent longitudinal ridges at the base, 3-lobed ; lateral 

 lobes small ; middle lobe large, slightly emarginate. Spur 

 short or wanting. Stigma triangular. Rostellum want- 

 ing ; but a large globose appendage. Anth. terminal, 2- 

 celled, opening transversely. Column long. Germen slightly 

 stalked, straight. 



16. Malaxis. Perianth patent. Lip posterior, erect, entire, 

 similar to the pet., smaller than the sepals. SpiirO, Stigma 



