308 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. 
Epipendree or it terminates in an amorphous dilatation, as in 
many Malaxidee. 
ese differences in the structure of the column, anther, and 
pollen, furnish botanists with the best means of classifying the 
order and breaking it into sub-orders, thus :— 
iz Having the anthers free, opercular, or ) 
vered with a lid, pollen-masses waxy, thallis. Li 
I. MALAXIDE. with neither caudicula nor gland; roots Re ba gh aa a 
thick and fleshy + bcpcrmys see bulbous in 
Liparis and Malax 
Anther aca, pollen waxy, sv and no Including Epidendrum, Celo- 
Il. EPIDENDREX, gyne, Leelia, and Bletia. 
| tide back upon the pollen grains, and no 
Including Vaunda, Sarcanthus, 
Anther opercular, pollen bein with a sia, Oncidium, 
Ill. VANDE#. {sane audicula and giand aie pb gion a 
Anther erect, with distinct Ragone \ 
{raiten scople or granular, form re na rage ie gale se 
) 
IV. OPHRYDES. nadenis, thrix, Disa, 
round which the masses of gp od gor 
f Corycium 
| arranged, sometimes forming a strap or 
\ caudicula. 
Including Limodorum, Acian- 
her opercular, pollen granular o! 
= nthe thus, comet Fogle, Gastrodia 
V. ARETHUSEZ. {acs ip lip slightly articulated with th 
some “ eros 
and dorsal, having the) 1, has Cranichis, Lister 
stigma in ang Bers powdery, having the Spiranthes, Physurus, 
VI. Neorrinz. fut adherent to a gland on the margin pike ti toe 
of stigma, 
ee eT io Anthers two, separated by a broad viget Including Cypripedium only. 
Among the Mataxtne® we find many British species, as the coral- 
rooted Corallorhiza erimata, whose root gives out the scent of the 
vanilla when drying; Liparis loveselli, with its yellowish ten- 
flowered spike ; but the more beautiful species, of this sub-order 
are found among the Dendrobiums, an extensive genus of East 
‘Indian Epiphytes found in the moister parts of Asia, of tropical 
Japan and Australia. 
The Vanpzm have no representative among British 
piphytes, are now restricted to a genus of the order having the 
lebethien united to the column, and four pollen-masses ere : 
as many little straps bent back upon them; a group containing — 
some showy and interesting plants, but many of them inconspicuovs 
and unimportant. Among the other genera, however, som 
most brilliant ornaments of the conservatory are fo 
colours of some of the Coelogynes are rich and delicate 1 
we 
C. cristata, a dwarf evergreen species from Nepaul, t throws out 
_ leaves six inches long and six or eight Areonins eo of flow ae 
Orchids. Q 
The Epidendrums, originally a name given to all Orchidaceous 
ee ene cP ae er Mn SS pS a 
und. The 
