ORCH IDEiE. 
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Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, operculata. Pollinis massae quatuor, ovatae,flavae, binae pedicello com¬ 
muni, brevissimo instructae. Capsula desideratur. 
6. DENDROBIUM GRANDIFLORUM. t Tab. LXXXVIII. 
D. bulbiferum; foliis lanceolatis , acutis; scapis unifloris, foliolis calycinis ovato-oblongis, 
acutis ; lateralibus apice revolutis. 
Crescit in radicibus Anclium Puruguayensium prope rupem EI Pulpito, villam LaErreet 
planitiem montanam Sacondonoensium , ait. 1060 hex. % Floret Octobri. 
Herba parasitica. Radices fibrosae, teretes , albidae, Bulbus ovato-oblongus, compressus, fuscescens, 
nitidus, subtripolliearis. Folia lanceolata,acuta , plana, basi valde angustata et carinata , slriato-nervosa, 
subcoriacea, glabra, pedalia, sesquipollicem lata. Scapi sexpollicares, erecti, glabri, spathellis pluribus 
vestiti, uniflori. Spathell^®; membranaceae, acuminatae, apice laxiusculae, striatae, pollicares et longiores. 
Calyx patulus, albus, glaber; foliola carnosa, striato-nervosa; exteriora ovato-oblonga, acuta, pollicaria; 
superius erectum, concavum; lateralia apice revoluta , basi ungui labelli adnata; duo interiora exte¬ 
rioribus duplo breviora, erecta, oblonga, acuta,apice oblique revoluta; labellum unguiculatum; unguis 
carnosus, cum foliolis calycinis exterioribus lateralibus connatus; lamina semipollicaris, ovata, obtusa, 
carinato-concava, margine undulata, rubescens, unguem versus transversaliter plicata. Ovarium costa¬ 
tum, glabrum. Gynostemum arcuatum, foliolis interioribus duplo brevius, canaliculatum, apice trian¬ 
gulare, interius rubro - punctatum. Antuera terminalis; ejus structura mihi tamen ignota. Capsula 
haud visa. 
2) Dendrobia terrestria. [Cymbidiis nonnullis Swartzii [Cymbidium R. BrownJ] affinitate 
proxima .J 
7. DENDROBIUM LONGIFOLIUM. f 
D. terrestre; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, novemnerviis, membranaceis ; foliolis calyci¬ 
nis lanceolatis, acutis; labello ovato, undulato-crenato. 
Crescit in temperatis, humidis Provincia; Popayanensis inter montem Pitatumbce, villam 
Guayacanes et urbem Almaguer , ait. i 38 o hex. % Floret Novembri. 
Radix tuberosa. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuta, membranacea, striata, novemnervia , nervo medio 
subtus prominente, glabra, basi vaginantia,adjecta vagina pedalia, pollicem lata. Scapus erectus, bipe¬ 
dalis, teres, glaber, multiflorus. Flores spicati, pedicellati, basi spathellati. Spatiiella lineari-subulata, 
glabra, semipollicaris. Calyx viridis, patulus; foliola tria exteriora lanceolata, acuta, sex aut septem lineas 
longa; lateralia basi ungui labelli adnata; duo interiora exterioribus paullo latiora et tenuiora; labellum 
ovatum, obtusum,basi cucullatum, unguiculatum, margine sinuato-reflexum, apice undulato-crenatum, 
purpureum, interius papillis duabus, striis setisque nigrescentibus obsitum (barbatum?), calyce vix 
longius. Ovarium glabrum. Gynostemum erectum, canaliculatum, virescens, purpureo-striatum , basin 
versus macula purpurea notatum. Anthera terminalis; structura non satis nota. Capsula cylindracea, 
hexagona, sexsulcata. 
8. DENDROBIUM LATIFOLIUM. + 
D. terrestre; foliis obovato-oblongis , acutis , basi angustatis, trinerviis , membranaceis; 
foliolis calycinis oblongo-lanceolatis ; labello oblongo. 
Crescit in Andibus Pastoensibus , inter flumina Guaytara et Mayo juxta Meneses, Voisaco 
et pagum La Cruz , ait. 800—1000 hex. Floret Octobri. 
Radix bulbosa. Folia obovato-oblonga, acuta, basi angustata, subpetiolata, membranacea, trinervia , 
nervis subtus prominentibus, striata, plicata, glabra, pedalia et longiora, vix quatuor pollices lata. 
Scapus bipedalis, erectus, glaber, ruber, multiflorus. Flores spicati, pedicellati, spathellati. Spathella; 
oblongo-lanceolatse, acuminatai, glabras, semipollicares. Calyx flavo-roseus, subbilabiatus, patulus,gla¬ 
ber; foliola tria exteriora inaequalia; superius oblongo-lanceolatum, obtusum, basi angustatum,septem 
aut octo lineas longum; lateralia oblique oblonga, obtusa, approximata, basi cum ungue labelli con¬ 
nata, superiore breviora; duo interiora lateralia oblique oblonga, acuta,superiore breviora , basi ungui 
labelli adnata; labellum ovato-oblongum, cucullatum, apice reflexum, basi unguiculatum, foliolis ce¬ 
teris duplo brevius, apicem versus punctis quinque, aurantiacis pictum. Ovarium glabrum.. Gynostemum 
arcuatum, canaliculatum. Anthera; terminalis structura haud videnda. 
