Systema Orchidacea 
conforme anticum; sepalum impar cycli exterai 
cura petalis in galeam saepissime cohaeret; an- 
thera erecta vel incumbens aeque fere longa ac 
rostellum; polliniä sectilia rostelli glandulae affi- 
guntur. Folia ad basin caulis conferta, mollia nec 
plicata aut caulis foliatus vel* aphyllus. Pleraeque 
Asiae tropicae incolae, paucae in Africa et America 
tropica vel in zonis temperatis utriusque hemi- 
spkaerae vigent. 
Physurus Rieh., Anöctochilus Bl., Vrydag^ynea 
BL, Cystorchis BL, Herpyma LdL, Zeuxine LdL, 
Cheirostylis BL, Odontochilus Bl., Myrmechis Bl., 
Haemaria LdL, Dossinia Morr., Macodes BL, Hy- 
lophÜa Ldl., Goodyera R. Br., Hetaeria BL, Moe- 
renhoutia BL, Eatylepis A. Rieh., Eucosia Bl., 
Gymnochilus BL, Argyrorchis BL, Lepidogyne BL?, 
Yoania Maxim. 
p. Granichideae: Labellum petalis difforme posticum, 
anthera in columna saepe brevi erecta, aeque fere 
longa ac rostellum; polliniä pulvereo-granulosa 
nec sectilia rostelli glandulae affiguntur. Folia ad 
basin caulis conferta vel caulis foliatus. Americae 
tropicae incolae. 
Cranichis Sw., Ptericbis LdL, Prescottia Ldl., 
Ponthieva R. Br., Wuttschlägelia Rchb. f., Pseudo¬ 
centrum Ldl., Gomphichis LdL, Allensteinia H. B. K. 
v. Tropidieae: Labellum petalis difforme indivisum, 
sepala et petala conniventia, anthera erecta aeque 
fere longa ac rostellum; polliniä grosse granulosa 
rostelli glandulae affiguntur. Caules elati, saepe ■ 
ramosi foliati, folia multinervia plicata. Tropicae. 
Tropidia Ldl., Corymbis Thou. (Chloidia Ldl.) 
Articulatae: Foliorum lamina a vagina secedit; polliniä 
cereacea, rarius pulverea vel sectilia, anthera incumbens 
vel pendula. 
a. Sobraliinae: Caules foliati tenues, folia multinervia 
plicata, flores speciosi labello magno columnam apo- 
* dem plerumque amplectente praediti, polliniä octona 
pulposa granulosa vel sectilia. Americanae, una Asiae 
temperatae incola. 
