300 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
XVI. Spathoglottis, Bl. t. 76; Bijdr. p. 400, Sepala subeequalia, lateralia column pedem 
ac labelli basin descendentia. Tepala sepalo impari subsequalia, Labellum de columnee basi pre- 
cincta subarticulatum (3-partitum). Columna arcuata (basi angulata). Anthera 8-locellaris, Pol- 
linia 4-gemina.—Herbee pseudobulbosx. Folia arundinacea. Racemi speciosi. Bractez scariose, 
persistentes. Flores non indigoferi, perigonio persistenti, 
S. plicata, Bl. 1. ¢.; labelli partitionibus posticis ligulato-retusis, divaricatis, erectis ; partitione media 
basi minute hastiformi, pilosa, in unguem contracta, apice dilatata, biloba ; carinis geminis disco basilari ; 
callis conicis extus excavatis, basi subconnatis, apice barbatis geminis in ima basi partitionis medi inter 
angulos expansionis hastatz, tumore in parte anterioris unguis.— Blelia angustifolia, Gaud. Voy. autour du 
Monde des Corvettes l’ Uranie et la Physicienne, t. 32, p. 421, omnimo hue videtur pertinere. Spathoglottis 
plicata, Griff. Post. Pap. Jahr. vol, ii. ecexi, ii, p. 8. S&S. lilacina, Griff. 1. e. vol. ih. Flores seu pur- 
pureo-lilacini seu albi. Comparandi gratia additur. Specimina mea: Malacea (Griffith! Cuming!) ; 
Singapore (Jagor!) ; Pulo Pinang, Ile de Honton Cawang (Delessert!); Ile de Waigioo, Terre des Papous 
(Lesson!) ; Java (Blume! Zollinger! Junghubn!), 
1. S. pacifica, (sp. nov.) Reichb. f.; labelli partitionibus posticis ligulatis, incurvis, antrorsis, 
partitione media anguste lanceolata (utrinque semiovata), antice reniformi, emarginata; carina de- 
pressa, abrupta a basi laciniz pulchre pilosa, antice 2.dentata, nuda in basi portionis reniformis venas 
punctulato-incrassatas proferentis.—Limodorum unguiculatum, Seem. in Syn. Vit. p. 12.— Amongst 
ferns and herbage, Vanua Levu (Seemann! (flowers pink) n. 585), Moturiki (flowers white) (See- 
mann !), Lakeba (Harvey!). Also collected in Uvea (Greeffe !). 
Planta speciosa; foliis subangustioribus ; sepalis magis ovatis, extus cum ovario pedicellato tomento- 
sis. Flores lilacini seu albi. 
Obs. Haud felix fuit cl. Seemann, ubi hane dixit Limodorum unguiculatum, Labill. Hee gaudet 
buecis in columns basi quadrata magnis (in hac subevanidis triangulis); labelli partitionibus posticis 
spathulatis, obtusis; labelli ungue equali utrinque tomentoso:—tandem, quod maximi, labello pulchro 
conico calcari donato. Est Spathoglottis unguiculata, Reichb. fil. 
XVII. Bria, Lindl. Bot. Reg. p. 904, Sepala inzqualia, lateralia triangula seu perulam 
efficientia, mentum descendentia. Tepala angustiora, ‘Labellum expansum in menti apice. 
Columna libera, brevis. Androclinium immersum, Pollinia octona, corpora quadrigemina ope tel 
polliniferse cerez: varice efformantia.—Habitus Dendrobiorum. 
§ 1. Concuipium, Lindl. (Griff.), Contrib. Ind. Orch, vol. ii. p. 46.—Spicate, parviflore, ebulbes,— 
Phreatia, Lindl. 
Inserantur hic :— 
E. Richardiana; foliis pergameneis, lato-ligulatis, apice insequali-bilobis; racemis folia excedentibus ; 
rhachi anantha parce vaginata ; floribus densis, subsecundis ; bracteis triangulis, pedicellos vix superantibus ; 
mento obtusangulo; sepalis triangulis, obtusis; tepalis lato-ligulatis, obtusis ; labello rhombeo, obtuso, 
trinervi; androclinio tridentato; ovariis maturioribus fusiformibus.—Oberonia micrantha, A. Rich. Sert. 
Astrol. tab. 3, p. 7.—Noy. Irlandia. 
2. HL. gladiata, Reichb. f, ; foliis lato-ligulatis, pergameneo-coriaceis, apice ineequali-bilobis ; racemis folia 
superantibus seu equantibus ; rhachi anantha, parce vaginata ; racemo densifloro ; bracteis triangulo-setaceis, 
flores equantibus; mento obtusangulo, perulaceo, producto ; sepalis extenso-triangulis ; tepalis angustioribus, 
acutis; labello trulliformi; basi trinervi; androclinii rostello longe producto, bifido.—Oberonia gladiata, 
A. Rich. Sert. Astrol. tab. 2, p. 6.—Folia vernixia, pedalia, duos poll. bene lata. 
3. HD. myosurus, Reichb. f. apud Seemann, Viti; foliis coriaceis, linearibus, apice inzequali-bilobis ; 
racemis folia non equantibus; rhachi tenui, anantha, parce vaginata ; racemo rarifloro; bracteis triangulo- 
setaceis, ovaria pedicellata squantibus; sepalis triangulis, mento subevanido; tepalis ligulatis; labello 
rhombeo, nervis subevanidis ; rostello obtuse bilobo.—Hwe verissima est planta Forsteriana, Hpidendrum 
myosurus, Forst.! Prodr. n. 317. Oberonia myoswrus, Lindl. Orch. p. 16; Lindl. Folia Orchid, Obero- 
nia, n, 51,—Planta tenella. Folia usque quinque poll. longa, duas tresye lineas lata. Hane si speciem 
