longissimæ lineari-spathulatæ annexa, quæ cxlrcmilate (s. glandulâ) inferiore geniculato-refraclâ paulo crassiore rostello
est immissa et apice supra illud prominet. Ovarium clavatum, tortum.
EXPLICATIO FIGURARUM.
Tab. 195 .fig. 5. Schoenorchis juncifolia ü orens, magn. nat.
■Tab. 198. B. 1. Flos, ut reliquæ omnes figuræ, magis minusve magn. auct. si perigonii phylla lateralia. sd phyllum
dorsale, si phylla interiora. I labellum. — 2. Perigoniura, phyllis tribus externis raajoribus dèmtis. I labellum. si unum
■ e phyllis interioribus perigonii. — 5. Gynostcmium, ex adverso visüm. a anthera. r rostellum, cujus inter processus
duos in cornu speciem arrectos pars inferior réfracta caudiculæ (s. glandulæ Aùgt.) g immissa est. s stigma. —
4. Gynostemium cum parte labelli, a latere, caudiculâ a rostello sejunctA, polliniis tarnen adhuc sub antherA latcntibus.
I labellum. r rostellum. a anthera. — a. Gynostemium, magis a tergo, anther A cum apparatu pollinis demtâ. r rostellum.
— 6. Anthera, a tergo. — 7. Eadem, intus visa. — 8. Caudicula cum polliniis. c pars caudiculæ superior inter
rostellum immissa. p pollinia. — 9. Caudicula conversa, quo melius postice spectentur pollinia, literis iisdem additis
, atque in figura superiore. — 10. Pars caudiculæ superior cum polliniis, supra visa. —11. Eadem, a parte postiçA.
PHALyENOPSIS B t. B y d r . Flor. Ned. Ind. (4825) p . 294. fig. X L I F . Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orchid,
p . 215. Endl. Gen. Plant, p . 204. N° 4469. Rob. Brwn. in Horsf. Plant. Jav. rar. p . 28.
Meisn. Plant. Gen. p . 578 et Comment, p . 284. 206. — Cymbidium Spec. Roxb. — Epidendrum
Spec. L inn. — Angrcecum Rumpii.
Perigonii explanati patentis phylla libera, interiora multo latiora. Labellum ecalcaratum, ungui
gynostemii continuum, tripartitum, basi callo crasso sagittato auctum; lobis lateralibus arcuato-conniven-
tibus; lobo medio hastato, apice laciniis duabns elongatis setaceis appendiculato. Gynostemium in ovario
recumbens, semiteres. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis, rostello prominente incumbens. Pollinia 2 ,
subglobosa, postice sulco exarata, filis elasticis separatim eaudieulse spathulatee circa rostellum in laminam
magnam cordatam refractam expansse afflxa. — Herba in Archipelago Indico, Moluccis et Philippinis
obvia, epiphyta, glabra; caule abbreviate, radicante, foliate j foliis 2 - 4 , oblongis, explanatis, rigidis,
oblique retusis ; scapo elongate, subramoso, laxo; floribus speciosis, albis.
1. Ph. amabilis Tab. 194. fig. 1 et Tab. 199. A. Bl. By dr. 1. c. Lindl. 1. c. etin Bot. Reg. (1838) lab. 54. Rob. Brwn. I. a '
tab. 8. — Cymbidium amabile Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 457. — Epidendrum amabile Linn. Spec. Plant. 1351. Osbeck
St. p. 271. Swartz in Nov. Act. Ups. VI. p. 67. Willd. Spec. Plant. IV . p. 115. — Angrcecum album majus Rdhpd.
Herb. Amb. VI. p. 99. tab. 45. —,Tapok jallak Javanice; Angrek puti besaar et Bombo terbang Malaice; Angrek kolan
Balinice; Wanleku in Luhu. — Habit. Latissime ad Philippinas usque ab insulis sundaieis dispersa et tam in vifciniA
maris, quam in mediterraneis, locis sylvaticis non nimis densis, a me reperta. Fide Herb. V. 111. De J ussieu pulcerrimam
hanc stirpem in Java jam indagavit Commerson, et in transitu ad Sinam in parvA insulA prope extremitatem occidentalem
Javae collegit Osbeck. Hanc quum in fruticetis insulae Nusa Kambangan primum conspicerem, flores Phalcenas esse
putabam, unde nomen Generis. Hujus plantae, cujus paucis abhinc' annis unum specimen in AngliA centum libris
sterling, pendebatur, foliis novellis vice oleris plebs vesci solet, quod ei baud magis inyidendum, quam diviti illi plantae
e longinquis terris advectae tam cara possessio. — Caulis brevis, crassitie parvi digiti, per fibras radicales plurimas
longissimas funiformes teretes v. compressas albido - cinerascentes tenacissimas cortici arborum vel adeo circum
ramulos fruticum minus crassos sese alligans, foliorum vaginis equitantibus tectus. Folia plerumque 3-4 interdum
2 tantum, disticha, oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, 4-9 poll., 1 -2-J poll, lata, obtusissima v. oblique retusa, in basi
attenuatA subtorta et hie tandem pseudo-articulatione a basi vaginante persistente secedcntia, plana, subcarnosa, rigida,
laevigata, nitida, neryo medio subtus tantum leviter prominente. Scapi 1 -3 , radicales, longissimi, arrecti v. vulgo
nutantes, teretes, purpurascenti-striolali, inferne vagin ul is aliquot distantibus brevibus oblique truncatis arctis muniti,
simplices v. in uno alteroveramulo divisi; rhachi floriferA flexuosA, bracteis 1^-5 poll, inter se remotis parvis distichis
ovatis acutis semiamplexicaulibus appressis unifloris instructA. Flores spcciosi, candidi, in medio labello sulphurei et
purpureo-punctati, explanati plus 3-poll, diametro, certis horis (quod et aliis quibusdam Orchideis obvenit) gratum
odorem spargentes; animadvertendum autem eos magnitudine aliquantum variare. Perigonii phylla tria externa
subsequalia, anteriora duo oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, marginibus imA latere interiori paulum oblique reflexis; posticum
ovale, obtusum; lateralia interna duo dilatata, suborbiculata, brevissime unguiculata. Labellum ungui gynostemii
continuum, tripartitum, inter lobos duos laterales dimidiato - rhomboidales arcuato-conniventes callo magno crasso
porrecto sagittato sulco lato depresso sulphureo purpureo - punctato camoso; lobo medio horizontali, angustiore,
hastato, juxta apicem obtusiusculum binis appendicibus longissimis setiformibus tortuosis divergentibus. Gynostemium
in ovario filiformi sesquipollicari tereti recumbens, semiteres, superne crassius, in vertice inter dentes duos breves
laterales obtusissimos conniventcs et processum partis styluue posticum paulo magis productum incurvum androclinio
excavatum, antice supra stigma magnum subrotundum profunde exsculptum rostello bifido horizontaliter protenso.
Anthera terminalis, sessilis, processui postico androclinii annexa, rostello incumbens, opercularis, ovoidea, postice
didyraa intusque loculis binis approximate, antice in apicem obtusiusculum membranaceum attenuata. Pollinia 2 f
subglobosa, substantiA durA cereA, ex impressione dorsal! funiculum elasticum emittentia, cujus ope apici dilatato
caudiculæ longæ spatbulatæ mcmbranaccæ separatim adbærent. Caudicula ad basin in laminam* (s„ gland nia m v .
retinaculum Auctorum) magnam cordatam refractam rostello connexam continuata. Capsula clavata, plus 3 poil, loiiga,
digitum crassa, subtrigona, costata, fissuris lateralibus dchiscens. Semina plurima, minutissima, scobiformia, straminea.
ËXPLICATIO FIGURARUM.
Tab. 194. fig. 4. Phaloenopsis amabilis florens, magn. nat.
Tab. 499. A. Analysis floris, figuris duabus prioribus paululum modo, reliquis magis minusve niagu. auct. — 4. Flos,
phyllis supra basin abscissis ; s l basis phyllorum lateralium externorum ; s d eadem posticorum ; s i eadem internorùm ;
l labellum. — 2. Flos idem verticaliter persectus , antherA cum polliniis demtis. ^ - 3. Pars superior gynostemii figuræ
superioris, ex adverso visa ; a n androclinium ; r rostellum; s stigma. — 4. Eadem a latere, apparatu pollinari adhuc
prædita; p pollinia; r rostellum; s stigma. — 5. Anthera, a tergo visa. — 6. Eadem, subtus visa. — 7. Apparatus
pollinaris; c caudicula ;</lamina s. retinaculum cordatum rostello agglutiûatum ; p pollinia, extus visa. ■— 8. Idem
apparatus conversùs, ut pollinia postice conspiciantur.
AÈRIDES Loür. Flor. Cochinch. (ed. Willd.) p . 644. Lindl. Gen. et Spec. Orchid, p . 258 (ut reliqua
citata ex parte!). Endl. Gen. Plant, p . 206 N° 4495. Meisn. Plant. Gen. p. 374. et Comment,
p . 280. 447.
Perigonii patentis phylla subæqualia , exteriora lateralia basi obliquâ ungüi gynostemii adnata.
Labellum maximum, ungui gynostemii continuum, reclinatum, calcaratum, cucullato-trilobum. Gynostemium
in ovario recumbens, brevis, apterum, imâ in unguem longum protensum ; rostello supra stigma
prominente, emarginato. Anthera terminalis, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, postice oblique biloba,
caudiculæ angustæ membranaceæ in rostello dilatato-replicatæ annexa. — Herboe Asioe tropicoe, epiphytoe,
caulescentes, simplices v. subramosoe, radicantes, glabroej foliis distichis, coriaceis v. subcamosis,
loriformibus, apice oblique emarginatis; floribus racemosis, speciosis, albidis, roseis v. e violaceo
purpureis, odoratissimis.
Obs.-Genus hoc multo restrictius existimo, quam V. Doct. Lindley ccnsuit, qui Dendrocallam Mim ei adjùngit. Duæ stirpes
hic descriptæ, in Bydr. Flor. Ned. Ind. meîs non commemorate, florum fabricA exacte cum A. odoratâ Lour., quod typum
hujus Generis offert, congruûnt.
4. A. pallidum Tab. 4 92. fig: 3 et tab. 497. A : foliis carnosis rigidis canaliculatis oblique emarginatis inter lobos mucronatis ;
racemis ascendentibus foliis longioribus multifloris ; perigonii phyllis obovato-.oblongis obtusis; labelli cucullati lobis
lateralibus retusis, intermedio cune'ato-subtrilobo crispo; calcari conico. incurvo Bl. Cent. Plant, nov.— Habit. In
Timor in arboribus, intime d . Wightiano Lindl. affine. — Caulis simplex, teres, inferne foliorum basibus truncatis
fuscis strialis equitantibus, inter quas radiculæ aëriæ longæ vermiculares albican tes tenacissimæ propullulant, vagina tus,
superne foliosus. Folia disticha, varie patentia, 4 -8 poil, longa, 8 — 44 lin. lata, obtusa, oblique emarginata cummucro- .
nulo, canaliculata, supra basin amplcxicaulem conduph'cata, crassa, carnosa, rigida. Racemi axillares v. laterales, '
solitarii, simplices, ascendentes, 8 poil, ad plus pedem longi; pedunculo tereti, vaginulis distantibus brevibus arctis
ôblique truncatis, quæ ad rhachin undique floriferam in bracleas ovatas semiamplexas patentes uniûoras transeunt,
instructo. Flores speciosi, candidi, labello striolis transversis dilute roseis distincto in apice càlcaris lutescente, florum
Convallanoe majalis instar odoris gratissimi. Perigonii phylla patentissima, obovato-oblonga, obtusa v. leniter retusa,
anteriora duo exteriora latiora basi ungui gynostemii oblique adnata, interiora duo modo paulo minora, ac basi magis
angustata. Labellum phyllis perigonii multo majus, ungui gynostemii incumbens eique continuum, cucullatum, trilobum,
basi in calcar conicum obtusiusculum incurvum prominens ; lobis lateralibus arcuato-aseendentibus, oblongis, retusis ;
lobo intermedio majore, incurvo, cuneato-oblongo, obtuso, breviter trilobo, crispatulo. Gynostemium in ovario recumbens,
basi in unguem longum linearem concaviusculum productum ; parte superiore brevi, crassiore, semitereti, facie
anticA stigmate subrotundo excavatA, superne androclinium acetabuliforme impressionibus duabus notatum efformante.
Rostellum supra stigma subproboscideo-prominens, apice retusum. Anthera opercularis, depresso-ovoidea, postice
didyma, apice membranaceo-attcnuata, bilocularis, loculis valvulA membranaceA subrotundA. Caudicula linearis, mém-
branacca, ad rostellum in laminam latam reclinata, extremitate superiore e poris duobus fila elastica emittens, quibus
hic pollinia duo subglobosa postice oblique biloba dura ccracea annexa.
2. A. stiavcolens Tab. 495. fig. 1 : foliis coriaceis rigidis subcanaliculatis oblique emarginatis; racemis nutantibus foliis
longioribus multifloris ; perigonii phyllis ovatis obtusis ; labelli cucullati lobis lateralibus obtusis v. truncatis, intermedio
lanceolato superne obsolete dcnticulato; calcari conico incurvo Bl. Cent. Plant, nov. — A. odoratum (haud Lour. ! )
Herb. Rwdt.
ß. Tar. virens : foliis latioribus; labelli lobo intermedio elongatô superne eroso - dcnticulato. A. virens Lindl. Mise. Bot.
Rcg. (4843) 48 et Bot. Reg. (1844) tab. 44 . — Habit. In provmciis Javæ occidentalibus in sylvis montanis arbores
incolcns. A. odorato Lour, e SinA et CochinchinA affine, floribus hujus instar odoratissimis. Vegetationc exacte cum
iy. H