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tariis fasciculatisve, sepalis linearibus acuminatis, calcare filiformi 
elongato, vexillo parvo, alis late semiobovatis.— Descript. ex Wight & 
Arn. Prodr. 139. 
I. heterophylla, Wall. Cat. 4748 b.—1. Arnottiana, Miquel, Plant. Hoh. 
275. | 
Hab. Mont.temperatis Malabariz! et Canaræ! Klein, Wight, óc. (8. Oct.). 
Species parvula, 4-6", caulibus longe radicantibus. Folia 4-13". Flores 
sub 3" lati. Stigmata (fid. W. $ A.) distincta. 
i3. I. Lawu (Н. f. & T.). Caulibus erectis ramosis foliisque subtus 
glaberrimis, foliis breviter oblongis basi obtusis sessilibus superioribus 
sensim minoribus cordato 4-amplexicaulibus remote serratis supra sca- 
berulis, pedicellis breviusculis, floribus magnis, sepalis linearibus falcatis, 
vexillo orbiculari apice rostellato, labello parvo ecalcarato late concavo, 
alis maximis lobis lateralibus parvis. 
Hab. Canara! et Malabar! Law. 
Species pulcherrima, habitu ramoso I. diversifolie, qua differt floribus 
magnis, labello ecalcarato, foliis brevioribus superioribus sensim mino- 
ribus pedicellisque brevioribus.—Caules pedales. Folia 4-1” longa, 
subacuta, subtus pallida. Pedicelli plerumque folio breviores linea 
puberula instructi, fructiferi deflexi. Flores 3" lati, pulchre violacei ? 
Capsule immature lanceolate vix 4” long. 
A very beautiful species or form allied to I. inconspicua and diversifolia, 
but very different in stature and the size of the flower; it is much 
branched, and the leaves are smaller upwards. 
34. I. inconspicua (Benth. in Wall. Cat. 4741!). Parvula, ramosa, 
diffusa, glaberrima, foliis proteis anguste oblongis linearibus lanceola- 
tisve serratis obtusis acutis acuminatisve, pedicellis puberulis, floribus 
minutis, sepalis lineari-subulatis, labello naviculari acuminato basi 
subsaccato ecalcarato, vexillo ovato acuminato, alis bilobis lobo supe- 
riore minore inferiore obovato.— Wight $ Arn. Prodr. 139; Wight, 
p. 970. 
I. pusilla, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4745, fid. W. & Arn. non Herb. Hook.—An 
I. filiformis, Wight & Arn. Prodr. 140? an I. Mysorensis, Roth. Wall. 
Cat. 4743 in part. ? 
Hab. Mont. temperatis Malabarie! Heyne, Wight, Foulkes, §c.; et 
Concan? Stocks, &c. (fl. Nov.). 
Planta valde inconspicua et variabilis. Folia in exemplare cl. Wallichii 
(no. 4741 in Hook. Herb.) anguste linearia, basi cordata, 2-pollicaria ; 
in ceteris et in Icone Wightii breviora oblonga lanceolata. Flores 
pallidi, 4-4” lati.—Exemplar I. pusille, Heyne, Wall. Cat. 4745 in 
Herb. Hook. diversa est species, calcare instructa. 
15. I. Kuen (Wight & Arn. Prodr. 140). — Erecta, glabra, diffuse 
ramosa, foliis longe v. breve petiolatis membranaceis basi biglandulosis 
obovatis ovatis lanceolatisve acutis subserratis superne glabris v. pilo- 
sulis subtus glaucis, sepalis lineari-subulatis, labello ovato-acuminato 
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