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61. I. PUBERULA (De Prodr. i. 687 ; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 193; Cat. 
4767 A). Plus minusve pubescens v. glabrata, caule elongato simplici 
v. ramoso, foliis 1-5" in petiolum attenuatis elliptico- v. ovato-lanceo- 
latis utrinque acuminatis crenatis eglandulosis, pedicellis bracteolatis 
1-4-floris solitariis v. binis gracilibus erectis axillaribus subterminali- 
busque floribusque violaceis pubescentibus, sepalis majusculis ovatis 
acuminatis, labelli limbo cymbiformi, calcare longo gracili curvo, alis 
patentibus, capsula lineari. 
I. mollis, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 461.—I. hispidula, Bth. Wall. Cat. 
4740 1—1]. insignis (in part.), Wall. Cat. 4766. 
B. Pedunculis 2-4-floris. 
Hab. Sylvis subtropicis temperatisque Himalayz orientalis et centralis ; 
Nepal! Wallich; Sikkim, 3000-6000 ped.! J. D. H.—8. Mont. Khasia, 
alt. 5000-6000 ped. ! J. Н. $ T. T. (fl. June-Dec.). (v.v.) 
Species variabilis, erecta, 1-3-pedalis; caule simplici v. parce ramoso. 
Folia basi non ciliata v. setigera. Pedunculi 1-3 pollicares, basi brac- 
teati. Flores I. flaccide? subsimiles. Calcar gracile, 3". Capsula 
glaberrima, pollicaris. Semina (immatura) parva ?. 
In all Wallich’s Nepal and our Sikkim specimens the peduncles are 
1-flowered, in our Khasia ones 2-4-flowered. 
c. Perennes. Epiphytice. Caules breves, crassi. Folia versus apices 
ramorum conferta. Pedunculi 2-3-flores. Capsule breves, rostrate. 
62. I. Јевроміж (Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v., Ic. t. 1602). Epi- 
phytica, glaberrima, caule brevi procumbente radicante, ramis flori- 
feris ascendentibus, foliis gracile petiolatis ovatis acutis sinuato-sub- 
serratis sinubus et apice setulosis, pedicellis gracilibus pedunculo 
longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis, labello longe saccato ventricoso, calcare 
brevi incurvo.—Hook. Bot. Mag. 79, t. 4739. 
Hab. Ramis truncisque arborum Mont. Anamallay et Nilghiri ad Sispara 
Ghat. ! Wight. 
Rami cicatricati. Folia 11-21" longa, petiolo À-j", utrinque glaber- 
rima. Pedunculi cum pedicellis folia zequilonga. Flores rubri, 
labellum magnum inflatum, fere pollicare, vexillum alzque рагуге. 
Sepala petalis eequilonga, alee oblique bilobz, lobis imbricatis rotun- 
datis. Vexillum galeatum. 
This, as Wight observes, is most nearly allied to I. Walkerie. The 
latter I have been obliged to put in the racemose group of the order, 
though, with the present and two following, it forms the most natural 
section of the genus. 
63. I. AuRICULATA (Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v. p. 8. t. iii.). Epi- 
phytica, glaberrima, caule brevi crassissimo nodoso articulato, foliis 
petiolatis ovatis ellipticisve acutis subserratis, pedunculis brevibus 
2-floris, pedicellis gracilibus, sepalis maximis dependentibus, vexillo 
brevi concavo profunde bifido, labello longe saccato apice breviter 
calcarato. . 
