shin-, and flowered at Cbauwortli a year or two since; having bowl collected by Mr, Gibson at 

 Chirra, on (lie Khoseea lulls, at no elevation of 400 feet, growing on tree*. 



The following i*- I ho substance of Dr. Wallich's description of the dried plant. 



Hoots taperimr, tliick* cylindrical, long, and smooth* as in Saccolnhiuin gQttatum* Stem short, 

 thick, compressed, entirely concealed by the sheathing bases of the leave*- Lkavr* close together, 

 arranged in two rows, linear. coriaceous, smooth, n foot and more long, obliquely one or two-toothi d 

 at the point, generally rising upwards and curved to one side so as to assume a somewhat falcate 

 appearance, thick, slightly channelled, with a convex midriti on the under side : llieir sheaths are 

 short, compressed, and finely dotted with purple. CoitYuns short *slnlkcd. solitary or twin* each 

 Consisting of from toil to sixteen flowers ; with a very thick clavatc peduncle an inch and half long, 

 erect or amending, taper, spotted with purple. Flowers middle-sized, yellowish -green, most 

 elegantly sprinkled with roundish purple spots. 8c pals spreading, distinct, flc*hy and Miff, SOfflC- 

 ubat obovato. obtuse, a little narrower at the base* about four line* long, Petals rather narrower 

 and more round. LABELLVM large, bag-shaped, twice as large a* the sepals, smooth ; obtuse at the 

 bottom, truncated and almost circular at the mouili. pale yellow : with a transverse plate, of a some- 

 what rcniforai figure, inserted horizontally in front, a little below the orilice of the labclhun, auow- 

 wlnte. yellow and spotted with purple in the middle, and bearded al>ovc with white hairs, COLUMff 

 very short, conical, Antiikk ovate, short. ohlusc. with two cells, themselves half divided into two 

 other cells, in front extended into a long double-toothed glandular process applied to the double- 

 toothed apex of the stigma. Pollen-masses two, globose, with a little excavation on one side, 

 attached to a lout; slender cuudiculn* 



tig* 0. represents a single flower seen in front obliquely, and magnified. 





VI L AEBIDES DIPF01LVE. 



Acridca diflbrme. Wattich in Genera § Species of Orchidaceous Plants, p, 242. 

 Oriiithocliihis fusats. Wallich mss. 



This is one of the most singular flower* among the many strange forms peculiar to India, and in 

 some respects it possesses considerable beauty, though not of u high order. 



It inhabits the branchc* of trees in Nepal, whence it was sent in March, 1818, to the Botanic 

 Oardon, Calcutta, where it flowered in the following May, No specimen of it has fallen in my way, 

 hut the Indian drawing made under Dr. Wallieh's superintendence sufficiently explains its structure, 

 . ^M-eiidly when ..-mm, -i !.\ so detailed ■ d< leription at the following chii By translated from Dr. 



Wallieh's Latin manuscript*. 



The plant has scarcely any stem, but consists of three or four very broad, oblong spreading 

 LEAVES, about lix inches long by two and a half broad, of a thick fleshy consistence, a rather glaucous 

 colour ; a very thin membranous margin, and an acute obliquely emarginate point. From the axils 

 of tlicsc leaves spring one or two stifl; erect, lax RACBMBS, about as Ion* as the leaves themselves : 

 their peduncles taper, dotted, and somewhat fleshy. The bkauts arc few, remote, lanceolate, small, 

 acute, adnata at tho base. Flowers scattered, rather small. sweet-scented, yellowish, very slightly 



