Fria.) CXLVIII. ORCHIDES. (J, D. Hooker.) 799 
white” the leaves when the peduncle is short or 0; flowers usually 
white. 
52. E. pauciflora, Wight Ic. t. 1636; stem slender below clavate 
above, leaves 2 linear-oblong, flowers 1-2, pedicels very slender with 2-3 
oblong bracteoles, bracts basal oblong obtuse, lateral sepals 3 in. ovate 
acute glabrous d-nerved, mentum rounded, petals oblong 3-nerved, lip 
sessile cuneately oblong truncate, lobes obscure, disk with 2 calli, axis 
ndged, column short. Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 58 (excl. Khasia 
lab); Walp. Ann. vi. 272. 
Niten Hirrs, Wight. 
tems 5-6 in., from a creeping stock ; internodes 3-1 in.; sheaths short, truncate. 
Leaves 2-5 in., obtuse or subacute, Scape 1-1} in., very slender; bracts jin., 
membranous; bracteoles scattered, }-} in.; flowers white; outer nerves of petals 
branching ; lip strongly nerved.—The bracteoles are anomalous. 
53. E. Lindleyi, Thwaites Enum. 299; stem elongate clavate, leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, scape short 2-3-fld., bracts very large oblong, sepals 
ovate or lanceolate 7-9-nerved glabrous, mentum rounded, petals linear- 
oblong falcate obtuse 3—5-nerved, broad lateral lobes of hypochile almost 
as long as the suborbieular epichile, disk with 2 calli between the lobes, 
column long. E. ephemera, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 272. , E. bicolor, 
Lindl. in Journ, Linn. Soc. iii. 58 (not of Gen. Sp... Dendrobium bicolor, 
Lindl. Gen, $- Sp. Orchid. 90. 
CEYLON; in t i ending to 7000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 
Stem 6-18 M Central Province, asce above, smooth ; internodes not swollen. 
eaves 3-4 in, Peduncle 1-14 in. ; bracts à-j in. very variable in shape; flowers 
White; sepals 4-3 in., variable in breadth. 
54. B. truncata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. di. 58; stem sub- 
cylindric, leaves lanceolate, scape short and flowers tomentose, bracts large 
X ong, sepals oblong-ovate obtuse 7-nerved, mentum rounded, petals 
'near-oblong falcate 5-nerved, lip sessile fleshy semicircular truncate with 
: "eder triple ridge, column rather long and broad. 
ANASSERIM ; - . 4-5000 ft., Lobb. 0. 
tem 4-6 im, covered LUN tno sheaths. Leaves 3-5 in., thick, acute. 
edunele Y in., stout, pedicel with ovary as long; sepals Ẹ in. long, white. 
55 m. Clavicaulis, Wall. mss. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, Mise. 90 (not 
urn. Linn. Soc); stern elongate subclavate, leaves 2-4 elliptic-lanceolate, 
meee 2-3-fid., bracts elliptic or oblong, lateral sepals triangular i e, 
e ism broad rounded or incurved, petals broadly oblong 5-nerved, ypo: 
m e broadly obovate, side lobes large rounded sometimes embracing : re 
thoy rounded crenate puberulous epichile, disk with a tomentose ri ge 
An, Cned at the sinus and 2 elongate lateral calli, column long. alp. 
Vi. 278. E, khasiana, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. m. 59. 
Knasr H . . 
ILLS, Griffith Ic. in Hort. Bot. Calc.). 
Stems 6-8 in., crowded, SM ; internodes 2 in.; sheaths short, acute. ones 
ki in, terminal, acuminate. Scape }-1 in. ; pedicels about as long, s ender; white 
with e? many-nerved ; flowers glabrous, white, lateral sepals i in anoda. the 
cultivates margins, —The habitat of Wallich’s E. clavicautis ; 
b Specimens in Herb, Lindley have larger flowers than the native ones, with a 
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