Pogonia. | CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 121 
„ > P. carinata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 414; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
i, 45 (erel, syn. Griff); leaf orbicular or cordate 7-9-nerved glabrous, 
sepals and petals narrowly oblanceolate acuminate, lip 3-lobed about the 
middle pubescent, side lobes very short, midlobe broadly ovate acute 
crenate, nerves rectangular. ? Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 270. Epipactis 
annata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 452. 
tts oF INDIA; from Rohilcund to Lower Bengal, and the DECCAN PENINSULA. 
s Aurz. 
Leaf 13-23 in, diam., cuspidate, not waved ; petiole 1-2 in. Flowering stem with 
raceme 6-12 in., green ; bracts 4 in. ; sepals and petals 1 in., green; lip not saccate 
at the base, white with red or purple veins.—I am unable to discriminate satis- 
factorily in Herbarium specimens of the flower (carefully moistened and laid out) 
tween this and flabelliformis. 
o P. flabelliformis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7400; Gen. & Sp. 
chid. 415; in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 45; leaf large orbicular-cordate many- 
erved, lip 3-lobed about the middle, side lobes obtuse, midlobe ovate acuté 
isped and hairy. P Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 270. P. Nervilia, Blume 
) us, Bot, i, 32, ` p. carinata, Wight Ie. t. 1720. Nervilia Aragoana, Gaud. 
" Freye, Voy, Bot. 422, t. 35. 
; TRopicay, HIMALAYA ; from Garwhal, alt. 4-5000 ft., Falconer, &c., eastwards. 
L ASSERIM, Parish. —lisrRrs. Marianne Islands, Timor. . 
“74-10 in. diam., cuspidate, margin waved; petiole 4-8 in, Flowering stem 
Ceolate, *j raceme lax-fld. ; flowers pale green; sepals à in. long, linear-lan- 
Pew acute ; petals rather narrower, obtuse ; lip shorter than the sepals, like that 
leaf: neta, but white, and glabrous.—Differs from carinata in the many-nerved 
by Parish gwers are not readily distinguishable in dried specimens. In a drawing 
sh the lip 18 represented as saccate at the base, truncate at the apex, with 
specimen qp dial nerves meeting in the apex, and many red side nerves, In his 
as in cap e tip of the lip varies to rounded, the side lobes are rounded, not acute 
tnata, and its nerves are not rectangular but ascending. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. bint 
1, Griff. Notul. iii. 376 ; stem 4 in. 1-fld., flower in. long, 
Ke i laneeolate im pale purplish-brown, petals narrower, lip white 3- 
4 an Obes Tounded -oblong denticulate, midlobe obovate crisped pubescent white 
the middle q veined with purple and with 2 green veins and a yellow-green crest from 
of Violets, ownwards, margins papillose.—Fields at Suddyah, in Upper Assam, sme 
Pocorta No, 
99. DIDYMOPLEKIS, Grif. 
(Levcorcuis, Blume.) 
SI " . 
eet VI (parasitic P) leafless, tuberous herbs. Scape simple, flexuons ; 
orsal ang mall, racemed ; pedicels greatly elongate in fruit. Sepals 
n i 
àt entire Petals connate forming a 3-fid upper lip, lateral connate into 
com? or 2-fid lower lip, forming a small Pontum with the foot of the 
entire, inel P Inserted on the short foot of the column, very short, broad, 
winged bé » base and disk with small calli. Column long, narrowly 
Pollinia ve and 2-toothed ; stigma broad; anther low, shortly stipitate ; 
d 8, Ini orm, bipartite, 42 ^ Capsules very long pedicelled.— Species 
“an, Malayan and Pacific. 
