Disperis.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDES. (J. D. Hooker.) 169 
pollinia; anther oblong, obtuse, completely 2-celled ; grains of pollinia 3-4- 
seriate, secund on the rachis, cuneiform, caudicles rather long, twisted, 
glands large naked. Capsule fusiform.—Species 20, Africa and the 
following. 
The above description applies to the two Indian species of this highly interesting 
genus, the fertilization of which deserves a careful study. The analysis of dried 
specimens is so difficult that I advance the description of the membrane of the 
column and its appendages (which differs from that of others) with hesitation. 
l. D. zeylanica, Trimen Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 91; lateral sepals concave 
not waved, petals semilunate obtuse. D. tripetaloides, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid. 371 (in part); Thwaites Enum. 311; Wight Ie. t. 930 dj v. 15. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Provinces alt. 3-5000 ft., Walker, &c, The MALABAR 
& CaxARA Ghats, &c., Wight, &c. . . 
Stem 6-10 in. erect from the subglobose tubers, 1-3-leaved. Leares 3-1 in., dis- 
fant, amplexicaul, acute. Flowers 4 in. diam., subcorymbosely, spicate ; bracts leafy ; 
"Jan $ in., straight ; lip included under the hood, erect from the top of the column, 
“partite from a narrow cuneate base, arms falcately recurved, papillose; à pendu- 
am linear appendage, with a rounded dilated papillose apex bearing a central cone, 
‘inserted on the cuneate base of the lip. Capsule } in. 
2. D. neilgherrensis, Wight Ic. t. 1719; lateral sepals strongly 
waved, petals lunate cuspidately acuminate. 
Kent Hrs, Wight. 
rger and stouter than D. zeylanica, with larger reddish white flowers spotted 
Wi crimson ; the latera] sepals are free or connate, and pubescent at the base.— 
‘aps a form of D, zeylanica. 
Tribe V. CyrRrPEDIE®æ. (See vol. v. p. 668.) 
ll. CYPRIPEDIUM, Linn. 
0 terrestrial herbs, with a leafy stem, plaited leaves, and terminal flowers, 
ban mess with distichous radical coriaceous often tessellately coloured 
in E and 1-œ-fld. scapes. Flowers large, solitary or few. Sepals spread- 
wie? on the lateral connate and placed under the lip. Petals free, very 
ar TE Lip sessile, side lobes small, spreading or inflexed, midlobe very 
Re Saccate, inflated oblong or helmet-shaped. Column short, terete; 
à la “ts 2, globose, together with the disciform deflexed stigma. hidden under 
tem tge disciform staminede ; ovary 1 celled.—Species about 40, Europe, 
P. and trop. Asia and America. 
dw describing the Scapigerous species I have largely availed myself of published 
ve mad e description in Veitch's excellent Manual, made from living plants. 
eie no attempt to enumerate even the multitude of named hybrid forms that 
SYatemati; Produced by crossing the Indian species with one another. They are ve 
barbatum a in Veitch's Manual, where nearly 50 are assigned to their parents. C. 
alone has been crossed with upwards of 15 other species. 
Leaves 2, Opposite on the stem, plicate. 
hain S elegans, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1886, 560; villous with cellular 
d Se orbicular-ovate or oblong, flowers solitary. 
Tiny M Coles ATAYA, alt. 1000 ft., Pantling. EASTERN TIBET; North of Phari, 
leaves ; de ft. high below the leaves. Leaves 1-2 in. broad. Scape shorter than the 
ally of whieh elliptic; flower about 1 in. diam.—A very interesting plant, the nearest 
san 'Japonicum, I have seen only a single small specimen, 
