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URARIA CORDIFOLIA. Tab. SJ. 



Fruticosa, follis simplicibus, lato-ovatis, cordatis, subtus ramisque villosis ; racemis termlnallbus, paniculatis. elon- 

 gatis, hirsutis ; leguminibus 2— 3-articulatis, vUlosIs, Inclusis ; bracteis ovatis, acuminatis, sericeo-pilosis. 



Habitat in montibus prope Prome et Meaon^- ripa? Irawaddi; in Taong Dong prope Avam ? et in Martabania ; 

 indeque in hortum botanicum Calcuttae introducta. Floret et fructifieat fine et initio anni. 



Frutex erecta, ramosa, 2— 3-pedalis, omnibus partibus ferrugineo-villosa. Caulis crassus, leviter angulatus et sulcatus, setate glabrior. 

 Rami villosi, pari\m flexuosi, subsimplices. Folia patentissima, simplicia, latissimfe ovata, cordata/ acuta, sinu basis plCis minfisve 

 profundo, lobis rotundatis ; palmaria, in adulta planta 10-pollicaria ad pedalia, utrinque villosa, pisecipue subtus, ubi nervoso-venosa et 

 reticulata; summa mult5 minora, ovato-cordata, obtusissima. Petiolus cylindricus, supra plano-sulcatus, pilosus, 2— 3-pollicaris. 

 Stipule lato-lanceolatoe, subtriangulares, valdfe acuminatce, nervoso-lineatEe, adpressae, pilosae, lineas 3 longa;. Stipell^ parvae, lanceo- 

 latiE. Racemi brevfe pedunculati, cylindrici, attenuati, digitum crassi, 6— 8-pollicares, axillares foliorum supremorum simplices, et termi- 

 nals ramosi et paniculati, multiflori, pilosi. Pedunculi ferfe teretes ; pedicelli gracillimi, filiformes, patentissimi, i-pollicares, fasciculati, 

 siepius geminati ternative, valdfe pilosi. Bracte^ infra divisuras paniculse, stipulis similes ; infra singulum florum fasciculum ovatse, 

 caudato-acuminatse, pilis sericeis, adpressis dens^ vestitse, scariosse, valdfe deciduse. Flores parvi, ex albido rosei. Calycis pilosi 

 dentes sequales, setaeeo-acuminati, ciliati. Corolla subbilabiata, calyce dupl(> longior, carina absque deflexis, vexillo subrotundo. 

 Legumen calyce brevius, catenulato-spirale, depressum, villosum, 2 — 3-spernmm, articulis subrotundo-planis, 1-spermis. Semina laevia, 

 nitida, reniformia, olivacea. 



This is a very large and distinct species, varying in the size of its leaves and the density of its hairiness according 

 to age and situation. I am in doubt whether to consider the plant I met with on the mountain called Taong Dong 

 near Ava, as a mere variety or a distinct species. It was exceedingly hairy, and one or two of the upper leaves were 

 ternate, the intermediate leaflet being rhomboidal with an attenuated base. In every other respect the plant resembled 

 the Irawaddi and Martaban specimens. 



Plate XXXVII. Fig. 1. The flower. 2. Tlie same opened. 



COELOGYNE Gardnertana. Tab. 38 



PsEUDOBULBis ampuUaccis, teretibus ; foliis lanceolatis, 5-costatis, acuminatis, longe petiolatis ; racemis nutantibus, 

 densifloris, terminalibus radicalibusque, foliis tertio brevioribus ; bracteis deciduis ; sepalis petahsque oblongis ; labelli 

 denticulati, basi saccati lobo medio ret'uso, lateralibus minore. — Lindl. MSS. 



Habitat super arboribus ad Noakote in Napalia, unde anno 1817 misit Dom. Edwardus Gardner. 



Planta admodiim speciosa, leevis. Pseudobulbus ovato-oblongus, surstim vald^ attenuatus, apice 2-phyllus, nudus, 5-pollicaris, basi 

 radiculas exserens simplices, longissimas, filiformes. Folia lanceolata, acuta, utrinque attenuata, erecto-patentia, nervosa, coriacea, Isevis- 

 sima, lucida, pedalia. Petiolus crassus, 2-pollicaris, profundi canaliculatus. Racemi oblongi, laxi, nutantes, palmares, pedunculati ; 

 horum terminalis solitarius, foliis terti5 fer^ brevior ; radicales aliquot, ad basin pseudobulbi laterales. Pedunculus gracilis, filiformis, 



3 4_pollicaris, involutus bracteis ovatis, obtusis, ventricoso-imbricantibus, deciduis, membranaceis. Flores magni, albi, remotiusculi, 



alterni, brevfe pedicellati rachi tereti, flexuosa, suflfulti bracteis magnis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, pollicaribus et ultr^, pedicelh ungui- 

 culari triple!) longioribus, concaviusculis. Sepala oblongo-linearia, acuta, sesquipoUicaria, lateralia basi paull6 dilatata et producta in 

 calcar breve, conicum, obtusum. Petala sepala longitudine osquantia, sed iisdem angustiora. Labellum infundibuliforme, lamind patula, 

 triloba, denticulata, lobo intermedio retuso, lateralibus rotundatis minore. 



The only specimen I have ever seen of this fine Orchidea was sent to me in the year 1817 by my highly valued 

 friend the Hon. Edward Gardner, who received it from the valley of Noakote in Nipal. I had not the means at the 

 time to have the plant more minutely drawn or described ; it is, however, sufficiently distinct in the great size of all 

 its parts, and in the particulars mentioned in Mr. Lindley's specific character, to admit of its being confounded with 

 any of the other species. I have dedicated the plant to the gentleman who communicated it to me, and to whom 

 Indian Botany, especially the Botany of Nipal, owes a vast immber of interesting and valuable contributions. 



