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DESMODIUM SEQUAX. Tab. 157. 
Fruricosum, erectum, virgato-ramosum ; ramis teretibus petiolisque villosis; foliis 3-foliolatis, breviusculè petio- 
latis, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, suprà adpressè pilosis, subtus villosis, intermedio dupló majore ; stipulis lineari- 
bus; racemis axillaribus, fasciculatis, folium zequantibus ; pedicellis subgeminatis, patentissimis; villosis ; legumine 
gracillimo, lineari, multiarticulato, utrinque multidentato, hamoso-piloso. 
Habitat in montibus Kamaon, unde in Hortum Calcuttensem introduxit Robertus Blinkworth. Floret et fructificat 
fine pluviarum. 
Frurex ramosissimus, erectus, paniculatus, 3-pedalis, obsitus villositate densá, molli,patulá. Rami teretes, virgati, leviter flexuosi. 
Fout approximata, alterna, bifariè patentia, 3-foliolata, circitèr 6-pollicaria ; foliola lanceolata, acuminata, repandula, suprà adpresse 
pilosa, subtús cano-villosa, nervosa, venisque transversis reticulata; lateralia 2-pollicaria, basi obtusa, hine parúm gibbosa, brevis- 
simè petiolata; intermedium duplò majus, obsoletè rhomboideum, basi acutum. “Perrotus communis villosus, teres, gracillimè canali- 
culatus, 1—13-pollicaris ; partialium laterales brevissimi, intermedius fer’ pollicaris: SriPuLa parve, lineares, acute, villosæ, caduca ; 
stipelle diutiùs persistentes, setaceæ. Frores rosei, pedicellati, patentissimi, dispositi in racemos axillares, erectos, 2—4-fasciculatos, 
terminalesque paniculatos, attenuatos, brevè pedunculatos, folia subæquantes.  PepuncuLus Racnrsque recti, teretes, graciles, villosi ; 
pedicelli tenerrimi, subfiliformes, unguiculares, alternatim geminati, vel etiam fasciculati, patentissimi, villosi, basi muniti bracteold 
setaceà, brevi. CaLyx parvus, oblongus, villosus, acutè et patenter 4-dentatus, dentibus 2 ovatis, majoribus, suffultus bracteolå subulatå, 
caducà. CoroLLa calyce quadruplò major, bilabiata ; vexillum ovatum, retusum, disco ad basin 2-maculato ; carina divaricata, compressa, 
diphylla, alisque parallelis, oblongis, obtusis brevè unguiculatis. LEGUMEN lineare, gracile, rectum, parüm compressum, 1—2-pollicare, 
submoniliforme, multiarticulatum, obsitum pilis densis, brevissimis, hamosis, margine utroque obtuse dentato; articuli convexiusculi, 
infimi nunc remotiusculi, extimus stylo longo, demòm deciduo apiculatus. 
Plate CLVII. Fig. 1. 2. Flower. 3. The same, dissected. 4. Pods. 
PHAIUS WALLICHII. Tab. 158. 
Acautis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis ; sepalis petalisque lanceolatis, labelloque cucullato crispo, integro acumi- 
natissimis ; calcare arcuato, emarginato, bracteis acuminatis. Lindl, Mss. 
P. grandifolius, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 3747. (haud Loureirii). 
Limodorum Tankerville, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 63. (planta e Sillet.) 
Incolit montes Sillet confines, undé plantas viventes in Hortum Calcuttensem misit M. R. Smith. Floret Decembre 
—Aprili. 
PLANTA speciosissima, erecta, glabra, 2—3-pedalis. RADICULE£ longer, crasse, cylindricze, carnosæ, indivise. PseupoBULBUS magnus, 
ovatus, 2—3-pollicaris, basi a vestigiis foliorum annulatus, supernè foliiferus, solitarius vel pauci seriati. Fora pauca, erecta, apice 
recurvato-patentia, lato-lanceolata, pedalia, 2—3-pedalia, attenuato-acuminata, basi attenuata, membranacea, suprà atroviridia, lucida, 
plicato-nervosa, subtùs 5-nervia, nervis prominentibus, valdé conspicuis, aliisque brevioribus interspersis. PETIOLI profundè canalicu- 
lati, a decurrente folio marginati, erecti et subparalleli, nune caulem quasi mentientes, basi valde dilatatà alternatim imbricantes. 
Scarus ex sinu petioli enascens, solitarius, erectus, valdè crassus, basi penna cygneæ diametrum sæpè excedens, cylindricus, 2-pedalis, 
remotè bracteatus, apice gerens flores 8—10 maximos, alternantes, patentes, albo-fuscos, inodoros, digestos in racemum oblongum, ferè 
pedalem. Bracrea distantes, erectæ, alterne, lanceolate, acutze, lineatze, pollicares bipollicaresve, basi amplexantes. Racurs carnosa, 
cylindrica, levitér undulata. PebuncuLus cylindricus, pollicaris, ovarium zequans, suffultus bracted lanceolatá, acuminatå, concavå, ipso 
duplò longiore, citò decidua. Perianrarum æqualitdr patentissimum, diametrum 3—4-pollicarem emetiens; foliola omnind distincta, plana, 
lanceolata, attenuato-acuminata ; anticum demòm sursòm spectans, reliquis parüm latius, interiora parúm angustiora. LABELLUM sessile, 
convoluto-infundibuliforme, subadscendens, 3-pollicare, basi inferiori columnze parti aceretå in tubum amplum, brevem, desinentem in 
calcar eylindricum, descendens, antrorsòm curvum, ovarium longitudine æquans, apice bidenticulatum ; limbus patens, crispato-undulatus, 
3-lobus ; lobi laterales obtusi, abbreviati, intermedius magnus, recurvus, lanceolatus, attenuatus et acuminatus. COLUMNA brevis, carnosa, 
labello inclusa, eodemque dimidio brevior, anticè lato-sulcata, sursüm valdè dilatata et marginata, apice subtruncato biloba, lobis den- 
ticulatis. ANTHERA magna, conica. 
This plant is remarkably like P. grandifolius, but differs in its very acuminate bracteæ, sepals, and petals, and 
especially in the labellum not only tapering to a very acute point, as in Brassavola nodosa, but being destitute of the 
rich yellow and red marking of the Chinese species.—Lindl. ; 
Plate CLVIIL Fig. 1. A detached flower. 2. Apex of the column. 3. Anthers, with pollen-masses. 
