Orchidace<B.2 ceylon plants. 



297 



species 



figured 



-Uab. Damp forests m the Central Province, 



in SL'* T^ '^"'f f''^ *° ^^^ preceding, but the 'leaves are somewhat different 

 tiUate, the sepals are relatively a good deal shorter than in 31. Meedii. 



acumii S^^^ mucronatis ; scajpo elongate, pluri-bracteato ; hracteu 

 acummatis, suberectis ; Jlorihus raceraosis.— c.p. 2742 

 iiAB. Un trunks of trees in tlie Saffragam District. 



oDionga, b-costata, 3 lin. longvi, pedicello 2 lin. longo, 



purpurea, Li 



Ceylon, Macr 



I know nothing of this plant. 



4. DIENIA. Lindl. 



TT.?' ?*?' ,%*^- ^™- ^* SP- ^^^''t- P- 22.~c.p. 3182. 

 -Uab. Central Province, Macrae. 



Subsect. Dendeobid^, Lindl. 

 5. DENDROBIITM, Swartz. 

 1. D Macrsei, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcli. p. 75 ; Linn. Soc. Proc. iii. 



—cT^fm "^' ^^^^^^^ i^ H'*^^- Jo"^"- of Bot- i^- (1852) p. 292. 

 Hab. On trees, in tlie Central Province, not uncommon. 



floret saepias bini, aliquando solitarii vel terni. » 



3696 °" *'"*"'^"**^'"' Swartz. (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcli. p. 88.; 



\.^^^' ^o°^™on on "the trunks of Cocoa-nut and other trees in the 

 hotter parts of the island. 



vt\)^' ^"^"*' I^indl. I.e. p. 77 ; Wight, Ic. 1. 1646.— J*, heterocarpum, 

 C.P 574 ^'^<^^^^u«i> JLindl- in Bot. Reg. new ser. vol. xvii. t. 17.— 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



4. D. Maccarthise, Thw. in Bot. Mag. t. 4886.— C.P. 31G2. 



c.p. 



ulg. ' ' W 



and 



Joules penduli, flagelliformes. teretes, striati, versus apicem foliosi, l^-S-pedales ; 



o«w parce_tumidis; internodis 14-2 poU. lon^is. Folia pauca, lanceolata, 2^-3 



Pp^- jr^' '"■' P°^^" ^^*^- ^<^emi laterales, 4--5-flori. Pedvnculi basi bracteati. 



Pdl 1 ^^'^^^'^ ^^-^'2' lin. longi. Flores pallide purpurei. Sepala lanceolata, 2^-3 



for •' ^^^^^"^ subacqiuloiiga, latiora. Labellum subtrilobum vel subtrapezi- 



me, apice rotundatum, disco atro-pnrpureo. Columna albida, subquadrata. Men- 



'"■ '=otticum, semiapertum. semipollicaris. 



♦ ?o.?" "^acrostachyum, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 78; Wight. Ic 

 I. ib47. — C.P ais'^ ° 



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