298 ENUMEBATiON OF \_Orchidacecs, 



Hab. Common m tlie Central Province and Saffragam District. 



6. D. nutans, Lindl. I.e. p. 90; Linn. Soc. Proc. iii. p. 17 in adnot. 

 — D. Jerdonianum, Wight, Ic. t. 1644. — C.P. 2357. 



Hab. Central PrOTince, at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet. 



A variable plant in the shape of the leaves and colour of the flowers, which latter 

 are dark-ochraceous or sometimes nearly white. 



7. D. sanguinolentum, Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. new ser. vol. xvi. p. 62. 

 Hab. Ceylon, Nightingale, 



I am not acquainted with this species, 



8. D. purpurascens, TIiw. ; c£espItosura ; c a uUhus hrevi&^imk ; folUs 

 panels, lineari-lanceolatis, apice angustatis, retusis, mucronatis ; racemis 

 foliis sub^eqiiilongis, 1-3-fioris ; lahello sepalis : petalisque latioribns 

 lineari-lanceolatis ^a?quilongo, indiviso, oLtuso, versus apicem parum 

 dilatato cymbiformique, minvite creniilato; menio brevi, rotuudato; 

 coliimna sursum incrassata, margine utrinque breve 3-dentata. c.P. 



2352. 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



Folia 1-4 poll, longa, 2-6 lin. lata, secpe purpurasceutia. Flores albidi, senii- 

 poUicares, columna atropurpurca. Bractete breves, rotundatEe. 



9. B. pandwatum, Lindl. in Linn. Soc. Proc. iii. p. 19.— An B-gra- 

 minifoliumy Wight, Ic. t. 1649? — c.p. 2353. 



Hab. Cqntral Province, up to an elevation of 6000 feet. 



Csespitosum. Folia lanceokta, 1-1^ poll, longa, Flores albidi, purpureo-tincti, 

 semipoUicarea. 



6. BOLBOPHYLLITM, Thouars. 



1. B. elegans^ Gard. MS.; scapo unifloro ; sepalis laieraMns ^ 

 saccum oblongum, acuminatum, superne ad basin apertum cohserentihus, 

 dorsali ovato, acnto, libero, duplo lorigioribus ; peialis parvis, lanceo- 

 latis;^ lahello\^\^G carnoso, 3-lobo, lohls lateralibus hreyihns, truncatis, 

 erectis, terminali porrecto,linguseformi, apiculato, fere ad apicem fossu- 

 lato.~c.p. 2350. 



Hab, Hantani and Ambafrarnowa, DiRtriats. at an elevation of 3000 



6000 feet. 



Kkizoma repens, Fsettdoiulbi mediocres. Fojla solitaria, h'ncari-lanceolata, 

 utrinque gradatira angustata. Flores \-\\ poll, longi, viridi-purpurascentes, maca- 

 lis purpureis pins minus consprrsi, vcnis purpureis^ Labellum flavnm, pvirpureo- 

 maculatum. Columna bicornis, flavida. 



, 2. B. petiolare, Thw. ; pse%idohulUs parvis, confertis -, foliis solitarns, 

 ovatis, retusis, in petiolum longum angustatis ;/on5M^capitatis ; sepaits^ 

 eequalibus, oblongis, acutis, quam petala plus quam duplo longionbus; 

 labello obscure 3-lobo, late linguseformi, obtuso, convexo, medio pro- 

 funde snlcato reflesoque.— c.p. 3184. 

 Hab. Ambagamowa, rare. 



Braciem parvse, rotundatse, acutce. Capiiula circiter 4-flora. Flores 3 Hn. longi, 

 pallide ochracei, venis rubris. 



3. B. purpureumj Thw. ; pseudohulbis OToideis, confertis ; fohts so- 

 lltariis, spathulato-ovatig, retush ; Jloribus capitatis; sepalis <l^^^,Pg 

 tala duplo iongioribua ; laieralilus in unum apice retueum cohairentiDu , 



