/ 



OrchidacecB,] c£tlok plants. 299 



dorsali libero ; lahello obscure 3-lobo, valde camoso, medio profunde 

 snlcato reflexoque, apice obtuso. — c.p. 3697, 

 Hab. MatoUe, rare. 



Bradea minutee. Capiiula 6-S-flora. Flares I3-2 lia, longi, pallide pur})urei. 



vems purpui'eis 



7. CIRRHOPETALUM, LindL 



1. C. Macraei/ Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 59 (baud Wight). — (7- 

 WalJcerianum, Wight, lo. t. 1657— c.p. 2362. 



Hab. Hantani and Hewabette districts, at an elevation of 3000 to 

 4000 feet. 



2. C- grandiflorum, Wight, Ic. t. 1656.— C.P. 3657. 



Hab. Central Province, in the Matiu'atte and other districts, at an 

 elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet. 



3. C. Wightii, Tbw.— (7. Ma&i^cn, Wight, Ic. t. 1652 (baud Lindl.) 

 —c.p. 3160, 2740 (632). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



Flores albidi vel pallide flavi, plus minus ruLro-maculati, vel omuino pallide viridcs. 

 Sepala lateralia lincaria vel lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, dorsali rotundato, apiculato 

 3-4-plo longiora. Pefala parva, acuta, minute scrnilata. Labellum carnosum, 



linguae forme, eanaliculatum. 



Very variable in size and in the colour of the flowers : or, possibly, further obser- 

 ratiou may show that I have confounded two distliict though closely allied species. 



8. PHREATIA, Lindl. 



1. P. ele^ans, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcb. p. 63.— c.p, 3186. 

 Hab, Central Province. Mao^ae. 



9. EE.IA, Lindl. 



1. E. bicolor, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcb. p. 65 (baud in Linn. Soc. 

 Proc. iii. I). 58).— c.p. 2SS2. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7X)00 feet, 



Flores albi, cohnnna Iahello<\\\e ad basin plus minus rubro-tiuctis. 



2. E. laindleyi, Thw.— 2?, bicolor, Lindl. in Linn. Soc. Proc. iii. 

 p. 58 (baud Gen. et Sp. Ofcb. p. 65).—Dendroblum bicolor, Lindl. I.e. 

 p. 90.— c.p. 2761. 



Hab. Central Province, common up to an elevation of 7000 feet. 



3. E. braccata, Lindl. in Linn, Soc. Proc. iii. p. 46.—^. retkosa, 

 Wight, Ic. 1. 1637. E, nnijlora, Dalzell in Hook. Journ. of Bot. iv. 

 p. lll.—Beiidrohium hraccatum, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcb. p. 75.— c.p. 

 2356. 



Hab. Central ProAonce, not uncommon. 



4. E. muscicola, Lindl. in Linn. Soc. Proc. iii. p. 47.— An Bendro- 

 Hum muscicola, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 75?— c.p. 2355. 



Hab. Trunks of trees in the Central Provmce, at an elevation of 4000 

 to 7000 feet. 



Folia acuta. PeduncuU 2-5-tlori. Labellum acuminatum. 



6. E. velutina, Thw- ; raolliter pubescens ; rhizomate repente; cau- 



