Orchidacece.'] cexlon plants. 305 



Folia subtus prtccipue versus basia, cum pedtmculis cajpsuUsc^Q,y creLerrime pur- 

 pur eo- macula t a. Ilores flavidi, plus minus rubro-lincti. 



2. C. acaulis, LindL 1. c. — Vanda fiitibriata, Gardn. MSS. — c.p. 

 3]9L 



Hab. Hantani, on trees, rare, Gardner. 



Labellum saccatum, trilobura, lobis lateralibus brevibus, carnosis, erectis, parum 



acutis, antlce coavergentibus, terminali omnino exteruo, subtriangukri, fimbriato, 

 reflexo. 



3. C. galeata. — Saccolahinm galeahim, Gardn. MSS.— Caulescens, 

 foliis coriaceis, linearibus, obliquis, obtusis, emar^inatis ; floribus race- 



mosis vel subpaniculatis, ad apicem pedunculi folio subscquilongi con- 

 fertis ; sepalis petalisqne couformibus, obovato-spatbulatis, obtusis ; 

 labelli saccati lobis lateralibus brevibus, truncatis, carnosis, terminali 

 parvo, ovato, retuso, parce papillose j denie dorsali triangulari, apico 

 emarginato. — c.p. 2343. 

 Hab. Not uncommon on trees in the Central Province. 



Tolia 6 poll, louga, f poll. lata. Flores circiter 4 lin. in exp., flavi, rubro-macu* 

 lati. Cajpsula 1 poll, lougfe, 2 lin. latte. 



27. T-ffi!NIOPHYLLUM, Blume, 



1. T, Alwisii^ Lindl. in Linn. Soc. Proe. iii. p. 42. — c.p. 3195. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District. A single specimen detected upon tbe 

 branch of a Symplocos^ by Mr. H. De Alwis, the draftsman of the Pe- 

 radenia Garden. 



Minutum, acaule, aphylluiti. Radices virides, caruossc, repeutes, complanatsc. 

 Scapus erectus, \ poll, lougus. Bractea carinatre. Flores spicati, pauci, minutis- 

 simi, pailide viiides. Sepala petala<\\it couforuiin, cum labello in perianthiuui acute 

 6-deatatum connata. Labellum saccatum, lamina cymbiibrrai, marginibus liberis. 

 Columna brevis, Follinia 4, pyriformia, ia glandulain sessilia. Anthera quadrata^ 

 subquadrilocularis. 



28. OCTAEEHEW A, Thw. (gen. nov.) 



Sepala aequalia, libera. Petala multo minora. Labellum petalis 

 subconforme, parum cymbiforme. Columna brevissima, subhemisphfe- 

 rica. ^ Stigma transverse oblongum. Follinia 8 (4-4) libera, sphajrica ; 

 caudicula lineari, medio bifurca ; glandula parva, rotundata. 



pallidi 



Lbcylindricis 



1. O. parvula, Thw.— C.P. 3072. 



Hab. Central Province, on forest trees, at an 



4000 feet. 



29- AEEIDES, Lour. 



^Vi erhtianTun 



,, Lindl. Gen. at Sp. Orck p. 238 ; Linn. Soc. 

 svn : Bot. Maff. t. 5138.— Ji. testaceum, Lindl, 



-free. ui. p. 40, cum syn ; Bot. Mag. t. bl6b.—A. testaceum, 

 Cren. et Sp. Orch. p. 238. Vanda parviflora, Lindl. ; Wight 

 1669.— C.P. 752. 

 Hab. Kot uncommon upon trees, up to an elevation of 3000 f 



2. A. tesseUatumj Wight, (Lindl. I.e. p. 240?)— c.p. 3378. 



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