OrcMdacecB.'] cetlon plants. 



307 



^M:^^' Common in tlie Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 

 dOGO feet. 



2. P. saxatilis, Lindl. I.e. p. 235.— c.p. 3194 

 Hab. Hantani and Ambagamowa Districts. 



36 



CYIiINDEOCHILUS, Thw. (gen. nov.) 



Sepala petataque subconformia, patentia. Zalellum eylindrico-cucul- 

 latum, brevi-saccatum, erecturn, colnmnse basi producta artieulatuni, 

 3-iobum, lobis lateralibus oblongis, obliquis, iutcrmedio brcvissimo, 

 truneato. Culumna brevis, antice excavata. Pollinia 2, bipartibilia. 

 rotundata, compressa, medio caudiculae latce brevis affixa ; glaadula 

 parva, rotundata. Anthera rotundata, bilocularis.— Herba eprphyfa, 

 caulescens, Mnscoriaceis, lineari-ohlongis, oblique retusis; pedunculia 

 lateralihus; ^ov'ihw pauc is, capitatis ; capsulis longiuscidis, Ci/lindricis. 



1. C. pulchellus, Tliw,— c.p. 2354 



onS."^?' Central Province and at Kornegalle, up to an elevation of 

 2000 feet. 



floras albi, 7 lin. in exp. LaheUuin interne capitellato-pilosum, externe ad api- 



cem macLdis paucis fulvis cingulatuni. Capsul(e 2i poll, long^, U Ha. lat^, 6-co3- 

 tata;. 



37. JOSEPHIA, Wigbt. 



1. J. lanceolata, W 



MSS.— c.p. 2358. 



Hab. Very abundant on trees in the Central Province. 



Subsect. CKYPTOcniLiD^, Li7idL 



38. ACANTHOPHIPPITJM, Blume. 



L A. bicolor, Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. xx. t. 1730. -^c.p. 2365. 

 Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



"BseKdohulhl oviiti. FoVm saipius 3, 9-18 poll, longa, 2^2 poU. lata, utrinque 

 acuta. Scapus brevis, 2-7-florus. Bradea ovato-lanceolatae, pollicares. Flores 

 *esquipollic3res, flavl, ad apicem plus minus rubro-tincti inaculatique. Sepalorum 

 fipices liberi obtusi, rcflexi. Petala ansrustiora. Lahelli lobi laterales rotuudati, in- 

 curvi; intermedins lingurcformis, carnosus, obtusus, defiexns; discus 3-lamellatu3 ; 

 lamellis exterioribns tubcrculatis, intermedia teuui, utrinque mucronata. 



Subsect. Brassid^, Lindl. 



39. CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 



1. C, ensifolium, Swartz ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 162, cumsyn. 

 0. Jtceniatodes, Lindl. 1. c.— C.P. 3694. 

 Hab. Hantani, in tbe Central Province. 



Tiie shape of tlie labclluni of the Ceylon plant h so precisely similar to that of the 

 variety of C, ensifolium figured in Bot. Reg. t. 197f>, that I canuot doubt the plants^ 

 ''fing identical in species. 



