310 ENUMEEATION OF [OrcMdacece. 



includente ; labello sepalis duplo longiore, tripartite, lobis linearibus, 

 later alibus acutia, parum longioribus, recurvis ; calcare cylindrico, 

 parum clavato, obtuso, quam ovarium 6-alatuTn fere triplo longiore. — 



c.p. 3201. 



Hab. Eambodde, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Caalis sesquipcdalis, foliosus, foJiis 2-6 poll, longls, superioribus gradatim mino- 

 ribus. Mores albidi, calcare Z\ poll, longo, pallide viridi. 



6. H/latifolia, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p, 321, 

 Hab. Ceylon, Macrae (Serh. Lindl.) , 



I have not met with this species, nor are there specimens of it in this herbarium. 



7. H. plantaginea, Lindl. 1. c. p. 323, cum syn. ; "Wight, Ic. t. 1710- 

 c.p. 2374 

 Hab. Not uncommon in the hot drier parts of the island. 



8. H. crinifera, Lindl. 1. c. ; Wight, Ic. t. 926.— C.P. 207. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



46. PLATANTHERA, Eich. 



1. P. cTibitalis, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 292? — Sabenaria cubi- 

 talis. R. Br. Prod, Orchis cabitalis, Linn. ; Willd. iv, p. 17 ; Fh Zeyl. 

 n. 320.— c.p. 3202. 



Hab. Pasdun Corle, at no great elevation, 



Tetala ovato-oblong;a, obtusa. 



There can be little doubt, I think, of this being the Orchis cuhitalis, Linn., with 

 the description of which in ' Flora Zeylauica * it agrees very well ; but Lindley's plant 

 would appear to be probably different, since he describes the petals as subulate. 



2. P. rhynchocarpaj Thw. ; caiile dimidio inferiore, folioso ; foliis 

 lanceolatis ; spica brevi, compacta ; bracteis lanceolatis, acutissimis, 

 ovario suba?quilongis ; sepalis lateralibiis ovatis, subacutis, deflexis, 

 dorsali parum breviore, rotundato, cucullato, petala lineari-spathulata, 

 acuta, subsequilonga includente; lahello sepalis lateralibus fequilongo, 

 a medio tripartite, laciniis lineari-lauceolatis, acutis, lateralibus parum 

 brevioribus ; calcare cylindrico, obtuso, porrecto, quam ovarium lon- 

 giuscule rostratura dimidio longiore. — c.p. 3058. 



Hab. Above Galagania, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Caulis 1-2-pedaIis. Folia 2-6 poll, longa, Flores albi, sepalis 3-4 liu. longia, 

 calcare 13 liu. longo, apice viridi. 



47. PERISTYLUS, Blume. 



1, P. ^oodyeroides, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 299. 

 Hab. Ccvlon, Walker (Rerb, IIooJc). 



Macrae (Herb 



Wi 



3. P. spiralis, Wight, Ic. t. 1696.— P. Laioii, Wight, Ic. t 

 c.p. 226 (523). 



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



4. P. aristatus, Lindl. 1. c. p. 300.— P. exilis, Wight, Ic. 

 P. rohustior, Wight, Ic. t. 1699.— c.p. 3081, 2373. 



Hab. More elevated parLs of the Central Province, common 



