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ENUMEEATION OP \_Orc}ddace(Z 



Hab. Galle and Negumbo. 



Labellum fauce rubescens. t • * ii, a .„=, ^f ti,u 



1 have unfortunately been unable to make a careful analysis of the flower of this 

 beautiful plant, the only flower I have seen, and from which the draftsman made his 

 drawing, having been inadvertently thrown away^ 



2 V. Moonii, Thw. ; foUis carnosis, oblongis, acuminatis, subsessi- 

 libus ; spicis brevibus, plurilloris ; bracteis brevibus acutis ; sepaUs 

 petalisqne conformibus, lanceolatis, counlventibus ; lahello cucullato, 

 marginecrenulato.— F. aromatical. Moon's Cat. p. 60.— C.P. 3204. 



Hab. Cultura, Moon. Negumbo and Kornegalle. 



Sepala pefalac^ne fulva, apice nigresceutia. Laiellum pallide viride, disco albo, 

 tribus seriebus apice couvergentibus uiacularum fulvarum ornato. Uvamim albi- 



"^have not seen the flowers of this plant in a fresh state. The description of their 

 colour is taken from a drawing in this library^, 



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Sect. 6. Neottejs, LindL 



SuLsect. Cranichid^, LindL 



53. ZOSTEROSTYLIS, Blume. 



1, Z. Zeylanica, LindL Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 446.— Z. Wallcerce, 



Wight, Ic. t. 1748-4.— C.P. 383. 



Hab. Not uncommon in shady forests of the Central Province, up to 



an elevation of 4000 feet, 



Foiia ovalia vel elliptica, sultrinervia, nitida, 3-«7 poll, longa, longipetiolata. 

 Scapus l-3-pedali3. Columna brevissima, basi tuberculato-callosa. Stigma disci- 

 forme, emarginatum. Clinandrium latum, concavum, marginibns acutis nee niem- 

 branaceis. Antliera disjunctim bilocularis. Tollinia basi attenuata curvataque; 



communi 



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Subsect. SPIKANTHIDJE, LvidL 



54. SPIRANTHES, L, C, Eich. 



L 8. atratralia, Lindl. Linn. Soc. Proc. i. p. 178, cum syn.— 5. aus- 

 trails et densa^ Wight, Ic. t. 1724. — C.P. 550. ' . , 



Hab. Common amongst grass, in the more elevated parts of tne 

 Central Province, 



Subsect. Phtsubidje', Zindh 



55. ZEUXINE, Lindl. 

 1. Z. snlcata, Lindl. Linn. Soc. Proc. i. p. 186, cum syn- jeq- 



Z. emarglnata, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orck p. 485. Z. rohusta, WigUt, 



Ic. 1. 1726. Z. brevifoUa, Wight, Ic. t. 1725.— c.p. 3017. 

 Hab. Amongst grass, in tlie warmer parts of tlie island. 



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