OrchidacecBJ] cetlon plants. 313 



56. MO]S"OCHILUS, Wallicli. 



1. M. longilabris, Lindl. Linn. Soc. Proc, i. p. 186. — M. affinis, 



Wi^lit, Ic. t. 1728.— c.p. 2377. 



Hab. Hot drier parts of the island, not common. 



2. M. nervosus, Wall. MSS.' (Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 487.) 

 Hab. Ceylon, Walker, Gardner (Herh. Roolc.). 



3. M. fiavus, Wall. MSS, ; Lindl. 1. c— c.r. 3120. 



Hab. Raxawa and AmbagamoAva, in the Central Province, at an 



elevation of 3000 feet. 



4. M. regius, Lindl. 1. c. — C.P. 2643. 



Hab. Damp forests, in the Central Province, up to an elevation of 



4000 feet. Norn. vulg. "Eeree-rajah." 



57. CHEIROSTYLIS, Blume. 



1. C. parvifolia, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orcli. p. 488 ; Linn. Soc. Proc. i. 



p. 187.— c.p. 3071. 



Hab. Anibagamowa District, rare. 



W 



XV 



t. 12. Zeuxine moniliformis, Griff. Notula;, iii. p. 397, t. 350.— c.p. 



3377. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, rare. 



Closely allied to the preceding : can it be merely a more highly developed form 

 ofit? 



58. RHAMPHIDIA, Lindl. 



Liun. Soc. Prod. i. p. 190. " ^ 



1. R. elongata, UncM.— Goodi/era (sect. BJiam_p7ddia) cloi>gata, 

 Lindl. Gen. ct Sp. Orcli. p. 494.— C.P. 2739. , , ,. i 



4000 



2. R. Gardneri, Thw. ; subcaulcsccns ; foliis oblongis, utrinque an- 



gustatis, glabris. scape tomentello brcvionbus ; sptca elongafa, temu, 

 plurifloraT hractcis anguste lauccolatis, ovano snba^quilongis ; sc^ahs 

 petalisqne ovatis, obtusiusculis ; labello parum breviore. saccifomn, 



ovoi 



CO 



anrieulata ; rostello profuii 

 Hab, Central Province, Gardner. 



Bipedalis. Folia 3-5 poll, louga, 3-nema, subtus purporasceuha. ^epda j>eiala- 

 que rufo-fuscesccntia, 2 Uu. longa. Labellum flavum. 



59. GOODYERA, E. Br. 



1. G.procera, Hook. Exot. Flor. t. 39 ; Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch, 

 p. 493, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1729.-C.P. o97. 



Hab. Common in damp forebts, up to an elevation of 4000^feet. 



