BOTANY OF WESTERN INDIA. 293 
Crescit in arboribus ad Ram Ghat; fl. Augusto.—Species habitu sin- 
gulari, D. Macraei, Lindl., simillima. 
Caules sesquipedales, glabri, rigidi, duri, intervallis subæqualibus, 
pseudobulbis sesquipolliearibus glabris nitentibus vestiti; inter 
pseudobulbos internodia 3-5, sursum longiora, et apice dilatata, 
adulta nuda, juniora vaginis tubulosis truncatis scariosis arcte vestita. 
Folia coriacea, plana, 3-5 poll. longa, 8-12 lin. lata. Flores albi, 
expansi 9 lin. lati, labello basi maculis rubris picto. Pedicellus 
3 lin. longus, cum ovario articulatus, bracteis 5—6 scariosis acutis 
æquilongis tectus. Capsula ovalis, obtuse trigona, 9—10 lin. longa. 
This curious species is certainly very like D. Macraei, and like no 
other. A large mass of it was found on a branch of Syzygium Jambo- 
lanum on the 25th of July last, and the flowers made their appearance 
on the 15th of August. There is but one flower on each branch, on 
the apex of the uppermost or youngest bulb, and, what is singular, not 
confined to the axil of the leaf, but sometimes a£ its base behind ; and 
often there is a flower on one side of the leaf, and the oval pendulous 
fruit on the other. At the apex of each branch a new bulb and leaf 
are forming simultaneously. "The point of the lip is dilated into a pair 
of wing-like lobes, which are erect during flowering, i.e. at right angles 
to the disc. 
Nat. Ord. UMBELLIFERÆ. 
PEUCEDANEZ. 
Pastinaca glauca; glabra, glauca, caule rigido parum ramoso, foliis 
radicalibus subcoriaceis longe petiolatis pinnatisectis, foliolis 3-5 
raro integris sæpissime profunde bi-tri-lobis, lobis obovatis mucro- 
natis integerrimis, involucri involucellique foliolis lanceolatis paucis — 
persistentibus, calycis margine 5-dentato, fructu late ovali vittis — 
linearibus inter juga solitariis iisque æquilongis, commissuræ bivit- 
tate, vittis marginalibus. ar 
Crescit frequens in graminosis prope Belgaum.—Caulis 6-8 poll. altus, 
rami 1-2. Petioli 3 poll. longi ; foliola pollicaria. Flores flavi. 
A smooth, rigid, glaucous plant, with the leaves lying on the ground, 
and if not in flower or fruit hardly to be taken for an Umbellifera. Dr. 
Ritchie informs me in a note that the native name is “ Kolund,” that 
the root is eaten, and has the taste and odour of a carrot. 
