452 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Plerygodium. 
column near its apex. Stigma, a clammy pit behind a lingui- 
form process rising from the upper edge of the entrance into 
the horn. Germ oblong, groove long, taper-pointed. 
4. O. uniflora. R. 
Lip obcordate ; the entire petals ee ee the inner two 
sub-rotund ; ee filiform, three times the length of the germ. 
Leaves about two, lanceolar, three-nerved, Peduncle sate 
nal, one-flowered. 
A native of cool shaded moist spots amongst the Garrow — 
hills, where it blossoms in September. The. whole plant 
searcely rises to six inches. 
PTERYGODIUM. Swartz. 
Corol five-petalled, sub-ringent ; the upper three petals 
vaulted, the lower two spreading. Lip inserted on the style, 
between the cells of the anthers, Stigma behind. 
P. suleata, R. 
Root ramous, bulbs branchy, sub-cylindric, Stems leafy ; 
the lower leaves ensiform. Helmet of the corol begged be-| 
hind ; lip with a long claw and uniform lamina. 
Beng. Shwet hoolee. 
‘It is said there is a red and blue hoolee, neither of which 
I have yet seen. This white variety is a native of pasture 
ground near Calcutta ; appearing during the latter part of 
the cold season only, cheat six or eight inches in height. 
Roots consisting of several, pretty long, fleshy fibres. Stem 
leafy, erect, round, smooth. Leaves scattered, sword-shaped, 
with vaginated bases, entire, smooth, shorter than the stem. 
Spike oblong, crowded with numerous, small, white flowers. 
Bractes broad-lanceolate, the length of the germs. Corol, 
the three upper petals forming an helmet, of which the supe- 
rior one is incumbent, and formed into a bag behind. Vee- 
tary sub-cylindric, near the base are two smal], membrana- 
