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floribus I" intense violaeeis, sepalis majusculis oblique ovatis acutis, 

 labello cymbifonni calcare breviusculo incurvo flore a3quilongo, vexillo 

 parvo orbiculari, alarum lobo postico maxirao late semiorbieulari 

 obtuso. 

 Hab. Locis udosis apertis temperatis et subtropicis montibus Khasiae j 

 alt. 4000-5000 ped. ! Gomez, Lobb, J. H. ^ T. T. (fl. Jun.-Oet.). 



Species pulcherriraa, nullae arete affinis. Caulis 6-8"'. Folia membra- 

 nacea, petiolo basi glandulis non stipulate. Racemi pollicares, omnes 

 laterales, horizontaliter patentes. Calcar |-f ", arcuatum ascendens, 

 apice obtuso. Capsula ^", brevis, obovato-lanceolata, basi breviter 

 attenuata, apice acuta, oligosperma ; dehiscens ab apice. Semina 

 parva. 

 This has the fruit of many species in § B, and the racemose flower of 



the Racemosce. 



57. I. LATiFLORA {U.f. Sf T.). Caulc humili robusto puberulo, foliis 

 petiolatis lanceolatis elliptico-lanceolatisve acuminatis crenato-serratis 

 basi saepissirae glanduloso-setigeris subtus glaucis, pedunculis erectis 

 crassis bis terve divisis simplicibusve, bracteis dissitis lanceolatis, flo- 

 ribus magnis roseis, sepalis arapHs late ovatis acuminatis, labello 

 cymbiformi in calcar rectum v. paulo curvum gracile elongatum ab- 

 rupte contracto, vexillo dorso alato. 

 Hab. Umbrosis subtropicis montibus Khasia ad Nunklow, alt. 3000- 

 4000 ped. Lobb, J. H. ^ T. T. et ? Himalaya orientali tropica Sikkim, 

 alt. 2000-4000 ped., J. H. (fl. Oct.). 



Statura habitu plerisque notis /. pulchra; proxima, sed diff'ert floribus 

 conspicuis, calcare gracili elongato, non cum sepalo conico sensim 

 continuo. Flos 1^-2'.' latus, pallid e roseus v. violaceus ; calcare 1 ; 

 petalis patentibus amplis ; vexillo orbiculari bilobo, alis bipartitis lobis 

 patentibus antico obovato retuso postico semiovato acuto. Capsula 

 et semina immatura sed I. pulchrce ut videtur similia. 

 The Sikkim specimens look difi^erent ; they have broader leaves and 



single smaller flovv'ers on ebracteolate peduncles, but from drawings of 



both, taken on the spot, I am unable to point out any further differences 



between them. 



68. I. PULCHRA {H.f. 4* T.). Humilis, glaberrima, caule simphci, 

 foliis 2-3'^ crassiusculis petiolatis elliptico- v. anguste lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis serratis subtus pallidis, pedunculis erectis crassis bis terve divisis 

 simplicibusve, bracteis dissitis lanceolatis, floribus magnis, sepalis 

 amplis late ovatis acuminatis, labello magno late infundibuliformi in 

 calcar conicum apice circinatum attenuate, alis amplis, vexillo dorso 

 alato. 



Var. 13. Foliis latioribus ellipticis v. ovato-lanceolatis nervis numerosis. 



Hab. Umbrosis montibus Khasia regione temperata et subtropica alt. 

 5000 ped. ! J. H. Sf T. 7'.— Var. /S. Nepalia maxime orientali, alt. 

 4000-5000 ped. ! J. H. (fl. Sept.-Nov.) (v.v.) 



