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61. I. puberula (De Prodr. i. 687 ; Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 193 ; Cat. 

 4767 A), Plus minusve pubescens v. glabrata, caule elongate simplici 

 V. ramosOj foliis 1-5" in petiolum attenuatis elliptico- v. ovato-lanceo- 

 latis utrinque acuminatis crenatis eglandulosis, pedicellis bracteolatis 

 1-4-floris solitariis v. binis gracilibus erectis axillaribus subterminali- 

 busque floribusque violaceis pubescentibus, sepalis majusculis ovatis 

 acuminatis, labelli limbo cymbiformi, calcare longo gracili curvo, alis 

 patentibus, capsula lineari. 



I. mollis. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 461.— I. hispidula, Bth. Wall. Cat. 



4740 !— I. insignis (in part.), Wall. Cat. 4766. 

 jS. Pedunculis 2-4-floris. 

 Hab. Sylvis subtropicis temperatisque Hiraalayae orientalis et centralis ; 



Nepal! Wallich; Sikkim, 3000-6000 ped.! J. D.if.--^. Mont. Khasia, 



alt. 5000-6000 ped. \ J. H. 8f T. T. (fl. June-Dec), (v.v.) 

 Species variabilis, erecta, 1-3-pedalis; caule simplici v. parce ramoso. 



Folia basi non ciliata v. setigera. Pedunculi 1-3 pollicares, basi brac- 



teati. Flores I. flaccidee ? subsimiles. Calcar gracile, i'\ Capsula 



glaberrima, poUicaris. Semina (immatura) parva?. 



In all Wallich's Nepal and our Sikkim specimens the peduncles are 

 1 -flowered, in our Khasia ones 2-4-flowered. 



c. Perennes. Epiphyticae. Caules breves, crassi. Folia versus apices 

 ramorum conferta. Pedunculi 2-3-flores. Capsules breves, rostratae. 



62. I. Jerdoni^ {Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v., Ic. t. 1602). Epi- 

 phytica, glaberrima, caule brevi procumbente radicante, ramis flori- 

 feris ascendentibus, foliis gracile petiolatis ovatis acutis sinuato-sub- 

 serratis sinubus et apice setulosis, pedicellis gracilibus pedunculo 

 longioribus, sepalis lanceolatis, labello longe saccato ventricoso, calcare 

 brevi incurvo.— HooA:. Bot. Mag. 79, t. 4739. 



Hab. Ramis truncisque arborum Mont. Anamallay et Nilghiri ad Sispara 

 Ghat.! Wight. 



Rami cicatricati. Folia 1^-2^" longa, petiolo ^-f", utrinque glaber- 

 rima. Pedunculi cum pedicellis folia sequilonga. Flores rubri, 

 labellum magnum inflatum, fere pollicare, vexillum alaeque parvse. 

 Sepala petalis sequilonga, alse oblique bilobae, lobis imbricatis rotun- 

 datis. Vexillum galeatum. 

 This, as Wight observes, is most nearly allied to I. Walkerice. The 



latter I have been obliged to put in the racemose group of the order, 



though, with the present and two following, it forms the most natural 



section of the genus, 



63. I. auriculata {Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v. p. 8. t. iii.). Epi- 

 phytica, glaberrima, caule brevi crassissiino nodoso articulato, foliis 

 petiolatis ovatis ellipticisve acutis subserratis, pedunculis brevibus 

 2-floris, pediceUis gracilibus, sepaUs maximis dependentibus, vexillo 

 brevi concavo profunde bifido, labello loaige saccato apice breviter 

 calcarato. 



