132 DR. nOOKEE AKD DR. THOMSON'S PR^CURSORES 



37. I. MACROPHYLLA {Gardner in Herb. Hook, and Bot. Mag. 4662). 

 Suffruticosa, glabra, ramis crassis apices versus foliosis, foliis /. glan- 

 duliferce sed sTEpissime pubescenti-pilosis, pedicellis brevibus fascieu- 

 latis, floribus glaberrimis, sepalis minimis, labello acuminato breviter 

 saccato calcare brevi minimo, vexillo oblongo dorso alato apice acu- 

 minato rostrato, alis minimis bipartitis inclusis. 



I. glandulifera, var. ?, Am. in Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 323. 



Hab. Sylvis montosis subtropicis Ceylonise, alt. 5000-7000 ped.l Walker, 

 &c. 



Frutex 10-12 pedalis (fid. Walker), foliis interdum 16". I. glanduliferce 

 affinis, sed difFert floribus multo minoribus, glaberrimis, labello auran- 

 tiaco, vexillo angusto apice rostrato coccineo, alis minimis inclusis. 



38. I. RKPENS (Moon Cat.). Glaberrima, caulibus prostratis basi repen- 

 tibus vage diffuse ramosis, foliis longe petiolatis ovato cordatis v. reni- 

 formi-rotundatis acutis, pedicellis foliis multo longioribus ebracteo- 

 latis, sepalis parvis oblongo-lanceolatis, labello late saccato subconico 

 calcare brevi incurvo, vexillo latiore quam longo suborbiculato dorso 

 corniculato, alis alte bilobis lobis brevibus latis. — Wight, III. 160. t. 61 ; 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. 74. t. 4404. 



Hab. Sylvis montosis tropicis Ceyloniae, alt. 4000 ped. ! Walker, &c. 



Caules crassi, carnosi, hie illic radicantes. Foliai-] " lata, petiolo breviora, 

 interdum obscure subserrata. Pedicelli solitarii, poUicares. Flores 

 aurei, speciosi, I" longi ; labello et vexillo pubescente. Ovarium 

 hirsutum. 



39. I. LEPTOPODA {Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 321). Erecta, 

 rarnosa, glaberrima, caulibus gracilibus, foliis longe petiolatis (1-3") 

 lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatisve acuminatis crebre crenato-serratis pe- 

 tioloque interdum glanduloso setosis, pedicellis ebracteolatis axillaribus 

 subsolitariis gracilibus strictis, floribus parvis, sepalis parvis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, labello cymbiformi calcare gracili elongato (v. abbreviato), 

 vexillo obcordato dorso cornuto, alis horizoutaliter patentibus (? I. lati- 

 folia. Wall. Cat. 4737, in Herb. Henslow.). An var. I. latifolice, L. ? 



Var. ^, brevicomu. Calcare abbreviato flore breviore. — I. brevicomu. 



Am. I. c, 

 Var. y, gibbosa. Sepalo postico cymbiformi subsaccato calcare nullo. — 



Am. I. c. 

 Hab. Sylvis montosis subtropicis Ceyloniae ! alt. 5000-8000 ped.. Walker 



&c. (fl. Sept.-Nov.). 

 Herba 1-3-pedalis. Caules basi interdum suffruticulosi. Folia sub- 



merabranacea, basi attenuata, in var. brevicomu interdum 4-pollicaria. 



Flores ^\" lati, latiores quam longi, ob petala lateralia horizontaliter 



patentia. Capsula ^", glabra v. puberula. 



Thwaites describes this as being very common and variable, and points 

 out its close affinity with I. Lesehenaultii, in all my specimens of which 

 the leaves are more or less opposite. 



