136 DE. HOOKER AND DR. THOMSON'S PEJ'CTJR SORES 



4-6". Petioli gY&cilWmi ^-] pollicares. Pec?iceZZ« petiolossubsequaiites. 

 Flores albi? I" lati. Copsula late elliptica, basi angustata, a])ice 

 acuminata^, similis I. racemuliferce. 



E. Lateeielor^ (vide p. 113). 

 § a. Capsula anguste linearis elongata (vide J. spirifer in § D). 



50. I. SERRATA (Benth. in Wall. Cat. 4/71 0- Glabra, caule erecto 

 simpliciusculo v. basi ramoso, foliis (1-3 poll.) subsessilibus v. petiolo 

 alato ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis argute serratis eglandulosis petiolo 

 basi glaiidula globosa stipulata v. nuda, pedicellis gracillimis versus 

 medium bifidis 2-floris, bracteis setaceis dissitis, floribus f-H'' albidis 

 flavisve rubro-maculatis, sepalis parvis falcatis, calcare abrupte incurvo 

 flore longiore, capsula anguste lineari. 



Hab. Umbrosis Himalayse temperatse centralis et orientalis, Nepal ! 

 tVallich ; Sikkim 8000-10,000 ped. ! J. D. H. (fl. Jul.-Sept.). (v.v.) 



Caules graciles, 1-3 pedales. Folia membranacea, glabra. Flores plani, 

 labello oblique conice saccato, in calcar attenuato; vexillo oblongo 

 subunguiculato, alis unguiculatis lobo postico falcato. Capsula 1-H" 

 angustissima. Semina numerosa, 1-seriata, lineari-obovata, grosse 

 tuberculata. 

 A smaller, more delicate and graceful species than is J. scabrida, D.C., 



with very differently shaped spur and petals. 



51. I. scabrida {D.C. Prodr. i. 687, fVall. Cat. 4769 b; Edgew. in 

 Wight, I.e. t. 323). Caule simpliciusculo robusto foliisque pubescenti- 

 pilosis glabratisve, foliis ovatis lanceolatis ovato-lanceolatisve acumi- 

 natis in petiolum angustatis grosse serratis eglandulosis petiolo basi 

 glandulis 2 grossis stipulato, peduncuhs foliis multo brevioribus 2-6- 

 floris, bracteis setaceis dissitis, floribus aureis, sepalis amplis ovato- 

 cordatis acuminatis, labello late conico calcare incurvo, vexillo dorso 

 cornuto, capsulis lineari-elongatis. — Wall. Cat. 4769 ! 



I. tricornis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxvi. 1840, t. 9 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. 4051.— 

 I. punctata, Wall. MSS.—l. cristata. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 456., 

 — I. calycina. Wall. I. c. p. 463. — I. Hamiltoniana, Don, Prodr. 204. 



Hab. Umbrosis Himalayae temperatae, Bhotan ! Griffith ; Nepal ! Wol- 

 lich ; Kumaon ! Str. ^ Wint. ; Simla ! Comta Dalhousie, &c. ; Ku- 

 raawur ! Grant ; Sikkim, fid. Icon. Cathcart (fl. temp. pluv.). (v.v.) 



Species 3-5 pedalis, plerumque robusta, plus minusve pubescens, sed 

 interdum glabra v. glaberrima. Folia petiolata, v. subsessiha. Pe- 

 dunculi interdum paniculati. Flores 1" longi, speciosi, aurei, punctis 

 rubris consperse. Capsula 1-1|" longa, glabra v. puberula. Semina 

 1-seriata, oblonga, vix tuberculata. 

 The I. calycina, Wall., seems from specimens in Lindley's Herbarium 



to be the same as his cristata, and which is undoubtedly the J. scabrida 



of De CandoUe. I have no Sikkim specimens, but a drawing from 



