AD FLOBAM INDICAM (SALSAMINEiE). 145 



74. I. ACUMINATA {Benth.in Wall. Cat. 4754 !). Humilis, glaberrima, 

 caule crasso simplici, foliis approximatis longe lanceolatis in petiolum 

 angustatis acuminatis sinuato-crenatis subcoriaceis subtus glaucis 

 nervis raargine subparallelis, pedunculis axillaribus crassiusculis, brac- 

 teis magnis late ovatis obtusis, floribus magnis, sepalis majusculis 

 oblique ovato-cordatis obtusis acuminatisve, labello limbo cymbiforrai 

 acuminato, calcare elongato sensim angustato incurve, vexillo orbicu- 

 lato, alis bipartitis. 



Var. a. Foliis lanceolatis longius petiolatis apice elongatis. 



Var. /3. Foliis angustioribus interdura 6-pollicaribus. 



Hob. Rupibus madidis Mont. Khasia regione subtropica, alt. 4000-6000 



ped. ! Be Silva, &c. (fl. Aug., Sept.). (v.v.) 

 Habitu J. lineari proxime affinis, sed major floribusque diversissimis. 



Caules caespitosi, 5-14'', stricti, erecti. Folia i-1" lata, subtus pallida. 



Floras speciosi, pallide rubri, pollicares. Capsulce breves, erectce, 



^'', oblongse, subacutse. Semina minima, lana fusca immersa ! 



75. I. HooKERiANA {Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 324). Fru- 

 ticosa, perennis, ramis crassis, foliis petiolatis carnosulis 3-6" ovalibus 

 acutis acuminatisve crenato-serratis, petiolis apice biglandulosis, pe- 

 dunculis robustis erectis elongatis, floribus maximis 4-6 longe pedi- 

 cellatis umbellatis, sepalis majusculis oblongo-lanceolatis, labelli limbo 

 parvo cymbiformi abrupte in calcar crassum elongatum attenuatnm 

 contracto, petalis amplis, vexillo orbiculari. — Bot. Mag. 79, t. 4704. 



? I. biglandulosa. Moon, Cat. 18. 



Hab. Montibus tropicis Ceyloniae, alt. 3000-5000 ped.. Walker, &c. 



Species magnifica, elata, glaberrima. Rami crassitie digiti. Pefioli 

 2-5'', apicem versus glandulis 2-stipitatis. Folia multinervia. Pe- 

 dunculi crassi, 4-6". Bractece deciduae. Pedicelli 1-2". Flores 

 speciosi, 2'' lati, calcare interdum 2" curvo; petalis lateralibus et vexillo 

 subaequalibus, margine crispatis, albis ? rubro-striatis. Capsula pro- 

 planta parva, f" elliptico-lanceolata gibba, glabra. 



76. I. grandis {Heyne in Wall. Cat. 4759 !). — Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. 324, Madr. Journ. of Science, v. t. iv. 



Hab. Mont, tropicis Malabariae! Heyne, et ? Ceyloniae, Walker. 



Omnia /. Hookeriance, sed labello conico-infundibuliformi in calcar 2- 



poUicare sensim attenuatum, et petalo postico minore. 



Thwaites suspects that this does not differ specifically from /. Hooker^ 

 iana, and I have no doubt that he is right. 



77' I. CAM PAN u LATA ( Wight in Madr. Journ. ofSc. v. 11. t. vii., Icones, 

 t. 744). Erecta, caule robusto, foliis 4-6" petiolatis late ovato- v. ellip- 

 tico-lanceolatis acuminatis setuloso-serratis subtus glaucis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus crassiusculis suberectis 3-4-floris foliis brevioribus, floribus 

 umbellatis, bracteis magnis ovato-lanceolatis, floribus magnis, sepalis 



