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G. Eacemos^ (vide p. 113). 

 § a. Racemi multiflores, pedicellis interrupte verticillatis, v. fasciculatis. 



80. I. RACEMOSA {Wall. Cat. 4730! in part., non Don, Prodr.). Gla- 

 berrima, caule gracili sirapliciusculo erecto, foliis 3-6'' petiolatis lan- 

 ceolatis v. elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis apice caudatis grosse 

 crenatis, pedunculis elongatis strictis gracilibus multifloris pedicellis 

 verticillatis gracilibus bracteis parvis ovato-subulatis, sepalis minimis 

 labello longe conice saccato in calcar curvum attenuate, vexillo orbi- 

 culato, alarum lobo terrainali brevi v. elongate ligulato v. caudato ; 

 capsula lineari. — lEdgeworth in Linn. Trans, xx. 41. 



I. micrantha, Don, Prodr. 205 ? 



^?. Floribus majoribus, lobo terrainali petalorum ligulato porrecto. 



y, polyceras. Bracteis majoribus sepalis apice labelli et dorso vexilli in 



cornu glanduloso-incrassatum productis. 

 Rab. Sylvis Himalayse temperatae, alt. 7000-10,000 ped., Nepal ! Wal- 

 lich ; Sikkim ! J. D. H. ; jS, Sikkim ! alt. 7000-1 0,000 ped., et in Mon- 

 tibus Khasia, alt. 5000-7000 ped. IJ.H.Sf T. T. (fl. Jul.-Sept.). (v.v.) 

 Herba 2-4-pedalis. Folia 4-6", grosse crenata, sinubus setigeris, pe- 

 tiolis basi saepe glanduligeris. Racemi 3-6", stricti, pedicellis 1", ver- 

 ticillatis. Bractece basi ovatae, apice saepius elongato glanduloso-in- 

 crassato. Flores sub ^-f " longi, pallide flavi v. pallide sordide lilacini. 

 Calcar rectum v. paulo curvum, interdum apice bifidum. Capsula 

 |-1", apiculata, aequalis, teretiuscula. Semina opaca. — Variat ut 

 videtur lobo inferiore alarum brevi v. elongato et porrecto. 

 Under I. racemosa in Wallich's Herbarium there are at least three 

 plants, viz., the I. leptoceras and two others, which appear to differ 

 chiefly in the racemes of one being interruptedly whorled, and of the 

 other continuous : as Mr. Edgeworth has described the latter under the 

 name of I. tingens, I have retained Wallich's name for the former. 



The I. tingens, Edgeworth, appears to differ in no respect from this 

 and from specimens marked I. racemosa in Wall. Herb., except in the 

 flowers not being verticillate, and in the remarkable character of the 

 posticous lobes of the lateral petals (alae) being included in the spur, 

 which I cannot but regard as an anomalous character. The whorled 

 pedicels, numerous long erect racemes, small flowers and straight spur 

 best distinguish racemosa. The var. y approaches very closely I. 

 leptoceras, var. ^ ; y is distinguished only by the whorled inflorescence. 



81. I. BicoRNUTA {Wall, in Roxb. Flor. Ind. 11. 461, Cat. 4729 & 

 4765 in Herb. Henslow). Erecta, ramosa, foliis amplis approximatis 

 ovato-acuminatis grosse crenato-serratis, racemis confertis erectis 

 elongatis interruptis, pedicellis fasciculatis verticillatisque, floribus V, 

 lilacinis, sepalis late ovatis, labello inflato incurvo ascendente ore apicem 

 versus in cornu producto, calcare brevi recui'vo, capsula cylindrica. 



I. longicornu, Str. 8f Wint. Herb. no. 4. 



