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** Labello triloho. 



135. D. PANDURATUM ; subacaule, foliis membranaceis acutissimis 

 racemis filiformibus erectis brevioribus, bracteis minutis squami- 

 formibus, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, mento recto conico 

 semiaperto, labello aequilongi pandurato (trilobo lobis lateralibus ro- 

 tundatis intermedio duplo majore crenulato apieulato). 



Ceylon, hb. Hooker. (147); Thwaites (2353). 



A small species almost referable to Bolbodium. 



136. D. eriseflorum, Griffith, Not. iii. 316. t. 307. 



Khasija, in My rung Wood, on dry ridges, Griffith (1020), on rocks and 

 dry trunks of trees at 2000-5000 feet, J. D. H. Sf T. T. (18). 



This forms tufts from 4 to 9 inches high. The stems are 

 covered with great loose sheaths of fallen leaves. The flowers 

 are in dense nodding racemes ; according to Cathcart's drawing, 

 greenish yellow with purple mentum. The lip is stronglv veined 

 and edged with purple ; its side lobes regularly and sharply ser- 

 rated, its middle lobe small, oblate, apiculate, and entire. It 

 would be a beautiful species in a garden. 



137. D. PYCNOSTACHYUM ; caulibus laxe membranaceo-vaginatis erectis 



carnosis, foliis , racemis densis cylindraceis, bracteis setaceis rec- 



tangulis persistentibus ovario sequalibus, sepalis linearibus acuminatis, 

 petalis minoribus, mento brevi obtuso incurvo, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 aeutis integerrimis intermedio triangulari recurvo crispo parum latio- 

 ribus axi juxta sinus abrupto elevato. 



Moulmein, T. Lobb. 



Like B. ericBflorum^ but with smaller and denser flowers and a 

 totally diiferent lip. 



138. D. microbolbon, Ach. Richard, Ann. Sc. n. s. xv. t. 8. (D. humile, 

 jR. Wight, Ic. 1643. D. crispum, Dalzell, in Hooker^s Journal, iv. 

 p. HI.) 



Trees in Western India, Dalzell {Hh. Stocks. 34). 

 There is no doubt that aU three of the above plants are the 

 same. A. Eichard's figure is very formal and uncharacteristic. 



139. D. denudans, Don, Prodr. 34. 



Sikkim, in the drier valleys, at 5000 feet, J. D. H. (20) ; E. Nepal, at 

 4000 feet. Id. 



This varies in height from 4 to 15 inches. In the Sikkim plant 

 the colours are bright red on a pale yellow ground, according to a 

 drawing by Dr. Hooker ; in gardens they are much greener. 



140. D. PEGUANUM; caulibus ovatis ca;spitosis, foliis (linearibiis ?), 

 racemis erectis densis multifloris, bracteis membranaceis acutissimis 



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