NeilgherrieSj on trees and rocks along tlie banks 

 of the Kartairy river below Kaitie, and also below 

 Neddawuttim on the N. western slopes, where 

 Mr. Jerdon first detected it. The petals of this 

 species are very unusual, and the middle lobe of 

 the lip in the fresh plant gives so much the idea 

 of a tongue, that I am told the "Tongue orchis^' is the 

 name by which it is known to Mrs. Jerdon. 



I am indebted to the accomplished pencil of 

 Mrs. Jerdon for the drawing; the dissections were 

 prepared by my draftsman. 



lip ovate, obtuse, fleshy, shorter than the petals. 

 Lateral sepals often coheruig, cream-coloured with 

 darker lines, petals, lip, and posterior sepal, red, 



Coorg Jungles, flowering January, Jerdon. The 

 figure of this plant, though so far characteristic as 

 readily to distinguish the species, is not, correctly 

 speaking, a good one. It was taken from dried spe- 

 cimens. After the plate was struck off, I saw a 

 much better one from the pencil of Mrs, Jerdon, 

 and regret exceedingly that I bad not seen it in 

 time to have substituted it for this one. 



It seems the most curious of the genus. The 

 1652. CiRRHOPETALUM Macr^ei ? (Liud,), petals flowers all spread horizontally, and are so numer- 



apiculate, naked : sepals all acuminate : leaves ob- 

 long, lanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, about the 

 length of the scape. Lind. Flowers pale green 

 with brownish-red veins. 



Ceylon, Nuera Ellia, on trees, flowering May. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Colonel 

 Walker for this and several other drawings of this 

 family. 



I am now doubtful whether I have correctly 

 named this species as the figure does not very cor- 

 rectly correspond with the description. The lateral 

 sepals are said to be elongated, much acuminated, 

 and the petals falcate, a little smaller than the 

 posterior petal neither of which is very conspicu- 

 ously the case in the figure, but the flowers are said 



ous and close set as to form a continuous circle, 

 whence I am told Mrs. J. gave it the name of " Um- 

 brella orchis," which had I known sooner I would 

 have adopted. 



1656. CiRRHOPETALUM GRANDIFLORUM (R. W,), 



pseudo-bulbs conical: leaf pedicelled, linear,' sub- 

 truncate, emarginate : scape nearly twice the length 

 of the leaves, 3-6-flowered : lateral sepals long, 

 ovato-lanceolate, tapering to a point (about 1^^ inch 

 long), posterior sepal ovate, acute, and, with the 

 narrow almost subulate petals, ciliate : lip short, 

 fleshy, recurved, cordato-ovate. Colour of the flower 

 greenish, streaked and speckled with crimson, tend- 

 ing to purple, lip deep red, posterior sepal and petals 

 yellowish. 



to be umbelled, a point more easily observed. Lip 



in this plant small, recurved, thick and fleshy. The 



colour of the flowers, as noted by Mrs. Walker, ing in May. 



is " yellow-streaked and dotted with deep red." 



Lindley describes his as pale green with brownish- ful coloured drawing made by Mrs, Colonel Walker. 

 red veins. 



Ceylon, on branches of trees, Nuera Ellia, flower- 



The figure and character is taken from a beauti- 



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She names it doubtfully, C. Macraei, which 1 think 

 it can scarcely be, though agreeing in some points 

 with the character of that species. 



1657. CiRRHOPETALUM WalKERIANUM (R. WX 



pseudo-bulbs ovate, surrounded at the base wita 

 brown fibrous appendages: leaf obovate, spathu- 

 late, petioled, fleshy : scape slender, erect, longer 

 than the leaves, 3-4-flowered : lateral sepals long, 

 narrow, subulate, pointed ; posterior one ovate, acu- 

 On moist rocks, St Catherine's Falls, near Koter- minate, acute: petals minute, obtuse, sub-falcate: 



oblong elliptic, obtuse, emarginate : flowers umbel- 

 led, scape about the length of the leaves : bracts 

 somewhat boat-shaped, shorter than the pedicels: 

 sepals all acuminate, posterior a little shorter than 

 tlie lateral ones: petals broad, ovate, obtuse: lip 

 short, fleshy, sub-sagittate. Flowers very pale, 

 greenish-yellow or nearly cream colour. 



gherry, flowering August and September. 



1654. 



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leaves linear, obtuse, emarginate, 3-nerved : scape 

 shorter than the leaves: umbelled, 6-8-flowered: 

 lateral sepals very long, broad, ovate, at the base, 

 tapering to a point, posterior one ovate, acute, nearly 

 twice the length of the broad, sub-obovate blunt 

 petals : lip short, cordate, ovate, recurved, hairy on 

 the back : prolonged base of the column pubescent 

 within. Flowers at first pale greenish-yellow, ting- 

 ed with pink, marked with darker lines, afterwards 

 becoming reddish or light rusty coloured; process 

 of the column red. 



Kartairy below Kaitie, on moist rocks, a very 

 pretty species, very distinct from the preceding. 



1655. CiRRHOPETALUM FIMBRIATUM (R, W.), leaf- 



less ? pseudo-bulbs caespitose, irregularly angular, de- 

 pressed : scapes slender, erect, furnished with remote 

 appressed scales: umbels many-flowered, orbicular, 

 lateral sepals long linear, cohering to near the point, 

 posterior ovate, acuminate, and, with the conform- 

 able but smaller petals, fimbriate on the margin: 



lip cordato-ovate obtuse, fleshy, recurved: upper 

 angles of the column produced into longish lanceo- 

 late processes. Ovary and petals red ; sepals yellow, 

 streaked with shades of red, leaf light green, fleshy. 

 Hambaddu, Ceylon, on trees. 



I have dedicated this species to the discoverers, 

 Colonel and Mrs. Walker. The figure is taken 

 from a coloured drawing kindly communicated by 

 the latter, to whose accomplished pencil the Flora 

 of Ceylon is very deeply indebted, as this work in 

 many instances testifies. 



1658. CiRRHOPETALUM CAUDATUM (R. W.), pseu- 



do-bulbs ovate, leaves from oblong elliptic to strap- 

 shaped, obtuse, emarginate: scape filiform, clothed 

 with sheathing scales : bracts subulate, about the 

 length of the ovary: lateral sepals very long, end- 

 ing in very long spirally convolute filiform tails; 

 posterior one and petals about equal, ovate, obtuse, 

 and, with the base of the lateral sepals, ciliate with 

 remote bristly hairs: lip oval 3-crested. 



Malacca, Griffith. 



In the Malacca collection, communicated by the 



two 



ants 



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