the point, produced into an ovate acute fleshy plate, the names, the first error of course leading to the 



with a large globose callosity at the base, gland 

 of the pollen large, capsule small, ovate. Flowers 

 rose-coloured, petals green at the base within. 



Neilgherries, pendulous from branches of decay- 911 the following: 



second. Such being the case I must request the 

 favour of the reader's correcting the name on the 

 plate as above, and substituting for that given with 



ing trees, near Neddawuttim, flowering August and 

 September. 



According to the generic character the species 

 should have the spur ^ two-celled within (calcare 



911. Cymbidium tenuifolium (Wild. C triste 

 R. W. Icon.), leaves sub-cylindrical (terete): umbels 

 sub-sessile, sepals linear obtuse, spreading, mucro- 



intus ^ biloculari). This character is an obscure nate below the point; shorter than the oblong, linear, 



one and not likely to be much sought after. I have 

 however looked for it in these 2 species and, so far 



obtuse, sub-falcate petals and lip : lip oblong, con- 

 cave, with three callosities on the disk, auricled at 

 as I understand the author's meaning, find it wanting, the base, membranaceous, two-lobed at the apex. 



but nevertheless consider both species of the genus. 

 In No. 1747 will be found what appears to be an- 

 other species, though a very different looking one, 

 in which the spur is traversed the greater part of its 

 length by a partition which partially divides it into 

 two cells and is what, I suppose, Lindley means by 

 the above phrase. If so, then it is wanting in both 

 the above plants and, if its presence is considered 

 indispensable to the admission of a species into the 



Sepals yellowish-green, lip purple, streaked with 

 paler lines. 



Branches of trees, eastern slopes of the Neil- 

 gherries and lyamally Hills, flowering from July to 

 October. 



lanceolate, plicate: scape straight, many -flowered : 

 sepals linear lanceolate, acute, longer than the 



genus, both and probably also the following (No. broader, ovato-Ianceolate petals': lip obsoletely 3- 

 1686) must be excluded. Leaving out that char- ^^^^^ I'^t^^^^ 1^^^^ ^l^^^t roundish, middle one ob- 



long, undulate, pointed, the disk covered with minute 



, ^ . r . . *u r - I - papillae : base of the column prolonged, obtuse, 



but IS found in other genera, as for example, m some ^J^^- ^.^^^ j^e lip a large inflated spurious spur 



species of Saccolabium. Sepals dull reddish-brown or lilac, ascending ; petals 



acter, the great spur, or more properly, the saccate 

 lip, forms a natural and easily-recognized character, 



1686. SarcanthusWalkerianus(R.W.), erect? and lip much paler. 



leaves linear, channeled, strap-shaped, very oblique 

 and 2-lobed at the apex: raceme erect, shorter than 



On rocky clefts among turf in rich vegetable soil 

 by the Kartairy Palls near Kaitie, Neilgherries. The 



the leaves, few-flowered : flowers long pedicelled: rhizoma is very large, somewhat ovate and flattened; 



posterior sepal larger, galiate : spur large (lip sac- 

 cate) plates of the lip nearly obsolete, the anterior 

 one tooth-like. Flowers minute, pink with a bright 

 green spot on the anterior lobe of the lip. The larger 

 pollen masses red, the smaller ones yellow. 



Neuera EUia, Ceylon, on trees, flowering August. 



I am indebted to Mrs, Colonel Walker for the 

 original drawing which, as representing a form so 

 different from the other two, I have thought it desir- 

 able to preserve. 



1687-88. Cymbidium ALOiFOLiuM(Swartz), leaves 

 ensiforra, coriaceous, oblique, obtuse : raceines pen- 

 dulous, many-flowered: bracts minute: petals and 

 sepals lanceolate somewhat obtuse : lip revolute, late- 

 ral lobes acute, middle one oblong, obtuse: plates 

 interrupted, clavate, arcuate towards the base. Petals 

 and sepals yellowish-red, lip dark lilac, tending to 

 purple. 



On branches of trees. The specimens figured 

 were taken from the branches of a tree (recently 

 blown down) near the foot of the Neilgherries. The 

 raceme is here represented erect in place of pen- 

 dulous, which it should have been, for want of room. 



1689. 



(Wild, not R. W 



No. 911), leaves terete (sub-cylindrical) umbels sub- 

 sessile: sepals and petals connivent, fleshy, oblong, 

 boat-shaped, lip oblong, twice the breadth of the 

 sepals. Flowers pale pink, lip at first conformable, 

 afterwards lilac. 



lyamally Hills, flowering September and October 

 or probably from July till October. 



After this plate was printed I had the good for- 

 tune to receive specimens, at the same time, of botii 

 this plant and that figured No. 911, and was grieved 

 to find that I had misnamed both by transposing 



the scapes and flowers appear first and are suc- 

 ceeded by the leaves, scapes from 12 to 18 inches 

 high, and in large specimens exceeding two feet, 

 flowering May and June. I also saw it, but rare, 

 on rocky clifts on the top of the high bill east of 

 Coonoor. 



It seems a very distinct species. I may here men- 

 tion that a species very nearly allied to C Jlava has 

 been found on the Travancore hills. The only spe- 

 cimen I have seen was communicated by General 

 CoUen and is given in a subsequent plate. 



1691. AcERAS ANGusTiFOLiA (Lind.), Icavcs linear 

 lanceolate acuminate, spike elongated, flowers small, 

 all looking one way(secund): petals subulate: lip 

 pendulous, twice the length of the sepals, trifid at 

 the apex, the middle lobe shorter, flowers greenish. 



Simla, Himalayas, Countess Dalhousie. 



This genus has not yet been found so far south, 

 but as it may yet be I have taken advantage of the 

 circumstance of my having good specimens to give 

 a figure of the only known Indian representative of 

 the genus. 



1692. Plalanthera iantha (R. W.), stem leafy : 

 leaves broad cordato-ovate, obtuse, stem-clasping : 

 diminishing in size towards the apex, where they 

 resemble large bracts: flowers axillary, solitary, ses- 

 sile : posterior larger sepal and petals united, hel- 

 met-like, ovate obtuse; lateral ones falcate longer 

 than the lanceolate acute petals: lip broad obcor- 

 date, apiculate, limb equaling the claw, pubescent 

 at the base, spur short, conical Flowers deep lilac, 

 leaves similarly tinged and striated with darker 

 lines. 



Neilgherries, in pastures, flowering August and 

 September, also in Malabar. 



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