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majoribus acuminatis, labello cucullato dilatato subtrun- 

 cato pubescentc ciliato E, Indies Flowers deli- 

 cate pink, with a pale yellow lip, not sweet-scented. 



8. D. cucullatum (R. Brown in Bot. Reg. t. 548. ibid. t. 1756, 



fig. 2) ; facie omnino D. Pierardi sed labello subrotundo- 



ovato basi in unguem brevem convoluto E. Indies. 



Extremely like D. Pierardi, but it has larger 



flowers, with a broad roundish ovate lip, the base of 

 which is rolled up into a sort of short stalk ; while in 

 D. Pierardi the lip is rounded and very blunt, with its 

 base rolled into a much longer stalk which quite conceals 

 the column. It is moreover remarkably incurved. 



9. D. transparens (Wallich. Cat. no. 2008) ; caulibus pen- 



dulis teretibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice 

 obliquis, floribus geminatis, sepalis acuminatis, petalis 

 obtusis sepalo supremo majoribus, labello oblongo undu- 



lato ciliolato obtuso intus levissime pubescente. 



Nepal. Flowers pale rose-colour, with a lip of the 



same tint. Very like D. Pierardi, from which it is 

 distinguished by its leaves being longer and emarginate 

 at the apex, by the petals being obtuse and the labellum 

 much less hairy, and pink not yellow. The stems are 

 also far shorter. 



10. D, amcenum (Wall. L. no. 21. Limodorum aphyllum, 



Roxb. corom. 1. t. 41. Cymbidium aphyllum, Willd. sp. 

 f. 4) ; caulibus pendulis gracilibus nebulosis floriferis 

 aphyllis, foliis lanceolatis acutis, floribus geminatis race- 

 mum spurium formantibuslonge pedunculatis divaricatis, 

 sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis obtusis sepalo supremo 

 paulo majoribus, labelli cucuUati limbo ovato obtuso 



crenulato leviter ciliato : disco villoso. Nepal. 



This lovely species is abundantly distinguished by its 

 slender stems, leafless, and clouded with dusky brown 

 when in blossom ; and also by its delicate white flowers, 

 the tips of whose segments are remarkably blunt and 

 tinged with delicate violet. Dr. Wallich remarks in his 

 MSS. that its fragrance is exquisite, not unlike that of 

 Olea fragrans. 



1 1 . D. heierocarpum (Wall. L. no. 20) ; caulibus teretibus 

 pendulis, foliis oblongis acutis planis, floribus geminatis 

 odoratis racemum spurium formantibus, sepalis lineari- 

 oblongis acutis, petalis ovatis acutis sepalo supremo 



