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in the posterior part of the apex of the body. Column op- 

 posite to tlie stiiiina, covered by the usual two-lobed anther. 



5. A. pallidum. R. 



Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifarious, linear, eniargi- 

 nate. Racemes lateral. Lip or sac, slipper-shaped, with 

 two semilunar lobes at the base, column short, beaked from 

 interior margin over the stigma. Capsules cylindric. 



Found growing on trees in the forests of Chittagong and 

 the eastern parts of Bengal. It flowers in May and June. It 

 is a small species, the flowers also small and of an uniform 

 pale yellow colour. 



Root, stem and leaves as in the other species, but rather 

 slender. Racemes lateral or opposite to the leaves, solitary, 

 diverging, with the flower-bearing' part much thicker and 

 drooping. Flowers numerous, small, in one variety white, 

 in another pale yellowish with a faint tinge of pink. Petals 

 five, the upper and exterior oblong and concave, the lower 

 two obliquely oval ; the inner two obliquely oblong and rather 

 smaller than the exterior three, and all shorter than the lip, 

 which bears a very exact resemblance to a slipper. Column 

 short, with a beak projecting forward over the stigma, and 

 base of the lip ; to its apex the proper filament is attached. 

 Pollen masses globular. Capsule cylindric, slender as a 

 crow's quill. 



6. A. multiflorum. R. 



Parasitic, caulescent. Leaves bifariously imbricated, li- 

 near, channelled, obliquely emarginate, with a hooked acu- 

 men. Racemes axillary or lateral, longer than the leaves, 

 sometimes compound. The loicer two exterior petals sub- 

 rotund. Lip with broad-cordate, entire lamina, and a short 

 obtuse horn projecting under it. Capsules clavate, three- 

 sided. 



A large and beautiful species, with copious, very long-, sub- 

 erect racemes of numerous, pretty large, pink-coloured flow- 



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