452 GYNANDRiA MONANDRiA. Pteri/godium. 



column near its apex. Stigma, a clammy pit behind a lingui- 

 f'orm process rising from the upper edge of the entrance into 

 the horn. Germ oblong, groove long, taper-pointed. 



4. O. vniflora. U. 



Lip obcordate ; the entire petals spreading ; the inner two 

 sub-rotund ; horn filiform, three times the length of the germ. 

 Leaves about two, lanceolar, three-nerved. Peduncle termi- 

 nal, one-flowered. 



A native of cool shaded moist spots amongst the Garrow 

 hills, where it blossoms in September. The whole plant 

 scarcely rises to six inches. 



PTERYGODJUM, Stvarlz. 

 Corol five-petalled, sub-ringent ; the upper three petals 

 vaulted, the lower two spreading. Lip inserted on the style, 

 between the cells of the anthers. Stigma behind. 



P. sulcata. /?. 



Root ramous, hnlbs branchy, sub-cylindric. Stems leafy ; 

 the lower leaves ensiform. Helmet of the corol bagged be- 

 hind ; lip with a long claw and uniform lamina. 



Beng. Shwet hoolee. 



It is said there is a red and blue hoolee, neither of which 

 1 have yet seen. This white variety is a native of pasture 

 ground near Calcutta ; appearing during the latter part of 

 the cold season only, about six or eight inches in height. 



Roots consisting of several, pretty long, fleshy fibres. Stem 

 leafy, erect, round, smooth. Leaves scattered, sword-shaped, 

 with vaginated bases, entire, smooth, shorter than the stem. 

 Spike oblong, crowded with numerous, small, white flowers. 

 Bractes broad-lanceolate, the length of the germs. Corol, 

 the three upper petals forming an helmet, of which the supe- 

 rior one is incumbent, and formed into a bag behind. Jfec- 

 tary sub-cylindric, near the base are two small, membrana- 



