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cristata. Acaulis^scapo ramoso — Type L.fra- 

 grans Raf. (Epidcndrum ! lanceanum Lind. b. 

 reg. 1887) Ibl. lato obi. uervosis carnosis, fl. 

 confertis, petal is ovatis undulatis. Guyana, fl- 

 yellovv with purple spots, lip purple, fine smell 

 like Aerides and Pink. Genus nearer to On- 

 cidium and the last than to E})idendrum ! 



918. DiTLiLiMA li. (2 warts stig) diff. Den- 

 flrobltim, pet. ext. ovat. connatis, 2int. minor, 

 lab. unguicul. cuiieato emarg, sine callo, stigma 

 bicalloso inter cavitas, anthera pedicel, pollen 4 

 didyma libera. Canle nriicul. foL dlstichis^fl. 

 axil. — Type D. anceps R. (Dendr. do Sw. W. 

 b. reg. 1*239.) cauiecompresso, articulis cuneat. 

 truncat. fol. lanceol. ensatis fl. nutans, lab. cre- 

 nulato. Bengal, Pegu, fl. greenish. 



919. PiERAKDiA R. diff. Dendrobium, pet. 

 3 ext. lane. 2 int. latior, lab. spatuiato, unguic. 

 lato invol. basi saccato calcarato. caule para- 

 sit. artic.fol. alt.Jl. spiralis — Type P. blcolor 

 R. (Dendrob. pierardi Lod.^750, Hook. b. m. 

 2584) fol. lanceol. patulis,labcllo obovato acute. 

 Bengal, petals wliitc, lip yellowish base pur- 

 plish. How diftcrent from last genus! 



920. Paxstrepis R. (quite twisted) petalis 

 omnis difformis angul. tortilis, 2int. minor, lab. 

 stipit. basi ct a pice saccato, medio plicato, col. 

 bicornib. 2 tubul. mclliiluis, BidMs ier. unifol, 

 scapo nnljl. — Type P. paradoxa Raf. bulbis 

 costatis, folia lanceol. Snerva, scapo pendulo, 

 bract, tortilis, ovario sulc. non tortilis. Carac- 

 cas, flower yellow with purple dots, lip orange, 

 a most singular flower which Hooker could 

 hardly describe and has wrongly united to 2 

 Genera, being hisGongora and Coryanthes ma- 

 crantha, b. misc. 80, b. mag. 3102. Lind. b. reg. 

 1841. 







