874 ORCHIDES. 



ACAMPE. 



T. This pxi.sis In Hookor and Thomson's Fndian co!lection mimbered 197; but the 

 leaves associaleil wjih it appear lo belong lo Vanda alpina. The short conical bluni 

 spur, very dense nowers, and Heshy sliallow auricles disiinguish it suffloiently from 

 A. papillosa. * 



7. ACAMPE KXCAVATA Lindl. Fol. Nr. 7: 



A. foliis rectis planis lobo altero Iruncato donlato altero longiorc 

 rolundato, raceniis sessilihus nanis, sepalis pelalisque anguslis dorsali 

 majore, labello ovalo acuto excavaio basi unidentato, calcare intus piloso. 



Wild in Western India ; the Concan— Law. 



Habit, thot of A. papillosa. Colour of flowers unknown. 



8. ACAMPE DENTATA Lindl. Fol. Nr. 8: 



k. caule flexuoso, foliis lalis planis oblique rotundalis paniculae 

 gracili angustae aequalibus, sepalis pelalisque distantibus falcatis, la- 

 bello brevi ovalo in cenlro papilloso basi utrinque dentibus 2 carnosis 

 auclo, auriculis obsoletis, calcare recto cylindraceo elongato pendulo 

 intus villoso. 



Wild in .Sikkim Ilimalaya, on ihc lowcr ranges— J. D. Hooker. 

 The long slendcr panioic. and the four great flesby teelh at thc basc of ihe lip 

 are features peculiar to ihis species. whose flowcrs are about the size of .V. papil- 

 Josa ; tbeir colour is unknown lo mc. 



1473. REXAIVTHBRA lour, 

 FL Coch. 5'21. - Rchb. GI. Xen. I. p. 86: 



Cenus affine Vandae R. Dr. labelli articulati calcari mcdium versus 

 extru.«o. — Perigonium carnoso membranaceuin , vulgo discolor Van- 

 darum more, Sepala ac lepala liberrima. Labellum Irilobum: lobi la- 

 terales erecti; lobus medius vulgo productus, planus seu compresso 

 anccps; calcar vulgo onticnm inter lobos lalerales; insertio vulgo libere 

 arliculala, raro '(in R. micranllia BI.) sublibera ungue basi gynoslemii 

 adnalo. Cynostemium semileres breve: androclinium horizonlale; ros- 

 tellum seti mulicum retusum emarginatum, seu bimucronalum ; fovea 

 (uti in Vandis) diversissima. Anthera depressa vulgo ligula media le- 

 lusa anlice producta. Pollinia oblonga, extrorsum fissa nnnc bipailita. 

 Caudiciila linearis, seu triangulo ligulata apice nunc sul)ulata; peltata 

 supra gliindulain rotundam transversamve. 



Vandeae ramosae, pulchre distichifoliae, foliis loratis obliquc bilo- 

 bis. Racemi paniculaeve lalerales, nunc flaccidi. Labellum vulgo pro 

 perigonio rainulum. Rracleae ubi non commemoratae triangulae minutae. 



Clavis generis e Xen.: 



Labclli lobus mrdius carnosomembraiiaceus planus; calcar 



libcrum subconicnm * A. Eurenanthera . 



a. Scpala lateralia libera. 

 aa. Rosiellum muiicum. 



1. Sepala inaequalia ; laieralia oblongospalulata. sc- 



palum dorsale lineari-ligulatum />. coccinea Lour. 



2. Sepala acqualia omnia ligulala /{. Sulingi Lindi. 



bb. Rosiellum bimucronaium. 



