924 . ORCIIIDES. 



TIIELASIS. 



rosiie. Floies dciiiurn iiutanics. Sepala lrian^'ulii. Tepala subaet|u;i!ia miuora liya- 

 liiia. Labeiluiu irinngulum lalcribus auriculirorrnibus oblusis ereclis, 

 Cuming coll. phil. 2o62. 



150%. JOSKPHIA 117^///. 



Ic. V. 1S51. anie N. 1742. 



I'crinntl) ^lobose, closed. Sepals eqiial, ovote, siiborblcular, hiterai 

 ones iiicumbenl on the lip Petnls obovale, oblong, obluse, a liltle 

 sliorler, lliaii llie sepals. Lip connate ^vitli tlie base of colurnn, nesliy, 

 ventncose al tlie base. ecalcaiaie, coiislricted in tlie middle; limb entiie, 

 suborbiciilar. ernartiinale. Coliimn ercct, clavate, half round. Anther 

 impeileclly 2 celled. Pollinia 4, parallel, oblong, clavate, sessile on 

 llie dilated shieldhke gland, 



Epiptiyle planis : leaves coriaceous iong petioled . scapes erect , panicleil many, 

 flowered, flowers congeslcd lowards ihe ends of ihe branches , pedicelled and lur- 

 nished wiili n minuie acute. ovaie, persistent braci. The llowers in ihis curlous gciius 

 are annually renewed on Ihe old scapes. — This fact I learn from Mr. Jerdon, who had 

 ii in cultivation for 3 years. — Seems iiear Agrostophyllum. 



1. JOSEPIIIA LANCEOLATA Wight I, c. 1742: 



Leaves elliptic lanceolate acute at both ends; scapes n liltle 

 lonL;er ihan the Icaves, naked. panicJod, branches of the panicle lace- 

 uiose. :dl Ihe sepals suboibicular ; lip einarginate, 



riowcrs whiiish, liiiged wilh purple, lip reddish lilac. Dranchcs of irees bclow 

 Neda wuuim, Neilgherries, flowered Aug. and Sept. 



2. JOSt:PHIA LATIFOLIA Wight 1. c. 1743: 



Leaves coriaceous, broad ovale very obtuse or round above, taper- 

 ing below into the lungish sulcated petiol; scape panicled, aboul l^vice 

 Ihe lenj^th of the leaves, scaJy, branches of Ihe panicJe short; flo^vers 

 congested, subcapilate. 



Pulncy .Mouniains Aug. Sept, 



15072- CEXTROPETAIiU]»! LindL 



Serl, Orch, sub Tab, 21. 



Sepala et petala libera , labello diiplo minora. Labellum obovatum, 

 indivisum, nudiim, ba i appendice parva excavata auclum. Columna pe- 

 taloi.lea, convoluta, basi iiiio labcllo adnata. Antliera membraiiacea, uni- 

 loculaiis. Pollinia 4, distincta geminalim caudiculis 2 Iuni,'is asccnden- 

 tibus aflixa. 



1. CENTROPI^TALUM DISTICIIUM Limll. I. c: 



Folia distiftha, carnosa, lin(!aria, falcata, rcdiniciili solilniii, lermi- 

 nales. Klonjs Ititei, ^^"lali, Columna dcnticulata. Lab^-.llum inlegerriinum. 

 Periivin prov. Chachapnyas , iriter liclicnes. MaUhcw.s, — Pl. ILuiweg. p, 550: 

 fornia alpf!stii<, foliis rmriliusfiuc niiiioribns. In monlibus Loxac. 



2. CKiNTKOPLTALUM WAHSZEVVICZII Uchb. (11, in v. Mohl und v. Schl. B. Z. 1652. 706 : 



Caulibiis eiectis dense el disliclie loliosis, foliis linearibus acutis 

 cainosis falcatis, apicem versus niicroscopice denliculatls , lloribus in 

 axillis folioium ex spathis ianceis geminis parvulis Iiyalinis sutlultis 



