458 ORCHIDES. 



ARDNDFNA 



Leddiges. Its nolural sta>ion is said lo bc well sliaded places, on Ihe lace of moist 

 rocks. 



Wight lcon. V. 1185. ArumUna bambusifolia Lindl. 

 Lip furnished wiihin with 2 fleshy undulaled crested plaies, and a shorter straighl 

 intermediote one : laieral lobes short, entirc subobsolele, middle one twolobed, seg- 

 nients divaricaiing, crisp : peials lanceolaie, leaves acuininale. 

 Ceylon. — Malabar. Nepauls. 



1388. PHAJUS Lour. 



FI. Cochinch. II. 329. 



1. PHAJUS BICOLOR Lindl. 0. 128. Sert. 25. : 



Dry p.istures on the sides of high hills near Peradenia, Ceylon Novbr. Macrae. 

 Walker (possid. Ilook. icon. Walk.) 



Rhizome lleshy, knobby, like that of an Iris. Leaves IV2'. not taper in a petiol 

 but rnlled each round other. Flower stem 2' high . naked at the lower part, but at 

 the upper end covered by large, yellow and crimson flowers 4" diam. Bracts large, 

 oblong, concave, thrown ofl" as theflowers cxpand. Sepals and peials linearlanceolnte. 

 Lip much broader , oblong, rolled round the column, much undulated al ilie 

 edges , curved downwards at the upper end with a pink limb and a yellow tube; al 

 ils base lengthened into a curved horn, which is emarginate at ihe point, aboul '/3 the. 

 length of itself. Flowers do not appear to be fragrant. An other variely with every 

 part yellow except ihe lip exists according a drawing. 



B. Reg. XXV. 1839 Misc. 91. 

 Loddiges flowered it, imported from Ceylon. Sepals and petals are in /hat island a 

 very bright deep red. and the lip is yellow; bul owitig the unhealthiness or some 

 oiher cause ihe colours of Mrs. Lodd. plant were by no means of their native bril- 

 liancy: for it is certain that they are fuHy as bright and rich as in the fig. of Sert 

 Orchid. 



Wight Ic. V. 1659. 1660. 

 Ceylon. Walk. 2 col! one alike Lindley's, the other has ihe sepals and petals purplish 

 above. brownish pale white beneath, tlie lip externallyrpale brownish yellow within rose. 



2. PHAJUS TETRAGOiNUS Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 221. = Pesomeria tetragona Lindl. 

 B. Rpg XXIV. 1838. Misc. 6. 



Sepala siihaequalia, libera, sponte decidua. Petala conformia , basi 

 columnae adnata, persislenlia. Labelhim posticum . cum columna con- 

 nalum, basi gibi)Osum, limbo indiviso convoluto. Columna clavata, semi- 

 teres clinandno dentato. PoII. 4, cuneata. 



Herba terrestris, caule tetragono ; foliis membranaceis plicatis ; racemo laterali sim- 

 plici. bractfcis sponte secedentibus; radicibusjcrassis, simplicibus, flbrosis. 

 Pli. tetragona I. c. 

 Epidendrum tetragonum Thomas Orch. Afr. 



Sepala carnosa, pa'ula, oblonga , carinato-acuminafa , luteo viridia, 

 intus fusca, lineis inlensioribus, onjino libeia, aequalia, sponle decidua ! 

 fere pollicem longa, 3"* lata. Pelala aliquoties breviora et angustiora, 

 obovata, acutissime intus luteo fusca, curn columna parallela ejusque 

 basi ulrinqiie adnata, haud decidua. Labellum posticum , convolulum, 

 carnosum, cum columna semiconnatum, ima basi gibbosum, cuniculo 

 inlus pubescente; lamina obscura lulea, venis divergentibus fusco-pur- 

 pureis , latior quam longa, apice cuspidala et crispa, inlus sparse 

 villosa, linea media elevata late carnosa sursum sulcata. Columna cla- 

 vala semiteres, clinandrio denlata, Stigma lunatum , rostella plicalo? 

 Anlhera obluse conica, pilis albis erectis villosa, apice membranacea 



