158 OrchideCE. \Cirrhopetalum. 



i-| in. long, naked; 1. ii-3i in., shortly pctioled, oval and 

 1-2 in. long, or linear-oblong and 3-5 inch long, thickly 

 coriaceous, tip emarginate, veins obscure; ped. rather stout, 

 shorter or longer than the 1., 6-8-fld., green speckled with red, 

 sheaths 2-3, distant, lanceolate; fl. subumbellate, bracts xVi"-) 

 subulate-lanceolate; pedicel with ov. \ in., green speckled with 

 red, as are the margins of the sep. ; dorsal sep. broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, 5-nerved, lateral 2-3 in. long, three times as long as 

 the dorsal, parallel, linear-oblong, subacute, convex, 5-nerved; 

 petals ovate, acute, erose, 3-nerved ; lip very small, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, strongly recurved; columnar teeth very short. 



Montane zone 4-7000 ft. ; rather common. Hantane; N.Eliya; Hak- 

 sala; Horton Plains. I have also collected it at Veddagalle in Singhe 

 Raja Forest at not more than 1500 ft. Fl. March-May, September; 

 greenish-yellow, with minute crimson lines or dots, which also cover the 

 inflorescence. 



Endemic. 



3. C. Trlmeni, Hook. f. 



Rootstock much branched, internodes short ; pseudo- 

 bulbs globose-ovoid; 1. 4-1 in., oblong or oval-oblong, 

 obtuse, emarginate, thickly coriaceous, stiff; ped. 1^ in., very 

 slender, spotted with red ; umbel 6-fld., bracts short, acute ; 

 fl. about \ in. long. ; dorsal sepal under \ in., ovate-oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, lateral under \ in., lanceolate, acute, 

 parallel, i -veined; pet. ^ in., oval-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, 

 sub-erose; lip tongue-shaped, thick, obtuse, strongly upcurved. 

 — Trinieti mss. 



Hagkalle, creeping on trunks of trees, iSth .Sept. 1894 (Trimen). 

 Fl. Sept.; straw-coloured, lip darker. 

 Endemic. 



All the above is from a MS. of Dr. Trimen. I find no specimen in 

 the I'erad. Herb., nor any figure amongst the drawings. 



4. C. Macrael, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 59 (1830). 



C. Walkcrianum., Wight, Ic. v. I, 7. Thw. Enum. 299. C. P. 2362. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 780. Wight, Ic. t. 1657 (C. Walkerianum). Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4422. 



Rootstock stout, creeping, with filiform roots; pseudobulbs 

 I in., crowded, ovoid or lageniform, smooth, surrounded by 

 the bristling remains of old sheaths; 1. 3-5 by \~\\ in., 

 pctioled, ovate-oblong to linear, obtuse, tip entire, very coria- 

 ceous; petiole i-\\ in.; ped. 6 in. long, very slender, with 2-3 

 slender appressed bracts, green; fl. very shortly racemcd, 

 \\-2 in. long; pedicels and ov. \ in.; bracts \ in., lanceolate; 

 dorsal sep. lanceolate, acuminate, 3-veined, dccurved, lateral, 

 three times as long as the dorsal, or longer, parallel, narrowly 

 iinear-lanceolatc, narrowed into slender tips, 5-vcined, free or 



