] 64 Orchidecr. [A";-/,?. 



connate in a vcntricose fleshy clianncllcd tube, with short 

 free, recurved tips, lateral adnate to the foot of the column; 

 mentum large, saccate; pet. narrow, erect, as long as the sep. ; 

 lip very small, stipitate on the foot of the column, side lobes 

 broad, erect, mid lobe recurved, entire, disk lamellate; column 

 short, stout, foot very long, inflexed ; anth. 4-celled, pol- 

 linia 8, waxy, in two bundles of 4 each, one pair of each 

 bundle smaller, all seated on one granular viscus. — Sp. few; 



3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



A. bicolor, LmdI. in Bot. Reg. xx. t. 1730 (1S35). 



Tliw. Enum. 307. C. P. 2365. 



FL B. Ind. V. 815. Bot. Reg. t. 1730. 



Pseudobulbs crowded, with vermiform roots, ovoid, up to 



4 in. high and 3 in. diam., of several green fleshy intcrnodes, the 

 uppermost tapering into a short stem formed of the sheathing 

 petioles; 1. few, 9-18 in., oval, acuminate, strongly ribbed 

 beneath, base narrowed into the sheathing petiole; ped. 

 I -3 in., stout, erect, sheathed, 3-7-fld. ; sheaths imbricating, 

 oblong, pale purplish, striate; bracts broad, i in. long, cym- 

 biform, greenish-purple; pedicels short, stout, with the ov. 

 i-i^ in.; cal. pitcher-shaped, nearly i in. diam., gibbously 

 inflated, base intruded, mouth oblique, lobes short, ovate- 

 rotundate, recurved; pet. erect, narrowly spathulate, obtuse; 

 lip very small, included, jointed on the long erect foot of 

 the column, nearly quadrate, side lobes rounded, erect, mid 

 lobe oblong, obtuse, recurved, disk with 3 lamelLne. 



Shady woods in moist low country to 2000 ft.; rare. Hantane; Gam- 

 pola, abundant. Fl. March, April; bright yellow, the ends of the sepals 

 and petals deep purplish-red. 



Endemic. Discovered by J. G.Watson, Superintendent of I'eradeniya 

 Gardens, 1832 -38. 



12. ERZA, Lindl. 



Epiphytes of various habit, with erect branching stems or 

 with pseudobulbs that are tufted or crowded on a creeping 

 rootstock ; 1. various, membranous or coriaceous ; ped. lateral 

 or subterminal; fl. racemose, rarely solitary, never very large 

 or bright cold; sep. subequal or dorsal narrowest, lateral 

 adnate to the foot of the column, and forming with it a spur- 

 like or saccate mentum; pet. linear or oblong; lip sessile on 

 the foot of the column, entire or 3-lobed; column long or 

 .short; anth. imperfectly 4- or 8-celled, pollinia 8, pyriform 



