AertWes.] OvchideCE. 1 89 



the base or foot of the column; pet. broad, spreading; lip 

 deeply saccate or spurred, side lobes various, larger or smaller 

 than the mid lobe; column short, foot long or short, rostellum 

 2-fid.; anth. 2-celled, pollinia 2, globose, waxy, channelled, 

 strap long or short, gland large or small. — Sp. about 60; 18 in 

 Fl. B. hid. 



L. terete i. A. cylindricum. 



L. lorate 2. A. lineare. 



1. A. cylindricum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7317 (1828). 

 Thw. Enum. 306. C. P. 2348. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 44, 196. Wight, Ic. t. 1744. 



Stem. 1-2 ft, as thick as a goose quill, sending out long 

 strong flexuous simple roots; internodes 1-2 in., sheaths 

 green, speckled with red; 1. 2-6 in., terete, as thick as a crow- 

 quill or rather thicker, tip very obliquely truncate, acute, 

 coloured like the sheaths; ped. \\-2 in., stout, with a short 

 tubular basal sheath, and a short obtuse one about the middle, 

 2-4-fld., bracts very short, coriaceous; fl. \\ in. broad, pedicel 

 with ov. I in., slender; sep. and pet. all broad with rounded 

 tips, many-veined, dorsal sep. oval, lateral smaller, base 

 narrowed; pet. oval, larger than the dorsal sep., attached by 

 a very broad base to the foot of the column; lip shorter than 

 the Sep., sessile on the foot of the column, funnel-shaped, 

 3-lobed, side lobes oblong, obtuse, erect, mid lobe rather 

 longer, recurved, tongue-shaped, obtuse, disk ridged, base of 

 funnel acute, straight or incurved; column stout, incurved, 

 truncate, rostellum obtuse ; anth. depressed, 2-celled, pollinia 

 globose, strap short, broad, gland semilunar; fr. 2 in., fusiform 

 or subclavate, ribs strong, acute, pedicel | in., stout, striate. 



Moist region at about 3000 ft. ; rather rare. Hantane ; Ramboda. 

 Fl. Feb.-May ; creamy-white, lip with the lateral lobes finely lined with 

 pink within, and the central lobe yellow, with red spots at the tip. 



Also in S. India. 



The foliage is much like that of Luisia teretifolia. 



The lip is that of a Vanda, from which genus Aerides differs in the 

 foot of the column. The attachment of the pet. to the foot of the column 

 by a much broader base than do the lateral sepals is a peculiar character. 

 —J. D. H. 



2. A. lineare, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 46 (1890). 

 Saccolabiiim paniculatuni, Wight; Thw. Enum. 429. C. P. 3769. 

 FL B. Ind. vi. 47. Wight, Ic. t. 1676. 



Stem short, as thick as the thumb, with very stout simple 

 vermiform roots; 1. 6-12 by ^-| in., scymitar-shaped, un- 

 equally 2-lobed, sides complicate, thickly coriaceous, keeled, 

 bases closely imbricating; fl. secundly racemose on the long 



