202 OrchideCB. \Cottonia. 



35. MYSTACIDZUBI, Lindl. 

 Epiphytes, pseudobulb o; 1. few, distichous, linear, coria- 

 ceous; fl. small, in leaf-opposed racemes; sep. and pet. sub- 

 equal, free, spreading; lip sessile on the base of the 

 column, entire, spurred; column very short, foot o; anth. 

 hinged on the top of the column, persistent, 2-celled, poUinia 

 2, globose, waxy, attached by separate straps to two distinct 

 glands. — Sp. about 20 ; i in Fl. B. Ind. 



HZ. zeylanicuzn, Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 90 (1885). 

 A7igyaciim zcylanicam^ Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ill. 40 ; Thw. Enum. 

 306. C. P. 3693 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 78. 



Stem 3-4 in., stout, copiously rooting below; roots very 

 long, simple and branched; 1. 6-10 by f-| in., linear or linear- 

 oblong, straight, flat, rigid, many-veined, mid vein slender, very 

 unequally 2-lobed, one lobe produced straight or incurved ; 

 ped. many, shorter than the 1., slender, rigid ; racemes 2-3 in., 

 lax-fld., bracts minute, truncate, membranous, pedicel with 

 ovary \ in.; fl. \-\ in. broad, green, sep. lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 5-veined ; pet. similar, but rather narrower, 3-veined ; 

 lip nearly as long as the sep., broadly ovate, c}'mbiform, finely 

 acuminate, entire, spur as long as the sep., subercct, slender, 

 subclavate ; anth. firmly hinged on the very short column ; fr. 

 % in., pedicellcd, oblong or narrowly ellipsoid. 



Moist region below 1000 ft. in forests; rather rare. Narawela, near 

 Galle (Champion) ; near Ratnapura ; between Matale and Kurunegala; 

 Reigam Korale; Naluwa; Pelawatte near Hewesse. Fl. Septemljer ; 

 pale green. 



Endemic. 



C. P. 3693 partly consists of Diploprora Championii. I have seen no 

 pollinia, and refer the plant to the African genus Mystacidiiim on Dr. 

 Trimen's authority. — ^J. D. H. 



36. COTTONIA,* Wight. 



An epiphyte; stem stout, elongate, terete, leafy, emitting 



stout vermiform roots; intcrnodes short; 1. lorate, jointed on 



the sheaths, very coriaceous, keeled, tip unequally 2-lobed ; 



ped. long, leaf-opposed, slender, simple or paniculately 



branched, flg. toward the ends of the branches; bracts small; 



sep. subequal, oblong, obtuse, and rather narrower petals 



spreading or reflexed ; lip adnatc to the base of the column, 



nearly twice as long as the sep., subpanduriform, base 



* Dedicated to Major'General Frederick Cotton, C.S.L, of the Madras 

 Engineers. 



