2 1 OrchideCB. \Cheirostylis. 



short, stigmatic lobes large; anth, short, pollinia 2, broadly 

 pyriform or subglobose, each attached by a short strap to an 

 oblong gland. 



Moist region to 4000ft.; rare. Morowak Korale; Peradeniya, abundant 

 in shady places, doubtfully wild there. Fl. Jan.; sep. and pet. greenish- 

 brown, lip yellow. 



Endemic. 



2. K. elong-ata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. n. 7384 (1828). 

 Rha))iphidia elongata, Thw. Enum. 313. C. P. 2739. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 116, 197. Hook, Ic. PI. t. 2190. 



Tall, slender, 1 1-2 J in. high ; stem leafy in the lower half, 

 as thick as a goose-quill below ; 1. 2-4 in., petioled, obliquely 

 oval or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, subacute, or lower 

 obtuse, membranous, veins 5, very slender, parallel, with many 

 cross-venules; petiole i-f in., sheath hyaline, inflated; ped. 

 slender, pubescent, with a few distant lanceolate sheaths; 

 spike 3-5 in., lax-fld., rhachis slender, and fl. laxly glandular- 

 tomentose; bracts | in., lanceolate, shorter than the erect ov. ; 

 sep. \ in. long, oblong, obtuse, pubescent ; pet. inserted on the 

 sides of the column, subfalcately oblong-obovate, tip rounded; 

 lip superior, as long as the sep., cymbiform, with 2 short, 

 lateral lobes at the base, acute, membranous, 5-veined, veins 

 with a few soft spines towards the base; column very short, 

 rostellar arms subulate; anth. ovate-cordate, tip elongate, 

 flexuous, pollinia subglobose, each attached by a slender 

 caudicle to a small oblong gland. 



Montane zone, 3-4000 ft. ; rare. Hunasgiriya; Hewahetta; Amba- 

 gamuwa. Fl. Nov.-Jan.; pink. 



Also in Malay Peninsula (?). 



Finlayson's specimen is supposed to be Malayan ; but, as he also 

 collected in Ceylon, it is probable that it is from here. 



44. CKEIROSTVIiZS, BL 



Small terrestrial herbs, with simple stems and fibrous roots 

 at the lower nodes; 1. few, ovate, membranous; fl. small, in 

 terminal racemes ; sep. 3, connate to the middle in a gibbous 

 tube; pet. narrow; lip inserted at the base of the column, 

 erect, narrow, shortly clawed, base of claw saccate, limb 

 dilated, crcnate or toothed ; column short, with 2 elongate, 

 flat appendages in front, rostellum at length 2-cleft; stigmatic 

 lobes lateral; anth. erect, 2-celled, pollinia 2, bipartite, granu- 

 lar, on a short strap, gland narrow. — Sp. about 12; 6 in FL 

 B. Ind, 



Raceme elongate, puljerulous . . . . . i. C. p.arvifolia. 

 Raceme short, glandular-pubescent . . . . 2. C. flabell.\ta 



