390 ORCHIDACE^. 



On trees, growing commonly in' dense masses, dis- 

 tinguished from the other species by the thin and smaller 

 leaves and the few flowers, t. 245. Wight Ic. t. 1640. 



Nilgiris : downs near Ootacamund, in sholas common, 

 Dodabetta. Flowers from May to July. Not collected at 

 Kodaikanal. Fyson. Bourne 4779, etc. 



Gen. Dist. Also Ceylon, 



CcDelogyne nervosa A. Rich. ; F.B.I, as C. corrugata 

 Wight, V 835, XXXIV 26; the lesser Plantain Orchid. 

 Tubers ovoid, deeply wrinkled or corrugated, I by 54 

 inch ; the oldest with the remains of the old flowering 

 stem; younger with two leaves and a fruiting stem; 

 youngest, still unformed, J4 inch thick, covered with 

 imbricating scales, the uppermost and innermost of 

 which become the two green leaves, and having a 

 flowering spike. Leaves elliptic, 4 by 1% inches, hard. 

 Spike 4 inches, bracts I by % inch, conspicuous spread- 

 ing, scarious and light brown while the flower is open, 

 and persistent till the pod forms. Sepals and petals I 

 inch, white, elliptic. Mid-lobe of lip rounded, J4 by /4 

 inch : side-lobes Ye inch high. Column ^ inch, slender, 

 curving forwards at the top, prominently winged and 

 also projecting 1/16 inch well above the anther. Anther 

 hinged to the flap. PoUiniums four, joined at the base. 

 Pod lJ4 by ^ inch, deeply five-angled, t. 246. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1639. (C. corrugata, not t. 1638.) 



Pulneys : in sholas round Kodaikanal. Nilgiris : Coonoor. 

 Fyson. Bourne 1224. 



Richard's nervosa is an earlier name than Wight's corrugata. The 

 species therefore stands as C, nervosa A. Rich. 



Coelogync glandulosa L/w^/^j; ; i^^./. v 835, XXXIV 

 27; the Plantain Orchid. Tubers 2 to 4 by I inch, con- 

 tracted at each end, curved. Leaves 4 to 12 by iJ4 

 inches. Stalk of racemes sheathed almost to the flowers 



