CXXV. ORCniDACEiE. 687 



strongly manj'-neryecl. Scape stout, from the base of the pseudobulb, 

 sheathed at the base, jointed and with bract-like sheaths at the joints. 

 Flowers in many-flowered racemes reaching with the scape sometimes 

 7 in. long ; bracts i in. long, lanceolate, acute ; pedicel with ovary about 

 as long as the bract when in flower. Sepals dull brownish-yellow, 

 suffused with red at their bases ; lateral sepals f in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, oblique ; dorsal sepal j by ^ in., broadly ovate, acute. Petals smaller 

 than the dorsal sepal, ovate, acuminate, pale yellow. Lip 3-lobed, 

 recurved ; side lobes small, purple, entire or toothed ; midlobe tongue- 

 shaped, obtuse, brownish-yellow. Column with lanceolate spurs. El. 

 B. I. V. 5, p. 761 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5050 ; A\^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 518 ; Gammie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 17, part 1 (1906) 

 p. 33. — Flowers : Dec. 



Not very common. S. M. Country : Belgaiim Ghats, Gammie. Kanaka : 

 N. Kanara Gbats, Gammie; Sampkhand, Jfooc^roM). — Distiub. India (W. Peninsula). 



7. TRIAS, Lindl. 



Small epiphytic pseudobulbous herbs. Leaves solitary on the pseudo- 

 bulbs, coriaceous. Flowers solitary on lateral scapes. Sepals subequal, 

 spreading, 7-nerved ; lateral aduate to the foot of the column. Petals 

 small, oblong or linear. Lip small, coriaceous or fleshy, jointed to the 

 foot of the column, inflexed, incumbent, mobile. Column short, bi'oad, 

 the tip winged or toothed or angled. Anther erect, caducous, 2-celled, 

 produced into a long horn ; pollinia 4, waxy, subeoherent in pairs in 

 each cell. — Disteib. Species 3 or 4, all Indian. 



1. Trias Stocksii, Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1890) p. 781. A small 

 epiphyte. Ehizome creeping, Pseudobulbs globosely ovoid, -|-^ in. in 

 diam. Leaves |-1^ by f-| in., elliptic-oblong, usually acute, sometimes 

 apiculate, tapering at the base. Scape | in. long. Flowers large for 

 the size of the plant, |-|^ in. in diam. Lateral sepals J by i in,, oblong, 

 obtuse ; dorsal sepal i by \ in., oblong, obtuse. Petals small, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, erect. Lip oblong, smooth, the shoulders convex, the 

 tip rounded. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 518 

 Gammie, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 17, part 1 (1906) p. 34. 



Eare. Konkan : Law ! Kanaka ; Stocks, 69 \ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



8. PHOLIDOTA, Lindl. 



Epiphytic. herbs with jointed often branching stems, with internodes 

 like pseudobulbs, or with tufted pseudobulbs. Leaves usually in pairs 

 (solitary in P. imhricata, the only Bombay species), membranous, many- 

 nerved. Flowers small, subglobose, expanding from above downwards, 

 in racemes which are terminal or from the base of a pseudobulb, usually 

 drooping and distichous ; peduncles ebracteate ; floral bracts large 

 and persistent. Sepals concave. Petals narrower than the sepals. 

 Lip more or less cymbiform and saccate, usually without side lobes. 

 Column short, the apex shortly hooded or winged ; anther more or less 

 globose : pollinia 4, waxy, subglobose or clavate, cohering by pairs to one 

 or two membranes. — Distrib. India, Ceylon, China, Malay Peninsula, 

 Australia ; species about 20. 



