704 CXXT. OnCHIDACE^. 



Cat. 7320 ; Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 1 (1852) p. 8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 265. 

 2Vanda spatlndata, Grab. Cat. p. 204 {not of Spreng.). — Flowers : May. 



KoNKAN : Sfricksl, Law], Gibson I, Woodrow ; S. Konkan, Dalzell ^ Gibson. 

 Deccan : Mawal, Woodrow; hills round Mahableshwar, Cooke \ S. M. Country: 

 Belgaum and Kolhapur Eoad, Eitchie, 1433! — Distrib. India (Sikkim, Kumaon, 

 Nepal, Assam, Birraa, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



2. Vanda Roxburghii, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. v. 6 (1820) t. 506. 

 Stem 1-2 ft. long, stout, scandent by the stout, simple or branching 

 roots. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 6-8 by ^-f in., recurved, complicate, 

 obtusely keeled, prsemorse, with usually 2 unequal rounded lobes and an 

 acute interposed one. Flowers in 6-10-flowered racemes reaching with 

 the peduncle 6-10 in. long ; bracts scarious, i in. long, ovate, acute ; 

 pedicels with ovary 1^-2 in. long. Sepals yellow, tessellated with brown 

 lines and with white margins ; lateral sepals 1 by f in., obovate with 

 subcuneate bases and with more or less waved margins ; dorsal sepal as 

 long as the lateral, | in. broad, obovate-oblong. Petals yellow with 

 brown lines and white margins, shorter than the sepals, ^ in. wide. Lip 

 -|in. long, bluish dotted with purple ; side lobes rising from the mouth 

 of the spur \ in. long, ovate, acute, erect ; midlobe -^ in. long, pandurate, 

 the lower part broadly elliptic, the apical portion quadrate, dilated at 

 the fleshy 2-lobed tip ; disk tumid, with fleshy ridges ; spur straight, 

 conical, obtuse, \'m. long. Column very short; pollinia ellipsoid or 

 subglobose ; caudicle short, broad ; gland large. Capsules B-3| in. long, 

 narrowly clavate-oblong with acute ribs and a short pedicel. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 52 ; Grab. Cat. p. 204 ; Wight, Icon. t. 916 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 192 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 519 ? Prain, 

 Beng.'Pl. p. 1021.— Flowers : July. 



Konkan : Woodrow, 1 ! Gujarat: Chikli on the Atavesi Eiver, Gibson ! Kanaka : 

 Kiila naddi, liitchic, 142.5 !— Distrib. India (Bengal, Behar, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



22. DIPLOCENTRUM, Lindl. 



Epiphytic herbs ; stems short, leafy ; pseudobulbs 0. Leaves dis- 

 tichous, narrow, fleshy, subterete or complicate. Flowers small, in long 

 subspiciform racemes ; peduncles lateral, sometimes branched. Sepals 

 snbequal or the lateral larger. Petals like the dorsal sepal. Lip sessile, 

 jointed on the base of the column, spreading, entire, shortly 2-spurred; 

 disk flesh V. Column A'^ery short, 2-auricled, truncate ; anther 2-celled ; 

 pollinia 2, ovoid, sulcate or 2-partite, attached by a broad caudicle to a 

 broad gland. — DisxniB. Species 2 or 3, Indian. 



1. Diplocentrum congestum, Wight, Icon. v. 5 (1852) part 1, p. 10, 

 t. 1682. Stem short. Leaves 3-3| by |—| in., linear-oblong, recurved, 

 uiic(jually and obtusely 2 lobed at the apex. Flowers numerous, in 

 peiululous sometimes sparingly branched racemes 3-6 in. long ; bracts 

 spreading, triangular-ovate, ^-^ in. long ; pedicels i in. long. Sepals 

 dull brownish-gi'een, i-^ in. long ; lateral sepals reflexed. Petals colored 

 as the sepals, jo~T( ™- ^^"PJ' elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Lip about |, in. long, 

 rose-colored, reflexed and truncate at the a]H'X, rather broader and 

 obtusely keck-d at the base ; spurs 2, saccate-oblong, J^, in. long, slightly 

 divergent. Capsules less than | iu. long, oblong, shortly pedicellate. 



