Plati: 2110. 



CCELOGYNE? PURPURASCENS, TIiwl\ f. 



Orchide^e. Subtribe C<klogtne.e. 

 C. ? purpurascens, lIool\ /. FL Brit. Tnd. v. 842 ; ccespltosa, pseudo- 



bulbisaijgustis teretibns moiiopbjllis, folii) lineari-obloiigo v.lanceolato, 

 scapo e basi pseudobulbi erecto gracili 1-3-flore, bracteis parvis, 

 sopalis lineari-oblongis obtnsis, petalis lineari-snbspathulatis, labcllo 

 basi columiise sessili spatbulato concayo basi saccato disco iindo, 



, Thvaites, Ennm, 



colnmna angustc alata. 



PL Zeyh 298. 



Dendrobium purpn 



Hab. 



Thwaites, 



Ceylon ; in the elevated part of tlie Central Province, 



Gaiiles breves, fastigiati, radices crassas elongatas tortas epidermide 

 inflate emittentes. Fseudohulbi ^~| poll, longi. Folia 1-4 poll, longa, 



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^ poll, lata, coriacea, rigida, sa3pe pnrpurascentifi, sicca marginibus 

 recuryis. Scapiis 3-4-pollicaris, vaginis paucis parvis. FJores § poll, 

 diam., fere albidi ; pedicello cum ovario ;|— ^ po^^- longo ; sepala erecto- 

 patentia, 3-nervia ; petala 1-nervia; labellum suberectum, obscure 

 crennlatiim, Golmm/a erecta, apice dilatata, lateribus dentatis ; 

 antbera imperfecte 4-locularis, persistens, purpurea; pollinia 4, libera, 

 2 majora subpyriforinia, minora ovoidea. Cupsula ^ poll- longa, 

 anguste oblonga v. piriformis, alte 6-costata. 



A curious little plant, certainly not a Dendrohinm ; nearer to 



Ccelogijne or Panisea than to any other genus ; diflPering from the 

 former in the entire spathulate lip not embracing the column, and 

 from the latter in the lip having no claw. — J- D, H. 



Fig. 1. Front; and 2, l>ack view of flower, vnth. the lip depressed. 3. Lateral 

 view of flower, 5. Lip (its concavity not represented). 6. Anther, 7. Pollinia, 

 All enlarged. 



