Plate 2192. 



APHYLLORCHIS PRAINII, Eoolc. f. 



Okchide^, Subtribe Dicride^. 

 A. Prainii, HooJc. /. FL Brit Ind. vi. 117; elata, robusta, caule 



infra medium vagmato, racemo elongato laxifloro, bracteis lineari- 

 lanceolatis ovario multo brevioribus, sepalis petalisqae lineari-oblongia 

 obtnsis, labello ovato concavo, l'>bis lateralibus rotundatis terminaU 

 ffiquilongo oblongo obtaso, ungae brevissimo alls 2 parvia erectis 

 triaug:ularibas instructo. 



Hab. Upper Assam, on the ISTaga Hills, JDr. Prain. 



Caulis 2-pedaHg, crassifcle pennae olormJB, vaglnis inferlorlbus ovatis 

 tubulosis, superlorlbus lanceolatis. Racemns pedalis ; bractese ^-^ 

 poll. longjB, patulffi v.recurvffi ; ovariTim elongatum nnacum pedicello 

 brevi pollicare. Sepala ^ poll, longa. Petala liueari-oblonga, apice 

 rotundata, 3-nervia. Lahtllum sepalis brevias. 



T have seen but one specimen of tins plant, which belongs to the 

 Herbarium of the Roval Garden, Calcutta ; it is closely allied to 

 A. montaua of Slkkim and CeyUm (which are possibly different 

 species), differing in the winged claw of the lip.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. riower. 2. Lip. 3. Column. 4. Anther. All enlarge,!. 



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