Puate 2687. 
DIPLOCENTRUM CONGESTUM, Wight. 
OrcHIDACE®. Tribe VANDER. 
D. congestum, Wight Ic. t. 1682 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 7 
D. recurvo, Lindl., foliis ieeetine et racemis non vel parum ramosis ‘et 
pendulis distin guitur. 
Caulis brevis, Folia recurva, lineari- ag apice inequaliter 
biloba, lobis obtusis, 3- 34 poll. longa, 4-6 lin. lata, Racemi penduli, 
interdum parce ramosi, 3-6 poll. longi, ee numerosis c 
patentes, triangulari-ovate, acute, }- 4 ee, Pedicelli 14 lin 
longi. Sepala elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 14-2 poll. longa, lateralia 
reflexa. Petala elliptico- oblonga, obtusa, i 1 lin. longa. Labellum 
oblongum, apice reflexum et truncatum, basi paullo latius et pai 
carinatum, circa 2 lin. longum ; calcaria saccato-oblonga, 3 lin. longa, 
paullo divergentia. Capsula oblonga, breviter pedicellata, 5 lin. longa. 
Inp1a : a in the Iyamallay Hills, Wight; without 
locality Woodr 
Fig. 1, A flower seen from the front, showi ing the flaps which cover the morths of 
the mee spun 8; 2, the same with the sepals and petals r removed, showing the flaps 
Opened ; 3, the preceding seen from the side; 4, anther-case seen from the front and 
side ; 6, the Willingchane all enlarged. 
SERIES Iy, VOL. VIE, PART IV. 
