322 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



sword-shaped, bracts ovate, serrulate, flowers minute, greenish- 

 yellow, lip with 2 small incurved lobes at the tip, lateral lobes 

 small, capsule short- stalked. Konkan, Bombay, &c. (H-). * 0. 

 platycaulon, leaves narrow sword-shaped, 6 to 10 inches long, scape 

 shorter, flowers densely imbricated, much larger than 0. recurva; 

 petals narrow, lip with broad rounded lateral lobes and a very short 

 2 or 3-divided terminal one. From the Konkan to the Nilghiris (#.) 

 These two are not in D. 



2. MlCKOSTYLIS. 



* M. Rlieedii. Stem 3 to 6 inches high, leafy, leaves broad 

 ovate pleated, the base often unequal, flowers greenish-yellow 

 or purple, fragrant, in a long slender raceme, bracts lanceo- 

 late, bent down, lip rounded, reniform or fan-shaped, finely 

 toothed. 



S. Konkan (D.). Common in the Ghauts (H.). Mahableshwar, 

 " very like a Plantago. Birdwood. 



* M . Stocksii. Stem one or two inches high, leaves ovate lanceolate, 

 bracts lanceolate bent down, flowers yellow, half an inch across, lip 

 much broader than long, deeply lobed. Not in D. or G. Bababudin 

 Hills, Stocks (H.). 



3. DENDROBIDM. 



//. has 158 species. " The name becJiu is commonly given to all 

 dendrobiums : ndngli is another name," Birdwood. 



1. D. microbulbon. Very small with one or two linear 

 lanceolate or oblong leaves, or none, flowers few in racemes, 

 the shape of a cornucopia, outer sepals and petals white, lip 

 large 3-lobed, column green streaked with red. 



On trees at Mahableshwar. Konkan (D.). 



2. * D. clilorops. Stems 12 to 18 inches long, sometimes 

 very stout, leaves oblong, lanceolate, soon falling; flowers 

 white, greenish, or yellowish, middle lobe of lip round, fleshy, 

 crenate, petals much broader than the lateral sepals. 



Common in both Konkans (->.) Flowers very variable in size 

 and colour (H.). 



3. D. barbatulum. Six to fifteen inches high, very succulent, 

 stems short and thick, leaves narrow lanceolate, but soon 

 falling ; flowers in racemes cream-coloured with some green, 

 middle lobe of the lip flat, obtuse, bearded at the base with 

 yellow hairs, spur short and thick. 



S. Konkan and Mahableshwar. Common in the Konkans (Z).). 



