Order 112. Orckidece. 327 



bricated, petals narrower than sepals, column very short truncate. 

 * L. tenuifolia, stem long and slender, flowers few and large, 

 yellowish-green and purple, lip oblong auricled at the base, 2-lobed 

 at the apex, with 3 callosities on the disk. S. Konkan (D.). 



Cottonia, stem leafy, sepals and narrower petals widely spreading, 

 lip much longer, more or less fiddle- shaped. * C. macrostachya, 

 leaves strap-shaped, obliquely 2-lobed, scape 12 to 18 inches with 

 branches, bearing a few short racemes on the apex, sepals broad 

 ovate, lip purple with yellow border, velvety, furnished with 

 bristly knobs and curious appendages (-D.), like that of Ophrys 

 aranifera, i.e. the English spider orchis (if.). Wari country and 

 Chorla Ghaut (Z>.). 



Vanda, stems leafy, sepals and petals about equal, spreading from a 

 narrow base, lip large, mid-lobe short and stout. * F. parviflora 

 (JErides Wightianum, D.). Stem 4 to 6 inches, leaves strap-shaped, 

 obliquely 2-lobed, racemes many-flowered, sepals and petals oval 

 yellow and brown j lip with mid-lobe 2 or 3 divided at the tip, deep 

 lilac, disk crested with fleshy blue lines, spur slender conical. S. 

 Konkan (D.). * F. Soxburghn, leaves narrow, pleated, flowers large 

 yellowish-green, or bluish, tesselated with brown and with white 

 margins, disk of lip with fleshy ridges, spur conical. Not in D. 

 Guzerat and Konkan (H.). 



Sarcanthus, like Saccolabium, but petals and sepals fleshy, and 

 spur with a callus or erect plate within. * S. peninsularis, stem 

 leafy pendulous, leaves linear thick, racemes opposite the leaves, 

 flowers bent down, green or yellow with pink margins and violet lip, 

 side-lobes of lip erect, mid-lobe small acute, spur as long as the 

 flower, obtuse. Wari country (Z).). Ghauts (#.). 



Tribe 3. NEOTTIE^. 11. SPIRANTHES. 



* 8. australis. Six to eighteen inches high, leaves very 

 variable, linear lanceolate to sword-shaped, spikes twisted, 

 slender, with very close-set white or reddish flowers, lip oblong 

 crisp saccate, with 2 glands. 



Chorla Ghaut (D.). Throughout India (F.), and widely spread 

 over the world. /S. cestivalis, ladies' tresses, is one of the common 

 small English orchids, and the spirally twisted flowers mark the 

 genus. 



12. ZEUXINE. 



Z. sulcata. Stem leafy, leaves erect linear lanceolate, mar- 

 gins usually recurved, spike dense, flowers white, yellow, or 

 pale rose, lip oblong tongue-shaped, dilated and 2-lobed at apex, 

 or with a hammer-headed terminal lobe. 



Sholapore. Throughout India in the plains and lower hills (If.). 

 Not in D. or G. " The commonest Indian orchid: very variable in 

 size" (J7.). I had it about a foot high. 



