188 cxxxiii. 0RCHIDEJ3 (rolfe). [Fogonia. 



acute ; front lobe longer and slightly broader than the side lobes. 

 Column clavate, obtuse-angled on either side of the apex. 



IVile Iiand. Upper Senaar : near Fazokl, Cienkoicshij, 236. 



Only known to me from tlie original description, but said to be allied to 

 P. carhiala, Liudl. 



28. EPIPOaUM, Gmel. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 617. 



- Sepals subequal, free, narrow, erect or ultimately spreading. Petals 

 similar to the sepals. Lip sessile at the base of the column, ovate, 

 broadly concave at the base or extended in a sac or short obtuse 

 spur ; side lobes auriculate or obsolete ; front lobe spreading ; disc 

 papillose. Column short, thickened at the apex ; clinandrium short 

 or with a dilated margin. Anther somewhat stipitate, incumbent, or 

 suberect, much thickened at the back, 2-celled; pollinia 2, granular, 

 often affixed by a pair of filiform stipites to a broad gland. Stigma 

 broad, somewhat distant from the short, broad rostellum. Capsule 

 ovoid, pendulous. — Leafless saprophytic herbs, with a nodose or some- 

 what tuberous rhizome. Scapes simple, with a few basal sheaths. 

 Flowers few, in a lax raceme, pedicelled, spreading or pendulous. 

 ]3racts small. 



A genus of 2 species, one sparingly dispersed in Europe and temperate Asia, the 

 other found in India, Javsi, Australia, and West Tropical Africa. 



1. E. nutans, Reichh. f. in Bo7tplandia, v. 36. Tuber ovoid or 

 oblong, 4-1^ in. long. Scapes h-lh ft. long, with numerous broad, 

 loose sheaths, 3-9 in. long. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 2-3 lin. long. Flowers white, with purple 

 spots. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3-4 lin. long. Petals similar to, but 

 a little shorter than, the sepals. Lip broadly ovate, concave, acute 

 or acuminate, crenulate, 4-5 lin. long ; disc with a pair of verrucose 

 keels from the base to near the apex. Column stout, about 1 lin. 

 long.— Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 177 ; vi. 137; Benth. Fl. Austral, 

 vi. 308 ; Hook, f, Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 124. Galera nutans, Blume, Bijdr. 

 416, fig. 3 ; Blume, Mus. Bot. Lvgd. Bat. ii., 187. Blume, Coll. Orch. 

 Archip. Ind. 131), t. 52, fig. 3, t. 54, fig. E. Limodorum roseum^ 

 Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 30. Ceratopsis rosea, Lindl. Gen. &, Sp. Orch. 

 384. Galera rosea, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 188; Blume, Coll. 

 Orch. Archip. Ind. 139. Podanthera pallida, Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 V. 2'2, t. 1759. Epipogum roseum, Lindl, in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 177. 

 B. Guilfoylii, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 30 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vi. 308. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Auibas Bay, Jiawn, 784! 



Also found in North and South India, Ceylon, Java, and Australia. 



29. EPIPACTIS,;il. Br.-; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. VL iii. 619. 

 Sepals free, spreading, subequal. Petals scarcely smaller than the 

 sepals. Lip sessile at the base of the column ; basal part, or hypo- 

 chile, broad and concave, rarely with a pair of staminodes at the 

 base; front part, or epichile, articulated to the lower part, usually 



