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1. D. blcameratum. Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. (1839), Misc. 85 ; 

 F. B. I. V, 729 ; K. & P. Ann. E. Bot. Gard. Calc., viii, 42, t. 56 ; 

 Duihie, id. ix, part 2, 95 ; Prain Beng. PI. 1,009. D. breviflorum 

 Lindl? D. bulbiflorum, Falc. mss. in F. B. I. 1. c. ; Ic. PI. t. 2028. 



Stems 12-18 in. long, clavate or fusiform. Leaves coriaceous, 3-4 in. 

 long, linear-lanceolate to el lip tic -oblong, obliquely and minutely 2-fid. 

 at the apex. Flowers about J in. across, dingy -yellow speckled with 

 stripes of red, densely crowded on a short sheathed peduncle ; flower- 

 ing bract sheathing the shortly stalked ovary. Dorsal sepal ovate- 

 oblong, subacute; lateral pair triangular, concave, subacute. Petals 

 about as long as the sepals, broadly elliptic, obtuse. Lip fleshy, 

 concave, 3-lobed ; side lobes small, erect, triangular, acute ; mid-lobe 

 very short, truncate, the disk fleshy and smooth. Column very 

 short, with two large oblong nectar-secreting cells. Mentum urceo- 

 late. Anther fleshy. 



Dehra Dun (Gollan, Gamble). Flowers in Aug. DISTRIB. : Outer 

 Himalayan ranges of Garhwal and Kumaon, up to about 4,000 ft. , 

 and eastwards to Sikkim, the Khasia Hills, and Burma ; it occurs 

 also on Parasnath in Behar. 



2. D. primulinum, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1858) 223 ; Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. m, 12 ; F. B. I. v, 735 ; Duihie in Ann. E. Bot. Gard. 

 -Calc. ix, pt. 2, 97, t. 98. 



Stems 10-12 in. long, pendulous. Leaves about 4 in. long, broadly 

 oblong, coriaceous, the upper ones smaller. Flowers solitary from 

 the nodes of the leafless stems, shortly pedicel led, 2J in. across ; 

 floral bracts minute, emarginate. Sepals and petals white, or tinged 

 with pink or pale-blue. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 spreading or reflezed. Petals smaller, linear-lanceolate, acute, erect 

 or spreading. Lip broadly oblong (when spread flat), very shortly 

 clawed, about 1 in. long and nearly as broad, convolute towards the 

 base, with a broad central lamellate band, margins strongly ciliate ; 

 basal portion white ; apical portion pale primrose-yellow, puberu- 

 lous ; mentum rounded. Column produced into a rather long foot 

 and with 2 horn-like processes at the apex, pale-blue. Anther 

 puberulous, its lip toothed. 



Dehra Dun, at Nalapani (Gamble). Flowers in April. DISTRIB. 

 Outer Himalayan ranges of Garhwal up to about 3,000 ft. There 

 has been some confusion in regard to the distribution of this species. 

 Under D. crepidatum in the Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 740 Sir Joseph Hooker 

 remarks. " A specimen in Herb. Kew, marked ' Garhwal, Falconer ' 



