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A CENTURY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS ; (J. D. HOOKER). 9 
PLATE 13. 
Пехрковтсм (Virgate) TENUICAULE, Hook. f. 
D. tenuicaule; caule gracilimo elongato flexuoso  internodio basilari minuto 
globoso, secundo et tertio gracilibus, quarto supra medium clavato, quinto incrassato 
бегей, sexto obverse clavato, reliquis 1—2-pollicaribus filiformibus, foliis apicem 
versus caulis paucis anguste lineari-elongatis, floribus apicem aphyllum versus caulis 
paucis solitariis albis v. pallide fulvis, sepalo dorsali oblongo obtuso 7-nervi lateralibus 
late ovatis obtusis, mento sepalis duplo longiore corniforme fere recto, petalis 
oblongis, labello euneato membranaceo 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, terminali 
parvo orbiculari, disco pubescente. Hook. f. Pl. Brit, Ind. vi. 184. 
Has,—Anpaman ISLANDS, (Ze. in Herb, Hort, Calcutta). 
Stems. tufted, 10—12 in. very slender above, base swollen into a globose tuber 
emitting fibrous roots, two following internodes very slender, the next clavate 
ribbed, followed by a cylindric ribbed one an inch long, and this by ап obversely 
clavate one, the rest all 1—11 in. long, very slender, with appressed sheaths, Leaves 
on the young stems only, 3—5 in. long, slender and recurved, 1; in. broad, acute. 
Plowers about $ in. long from the tip of the dorsal sepal to that of the mentum, 
very membranous; petals as long as the dorsal sepal, nerve solitary with branching 
nervules. Lip delicately 5-nerved in the centre, the outer pair of nerves branching 
towards the margins. Column very short, 3-toothed; anther hemispheric, 
As stated in the Flora of British India, this species is there described from the drawing here 
reproduced (which is inscribed ©“ Andamans, Recd. 8-2-84, fld. in Hort. Bot. Cale. 30th April 1884"), 
and some detached flowers placed in a packet with the drawing. It seems to be quite distinct from 
any previously described, but it belongs to a very troublesome group with swollen lower internodes 
the characters afforded by which latter organs are not likely to be constant. 
Fig. 1, flower with the lip removed, and 2, lip, both enlarged, are from skotehes of my own of the flowers accom- 
panying the drawing. 
| PLATE 14. 
Denprosium (Pedilonum) crocatum, Hook, f. 
D. crocatum ; caulibus teretibus elongatis foliosis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis nervosis 
mollibus, racemis ad nodos rami aphylli paucifloris, pedunculo pedicilisque divaricatis 
gracillimis, bracteis parvis ovatis, floribus majusculis laete croceis, sepalis lateralibus 
ovato-oblongis acutis dorsali petalisque oblongis 7-nerviis, mento corniforme sepalis 
triplo longiore lente curvo, labello spathulato ungue angusto canaliculato basi squama 
recurva instructo lamina obovata crenulata. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 185, 
_ Has.—Prnax, at Larut (Г. in. Herb. Hort, Calcutta). 
` Stem 2-3 ft., narrowed at the base, green; internodes lin, 4 in. diam. 
Leaves 4 by 1 іп, bright green. Racemes pendulous, 2-fld. (in the drawing); 
peduncle $—$ іп, witha short annular basal sheath; bracts green; pedicels with ovary 
about as long; flowers 1} in. long from the tip of the dorsal sepal to. that of the long 
Ann. Вот. Bor. Garb. Catc., Vor. V. 
