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Distribution. — On the Belgaum and Kanara Ghats ; also recorded from the 

 Nilgiri Hills. Flowers in December. 



6.— CIRRHOPETALU M. 



Pseudoibulbs clustered, ovoid, compressed, leaves absent at the 

 flowering period. Inflorescence an umbel of 5 or more flowers radiating 

 from the apex of a peduncle which rises from the base of a pseudobulb 

 on which are a few scattered bractlike scales. Dorsal sepal small, 

 lateral very long, petals small densely fimbriate, lip small, thickened, 

 strap-shaped jointed on the foot of the column. Apex of column 

 with two horizontally spreading acute teeth, anther 2-celled, polliiAa 4. 



1. ClRRHOPETALUM FIMBRIATUM, LdL Fl. Br. Ind., V., 774 ; Dalz. 

 and Gibs., p. 261. 



Dorsal- sepal yellow suffused with red, triangular ovate caudate, 

 margin long fringed, lateral petals np to 1^ inch long, green, linear 

 acute, coherent throughout their length, petals almost white with long 

 purple tails which also bear long fringes of the same colour. Lip ruddy 

 brown with a lighter disk. Column yellow, suffused with red. 



The so-called umbrella orchid of Mahableshwar, flowering in the cold •weather. 



Distribution. — Throughout the Ghats, the Konkan and Kanara. 



7. TRIAS. 



Small epiphytes with the habit and foliage of Bulbophyllum. Scape 

 lateral, one-flowered. Sepals subequal, spreading, 7-nerved, lateral 

 adnate to the foot of the column. Petals small, oblong or linear. 

 Lip small, coriaceous or fleshy, jointed on to the foot of the column, 

 inflexed, incumbent, mobile. Column short, bread, tip angled, 

 winged or toothed ; anther erect, caducous, 2-celled, produced into a 

 long horn ; pollinia subcoherent in pairs in each cell. 



1. Trias Stocks! i, Benth. Fl. Br. Ind., V., 781. 



Pseudobidbs f inch. Leaves 1 inch, elliptic acute. Scape \ inch. 

 Flowers \ to § inch in diameter, sepals obtuse, petals ovate lanceolate 

 erect, lip oblong, convex, smooth, shoulders convex, tip rounded, horn 

 of anthers slender, lip entire. 



Distribution. — Kanara, N. and S. Konkan. 



I have not met with this plant. The foregoing description is from the Flora 

 of India, I.e. 



8.— ERIA. 



Epiphytes of various habits. Sepals usually free, adnate to the 

 elongate foot of the column and with it forming a short or long and 

 spur like saccate mentum. Lip sessile on the foot of the column. 



