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1434. C. Impricatum? Rox. Flora. 3. p. 460. Pholidota imbricata. Spren- 
gel’ssyst 3. p. 727. Wellia-theka Maravara. Rheed. Mal, 12. t. 24. Hoo- 
ker’s Exot. Flora. ¢. 138. 
Parasitic;—root of numerous small fleshy fibres, heh adhere to the 
bark of trees;—leaves somewhat ensiform, smooth; flowers very minute in 
slender cylindric spikes. 
On trees in the ravines about Parr. Perhaps the plant here referred 
to may prove a species of Eria. —The leaves are not nervyed. 
670. AERIDES. Willd. Gynandria Monandria. 
From aer.—air; plants which possess the peculiar property of existing 
for months on air alone. 
1435. A. Retusum. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 130. Sprengel’s syst. 3, p. 719. 
A. guttatum? Rox. Flora. 3, p. 471. Epidendrum retusum. Linn. Spec. p. 
1507. Ansjeli Maravara. Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 1. Saccolabium guttatum. 
Lind. Ruwph. Amb. 6. ¢. 42. 
Parasitic; leaves sub-radical, linear thick, with a retuse apex. Flowers 
in long racemes, reddish, spotted; very beautiful; appear in April and 
May.—Common at Mahableshwur and on the Ghauts. ; 
1436. A. Praemorsum. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 130. Sprengel’s syst. 3. p. 719. 
Saccolabium praemorsum, Lind. Rox. Cor. 1. ¢. 43, Biti-marum Maravara. 
Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 2. 
Parasitic; leaves radical, linear channelled; apex truncated. Flowers in 
long racemes, pink coloured, spotted, very beautiful; appear in April and 
May.—Mahableshwar;—the Ghauts generally. 
The Chinese convicts at Mahableshwar say, that a cooling decoction is 
made from the roots of this plant in China. 
1437. A. MuLtTirLorum, Rox. Flora. 3. p. 475. Sprengel’s syst. 3. p. 719. 
Rox. Cor.3. ¢. 271. Vanda multiflora. Lind. Coll. ¢. 38. 
Parasitic, caulescent; leaves linear channelled, obliquely emarginate, with 
a hooked point; flowers in long racemes, pretty large, of a beautiful pink 
colour; appear in May.—This lovely epiphyte growsin considerable abun- 
dance in a grove of trees near Mahar, in the South Concan. It seems to 
give the preference tothe Mango. 
671. VANDA. R. Br. Gynandria Monandria. 
The native name adopted. 
1438. V.SeaTHuLaTa, Lindley, Limodorum spathulatum. Wild. Spoc. 
4. p. 125. Ponam-pu Maravara. Rheed. Mal. 12. ¢. 3. Rumph. Amb. 6. 
t. 44. 1. 
Paling, caulescent, leaves on the stem, alternate, oblong, obtuse, vein- 
less. Flowers in axillary racemes.—S. Concan. N. 
1439. V. Roxpureuil. R. Br. Bot, Reg. t. 506. 
Parasitic; leaves obliquely, 3 toothed at their ends. 
672. DENDROBIUM. Rox. Gynandria Monandria. 
From Dendron—a tree---bio—to live; in allusion to the plants growing 
on trees. 
1440. D, Pierarpi? Rox. Flora. 3. p. 482. Hooker’s Exot. Flora. ¢. 9. 
Patric.—A parasite; caulescent; stems leafless from 6 to 12 inches long, 
round, jointed; with something of the habit of Polygonum.—Flowers several 
towards the top of the stem, of a light rose colour, and very beautiful; 
appear in February and March.—Common on trees along the Ghauts.— 
Mahableshwur, 
