1014 BENGAL PLANTS. [Pachystoma. 
2053. PacHYsTOMA SENILE Reichb. f.; IF. B. I. v. 812. 
Tirhut ; N. Bengal, hicmaciit C. Bengal, very ra 
An deh terrestrial herb ; leaf solitary; scape sis 4 in. 5 
rhizome 1-2 in. long, often intimately associated with 
roots of grasses. 
902, Phajus Lour. 
Terrestrial, less often epiphytic herbs, usually large, pseudo- 
bulbous or not; leaves membranous, usually plicate. Flowers 
large, showy, in a raceme, on a scape rising from the base of the 
stem or pseudobulb, or from the axil of a leaf, or at the apex of 
the stem. Sepals subequal, erect, rarely spreading. Petals like 
sepals; lip adnate to the base of the footless column, erect, 
gibbous or spurred. Column tae Anther incompletely 4-celled ; 
pollinia 8, waxy, attached in fours to a granular membrane. 
Scapes terminating the leafy stems ; “oie i uy oe lDUS. 
Scapes from the side of the pseudobul 
Scapes less than 6 in. long 
Scapes more than 18 in. long 
2054. PHasus ALBUS Ee F. B. I. v. 818. Limodorum brac- 
teatum F., I. iii. 466. 
Chota igen. 
A tufted herb, with stout need ag in. high. 
2055. PHasus Nanus Hook. f.; 2 ie 
N. Bengal, Duars, in grassy akon 
A dwarf terrestrial herb. 
2056. cae jones ee Lindl.; F. B.I. v. 816. 
nanus. 
Wallichii. 
A at ‘ecsoateial herb, 
$03. Acanthephippium BI. 
Terrestrial herbs, with large pseudobulbous stems, shortly leafy 
above ; leaves thickly membranous, plicate. petiolate, few. Flowers 
large, fleshy, few, in a short, lateral, sheathed raceme. Sepals 
fleshy, connate, the lateral pair also adnate to the foot of the 
column, and together forming a wide, ett mentum. l 
erect, narrowed, included in the sepaline cup; lip small, stipitate 
at end of foot, mobile, with broad, conta Laced. and a small, 
triangular mid-lobe. Column short, stout, with a long foot. 
Anther 2-celled ; pollinia 8, cohering by means of a granular mass. 
