1018 BENGAL PLANTS. | Doritis. 
908. Doritis Lindl. 
cgaihg herbs with short stems; pseudobulbs 0; leaves fiat, 
coriaceou owers medium, in loose racemes, on ea or pen- 
dulous a axillary or from the side of the stem. Sepals 
wide-spreading. Petals like sepals; lip adnate by its base to the 
sides of the long foot of the column, and forming a eH sac, 
with the lateral and terminal lobes at its mouth. Colwmmn nar- 
rowly winged; foot long. Anther 2-celled; pollinia 2, smokes 
by at caudicle to a small triangular 
2068, Doritis Wieuti Benth.; F. B. I. vi. 32. 
Chittagong ; Chota Nagpu 
A leafy epiphyte, with lhe tortuous, tufted roots. 
909, Luisia Gaud. 
Epiphytie rly with rigid, — Dahon erect, sometimes 
dy below; lea 
persistent. Sepals subequal, o ais dorsal depressed, smaller 
Petals equal to sepals or much ee spreading ; lip sessile on 
the base of the column, with a distinct saccate, concave or flat 
undulate, more or less blunt sone Column stout, much 
rter than the lip; stigma usually large. Anther broad, 
2-celled ; pollinia 2, ovoid or subglobose, shinee to a subquadrate 
or elongate gland. Capsule narrow, ridged, suberect. 
*Petals not much longer than the lateral sepals :—[{p. 1019] 
Sepals and petals pale yellowish-green, rarely with a few purple lines; 
lip with a saccate hypochile, constricted at its junction with epichile:-— 
Lip not longer than sepals or petals ; epichile subreniform, notched 
at apex, green; hypochile green with purple spots; column purple; 
slender plants; leaves never exceeding 2°5 in. long; flowers very 
sma ‘15 in. ong inconspicua. 
Lip longer fg sepals and petals; stoutish plants; leaves never less 
than 3 
Epichile peukee cordate, oath to the subtruncate, minutely 
emarginate apex; flowers -4 in. long; whole lip dark ees with 
faint green lines ... rrhiza. 
Epichile rhomboid, with broad, subtruncate apex ; ames -25 in. 
long ; whole lip uniformly p aan 
urple 
Sepals green externally, rose-purple within} petals rose- waste 
