190 D. FreAn—Four Orchids new to the Indian Flora. [No. 5 



oblong, about equal to tbe sepals in length ; auricles of the lip obtuse, 

 blade with bifid tip. 



Ohota Nagpur: Rengarih, Cardonl 



Stem 0. Leaves green, 3 in. by 1-5 in., sub-opposite, explanate and adpressed to 

 the soil. Scape 6 — 8 in., pinkish below. Flowers '2 in. across, sessile, pure white or 

 greenish; auricles of lip considerably shorter than the blade. Capsule '35 in. long. 



The nearest allies of this species are M. Jchasiana which has flowers of about the 

 same size, but differs in having a distinct above-ground stem with more numerous 

 and scattered leaves and has a different lip ; and M. Wallichii which also differs in 

 having an above-ground stem with large leaves and much larger flowers. In struc- 

 ture, however, the flowers of M. Wallichii and M. Cardoni are very similar. 



Before the scape appears the present species has all the habit of a Hahenaria 

 allied to H. diphylla; its two leaves, and it appears never to have more, lie closely 

 applied to the surface of the ground as in that plant. 



Tribe II. Vandeje. 

 39. EULOPHIA R. Br. 



Sect. I. EuLOPHiA proper ; column not produced into a foot. 



* Leaves beginning to appear at flowering time, 

 ft Pseudobulb tuberous hypogaeal; leaves elliptic-lanceolate ; scape 

 simple. 



§ Lip longer than broad, side-lohes short. 



36. EuLOPHiA Oampbellii Prain; leaves elliptic-acuminate, scape 

 with narrow loose oohreate sheaths, bracts lanceolate shorter than the 

 ovary, sepals linear-oblong, petals broadly elliptic-acute, lip narrowly 

 ovate-oblong, tip shortly 2-lobed, lobes crenate, disc with three yellow 

 callose ridges fimbriate anteriorly. 



Chota Nagpur : Manbhum; Pokhuria, Campbell 7560! Singbhum; 

 Gidung, near Manharpur, BtirhilVs Collector 19734! 



Stem slender. Leaves 3-5, many-nerved. Scape 10-12 in., slender throughout; 

 raceme laxly 6-8-flowered; bracts "25 in.; sepals "5 in. long, '15 in. wide, green, 

 brownish towards the apex; petals as long as sepals, '25 in. wide, in colour the same ; 

 lip '5 in. long, '25 in. wide, greenish white with numerous spreading and recurved 

 lilac purple veins ; disk with three strong yellow ridges, the central becoming obso- 

 lete towards base of lip ; the central throughout and the lateral for their anterior 

 two-thirds covered with projecting papillae ; spur obsolete. 



The tuberous roots of this plant are eaten after being boiled in the Singbhura 

 district; it is there known as Jad^^, Sanga. 



Tribe III.— Neottiej;. 



9ib. LECANORCHIS Bl. 



Terrestrial leafless herbs; scapes ei-ect, simple or branched from a 

 branching rootstock ; sheaths of scapes remote, of rhizome more ap - 



