ACROCHAENE. 
Sepa.a explanata, membranacea, lateralibus majoribus trian- 
gularibus columne pedi producto adnatis, 
ra. 
Lapettum ce. pede columne articulatum, sicher 
complicatum, inappendiculatum, in columnam incumben 
Con setin ee mutica, basi longé producta. 
Por » globosa, apice rim& verticali fissa, caudiculis 
totidem seeetiieg apice contiguis a = ta. Glandula 0. Anthera 
membranacea, incumbens, 1-loculari 
Herbee epiphyte, Indie septentrionalis, pseudobulbose, Folia 
coriacea, Racemi radicales, erecti, laxe vaginati. 
What the true position of this and Sunipia may be is open to some — 
The presence of a tough terete caudicle to each pollen-mass points to Van- 
deze ; but there is certainly no free gland. The habit of the only species is 
uliar. 
1. Acrochene punctata. 
Pseudobulbus ovatus. Folium solitarium, cette ob- 
longum, 4 unciale, petiolo 33 unciali. Scapus radicalis, folio 
brevior, basi laxé inatus, squamis patulis lineari “insioealatis 
membranaceis vestitus, apice racemosus. Bractese squamis con- 
formes, ovario vix equales. Flores stramimei, sanguineo-punctati. 
Sepalum dorsale erectum, ovatum, obtusum ; lateralia triangularia. 
Petala uninervia, fimbriata. Labellum complicatum, trilobum ; 
lobis lateralibus erectis obsoletis serrulatis, mtermedio recurvo 
plano obtuso 
Wild in the Srigrae Hntaravs at the height of 4000 feet 
—J. D. Hooker, (v. s. sp. et te. pict.) 
Jan. 10, 1853, 
