SUNIPIA. 
Buchanan Hamilt. in Rees Cycl. sub Steli. Lindl. Orch. Scel. LO., p. 179. 
cartilaginea, qualia, ringentia: lateralibus labello 
auppoaiis “a dorsali basi sejunctis. 
ETALA nana 
LaBELLUM posticum, ee sessile, sepalis minus, carno- 
sum, concavum, inappendiculatum. 
Convux nana, libera, mutica, basi vix producta. 
Poiinta 4, per paria caudiculis 2 distinctis apice are 
tens “plaudada nulla. Anthera dorso affixa, verticaliter 
valvi 
Herbs epiph gta, Himalensis, pseudobulbosa. Folia solitaria, 
coriacea. Scapus radicalis, apice spicatus. Bractese membranacee, 
spathacea, torus longiores. 
very peculiar — soon. 3 boda with two pairs of equal 
pollen-masses adhering to many tough terete elastic legs or caudicles 
i istinguishes this 
very clearly from all other genera having the habit Pron bed — 
Acrochezene, i i i i pay 
name Sunipia, (from Swnipiang an Indian word,) was sooied ot by Buchanan 
Hamilton to various Bolbophylls, among which this would 
at the time when he flourished. 
1, 8. scariosa. Lindley, in gear Cat., no. itt LO., no.1. 
Sert. Orch., Jrontisp., f. 8; with a good descript 
Ornithidium bracteatum. ii MS. 
Wild in the Kwasta ee eae T. Lobb; Nepat— 
W; 
allich; SrxxKrm-Himata , 5-6000 feet —J. D. Hooker, 
(v. 8. sp.) 
1 i ~ = htl elongated. Leaves from two to four 
Ge kee, b S Slee ee nae re Flowers white, ‘atid with 
ink, shorter than “gt noted , iumacein AR which, when closed, seem 
if their outline was triangular. Lip Rain d destitute of fringes. 
My specimens vary from five inches to a foot in height. 
Supposed species now referred to another genus. 
Sunipia bicolor — Ione bicolor. 
JAN. 10, 1853. 
