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lilac ; capsules club-shaped, 6-angled ; flowers yellow. Southern 

 Concan. Syn. Vanda parviflora, Lind. in Bot. Reg. 1844, 

 Misc. 57. 



4. A Maculosum, -Lind. Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 58. — Leaves 

 coriaceous, plain, oblique at the apex, obtuse ; racemes dense, 

 nodding, subpaniculate ; sepals round-oblong ; petals the same, 

 double the breadth ; lip ovate, entire, with a tooth on each side at 

 the base, and a tubercle between ; flowers spotted all over with 

 light-purple, on a pale rose-coloured ground. Pretty common in 

 tlie Concan jungles. 



13. CYMBIDIUM, Swartz. 



1. C AloifoiiIum, Swartz. — Leaves long ensiform, coriaceous, 

 oblique, obtuse ; racemes pendulous, many-flowered ; bracts minute ; 

 petals and sepals lanceolate, somewhat obtuse; lip revolute ; lateral 

 lobes acute, middle one oblong, obtuse ; petals and sepals yellowish- 

 red ; lip dark-liliic, tending to purple. One of our largest Orchids; 

 it grows in great bunches on the branches of trees, and even on 

 Palms. Alibaug, Chowreekhind, Salsette. Syn. Epidendrum aloi- 

 foHum, Linn. sp. PI ; iErides borassi, Smith in Rees Cyclop. ; 

 Wight Ic. 1687-88. 



14. LUISIA, Gaudichand. 



1. L Tenuifolia, Blume Rumph. iv, p 50. — Leaves sub- 

 cylindric (terete); umbels subsessile ; sepals linear-obtuse, spreading, 

 mucronate below the point, shorter tban the oblony; hnear obtuse 

 subfalcate petals and lip ; lip oblong convave, with 3 callosities on 

 the disk, auricled at the base, membranaceous, 2-lobed at the apex ; 

 sepals yellowish-green ; lip purple, streaked with paler lines. 

 Southern Concan. Wight Ic. 911 ; Syn. Cymbidium tenuifolium, 

 Willd. sp; Epidendrum tenuifolium, Litin. 



15. GEODORUM, R. Br. 



1. G. PuRPUREUM, Roxb. — Bulbs undivided, roundish, smooth ; 

 leaves oval, many-nerved, plaited ; scape longer than the leaves ; 

 spike oblong, pendulous ; flowers rather distant, rose-coloured or 

 purple, with the lip sharp-pointed. In the Warree Country. 

 Syn. Malaxis nutans, Willd. iv, 93 ; Limodorum nutans, Roxb. 

 Cor. PI. 1 , «. 40 ; Rheed. Mai. xi, t. 35. 



2. G. DiLATATUM, K. Br. — Bulb biennial, nearly round ; leaves 

 broad-lanceolate, 5-nerved, plaited, a little waved round the 

 margins, smooth, 6 to 12 inches long, 3 to 4 broad ; scape about 

 twice the length of the leaves or shorter, with a few sheathing 



