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• GENUS VII. J08EPHIA. 



Cynandria monaudrla. Sex: 



Beriv, IsTamed after Br. Joseph Dalton !5ookel', tie eminent 

 Botanist. 



Geh-. Chae. Perianth globose, closed: sepals ee[Tial, ' ovate, 

 sub-orhicular, lateral ones incumbent on tjie Up,: petals obovate, 

 oblong, obtuse, a little shorter than the sepals :, lip connate mth 

 the base of the column, fleshy, v^ntricose at the base, ecalcarate, 

 constricted in the middle, limb entire, sub-orbicular, emarginate : 

 column erect, clavate, half-round : anther imperfectly 2-ceIled : 

 pollen-masses 4, parallel, oblong, clavate, sessile on the dilated 

 shidd-like ^glaad. — Epiphytic plants : leaves long-petioled, cori- 

 aceous : scapes erect, panicled, many-flowered ; jftowers coiigested 

 towards the ends of th^ branches, pedicelled and furnished with a 

 minute ovate acute persisteht bract. 



(1) J. LAirCEOLATA. fR. W.J 



IdenL "Wight's Icon. v. t. 1742. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves eUiptic-lanceolate, acute at both ends: 

 scapes a little longer than the leaves, naked, panicled : branches of 

 the panicle racemose : flowers whitish, tinged with purple, lip 

 reddish lilac. 



Brfinches of trees below Heddiwuttum, Neilgherries ; flowering in 

 August and'Septeml)er. 



(2.) J. LATirOLIA. [R. W.J 



lAent. Wight 1. c.t. 1743, 



Spec. Chas. Leaves broad-oval, very obtuse or round above, 

 tapering below into the iongish sulcated petiole : scape panicled, 

 about twice the length of the leaves, scaly, branches of the panicle 

 short : flowers congested, sub-capitate. 



Branches of trees on the Piilney mounta,Lns, flowering in August 

 and September. The flowers erf this curious genus are annually 

 renewed on the old scapes. 



^GENTJS VIII. CCELOGYNE. 



^ynaudrla IflonandErla. Sex: Syat: 



Deriv. From Kbilos, hoUow, and Qyne, female, alluding to the 

 "form of the stigma. 



Gen. Chab. Sepals connivent or spreading, free, equal, petaloid, 

 usually obtuse .at the base : petals of the same form or much 



