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branaceous, nerved, shorter than the erect, 2 — 3-flowered raceme : 

 bracts narrow, cymbiform, divaricate : middle lobe of the S-crested 

 3-lobed lip obtuse, sub-rotund, lateral 'ones shorter, flat : flowers 

 pure whit^, very fragrant. 



Dodabetta. Neilghierries. Flowering from May to October. 



(4) C. ocHKACEA. (Lin&l.) 



Ideni. Lindl. Bot. Eeg. 1846 ; fol. orch. 1. c. p. 5. 



EngrwB. Lindl. ut supra t 69.— Bot. Mag. t. 4661, 



Spec. Chab. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, 4-comered at the apex : leaves 

 narrow lanceolate, narrowed into the petiole, longer than the few» 

 flowered raceme, which is sheathed at the base by shining scales 

 nodding at the apex : sepals and petals narrow-lanceolate : lateral 

 . lobes of the 3-lobed lip which is pubescent within rotund, interme- 

 diate one acuminate obtuse, sinus denticulate or entire, with two 

 straightish entire plates which disappear within the middle of the 

 apex, a short elevated line with a tooth-bearing apex being inter- 

 jacent near the base : flowers pure white with bright orange yellow 

 blotches on the lip, very fragrant. 



Khasia. 



(5) C. GLANDTJiosA. f Lindl. J 



Idmt. Lindl. fbl. orch. 1. c. p. 6. 



Syn. C. nervosa, Wight I. e. t. 1638. 



Spec Chab. Pseudo-bulbs ovate, furrowed: leaves two, oblong- 

 lanceolate, nerved, sub-sessile, nearly equalling the erect nodding 

 many -flowered raceme : scape loosely sheathed at the base : bracts 

 persistent oblong acute, nearly equal to the flowers : lip ovate- 

 lanceolate, lateral lobes very obtuse, intermediate one ^hgue-shaped 

 with 3 elevated glandular-toothed lines : column some'iivhat 2-lobed : 

 flowers pure white, lip tinged with orange, bract reddish brown. 



NeUgherries, flowering in May and June. 



(6) C. NEEVOSA. fA. Rich.) 



Idmt. A. Rich, in Ann. Se. ser. 2, xv. p. 16. — Lindl. 1. c. (not 

 "Wight). 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs ovate : leaves two, coriaceous, round- 

 oval, sessile, shorter than the erect 2 — 4-flowered raceme : bracts 

 cymbiform, spreading, longer than the ovary: sepals and petals oblong, 

 of the same form : Up 3— 5-crested, middle lobe ovate acute, lateral 

 ones round obsolete. 



Neilgherries, on rocks sear Neddiwuttum. 



