348 

 (22) C. PE^cox. (LinAl,) 



Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 43-^fol. oroh. 1. c. p. 16 — 17. 



Syn. Epidendrum praecox. Smith Ex. flor. t. 97. — Pleione 

 prsBCox, Bon prodI p. 37.— G Wallichiana, Griffith notul. p. 402. 



Mngrajv. Bot. Mag. t. 4496. 



Spec. Chab. Pseudo-bulbs turbinate, umbcmate i leaves 3-many- 

 nerved with tuberded sheatbs : bracts obovate, longer than the 

 ovary : lip sub-repand, 2-cleft at the apez, apical half torn : veins 

 of the disc 5, dentate-crested : middle segments of the 4-parted 

 eUnandiium inflexed : flowers deep rose-coloured. 



Var. a. Leaves green : bracts very deciduous. 



Vwr. h. WalUohiana. — Leaves green : bracts deciduous : lip 

 plaited and toothed at the end, not lacerated, with the teeth of the 

 crests very short and confined to the disc. — C. "Wallichiana, Lindl. 

 gen. and sp. p. 43. — Bot. Mag. 1840. t 24. 



A. Khasia. B. Pundua. 



GEKTJS LX. COETMBIS. 



CSynandrla Monaudria. Sex: Syst-. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals linear, dilated at the apex, spreading: 

 dorsal one deeply adnate to the base of the column, lateral ones 

 equal at the base, connate : petals of the same ' form, free : lip 

 (dorsal) linear, channelled, embracing the column, with two ele- 

 vated lines running out into curved callosities, limb membranaceous, 

 dilated with two callosities at \bB base : column club-shaped, taper- 

 ing, much elongated after flowering : stigma ovate, 2-cleft : pollen 

 masses 4, twin, powdery : caudicle bristly : gland almost quadrate : 

 anther dorsal, ovate, muticous: capsule idbbed, crowned by the 

 very long haxdened slyle. 



(1) CL BisiiCEi. f Lindl. J 



Ident. Lindl. foL orch. 1854, p. 1. — Thenars hist, des pi. orch. 

 Afr. tt. 37—38. 



Syn. Centrosis? corymbosa, Thouwrs I. e. MacrostyHs disticha, 

 JSmM and Hassdt, g. and s. orch. (1827). 



Spec. Chae. Terrestial, arundinaceous : leaves membranaceous, 

 pKcate, sheathing : racemes brachiate, axillary : flowers sub-secund, 

 pale ; whitish-green, fragrant. 



Madras. Assam. 



