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GENUS X. lONE. 



Crynandria IWonaiidpla. Sex.- Sgsti 



Gtss, Chak. Sepals, membranaceous, equal at the base, 2-lipped : 

 lateral ones parallel, usuiaUy connate, placed under the lip : petals 

 dwarf: Hp posticous, entire, larger or equal to the sepals, mem- 

 branaceous at the margin, striated in the middle, fleshy, usually 

 produced into a dagger-shaped apex: column dwarf, haJf-terete, 

 free, mutioous, drawn out at the base : pollen masses 4, adnate in 

 pairs to 2 distinct cartilagiuous oval glands. — Epiphytes, pseudo- 

 bulbous : leaves solitary, coriaceous : scape radical, spiked : bracts 

 membranaceous^ sometimes spathaceous, longer than the flowers. 



(1) I. Khasiana. (ImdL) 



Lindl. fol. oroh. 1853, p. 3. 



Syn. Dipodium Khasiyanum, Chriff. not. p. 354: ic. t. S2T, 

 Jiff. 2. 



Spec. Char. Leaves linear-oblong, emarginate, equalliug the 

 filiform scape : spike flexuose : bracts lax, narrow, distant, equalling 

 the flowers : lateral sepals connate : petals round, serrulate : lip 

 panduriform-thomboid obtuse, middle one serrated, quite entire in 

 front with two lines elevated as far as the middle : flowers small, 

 sepals white streaked with violet, lip deep violet with two white 

 streaks. 



Khasia hUls. 



(2) I. eAWDiDA. fZindl/ 



Ment. Lindl. 1. c. 



Spec. Cbcae. Leaves Hnear-oblong, emarginate, equalling the' 

 filiform scapes : spikes sub-fiexuose : bracts shorter than the flowers : 

 sepals all free : petals ovate, acute, ciliate-flmbriate : lip ovate, 

 fimbriated at the base, serrulate towards the apex, drawn out into a 

 long thick apex : flowers pure white. 



Khasia lulls. 



GENUS' XI. BOLBOPHTLLXTM. 



Crynandria Rlonandvta. Sex: Systi 



' , Beriv. Erom Bolhos, a bulb, and Phyllon, a leaf; the -leaves 

 always spring from a pseudo-bulb. 



Gejt. Char. Sepals erect, acuminate, almost equal, lateral ones 

 connate with the foot of the column and oblique at the base : petals 



