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(4) L. BEACHTSTACHTS. ( BVume.) 

 Ident Blume Eiunpliia, 64. — Lindl. 1. c. p. 3. 



Syn. Mesoclastes brachystachys, Lindl. gen. and ap. p. 45. — 

 Cymbidium triste, Roxb.flor. Ind. III. p. 461. 



Bngrm. Wigbt's Icon. t. 1689. 



Spec. Chae. Racemes eessile : sepals and: petals- nearly equal : 

 lip concave, constricted in tbe middle, furrowed at tbe ovate apex : 

 flowers pale pink, or yeUowisb, or greenisb yellow, lip dark, with 

 a few yellowisb spots. . 



Peninsula. Delta of the Ganges. Silhet. Khasia. Floweripg 

 in March and April. 



GENUS XIV. PANISEA. 



Gynandria Iflonandvla. Sex: Systs 



GEif. Char.' Sepals membranaceous^ lateral ones obtuse or 

 oblique at tbe base: petals of the same form, a; Httle' smaller: 

 lip undivided, membranaceous, altbgetKer bald, sigmoid at the base, 

 altogether free : column as in Coelogyne : pollen masses four, 

 collateral, waxy : caudiole and gland none : anther membranaceous, 

 moveable, 2-celled, inserted below the apex of the column. — Pseudo- 

 bulbous caespitose epiphyiies : leaves usually grassy, always thin : 

 racemes ra(fical, erect, 1 -many-flowered: bracts membranaceous: 

 flowers middle-sized, pale. 



(1) P. EEPiBXA. (Lindl.) 



Ident. Lindl. fol. orch. 



■ Syn. Androgyne, Griff. Notul. III. 279. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oval, solitary, long-petioled, much longer 

 than the nodding racemes : bracts ovate, bristly-acuminate, longer 

 than the pedicels : sepals and petals reflexed : Up linear, spathulate, 

 margin crisp towards the base, -White, with yeUow spots near the 

 base. 



Assam, on oaks. Ehasia. 



GENUS XV. SAECOPODIUM. 



Crynandrla aionandria. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Ckae. Sepals ringent, coriaceous or fleshy, lateral ones 

 drawn out at the base', adnate to the foot of the column, dorsal one 



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