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(6) V. (?) PULCHELLA. {R. W.) 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 1671. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves narrow, strap-shaped, deeply 2-cleft at the 

 apex, segments divaricate : racemes short, many-lowered : sepals 

 and petals equal, obovate, cimeate : lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes short, 

 obtuse, midie one ovate, fimbriated, with a large inflated sack at 

 the base : flowers green or yellowish, passing into white dashed 

 with purple. 



Kartairy falls, Neilgherries, pendulous from trees. 



GENUS XVII. OBEEONIA. 



6ynandi>ia Monandria. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Sepals spreading or reflexed, usually equal, free : 

 petals smaller than the sepals, agreeing with them in shape or 

 linear, sometimes eroded: Ep ascending, not articulated with the 

 column, various in shape, usually elongated, always more or less 

 distinctly 4-lobed : lateral lobes sometimes dentiform, intermediate 

 ones almost connate : column very small, free, with an elevated 

 stigma : anther 2-ceUed : poUen masses 2, pyriform, solid. — ^Herbs 

 growing on trees and rocks, usually stemless, leaves always dis- 

 tichous : scape usually two-edged : flowers sometimes verticillate 

 on a very long raceme, sometimes alternate, green or yellow. 



(1) 0. Bktooniana. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. t. 1622. 



Spec. Chas. Leaves ensiform, succulent, nearly as long as the 

 raceme : stem compressed at the base, furnished near the apex with 

 a short narrow falcate sheathing leaf or common bract: raceme 

 compact : bracts ovate, denticulate, acute : sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 reflexed, a little longer than the narrow lanceolate petals: lip 

 entire, broad, cordate at the base, obtusely 3-lobed at the apex, the 

 middle one small or sometimes obsolete : lip and sepals dark 

 brownish, petals pale yellowish. 



lyamullay hills, near Coimbatore, flowering in June and July. 



(2) 0. PLATTCATIIOir. fR. WJ. 



Jdent. Wight L c. t. 1623. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves long, narrow ensiform ; stem flatly com- 

 pressed, nearly as broad as the leaves : raceme lax, flowers longish 

 pedicelled : bracts ovate, acute, the length of the ovary, flmbriate 

 on the margin : sepals ovate, lanceolate, acute : petals narrow. 



