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GENUS XVIII. CHILOSCHISTA. 



Crynandria Monandvla. Sex: Syst- 



Deriv. Prom CJieilos, a lip, and Sehistos, cut, aUuding to 'the 

 divisions of the lip. 



Gen. Chak. Perianth somewhat closed : petals larger than the 

 sepals, adnate with the lateral sepals to the prolonged base of the 

 column : Up articulated with the claw of the column, bipartite, 

 crested in ttie middle : column very small, erect, half-terete : pollen 

 masses two : caudiole short, subiilate,gland very small. 



(1) C. TTSNEOiDEs. (Mndl.) 



Idmt. Liadl. gen. andsp. p. 219. 



Syn. Epidendum usneoides, Don. fior. Nep. p. 37. 



Mngrm. "Wight's Icon. t. 1741. 



Spec. Chae. Low herbaceous hairy leafless epiphyhyte: roots 

 flattened, green : spikes erect : flowers whitish, or cream-coloured. 



Wynaad. Northern slopes of the Neilgherries, on branches of 

 trees, flowering in April. 



GENUS XIX. APOEUM. 



Crynandvia Monandrla. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Aporux, a running shoot, alluding to the appearance 

 of the plants. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals fleshy, erect, lateral ones larger, oblique, 

 connate vnth the base of the column. : petals smaller than the upper- 

 most sepal : lip articulated with the foot of the column, posticous, 

 undivided or 3-lobed, limb crested, callous or naked : column half- 

 terete, far drawn out at the base : anther sessile, 2-oelled, sometimes 

 membranaceous at the apex : pollen masses 4, collateral by pairs. — 

 Caulescent epiphytes : leaves distichous, equitant, .2-edged: flowers 

 somewhat solitary, bursting from membranaceous scales. 



(1) A. ANCEPS. flmdl.J 



Ident. lindl. gen. and sp. p. 71. Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 487. 



Syn. Dendrobium anceps, 8w%. Willd. 



Mgrav. Bot.Eeg. t. 1239.— Bot. Mag. t. 3608. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves shaped Kke a scalpel, fleshy, acute : flowers 

 solitary or twin : sepals fleshy : lateral ones ovate, spreading, upper 



