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spreading, many-flowered : bracteas minute ovate : sepals and petals 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, about equal: lip 3-lobed, united with, 

 the base of the column, callosity on the disk longitudiual : lateral 

 lobes acute, the middle one roundish, fleshy, incise crenate. 



Branches of trees in Malabar. 



(3) D. BAEBATUixna:. (lAnM.) 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 84. 



Mtgrwv. "Wight 1. c. t. 910. 



Spec. Chab. Stems terete, aphyllous : racemes lateral and 

 terminal, many-flowered : sepals ovate acuminate ; petals obovate, 

 acute, larger than the upper sepal : lip flat, obovate obtuse, 

 apiculate, entire, bearded at the base : flowers pale straw-coloured. 



Trees in Malabar, Conoans. Elowering in the cold season. 



(4) D. HITMILE. CM. W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. o. t. 1643. 



Syn. D. microbolbon, A. Eich. Ann. Soe. Nat. xv. t. 8. 



Spec. Chae. Caespitose: pseudo-bulbs ovate, covered with the 

 sheaths of fallen leaves, leaves often wanting, when present one or 

 two from the apex of the bulb, linear-lanceolate, about the length of 

 the scape : raceme erect, 4 — 8-flowered : bracts small, linear, 

 subulate : lateral sepals acute, sub-falcate, forming with the process 

 of the column an acute spur, posterior divaricate-lanceolate : petals 

 lanceolate, narrower than the posterior sepal: lip large, 3-lobed, 

 middle lobe crenulate, crisp, sub-orbicular, lateral ones entire, or 

 slightly crenate: flowers greenish-yellow, tipped with pink, lip 

 pink, with darker crimson lines. 



lyamullay hiUs, on trees. Flowering in July and August. 



(5) D. Jbedoniaitdm. fB. W.J 



Ident. "Wightl. c. t. 1644. 



Spec. Chab. Erect, stems jointed, thickening upwards, inter- 

 nodes about the length of the leaves: leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 succulent, forked at the apex : racemes axillary, short, 2 — 3- 

 flowered : bracts minute : flowers long pediceUed, calcarate : 

 lateral sepals much produced at the base, posterior ones and petals 

 equal, all linear lanceolate, acute : lip sinuately undulated on the 

 margin, obovate, forming with the long base of tbe column a short 

 conical spur : flowers deep orange-coloiir, lip conforming, or a little 

 redder. 



Coorg Jungles, lyamullay hiUs. Flowering in August and 

 September. 



