366 



(10) D. Mach^i. (LinSl.) 



Ident Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 75. — DaJa. Bomb. flop. p. 260. 



Spec. Chae. Much branched : stems many, long and pendulous, 

 knotty, and with many oblong pseudo-bulbs: leaf 1, terminal, 

 short-oblong on the terminating pseudo-bulb : flowers solitary at the 

 base of the leaf, one in front and one behind, small, white : middle 

 lobe of the lip" much dUated, and the disk with 2 longitudinal fleshy 

 crests. 



On Jambool trees at the Earn Ghaut, flowering in August and 

 September. 



(11) D. LONGicoKNu. (LindLJ 



Merit. LindL 1. c. p. 80. 



Spec. Chak. Stems erect, hispid, flexuose : leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, very oblique at the apex : flowers fascicled or solitary, terminal : 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, hispid, much shorter than the pedicel: lateral 

 sepals connate into a long acuminate spur : petals conformable to the 

 upper sepal : lip infundibular, hooded, entire, dentate, growing to 

 the foot of the column : flowers white, lip yellow. 



Silhet, flowering in April. 



(12) D. FoaMOSUM:. fEoxb.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 485. — Lindl. 1. c. p. 81. 



Engrav. "Wall. pi. As. rar. I. t 39.— Bot. Eeg. r889, t. 64. 

 Paxt. vi. t. 49. 



Spec. Chae, Stems terete, pendulous, hairy : leaves distichous, 

 ■ovate, obKquely emarginate at th6 apex, obtuse.: raceme short, 

 terminal, 4-— 5 -flowered : bracts short, ovate : sepals oblong, acute, 

 lateral ones lengthened at the base^ petals twice broader, acute : lip 

 obovate, dilated, retuse, connate with the base of the column into an 

 ■obtuse spur : flowers very large, pure white, fragrant, middle lip 

 yeUow. 



Elhasia bills, flowaing in April and May. 



(13) D. EAMOSTJM. (lAnSl.) 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 82. 



Spec. Char. Stems pendulous, slender, branched, glabrous : 

 leaves lanceolate-acuminate, quite entire at the apex : flowers sub- 

 lacemose : bracts membranaceous, reflexed, obtuse : lateral sepals 

 obtuse, connate into a straight elongated horn : petals smaller : lip 

 hooded, acute, crisp. 



Pundua. 



