367 



(14) D. pulchelltjm:. fRoxh.J 



Ident. Epxb. 1. c. p. 486.— Lindl. 1. c. p. 83. 



Spec. Ceak. Stems pendulous : leaves oMong-lanoeolate, sub- 

 pUoate : racemes lateral, straight, many-flowered : bracts short, 

 ovate, obtuse : sepals ovate-acuminate, somewhat ribbed : petals 

 oblong, obtuse, thinner and broader : Up clawed, shell-shaped, 

 very obtuse, ciliated, shorter than the petals : sepals white, petals 

 rose : Up yellowish with a red-orange spot at the base.' 



On trees and stones in the Khasia hills, flowering in May and 

 June. 



(15) D. PUMTLUM. fEoxLJ 

 Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p, 479. 



Spec. Cttap, Parasitic, stemless : leaves 3 — 4, rising from each 

 bulb, lanceolate, smooth, fleshy : scapes from the 3base of the 

 bulb : raceme villous, bearing many erect flowers : inner two petals 

 Unear : Up recurved, lamina somewhat 3-lobed : flowers yellow. 



Chittagong forests, flowering in the rains. 



(16) D. PENDULTTM. (BoxhJ 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 484. 



Spec. Chab. Stems simple, pendulous, contracted at the joints 

 and base, when old leafless : leaves bifarious, linear: flowers in 

 pairs from the joints of the old leafless stem, drooping: petals 

 neariy «c[ual, lanceolate : Up sub-orbieular, rshort-clawed: capsules 

 clavate, obscurely .6-«ribbed. 



Chittagong forests, flowering in the hot season. 



GENTJS XXIII. MYCAEANTHES. 



Ciynandria. lUoiiandria* Sex: SysU 



Gten. Chae. Sepals closed or patent, equal or im.equal, woolly 

 outside, lateral ones adnata to the foot of the column, not oblique.: 

 petals smaller: Up articulated with the prolonged base of the 

 column, 3-lobed, hooded, disc crested or appendiculate : column 

 dwarf, base prolonged, margins winged bent inwardly: anther 

 terminal, 2-ceUed, ceUs 4-locellate : poUen masses 8, small, ovate.' 

 — Caulescent herbs, growing on trees or rocks : leaves fleshy or 

 coriaceous, not pUcate : racemes terminal, many-flowered. 



