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mucro : clinandrium vertical : stigma transverse, sub-rotund, beak 

 short, obscure, emarginate : pollen masses waxy, twin : caudicle 

 subulate, longer than the pollen masses : glaad small, sub-rotund : 

 anther ovate, 2-oelkd, valves half free.— Herbaceous epiphytes : 

 leaves coriaceous, distichous, oblique at the apex : flowers densely 

 racemose, fleshy, brittle, yellow spotted: peduncles short, stifi; 

 lateral bracts broad, short, for a long time persistent. 



(1) A. WioHTiANA. (LindlJ 



Ident. Lindley fol. orchid. 1853, p. 2. 



Syn. Vanda "Wightiana, Wight's. Icon. t. 1670. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves obliquely 2-lobed : racemes dense, sessile, 

 dwarf: sepals and petals very obtuse: lip ovate, obtuse, fimbriated, 

 two-homed at the base; spur hairy within: flowers yellowish, 

 dashed with dark crimson or purplish spots ; lip nearly white, with 

 a red line at the base of the lamina. 



"Wild on trees, lyamuUay hUls, Malabar. 



(2) A. coNGESTA. (lAndLj 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. 



Syn. Vanda congesta, lAndl, in Bot. Reg. 1839, Mise. 94. 



Spec Chae. Leaves elongated, channelled, obliquely 2-lohed, 

 with an interjacent mucro; racemes sub-sessile, dwarf: lip rhomboid, 

 acutangular, papillose, middle line elevated: spur hairy within, 

 elevated line mucronate above : flowers small, yellow and brown. 



Southern Peninsula. 



(3) A. papulosa. {lAndl.) 

 Ident. LindL 1. c. 



Syn. Saccolabiiim papillosum, Lindl. gen. and sp. orch. p. 222. 

 — Cymbidium prcemorsum. Swan. Nov. Act. Ups. I. 75, Willd. iv. 

 103. — Epidendrum prcemorsum, Roxh — Aerides undulatum, Sm. in 

 Eees. Cyel. 



Migrav. Eheede Mai. xii. t. 4. — Roxb, Cor. L t. 43. — Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 1552. 



Spec Chae. Stem elongated, branched; leaves obtuse, obliquely 

 emarginate, with an interjacent mucro : racemes sessile, dwarf: Up 

 ovate, oblong, papillose, elevated in the middle, spur hairy within : 

 auricles confluent in front : flowers small, variegated with red and 

 yeUow : lip white. 



Malabar. East Bengal and Chittagong. Circars. Flowering in 

 the hot season. 



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