370 



(4) A. cEPHAioiEs. fZmdl.J 



Lindl. 1. c. p. 3. 



Spec. Ghae. Eacemes capitate, shorter ttan the stiff scaly 

 pedimcle : lip ovate, pub-cordate, papillose, crumpled, spur short 

 conical, villous within: auricles fleshy,. confluent: flowers yellowish 

 green, with transverse bars of brown purple, posterior lip very 

 pale rose with deeper spots, much fimbriated on the disc. 



Silhet, on the plains. 



(5) A. EXCAVA.TA. (lAnM.) 



Ident. Lindl. L o. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves straight, flat, one lobe truncated, toothed,, 

 the other longer, round : racemes sessile, dwarf : sepals and petals 

 Harrow, dorsal one larger: lip ovate, acute, excavated, bas& 

 1 -toothed, spur hairy within. 



"Western India. Concan. Colour of flowers unknown. 



GENUS XXVI. PHAJTJS. 



Cynandpia monandpia. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Phaios, shining, alluding to the beauty of some- 

 of the species. 



Gest. Chae. Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading, free : lip 

 usually hooded, adnate with the base of the column, spurred, entire 

 or 3-lobed, usually keeled above, lamellose or crested: column 

 erect, continuous with the ovary, semi-terete, marginate, elongated: 

 anther 8-celled: poUen masses 8, almost equal. — Terrestrial: caules- 

 cent or stemless: leaves broad, plicate: scapes radical: flowers, 

 showy. 



(1) P. oEAWDiFOLius. fZovr.J 



Ident. Lour. flor. Coch. — Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 126. 



Syn. Limodorum TankerviUise, Ait. — Boxl. flor. Ind. III. 46ff. 

 — L. IncarviUei, Fers^ 8yn. — Pachyne spectabHis, Salisb. — Bletia 

 TahkerviUiae, £. Br. in Sort. Kew. 



ikgrm. Bot. Mag. 44, t. 1924. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless: leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute : sepals 

 and petals oblong-lanceolate, two-coloured within : lip oblong, 

 hooded, entire, crisp, emarginate at the apex : spur curved, 



