380 



cj'pec. Chab. Leaves long ensiform, coriaceous, oblique, obtu^^, ■ 

 racemes pendulous, many-flowered : bracts minute : petals and 

 sepals lanceolate, somewhat obtuse : lip revolute : lateral lobes 

 acute, middle one oblong, obtuse : petals and sepals yeUowish-red, 

 lip dark lilac, tending to purple. 



On branches of trees and Palms throughout the Peninsula. 

 Salsette. Garrow lulls. Khasia mountains. Flowering in March 

 and April. 



(4) C. EEEcnm. f R.W.J 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1753. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves Ugulate, succulent, rigid, deeply and 

 obliquely emarginate : racemes erect, many-flowered : bracts small, 

 fleshy : sepals linear, somewhat obtuse, narrower than the lanceo- 

 late acute petals : lip 3-lobed, middle one pubescent, and revolute 

 at the apex, lateral ones acute : plates linear, straight : flowers 

 reddish-yellow, deepening to purple along the middle line, limb of 

 the lip purplish-red, yellowish near the base. 



lyamally hills, near Coimbatore, flowering in August and 

 September. 



(5) C. PEnrDXTLtrM. (Swwttz.) 



Ident. Swartz 1. c. — Lindl. 1. c. p. 165. 



Syn. Epidendrum pendulum, JSoa;S.^or. Ind. III. p. 458. 



EngrwB. Eoxb. Cor. I. t. 44. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves ensiform, coriaceous, obliquely obtuse : 

 racemes pendulous, many-flowered : bracts minute : petals and 

 sepsds linear-oblong, obtuse : lateral lobes of the 3-lobed Hp acute, 

 intermediate one ovate, acute : plates continuous, approximate, con- 

 fluent at the apex : flowers striated with red and yellow. 



SiLhet. Peninsula. Plowering in the hot season. 



(6). C. APHTLLTTM. (Swmt%.) 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 462. 



Engrm. Eoxb. Cor. 1. 1. 41. 



Spec. Chae. Eoots fibrous : stems several, simple, diffuse or 

 pendulous, naked, round, jointed at every inch, at each joint a small 

 membranaceous scale, leafless : flowers sessile, single, issuing from 

 the joints: lip large, incurved at the sides near the base, outer 

 portion 6-parted : margins curled, waved ciliated, pale sulphur. 



Dry rocky hUls, rare. 



