381 



(7) C. ALATUM. (Roxh.j 



Eoxb. 1. c. p. 459. 



Spec. Chab. Stems bulbiform, aggregated : leaf solitary from 

 the apex of each, bulb, lanceolar : scapes rising from the base of the 

 bulbs, drooping, many-flowered : column much incurved : lamina 

 2-lobed : flowers small, tinged with rusty red. 



Chittagong forests, flowering in April and May. 



GEiniS XXXVII. ACANTHOPHIPPIUM. 



Crynandria Konandria. Sex: Sysu 



Gen. Chae. Perianth ventricose : sepals agglutinated, lateral 

 ones to the claw of the column, dorsal one vaulted with the spathu- 

 late petals : lip clawed, elasticaUy articulated with the prolonged 

 base of the column, limb 3-lobed undivided, folded upon itself: disc 

 lamellate: anther fleshy, 2-celled: pollen masses 8, unequal, 

 sessile. — Terrestrial, sub-caulescent : stem bulbous below, sheathed : 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, plicate : peduncle sheathed, few-flowered : 

 flowers showy. 



(1) A. SrtHEiENSE. fidndl.j 

 Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 177. 



Spec. Chak. Petals oblong-lanceolate, acutish : lateral lobes of 

 the lip acute : perianth obovate : leaves very large, white. 



Silhet. Khasia hills. 



GEIOJS XXXVIII. CYETOPEEA. 



Crynandvia Monandvla. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chah. Perianth flattened out, sepals and petals ascending, 

 almost equal, connate with the. prolonged claw of the column: lip 

 without a spur, concave, sub-ventricose, 3-lobed, veins of the axis 

 callous or crested or tubercled : column semi-terete, margined : anther 

 1 — 2-celled : pollen masses 2, posticously 2-lobed, caudicle short, 

 sub-triangular. — Terrestrial : leaved pUcate : stems fleshy, fusiform 

 elongated, or abbreirated flowers racemose, showy, scapes radical. 



(1) C. CtrLLENn. fR. W.J 

 Ident. "Wight's loon. v. t. 1754. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, plaited : scape 

 slender, angular, somewhat drooping towards the apex: flowers 



