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numerous, yellow, loosely racemed, long-pedicelled, bracts ovate, 

 subulate : sepals sub-obovate lanceolate, narrower tban tbe obovate 

 very obtuse petals : middle lobe of lip smaller, S-crested. 



Travancore forests, flowering in the rains. 



(2) C. Ftjsca. fB. W,J 



Ident. "Wight's loon. 1. c. t. 1690. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves long lanceolate, plicate : scape straight, 

 many-flowered : sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, longer than the 

 broader ovate-lanceolate petals : Up obsoletely 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 short, roundish, middle one oblong, undulate, pointed, the disc 

 covered with minute papilla : base of the colijmn prolonged, obtuse, 

 forming with the lip a large inflated spurious spur : sepals dull 

 reddish brown or lilac, ascending, petals and Up much paler. 



On rocky clefts among turf by the Kartaiiy falls, near Kaity, 

 NeHgherries, flowering in May and June ; also on hills near Conoor. 



GEinJS XXXTX. CETPTOCHILUS. 

 C^ynandvia Mouandpia. Sex: Syst. 



JDeriv. From Kryptos, hidden, and Cheilos, a Up. 



Gen. Chae. Perianth tubular, contracted at the throat, gibbous 

 at the base in front : sepals almost entirely connate, free at the 

 apex only : petals free, a Utile smaUer : Up imdivided, free, con- 

 tintious with the prolonged base of the column : column semi-terete, 

 clinandrium 4-toothed : anther 2-celled : poUen masses 8, adhering 

 by four pairs to a common gland. — Terrestrial : pseudo-bulbs aggre- 

 gated : leaves semi-coriaceous, striated : " spike secund, many- 

 flowered : flowers blood red, pubescent, 



(1) C. sanstjutea. (Wall.} 

 Idmt. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 193. 



Migrav. "Wright's Icon. t. 1757. — WaR. tent. flor. nep. t. 26. 

 Khasia mountains. 



GENUS XL. ETJLOPHIA. 



Crynandria monandria. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. From MulopJios, a handsome crest, aUuding to the Up 

 bearing elevated Unes or ridges. 



G-EN. Chak. Perianth flattened out, sepals and petals ascending, 

 almost equal, either altogether free or connate with the more or less 



