386 



(5) C. TAGDrATA.. (Lindl.J 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 7. 



Spec. Ceae. Scape densely imbricated with, sheaths : raceme 

 dense, conical, tomentose : bracts longer than the flowers : segments 

 of the 4-lobed lip equally broad, obtuse, crest warty, antrorsely 

 hispid : spur longer than the lip. 



Assam. 



(6) C. PEEOTETin. fA. Rich.) 



Ident. A. Eich. in Ann. Sc. ser. 2, xv. 68. — Lindl. fol. orch. 1. c. 



Engram. "Wight 1. c. t. 1664. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves elUptic, plicate, acute : scape longer than 

 the leaves furnished with distant sheathing scales : raceme lax : 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, length of the ovary : sepals and petals nearly 

 equal, ovate, obtuse : lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes lanceolate, middle 

 one much larger, truncately 2 — 3-lobed, lobes spreading : spur 

 slender, straight, longer or about the length of the lip : flowers light 

 lUac, Hp with a deeper tinge. 



Neilgherries, flowering in July and August. 



(7) C. VEBATErFOUA. ( R. Br.) 



Ident. E. Br. in Bot. Eeg. t. 720. — Lindl. 1. c. p. 8. Gen. and 

 sp. p. 249. 



Syn. Amblyglottis flava, Bl/ume. C. comosa, Rehh. f. in Idnn. 

 six. 374. Limodorum veratrifoUum, Willd. sp. iv. 122. 



Engrm. Griff. Icon. t. 283, fig. 4. — Etunph. Amb. vi. t. 52, 

 flg. 2.— Blume bidjr. 370, t. 64. 



Spec. Chae. Scape straight, longer than the oblong acute leaves: 

 bracts oblong, concave : racemes dense, many-flowered : lip 4-lobed, 

 furrowed and glandular at the base : spur filiform, pendulous, a 

 little longer than the lip : flowers pure white. 



Peninsula, Neilgherries. There are varieties, one a dwarf form 

 with a dirty brown lip and pale purple central stain, and another 

 with white flowers changing to buff. 



(8) C. AusiLsiFOLiA. f Lindl.) 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 8 — 9. 



Spec. Chad.. Leaves ovate-sub-rotund, very long petioled, glau- 

 cescent beneath : lateral segments of the 4-lobed lip linear, inter- 

 mediate one deeply obcordate, caUus very large, fleshy, bright yellow, 

 tubercled near the base : spur scarcely equsil to the lip : flowers 

 white tinged with pink, excepfr the sepals, which are roundish and 

 somewhat ^een. 



"Khasia. 



