387 



(9) C. BENSiFMHA. fZmdl.j 



Idmt. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 250. — fol. orch. p. 9. 



Engram. Bot. Eeg. t. 1646. 



Sfec, Chab. Scape loosely sheathed much shorter than the 

 leaves: lip ohovate, ohtuse, 2-lobed, slightly connate with the 

 elongated column : spur long, straight, pendulous, clavate at the 

 apex : flowers apricot-yellow. 



SUhet. Assam. Khasia. ' 



GElSmS XLII. 8UNIPIA. 

 Crynandvia Mlonandvia. Sex: Syat: 



Berw. Prom Sunipiang, an Indian word. 



G-Etr. Chae. Sepals, cartilaginous, eq[ual,' ringent : lateral ones 

 placed under the fip, separated from the dorsal' one at the base : 

 petals dwaxf: lip posticous, entire, sessile, less than the sepals, 

 fleshy, concave, inappendiculate : column dwarf, .free, muticous, 

 scarcely lengthened out at the base : poUen masses 4, adnate by 

 pairs to 2 distiact caudicles contiguous at the apex : gland none : 

 anther affixed by the back, vertically 4-valved. — Pseudo-bulbous 

 epiphyte : leaves solitary, coriaceous : scape radical, spiked at the 

 apex : bracts membranaceous, spathaceous, longer than the flowers. 



(1) S. scAEiosA. flAndl.) 



Ideni. Lindl. in WaU. Cat. Ifo. 7373.— Gen. and sp. p. 179. 



Sgn. Omithidium bracteatum. Wall. Mas. 



Engram. Lindl. Sert. orch. frontisp. f. 8. 



Spec. Chae. Pseudo-bulbs small, ovate, slightly elongated: 

 flowers white, stained with pink : lip destitute, of fringes. 



Elhasia hills. 



GENUS XLIII. SAECANTHTJS. 

 (vyniaiidpla llloiiandria.. Sext Syst: 



Deriv. From Bm-x flesh, and Anfhos a flower. 



Gen. Chab. Perianth flattened : sepals and petals almost equal : 

 Up short spurred, ■ 3-lobed, fleshy, articulated with the column : 

 spur half 2-eeUed within : ' column erect, half-terete : anther 

 2-ceILed : pollen masses 2, posticously lobed, caudicle and gland 

 various. — Caulescent epiphytes : leaves distichous, flat or terete : 

 racemes leaf-opposed : flowers showy. 



