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(1) S. pisNiNsui.AB.i6, (Bak.) 



Ident. Dalzell in Hook. Joum. Bot. III. .p. 343. 



Syn. S. pauciflorus, Wight Icon. t. 1747. 



Spec. Chak. Stem simple, terete, flexuose, leafy, pendulous : 

 leaves linear-aouminaite, tliick, coriaceous, a little 3-edged : racemes 

 half the length of the leaves : spur as long as the flower, hom-Hke, 

 obtuse, pendulous, completely bilocular, the throat closed by two 

 tubercles : lip short, entire, ovate, obtuse, thick, fleshy, erect, 

 painted white and violet. 



On trees near Kirwee in the "Warree country, Malabar ; flowering 

 in July and August. 



(2) S. PiLrpoBMis. fR. W.J 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. v. t. 1684. 



Spec. Chae. Pendulous : leaves terete, filiform : spike simple, 

 ascending, much shorter than the leaves : sepals narrow-lanceolate, 

 posterior one larger : petals ovate, orbicular, obtuse, much longer - 

 than the sepals : Kp 3-lobed, lateral lobes erect, obtuse, middle one 

 ovate, acute, reflexed : spur slightly recurved, obtuse, as long as the 

 flower : capsule sub-cyHndrical, clavate : flowers orange-yellow 

 streaked with darker crimson lines. 



Annamullay forests, flowering in September and October. 



(3) S. EOSETTS. (R. W.J 



Ident Wight 1. c. t. 1685. 



Spec. Chae. Pendulous : leaves round, subulate, firm : racemes 

 spicate, ascending, compact : anterior sepal lanceolate, acute, pos- 

 terior one ILuear, obtuse : petals broad, orbicular : spur straight, 

 inflated at the point, produced into an ovate acute fleshy plate, 

 with a large globose callosity at the base, gland of the pollen large : 

 capsule small, ovate : flowers rose-coloured, petals green at the 

 base within. 



Neilgherries, flowering in August and September. 



GENUS XLIY. PODOCHILTJS. 



Crynandria ]fIoiiandria.. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Poms a foot, and Cheilos a Up the latter is jointed 

 with the foot of the column. 



Gen. Chae. — Perianth closed : sepals connate at the base, lateral 

 ones broader connate with the prolonged claw of the column : petals 

 narrower, . free : lip elasticaUy articulated with the foot of the 

 column, entire, clawed : column recumbent on the OTary, cUnan- 



