390 



Spec. Chas. Leaves strap-sliaped, oblique at the base, 2-lobed 

 at the apex with a tooth between : racemes straight, simple, many- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves : sepals and petals oval, anterior 

 ones larger : lip funnel-shaped : lateral lobes adnate to the foot of 

 the colnron, middle one sub-ouneate, roundish', 3-lobed at the apex : 

 disc crested with several crisp lines : spur short, conical : middle 

 lobe of the lip deep lUac : capsules club-shaped, 6-angled : flowers 

 yellow. 



. South Concan. Hills near Coimbatore, flowering in August and 

 September. 



(2) A. CEisptrM. (Lindl.J 



Ident. Lindl. 1. c. p. 239. 



Syn. A. Brookei, Bot. Reg, 1841. — ^Saccolabium epeciosum, 

 Wight I. c. t. 1674-5. 



Engrwo. Bot. Eeg. t. 55. 



Spbc. Chae. Leaves strap-shaped, obliquely emarginate at the 

 apex: panicle large, lateral branches few-flowered,, terminal one 

 long, drooping, many-flowered : sepals broad, ovate-elliptic, obtuse : 

 petals rhombeo-spathulate, lip 3-lobed, lateral ones small, orbicular, 

 middle one sub-triangular, crenate, truncated at the apex, spur 

 tapering, shorter than the lip, hooked outwards : fruit short, ob- 

 conical : flowers rose-coloured, lip more intense. 



Southern Concan. "Warree country. Courtallum. Palghaut 

 forests. Mowering in July and August. 



(3) A. LlNDLEYANTJM. f R.W.J 



Ident. "Wight 1. c. t. 1677.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 265. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves fleshy, coriaceous, Unear-oblong, oblique, 

 deeply emarginate at the apex : racemes erect, few-flowered : sepals 

 and petals obovate, sub-orbicular : anterior sepals somewhat larger, 

 and like the lip, thick and coriaceous : Hp 3-lobed, attached to the 

 point of the prolonged base of the column, lateral lobes small, 

 ovate, ventricose above, crisp on the margins, with a large fleshy 

 lobe at the base, closing the spur : spur short, rigid, inflexed under 

 the laminae : capsules large, obovate, long-pedioelled : flowers 

 pinkish-lilac, lip deeper coloured, very fragrant. 



Near Vingorla. Warree country. Kaitie falls. Hills near 

 Coonoor. Neilgherries. Flo-siring nearly all the year. 



