393 



axillary or lateral, longer tliaii the leaves, sometimes compound", 

 the lower 2 outer petals rounded, lip -with broad-cordate lamina, 

 with a short obtuse horn beneath: capsules triquetrous: flowers 

 light purple and white, purple dotted. 



Silhet, flowering in the hot season. 



GENUS XLVI. APETALON, 

 Crynandvia monandpia. Sex: Syst: 



Deri/o. From A derivative and Petalon a petal. 



Gen. Chae. Perianth bilabiate : posterior sepal large, 3-lobed, 

 lobes very obtuse, middle one larger, somewhat obovate-orbicular : 

 anterior ones resting on the lip, cohering nearly half their length, 

 the two forming 'a single, sub-orbicular cleft sepal : petals none : 

 lip shorter than the sepals, broad, truncated at the apex, disc fleshy 

 and punctuate, margins petaloid : column erect, clavate ; anther 

 terminal, 2-ceIled : pollen masses granular. 



(1) A. MTNUOTM. f B.W.J 



Bent. Wight's Icon. v. t. 1758—1. 



Spec. Chab! _ Whole plant about 3 inches high, leafless (?) : 

 scape erect, famished with a few scales bearing 3 — 4 globose, 

 apparently unexpanding, flowers at the apex : bracts ovate, large in 

 proportion to the plant. 



Near Sultan's Battery in Coorg, under a clump of Bamboos. 



GENTJS XLVII. PLATANTHERA. 

 Crynandvla IWonandvia. Sex: Syst: 



Geh- Chae. Elowers galeate : sepals nearly equal, upper one 

 connivent with the petals iato a kind of fork, lateral ones con- 

 verging or reflexed : petals erect, nearly equal to the sepal : lip 

 anterior, spurred, entire or undivided, connate with the base of the 

 column : anther with the cells diverging at the base : glands naked : 

 stigma with the upper lip (beak) flat, adnate to the anther : pro- 

 cesses fleshy. — Herbs with the habit and nature of the genus Orchis, 



(1) P. LUTBA. (R.W.J 



Bent, Wight's Icon. t. 919. 



Spec. Chab. Stem erect, lower half clothed with sheathing 

 scales, above leafy : leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute : bracts leafy. 



