397 



(6) P. RlCHABDIAlfTJS. (K W.J 



Rent. Wight 1. c. t. 1697. 



Spec. Chae. Stem leafy from the base : leaves ovate, lanceolate, 

 acute, scarcely sheathing at the base : spike somewhat compact • 

 bracts broad, ovate, shorter than the ovary : sepals and petals 

 equal : lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes filiform, subulate, erect, longer 

 than the sepals, middle one short, fleshy, conical, .blunt-pointed, 

 furrowed in front, shorter than the inflated bladdery spur : flowers 

 greenish-white. 



NeUgherries in pastures. 



<7) P. Exmts. fR. W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1698. 



S^n. P. robustior Wight I. c. t. 1699. 



Spec. Ghab. Stem nated or slightly sheathed at the base, leafy 

 in the middle : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, acute, tapering at the 

 base into a short petiole, slightly sheathing : scape very long and 

 slender, furnished with a few remote scales : flowers numerous : 

 bracts ovate, acute, about half the length of the ovary : sepals and 

 petals ovate, bluntish, about equal : lip concave at the base, 3-lobed, 

 lateral lobes long, filiform, acute, cirrhate at the point, middle one 

 much shorter, straight : spur short, inflated at the apex, with a 

 narrow neck. 



Pulney mountains, flowering in September. 



GENUS XLIX. CJELOGLOSSUM. 

 Ciynandrla IVfonancIria. Sex: Syat: 



Deriv. Prom Koilos hollow, and Oloasa, a tongue. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals connivent, equal, free : petals conformable, 

 adnate to the claw of the lip : Up fleshy, clawed, spurred, 3-parted, 

 disc usually tubercled : claw very fleshy, concave, ascending, 

 margin sometimes eroded and glandular, usually (or always) bearing 

 2 fleshy clavate processes springing from the mouth of the spur, 

 parallel, adnate : anther small, shorter than the cavity of the claw, 

 lobes ascending from the base, adnate to a short 3-toothed beak: 

 glands naked. — Herbs : roots testiculate, stem leafy or sheathing :' 

 flowers minute. 



(1) C. BENSUM. {LindhJ 

 Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 302. 



Spec. Chae. Stem leafy : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sensibly 

 decreasing: spike oblong, dense: bracts acuminate equalling the 



