400 



(3) S. ALBrPI,0ET7M. fRick.J 



Ident. Eich. 1. c. 



Engrm. "Wight 1. c. t. 1717. 



Spec. Chae. Cauline leaves oVate-oblong, acute, sessile, sheath- 

 ing at the base, gradually passing into ovate acute bracts : spikes 

 round, compact : bracts the length of the flowers, ovate-oblong, 

 acute, reflexed : lateral sepals thick, oblique, unequal-sided, sub- 

 faloate, obtuse : middle one obovate, oblong, obtuse : petals linear, 

 obtuse : spurs length of the ovary, gynostem short : upper lip of 

 the stigma 2-lobed, lobes very obtuse : flo-wers white, bracts 

 greenish-red. 



ISTeilgherries, in moist pastures, flowering from July to September. 



(4) S. 'WiaHTiAirDM:. (lAndZ.) 



Ident. Liudl. gen. and sp. p. 340. 



Bngram. "Wight 1. c. t. 1718. 



Spec. Chaii. Stem naked at the base, sheathed : oauUne leaves 

 ovate, acute, somewhat coriaceous, sessile, loosely sheathing at the 

 base : spike dense : bracts the length of the flowers, broad, ovate, 

 acute : lateral sepals oblique, ovate, obtuse, middle one narrower : 

 petals narrower, obtuse : spurs shorter than the ovary : upper lip of 

 the stigma obtuse, scarcely emargiaate, gynostem short : flowers 

 deep pink, bracts dull lUac. 



Neilgherries, flowering from July to September. 



GEN"[JS LII. PODAISTTHEEA. 



Crynandria Monandvia. Sex: Systi 



GrEN. Chae. Sepals and petals equal, narrow-lanceolate: Hp 

 calcarate, sessile, ovate-elliptic, acute, 3-crested on the disc, eroso- 

 dentate towards the apex : spur short, clavate : column short, 

 truncated in front : posteriorly the thick fleshy filament is produced 

 into an arched crest-like foot to the anther : anther 2-celled : poUen 

 masses granular, with a longish slender oaudicle. 



(1) P. PALLIDA. f R.W.J 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. v. t. 1759. 



Spec. Chas. Herbaceous, leafless, apparently parasitic and 

 colourless: scape 12 — 15 inches high, many-flowered, clothed with 

 short sheathing scales : bracts lanceolate, about the length of the 

 pedicels : lip large, marked with a few pale pink spots : capsule 

 ovate, nearly the leiigth of the sepals. 



"Wynaud forests^ in black vegetable soil. 



