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GENUS Xin. DIPLOCENTEUM. 

 Gynandrla Monandrta. Sewi Spit: 



Deriv. From DiploB, double, and Kml/ron, a spur. 



GrEir. Chab. Perianth almost closed, free : upper sepal muoh 

 smaller than the oblique lateral ones : petals a little larger than 

 the upper sepal : lip articulated with the column, undivided, with 

 2 spurs : column minute, semi-terete, beak obtuse : pollen masses 2, 

 caudicle subulate, gland very large, concave. — Epiphytes : caules- 

 cent: leaves folded on themselves, fleshy, recurved : racemes panicled, 

 recurved : flowers minute : spurs short, oboonical, incurved. 



(1) D. LONorFouuM. f R.W.J 

 Ident. Wight's Icon. v. t. 1681. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear, strap-shaped, channelled, obtuse, 

 oblique, the apex emarginate : racemes axiUary, erect, sparingly 

 branched, longer than tite leaYes : sepals and petals ovate, nearly 

 aU equal, obtuse : Hp entire, undulated, obtuse or emarginate : 

 capsules obovate, pendulous, connectivum prolonged into°a flat very 

 obtuse appendage with the cells at the base : sepals and petals dull 

 brownish, tinged with pink, lip duU. pinkish-lilac. 



On branches of trees, Neilgherries and lyamuUay hills, flowering 

 in June and July. 



(2) D. CONGESTUM. (R.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 1682. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves short, sub-eUiptic, oblong, deeply emargi- 

 nate, or 2-lobed at tlie apex : racemes longer than leaves, axillary, 

 sparingly branched, erect, manyrflowered : flowers congested, small: 

 sepals and petals ovate:' lateral sepals oblique, larger than the 

 petals : lip ovate, tapering, truncated at the point : connectivum of 

 the anther prolonged^ truncated at the a,pex : caudicle long sub- 

 ulate : gland very large, somewhat 2-lobed, 



On branches of trees, lyamuHay hiUs, flowering during the rainy 

 season. 



GENTJS LIV. CAMAEOTIS. 



Crynandrla SKonandrla. Sex! Sysu 



Gen. Chab. Perianth flattened put: lateral sepals connate with 

 the back of the lip, free at the apex : petals a little smaller, free : 

 lip obovate, channelled, l-chambered at the apex, appendiculate : 



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