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column erect, terete, free, very long sigmoid-rostrate : anther dorsal, 

 apiculate, half 2-celled : pollen masses 2 : candicle very long, sub- 

 ulate : rostellumforflcate:^— Caulescent: leaves distichous,'Coriaceous : 

 racemes axiUary, many-flowered. 



(1) C. P1IEPUEEA. (Idndl.j 

 Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. orch. p. 219. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves emarginate, ohlong-linear, almost equal at 

 the apex : lip at the apex under the subulate inflexed appendage, 

 furnished with a foramen, which is the mouth of the calceiform 

 chamber constituting the whole top of the Hp, the sides of the Hp 

 a little agglutinated, but the margins spreading : flowers pale purple, 

 more intense at the top. 



Silhet 



GENUS LV. MICEOPEEA. 



Grynandrla. monandria. Sex: SyH. 



Gen. Czab. Perianth equal, spreading, lateral sepals adnate to, 

 the base of the lip : lip contftiuous with the base of the column, 

 calceiform, slightly 3-lobed, intermediate lobe smaller, lateral ones 

 erect : column short, beak large inflexed : pollen masses 2, caudicle 

 subulate. — Epiphytes, caulescent : leaves distichous, linear, arcuate, 

 equal at the apex, emaiginat^; spikes lateral, horizontal, shorter, 

 than the leaves : flowers citron. 



(1) M. PALLIDA. fldndi.J 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. orch. p. 219. 



Syn. Aerides pallidum, ^oxh. 



Spec. Chae. Caulescent : leaves broadly linear, oblique at the 

 apex, somewhat 3-toothed: racemes short, 8 — 15-flowered : capsules 

 narrow, tapering : flowers middle-sized, pale yellow. 



Snhet. Chittagong. Flowering in May and June. 



(2) M. MACULATA. /Dah.J 



Ident. DalzeU in Hooki Joum. Bot. III. p. 282. /> 



Spec. Chab. Almost stemless : leaves flat, linear-oblong, narrow 

 towards the base, obliquely emarginate towards the apex, mucronate: 

 racemes basal and axillary, simple, solitary, elongated, erect, many- 

 flowered from the base, twice the length of the leaves : sepals and 



