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than the leaves : sepals and petals sub-orbicular, obovate obtuse, 

 petals smaller, lip ovate, attenuate towards the point, with 2 small 

 sub-orbicular lobes at the base, and a fleshy gland-like appendage 

 closing the throat of the spur : spur conical, about the length of the 

 lip : flowers nearly white, lightly tinged with pink, lip streaked 

 with crimson. 



lyamullay hills, on trees, flowering in September and October. 



GENTJS LVIII. T^NIOPHTLLUM. 



Crynandria Monandvia. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. From Tcdna, a fillet or ribbon, and Phyllon, a leaf. 



Gest. Chae. Periemth connivent : sepals connate at the base, 

 lateral ones adnate to the Kp : Hp spurred, growing to the base of 

 the coluinn, limb entire : spur inappendioulate : column dwarf, 

 erect, rostellum ovate : anther half 2-valved : pollen masses 4, cau- 

 dicle capillary, gland very minute. — Very minute, stemless epiphytes: 

 leaves' fascicled, linear, flat, fasciolate : flowers spiked, braoteolate, 

 very minute. 



(1) T. (?) Jeedoniaitom. (R. W.J 



Ident. "Wight's Icon. v. t. 1756. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear ; spikes branched, many-flowered : 

 bracts ovate, acute, exceeding the pedicel : sepals broad ovate : 

 petals narrow, ' linear-lanceolate : spur large, saccate,- Hp undulate : 

 gland largish, elongated. 



Malabar, on branches of trees. Probably belongs to another genus. 



GENUS LIX. (ECEOCLADES. 



Crynandria llonandria. Sex: Sysu 



Deriv. From Oitios, a habitation, and Klados, a branch. 



Gen. Chae. Perianth spreading, or ringent, or connivent, free, 

 notsecund: lip free, sessile, articulate with the column, naked or 

 bUamellate at the base, spurred : spur curved, often obconical, plate 

 lobed, hooded or plaited, or concave : column often elongated, half- 

 terete : anther 2-ceIled : poUen masses 2, furrowed, caudicle narrow, 

 gland minute. — Stemless or caulescent epiphytes, sometimes pseudo- 

 bulbous: leaves coriaceous, or seldom membranaceous, never plicate: 

 flowers usually minute. 



