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(1) (E> PANiOTiATA, flAndl.J 



Ident, Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 236. 



Spec. Chab. Caulescent : leaves oblong, 2-lobed at the apex, 

 eroded : panicles lateral, twice longer than the leaves : upper sepal 

 acute, galeate, shorter than the lateral ones : petals smaUer than 

 the upper sepal, acute: lip sinuate, cordate, long acuminated at the 

 apex : spur short, ventricose : flowers minute, dirty coloured with- 

 out, within tawny margiaed with yellow : Hp yellow. 



Goalpara. Silhet. 



(2) (E. AMPXJixACEA. fldndl.J 



Ident. Lindl. in. Wall. Cat. 



8yn. Saccolabium rubrum, Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 222. — Aerides 

 ampullaceum, Hoxb. 



Spec. Char. Leaves channelled, arcuate, 2-toothed at the apex : 

 racemes erect, many-flowered : sepals and petals ovate : spur of ihe 

 lip cyHndric, obtuse, iacurved, plate oval,' acumioate, somewhat 

 fleshy at the apex, bieomiculate at the base : flower rose-coloured. 



Ehaaia lulls, flowering in May and June. 



(3) CE. FLEXUosA. (Imdl.) 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 236. 



Spec. Chae. Almost stemless : leaves linear-lorate, very oblique 

 at the apex, somewhat 2-lobed, eroded: panicles flexuose, erect, 

 divaricate : sepals and petals obovate-oblong : lip oblong, obtuse, 

 repand, hairy within : spur conical, incurved, longer than the plate : 

 teeth of the margin 2, acute : flowers minute, petals and sepals 

 yellow, rose within : lip white palely fasciated with rose. 



On trees at the Delta of the Ganged. 



(4) CE. PusiLLA. CZindl.J 



Lindl. 1. 0. p. 237. 



Spec. Chae. Somewhat stemless:' leaves obovate-oblong, equal 

 at the apex, acute, 2-lobed, racemes ascending, slender, longer than 

 the leaves : sepals obovate, obtuse : petals of the same form, smaller : 

 lip hastate-triangular: spur infundibuliform, longer than the in- 

 curved lip : flowers miQute. 



Silhet forests. 



