419 



(5) P. FIABBLLIPORMIS. (Lvndl.) 



Lindl. 1. c. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 270. 



Syn. GmMch, in it. Freyc. p. 422, t. 35. Nervilia Aragoana. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves cordate-sn'brotund, repand, membranaceous, 

 many-nerved; scape many-flo-wered, racemose: flowers at length 

 pendulous : lateral lobes of tie 3-lobed lip dwarf, middle one 

 oblong, obtuse, undulated, crisp, hairy: flowers numerous, appa- 

 rently white. 



Concan. Dharwar, in thickest and shadiest forests. 



GEMJS LXIV. VANILLA. 



Crynandria. Klonandria. Sex: Sysi: 



Deriv, An. alteration of: Vaynilla, which is a diminutive of 

 Vaina, a Spanish word signifying a sheath, in rdbrenue to the 

 cylindrical pod, being like the aheath of a knife. 



Gen. Chae. Pierianth' spreading at the apex only, articulated 

 with the ovary, usually channelled : sepals and petals almost equal, 

 of the same shape, free at this base : Kp connate with the column, 

 entire, concave, bearded in the middle : column efcngatecl, wingless : 

 anther terminal, with a lid: poUen masses two, 2-lobed, grainular: 

 fruit siliqua-shaped, fleshy, dehiscing from the side, placentae 3 — 6, 

 seed-bearing : seeds globose, testa crustaceous, fra^e. — Climbing 

 herbs : stems terete : leaves articulated with the stem," fl£shy, 

 sub-cordate at the base: flowers fleshy: fruit in some species 

 aromatic, abounding in essential oiL 



(1) V. APHTLiA. (Bhime.) 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 436. — Blume bijdr. 422. 



Engram. "Wight's Icon. t. 931. — Eumph. amb. I. t. 68, 



Spec. Chab. Leafless : peduncles 3 t)r many -flowered : limb of 

 the lip undulated, obtuse,_ bearded in the middle : angers 2-lobed: 

 fruit cylindrical :' flowers green, lip violet, fragrant. ■ ' 



Trevandrum, Travancore, climbimg among bushes. 



GENUS LXV. TRIPLEUEA. 



Crynandria JHonandrla. Sex-. Systr 



Gen. Chae. Perianth flattened, cruciate, as if 4-leaved, upper 

 sepal broad, agglutinated to' the petals, lateral ones linear very 

 patent : lip posterior, free, concave : column terete, very short, 

 furnished behind with two membranaceous horn-shaped processes: 

 anther sub-rotund, apiculate, terminal. 



