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Gen. Chak. Perianth conical, connivent : lateral sepals free, 

 placed on the lip, dorsal one agglutinated to the petals : Hp connate 

 with the colnmn, ventricose at the base, callous -withia, limb mem- 

 branaceous, flattened out, cleft, much longer than the sepals : 

 column short, terete, glandular swollen on either side : anther 

 dorsal, 2-ceUed : clinandnum marginate : jJoUen masses 2, granular, 

 2-lobed, gland and caudicle common. 



(1) M. LONGILABKE. (lAflM.) 



Ident. Lindl. gen. and sp. p. 487. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 271. 



8yn. M. afflnis, Wighfs Icon. t. 1728. 



Spec. Chae. Stem pilose : leaves ovatci petioled, nerved : scape 

 famished with sheathing scales : spike secund, few-flowered : bracts 

 roundish, hooded, acuminate, membranaceous, as long as the pu- 

 bescent ovary : sepals ovate-acute : petals rounded at the apex : 

 lobes of the lip oblong, coarsely orenate with two involute subulate 

 callosities : flowers white. 



On Chorla Ghaut. Courtallum. Flowering i in August and 

 December. 



GENirS LXX. CHEIR0STTLI8. 



Crynaitdrla mconandria. Sex: Sgst:^ 



Gen. Chae. Flowers ringent : sepals all connate, lateral ones 

 placed on the lip : petals agglutiaate to the dorsal sepal : lip free 

 cleft, keeled at the base, bicaUous within : column erect, terete, 

 free, processes or arms two, free or adnate, erect or stretched out 

 from the increased front : stigma 2-parted : anther dorsal, acu- 

 minate; pollen masses four, powdery, adnate to the Unear acute 

 gland. — Terrestrial herbs, very small : leaves petioled, ovate : scape 

 distantly sheathed : spikes few-flowered. 



(1) C. PLABELLAIA. fJR. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. v. t. 1727. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 271. 



Syn. Goodyera flabellata. Rich, in Ann. Soc. Wat. xv. t. 12. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves brownish, ovate, 3 -nerved, acute, reticu- 

 lately veined : scape pilose, few-flowered at the apex : lip orbicular, 

 limb spreading, deeply 2-cleft: lobes digitately 4— 5-cleft, claw 

 with 2 callosities at the base : flowers white. 



Chorla Ghaut. ITeilgherries. Coonoor. Flowering in the cold 

 season. The leaves are almost transparent, and most beautifully 

 veined. 



