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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
Reserved forests, not uncommon, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! j 
Heinig ! Lace ! 
Vernac. Pargdtcha ; ? Rasna. ! 
An epiphytic orchid j properties unimportant. 1 
Distrib. — Ci rears 5 E. Himalaya; Assam; Tenasserim. 
185. 8arcantlms Lindl. 1 
Leaves elongate, filiform ; flowers in longish racemes appendiculatus. 
Leaves oblong, short, amplexicaul ; flowers in short spikes insectifer- 
245. Sarcaiitlms appendiculatus Hook. f. ; F. B. I. vi. 67. 
Forests near sea-face, Prain ! Eastern Forests, Lace ! 
Vernac. Pargdteha. \ 
An epiphytic orchid ; properties unimportant. ! 
Distrib. — Tenasserim: E. Himalaya. 
246. Sarcautlms insectifer Reichb. f. ; F. B. I. vi. 68. j 
Reserved forests, everywhere, very common, Heinig ! Heinig ! 
Gammie ! Prain ! Lace ! 
Vernac. Pargdteha, ij 
An epiphytic orchid ; of no economic value. jj 
Distrib. — Bengal; Behar ; Cachar ; Tenasserim. 
This species is exceedingly plentiful throughout the Sundribuns and is the 
commonest orchid in these forests ; the next most common is Luisia br achy st achy 
which is almost as plentful. The third place, but a long way behind the other two, 
is taken by Saccolabium ochraceum. All the other species may be looked on 
as rare or uncommon. 
186. Cleisostoma Hook. f. 
247. Cleisostoiiia ramosuui Hook. f. ; F. B. I. vi. 72. 
Occasional in the reserved forests; Wallich ! Clarke ! Heinig & 
Gammie ! 
Vernac. Pargdteha, \ 
An epiphytic orchid ; of no economic value. 
Distrib. — E. Himalaya ; Tenasserim, 
LX.— SCITAMINEiE. 
187. Ziiioiber Adans. 
248. Zingiber Casumuuar Roxb. ; F. I. i. 49; F. B. I. vi. 248. 
E. D. z 199. 
Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
Vernac. Ban Add, 
A herb with perennial rootstock ; properties aromatic and stimulant. 
Distrib. — Tropical Asia, usually cultivated : - no doubt here the species was 
originally introduced. 
