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CXXXVI. ORCHIDE^E. 
[Erict. 
Racemes i- to 2-flowered ; leaves narrow linear. 
Flowers i in. across .... (14) E. pendula 
Flowers several, *5 in. wide, lip yellow-hairy {15) E. pilifera 
§5. Hymeneria. Stems short or medium swollen or terete fleshy. Leaves 
few terminal. Racemes many flowered from below the leaves. Flowers not 
woolly usually glabrous small. Mentum short; bracts small. 
Racemes dense horizontal; flowers white or 
pinkish. 
Stem -5 in. thick terete; lip truncate 
Stem 1 in. thick; lip retuse 
Stem sausage-shaped, 1 in. thick; lip apex 
orbicular ...... 
Raceme lax; flowers thin yellow; rhizome 
long woody ..... 
Stem swollen upwards; leaves terete; flowers 
white ...... 
§ 6. Bractescentes. Racemes many-flowered with large white or green 
bracts; flowers showy. 
Stems short and thick, sausage-shaped. 
Bracts oblong white; flowers few white; 
mentum short ..... 
Bracts oblong white; flowers very many 
pink; mentum long .... 
Stems short conic-cylindric; bracts lanceolate; 
flowers many white .... 
Stems large fusiform; bracts ovate; lip 
yellow ...... 
Stems fusiform, 1-in. long; bracts oblong; 
flowers *5 in. wide .... 
Rhizome short; stems cylindric. 
Stems 3 in. long; mentum long; flowers 
pink and yellow .... 
Stems 6 in. long; mentum large short; 
flowers yellow striped purple 
Stem 1 ft. long; leaves large; bracts green, 
large ...... 
in. wide; bracts 
(16) E. floribunda 
(17) E. densa 
(18) E. saccata 
(19) E. tenuiflora 
(20) E. cepifolia 
(21) E. bractescens 
(22) E. suaveolens 
(23) E. Endymion 
(24) E. xanthocheila 
(25) E. Maingayi 
(26) E. saccifera 
(27) E. recurvata 
(28) E. Braddoni 
(29) E. carnea 
(30) E. carunculata 
Stem 8 in. long; leaves 1 
•3 in. long, lanceolate 
Stem 2 in. long; leaves 1 in. wide; bracts 
ovate ...... 
Rhizome long creeping; stems distant cylindric. 
Stem 6 in. long; bracts white; mentum 
short ...... 
§ 7. Nutantes. Flowers few sub-terminal above the leaves. 
Stems tufted ; rhizome short; flowers 1, white (32) E. nutans 
Stems distant. Rhizome long branched. 
Flowers pinkish; stem dilate upwards 
Flowers greenish-yellow; stems cylindric . 
Flowers yellowish-white, stems cylindric 
Rhizome long creeping; flowers from below 
leaves ...... 
(31) E. ramulosa 
(33) E. neglecta 
(34) E. ochracea 
(35) E. diluta 
. (36) E. longerepens 
§ 8. Stellata. Glabrous, stems short swollen; raceme tall erect. Flowers 
large spreading. 
Bracts lanceolate acuminate. 
Midlobe of lip lanceolate; flowers white . (37) E. stellata 
Midlobe of lip linear; flowers striped . . (38) E. striolata 
Bracts ovate acuminate; midlobe shorter than 
side-lobes.(39) E. elata 
