with others, derived from the sepals and petals,
which seem, so far as I have yet had recourse to
them, to furnish more constant, and upon the whole
easily ascertained distinctions. On this point, however,
I wish to speak with some degree of reserve,
Coorg, December and January. Jerdon.
This plant flowers before producing its solitary
leaf, hence the want of that organ.
Roxburgh, who is the authority for this plant (if
this is indeed his), under the name of Epipactis cari-
V was not aware of their value, and did not nata, gives the Mowing character. “ Root a single
attend so much to them as I ought,-when I had an simple sub-globular white bulb : leat radical, son-
opportunity of doing so, on the growing plants, and tary, cordate, smooth, 7-nerved: scape many-flower-
therefore make the remark now, principally for the ed : lm lip rhomboid sub-trilobate, middle lobe half hall the
the
purpose of directing attention to these organs on
length of the whole, crenate: capsule oval, 6-winged.”
the part of future investigators.
Flowers large, sepals and petals unilateral,
1717. Satyrium albiflorum (Rich.), cauline
leaves ovate oblong, acute, sessile, sheathing at the
base, gradually passing into ovate, acute bracts:
spikes round, compact: bracts the length of the
linear lanceolate, pale gre en: lip with purple veins
and spots on a pale greenish yellow ground: bracts
ensiform, as long as the peduncle and ovary.—Roxb.
SUUi.CS 1UU.UU, uumpa.v.1. • wiauta iuv . v u g . . . --—- 17-2--1--. C--e--p--h- .a lanthera acuminat.a (' Lind.), brac. ts
flowers ovate oblong, acute, reflexed: lateral sepals setacious acuminate, the upper ones snorter than the
thick, oblique, unequal sided, sub-falcate, obtuse; ovary: upper half of the lip (epichilliuml cordato-
middle one obovate, oblong, obtuse: petals linear, ovate, obtuse, bearded at the point, the base with
obtuse: spurs length of the ovary, gynostem short; five elevated lines: ovary smooth,
upper lip of the stigma 2-lobed ; lobes, very obtuse. Simla, Himalayas, Countess Dalhousie.
Flowers white, bracts greenish-red.
Neilgherries, in similar places and often intermixed
with the preceding, flowering from July to September.
1718. Satyrium Wightianum (Lindley), stem
naked at the base, sheathed: cauline leaves ovate,
acute, somewhat coriaceous, sessile, loosely sheathing
at the base: spike dense: bracts the length of
the flowers, somewhat concave, broad, ovate, a c u te :
I am uncertain whether this is a different species
from the one from which Lindley took his character
or that the character of the lip is liable to vary,
as his character does not agree with my drawing.
I infer the latter is the case as both of us have our
specimens from the Himalayas.
1722. Epipactis macrostachya (Lind.), leaves
ine nowers,suuitj'wnai, uuuuavc,. o--b--l-o-n,g, , acuminate, stem-clasping, many-nerved: ralateral
sepals oblique, ovate, obtuse, middle one nar- ceme long, many-flowered: bracts foliaceous, the
rower, obtuse: petals narrow obtuse, spurs shorter lower ones double the length of the flowers. lower
than the ovary: upper lip of the stigma obtuse, half of the lip (hypochillium) roundish, upper half
scarcely emarginate, gynostem short. F™lo rjwKesrtesf edie—ep. ovate, acute, smooth at the base, shorter than the
pink, bracts- dull lilac.
Neilgherries, with the others, and flowering at the
This is a Nepaul species, but I do not think the
same time.
specimen figured is from that locality, its station
The compact spike and small size of the flowers
is unfortunately not mentioned
readily distinguish this species from the other pink- The ------- specimen r - - --- -- is evidently , .- a very - S poor H B one,H H and
SB
flowered ones, but the transitions are occasionally seems scarcely to accord, in some points with the
so gradual as to demand reference to other distin- character, so that I should have hesitated about pub-
guishing marks for their determination. lishmg it under this name had not Dr. Lindley him-
° ® self so named it. But being so named, it is desir-
1719. Diseris Neilgherrensis (R. W.), stem able that it should be published, for, if this is ob-
erect, 3-4-flowered; leaves cordate, acute, crenate, tained from a southern station, as I believe it is, it
becomes doubly interesting and the deficiency may
be merely attributable to its growing in a less favourable
climate.
1723. Epipactis Dalhousije (R. W.), leaves cor-
dato-obovate, acute, stem-clasping, many-nerved: rastem
clasping: posterior sepals and petals cohering,
galiate, reflexed on the margins: lateral sepals spath-
ulate, spreading, undulate on the margin, sub-cuspidate,
pubescent at the base: lip fleshy, ascending,
concealing the column, dilated, deeply 2-lobed above,
below ending in an orbicular cuspidate appendage. ■— --------- 8 ----- , I H I
Flowers pale reddish-white, spotted with crimson ceme loose, many-flowered: bracts toliaceous, ovate,
points • leaves light pea green. lanceolate, acuminate, the lower ones about twice the
Neilgherries in woods on large mossy stones, and length of the flower, the upper ones shorter: lower
moist loose vegetable soil. Not uncommon in the half of the lip (hypochillium) concave, sub-inflated,
woody ravine behind Kelso Cottage. I have also upper half (epichillium) cordato-orbicular, crenate,
met with it in other places but it is upon the whole pointed etuberculate at the base,
a rare plant, flowering July and August. Simla, Countess Dalhousie.
An exceedingly beautiful plant and certainly dif- So far as I understand Lindley s character, tnis
ficult, as regards its analysis, to represent. D. tripeta- is a very distinct species from all his Himalayan
hides has also been found this season in consider- species.
able abundance, near Coonoor^by the Rev. Mr. John- ^ SpIKJSTnE5 austraiis (Lind.), radical and
cauline leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or
acute, sometimes ensiform: flowers spiral, glabrous,
or oftener pubescent: bracts ovate, longer than the
ovary : lip oblong, dilated at the apex, crisp, pubescent
above. Flowers white.
Neilgherries, abundant in pastures, flowering from
June till October.
8on, also on the Goodaloor Ghaut, by Mr. Jerdon.
Though these two have some points of resemblance
they are very distinct.
1720. Pogonia carinata (Lind), leaf cordate,
7-nerved: scape many-flowered: lip rhomboid, somewhat
3-lobed, veined, wooly within, the middle lobe
crenate.