the throat, lamina of the lip broad, obcordato-cuni-
ate, spreading: capsules obovate, subterete. Flowers
pale pink dotted with deeper coloured spots: lip
deeper pink.
1747. Sarcanthus pauciflorus (R. W.), leaves
linear, a c u te: spikes simple, pendulous,few-flowered,
much shorter than the leaves: sepals obovate, acute,
or somewhat boat-shaped, inflexed on the margins:
petals narrower, obovato-lanceolate: spur infundi-
buliform, conical, curved outwards: lamina of the
lip 3-lobed; lobes all obtuse, the middle one much
larger. Sepals pale yellow with a red margin, lip
white or slightly tinged with yellow.
Malabar, on branches of trees. Jerdon.
I am indebted to Mr. Jerdon for specimens and a
coloured sketch of this plant which I thought it well
to introduce here as affording an example of what appears
a true Sarcanthus which those already figured
under that name may not be considered, though, as
I understand the genus, I believe they are.
1748. Owing to an error in numbering, this plate
was left vacant and the omission not detected until
the whole of the plates of the part were printed off
1 have therefore taken advantage of the circumstance
to intrciduM to the acquaintance of my readers, 4
additional genera, with which I have myself in the
interval, become acquainted.
1748-1. A criopsis Indica (R. W.), lip ovate, cor-
date, somewhat undulated, entire, without a crest.
A. Javanica (Blume), “ labellum basi columns in
tUon.m £dm?atum> hmbo patente cordato cristato.”
The habitat of my plant is most unfortunately not
noted, and the specimen is not perfect enough to
admit of my enlarging on the points of distinction
between this and the Java species. The genus is
1 l er7 ,cur*ous *one* The two lateral sepals are
united hence the perianth, exclusive of the lip, is
only 4-leaved. The lip, in place of being free to
1?serH°n* has a l°ng furrowed claw, the edges of
which adhere to the column leaving a tube between.
1 he anther bed in place of presenting the usual form
or a simply flattened or concave surface on the end
ot the column, on which the naked anther lies, is
covered by a delicate vaulted membrane or veil,
within which the anther nestles but is still visible,
through its translucent texture, in the way I have
endeavoured to show in the magnified figure No. 4,
and also in No. 2.
1748T2. P obochilus malabaricus (R. W.), leaves
short, fleshy, imbricating, obtuse: spikes terminal,
short, few-flowered, drooping: bracts broad ovate,
somewhat cuspidate, shorter than the ovary: petals
somewhat narrower than the sepals, lanceolate: lateral
sepals connate, forming a short ventricosespuri-
ous spur: lip entire constricted in the middle, upper
halt linear lanceolate, obtuse.
Malabar, on branches of trees, flowering during the
rainy months. I am indebted to Mr. Jerdon for the
opportunity of figuring this plant which is the first
species of the genus found in Southern India. Two
species, both (but especially P. falcatus) nearly allied,
are natives of Ceylon.
1748-3. Appendicula Hasseltii (Blume), stems
simple, terete: leaves broadly linear, retusely mucron-
ulate, sheaths of the leaves edentulate: limb of the
lip erect, crenulate.
Mergui, Griffith. I am indebted to the late Mr.
liritfath for my only specimen of this plant. It is
not improbable that it may not be identical with
Blumes plant which is from Java, but as it seems
to correspond with his character, I cannot on the
mere ground of a geographical difference venture
to view it as a new species. His characters are
generally too brief but, so far as it goes, the two
plants agree. It is proper to remark that the figure
ol the entire plant is somewhat reduced to bring it
within my contracted space, to which I may add
that most of the flowers of the capitulum were so
lar advanced that I had considerable difficulty in
obtaining one fit for dissection, but still I hope that
the analysis will on comparison with more favourable
specimens be found correct
1748-4. Z osterostylis W alker.® (R. W.), lip
ovate, lanceolate, involute on the margins, slightly
pubescent; sepals linear or somewhat subulate, the
lateral ones narrower: leaves ovate, acute, reticu-
lately veined.
Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. Gardner.
_ 9 ^ — s P*ant 1 have a coloured drawing by Mrs.
Col. Walker, and a specimen collected by the late
Mr. Gardner, but communicated by Mr. Thwaites.
1 he drawing is unfortunately without analyses those
given therefore are prepared from the dried specimen
and may not be found quite correct. The lip
is reddish-purple; the sepals as green nearly as the
leaves, the scape reddish-green. It seems very
neary allied to Z. zeylanica, Lind., but that has 3-
nerved leaves, which this certainly has n o t; the lip
m that is tomentose within and revolute on the
margin, while in this, it is scarcely pilose and involute
; neither, so far as is shown in the drawing, is
it punctulate. The genus is an obscure one, and
1 doubt whether my dissections are sufficient to
remove the difficulties, the more so as there is apparently
a discrepancy between figures 2 and 3.
1749. B olbophyllum tremulum (R. W .), pseudobulbs
ovate, somewhat corrugated, leaf ovate, lanceolate
acute: scape straight: bracts small, ovate,
acute: sepals ovato-lanceolate acute, pubescent: petals
rhombio-ovate small, densely ciliate: lip articulated
with the prolonged base of the column, linear,
obtuse, the back toward the apex, covered with long
tremulous hairs. Flowers yellow, passing into purple
towards the margins of the sepals; lip purple.
Wynaud on trees, Jerdon and Major Cotton, who
now has this species, with very many others, growing
in his conservatory at Ootacamund. The specific
name is in allusion to the long hairs on the back of
the lip, which, when growing, are perpetually in a
state of tremulous motion however still the air. It
is a beautiful and curious plant, allied by the peculiarity
of its lip to B . Calamaria a Sierra Leone
plant.
The figure of the whole plant is taken from a
coloured drawing of-Mrs. Jerdon’s. All the analyses
were prepared from a specimen preserved in spirits
communicated by Mr. Jerdon. The hairs of the lip
are jointed at the base (hence their mobility) as may
be seen from the linear figure in the centre of the
plate.
P attonia (R. W.).
Perianth spreading, posterior sepal boat-shaped
(cymbiform) acute, undulated on the margin; ante