340 MR. H. N. RIDLEY’S REVISION OF THE 
52. MICROSTYLIS PURPUREA, Lindl. Orch. Pl. p. 20. 
Caulis erectus conico-incrassatus circiter 3-uncialis, vaginis 
tectus ; folia 5-6 in apicem caulis subcongesta valde inzqualia 
ovata lanceolata acuminata obliqua subpetiolata, petiolis vagi- 
nantibus, maximum 6 uncias longum, 12 uncias latum ; scapus 
6-uncialis, apice nutante basi nuda; racemus laxiusculus ad 
40-florus; bractee lanceolate setacex deflexe 4-unciales ; pedi- 
celli tenues vix longiores; flores majusculi purpurei; sepalum 
posticum lanceolatum lineare, lateralia falcata; petala linearia 
angusta; labellum magnum cordatum auriculis magnis obtusis, 
apice subtrilobo, lobus medius bifidus, laterales rotundati, fovea 
triangularis margine elevata; stelidiis brevibus obtusis. 
Ceylon, Macrae!; Thwaites, no. 3768. 
Java, Zollinger, no. 2536 ! 
The plant obtained by Dr. Seemann in Fiji and distributed 
under no. 618 is referred here by Dr. Reichenbach. All the 
specimens I have seen under this number in the Kew and British 
Museum herbaria belong to quite a distinct species, but are not 
sufficiently good to describe from. 
53. M. CALOPHYLLA, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. n. s. xii. 1879, 
p. 718.—Liparis elegantissima, Hort. 
Caulis conicus brevis pseudobulbosus ; folia plura, congesta, 
ovata vel oblonga lanceolata acuta, marginibus paullo undulatis 
5 uncias longa 2 uncias lata olivaceo-brunnea, margine late viridi 
iransversim brunneo-striata; scapus gracilis nutans circiter 
6-uncialis, ferme omnino laxe racemosus; flores parvi pulchre 
smaragdini, marcescentes flavi, remoti circiter 16, pedicellis tenui- 
bus cum ovariis }-uncialibus ; bractes lineari-lanceolate setaces 
g-unciales ; sepala oblonga obtusa, lateralia obliqua, marginibus 
revolutis, purpurascentia ; petala angusta linearia purpurascentia ; 
labellum smaragdinum sagittatum parce albo-ciliatum, auriculis 
magnis lanceolatis curvis subacutis, lamina lata subtriangulari 
triloba, lobi laterales breves rotundati, medius paullo longior, 
apice bifido, laciniis forcipatis parvis; callus ad basin hemi- 
sphæricus, venis elevatis duabus albis, foveam percurrentibus, 
ad pulvinam terminatis, macula purpurea in utro latere ad basin ; 
columna basi angustata, stelidiis magnis rotundatis spathulatis 
smaragdinis, 
- Malaya, loc. spec. ignotus. Mr. F. Moore kindly sent me this 
plant from Glasnevin Gardens. 
