842 MR. H. N. RIDLEY’S REVISION OF THE 
purpurea nitida, subtus pallidiora; scapus gracilis violaceus 
6—7-uncialis ; racemus valde laxus circiter multiflorus; bractex 
purpurascentes lanceolate acut# deflexe ; flores parvi pedicellis 
gracilibus 3—3 unciam longis, patentibus vel recurvis ; sepalum pos- 
ticum lineari-ligulatum, roseum vel flavum, lateralia vix latiora 
oblonga ligulata, rosea vel flavescente-rosei; petala linearia 
angustiore rosea ; labellum roseum cordatum obcuneatum quad- 
ratum, apice rotundato parce dentato, dentibus brevissimis ; 
auricule majuscule lanceolate acute; calli duo ad basin 
columnz ; columna brevis crassiuscula flava, apice viridi; stelidiis 
dentiformibus acutis; anthera oblonga lata apice retuso. 
Borneo, v. c. 
58. MICROSTYLIS PLATYCHEILA, Reichb. f. in Seem. Flor. Vit. 
p. 302. 
Cauli basi bulbosa, bulbo tereti conico ; foliis petiolatis oblongis 
acutis; inflorescentia longissima racemosa; bractex pedicellis 
subsequantibus linearibus acutis deflexis ; ovariis 6-gonis, sepalis 
oblongis plurinerviis, basi connatis, petalis cuneato-ovatis obtusis 
uninerviis, labello transverso utrinque obtuso, lobo antico minute 
prosiliente, carinis 4 in disco elevatis; columna minuta bicorni. 
The whole plant has a purplish hue. 
Fiji Islands, Somosomo, island of Taviuma and Kadavu, See- 
mann, no. 590. 
Iknow no more of this plant. The specimens distributed under 
this number by Dr. Seemann appear to be M. Rheedii in a 
bad state; the lamin of all the lips in the specimens which I 
have examined in the herbarium of the British Museum being 
bitten off, probably by a snail. The plant under the same 
number at Kew again may be different. The scape is very long 
and slender, and bore many flowers; unfortunately in one speci- 
men all are gone save a very young bud or two, and the second 
specimen is in fruit. 
59. M. Raren, Lindl. Orch. Pl. p. 21.—Epidendrum 
resupinatum, Forst. f. Prodr. n. 322.—Pterochilus plantagineus, 
Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beecheys Voyage, p. 71, t. 17.—M. bella, 
Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1886, Jan.. 2, p. 8.—M. plantaginea, 
Cuzent, Tahiti, p. 289. 
Caulis cylindricus vel conico-cylindricus, 3-uncialis ; foliis 
vaginautibus tectus; folia 4-5, dissita, oblongo-lanceolata 
acuminata obliqua subequalia, patula, basi angustata, viridia 
nec lucida, 5-nervia, 5-6 uncias longa, 2-3 uncias lata; scapus 
