278 MB. H. N. kidlet's monograph 



. Caulis 5-uncialis basi paullo dilatato, vaginis laxis tectus ; folia 

 terna vel quaterna ssepius remotiuscula ovata petiolata 9-nervia 

 crispa, 3-6 uncias longa, 2^ lata, petiolo unciali ; scapus teres 

 9-uncialis, bracteis vacuis lanceolatis pluribus munitus ; flores in 

 racemo congesto terminali pauci medioeres ; bractese 1^ lineas 

 longse pedicelli dimidio sequales ; sepala purpurea anguste oblonga 

 lanceolata, lateralia yix falcatula, obtusa, quam label! um longiora ; 

 petala purpurea linearia angustiora ; labellum porrectum oblon- 

 gum ovatum obtusum, marginibus crenulatis ; calli breves duo 

 subconici obtusi ; columna crassiuscula parum curva, alis brevi- 

 bus obtusis ; anthera ovata obtusa, apice papillis viridibus ornato. 



Southern India : Pulney Mountains, Wight ; Travancore, 

 Beddome ! Anamallay Mountains, Beddome ! Ceylon, Macrae I 

 Thwaites no. 3181 ! Gardner no. 846 ! Maxwell, ^'c. 



Nortbern India: Khasiya, Lohh ! Mussooree, Boyle ! (v. ic. in 

 Hb. Kew.). 



L. livida^ Lindl., diflfert ut videtur solummodo in labello magis 

 rotundato et floribus niagis congestis. 



WiGHTIAlfA 



Wight 



p. 295.— L. 



Caulis brevis vix uncialis, vix pseudobulbosus, vaginis albis 

 membranaceis laxis tectus; folia pauca 2-3 ovata lanceolata, 

 margine crispa basi cordata, 1-2| uncias longa, |-1 lata ; petioli 

 unciales ; scapus erectus angulatus ; bracteis paucis parvis dissitis 

 3-12-uncialis ; flores pauci in apice scapi congesti medioeres, iis 

 Z. nepalensis ferme aequantes tenues, viridi-purpurascentes, pedi- 

 cellis ^-uncialibus ; bractese lanceolatse acuminata lineales ; sepala 

 oblonga acuta; petala linearia marginibus revolutis ; labellum 

 orbiculare vel suborbiculare planum, integrum vel minute retusum, 

 \ uuciam longum, callolunato ad basin ; columna exalata gracilis 

 arcuata. 



Ceylon, Thwaites no 3179 ! Soutbern India ; Courtallum ? 

 Wight. 



EPALENSIS 



Sprengel, Sgst. Veg. iii. p. 741.~Malaxis cordifolia, Smith in 

 Bees's CycZo;?, —Acianthus petiolatus, Bon, Brodr. Nep. p. 28. 



Ehizoma longe repens, crassiusculum, caulibus s^pe longe 

 remotis vix pseudobulbosis, vaginis 1-2 et petiolorum basibus 

 dilatatus tectus; folia bina ovata cordata acuminata flaccida, 

 lamina 3| uncias longa, 1\ lata, petiolus biuncialis; scapu.s 4-6- 

 uncialis angulatua ; bractese plurea anguste lanceolat® acuminatae, 



