Mierostylis.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) GST 
concave lip obtuse dilated below, blade constricted into a broadly subreniform 
rounded or obcordate terminal lobe. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., Lobb, &c. 
Stem 1-2 in. Leaves 3-5 in, Flowers 1 in. across, chestnut-red ; auricles of lip 
shorter than or equalling the blade.— This is the chestnut-red flowered plant alluded to 
by Rivley under M. Wallichiana, from which it differs in the small flowers, short 
pedicels, and form of the lateral sepals and lip. 
3. M. biaurita, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1941; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 30; 
leaves 3-5 rather small sessile, bracts equalling the ovary. auricles of lip 
narrowed into the triangular-ovate blade, arms of the sessile column large 
rounded crenulate. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 335. 
KnuastA MTs., Wallich. ? SOUTH ANDAMAN IsLaNps, Kurz. . 2l 
Leaves basal, 2-3 in. Scape stout, 3-6 in. Flowers smaller than in Wallichii, 
yellow? pedicel 4 in.; dorsal sepal narrow; lip ovate-lanceolate in outline, auricles 
acute.—Pundua, the locality assigned to this and other of Wallich’s collections, 
includes the Khas'a Mts. 
4. M. purpurea, Lindi. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 20; leaves 4-6 petioled 
base very unequal, bracts equalling or shorter than the ovary, auricles of 
the concave lip dilating downwards and then narrowing to the obtusely 
2-fid tip, column very short, arms obscure. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
XXlv., 340. 
CEYLON, Macrae ; near Galle, alt. 1000 ft., Thwattes. — . 
Leaves 4-5 by 2-21 in., on a stout sheathed stem 3-4 in. high. Scape 6-10 in. 
Flowers dark purple, } in. from tip of broad flat 3-nerved dorsal sepal to tip of lip; 
ike fleshy and very concave, auricles obtuse, broad sides of blade almost like 
id . 
5 M. Josephiana, Reichb. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6325; leaves 4-5 
Sessile, scape stout acutely angled few-tld., bracts much shorter than the 
Ovary, flowers large, sepals broad revolute, lip cucullate deeply cupped, 
auricles short broad rounded, column very stout thickly winged. Ridley in 
vurn. Linn. Soc, xxiv. 336. 
TROPICAL SIKKIM MALAYA, Anderson, Gammie, Clarke. 
Pseudobulbs 2-4 in, "uarrowly ovoid, compressed ; stem from the base of the 
Pseudobulb, short. Leaves 3-4 in., elliptic-lancevlate, ac'' nate, plaited, often 
e . >» 7 1_3j 
Purplish-brown above. Scape and raceme 8-10 in.; pediec. , 1n. Flowers 5-1 in. 
am., golden-yellow blotched with red-brown round t an; sepals connate a 
6. M. Scottii Hook. f.; leaves 2-5 sessile obliquely ovate acuminate 
‘renate blackish brown with a broad pale dotted bere r, scape elongate 
red, bracts reflexed, lateral senals broadly oblong ara Heke e length of the 
*near-oblong dorsal and petals, lip green rhomboidiy orbicular, auricles 
erect obtuse as long as the broad rounded blade which has a contracted 
d üpex, 
Prev; at Ra , 
Leaves " id elena nerved from the base, most remarkable for their 
Colouring, Scape 6-8 in. Lip 1 in. long and broad. —A beautifully coloured species, 
sm lhave named after the late Mr. Johu Scott, of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, 
> discovered it at Rangoon, It is eminently worth cultivating. Described from 
a drawin iu He b. C 
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