Eo a d T ET 
Microstylis.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 689 
T Lip quite entire, or bearded at the tip only. 
ll. M. muscifera, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 333; leaves 2 
sessile or petioled, bracts equalling or shorter than the pedicels, flowers 
minute, lip ovate acute, margins thickened, column sessile, arms very 
phort, Dienia muscifera, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1935; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim.—DIsTRIB. 
Affghanistan. 
Variable in size, 6-18 in. ; stem tuberous at the base, sheathed. Leaves 2-4 in., 
oblong or rounded, obtuse. Scape about equalling the raceme, together 4-10 in. ; 
flowers yellow green, 4!5 in. broad ; pedicel }—} in., erect. 
12. M. cylindrostachya, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 207; leaf 
solitary, bracts equalling or shorter than the pedicels, lip ovate acute, 
margins thickened, column stout, arms none. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xx1v. 333. Dienia cylindrostachya, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1934; Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid, 22. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Simla, alt. 78000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 
Centra INDIA, Hope (in Herb. Clarke). 
Habit, &c., of M. muscifera, but leaf solitary, stem and scape usually more slender 
(but often very stout) and trequently curved or flexuous ; pedicels shorter and column 
longer.— Ridley gives by error Sylhet Wallich as a locality, and omits Sikkim 
where it is abundant. 
13. M. discolor, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 20; leaves 3-6 broad, 
margins crisped, bracts equalling or exceeding the pedicels, flowers minute, lip 
ovate-cordate or subrenitorm tip rounded, column short, arms long. Thwaites 
Enum. 297 ; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 536; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 
vi. 206; Wight Ic. t.1631; Bot. Mag. t. 5403. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, Walker, Thwaites. 
Stem stout below, base not tuberous. Leaves 2-3 in. long and broad, subcavdately 
acuminate, dark vinous purple with a green cri-ped margin. Scape and raceme 
2-3 0-5 pedicels about 4i. in.; flowers yellow in bud, then red; lip with a yellow 
margin.— Wight represents the lip as obscurely 3-lobed. 
14. M. Maingayi, Hook. Sf. Ic. Pl. t. 1826; leaf large radical sessile 
amplexicaul, scape short stout, bracts lanceolate, lip cuneate-oblong with 
long teeth at each angle of the truncate tip, column rather long, 
arms obscure, 
PENANG, Maingay few Distrib. 1602). . 
. Stem very short. tuberous. Leaf 6 by 34 in. or less, broadly elliptic, acuminate, 
very many.nerved, Scape and raceme together about equalling the leaf, stout ; 
pedicels $in., filiform; flowers } in. long; sepals subequal, narrowly oblong, petals 
“ry narrow; lip slightly dilated towards the tip, coriaceous. 
alt Var. ? Kunstleri ; lip longer, angles of tip fimbriate, flower dark blue.—Perak, 
+ 8500 ft., King’s Collector. 
H Lip 2-8-lobed or cleft. 
15. M. conges eichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 206; leaves 3-6 
lanceolate, bracts. Shown, we tine. very short pedicels, flowers minute, lip 
"qua rately ovate concave with a fold under the column and a 3-lobed 
"nes. Ridley in Journ. .Linn Soc. xxiv. 334. M. Bernaysn, F. Muell. 
"agment. xy, 9), NL. fusca, Reichb. f. 7. e. 207. M. trilobulata, Kurz 
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