690 CXLVIII. ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Microstylis. 
Andam. Rep. App. B.xix.; N. E. Br. in G «vd. Chron. 1883, 392. M. 
flavescens, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 20; Ridley l. c. 337. M. fusca, 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 207. Dienia congesta, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 
1936; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 22; in Bot. Reg. under t. 825; Reichb. f. in 
Bonpland. ii. 259.. D. fusca, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. l.c. Malaxis 
latifolia, Smith in Rees Cyclop. M. plicata, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 456. Cre- 
pidium flavescens, Blume Bid. 388. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Nepal eastwards. KHAsrA Mrs. and MUNNIPORE, 
BEHAR on Parusnath, Clarke. BURMA, the ANDAMAN ISLANDS, the DECCAN PENIN- 
SULA and CEYLON.—DIısTRIB. Malay Islands, China, Australia. . 
Stem 2-6 in.. stout, base tuberous. Leaves 8-10 in., sessile or petioled, ovaye 
elliptic or lanceolate. Scape with raceme 2-8 in., stout or slender; pedicel 5 in. ; 
ovary trigonous and grooved; flowers i—j; in., yellow green to pale brown or 
purplish. Capsules } in., crowded, erect. 
16. M. parvula, Hook. f. Ic. Plt. 1827 B; leaf small solitary sessile on 
the small globose pseudobulb ovate acuminate, bracts minute, flowers Very 
minute, sepals broad l-nerved, lip narrowly panduriform papillose € 
natiug in two slender tails separated by a broad sinus, column-arm 
rounded spreading. 
PERAK; on rocks, alt. 34000 ft., King's Collector. i» 
Pseudobulb y in. diam., sheathed. Leaf 1 in., membranous. Scape and re 
2-3 in. ; pedicels very short; flowers dark blue, j^; in. across; sepals broadly ob e. 
obtuse, and petals nearly flat ; lip cellular, with an obtuse tooth or lobule betw 
the tails, disk and 3 med an obtuse ridges. 
17. M. furcata, Hook. f. Jc. Pl. +. 1827 A; leaf small solitary on the 
small subglobose pseudobulb elliptic and acute or ovate and acum 
bracts lanceolate, flower very small, sepals obtuse ]-nerved, lip sanota 
paudariform 2-lobed beyond the middle, lobes linear-oblong fimbriate on 
outer edge, sinus subacute, column-arms spreading. 
PERAK, Scortechini. : eme 
Pseudobulb } in., sheathed. Leaf 1-2} in. membranous, Scape with rel 
2-5 in.; bracts shorter than the pedicels ; flowers 4, in. across; sepala at the 
obtuse, and petals nearly flat; lip contracted at the middle, 3-nerv 
HASE. 
ttt Lip crenulate, toothed or pectinate. 
18. M. Rheedii, Wight Ic. t. 902 (not of others); stem stout, lenva 
3-5 shortly petioled broadly ovate or elliptic, raceme elongate lax-fld., alz. 
lanceolate deflexed, lip rounded reniform or fan-shaped pectinate. ~ Jor, 
d^ Gibs. Bomb. FI. 260 (exel. syn.) ; Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1832. M. ver nn. 
Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 2); Wall. Cat. 1939; Ridley in Journ. ^o 
Soc. xxiv. 343. Liparis priochilus, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1791. ? L. a ene 
A. Rich, in Ann, Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 17, Malaxis Rheedii, Herb. Hey 
Rheede Hort. Mal. xii. t. 27. 
s : in., acute oF 
Stem 3-6 in., slender or stout, stoloniferous. Leaves 3-7 by 13-3 m., AC 
