Microstylis.] CXLVI. ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 691 
19. M. versicolor, Wight Ic. t. 901 (not of Lindl.); stem short, 
pseudobulb ovoid, leaves 2 rarely 3 sessile or shortly petioled ovate to 
lanceolate, raceme usually dense-fld., bracts lanceolate deflexed, flowers 
small, lip short cuneate or subreniform pectinately toothed, style-aims 
spreading subacute. M. pratensis, Ridley in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxiv. 344. 
Liparis densiflora, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 18, t. 1 B. 
The Deccan PENINSULA; on the hills from the Nilghiris southwards. CEYLON ; 
at Ratnapoora, Thwaites. 
Nearly allied to M. Rheedii, but always small and pseudobulbous, with sessile or 
subsessile leaves and smaller flowers in denser spikes. The lip accords well, as does 
the column. Flowers yellow or purple. Thwaites, and, following him, Ridley, refer 
` Thwaites? 2743 to M. Rheedii, but its habit and pseudobulbs are entirely those of 
versicolor 3 on the ticket Thwaites names it JM. luteola, to which species also 
Ridley refers it (by oversight in one or the other case). 
Van. luteola; flowers larger. M. luteola, Wight Ic. t. 1632; Ridley l. c. 345 
lezel. Hab. Ceylon).—Nilghiri Hills, Wight.—I find no other difference than the 
size of the flower whereby to distinguish this from JM. versicolor, 
20. M. lancifolia, Thwaites Enum. 269; stemless, pseudobulb small 
or 0, leaves 5-8 rather lon g-petioled lanceolate acuminate, raceme dense-fld., 
bracts lanceolate suberect, flowers small, lip short almost semicircular 
with the convex margin to the column the other deeply 6-8-toothed, column 
stout, arms suberect. Ridley in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxiv. 346 ; Hook. f. Ic. 
Plaat. t. 1830. 
CEYLON; in the Saffragam and Ambagamowa districts, Thwaites. 
Root fibrous. Leaves 2-4 by j-3 in., 3-nerved ; petiole 4-14 in., rather slender. 
Cape and raceme 4-6 in. ; flowers about 1 in. across, yellow ?—Resembles a narrow- 
leaved M. versicolor with long petioles. ‘The suberect bract is an excellent character 
indicated by Thwaites. 
21. M. Stocksii, Hook. f. Ic. Pl. t. 1833; leaves 2-3 shortly petioled 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bracts lanceolate deflexed, lowers rather large, lip 
much broader than long transversely oblong or very broadly flabeltiform 
teeply palmately lobed strongly nerved, arms of column suberect rather 
read, M. luteola, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. (not of Wight). 
The Deccan PENINSULA; on the Bababoodan Hills in Canara, Stocks, &e. 
_, Stem 1-2 in, Leaves 14-3 in., 3-5-nerved, Scape with raceme 2-4 in. ; flowers 
Yellow, 4 in, across.— This differs from all the preceding species in the great breadth 
and deep lacinize of the lip, and further from M. versicolor (to the var. luteola of 
which it approaches in the large flowers) in the absence of pseudobulbs. 
22. M. crenul j j inn. S iv. 346; stem short 
. ata, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. ; 
hardly pseudobulbons, leaves l'or 2 shortly petioled lanceolate, maps and 
me 4 in., bracts lanceolate deflexed, flowers small, lip shortly clawe 
Rha ed-reniform crenulate, column broader and shorter than in M. 
ediz. 
WESTERN Nrr i à 
GHIRIS, Beddome (in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 2s . 
nme above description from the dis quoted barely suffices to distinguish this from 
: Meedii, except by the fewer leaves, and less deeply cut lip. 
3. LIPARIS, Richard. 
Terrestrial or epiphytie; pseudobulbous or not. Leaves l or more, 
