814 CXLVHL ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker) [Spathoglottis. 
4. S. Bensoni, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; tall, scape 18 in. or more, 
raceme elongate and flowers puberulous, bracts very small ovate-lanceolate, 
flowers 1 in. diam., sepals subacute, midlobe of the saccate lip hardly longer 
than the side lobes sessile cuneately obovate. 
PEG ; on the Prome Hills, Benson (Herb. Maingay). . 
Leaf 12 in., narrowly lanceolate. Racemes 6-10 in.; flowers rather distant ; 
bracts 2 in., pedicels $ in. Capsule 1 in.—The specimens consist of a leaf and two 
racemes. Side lobes of lip shorter and broader than in the preceding three species; 
the calli together form as it were an intermediate lobe, keeled at the back. 
** Pseudobulbs small, depressed conic, naked or nearly so. ‘Scape usually 
very slender, Petals equalling or broader than the sepals, 7-9-nerved. 
5. S. Lobbii, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 455; in Gard. Chron. 
1876, 534; Ot. Hamburg. 46; raceme 4-8-fld., bracts small lanceolate 
pubescent, flowers 1} in. diam., sepals puberulous, midlobe of lip longer 
than the obovate oblong side lobes, claw slender suddenly dilating into an 
obcordately flabelliform smooth blade. 
ARRACAN ; at Akyab, Parish. Scape 
Pseudobulbs about 1 in. diam., with a few fibres. Leaves not seen. Pas 
12-18 in. ; bracts 1—1 in., acute ; flowers sulphur-yellow ; pedicel 1 in., very $ en : ; 
sepals and petals obtuse.— Very near to S. pubescens, but the flowers are larger, 
the midlobe of the lip has a narrower claw and no ridges on the blade. 
6. S. pubescens, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3744; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 1955 
in Bot. Reg. 1845, under t. 19; in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 22; scape era 
much longer than the very narrow leaves, racemes 6-8-fld. pubescent, °F 
small lanceolate, flowers 1 in. diam., midlobe of saccate lip cunea ^ 
flabellate or obeordate longer than the broadly oblong side lobes, disk iom 
1-3 keeled nerves. S. Fortani, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. l. c. t. 19, Pachys 
Wightii & Fortuni, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 464. 
d 
KnasrA and Naga Hitis, alt. 3-5000 ft., Wallich, &c. Mts. of ARRACAN an 
Burma, Lobb, Parish, Griffith, &c.—DuisTRIB. China. 3 in. broad. 
Pseudobulbs as large as a hazel or walnut. Leaves 2-12 in., rarely t d at base 
Scape stout or slender ; bracts l in. or less; flowers golden yellow with dn ]s very 
of the lip; pedicels and ovary 4-1 in.; sepals 5-7-nerved, subacute ; Pi brous or 
obtuse, 9-nerved; lip variable, side lobes rather membranous, calli m n tban 
villous at the base within.— The Chinese S. Fortuni has a broader colam 
pubescens, and the commissure of the side lobes of lip always villous, 
but I find n° 
other differences. metimes quite 
t. Rea. l- C; 
VAR. parvifolia; pseudobulbs very small, leaves very narrow, $0 
na, Grif. 
c 
linear, scape 4-8 in. very slender 2—3-fld. S. parvifolia, Lindl. in Bo iar 
in Journ. Linn, Soc. iii. 22. S. pubescens, Wight Ic. t. 1739., S. khaew 
Notul. iii. 323; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 311, f. 1. Pachystoma parvifolium, Reic b 
462. Epipactis graminifolia, Roxb. Fl. Iud. iti. 456.—Khbasia Mts; * 
alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H, X T. T. in. diam. 
Var. Berkeleyi ; leaf 14 by 1} in., raceme many-fid., flowers J early a foot 
Arracan Hills, Berkeley —The leaves of S. Fortuni being sometimes ‘Lindley. 
long, I venture to regard this as a variety of pubescens, as suggested by 90 is 
, 
7. S. ixioides, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3745; Gen. & Sp. Orel Finder 
Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22; scape 4-6 in. longer or shorter than i diam» 
leaves 1-2-fld., bracts sheathing and sepals pubescent, flower 1- ‘auricle 9s 
midlobe of subsaccate lip cuneate or obcordate with a, tooth escent. Bol. 
each side at its base, side lobes very broad oblong, disk pubes 
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