Arundina.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEE, (J. D. Hooker.) 857 
Sect. I. EUARUNDINA. Raceme simple or sparingly branched; bracts 
small, broadly ovate, acute, persistent. Lip very variable but always 
large, oblong, broad, subentire or with obscure side lobes, a small crisped 
terminal lobe and 2 or more lamellate nerves at the base. 
l. A. bambusifolia, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3751; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
125; in Bot. Reg. xxvii, Mise. 2; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22; leaves 8-12 
Y $-l in., raceme 6-12 in., sepals 1-1l in., petals orbicular-obovate 
apiculate, side lobes of lip short or 0, midlobe small 2-fid crisped, disk with 
3 lamellate nerves. Wight Ic. t. 1661; Griff. Notul. iii. 829, 331; Je. Pl. 
Asiat. t. 314; Walp. Ann. vi. 457. Cymbidium bambusifolium, Roxb, FI. 
Ind. iii. 460. Bletia graminifolia, Don Prodr. 29. Limodorum gramini- 
folium, Ham. mss. 
Tropica HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards. Assam and the Kasra Mrs. to 
unnipore and Chittagong, MALABAR, fid. Wight.—DiIsTRIB. Java. 
Stem 5-7 ft., sometimes as thick as the thumb below. Raceme stout, simple or 
laxly panicled ; bracts } in., broad, coriaceous, subacute. Zip brighter red than the 
Sepals. Capsule decurved, 2-23 in.—Griffith at p. 331 describes the petals and 
Sepals as white, at p. 329 as flesh-cold. Lindley errs in describing the petals as 
"nceolate, and Wight in giving Ceylon as the locality for his drawing, which is 
rom a specimen in his Herbarium marked ** Assam, Grifith.” 
2. A. densiflora, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxviii. t. 38, Mise. 26; in Journ. 
Linn, S. lii 23; leaves 6-10 by 1-1 in., raceme very short, flowers as in 
bambusifol ia, but midlobe of lip very obscure. Walp. Ann. vi. 456. PA. 
Speciosa, Blume Bijd. 401, t. 73; Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. l. c. 
, PERAK, SiNGAPORE and Maracca; on Mount Ophir, Maingay, &c. (Kew 
Distrib, 1635, 4. speciosa). 
à A more slender plant than A. bambusifolia, with a shorter raceme; but I 
PAN specific difference. Perhaps the .4. speciosa, Bl., but the petals are not 
olate, 
3. A. chinensis, Blume Bijd. 502; stem 8-12 in, leaves 4-7 by 
17i in. spreading and recurved, racemes 1-3 in. few-fld. simple, sepals 
1-15 in, petals ovate-oblong, lip yellow in the middle. Hook. & Arn. Bot. 
sech. Voy, 217; Lindl. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. (1855) 34; Benth. 
l Hough. 355; Walp. Ann. vi. 457. A. affinis, Grif. Notul. Yi. 330; lc. 
| We [in 
l. Asiat. t. 351 A, f, 28 (anther); Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22; 
alp. l. c. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, on the outer hills, J. D. H. K Hasta HiLLS ; in grassy 
places, alt. 3-5000 ft., common, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 5195, 6796), &e.— DISTRIB. 
una, l 
Apparently identical with the Chinese plant, and distinguished from A. b M 
folia by the small size and yellow on the lip. Lindley says ìt has only 2 ragged 
ameliæ on the lip instead of the 5 of the former plant, but I find 5 thickene an 
‘mellate nerves. The raceme is rarely 7-fld., the flowers extremely variable in size. 
mith doubts its specific difference, but if so, all the Indian species (except sect. 
Hochia) should be united, in which I might concur. 
o 4. A. minor, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 125; stem m in., leaves 
» j i ( y-fld., s 3 al 
iN Py à-i in. erect strict, raceme long peduncled few-fld., sepals an 
9/8 asin A. chinensis, but smaller. 
CEYLON; | . stp ing to 4000 ft., not uncommon, 
ON ; in the Central district, ascending , strict leaves that are 
This differs from A. chinensis in the shorter suberect le 1-]9 i 
*cuminate or subacute with an apiculus and smaller flowers. Capsule 1-)$ iu. 
