Oe 
18 Cem, oRCHIDES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Geodorum. 
inflorescence, and the floral are as long as the ovaries.— The var. 3. albido-purpureum, 
Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145, from Moulmein, has bracts as long 
as the flowers, but none below the inflorescence, green sepals and petals, and a dingy 
purple streaked lip. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
G. PALLIDUM, Wall. in Don Prodr. 31. There is no specimen of this in 
Wallich’s Herbarium, nor is the name in his Catalogue; but thereis a Geodorum m 
Herb. Kew, sent to Sir W. Hooker by Wallich from Nepal in 1818, which is, I think, 
purpureum as defined above. G. pallidum, Griff. 1. c. 3857, from Assam and Silhet, 
described from garden specimens, is perhaps the white-fld. purpureum; its flowers 
are described as rather small. 
G. APPENDICULATUM, Griff. in Calc. Journ, Nat. Hist. v. 360, t. 24, is probably, 
as suggested by Griffitb, Brown's G. dilatatum. . 
G. CANDIDUM, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 8, Limodorum candidum, Rowb., from Silhet, 
Khasia and Moulmein, is probably dilatatum ; it is certainly not G. candidum, Wall. 
Cat. 7374. 
G. pninATATUM, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 675, is, I think, pale-fld. purpureum. 
G. rvcaruM, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1687 ; Fol. Orchid. 5, from Ceylon, resembles 
a small G. purpureum. Thwaites states that he has never seen it. 
G. LAXIFLORUM, Griff. l. c. 356, t. 24, from Assam, Jenkins, strongly resembles 
G. citrinum in its broad petals, dilated undulate emarginate white lip with the disk 
tinged with yellow and purplish base. 
G. RARIFLORUM, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 9, from Assam, is, I think, certainly 
G. purpureum. 
GEODORUM sp., a narrow-leaved plant, with the habit of G. purpureum, from 
Mount Ophir, Malacca, Griffith, resembles the Philippine G. semicristatum, Lindl. 
G. gavanicuM, Lindl. Fol. Orchid.2. (Cistella cernua, Blume Bijdr. 293, t. 55) 
of Java, is a small-fld. species confidently referred by Reichenbach. (Bonpland. 1857, 
43) to G. dilatatum, with the observation that Wight/s G. dilatatum is a totally 
different plant. 
43. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM, Blume. 
Large stout epiphytes. Leaves linear, distichous, jointed on their 
sheaths. Scapes lateral, long, stout; flowers large, racemose. Sepals an 
petals subequal, spreading. Lip small, adnate to the base of the column 
(mobile?) erect, concave; its side lobes embracing the column, midlobe 
short recurved. Column semiterete, foot 0, top incurved; anther broad, 2- 
celled; pollinia 2, subglobose, 2-cleft, attached one to each horn of a curved 
strap or gland.—Species 3 or 4, Malayan. 
_ G. speciosum, Blume Bijdr. 377, fig. 20; Rumph. iv. 47, t. 1913 
gigantic, flowers 6 in. diam. golden spotted with brown. Lindl. Gen. & Sp: 
Orchid. 628; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii, 708; Bot. Mag. t. 5157; Part. Fil. 
Gard. ii. t. 69; Fl. des Serres, t.1386 ; Batem. 2nd Cent. Orchid.t. 181 ; Jard. 
Fleur, t. 285; Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 181, f. 86 ; 1890, i. 289, f. 46; Walp. 
Ann, vi. 628. G. fastuosum, Lindl. in Part. Fl. Gard. ii. 159 under t. 09. 
G. macranthum, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. ii. 16; Walp. Ann.l. c. Pattoni@ 
macrantha, Wight Ic. t. 1750. Gabertia scripta, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy: 
Bot. 42>. Cymbidium scriptum, Swartz in Schrad. Diar. 1799, 228 ; Wille 
p. . lv. . idendrum seri inn. . — Rumph 
Amboin, vi. 95, t 42, > ptum, Linn, Sp, Pl. 1961.— Rump 
TENASSERIM, Parish. PERAK, Scortechini. ; istrib. 
5318), Maingay (K. D. 1655).—DisTRIB. Java, Borman oe Grifith (Kew P 
Stems 8-10 ft., tufted, as thick as the wrist. Leaves 1j-2 ft. by 1}-1$ in» 
equitant, lorate, acute, Scape 4-6 ft., as thick as the finger, terete ; bracts ovate i 
pedicels 4-6 in., as thick as a goose-quill; sepals and petals fleshy, obovate«oblong: 
variable in breadth, undulate, spreading and reflexed ; lip half the length of th 
sepals, side lobes short, subacute; midlobe ovate, hirsute, disk with depre 
