24 CXLVI., oRcHIDEE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lusia, 
Stem 2-5 in.; internodes 3-4 in. Leaves as thick as a sparrow quill. Rachis 
of spike clothed with imbricate ovate acute bracts; pedicels decurved ; flowers 
punctulate ; dorsals sepal oblong obtuse and similar petals 1-nerved ; lip as long as 
the sepals, epichile about balf as long as the hypochile both concave.— Griffiths 
specimens are not in flower but appear to be the same as Mann’s, which are so. 
6. L. primulina, Par. & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144, 
t. 30, f. 1; stem short very stout, leaves 3—4 in. very stout, rachis short 
few-fld., sepals subequal oblong acute, petals larger obovate-spathulate 
obtuse, lip much longer than the lateral sepals yellow, hypochile small 
short saddle-shaped, epichile large triangular-ovate obtuse, margin 
obscurely lobulate. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 
Stem 3-4 in.; internodes short. Leaves 3 in. dium. Flowers 2 in. diam., pale 
yellow with a purple column.— Described chiefly from a drawing by Parish. A draw- 
ing in Herb. Calcutt. of apparently the same species (collected at Moolyet, Moulmein) 
has elliptic-acute sepals, a shorter cordate epichile, a larger hypochile with a purple 
disk, and a yellow column; its concave lateral sepals are spurred at the back. There 
are in Herb. Kew flowers and leaf of a cultivated plant from Burma (Hort. Kew), 
resembling this, but with a purple lip. 
7. L. macrotis, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1809, 1110; habit and 
leaves of L. Psyche, sepals triangular keeled, petals longer triangular 
ligulate acute flat base broad, lip much longer than the sepals violet-black 
iriangular-ovate from a broad 2-auricled base sulcate. 
Assam (Hort. Day). 
I have seen only flowers of what I take to be this (Hort. Kew), in which the 
sepals are ovate-oblong, subacute, the petals much longer (4 in. long), linear-oblong, 
obtuse, and the lip very like that of L. primulina, and of the same size, but dark 
purple. The shape of the petals distinguishes it from primulina. 
** Petals much longer than the sepals. 
8. L. Psyche, Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1863, 98; in Gard. Chron. 
1865, 342; stem tall stout, leaves 3-5 in. stout, rachis short, flowers few 
large, petals linear-spathulate or obovate obtuse twice as long as the obtuse 
concave sepals, lip broadly ovate-oblong retuse, base contracted saccate 
2-auricled. Bot. Mag. t. 5558. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. ? Kasia HILLs, alt. 3000 ft., Mann. 
Stem 1 ft., internodes 1 in. Leaves strict, l in. diam. Sepals 4 in. long, 
petals 1j in., variable in breadth, both pale greenish yellow. Lip convex, nearly 
l in. long, violet-brown, tessellated with white or yellow, auricles erect, embracing 
the white column, Capsule 131-2 in. long.—Mann's specimen is in fruit only. 1t 
has a large clavate capsule as figured by Parish in his drawing of Z. Psyche. 
9. L. tenuifolia, Blume Rumph. iv. 50; Mus. Bot. i. 63; stem long 
slender, leaves 4-7 in., rachis $ in., flowers few large, petals narrow twice 
as long as the ovate subacute concave sepals,lip narrowly panduriform 
convex base broad 2-auricled, lip with 2 divergent lobes. Lindl. Fol. 
Orchid.2; Thwaites Enum, 302; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI.966; Walp. Ann. 
vi. 619. L. Birchea, Blume Rumph. iv. 50; Mus. Bot. i. 63. L. zeylanica, 
Thwaites mss. (C. P. 2347). Birchea teretifolia, A. Rich. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
Ser. 2, xv. 66, t. 10. Cymbidium tenuifolium, Lindl, Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 
167 (ezcl. Syn.). C. triste, Wight Ic. t. 911 (non Willd.). 
On the WESTERN GHATS, from the Concan to Travancore, Wight, Dalzell, &c. 
CEYLON; in the Central Province, Macrae, Thwaites, 
Leaves very variable in thickness, sometimes very long and slender.  Sepals 
4-3 in. long, yellowish green stained or streaked with red; petals more green; 
