28 CXLVIII, ORCHIDE®, (J. D. Hooker.) | Arachnanthe. 
East NEPAL and SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3-6000 ft., Grigith’s Collectors, J. D. H., 
"Ee, Buotan (Ic. in Hort. Calcutt.). . 
Stem 12-18 in., stout, Leaves 6-9 by 1-1j in., flaccidly coriaceous, lorate, 
unequally obtusely 2-lobed. Scape longer than the leaves, 4—6-fld.; bracts short, 
broad; flowers 2-23 in. diam., fleshy ; sepals whitish beneath, above yellowish closely 
barred with chocolate or red, dorsal obovate ; lip shorter than the sepals, oblong, 
variable in breadth, side lobes erect speckled with red ; midlobe shoe-shaped, obtuse, 
yellow, margins incurved sharply 2-keeled. Capsule 4 in., linear-oblong or sub- 
pyriform, 
2, A. bilinguis, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 573; scape few-Ad., lateral 
sepals and petals oblanceolate, lip with a large recurved spur under the 
limb, side lobes very small rounded. Renanthera bilinguis, Heichb. f. Xen. 
Orchid. i. 7,t. 4. R.labrosa, Reichb. f.l. c. 88. Arrhynchium labrosum, 
Lindl, in Post, Fl. Gard. i. 142. 
TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Parish, &c. The Kuasta Mrs: at Nurtiung (Ic. 
Jerdon). 
Stem elongate, as thick as a swan’s quill or less. Leaves 5-8 by 4-4 in., keeled, 
coriaceous, unequally 2-lobed. Scape long or short, greenish brown; flowers 4-6, 
distant, 14 in. diam. ; sepals and petals obtuse, yellowish with broad red-brown or 
blotched margins; lip yellow, very narrow, recurved; spur adnate, recurved, as long 
as the limb, the tip of which is hence bifid with the lobes superposed; strap of 
pollinia short, gland large. 
3. A. Clarkei, Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1888, ii. 567; scape few-fd., 
sepals and petals linear-spathulate obtuse. Bot. Mag. t. 7077. Esmeralda 
Clarkei, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1886, ii. 552. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt, 6000 ft., Clarke. Buoran (Je. in Hort. Calcutt.). 
Stem 12-18 in., stout. Leaves 5-6 by 14-14 in., flaccidly coriaceous, lorate, 
unequally obtusely 2-lobed. Scape 2-3-fld.; flowers 32 in. diam., yellow barred 
with pale cinnamon-brown; lateral sepals and petals falcate; dorsal sepal erect; 
lip half the length of the sepals, base narrowed ; side lobes short, broad, obtuse; 
midlobe ovate-cordate, obtuse, ridged ; column speckled with red. Capsule 24 in., 
oblong, very thick. 
** Flowers panicled. Side lobes of lip nearly equalling or exceeding the 
midlobe. 
4. A. Maingayi, Hook f.; lateral sepals broadly obovate, dorsal 
narrower, petals linear-spathulate falcate, side lobes of clawed lip quadrate, 
midlobe as long oblong fleshy, spur red beneath. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1645). 
Stem 4-6 ft., sheaths smooth, Leaves 3-5 in., linear-oblong ; tip narrowed, notched. 
Panicle 1-3 ft.; branches short, divaricate ; pedicel and ovary stout; flowers 2 in. 
diam. ; lip fleshy, not half as long as the sepals, yellow, sides blotched with red (7 claw 
elastic,” Maingay) ; column short, truncate; strap of large oblong furrowed pollen 
broadly linear, gland transverse, 
9. A. moschifera, Blume Rumph. iv. t. 196, 199 ; lateral sepals and 
petals narrowly linear-spathulate falcate, dorsal sepal straight, side lobes 
of lip quadrate, midlobe as long obovate acuminate shortly spurred beneath. 
Arachnis moschifera, Blume Bijdr.365, t. 96. Aerides arachnites, Swartz 
in Schrad. Journ. 1799, 935 ; Willd. Sp. Pl.iv.131. Renanthera Arachnitis, 
Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 217. R. Flos-aeris, Reichb. fF. Xen. Orchid. i. 
85; Walp. Ann. vi. 878. Limodorum Flos.aeris, Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. 
1740, 37. Epidendrum Flos-aeris, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1348. 
PERAK, alt. 4-6000 ft., King’s Collector.—Disrris. Java, Borneo. 
