Thelasie. | OXLVII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 8T 
Knasta Mrs., Lobb. . . 
Pseudobulb 3 in. diam. — Leaves 34 by 1} in., spreading, base contracted. 
Spike 2 in.; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse ; flowers } in. long ; sepals broa ' biddle | 
petals obovate-oblong, l-nerved; lip obscurely 5-nerved, broadest in the r j 
rostellum very long, acuminate, entire. 
] ; i ike 3-5 in. 
5. T. khasiana, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; scape with spi 
about equalling the solitary petioled linear leaf, spike elongate laz-fd, tip 
elliptic-ovate subacute. T. pygmæa, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 
part). 
Kuasa Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft., Lobb, J. D. H. Ẹ T. T. DW ik 
Pseudobulbs 3-in., depressed-globose. Leaves 2-4 by $-i in. Scape and spike 
rather stout ; bracts ovate-lanceolate ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse dp m d onte. 
obtuse; lip 3-nerved, broadest rather nearer the base than tip; rosto um are 'on the 
—Very like T, pygmea, but a much larger plant, without keel or wing 
Sepals, 
a, t with the 
6. T. longifolia, Hook. . Ic. Plant. ined.; scape stou . 
ke 6-9 in. about equalling The solitary leaf, spike elongate lax-fld., lip 
e'iptic-ovate acute. 
Knmasià Mrs. J. D. H, T. T. i i 
iffers from T. ihastang in being very much larger, and p "un P 
Pseudobuld 1-1i in. diam., depressed-globose. Leaf sometimes faleste, $-1j 
Toad; flowers $ in. long. 
; hort 
Sect. II. OxvANTHERA Brongn. (Gen.. Pseudobulb 0; stem short, 
clothed with the equitant sheaths of the linear leaves which are jointed 
at the sheath, (Oxyanthera is a very natural group). 
7. T. elata, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; leaves 10-14 by 1-1} im. tip 
i d 
wae Scape equalling or exceeding the leaves, raceme long slender 
Frais, on deca ed wood, King’s Collector. . . 
, Rootstock as thick as the little finger. Leaves few, sheaths 2-23 by 4 Wé long 
Picate, coriaceous, Scape very slender, flexuous; sheaths y Wi "Bowers 
mem ranous, lanceolate ; bracts ovate, acuminate, spreading and ref exe M Ge 
, 0., Darrow, shortly pedicelled ; sepals linear-oblong, acute, l-nerved, venation te 
unet ; Petals lanceolate, acute ; lip erect, claw short broad, limb linear tite, sex. 
argins waved, base broadly 2-auricled, auricles revolute; rostellum "ct TUA 
ee obtuse ; pollinia 8, shortly obovoid.—Near T. carinata, Bl. (of whic 
onder, raceme 
me no flowers), but the leaves are very much longer, the scape very slender, r 
ger, and bracts acuminate, 
8. T. decurva, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; leaves 4-6 MN re 
T rounded and obtusely notched or subacute, scape very slenc er, raceme 
very short decurved, bracts reflexed, lip dagger-shaped from 2 cone 
innate base terete and fleshy beyond the middle with the crisped marg 
ered and close to the mesial line. 
SINGAPORE; at Krangi, Ridley. PrNANG, or Government Hill, Maingay. 
e x veaths 
1-9 hoes 3-4 in. broad, Scape shorter than the leaves, filiform, flexuons, P 
> raceme $ in.; pedicels } in., longer than the oblong oe oblong 
obtus ong, Pale fawn colour; sepals ovate-lanceolate acute an narrow y Brong. 
which viele l-nerved.—This much resembles the figure of O. mien into a broad 
Short > figured as having a stout broadly ovate obtuse lip narrowe Wat the tip, 
others AIS, base Concave, The leaves of some specimens are narro 
Ave 2 rounded lobes. 
