Aphyllorchis.) ^ otemt ORCHIDES. (J. D. Hooker.) 117 
mille, and side lobes rounded at the base, claw short broad with 2 
linear-calli tip obtuse thickened. Apaturia montana, Thwaites Enum. 
301 (not of Lindl.). 
? Kuasra Mrs., alt. 3500 ft., and SIEKiM HIMALAYA, Griffith. CEYLON; Am- 
gamowa district, rare, Thwaites. . . 
Stem 2 ft., with 8-10 loose stout basal sheaths, and a few distant higher up ; 
yellowish tinged with purple. Raceme 4-8 in., lax-fld.; bracts }-2 in., lanceolate, 
acuminate; pedicel with ovary 2-1 in.; sepals 3-2 in., and petals straw-coloured, 
and tips purple ; lip broader than the sepals, base contracted into Jr " - 
Ste short claw, nerves with diverging nervules; column very slender.— m no 
ent character whereby to separate the Sikkim and Khasia specimens, but these 
Tare quite insufficient for identification. 
2. A. Prainii, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; sepals and petals linear- 
oblong obtuse, lip ovate, claw saccate with two falcately ovate acute 
Wing-like auricles, 
Naca Hiris; Prain 
, Te like 4, montana in size, habit, and inflorescence; distinguished by the 
Winged claw of the lip. I have seen but one specimen. 
3, A. t vaginata, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; stem stout clothed with 
lax obtus 
e sheaths, lip sessile lanceolate acuminate. 
Kuasta Hrrzs ; at Mamloo, in woods, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. few.fld.: 
b tem 6 in,, stout; sheaths } in., loose, membranous, obtuse. Raceme SÉ ds 
wets large sheathing ; flowers subsessile, erect, about ł in. across, dingy M onder 
adr ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved ; petals lanceolate, acuminate, 1-nerved ; lip than in 
the the sepals, as long, with no vestige of claw or caruncle; column shorter P this 
other species or the germ, acuminate.—I have seen but one specimen ol 
WR plant which differs from its congeners in the sessile lip and shorter column, 
wets are young, and too much confidence must not be placed in the diagnosis. 
* Flower buds decurved., 
£ A. pallida, p/ j 7 id. Archip. Ind. 59, t. 13, f. 1 
. ume Bijdr. t. 77; Orchid. Archip. . ^ 
"d D.; sepals and petals faleate claw of lip with large oblique auricles, 
ee 9-lob ' 
nc 
led ed, base cordate, side lobes oblong, midlobe oblong obtuse 
t tar, Scortechini, in rocky places, alt. 800-1000 ft., King’s Collector, alt. 3900 
, Roget DISTRIB, Java. d otted 
vith d of long tomentose fibres, Stem 12-18 in., rather flexuous, slender, ien 
TOWD-pink ; sheaths few, obtuse. Racemes 2-6 in., lax-fld. ; bracts curved, 
3 pedicel erecto-patent, with the ovary }—} in ; flowers iin. long, concave ; 
Petala e Ish-pink, Spotted with dark brown; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse anther 
idymo 8 Tongly falcate, l-nerved; lip recurved; column subclavate; 
75; pollinia (Ie. Scortechini) pyriform (in Ze. Blume, reniform). 
96. CRYPTOSTYLIS, Br. 
Dee herbs; caudex short, stout. Leaves basal, long petioled 
en cape leafless. Flowers loosely racemed * rip superior, 
t, nhequal, and petals very narrow, widely spreading Emn con- 
tracte anceolate rom à broad base which embraces the co Wë 
broad, quove it, entire. Column very short; stigma stont; ollinia 
hick, erect, acuminate; anther obtuse or acuminate; P 
