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12.. Microsty.is versicolor. 
M. caule folioso, foliis cordato-v. ovato-oblongis abrupte petiolatis undu- 
latis plicatis, labello transverso antice dentato basi cucullato parum 
equitante, columnà apice bicorni, sepalis petalisque secundis. 
Hab. in India Orientali, Hayne in Museo Anglo-Indico; in pratis apricis 
ad latera collium Zeylone, florens Julio ; Macrae. (hab. s. sp. et v. ic. pict.) 
M. Rheedii valde affinis, sed distincta staturà minore, foliorum formå et 
florum magnitudine. Illius equidem analysis me fefellit, diversas tamen 
esse proculdubio existimo. Flores lutei in purpureo mutabiles. 
I do not think there are any materials in this country sufficient for de- 
termining exactly what the Malaxis Rheedii of Swartz is, or rather the 
Basaala Poulou-Maravara of the Hortus Malabaricus upon which that 
species was founded. Of a Microstylis from India answering to Rheede's 
figure I have seen no specimen. "The Epidendrum resupinatum of Forster 
which is referred to it as a synonym, exists in the Banksian Herbarium, 
and there is also a drawing of that species in the same collection, and 
these agree extremely well with the Hortus Malabaricus figure: but they 
are undoubtedly distinct from M. versicolor in their greater size and 
much larger oblong-lanceolate leaves. Their flowers I have not analysed, 
but if the Crepidium Rheedii of Blume belongs to Malaxis Rhedii, which 
I scarcely doubt, the flowers are essentially distinct also. 
13. MicnosTyLis Rheedii. 
M. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis, labello truncato dentato 
basi longè equitante. 
Epidendrum resupinatum. Forst.! fide iconis Forsterianz in Bibliotheca Banksiana. 
Malaxis Rheedii. Willd. no. 5. 
? Crepidium Rheedii. Blume p. 387. f. 63. 
Hab. in India Orientali, Rheede ; in sylvis opacis Jave, Blume; in insula 
Otaheite ; Banks. Forster. (v. s. sp. deflor. in Herb. Banks.) 
Variat foliis purpurascentibus et viridibus. Blume. 
Obs. Columna apice alata diptera, alis subquadratis, si planta Blumii eadem : 
specimina in Herb. Banks. deflorata nihil docent. 
T 14. MicnosrvyLis ? macrostachya. 
Ophrys macrostachya. Llave nov. veg. Mex. 2.9. 
** Planta terrestris habitu gracilis. Radix bulbo unico oblongo. Folium 
unicum, radicale, ovatum, vaginans, uninerve; squamule foliacee basin 
amplectentes. Scapus tetragonus, longissimus, erectus. Flores spicati, 
sessiles, conferti, bracteis linearibus cincti, Perigonium herbaceum, 
5-fidum. Segmenta tria exteriora ovata, patentia; duo lateralia angus- 
tioralunulata. Labellum concavum, subrotundum, concolor, obtuse acu- 
minatum. Gynostemium brevissimum. Anthera bilocularis ad apicem. 
Pollinis massulz due minutissime. Stigma non aspectabile.” Llave l. c. 
Hab. in Mezico prope Jesus del Monte, juxta Vallisoletum, florens Augusto ; 
Llave. 
