Tas. 5208. 
ANCECTOCHILUS setaceus, var. tnornatus. 
Fringed Anectochilus ; var. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHuipE#®.—GyNANDRIA Monoayntia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4123.) 
ANG®CTOCHILUS setaceus ; subrepens, foliis rotundato-ovatis velutinis plerumque 
aureo-reticulatis subtus discoloribus, sepalis extus ovariisque glanduloso- 
hirsutis, labello medio ad marginem longe fimbriato apice bilobo, lobis ob- 
longis obtusis patentibus, sacco labelli apice bifido. 
a. aureo-reticulatus ; canle bracteisque subcarneo, foliis supra pulcherrime aureo- 
reticulatis. 
ANGCTOCHILUS setaceus. Blume, Bijdr.v.1.p.412. Tabelien, 15. Lindi. Bot. 
Reg. t. 2010. Gen, et Sp. Orchid. p. 499. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4123. Wight, 
Le. Ind. Or. v. 5. #. 1731. 
CurysoBaPnus Roxburgii. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nepal. t. 17. 
Folium petolatum. Rumph. Amb. v. 6. p. 93. t. 41. f. 3. 
B. inornatus; caule bracteisque viridibus, foliis supra purpureo-cupreis (venis 
aureis omnino obsoletis). (Tas. Nostr. 5208.) 
The ordinary state of this plant, with its beautiful golden net- 
work on the upper side of the leaves, is familiar, to all cultivators 
of rare Orchideous plants, as well as to such as frequent the gar- 
dens of those that are curious in them, for it is one of the most 
interesting of the family; a native, too, of very extensive regions 
in the East Indies, both on the continent and in the islands. In 
Ceylon its foliage is so attractive that the plant is known by the 
native name of Wana Rajah, or King of the Woods. Rumphius, 
in Herb, Amboyn, accurately describes the leaves as “ cordifor- 
mia quasi, crassiuscula sed flaccida, mollia ad tactum instar serici 
densioris, ac quodammodo splendentia, quam elegantissime picta, 
leete rabentilus et intricatis flavis lineis distincta, ita ut can- 
cellata sint, atque ignotos referant characteres, ac si penicillo a 
perito pictore picta | essent, inferius folia rubent, seu purpurascunt 
sine characteribus.”’ 
But this is not always the condition of the foliage. In a valu- 
able case of plants lately received from the Botanic Garden of 
OCTOBER Ist, 1860. 
