Tap. 7425. 
NEUWILEDIA Grtrriruatt. 
Native of Malacca. 
Nat. Ord. Orcu1pEx%.—Tribe APosTASIEZ. 
Genus Neuwiepia, Blume; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. yol. iii. p. 635.) 
Nevuwiepia Grifithii ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, scapo breviusculo, 
racemo hispidulo, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis flores subeequantibus 
erectis, perianthio ovoideo albo, filamentis brevibus liberis quam 
antheras oblongas multo brevioribus. 
N. Griffithii, Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid, vol. ii. (1874), p. 16. Rolfe in Journ. 
Tinn. Soc. vol. xxv. (1890), p. 235. Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. vi. 
p. 176. 
On Tab. 7368 is figured, for the first time, from living 
specimens, the remarkable Malayan genus of Orchidex, 
Neuwiedia, and under the description of it (N. Lindley) it 
is stated that another species, N. Griffithii, is also in culti- 
vation at Kew. ‘The latter has since flowered (in Sep- 
tember, 1894), and is here represented. N. Griffithii 
differs from N. Lindleyi in its much smaller size, shorter 
spike, broader bracts, and very small white flowers, which 
are much more pubescent. It was discovered by Dr. Griffith 
in Malacca, and it was subsequently collected there by the 
late Dr. Maingay, and lastly, by Mr. Ridley, to whom the 
Royal Gardens are indebted for living plants, as they were 
to him for those of N. Lindleyi. It has also been found 
in the province of Perak (in the Malayan Peninsula) by 
collectors sent by Dr. King from the Royal Botanical 
Gardens, Calcutta. 
There still remain two Javan species of Neuwiedia, which 
are very imperfectly known, and from dried specimens 
alone, N. veratrifulia and N. Zollingeri, Blume, together 
with N. Ourtisii of Rolfe of Penang, and N. calanthoides 
of New Guinea, all of which require investigation from 
living specimens before the species of the genus can be 
pronounced to be satisfactorily established. With regard 
to N. Lindleyi, I have, with regret, to state that the colour- 
ing of the flower in the plate is of far too bright a golden- 
yellow, and in this respect very far from a faithful repro- 
JuLy Ist, 1895. 
