6 PEorEssoB lindley's conteibutions to 



* Flores terminales. Labellvm margine continuvm. 



83. D. Macraei, lAndl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orch. No. 3. (?D. nodosum, Dalzell 

 in Hook. Journ. iv. 292.) 



Ceylon, Macrae; Nilgherries, Madras Herbarium, J.B.H. (27) ?j 

 Khasia, at the height of 4000 feet, J. D. H. (26)? 



The flowers of D. Macraei were described as having an entire 

 lip, upon the faith of a Cingalese native drawing. It is, however, 

 very doubtful whether such is their structure, and I can hardly 

 doubt that DalzeU's D. nodosum^ of which I have examined per- 

 fect flowers out of the herbarium of my late lamented friend Dr. 

 Stocks (No. 30), is the same plant. Its leaves, indeed, are nar- 

 rower, and its pseudo-bulbs less unequal-sided, in the specimens 

 before me. Of Dr. Hooker's No. 26, from Khasia, the flowers 

 are unknown, but are said to be solitary and white ; the leaves 

 are not half the width of B. Macrcei, and the pseudo-bulbs are so 

 slender as to be scarcely distinguishable from the main stem. All 

 are nearly allied to D.flabellum of Eeichenbach. 



84. D. PUMILUM {Griff. Notul. iii. p. 315); pseudobulbis clavatis te- 

 tragonis nitidis diphyUis, foUis brevibus ovato-oblongis obtusis, flo-» 

 ribus inter squamas subsessilibus, sepalis petahsque acuminatis, mento 

 attenuato incurvo ovario subaequaU semifisso, labello unguiculato 

 oblongo nudo dimidia superiore acuminata crispa. 



Mergui, on trees, Griffith (24 and 1175). 



riowers small, white, sweet-scented, according to Q-riffith, whose 

 description is, however, not quite exact. In habit it resembles 

 D. tetragonum. 



85. D. Labuanumj pseudobulbis parvis diphyUis secus caulem aroti 

 adpressis, foliis obtusis anguste ovalibus obtusiusculis, floribus soli- 

 tariis, labello trilobo intra apicem papilloso axi elevata carnosa 

 abrupta. 



Borneo, T. hohh. 



This is related to D. cymlidioides and its allies, but the flowers 

 are much smaller. 



86. D. BRACHYPETALUM J pscudobulbis parvis monophyllis secus cau- 

 lem arete adpressis, foliis obtusis, floribus geminis subsessilibus, sepalis 

 acuminatis, petalis acutissimis duplo brevioribus, mento brevi, labello 

 brevi oblongo acuto bicarinato. 



Java, T. Lohb in hb. Hooker. 



A small species with flowers not larger than in an Oberonia. 

 l)he short acute petals and lip are unusual, 



