ORCIIIDE.E. 189 



1.3. TnrxLv iTAEsiiAi.i.r, 11. fil. 



14. SrATHoGi.orris tlicata, lilumc. Liuill. Gen. and Sp. Orcli. PI. p. 110. 

 LindlfV ijives Java and I'eitmui for this plant. Xotbiug is more likel_v than it 



should be found in Burma also, though Mr. Low may possibly have received it from 

 the Straits, ascribing it through error to -Burma. 



15. SPATnOGLOTTIS ALBA, 11. fil.? 



16. LuisiA, sp. (emakginata?). 



17. AeRIDES LARPENTiE (?). 



18. Saccolabium rNTEKMEDiUJi, 1{. til. " ui-ur «S'. lif/ililiiim." Another variety of 

 the S. calceolare group, whifh seems to be only " eonstans in l(!vitate." It 

 appears to be alrao.st inijjossible to find two plants alike in this group, and 

 that, if only two could be fixed upon as the extremes at either end, the 

 name iiifrniiediutn ndght be applied to all the rest. Since writing my 

 observations under the head of S. calceolare I received a living specimen 

 from Mr. H. A'eitch of .S'. lin/il/lini/i, said by him to be the ])lant so named 

 by Prof. Eeichenbaeh himself. On comparing the flowers wiih the figure 

 of that species in the Bot. Magazine, I found that they did not agree with 

 it either in form or in colour, but rather with the figure of .S'. dcnticulatum. 

 On drawing his attention to this, Jlr. Yeitcli writes me, " The flowers vary 

 very much, and next year, if all is well, I will send you flowers as light as 

 those figured in Bot. Mag. and darker than those I sent you last week.'' 



19. Sarcaxthus HixcKsiAxrM, R. fil. 



20. Cyjibidium coceleark, Lindl. Journal Linn. Soc. vol. iii. pp. 28, 178. 



21. Yanda c.erulescens, var. Lowii, 11. fil. See my remarks under head of V. 



creridescens. 



22. Yaxda Yip.wr, R. fil. Gard. Chron. 1882, July 29, p. 131. 

 2;5. Cypeipedium Boxallii, R. fil. 



ORCHIDS.' 



" TYliere Java's Isle, liorizoned with the floods, 

 Lifts to the skies her canopj* of woods ; 

 Pleased Epidendra climbs the waving pines. 

 And high in heaven the intrepid beauty shines, 

 Gives to the tropic breeze her radiant hair. 

 Drinks the bright shower, a\v\ feeds xipon the air. 

 Her brood delighted stretch their callow wings, 

 As poised aloft their pendant cradle swings, 

 Eye the warm sun, the spicy zephyr breathe, 

 And gaze uncnvious on the world beneath." 



Erasmus Darwin's Loves of the Plants, Canto iii. ?>9\. 



AN ENUMERATION OF BURMESE ORCHIDS 



SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED. 



A. Anther one only. 

 I. Pollen-ma.sses waxy. 



1. Tribe I. Malaxidere. Pollen-masses free, i.e. without any eaudicula 

 or gland, or other connecting substance. 



Microstijlis, Lindley, Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, xiii. 

 1. M. Rheedii, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. p. 21. Wight's Icones. t. 902 (bad). C.P. 

 No. 215. 



1 The whole of this account of the Orchids of Burma is from the pen of the Rer. C. P.irish, formerly 

 Chaplain of Maulmain, a zealous aJmirer and a sutcossful cultivator of this charming class of phiuts. 



