38 ILOUA TEILtTR. 



Macradenia tio Ludj bu{l)is ovatis sulcatis, fol. 

 . 2, lis^ulatis casiijati?, sp. racem. paiJciH. bract, 

 breviss. sepalis obov. snbeq. iabello brevis. Bra- 

 zil, £jreen iVai,'rant flowers. This like the next 

 has; been shuliled in various alien Genera. 



907. OiuiosrEi^iA R. (neclvlace stem) diff. 

 Ep'id. petalis subeq. ovatis, 3 ext. basi gibbosis 

 coalitis, Iabello conformi cuculato ovato acute 

 basi scrobiculato. Caidib. c/nvalis, arficulis 

 trimldls monUlf. fol. (Usiiclns extr-axiUaris 

 — Types 1. O. purpnrfa R. (Epid. monilif. L. 

 Dendrobium do Sw. W. b. reg. 1314.) fol. cbl. 

 obliq. einarg. obt. petiolis dilat. amplex. China, 

 fl. purple — 2. O. albijhtra R. Epid. monile 

 Thunb I diff. fol. acutis, fl. albis. Japan. 



998. Jp:nsoa R. (Jap. bot.) diff. Epid. peta- 

 lis obi. 2 internis, label, obi. basi cucul. apice 

 deflexo obt. col. curva antice concava, stigm. 

 obt. antheris '2 anticis, caps, teres tortilis. Sca- 

 piisa, genlc. fol. ensalis. — Type /. ensata R. 

 (Epid. do L. Limodornm do Th) fol. glndiatis, 

 scapo tcreti genicul. bract, vagin. lanceol. Ja- 

 pai!, B. yellow, spicate ? 



909. JiMENsiA R. (Jap. bot.) Petalis ovatis 

 concavis, *2 internis, label, trifido emarg. basi 

 callis 2 obi. medio concavo, col. filif. incurva, 

 stig. bifid, concavo, antheris 2 dorsalis, capsula 

 clavata. 8caposa,foh gladiaiis^fl. spicatis — 

 Type /, fieri'osa R. Limodorum striatum Th. 

 fl. jap. scapo angulato, fol. rad. glad, nervosis, 

 fl. cernuis, bracteatis. Japan, fl. yellow. The 

 G. Limodorum contained many anomalies also, 

 sp. with or without spurs, beards or no beards, 

 many kinds of pillars or styles or clinandresifec. 

 The shapes of capsules will afford good charac- 

 ters in Orchides too much neglected heretofore. 

 The Japanese, Chinese, Hindu and Arabic bo- 



