LUISIA. 



ORCHIDES. 621 



Vaiida? tviihorrhiza. Hook. Exot. Bot. t. 72. 

 Cymbidium trisle. Ilooker, in Bot. Mag. t. 3648. 

 Wild in Kbasia, nt the hase— J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson; hot valleys of Sikkim 

 J. D. Hooker ; Nilgherry moiintains Ilooker (v. s. sp.) 



Tbis is Ihe stoutest anil sliffest of the genus, sometimes with an enormous deve- 

 lopment of downy roots. Fiowers duli dirty purplc , or (as in B, M. 3648) wiih white 

 sepals and petals. 



Obs. Moneo, hanc apud ill. Lindley horribilem esse farragincm. Nam tres com- 

 binat species. Cymbidium trisle Ilook. B. M. 3648. est Luisia platycjlossa Kchb. fil. 

 Planla ex Mlgberry inountains Hooker (ipsissimam habeo a cl. Lindleyo Irichorrbizara 

 signaiam) est eadem. quae Wight Ic. 1689, quam Lindley sub L. brachyslachyde citat 

 inler icones, dum locum inier loca non receperit. Eandem habeo ab amic. Wighl. 



Rchb. ni. 



6. LUISIA TERETIFOLIA Gaudich. Freyc. Voy. 426. t. 37. Blume Rumphia IV. 50. 

 t. 194. f, 3. t. 197. D. Museum 63, Lindl. 1. c. sub 5: 



L. spicis mullifloris, sepalis oblongo-ovalis acutis , petalis paulo lon- 

 pioribus linearibus oblusis, labello auriculato conslricto lamina oblonga 

 concava 3-callosa. 



Epidendrum triste Forster prodr. n. 314. 



Wild in the Malay Archipelago— Blume ; New-Cnledonia— Forster. 



I have not seen this plant. According to Blume the llowers are greenish yellow, 

 with a d.irk purple lip bordered with yellow. 



Obs. Moneo , hic iterum ill. Lindley in errorem incidisse licet ab ill. Blume de- 

 ceptum. Labellum enim iconis Gaudichaudianae exacte omnino recedit ab illo BIu- 

 meanae, Gaudichaudiana habet abbreviata. Dlumeana elongaia Inbella. 



7. LUISIA CONFUSA Hchb. fil. = Luisia terelifolia Blume Rumphia cf. supra : 



Tepalis sepala excedentibus apice dilatalis lobulatis. labeilo pandu- 

 lato aculo, laciiiiis poslicis Iriangulis, antica oblongo triangula. 



Arnboyna Zippel. 



8. LUISIA TERES Blume Museum 64. Lindl. I. c. sub 6: 



L. spicis paucifloris, sepalis lateralibus angustioribus carinatis, dor- 

 sali el pelalis subaequalibus , labello biauriculato oblongo sulcato apice 

 bifido c. mucfone intermedio. 



Epidendrum teres Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 30; Ic. Pi. Jap. decas 1, 

 Wild in Japan-Thunberg. 



9. LUISIA ZEYLANICA Lindl. I. c. 7: 



L. spicis sessilibus nanis, sepalo dorsaJi pelalis acuminatis obtusis 

 multo breviore, labello concavo oblongo laevi medio constricto. 



Cyinbiditim Irisle Hort. Angl. I 



Wild in Ceylon:— Macrae (v. s. sp. el v. c.) 

 Flowers dull green wiih a dull vialet lip. 



10. LUISIA VALIDA Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. X. 1862. 335. 



11. LUISIA BURMAMCA Lindl. I. c. sub 8: 



L. spicis brevissimis, sepalis petalisque inflexis acuminatis , labelli 

 inauriculati ungtie lalo sulcalo lamina ovata cordata acuta papillosa. 



Cymbidium Iriste Griffllh Notul 340 in part. 

 Wild in Burma ; nenr Mergui— Griffith (v. ic. pict. beat. inventoris.) 

 I only know this from a sketch by Griffiih. It has the habit of L. tenuifolia,. but 



the llowers are lotally different. They are greenish daggled with red, and tbe lip 



is black purple with green stains inside ihe edge. 



