622 ORCHIDES. 



LUISIA. 



12. LUISIA UNIFLORA Blume Museum 64. Lindl. L c. sub 9 : 



L. floribus solitariis lonpe pedunculatis, petalis sepalis aequalibus, 

 sed tnplo angustioribus, labelio concavo medio constricto dimidiae in- 

 ferioris venis rectis elevatis superioris ovalae medio calloso. 

 Mesoclastes miftora LO., 45. 

 Wild in Kcpal ; Gossain Than— VVnilich (v. s. sp.) 



Entirely dKTerenl from L. lenuifolia. lo which Blume suggests, that it raay be re- 

 ferred. 



Obs. III. Lindley falsissime cilal ..Blume Rumphia 64." 



13. LUISIA BRACnYSTACIlYS Blume Rumphia 61. Lindl. 1. c. (sub 10): 



L. raceinis sessilibus. sepalis petalisque subaequalibus, labello con- 

 cavo medio constriclo apice ovalo sulcato. 



MesocUistes bracliystachys LO. 45. 



Cymbidmm triste Roxb. Fl. Ind. IIL 461. Wight Ic. t. 1689. 

 Wild in Continental-India; Dclia of the Ganges, common— Roxburgh; Silhet— Wal- 

 lich ; Khasin— Lobb; Java and Borneo— Blume (v. s. sp.) 



Flowers pale pink-Wight; yellowish — Blume ; greenish yellow, lip dark purple wilh 

 a lew yellowish spots— Roxburgh.) 



Obs. Haec est sincera farrago ex duabus sequentibus. Rchb. fii. 



13. LUISIA ZOLLINGERI Rchb. fil. Mss. : Luisia brachyslachys Bl. quoad loca raoluc- 

 cana. Lindl. idem. Rchb. fil. Xenia I. 78. 1. 1—3. 



14. LUISIA BRACHYSTACHYS Rchb. fll. Mss. Mesoclastes brachystachys LO. 45. Huc : 



Cijmbidium triste Wild (nol R. W. Ic. 911). Wight Ic. 1689: 



Leaves (subcylindrical), umbels subsessile ; sepals and pelals connivont , fleshy 

 oblong. boal shaped , lip oblong , twice the breadth of ihe sepals. — Fiowers pale 

 pink, lip at flrst conlormjble , afierwards lila. Jyamally Hills. Sept. Oct. Wight. 



15. LUISIA PLATYGl6ssA Rchb. fil. Mss. Cymbidium triste Hook. C. M. 3648. Luisia 

 trichorrhiza Bl. Rchb. fll. Xenia I. 77. 8—18. Luisia zeylanica Lindi. l. c. p. 204. 



Obs. Mihi Luisias ilerum comparanti omnino patet, hanc cum L. zeylanica haud 

 bene composilam, quae sepalo summo brevissimo, scpalis acuminatis , labello ligu- 

 laio, columna brevissima longe abhorrel. Noslra quidem peraffinis iconi Gaudichaudianae 



16. LUISIA OCCIUENTALIS Lindl. l c. sub 11: 



L. spicis nanis sessilibus, sepalis pelalisque incurvis aequilongis, la- 

 bello cordato ovato oblongo convexo emarginato. 



Wild in JNeu-Granada. St. Martha— Purdie, (v. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 

 Flowers very small. Habii quile ihat of Luisia brachyslachys . Pollen apparalus 

 unknown lo me. 



1427. CYIflBIDiriWI Sw. 



Nov. Act. Ups. YI. 70. 

 1. CYMBIDIUM ENSIFOLIUM Sw. I. c. 77. Huc Lindl. B. Reg. XXIH. (1837). 1976: 



Foliis lineari- ensiformibus strialis acutis, scapis erectis multifloris, 

 bractcis ovario nuillo brevioribus , sepalis pelalisque lineari-oblongis 

 acutis, labello indiviso, planiusculo oblongo undulato obluso medio sul- 

 cato, sulco pone apicem bidentato. / 



Epidendrum ensifolium L. sp. pl. 1352. etc. 

 a. slriatum. Bol. Mag. 1751, 



P. eslriatum ! sepalis virescentibus petalisque albidis obsolete striatim san- 

 guineo nunciulaiib, lineis nullis. 



