MICROSTYLIS. 



ORCHIDES. 207 



Bracteae subulaiae pedicellos superantps. Sepala ohlongo lancfeoiala obluse acuta. 

 Tepala lineari falcala. Labelhim ovatum apice irilobulum , lobuio medio porreclo, 

 omnibns cailosis. Gynostemium laium super labeilnm llexum. Capsulae oblongae 

 tubcrcnlaiae. Specimina quam specimiua nepalensia majora. Hongkong. Novb. Hance I 



7. MICEIOSTVLIS FUSCA. Huc Dienia fusca Lindl. Orcb. 22. 



8. MICROSTYLrS CVLINUROSTACIIYA. IIuc Dienia cylindrosluchya Lindl. Wight Ic. V- 

 1. 1630 (1851): siem one leavetl; leaf ovate obiuse ; spike dense cylindrical: peri- 

 anlh flattened: lip excavate , tbickened at the ape , nearly eniire; colnmn very short. 

 Lindl. Simla Couniess Dalbousie — Edgeworth, Lefu, flg. — spec. Dalh. Drawing 

 right side — E. M. Edgeworth. 



9. MICROSTYLIS CARINATA. Huc Dienia carinata Rchb. fil in Bonpl. III. 223: aff. 

 Dieniae congestae Linpl. Ilore duplo majori , bracteis lanceis deflexis . labello triden- 

 tato , denle niedio maximo, lineis carinatis duabus convergeniiljus in disco. PJanta 

 spithamaea. Folia inferne tria a vagina oblonga acuia basi lato rotundaia seu cuncata 

 nervosa , tres quatuorve pollices longa , duos lata. Pedunculus angulalus breviler 

 bisquamatus. Bracteae lanceae aristaiae dellexae. Ovaria angusia hexapiera bracteis 

 (ubi pedicellos includis) longiora. Sepala oblonga. Tepala linearia. Gynosiemium 

 Microsiylidis , sed in labellura incumbens. Flos illi Microslylidis Rhedii aequalis. 

 2144. Cuming. Pbil. 



10. MICROSTVLIS CRISPATA. Huc Dienia crispala Lindl. Ann. N. H. XV. 1845. p. 385: 

 caule diphyllo , ioliis ovato-oblongis obtusis pedunculo brevioribus, spica dense cy- 

 lindracea , sepalis oblongis oblusis , petalis linearibus, labello ovato indiviso , cap- 

 sulae angulis cnsjiato - laceris. Mexico (Harlweg). Stem and spike , taken together, 

 aboul ;> leei high. 



11. MICROSTYLIS CORDATA. Huc: Dienia cordala Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1838 Misc. 134: 

 folio soliiario subroiundo cordato membranaceo - marginalo , racemo tenui elongalo, 

 sepalis lateralibus oviilis olitusis , iniermedio lineari-oblongo, petalis linearibus, labello 

 carnoso trilobato : laciriiis lateralibus auriculaeformibus intermedia ovata. Mexico, 

 Barker, — It has a single cordate leaf , a slender spike of green small fiowers, and 

 narrow ovate pseudobulhs. It is a plant of no beauty , and differs fiom D. Myurus in 

 the form of iis lip, the number and foim of its leaves, and in its long slender spike. 



12. MICROSTYLIS MACROSTACHYA Lindl. Huc etiam monente ill. Lindley in heibario 

 suo periinebit Dienia calycina Lindl. 



13. MICROSTYLIS MYURUS." Huc Dienia Mytirus Lindl. Orch. 23. 



1337. ]U[AL..%XI8 Sw. 



Act. Holm. 1800. p. 223. t. 3. 



Hoc genus nuper unius tantum speciei pulaverunt. Oinne tamen Oberoniae genus 

 certe nil differt. Videtur ine.ssf. discrimen in polliniis. Al non inest. Oberoniae enim 

 enimvero quaednm eiinm pollinia gerunt apiclbus connexa , qualia intercurrunt in Malaxide. 

 Id eiiam in iconibus VVighlianis pulchre repraeseniatur. Genus auUm ita auctum felicis- 

 sime congruit cum Li|)aride cui tot adscribuntur species gaudentes foliis coriaceis — 

 Cestichide.s, dum aliae longe serpent. Eliam Microstylides adsunt disticliifoliae. Totum 

 Oberoniae genus ex hnbiiu lantuin condilum. Hic tamen milii non suITicit, nec certe 

 ill. Lmdley. qui nupi>r exclainavit in verba illa pulchra : „Yet I shrink from lliat creaiion 

 of geriera , which some observers flnd so easy." 



Addo locupleti.ssimam Monographinm Lindleyanam (Folia VIII. 1859), ut totus error 

 statim aboleniur co oriundus, qiiod ill. noster Lindley ab initio putavit , Oberonias suas 

 gaudere polliniis geminis , nec quaternis. 



OREROMA. 

 L. 0. 15. Malaxis ; % Ensifera, Blume , Bijdr. i. 393. 



Sepala libera, dorsali ininore , saepius leflc.xa. Hetala minora. La- 

 bellum sessile, columnarn ainpleclans, imniobile, varie divisum, raro 



