210 ORCniDES. 



MALAXIS. 



sepals; lip 3 lobed , the midille one tlie least. Flowers whitish or pale yellow. — 

 Piilney Mouniains, n. Septcmi)er. The remarkably corapressed stalk of the raceme 

 and llie poiuliar lip of this spccies easily distinguish it from all the oihers repre- 

 sented herc. 



1(1 MALA.\IS LINDLEYANA. IIuc I. c. : Obcronia Lindlpijana (Wight , ic. 1624): braclcis 

 oilialis , petalis filiformibus integerrimis , labello subrotundo truncalo obsolele quadri- 

 lobo inlpgerrimo — Khasya Ilills , Lobb. ; S. IIindosta'i , Wiglit (lyamally Ilills . noar 

 Coimbatoro) h. s. sp. — Loaves very succulent , broad and oftcn dolabriform. Spikes 

 longor, droopiiig. Peduncles narrow . the winged edges vanishing near the llowers 

 which are ,,sirn\v colour wilh a dull orango lip" (R. W.) My Khasya specimens have 

 ihe front of tho lip less lobed than in Wight's flgure , and the petals are narrower. 

 Specimens of ihe southern forra I have not seen. IIuc etiam : 



O^beronia Lindleifana R. Wight. Ic. V. I, 1624. (1851) : leaves ensiform. short, very 

 succulent. slightly falcaie; stera compressed , spike drooping towards the apex, den- 

 sely covercd wiih innumerable small sessile llowers : bracts ovale , somewhat obluse, 

 .sub- denticulatc on tlie margine, scpals broad. ovate, obtuse , cnlire : petals narrow 

 linoar; lip broad cordatc at the base , crenate, twolobed at the apcx ; wiih a minute 

 looth between : all furnished wilh numerous minulc opaquc glandular (?) dots. 

 Flowers slraw colour , lip dull orange. — Jyamally llills near Coimbatore , flowering 

 August aud Sepiember. — The leaves of tho species are very succulent, and with 

 !ls long drooping raceme alTord good dislinguishing marks , which ai.e amply con- 

 tirmed by an esamination of flowers. This species is remarkable on account of iho 

 npaque gland-like points scaltered over ihe flowers. The bract is represented too 

 poinlod in ihe fig. I dedicaie the species to ihe founder of the geuus. 



II. MALAXIS SKTIFERA. IIuc 1. c: Obcronia setifera: bracteis cymbiformibus iniogor- 

 rimis, peialis setacois sopalis longioribus , labello obsoleie quadrilobo truncato denti- 

 culaio versus basin rotundato — Westorn India , (S. Concan , Dalzell.) h. s. .sp. ex 

 hb. Stocks , 36 — A very small species not excecding SVa", flower spiko included. 

 Leaves quite sharp-pointed. Pedunclcs tereie. Flowcrs perhaps the smallcsi in ihc 

 genus — This might perhaps bc betler placed among ihc quadrifid species . further on. 



12 MALAXIS TRLNCATA. Huc I. c. : Oberonin iruncatu : bracteis acumlnatis serrulatis, 

 petalis miegeriimis oblongis, labello carnosissirao oblriangulari obsolete acqualiler 

 3-lobo — Ceylon , Champion (Ilantane) h. s. sp. — Leaves aboul 4'" broad , and 

 apparenlly ihin. Peduncle broadly winged. Flowers small , greeu ? From root lo 

 tip of erect spike 5' . 



** Labello bifido, 



13. MALAXIS LUNATA P.l. Bijdr. p. 394. IIuc I.c; Oberonia lunota (L. 0. p. 17. Rchb. 

 fll. in Ronpl. Mar. 1 , 1857) : ..foliis paucis cnsiformibus basi vaginatis subincurvis, 

 labelli limbo semilunato denliculato , capsulis oblongis" — Java Bluino (Mt. Salak, 

 flowering frora October to February) — Lip oftcn slighlly 3 - lobed according lo 

 Rclib. fll. Can this bc 0. truncaia . Nr. 12 ? 



14. MALAXIS VERTICILLATA. IIuc I. c. : Oberonia verticillata (Wighl, ic. 1626); bracteis 

 angustis serrulaiis , labello truncnlo in laciniis 2 aequalibus semibiparlilo , floribus 

 verticillatis, capsula oblonga. 



A. ffrandilhra; floribus majoribus glabris , habiiu vcgetiore — Nilgherries , Schmidt, 37; 



Pulney Mouniains, Wight ; Kliasya , Lobb , h. s. sp. — Flowers grcen and orange 



(R. W.) Scmc of Sclimidl's sperimens in iho Hookorian herbariura aro 1 ' from root 



to tip of spikes. Poduncle lcroic cxcopi near the base. 

 n. jmbescons \ floribus minoribus pubesceniibus , petalis laiioribus — Ceylon. Thwaitcs, 



251fi. h. s. sp. — Rather less in staturo than A, wiili mucli smaller flowers, 



C. densiftora: floribus rainoribus densis , habilu mullo huniilioro — Nilgherries, Schraidt, 

 36 ,h. s. sp. — Tlio flowers apjicar to be niurh yellowcr ilian iii A. Not more llian 

 4" high. 



D. Khnfvana: flonbus In.vis iniilio minoribus glabris viridibus — Kliasya , Lobb ; al 



