MALAXIS. 



ORCIIIDES. 211 



2'— 6000', IJooker luid Tliomsoii 118; h. s. sp. — A small loim wilb slioil ilroopius 

 spikes , never above 3—4 " liigh. Flowers pale greeii. 

 E. gigaulea; petalis spathalatis, labello basi dilatato laciniis apitis carnosis — Java, 

 Jungbubns 294, h. s. sp. — Spikes in fruit more tban a loot long, Capsuies sub- 

 sessile , obconical. Huc porro: 



Obcrunia verticillala R, Wigbt, Ic, V. I. I<i26, (1851) : leaves narrow , ensilorm. sub- 

 falcate: raceme erect, or inclined , short peduncled ; llowers verticelled : bracts 

 ovate , lanceolate , acutc, fiinbriate on tbe margine, sepals sbort , broad , ovate , ob- 

 tuse, petals sub-obovate , obtuse , longer than ihe sepals : lip oblong, sligbtly cor- 

 date at the basc , 2-lobe(l at tbe apex , lubes brood , roundish, spreading , slightly 

 crenulate on the margin. Ovary and sepals pale gi een , pcrianib duil orange. Neil- 

 gherries ou braiichs of irees, flowers during the rains between July or Oct, , also on 

 llie Pulney Mountains. ~ Tbis scems a very distinct species. I at first supposcd it 

 aiilbropophora, but a more careful consideration of tbe cbaracters of the specics led 

 to the conviction of its being quile distinct, 



15. MALAXIS PYRULIFERA. Huc 1, c, : Oberoma pyrulifera; rhachi acutangula , bracleis 

 Iniegris acuminatis rigidis , petalis serrulatis , labelli bifidi lobis acutis parallelis, 

 capsula pyriformi — Khasya Ilills . Griffith (Myrung , on irees) h. s. sp. — Much like 

 vnr D. of ihe last species, but the long - stalked penr - shaped fruit, and serrulatf 

 peials induce me , with much hesitotion, to distinguisb it. Tlie flowers appear to 

 be pale yellow with an orange lip. 



"* LubcUo trifido. 



"16. MALAXIS TENUIS. Iluc 1. c. : Oberoniu tenms : bracteis setaceis lloribus loiigiori- 

 bus ; petalis linearibus obtusis integris sepalis aequalibos , lahelli lobis lateralihus 

 elongalis flliformibus incurvis, intermcdio cuneato leviter trilobo, angulis productis — 

 Ceylon, Thwaites (Ilittawaka, on trees , March , 2654) h. s. sp. — A sligbt ercct tbing 

 wilh small ibin lanceolate leaves. Spike erect, 2 inches long. Flowers niinute 

 ,,ochrey red. Lip and appendages dark red", Thwaites , from whom I havc an 

 analytical sketch. 



17. MALAXIS BIC lliMS. IIuc 1. c. : Obcronia bicornis (L. 0. 16); bracteis selaceis 

 floribus verticillatis longioribus, petalis ovatis , sepalo dorsali maximo , labelli lobis 

 lateralihus lineari-lanceolatis erectis medio carnosis, intermedio brevi cuneato iruncalo. 



— Sylbet, Wallich, h. s. sp. — A small species with thin sboit leaves and long 

 drooping dense verlicillate spikes. An elevated flcshy line runs across the base of 

 the lip and along the middle of each erect arm , forming a kind of crcsceut. 



18. MAUIWIS DEMISSA. Huc I. c. : Oberonia demissa: floribus verticillatis, bracieis 

 ovaiis subdentatis , petalis oblongis deiitatis , labelli 3 - lldi lobis subaequalibus, lale- 

 raiibus rotundatis, iiitermedio ovaio acuto — Terai, below Sikkim , J. D. liooker 121, 

 h. s. sp. — A low plant witb tbin spikes not longer tban the ihin broad blunt incurved 

 leaves , about 2" long. Flowers grecn ? 



19. MALAXIS BRACHYSTACHYS. Huc I. c. : Oberonia bracliyslachys (Lindl. Sert. Orch. 

 sub t. 8) ; floiibus verlicillalis, bracteis ovalibus inlegerrimis , pclalis oblusis labellique 

 aequalitcr 3-partiti lobis cuneatis deuticulatis — Burma , Griffith , h. s. sp. — Another 

 dwarf thin-leaved species , in habil much likc the last. 



20. MALAXIS JKNKINSIANA. Huc. I. c. : Oberonia Jenkinsiana (Gnriiili , MSS.); Horibus 

 densissimis , bracteis setaceo - acuininalis dcnticulatis , petalis obtusis dentalis, labelli 

 3-partiti lobis laicralibus rnajoribus limbriatis. iuierniedio integro nunc 3-dcnlaio. 



A. labelli lobo imuUo tridentato , lateralibus beiie fimbriatis — ' Assam , Major Jenkins 

 (Deboroo Mookb) b. s. sp. — Somewhat inclincd to be caulescent. 



B. lubelli lubo medio integerrimo , laieralibus dentalis — Khasya Ilills , Lobb , h. s. sp. 



— About 5" bigb. Leaves narrow , erect , acuiiunatc , as long as the spikes. 



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