212 ORCHIDES. 



MALAXIS. 



•*" Labello quadrilido , vcl bene quadrilobo. (Sce Nr. 11.) 

 21. MALAXIS ENSIFOUMIS Smith in Rees Cycl. Huc 1. c. : Uberonia ensiformis. Obe- 

 ronia acaulis, Griff. Notul. III. 275. ic. 286. Itin. not. 76. Nr. 1139); bracteis oblongis 

 integerrimis , floribus verticiliatis glandulosis , petalis sepalisq. aequalibus . labello 

 oblougo quadrilobo , laciniis rotundatis , anterioribus productioribus — Narainheity in 

 Nepal, Buchanan Homilton ; Khasya Mountains . Griflith (under Churra , on irees ) 

 h. s. sp. — The largest of tlie genus. A broken leaf before me must have been 18" 

 Spikes dense, shorter than the leaves. Peduncles terete. ..Leaves brownish , pallid. 

 Sepals and petals reflexed. Lip projecting, 4-Iobed. Flowers bro\ynish , with clavate 

 dot-like glands; sepals paler". Griffith. Capsules sniall , dark brown . very dense. 

 22 MALAXIS SIKKIMENSIS. Huc 1. c. . Oberonia Sikkimensis ; bracteis lanceolatis 

 serraiis , petalis linearibus integris sepalis aequalibus, labello quadrifldo lacitiiis late- 

 ralibus semiovatis falcatis brevioribus — Sikkim , J. D. llooker (low valleys 114) h. 

 s. sp. — Leaves narrow acuminate, as long or longer than the slender spikes, Flowers 

 more or less perfeclly verticillate. Looks like a dirainutive form of the last , bul 

 the lip has quite a difl^erent forra and wants the clavate glands. The flowers secm 

 10 be green. 



23. MALAXIS MYRIANTHA. Huc 1. c. : Oberonia myrianlha ; bracteis seiaceis denticulalis, 

 peiolis obtusis iniegris sepalis' aciiualibus , labelli oblongi quadripartiti medio scabri 

 laciniis obtusis lateralibus duplo brevioribus falcatis. — Khasya , Griffith ; at 2--4000', 

 J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson. 113, h. s. sp. — Leaves narrow , rather thick , some- 

 times setaceo-acuminate . longcr or shorter than the very densely flowered verticillate 

 erect (?) spikes. Peduncles terete, wiih distant empty scales far below the flowers, 

 which are dirty greenish yellow. 



li. foliis angustioribus, floribus minoribus , labelli lobis acutioribus , lobis lateralibus 

 rectis. — Kbasya , al4000', J. D. Hooker and T. Thomson . 117; Assam . Griffith, 

 h. s. sp. — Thcre seeras to be no appreciable character by which this can be speci- 

 fically divided from the last ; unless mere size of flowers with small differences in 

 the direction of the lobes of tbe lip can be so considered. 



24. MALAXIS RECURVA. Huc I. c: Oberonia recurva (Lindl. in Doi. Reg. 1839. misc.8); 

 bracteis ovatis integris, petalis obovatis, sepalis aculis aequalibus, labello subrotundo 

 quadrilobo laciniis subrotundis anterioribus paulo minoribus mucronulo interjecto — 

 Douibay, Loddiges . v. v. c. — .A very small species. Leaves shori acute. Spike 

 recurved , quite green. 



25. MALAXIS WIGHTIANA. lluc I. c. : Oberonia Wightiana (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, 

 misc. 9. Wight , ic. 1627. 0, Arnotliana , Wight, ic. 162S. 0. stachyoides , A. Richard 

 iii .\nn. des Sc. ser. 2. .XV. 15, t. 1 A.) ; bracteis lanceolatis deniiculatis , petalis 

 linearibus integris , labelli quadrifidi lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis, inHrmediis 

 longioribus linearibus divergentibus — Nilgherries , and Pulney Mountains , Wight. 

 Perrotiet; Khasya Ilills , Lobb; Ceylon, Thwaites 2506 (Newera Eliia Gardner) h. 

 s. sp. — Leaves lanceolaie, erect, always shorter than ihe slender erect or drooping 

 spikes. Peduncles terete. Flowers pale green. This seems to vary more ihan usual 

 in the present genus , in the form of its Iip, the front iobes of which are either 

 ligulate and denliculate at the point , or entire , or short and acute ; and these diffo- 

 rences seem to occur on the same or otherwise undistinguishable individuals. I can 

 find nothing sufflcient to separate niy learncd friend Wight^s 0. Arnottiana , whose 

 bracts appear cxacily ihc samc as in 0. Wighliana . and by no raeans furnished with 

 long cilia , as is rcpresented by his [ndian draughlsman. — Huc porro : 



Oberonia Wiijhliaua Lindley in Hb. Wiglit el liot. Reg. 1839. Misc. 9. Wighl. Ic. 

 VI. I. 1627. (1851): lcaves broad , ensiform . acutc : racemes vcry long droopinf to- 

 wards the apex : flowers scaitered , short pedicelled : bracts broad ovate at the base, 

 acute , denticulate at the apex : scpals ovatc , obtuse , shorler than the linear obtusc 

 petals : lip threc - lobed , lateral lobes shrap likc embracing the base of the column, 

 middlc onB prolonged , ending in iwo obovate spaihulaic spreading lobes , crenulate 



