214 ORCHinES. 



MALAXIS. 



aDterioribus ol)|i(jue truncaiis v. emarginaiis — Silikim , Griffltlj (Dorjeeling); KUasya, 

 Griflllh; at 4tK)0— 5000', i. D. Hooiier and T. Thomson , 111. h. s. sp, — A very re- 

 mariiabie species wilh nuraerous distichous ieaves, scarcely more ihan »/2'" broad, 

 allliough S' ' long. Tiie flowers are perhaps the smallest of thc genus, perfectly 

 smooih , in ascending spilies from IVa" lo I^Va" long. 



30. MALAXIS PACHYSTACIIYA. Huc I. c. ; Oberonia parhystachya ; bracteis lanccolatis 

 acuminatis sepalisq. hispidis , petalis nanis labelloque ovato acuto glabris — „S. Sea 

 Islands", Catlett , 37, h. s. sp. — Leaves lanccl- shaped , short, straight, from 3 to 5 

 on each side. Spilies shorier than ihe stems , in fruit nodding and very dense. 



31. MALAXIS LMIHIICATA Blunie Bijdr. p. 395. Huc I. c. : Oberonia imbricata (L. 0.17); 

 „caule simplici folioso , foliis compressis vaginatis conferte imbricatis , labelli limbo 

 ligulato denliculato" — Java . Blume (Damp woods on Mounls Gede and Salak) flo- 

 wering from September to Dccember — Of this I know nothing certain. If a sketch 

 from Kuhl and Ilasselfs collection , for wich I am indebted to Prof Rchb. fil.. really 

 bclongs to <t, theii it has oblong acute entire bracts, as long as the flowers, entire 

 narrow petals , and an oblong emarginate lip , without nny denticulation. The leaves 

 are also so completely imbricated that even iheir points do not spread away , but 

 lorm one unbroken line from the root to the origin of the spike. 



32. MALAXIS APOROPHYLLA. Huc I. c. : Oberonia aporophylla (Rchb. fil. in Bonpl., 

 Mar. 1, 1857); sepalis petalisq. aequilongis acutis , iabello pandurato obtuse sagittato, 

 apice latiore obcordaio denticulato — Philippines , Cuming, h. s. sp. — Loaves short 

 spreading 6'" by 3'" at the base , acute , about 9 on a side. Spike sessile drooping, 

 covered with flowers to the very base. Huc porro. 



Oberonia aporophylla Rchb. fll. in Bonpl. III. 223: afi". 0. ancipiti : foliis triangulis 

 margine superiori propc rectilineis, parte subdimidia libere ascendente , spica sub- 

 verticillata, bracleis ovatis apice ciliatuloerosulis , pluribus in inflorescentiae parte 

 inferiori congestis fatuis. Summus charactcr nobis videtur positus in foliorum ralione, 

 quae in afflnibus ancipilibus Lindl. , brevifolia Lindl. valde divcrsa. In 0. ancipiti 

 (e. g. Cuming 2115) folii apex adhuc laius , raargo inferior valde exlrorsum curvatus; 

 apex ipse obtuse acutus , inaequalis — , spica aequalis densa more 0. iridifoliae Lindl. 

 — In 0. brevifolia lamina libera bene longior, nervoso striata , dum in nostra corru- 

 gala. — 0. imbricata Lindl. — saltem illa, quam habet ill. Wighl (1629), ab ancipiti 

 Lindl. vix recedit. — Folia in nostra subsemipollicaria. Racemus bipoHicaris. Bracteae 

 vaginaeque oblongae apice denticulatae ovaria aequantes. Sepala oblongolanceolata. 

 Tepala ligulata basi dilaiata. Labellura panduratum apice emarginatum , lateribus 

 denticulalis. 2113. Cuming. Phil. 



33. MALAXIS ANCEPS. Huc I. c. : Oberonia anceps (LindL Sertum Orch. sub. t. 8; 

 0. imbricata , Wighl , ic. 1629 non Blumei ; 0. Grifflihii . Wight , 1 c.) ; bracteis sub- 

 roiundo - ovaiis denticulatis , petalis serrulatis acutis sepalis aequalibus, labello sub- 

 roiundo breve sagittaio emarginato — Philippinnes . Cuming; Burma , Griffith . 1097; 

 Malacca, Griffilh, according 10 Wlght, h. s. sp. — Leaves broad , blunt, slighily 

 curved inwards . projeciing very little beyond each other. Spikes short , exiremcly 

 dense. Capsules very small , globose , absoluiely sessile. Huc porro : 



Obcronia imbricatu? Blume. Wight. Ic, V. I. t. 1629. (1851): ,.stom simple, leafy, 

 leaves compressed , sheathing , closely imhricated , limb of ihe lip ligulatc , denti- 

 culalc." Blume, Malacca Grifliih. — The leaves correspend well with ihe above too 

 brief and imperfect character, but scarcely the lip, with is my reason for altaching the 

 mark of doubt 10 thc s|iccies. Should it be found nol lo be Blumes plant. it might 

 then be called — 



Obcrunia Griflitkii R. W.: slem lealy, leaves imbricaling: .spike slender, drooping, 

 bracts large . shcalhing. broad ovatc, denticulatc : sepals broad ovate denticulate ; 

 sepals broad ovatc , obiuse , as long as the ovate lanceolatc petals : lip broad, linear, 

 obluse, emarginate. The disseclions of ihe flowers are laken from some obiained 

 from a very young spike , ihe oldcr spikc showii in thc platc is in fruiu 



