FiELDiA. ORCIllDES. ' 871 



A v.^ry large crect ]ilaiit. wiih rtMnarktibly iliick oorial rools, sword-sliaped curved 

 hard leaves avernging two fcet in leng-ih , antl a still longer spike of sonie score of 

 llowers, each fiill iwo iiiches arid a haif across , llat. leathery, aud long cnduring: 

 rich golden yeliow, spotied all ovcr wtoj criinson in froni; hehind a vivid purple, 

 f.idiiig away at ihe edges iiito violet. A rare species of exiraordinary heanly, accor- 

 diiig to IJIuine ihe Ai.groc Kringsing Kilsjil of llic Malays. 



?. FIELPIA GIGANTIiA Rchh. fil. Xcn II. p. 38. huc VcnuJa gigantea Lindl. in Wall. 

 Cat , Nr. 7323. L. 0. 215. L. F.: Vonda 2: 



V. foliis l.tto loralis apice obtiisissimis emarginalis subaeqiiaiibiis, 

 racemis foliis diiplo bie\ioi ibus , i-epalis petalisque oblongo-obovatis ob- 

 (u?is ae-quaiibiis, labello incmvo canaliculalo dolabrifornii obluso: callo 

 conico m medio, amiculis nanis rotundatis. 



V. Lindlcijana Griff. notul. 353. 



Wild in Moulmein, and oiher parls of Burma; on LnErcrstroiiiia Reginae, on the 

 banks of Tenasserim rivor, near Rarlavo — Griffilh. 



Leaves lougli and neshy , fifieen inches long by iwo and hall hroad. Flowers of 

 ihe -size of V, l!o.\burghii , resuiiinale , doep yeliow vvith cinnamon hrown hlotches. 

 Pollen-masses four, wiih a narrow caudicle and hroad sqiiare membianous glaiid. 

 Griiflth says it js the only Orchiii he had seen capablc of rivrilling Amprican Yan- 

 deae : which is surely a great e.^aggeration. 



1472/2. ESMEHAIiBA Hchb. /?:/. 



Xcn. 11. 



I. ESMKRALOA CATnCARTI Rchb. I. c. Huc ; Vandn Catlicarti L. F. : Vanda p. 8. 

 Nr. 17: 



V. longe raulescens, fubis oblon.sis planis subunduialis apice rotun- 

 datis ohlique bilobis, racemo laxo eieclo paucifloro brevioribus, sepalis 

 peia'i«qiie oblongis lotunfialis sessilibus aequalibus, labello conaceo 

 bii.-^i iiiutico ciiniciilato auiiculis nanis rolundalis lobo intermedio cor- 

 dato obiuso mar.vine elevalo tomenloso rugoso, per axin bicostalo anle 

 ciiniculiim cainosi.-siino. 



Wild m Sikkim llimalaya, at 3000 feet— J. D. Hookcr; hot places 2-4000 feet- 

 Call cart. 



This srem<' lo be a very showy scrnmbling plant, with ihe habit of Renanthera 

 cocciiipa. The lcavi-s are si.K lo seven iiiches long , by one haiid a half broad , or 

 somewhal Ii's.s. Tlie llowcrs are llcshy nnd from three to four inches iii diameter, in 

 a Iwo, to fiiiir-nower' d sirnggrng raceme; the sepals and petals are white outside, 

 jelliiwi^h \^i:h liorizontal narrow cinnamon-brown bands. The lip. which rescmbles 

 a iray . !.•< wliiie. with a dowiiy yullow turned-up edge ; its auricles are speckled 

 wiili led, a-« i.<t ihe cn:lus fonned by ihe junclion of two sirong ribs that run along 

 tbe mid'l|»- d viding it inlo iwo halves; at ihe base, instead of a spur, there is a deep 

 hoiizom;d li-de, workcd iii ihe iliickii<\ss of ihe lip , ond reaching to ahout one-lhird 

 of ils icngih. The roliimn is grten, tinged wiih red ; thc anihcr is bright yellow. 

 Tbe polleiimasseg, wliich I have not seen, apjiear to be four. 



Ko more remarkable Orchid hns bceii fonnd in Nortbern India, and ihcrcforo it 

 is .selected lo bear ihe namc of J. F. Cathcart, Esq., who caused a noble collection 

 of drawings lo be made in SikLini. some account of which il is to he hopcd llial llie 

 publio will bave in time fiom Dr. Ilookcr. 



Hook. It, Himal. Pl. t 23. 



