922 ORCHIDES. 



IJMATODIS. 



Limaiodis appears to liave a colunin much clongaied whilc that of Cnlanthe is in 

 iTpneriii particularly short. Lut such a dilTerence is unimportanl hecause C. densillora 

 lias olso a very loiig coiiinin, nnd thc discovery of ihe |)rcseiit specics wilh a very 

 short column slill furiher dcslroys ony value wjiicli ihc choracler alluded lo raay had 

 bcen snpposed to possess. — Near iMoulmcin prov. Miirtobaii, Lobh. 



Psb. long:. Steni. Ilowers wiih long hairs. Lip destitute at the base of cerlain 

 cailo.siiies rfprescnted hy IMume. 



I.ahellnm omniiio loeve, uiigue circo columnain nanam convoluto, cique denique 

 per spotium miiiiniiim odiiato; haud vesiigium callosiialis aut appendicis cujuscunque. 

 Anihera apice biluha. vnlde gibbosa, 8 locularis. Poll. 8, scssilia pulverca colligata, 

 Rostelluni bilobum, lobis rotuiulis, prominenlibus. Glandula minula , a rosiello vix 

 sepornbilis. 



Mr. Veitch informs us , that this species (lowers most abundanlly , ond that the 

 pseudobiilbs invariably hnve ihe peculiarily of producing a kind of neck ahoul iheir 

 niiJdle. In the importcd bulbs the jtart above the neck had all lallen oIT. 



3. LI.M.^TODIS GRACILIS Lindl. Fol. p. 1: 



L. laceiiiis mullifloris pubescenlibus foliis brevioiibus, calcare nullo, 

 Cuhinthc gracilis L. 0. Nr. IT. — B. M. t, 4714. — Griffith Not. 3. 367. 



Flowers pale ycllow, or according lo a drawing of Cathcari's nearly whiie. Varies 

 much in size. 



Wild in Sylhet— Wallich; China, Hong-Kong— Champion ; Khasia, at 3—4000 feei— 

 Ilooker and Thomson; Sikkim— Cailicart. 



Ilook. Lond. Journ. 1. c. p. 36: On Victorin Peak, wiih Cypripedium, in Decemher. 

 The plaiit, nol uiilike Calanlhe in general appearancc, has a lerrestrial stem, swollen 

 at the basc , nnd producing a new shooi nc.\t lo il annually , from one to iwo feet 

 high , having si.\ or seven. dislichoiis, broad. plaiied, satiny, brighl green leaves, and 

 upriglit racemes from one terete scape, sliooiing from ihe slem a liltle nbove iis base. 

 Tlie Ilowers, from ten lo eighicen in the racemes are very odorous at niiiht. with a 

 delicious perfiime like Mignioiictic. Pedicels nearly an inch long, orranged spirally 

 round tlie sca|)e, somewhai iwisled. Scpals yellow, oll equal, linear-oblong or ob- 

 ovate, ihe iliree exterior forming on equilnieral triangle. Spur none. Column short, 

 sfmicyllndrical tiMniiiiatiiig obruplly, Aniher coiip opcrcular; pollenniasses 8. fosiened 

 by pairs lo the roundish cautlicle. Labellum ihrce liines as long as the coluinn, at 

 fiisi convcx. uiih a lobe ot ench side, ihen produced nnlly. lobcd and crisped, 

 whitc wilh yellow spots. — Champion. — Lem. Jurd. Fl. 104, (sub Cal. gr.) — 

 Rchb. fil. Bonpl. III. 250: Ilongkong Seemann, 



4. LIMATODIS PUNCTATA Lindl. Fol. 1. c; 



L. raceiiiis subsessilibiis paucifloris brevissiniis, calcare reclo in- 

 fundibnlan. labello undiilalo acuto. 



A broad-leaved plant, with the vnginae copiously dolted wiih dull purple. Pe- 

 duncles numcrous, horizouial , iwo lo lour-Ilowered. Flowcrs whiie, with a yellow- 

 ish lip. 



Wild in Sumalra. 



Species exclusa : IJmalodis mishmcnsis Lindl. = Phajus mishmcnsis Rchb, fll. 

 cf. Suppl. 



150G. THEIiASIS Bl. 



Bj.lr, 385. Tab, 75, 



Wight I. c, 1732: iMiHoboscis Griff. : 



Gcn. Char, Perianlh posticous, connivent, flesby. Sepals linear, 

 fbloiip, Uileral omis keeled, Pclals narrow, lanceolate, (refle.\ed at Ihe 



