Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 8, 8 (1845) 18. 
Microstylis cochleariaefolia Reichenbach filius in 
Linnaea 22 (1849) 8384. 
Microstylis majanthemifola Reichenbach filius in 
Linnaea 22 (1849) 884. 
Microstylis ichthyorrhyncha Reichenbach _ filius 
Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. (1866) 99. 
Achroanthes maanthemifola Greene in Pittonia 2 
(Sept. 15, 1891) 184. 
Microstylis elegantula Schlechter in Fedde Repert. 
3 (1906) 17. 
In our herbarium is a copy of a sketch (from the 
Reichenbachian Herbarium at Vienna) of the type of 
Malaxis mqjanthemifola Schlecht. & Cham. with an anal- 
ysis of its flower as well as a similar record of Ma/laais 
ichthiorhynca. The only difference between the two spe- 
cies is that the lip of Malaais majanthemifolia is drawn as 
shortly but distinctly unguiculate and the disc does not 
show any concavity or depression, while the lip of JMa- 
lavis ichthiorhyncha is shown (and described) as sessile 
with a large concavity in the lower portion. Both species, 
however, have a lip of the same form even to the auricu- 
late base and the concavity might readily be omitted from 
a drawing. Otherwise the floral parts are as similar as 
could be expected from different plants and the vegeta- 
tive proportions (as amplified by the description of Ma- 
lavis majanthemifolia) are nearly identical. Altogether, 
therefore, it appears to us thoroughly justifiable to re- 
gard the species as synonymous. 
Malawis cochleariaefolia is apparently unrepresented 
at the Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle in Paris which is the 
repository of the Richard and Galeotti plants; but from 
the brief description the species appears to be synony- 
mous with Malaais ichthiorhynca and has been so regard- 
ed by Ridley in his monograph of Microstylis (Journ. 
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