Microstylis?^ Orchidecp. 141 



rather broad, 3-veined; pet. linear; lip rather fleshy, very- 

 concave; basal auricles narrowing upwards, obtuse, sides 

 dilated, tip narrowed, obtusely 2-fid ; column very short, arms 

 obscure; fr. f in., clavate, shortly pedicelled. 



Shady places by streams in the moist region below 1000 ft. ; very rare. 

 Mapalagama, near Galle ; Pasdun Korale. Fl. June-August ; dark purple. 

 Endemic (?) Also in Java (?). 



2. m. discolor, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 20 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 297. Ridley, 1. c. 336. C. P. 3698. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 689. Wight, Ic. t. 1631. Bot. Mag. t. 5403, 



Stem stout below, not pseudobulbous; 1. 3-6, 2-3 in. long 

 and broad, sessile or shortly petioled, oval or ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, 5-7-veined, base very unequal-sided, often vinous 

 purple with crisped green margins; ped. with raceme, 

 2-4 in. ; bracts as long as or longer than the slender pedicels, 

 subulate, reflexed; fl. minute; sep. ovate, decurved; pet. 

 linear, obtuse; lip small, ovate or cordate or subreniform, 

 quite entire, tip rounded; column short, arms proj'ecting 

 forward, long, obtuse; fr. \ in., clavate. 



Damp forests in the moist region i- 6000 ft. ; rather common. Fl. 

 July ; at first yellow, then turning purplish-red, whence the specific name. 

 Leaves often of a fine purple colour, as in the Bot. Mag. figure. 



Endemic. 



3. M. cong-esta, Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 206 (1861). 

 Dieniafusca, Lindl, Gen. and Sp. Orch. 22 ; Thw. Enum. 297. Ridley, 



I.e. 335. C. P. 3182, 3950. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 689. Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. viii. t. 23. 



Stem 2-6 in., stout, base pseudobulbous; 1. 3-6, sessile 

 or petioled, 3-10 in. long, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 5-7 veined ; ped. 6-10 in., stout, furrowed, with a few subulate 

 reflexed bracts; spike 3-6 in., cylindric, dense-fld. ; bracts 

 about as long as the ov., subulate-lanceolate, lower deflexed ; 

 fl. T(7~s i"- long; dorsal sep. oblong, sides recurved, lateral 

 larger, oblong, obtuse, deflexed ; pet. linear; lip ovate-oblong, 

 concave, with a fold under the column, 3-lobed, side-lobes 

 broad, obtuse, mid-lobe small, ovate, obtuse; columnar arms 

 short, erect ; fr. crowded, erect, \ in., turgidly clavate, shortly 

 pedicelled. 



Moist region 1-3000 ft.; rather common. About Kandy; Peradeniya ; 

 Ambagamuwa; Pussalawa; Hiniduma; Ramboda. Fl.July; dull purple. 

 India, Burma, Andaman Is., Malaya, China, Australia. 



4. TH. Rheedil, Wight, Ic. iii. II. 9 (1843) (? Lindl.). 



M. versicolor, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 21. Ridley, I.e. 343 (part). 

 Malays Rheedii, Moon, Cat. 60. Thw. Enum. 296. C. P. 2375. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 690 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 902. Hook. 

 Ic. PI. t. 1832. 



