- 184 - ORCHIDACEE. _[ Mrcrostyse 
2. MICROSTYLIS, Nutt.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 686. 
Terrestrial or epiphytic, rarely saprophytes, often pseudo- 
bulbous, Leaves one or more, membranous, plicate, continuous. 
with their sheaths. Flowers small, in terminal racemes, resupinate. 
Sepals spreading or recurved, subequal. /Peials narrower tham 
‘the sepals and about aslong. Jip adnate to base of column, usually 
flat, with or without basal lobes ; apex emarginate or 2-3-lobed. 
Column usually very short with two short spreading arms. Anther 
subterminal, or accumbent, 2-celled ; pollinia 4, ovoid or obovoid;. 
waxy.—Species about 70, in temperate and tropical Asia* and 
America. 
M. Mackinnoni. Duthie in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxi, pt. 2, 37 3 
Ann., R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, pt. 2, 88, i. 95. 
Terrestrial, whole plant upto 7 in. high. Stem short, swollen below,. 
rising from the base of the previous year’s p.eudo-bulb. Leaves two 
or three, horizontal, unequal, the large t 24 in. long by 1 in. broad, 
ovate, obtuse, cordate and amplexicaul at the baie, fleshy; upper 
surface dark brownish-green ; the lower surface purplish ; nerves 3-7, 
reddish-purple, prominent beneath, the interspaces bullate. Scape 
about 3 in. long, sharply 4-angular. Receme about as long as the 
scape ; bracts subulate, longer than the ovary, reflexed, persistent. 
Flowers sessile, about 1 in. long, dull-yellowish and reddish-purple. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, subacute ; lateral shorter, subfalcate, 
edges of all reflexed. Petals linear, shorter than the sepals, reflexed. 
Lip with a prominent transverse rim dividing its basal and apicab 
portions ; basal lobes falcately ovate-lanceolate, often continuous or 
overlapping at the tips; apical portion deeply bifid and protruded, 
crimson-purple. Column with fleshy rounded arms. Anthers witha 
truncate or emarginate lip. Ovary clavate, not twisted. 
Dehra Dun, on Kalanga hill, at 2- 3,000 ft. (P. W. Mackinnon). Flowers 
July and Aug. Distris.: Outer ranges of Garhwal Himalaya, up to 
6,000 ft., easily distinguished from M. Wallichii by its leaf-coloration $ 
also the flowers are smaller and the lip is very differently shaped. 
3. LIPARIS, Rich.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 691. 
Terrestrial or epiphytic herbs, with or without pseudobulbs. 
Leaves one or more, membranous or coriaceous, continuous with 
the sheath or thickened and jointed at the base. Flowers small, 
