S12 ORCHIDS. 
M. Lowiii—This species has the habit and form of 
M. chlorophrys, but the leaves differ in colour; they are 
3in. long, 1in. wide, narrowed from the base to the point, 
the margins wavy; colour brownish-red, with a broad band 
Fig. 75. Microstylis chlorophrys 
(3 nat. size). 
of pale green along the midrib of the leaf. Stem rosy 
purple. Flowers very small, purple. Introduced from 
Borneo in 1881. 
M. metallica.—A charming little plant, easily kept in 
health, and almost always attractive. It is, as the late 
Professor Reichenbach called it, quite a gem. A cylindrical 
