ORCHIDACEM 41 



THELYMITRA Forster 



T. JAVANICA Blume Bijdr. 419 (1825) ; Fl. Jav. Orch. 116 

 (Orch. Arch. Ind. 137), t. 44, f. 3, and t. 48, A; Lindley Orch. PL 

 519 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 : 737 ; Reichb. f . Bonpl. 5 : 36 (1857) ; 

 J. J. Smith Orch. Java 45. 



" Perianthio patulo, cuculli laciniis lateralibus brevissimis peni- 

 cillatis, lobo medio nudo emarginato endentulo, spica 3-5 flora, 

 (aff. T. angustifolicB.) " — Blume Bijdr. 419. 



Plant slender, 15-35 cm. high, monophyllous. Leaf near the 

 base of the stem, 7-12 cm. long, linear, acuminate. Flowers 1-5 

 (in my specimens), purplish. Divisions of the perianth erect, con- 

 nivent, 8-9 mm. long. SejKils ovate-lanceolate, acute. Petals 

 broader, apiculate. Labellum similar to the petals, rounded at the 

 apex. Gynostemium half as long as the perianth, with a penicil- 

 late appendage on each side near the summit. Ovary 9-13 mm. 

 long, the slender pedicel equalled or exceeded by the lanceolate 

 acute bracts. 



Dry, steep, grassy slopes, pine forests, altitude about 6000 ft., 

 Suyoc to Pauai, Prov. Benguet, Luzon, November 7, 1905, E. D. 

 Merrill (no. 4848). — Fls. pale bluish, Baguio, Prov. Benguet, 

 September 21, 1904, P. S. Williams (no. 1944). — Grass, open 

 pine forest, fls. blue, Mt. Toglon, Prov. Benguet, August 8, 1906, 

 H. M. Curran (no. 4998). 



Java. 



MICROTIS R. Br. 



M. UNIFOLIA (Forst.) Reichb. f. Beitr. Syst. PI. 62 (1871); 

 Ames Orchidace^e fasc. 1, 65 (1905); Kranzlin in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. 6 : 55 (1885). — Opkrys unifolia G. Forster Prodr. Fl. 

 Ins. Aust. 59 (1786). — Epipactis porrifolia Swartz Act. Holm. 

 21: 233 (1800). — M. parviflora R. Brown Prodr. 321 (1810); 



