Plate 1779. 



Hook. f. 



Lindl. 



Orchideje. Tribe Malaxidej;. 

 /• ( S P 



lineari- 



ensiformibus, scapo brevi multibracteato, spica gracili, floribus minutis 

 verticillatis, bracteis flores subsessiles gequantibus ovato-lanceolatis 



dentatis, petalis late ovatis obtasis sepala consimilia subsequantibus, 

 labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus latis pectinatim dentatis, terminali 

 parvo subquadratim rotundato truncate 



Hab. Khasia Mts. ; at Sliillong, alt. 5,000 ft.— G. B. Clarke. 



Flanta 2-pollicaris. Folia £ poll, lata, striata, obtnsa v. subacuta. 

 Scapus basi folio supremo adnatus ; spica* rachis filiformis. Flores 



rubri 



c*»j Lunu supremo aanatus ; spicae racl 

 ■£j poll, lata, labello sepala subasquante. 



0. tenuis, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. No. 16 ; parvula, foliis brevibus 

 jmeari-oblongis, scapo multibracteato, bracteis lanceolatis setaceis 

 flores pedicellatos superantibus, petalis linearibus integerrimis, labelli 

 lobis lateralibus erectis linearibus falcatis petalis a»quilongis, terminali 

 brevi dolabriformi.— Malaxis tenuis, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 211. 



Ceylon ; at Hittawake.— Thwaites. 



Planta 2-2^-pollicaris. Folia ^-§ poll, longa, curvula. Flores 

 ochraceo-rubri. Labelli lobo terminali a basi angusta abrupte dilatato 

 truncato, obscure sinuato- trilobo. — J. D. Hooker. 



A. 0. Clarkei. Fig. 1. Bract. 2. Flower. 3. Lip. 4. Anther case. 5. Pol- 

 linia. All enlarged. 



B. 0. tenuis. Fig. 6. Flower and lip of orary. 7. Flower. Both enlarged. 



