Plate 1782. 



Hook. f. 



B. OBEBONIA POBCIPATA, Lindl. var. 



Orchide^. Tribe Malaxidej:. 



0. zeylanica, Book f. (sp. nov.) ; foliis elongatis loriformibns obtusis, 

 scapo robusto compresso paucibracteato basi folio parvo adnato, spica 

 sublaxiflora, bracteis late ovatis integerrimis flores subsessiles non 

 superantibus, petalis linearibua, labello quadrato integerrimo v. apiee 

 jate truncato.— 0. Browniana, Herb. Tbwaites (C.P. 3869, in Herb. 

 Hok V lm 3 ihracteata > H erb. Thwaites (C.P. 543, in part, in Herb. 



Hab. Ceylon; at Matelle East, Beckett; Hantani, Thwaites. 



Folia 4-7 poll, longa, i-f poll, lata, fere recta. Scapus foliis brevior. 

 &jnca 3-polhcaris, curva v. decurva. Flores T W poll, lati, pallidi. 

 Capsula sessilis. 



I have had great difficulty in segregating the plants included (in 



th 



543. 



am 



Lindl 



obtusis v. acutis, scapo subalato, spica elongata gracili decurva, 

 bracteis ovatis dentatia fimbriatis flores minntos sessiles dense 

 imbncatos non superantibus, petalis lineari-oblongis, labello quadrato 

 latenbus integris v. dentatis, apice obscure 2-lobo lobis ad angulos 

 sitis v. labello in lobulum forcipatum terminalem contracto. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradenya and the Hewahette district, alt. 1,000 to 



3,000 ft. Thwaites. 



Folia 3-5 poll, longa, ^-f lata, subfalcata. Scapus 1-2-pollicaris, 

 loho non adnatus. Spica 4-7 poll, longa. Flores X V poll, lati, pallidi. 

 Gapsula sessilis. 



A very graceful species. The variety of which the flowers are here 

 fagured, and which are from Thwaites, have a lip in no way different 

 from that of 0. zeylanica,— J. D. Hooker. 



A. O. zeylanica. Fig. 1. Bract. 2. Flower. 3. Lip. 4. Anther. 5. Capsule. 

 All mlargal. 



B. O. forcipata. Fig. 5. Bract. 6. Flower. 7. Lip of a form of 0. fort ijxtta. 



