﻿Plate 1826. 



MICEOSTYLIS MAINGAYI, Hook. f. 



Orchide^. Tribe Malaxed. 



M . Maingayi, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; folio solitario radical* amplo 

 sessih Jate elhptico acuto multinervi basi scapum amplectente, scapo 

 brevi, racemo elongato multifloro, bracteis kncoolatis inferiuribus 

 elonptis vacuis, floriferis ovario brevioribus, floribus resupinatis, 

 sepahs oblongis obtusis marginibus incurvis, petalis angustis. lalnllo 

 cimeato-oblongo nervoso apice truncato lacero marginibus d 

 columna longiuscula. 



Hab. Penang, Maingay (Keto Bistrib. No. 1602). 

 Gaules conferti, brevissimi, post anthesin pseudobulbosi, va^nis 

 eiongatis membranaceis v. foliosis, radicibus robustis. 1<\,, ,; lm 4-6 poll, 

 ongura, 2-3 poll, latum, menibranaceum. Scapus una cum racemo 

 JaxiHoro folio subaequilongo teres, pedicellis \ poll, longis. Flares 

 $ pull, lati ; labello porrecto coriaceo. 

 Vab. ? Kumtleri, labello longiore angulis exterioribus fimbriatis. 



* lores saturate coerulei. 



I am in doubt wbetber to refer this to Microstylls or to Liparis. 

 i ir 00 ^ 11111 1S rather lon g for the former genus, but not more so than 

 in m. Hheedu and other species, in which also the dilatation of the 

 apex is obscure or wanting.— J. D. Hooker. 



Flower. 2 and 3. Sepals. 



