﻿A.— MICROSTYLIS PUECATA, Hook. f. 



B.- MICROSTYLIS PARVULA, Hook./. 



Orchide^e. Tribe Malaxed. 



A— M. furcata, Hook. f. (sp. nov.); folio solitario radicali sessili 

 ovato-lanceolato acuminato, scapo folio longiore, racemo laxifloro, brac- 

 teis lanceolatis ovario subasquilongis, floi'ibus parvis, sepalis late ovatis 

 obtusis concavis 1-nerviis, petalis linearibus subacutis, labello anguste 

 panduriformi ad medium v. infra 2-lobo, sinu snbacuto cum apieulo, 

 lobis lineari-oblongis falcatis marginibus exterioribus serrulatis, 

 apicibus truncatis laciniatis, columnae alis rotundatis. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Perak, Father Scortechini. 

 mm pseudobulbc 

 , 5-nerve, basi scapum amplectente. 

 ._ _ J-pollicaris, gracilis, laxiflorus. Flores T V poll, 

 lati ; labello sepalis duplo longiore, lobis divergentibus. — J. D. Hooker. 



B.— M. parvula, Hook. f. (sp. nov.) ; folio solitario radicali sessili 

 ovato-lanceolato acuminato, scapo folio multoties longiore, racemo 

 laxifloro, floiilms minutis, bvacteis minutis lanceolatis, sepalis ovafo- 

 rotundatis obtusis concivis 1 lierviis, petalis anirnstt-iinearibus, labello 

 late ovoideo apice in lobos 2 subulatos divergentibus fisso, disco tricarin- 

 ato, column® alis rotundatis. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, at Perak, on rocks, alt. 3,000-4,000 ft., 

 King's Collector. 



Nearly allied to M. furcata, but a much smaller plant, with flowers 



rrlW i i™ j;„ m rri,~ i;„ ;<, nJi^ior wi'tli a rounded keel at the 



IN early allied to M. furcata, but a muc 

 hardly ^ in. diam. The lip is cellular, 

 back.— J. D. Hookee. 



A.— M. furcata. Fig. I. Flower. 2. Sepal. 



. Hookee. 



