﻿MICROSTYLIS BHEEDII, Wight 

 Orchide^;. Tribe Malaxed. 



H. Rheedii, Wight, Ic. 902 (non Auet.) ; caule robusto vagina*?, 

 folns 3-5 petiolatis late ovatis ellipticisve acutis, racemis elongatis 

 angustis multi-laxi-floris, floribus parvis, bracteis lanceolatis deflexis, 

 eepalis late ovatis obtusis 1-nerviis concavis, petalis anguste linearibus, 

 labello latiore quam longo, rotundato reniformi y. flabelliforn 

 disco basin versus depresso, columna longiuscula. Bah. f < 

 Fl 260 (End K,,„ ) M V ei ,.I r , T, V <, S' hj <>> > -K 

 ^"'1- (.'«/. V, 1 ;};.. /.'■„". , ,;. ./„„ ni . Linn. Soc. xxiv. 34:]. Lij-ans 

 pnochilua, Lodd.Bot. Gal. i. 1751 ? L. intermedia, 4. AV/>- <" -[»"■ 

 8c. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 17. Malaxis Rheedii, #er&. Heyne.—Eheede Eort. 

 Mai. xii. t. 27. 



Hab. The Deccan Peninsula ; from the Concan southwards, com- 

 mon in the Ghats. 



Caulis 3-6-pollicaris, gracilis v. robustus, stoloniferus. Folia 3-7 

 poll, longa, acuta v. acuminata, 5-7-nervia, peti 



cum racemo 6-12-pollicaris. Flares $-$ poll, lati, vmdes flavi >• 

 purpurascentes, odori ; sepala obtusa. 



, This is, as Wight perceived, unquestionably the &«" 

 Maravara of Rheede, upon which the Mala ds Eheed i d 

 founded, and with which the Javan and Pacific Island 11/. / 



has been confounded by ^ai • 



^1™^ des ? ribed , ^S^!^ rather 



