﻿Plate 1833. 



MICROSTYLIS STOOKSII, Sooh.f. 

 ORCHiDEiB. Tribe Malaxed. 



deflexis, rloribus majusculis, sepalis lateralibas oblongis obi 

 vnsdorsali longiore et angustiore, petalis anguste linear. 

 latiore quam longo Iatissime flabelliformi v. fere reniformi, protunae 

 pectinato disco depresso, columnae alis latiusculis subacutis. M. luteoia, 

 Serb. Ind. Or. S. f. $ T. {not of Wight). 



Hab. Malabar, in the Bababoodan hills, Stock*. 



Caulis l~2- P ollicaris, robustus. Folia l£-3 poll, lat* 3-5-nervia. 

 Scants ana cum racemo 2^-pollicaris. Flares | poll. ktL 



In several respects intermediate between M. versicolor \ 

 y'nch i t has the large flowers but not the pseudobulbs, and m. j 

 It differs from both in the size of the flowers and remarkaoie 

 shaped lip.— J. D. Hooker. 



