﻿Plate 1860. 



TAINIA MACRANTHA, Hook. f. 



Orchide^;. Tribe Bletie^:. 



T. macrantha, Hook. f. (sp. no v.) ; glaberrima, pseudobulbis elongatis 

 teretibus, folio longe petiolato elliptico acuminata basi acuto, scapo 



longiore paucifloro 2-3-vaginato, floribns magnis 3 poll, 

 expansis, sepalis acuminatis, dorsali lanceolafco, lateralibns majoribus 

 basi latioribus, petalis lanceolatis acuminatis, mento rotand 

 sessili subhastato, basi cuneato, lobis lateralibus parvis triangulares 

 rotundatisve obtusis disco inter lobos laterales breviter 2-carinato. 



Hab. South China ; prov. Lofaushan, opposite Hongkong, in deep 

 shade under the spray of a waterfall, alt. 3,100 ft., C Ford. 



Bhizoma crassum ; nodi vestigiis vaginarum fibrosis criniti. P« H to- 

 bulbi 3-pollicares, diametro pennse olorinse. Folium 6 poll, longnm, 

 membranaceum, 5-nerve, petiolo 2-pollicare. Scaptis pedahs, robustus ; 

 vagina) 2-pollicares, appressro. Flores distantes, breviter pedicellati ; 

 bracteaa lanceolata3 ^ poll, longa?; labellum 9-nerve; nervzs crassis 

 arcuatis, gibbo 0.— J. D. Hooker. 



This and T. eordifolia (Plate 1861) are very handsome species.- 

 J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1. Lip. Enlarged. 



