07'estia.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 19 



1. O. eleganSy Eidl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 198, t. 6. Stems 

 3 in. high, slender, 2-3-leaved. Leaves ovate or lanceolate-ovate, acute 

 2J-3 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad; margin undulate. Scapes 5-6 in. long. 

 Kaceme lax, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acuminate, 1-1 J lin. long. 

 Sepals ovate- oblong ; lateral ones falcate, IJ- lin. long. Lip nearly 

 quadrate, emarginate, with large rounded auricles, 1 lin. long ; disc 

 with a small purple pubescent cushion in the centre. Column -^ lin. 

 long. — Ridl. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 201 (Orestias by error). 



Kow^er Guinea. Island of St. Thomas : between Lagoa Amelia and San Pedro, 

 4000 ft., Moller, 94 ! 



In habit much resembles Microstylis stelidostachya, Reichb. f. 



4. LIPARIS, Bich. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI iii. 495. 



Sepals spreading, free, or the lateral ones sometimes more or less 

 connate, often falcate and broader than the dorsal. Petals usually 

 very narrow. Lip inferior, adnate to the base of the column, usually 

 deflexed or recurved above the erect base, entire, often bituberculate at 

 the base. Column usually long and slender, incurved, margined or winged 

 at the apex ; anther terminal ; poUinia 4, free or cohering by a viscid 

 appendage. — Terrestrial or epiphytic herbs, with or without pseudo- 

 bulbs. Leaves one or more, membranous and continuous with the 

 sheath, or somewhat coriaceous and jointed on the sheath or pseudo- 

 bulb. Flowers small or medium-sized, in lax or dense racemes. Bracts 

 small or narrow. 



A genus of about 120 species, found throughout the warm and temperate regions 

 of the globe, but most numerous in India. All the African species belong to the 



1. la. rn^nsLy JReichb. /. Mss. Pseudobulbs ovoid, |-1J in. long, 

 usually triphyllous. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 

 narrowed above the sheathing base, 4-8 in. long, ^—1^ in. broad. 

 Scapes J-lJ ft. high, many-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, lJ-3 in. long. Dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, 2 J in. 

 long; lateral ones falcate-oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long. Petals falcate- 



