678 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Gberonia. 



obcordate with rounded lobes and an acute sinus. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 

 Oberon. 3 (excL somevars.). Malaxis verticillata, Reichb.f. in WaJp. Ann. 

 vi. 211. 



TRAVANCORE and NILGHIRI MTS., Wight, &c. DISTRTB. Java? 



Leaves 2-4 by - in., rather thin, nearly straight. Scape 1-2 in.; racemes 

 4-6 in., decurved; bracts erose, about equalling the pedicels ; flowers -^r in., pale 

 yellow ; lip with narrow rounded shoulders, contracted quite entire sides and rather 

 diverging lobes. Capsules pedicelled. The Javan plant has a much narrower lip 

 and much larger capsules. 



10. O. pyrulifera, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oleron. No. 15 ; leaves small 

 narrowly ensiform acute or subacute, scape terete with slender subulate 

 bracts, racemes short decurved, flowers whorled pedicelled, bracts lanceo- 

 late, petals oblong, lip oblong cleft to the middle into two parallel acute 

 lobes. O. verticillata, var. khasiana, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 3. Malaxis 

 verticillata var. khasiana and M. pyrulifera, Reichb. f. in Walp. Rep. vi. 

 210, 211. 



KHASIA MTS!, alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. H. fy T. T. MUNNIPORE, Watt. 



Leaves 1-2-g- by - in., straight or falcate. Scape and raceme together 2-3 in. ; 

 flowers pale yellow-green, about -J-g- in. Differs from 0. verticillata in the small size, 

 short racemes, very small flowers and lip with acute parallel lobes. I find no difference 

 between O. pyrulifera and O. verticillata var. khasiana-, the petals are very 

 obscurely erose and creuulate at the tip. 



11. O. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; leaves ensiform coriaceous straight 

 subacute, scape terete, spike long suberect rigid, flowers sessile minute in 

 separated whorls, bracts ovate obtuse fimbriate, petals oblong erose, lip 

 longer than the. sepals gradually widening to the 2-lobedbase, lobes rounded 

 with a broad sinus. 0. verticillata, /3. pubescens, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 

 Oberon. 3. Malaxis verticillata, var. pubescens, Seichb.f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 210. 



CEYLON, Thwaites (C.P. 2516 in Herb. Hook, which is the number of Strychnos 

 colubrina). 



"Whole plant of a whitish hue when dry. Leaves 3-4 by in. Scape and spike 

 6-10 in. ; rachis firm and rather stout, but not swollen ; flowers few in a whorl, about 

 Jjj- in., yellow ; ovary extremely short, so that the perianth is close on the rachis. 

 Capsules very small, sessile, subglobose. Very different from O. verticillata in the 

 bracts, habit and minute sessile flowers ; I find no trace of the pubescence described 

 by Lindley. 



12. O. Falconerij Hook. f. leaves short broadly ensiform acute, 

 scape short stout bracteate, raceme stout erect or decurved, bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate or oblong serrulate, flowers shortly pedicelled, petals ovate, lip 

 oblong or subquadrate with small rounded or tooth-like lateral lobes, tip 

 with two small incurved lobes separated by a broad sinus. HooJc.f. Ic. 

 Plant, t. 1780. O. iridifolia, Wall. Cat. 1948/1 and 3. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, KUMAON and the Deyra Dhoon, Falconer, WaUicli. 

 BEHAR and Chola Nagpore, J. D. If., Clarke. The CONCAN ; at Bombay, Law, 

 <${c. 



Leaves 1-2 by \-\ in., straight or falcate, coriaceous. Scape terete, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; racemes longer ; rachis stout, deeply grooved in fruit ; 

 flowers about -^ in., greenish yellow. Capsules shortly pedicelled. Nearly allied 

 to O. khasiana, but more robust with shorter broader leaves, short lateral lobes or 

 shoulders to the lip, the terminal lobes of which are short and distant. 



13. O. longribracteata, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 3 ; Fol. Orchid. 



