680 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Oberonia. 



No. 1130 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 286, f. 1. Malaxis myriantha & sikkimeiisis, 

 Eeichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 212. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H., Clarice. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3500- 

 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. ; Naga Hills, Clarke. 



Leaves 4-10 by |-| in., coriaceous. Scape sometimes adnate to the uppermost 

 leiif; spike and raceme longer or shorter than the haves, straight or decurved, 

 rachis slender but stiff; flowers about -^ in., pale yellow-green, lateral lobes of lip 

 rounded, or rather truncate and notched orcrenaie; terminal lobes variable iu length. 

 Capsules pedicejled. Except in the shorter racemes, I find no character for siJcJcim- 

 ensis, and they are as short in some specimens of myriantha. 



18. O. demissa, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 4; leaves short 

 thin linear- oblong obtuse, scape short adnate to the uppermost leaf, 

 bracts short ovate acute erose, spike short erect or decurved dense-fld., 

 flowers minute subeessile, petals broadly oblong denticulate, lip very short, 

 lateral lobes broad truncate crenate terminal short broad quadrate. HooJc.f. 

 Ic. Plant, t. 1785 B. Malaxis demissa, Rcic.Jib. f. in. Walp. Ann. vi. 

 211. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at the foot hills, J. D.H. 



Leaves 2 by ^ in., obtuse. Scape '% in.; raceme 1J in., pale green; flowers 

 about -jL in., obscurely whorled ; lateral sepals orbicular, much larger than the dorsal. 

 Specimens very few. The species had perhaps better be referred to the group with 

 O. orbicularis. Lindley describes the midlobe of the lip as ovate, acute, but I find 

 it to be as described above in his and my own specimens. 



19. O. recurva, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1839, Misc. No. 8; FoL 

 Orchid. Oleron. 5; leaves small oblong-lanceolate acuminate, scape very 

 short, raceme slender dense-fld., flowers very minute not whorled, bracts 

 lanceolate, petals obovate oblong and lip erose, lateral lobes rounded mid- 

 lobe 2-tid. Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1784 A. O. setifera, Lindl. I. c. 3. 

 Malaxis setifera & recurva, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 210, 212. 



The CONCAN, Law, Dalzell, &c. 



Leaves 1-li in., thin, ticape and raceme 2-3 in., more or less recurved or de- 

 Curved ; bracts shorter than the pedicels j flowers -gL in., hyaline, sparsely gland- 

 ' dotted; lip equalling or longer than the sepals; divisions of midlobe variable in 

 breadth, sinus acute or obtuse. Capsules on pedicels as long as themselves. I have 

 failed to find in Lindley's or other specimens the setaceous petals described by that 

 author. 



ft Petals linear. 



a. Lip orbicular or quadrate, entire or obscurely lobed. 



20. O. zeylanica, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, t. 1782 A ; leaves linear ensi- 

 form obtuse, scape flattened with a small adnate leaf about the middle, 

 spike shorter than the leaves decurved, flowers loosely imbricate, bracts 

 ovate subentire, petals linear entire, lip quadrate quite entire or with 

 obscure lobes at the outer angles. O. Browneana, Tliwaites Herb. (C.P. 

 386^>). O. longibracteata, Thw. in part (C.P. 543). 



CEYLON; at Matelle East, Beckett; Hantani, Thwaites. 



Leaves 4-7 by |-| in., nearly straight. Scape 3-4 in., about ^ in. diam., stout, 

 hardly compressed above the adnate leaf, which is very small. Spike 3 in., curved 

 or decurved ; flower ^ in., pale. Fruit sessile. I advance this species with much 

 hesitation, for 1 suspect that there has been some confusion in the 'distribution of 

 Thwaites' Obcronias, and more specimens are wanted of all. 



