682 CXLVIII. ORCHIPEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Oleronla. 



cusiform obtuse or subacute, scape stout flattened, spike stout decurved, 

 flowers sessile densely imbricated all round the stout rachis, bracts broadly 

 ovate obtuse fimbriate, petals linear entire, lip rather longer than the 

 sepals broadly 3-lobed crenate, midlobe broad rather smaller than the 

 lateral 2-lobed. Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 2. Malaxis Lindleyaiia, 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Rep. vi. 210. 



NILGHIRI and TRAVANCORE MTS., Wight, G. Thomson. 



_ Leaves 3-5 by f-l in-, very fleshy, subfalcate, broad to the base. Scape with 

 spike 4-6 in., very stout; flowers pale with an orange? centre of lip, about T ^ in. 

 long; lip gland-dotted. Capsules small, sessile on the thickened rachis. Very near 

 O. Brunoniana &. Wallichiana, but the midlobe of the lip is well developed though 

 smaller than the side lobes together. 



26. O. platycaulon, Wight Ic. t. 1623; leaves long narrowly 

 ensiform straight subacute, scape very broad flat adnate to a leaf to the 

 top, spike straight, flowers large densely imbricate, bracts broad sheathing 

 the sessile ovary erose obtuse, petals narrow, lip with broad rounded 

 lateral lobes and a very short 2-fid or 3-fid terminal one. Lindl. Fol. 

 Orchid. Oberon. 2. Malaxis platycaulon, Reichb. /! in Walp. Rep. vi. 

 239. 



On the WESTERN GHATS; from the Concan, Graham, to the Nilghiris, Lobb, 

 and Pulueys, Wight. 



Leaves 6-10 by ^-f in., coriaceous. Scape shorter than the leaves, - in. 

 broad, very coriaceous, with the apex of the adnate leaf at the base of the spike 

 which is 3-5 in. with a stout rachis ; flowers about -| in. ; lip broader than long. 

 Fruit sessile. The largest-flowered Indian species. O. platycaulon of Thwaites is a 

 very different species in fruit only. 



27. O. bicornis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1949; Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 16; 

 Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 4 ; leaves very small membranous acute or obtuse, 

 scape short very slender with subulate bracts, raceme short slender, bracts 

 setaceous longer than the very minute flowers, petals narrow, lip much 

 broader than long, side lobes ascending as erect horns, terminal very small 

 quadrate. Malaxis bicornis, Ileichb.f. in Walp. Rep. vi. 211. 



i KHASIA HILLS, De Silva, J. D. H. fy T. T. 



Leaves i-1 in., straight or talcate, very thin when dry, nerveless. Racemes 

 lengthening after flowering to twice the length of the leaves ; rachis very slender, 

 curved or flexuous; flowers about -^ in., pale. 



28. O. tenuis, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon^ 3 ; leaves short linear- 

 oblong obtuse or acute, scape bracteate and raceme very slender, bracts 

 setaceous hyaline longer than the very minute pedicelled flowers, petals 

 linear quite entire, lip with a very small short hatchet-shaped midlobe 

 and linear erect incurved side lobes that form a circle round the ovary. 

 Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1779 B. Malaxis tenuis, Reiclib. f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vii. 211. 



CEYLON; at Hittawahe, Thwaites. 



Whole plant 2\ in. Leaves ^-f in. Floivers ochreous red ; lip dark red. Outer 

 edge of midlobes of lip truncate and obscurely 3-lobed. Described from a single 

 specimen and Lindley's drawing. 



y. Lip with no side lobes or very small or narroiv ones, midlobe large or 

 long. 



29. O. caulescens, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 7; subcaulescent, leaves 



