684 v CXLVIII. ORcrnnK.i:. (J. 1). Hooker.) [ 



acuminate erose, flowers in dense separate whorls minute subsessile, p< 

 linear-oblong, lip hardly longer than the sepals tlrick subequally 3-loU'd 

 obscurely crenate, lateral lobes oblong or rounded, midlobe very shortly 

 obcordate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6000 ft., Treutler. 



Leaves 12 by ^ ^ in., rather thin, subalternate on the rather elongate stem. 

 Scape and spike together 1 in. (above the leaf) ; bracts rather longer than tho 

 whorls; flowers about ^ in. The specimens are few, and resemble O. demissa, with 

 the same tendency to elongation of the stem, which suggests its belonging to Ihe 

 caulescent group. The crowded separate whorls of flowers resemble those of 

 obcordata and rtifilabris ; the size of the midlobe of the lip removes it from grouj 

 with O. Brunoniana. Reichb. f. refers it to a form of obcordata, as var. latjfolicl 

 possibly rightly, but the foliage seems different. 



34. O. anthropophora, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1951; Gen. Sf Sp. 

 Orchid. 16 ; $ Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 7 ; leaves narrowly linear, scape 

 short sparsely bracteate, flowers very minute subwhorled, bracts ovate 

 erose, petals linear, side lobes of lip rather broad decurved, midlobe elongate 

 ending in two parallel tails. Malaxis anthropophora, Reichb. f. in Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 215. 



TENASSERIM, WallicJt. 



Stem 2 in. Leaves %-2 by in. Scape with raceme 6 in. ; flowers about -^ in.; 

 dorsal sepal small oblong, lateral much larger. The specimens are very few. 



35. O. obcordata, Lindl. Fol. Orcliid. Oberon. 7 ; leaves linear 

 acute, scape very short, spike long or short, flowers very minute densely 

 clustered in whorls which are much exceeded by the lanceolate bracts 

 shortly pedicelled, petals linear-oblong or linear, lip with a narrow base 

 oblong straight or falcate and long or short lateral lobes and a large 

 obcordately2-lobed terminal lobe. Hook.f.Ic.Pl.i.I78'3. Malaxis obcordata, 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 216. 



SiKKttf HIMALAYA, Griffith, J. D. H. Sf T. T., alt. 5-9000 ft., Clarice. IYHASIA 

 HILLS, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith, Clarke. 



Stem 1-2 in., flat, flexuous. Leaves 1-1 by -{- in., usually falcate. Scape 

 with spike 1-1-J in. ; flowers ^ in., yellow. 



VAR. ? bracteata ; larger, bracts much larger T T JJ in. long, flowers pink, lateral 

 lobes of lip longer subacute midlobe narrower with shorter lobes. Sikkim, at the 

 foot of the hills, Thomson. Perhaps a different species. The lip is more like that of 

 the following. 



36. O. angrustifolia, Lindl. Fol. Orchid. ' Oberon. 5 ; leaves nar- 

 row linear subacute, scape very short, spike short, bracts subulate exceeding 

 the clusters of very minute flowers, petals ovate lanceolate, lip with oblong 

 deflexed lateral lobes and a broad obcordate midlobe. Malaxis angustifolia, 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 213. 



KHASIA HILLS, Lobb ; at Kala Panee and Pomrang, J. D. H. fy T. T. 



Stem rather slender, 2-4 in., flat, flexuous. Leaves |-1^- by in., usually falcate. 

 Scape with raceme 1-1 i in. ; flowers subsessile, -,, 1 ,-,- in., pale. Capsules very small, 

 shortly pedicelled. More materials are wanted for a satisfactory description. 



Sect. II. Scylla. Stem short or 0. Leaves ensiform. Sepals very 

 unequal, dorsal lanceolate, lateral very much larger, orbicular. 



37. O. Scyllae, Lhidl. Fol. Orchid. Oberon. 5; leaves linear, or lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, scape with filiform flaccid bracts, raceme slender erect 



