MicroshjVsJ\ CXLVIII. ORCHIDE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) 689 



f Lip quite entire, or bearded at the tip only. 



11. M. muscifera, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 333 ; leaves 2 

 sessile or petioled, bracts equalling or shorter than the pedicels, flowers 

 minute, lip ovate acute, margins thickened, column sessile, arms very 

 short. Dienia muscifera, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1935 ; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 

 23. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim. DISTRIB. 

 Afghanistan. 



Variable in size, 6-18 in. ; stem tuberous at the base, sheathed. Leaves 2-4 in., 

 oblong or rounded, obtuse. Scape about equalling the raceme, together 4-10 in. ; 

 flowers yellow green, T \j in. broad ; pedicel - in., erect. 



12. M. cylindrostachya, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 207; leaf 

 solitary, biacts equalling or shorter than *Che pedicels, lip ovate acute, 

 margins thickened, column stout, arms none. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxiv. 333. Dienia cylindrostachya, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1934; Gen.tifSp. 

 Orchid. 22. 



TKMPEBATE HIMALAYA; from Simla, alt. 7-8000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 CENTKAL INDIA, Hope (in Herb. Clarke). 



Habit, &c., of M. muscifera, but leaf solitary, stem and scape usually more slender 

 (but often very stout) and frequently curved or tiexuous ; pedicels shorter and column 

 longer. Eidley gives by error Sylhet Wallicti as a locality, and omits Sikkim 

 where it is abuudant. 



13. 91. discolor, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 20; leaves 3-6 broad, 

 margins crisped, bracts equalling or exceeding the pedicels, flowers minute, lip 

 ovate-cordate or subreniiorm tip rounded, column short, arms long. Thwaites 

 Enum. 297 ; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. o36 ; Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 1631 ; Bot. May. t. 5403. 



CEYLON ; in the Central Province, Walker, Thivaites. 



Stem stout below, base not tuberous. Leaves 2-3 in. long and broad, subcaudately 

 acuminate, dark vinous purple with a green crisped margin. Scape and raceme 

 2-3 in. ; pedicels about -^ in. ; flowers yellow in bud, then red ; lip with a yellow 

 margin. Wight represents the lip as obscurely 3-lobtd. 



14. 9K. XKaing-ayi, Hook.f.Ic. PL t, 1826; leaf large radical sessile 

 amplexicaul, scape short stout, bracts lanceolate, lip cuneate-oblong with 

 3-4 long teeth at each angle of the truncate tip, column rather long, 

 arms obscure. 



FENANG, Maingay (Keic Disfrib. 1602). 



Stem very short, tuberous. Leaf 6 by 3| in. or less, broadly elliptic, acuminate, 

 very many-nerved. Scape and rayeme together about equalling the leaf, stout ; 

 pedicels ^ in., filiform; flowers \ in. long; sepals subequal, narrowly oblong, petals 

 very narrow ; lip slightly dilated towards the tip, coriaceous. 



VAR. ? Kunstleri ; lip longer, angles of tip fimbriate, flower dark blue. Perak, 

 alt. 3500 ft,, K ing's Collector. 



ft Lip 2-3-lobcd or cleft. 



15. 91. cong-esta, Rcichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 206; leaves 3-6 

 lanceolate, bracts shorter than the very short pedicels, flowers minute, lip 

 subquadrately ovate concave with a fold under the column and a 3-lobed 

 apex. Ridl-t-tj In Journ. .Linn S;c. xxiv. 334. M. Bernaysii, F. Muell. 

 Fi'aym<>nt. xi. 21. M. fusra, Reicltl>.f. /. <-. 207. M. trilobulata, Ku.-z 



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