690 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJ5. (J. D. Hooker.) \_MicrostyUe, 



Andam. Rep. App. B. xix. ; N. E. Br. in a <rd. Ckron. 1883, 392. M. 

 flavescens, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 20; Ridley I.e. 337. M. fusca, 

 Reichb.f. in Wai p. Ann. vi. 207. Dienia congests, Lindl in Wall,. Cat. 

 1936; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 22 ; in Bot. Reg. under t. 825; Reichb.f. in 

 Bonpland. iii. 259. D. fusca, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. I. c. Malaxis 

 latifolia, Smith in Rees Cyclop. M. plicata, Roxb. FL. Ind. iii. 456. Cre- 

 pidium flavescens, Blume Bijd. 388. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Nepal eastwards. KHASIA MTS. and MUNNIPORE, 

 BEHAE onParusnath, Clarke. BURMA, the ANDAMAN ISLANDS, the UECCAN PENIN- 

 SULA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China, Australia. 



Stem 2-6 in., stout, base tuberous. Leaves 3-10 in., sessile or petioled, ovate 

 elliptic or lanceolate. Scape with raceme 2-8 in., stout or slender; pedict-1 | in.; 

 ovary trigonous and grooved ; flowers - T \y in., yellow green to pale brown or 

 purplish. Capsules f in., crowded, erect. 



16. IH. parvula, Hook.f. Ic. PI. t. 1827 B; leaf small solitary se>sile on 

 the small globose pseudobulb ovate acuminate, bracts minute, flowers very 

 minute, sepals broad 1-nerved, lip narrowly panduriform papillose termi- 

 nating in two slender tails separated by a broad sinus, column-arms 

 rounded spreading. 



PEHAK; on rocks, alfc. 3-4000 ft., King's Collector. 



Pseudobulb % in. diain., sheathed. Leaf 1 in., membranous. Scape and raceme 

 2-3 in. ; pedicels very short ; flowers dark blue, T l ff in. across; sepals broadly oblong 

 obtuse, and petals nearly flat ; lip cellular, with an obtuse tooth or lobule between 

 the tails', disk and 3 med.an obtuse ridges. 



17. UK. furcata, Hook.f. Ic. PI. t. 1827 A; leaf small solitary on the 

 small subglobose pseudobulb elliptic and acute or ovate and acuminate, 

 bracts lanceolate, flower very small, sepals obtuse 1-nerved, lip narrowly 

 panduriform 2-lobed beyond the middle, lobes linear-oblong fimbriate on the 

 outer edge, sinus subacute, column-arms spreading. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Pseudobulb % in., sheathed. Leaf 1-2| in., membranous. Scape with raceme 

 25 in.; bracts shorter than the pedicels; flowers ~^ in. across; sepals oblong 

 obtuse, and petals nearly flat ; lip contracted at the middle, 3-nerved at the 

 base. 



ftf Lip crenulate, toothed or pectinate. 



18. K. Rheedii, Wight Ic. t. 902 (not of others) ; stem stout, leaves 

 3-5 shortly petioled broadly ovate or elliptic, raceme elongate lax-fld., bracts 

 lanceolate deflexed, lip rounded reniform or fan-shaped pectinate. Dalz. 

 Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 260 (eoccl. syn.) Hook.f. Ic. PI. t. 1832 M. versicolor, 

 Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 21; Wall. 'Cat. 1939; Ridley in Journ. Linn. 

 Sac. xxiv. 343. Liparis priochilus, Lodd. BoL Cab. 1. 1751. ? L. intermedia, 

 A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 17, Malaxis Rheedii, Herb. Reyne. 

 Rheede Sort. Mai. xii. t. 27. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA, common in the Western Ghats. 



Stem 3-6 in., slender or stout, stoloniferous. Leaves 3-7 by 1^-3 in., acute or 

 acuminate, 5-7-nerved, base equal or not; petiole ^-3 in., rarely 0. Scape with 

 raceme 4-12 in., stout or slender; flowers very variable in size and colour, greenish 

 yellow or purplish, sweet-scented ; sepals obtuse, dorsal often the longest and nar- 

 rowest. This is unquestionably Kheede's plant, to which the Javan and Pacific M. 

 plantoginea has been erroneously referred. Rheede describes the abundant spiral 

 vessels, which are so conspicuous in this genus and in Liparis. 



