CXLVIJI. ORCHiDEjE. (J. D. Hooker.) 695 



13. Xi. platyphylla, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 265; stem 

 slender, loaves 2 spreading ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute 7-nerved, bracts 

 lanceolate, at length reflexed equalling the pedicels, sepals lanceolate Hgu- 

 late, lip orbicular-obovate subretuse crenulate 2-tubercled, column short 

 thickish, wings long narrow obtuse. 



TRAVANCORE ; on tlie Anamallay Hill?, alt. 3500 ft., Beddome. 



Stem 1-2 in. Leaves 4 by 3 in. Scape a foot, weak, many-fld. Allied to 

 L. ofivacea, but differing in the broader leaves and crenulate lip. Description from 

 Ridley, 1. c. 



14. Zi. Wightiana, Thwaites Enum. 295 ; leaves 2 opposite sessile 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate, bracts lanceolate, sepals lanceolate acuminate 

 3-nerved, lip orbicular or orl icular-oblong flat dull purple entire, calli 2 mi- 

 nute, column very slender sigmoidly incurved, wings very obscure. Ridley 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 278. L. atropurpurea, Wight Ic. t. 904 (not of 

 LindL). 



TRAVANCORR ; on the Pulney'Mts., Wight. CEYLON, Walker-, Central Province, 

 alt. 3-5000 ft., TInvaites. 



A small delicate species. Pseudolulbs tufted ; stem very short. Leaves 

 1^-2 in. Scape with raceme 2-4 in.; bracts -J in. shorter than the capillary 

 pedicels; lip -J in. long. I have seen no Travaucore specimens. 



15. L. Beddomei, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 268 ; leaves 2 

 rarely 3 ovate- lanceolate acuminate, scape angled, bracts minute, sepals 

 narrowly ligulate, lip flat orbicular-oblong obtuse green with a purple spot 

 on the disk, column very slender arched, wings minute. 



TRAVANCORE ; on the Pulney Mt?., alt. 50.00 fr., Beddome. 



Tfcis, which inhabits the same mountains as L. Wightlana, appears to differ only 

 in the minute bracts T V in. long. I Lave seen no specimens. 



16. Xi. venosa, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 50; tall, stout, 

 leaves 2 opposite, sepals broadly ovate, bracts minute, pedicels long slender, 

 sepals lanceolate 5-nerved, lip flat obovately obcordate retuse with a 

 semilunar ridge at the base, column short straight, wings decurrent. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1600). PEKAK, Scortechini. SINGAPORE (a 

 drawing). 



Rootstock creeping, as thick as the little finger, with crowded tufts of thick 

 roots ; stem short, stout, sheathed. Leaves 23 in. broad, nerves red beneath. 

 Scape and raceme stout, 2 ft. ; flowers scattered ; pedicels very slender, -1 in. 

 Sepals nearly in. long, yellow. Lip sessile, but not embracing the column, red 

 purple. The specimens are very badly preserved. 



17. Zi. Trimenii, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 350; small, leaves 

 2 unequal ovate- lanceolate, scape terete, bracts lanceolate, flowers shortly 

 pedicelled, bracts erecto-patent, lip flat broadly elliptic obtuse, margins 

 faintly waved, tip rounded, calli 2 small basal, column long incurved, wings 

 minute. Hook.f. Ic. PL t. 1836. 



CEYLON ; at Hangkela, Trimen. 



Pseudobulb not developed. Leaves 1-1 -g- in., 5-nerved. Scape with raceme 1-3 

 in. ; bracts about equalling the pedicels. Lip sessile, not embracing the column, * in. 

 long. 1 am indebted to Dr. Trimen for specimens. Except by its much smaller si/.e, 

 it is undistinguishable from L. Wiffhtiana, Thw. 



** Lip usually broad deflexcd or recurved. Lateral sepals spreading. 



