cXLViii. OKCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 697 



ft Bracts lanceolate (shorter in L. paradox a & br achy glottis). 



22. Zi. ferrugrinea, Lindl. in Gar A. Chron. 1848, 55; tall, leaves 

 4-6 subcoriaceous very narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate, scape 1^-2 ft., 

 bracts lanceolate, sepals 5-nerved, lateral falcately oblong obtuse spreading, 

 dorsal longest linear-oblong obtuse, lip revolute cuneately obovate, base 2- 

 auricled, apex shortly 3-lobed papillose beyond the middle, column short 

 stout. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 264. 



PERAK, King's Collector. MALACCA, Griffith. DISTHIB. Borneo, Siam. 



Stems tufted, swollen at the base. Leaves 612 by ^-1 in., subplicate, nerves 

 strong, Scape sometimes as thick as a swan's quill, ribbed, nearly naked ; bracts 

 in. ; pedicels \-\ in. Dorsal sepals % in. long; lip yellow -brown. Capsules f in., 

 clavate, twice as long as their pedicels. 



23. Zi. Jovis pluvii, Parish and Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 155 ; stem short, leaves 2-4 sessile or petioled ovate to lanceolate acuminate, 

 bracts lanceolate reflexed after flowering, flowers very small, sepals obtuse, 

 lateral short falcately oblong obtuse 5-nerved. dorsal much longer lanceo- 

 late 3-nerved, lip recurved reniform crenulate base 2-tubercled, column 

 incurved, wings short rather broad uncinate. 



TENASSERIM ; at Moulmein, Lolb, Parish. 



Stem short, thickened, but hardly pseudobulbous below. Leaves 3-5 in., very 

 membranous, 5-nerved, petiole broad if present. Scape 6-8 in., slender; bracts 

 slender, in. and less ; flowers about | in. diam. ; lip variable in breadth, 

 narrowed into a very short 2-auricled claw. Capsule clavate. Flowers in the rainy 

 season, whence the name. 



24. Zi. deflexa. Hook. f. ; stem short, leaves 2 opposite sessile or 

 petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate, scape tall, bracts slender at length 

 deflexed, sepals 3-5-nerved obtuse, lateral oblong, dorsal longer oblong- 

 lanceolate, lip flabelliform, calli obscure, column short straight flattened 

 truncate, wings 0. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at Darjeeling, Griffith's Collectors. 



Stem with a pseudobulbous base ; sheaths few. Leaves 4r-8 in., very membranous, 

 5-nerved. Scape and slender and many-fid, raceme 8-12 in.; bracts very slender, 

 lower in. ; pedicels ^ in.; flower about in. across. Lip with a contracted 2- 

 auricled base. Column compressed from back to front. Capsule f in., clavate. 

 The column distinguishes this at once from L. tulerculata and Jovis phivii. 



25. Zi. stenoglossa, Parish and Reichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 154; leaves 3-4 subradical petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, scape 

 slender lax-fld., bracts very long spreading lanceolate nearly as long as 

 the ovary, sepals 5-nerved snbacute, lateral spreading oblong-ovate, dorsal 

 longer narrower, lip short reflexed cuneately obovate shortly btoidly 2- 

 lobed constricted above the middle, base 2-auricled and 2-tnbercled, 

 column incurved, wings very narrow. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 

 279. 



TENASSEEIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stems very short, tufted, base slightly swollen. Leaves 3-4 in., narrowed into a 

 petiole 1J in. or shorter. Scape slender, 5-6 in. ; bracts in.; flowers about as 

 much across. Lip with a broad acute sinus at the broad tip. 



26. Zi. paradoxa, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann.vi. 218; leaves 1-5 sessile 

 erect alternate sheathing lanceolate acuminate, nerves strong, scape stout 



