Lfj'Htri*.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 701 



lanceolate equalling the pedicels, flowers minute, lateral sepals flat oblong 

 obtuse obscurely 3-nerved, dorsal longest, lip recurved oblong-quadrate 

 apiculate, base auricled embracing the column, which has minute acute 

 apical wings. 



Naga Hills in UPPER ASSAM, Prain. 



Pseudobulbs in., flagon-shaped. Leaf 1 in., sessile, obtuse. Scape and 

 raceme 3 in. ; bracts | in. ; flowers T \, in. ; petals fl.it. 



ft Sepals 1- nerved (unknown in L. Mannii). 



38. Zi. pusilla, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 294; leaf 2-4 in. 

 linear"-lanceolate acute, scape slender, raceme dense-fld., bracts lanceolate 

 equalling the slender pedicels, flowers minute, sepals obtuse flat or revo- 

 lute, margins not recurved, lip recurved broadly oblong 5-nerved, tip rounded 

 entire or notched, calli 0, column short in curved obscurely winged. Honk.f. 

 Ic. PL 1. 1856 A. L. auriculata, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1872, 277 (not of Miguel). 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; at Rungbee, Clarice. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., 

 common. TKAVANCOBE ; on the Anamallay Hills, Beddome (fid. Ridley). 



Pseudobulbs |- in., broad or narrowly ovoid. Leaf - iu. broad, pale green, 

 costa and nerves obscure. Scape 3-6 in., terete or margined ; bracts 1 in. ; flowers 

 in. across, white. Lip thick, base 2-auricled, nerves simple. Capsule in., 

 globose. Reichb., followed by Ridley, describes the lip as panduriform, but I do not 

 find it so ; and I bave Ridley's authority for this being his pusilla. Name singularly 

 inappropriate. I have seen no Travancore specimens. 



39. Zi. XKannii, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1872, 275 ; Ridley I. c. 286 ; leaf 

 chartaceous linear-lanceolate acuminate, scape 2-edged, bracts setaceous, 

 lower longer than the pedicelled ovary, upper much shorter, sepals linear - 

 ligulate obtuse acute, lip recurved 3-fid, side lobes ^-falcate, isthmus very 

 short narrow, mid lobe transversely ovate crenulate in front, column broader 

 above, anther acute. 



ASSAM ; at Obres, Mann. 



Densely csespitose ; pseudobulbs oylindric, inany-sheathed ; upper sheath elongate, 

 acuminate. I have seen no specimens. Description is from the author. 



40. X,. Duthiei, Hook.f. Ic. Pl.t. 1857 B ; leaf f-1 in. petioled elliptic- 

 or linear-lanceolate acute 5-nerved, scape slender equalling the leaf, bracts 

 subulate rather shorter than the ovary, flowers minute, sepals revolute, 

 margins not or slightly recurved, lip recurved quadrately oblong 5-nerved, 

 tip truncate crenate, calli 0, column st jut curved obscurely winged. 



WESTEKN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, in the Gori V r alley, alt. 2-3000 ft., Buthie. 



Pseudobulbs ^-| in., ovoid, tufted. Leaf |-| in. broad. Raceme \-\\ in., rather 

 dense-fld.; bracts yL in, ; flowers about -jV in. across, yellowish (when dry) ; lip 

 hardly auricled at the base j nerves simple. 



41. I,, obscura, Hook.f. Ic. PI. 1. 1886 ; leaf solitary Jbin. narrowly 

 oblanceolate, scape equalling or shorter than the leaf, bracts equalling or 

 exceeding the ovary, flowera very minute, sepals lanceolate acute recurved 

 or revolute, lip broadly oblong 3-5-nerved, tip broad subacute, column 

 short suberect, wings obscure. L. angustifolia, 'Thwaites Enum. 206 (not 

 of Lindl.). L. caespitosa, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 290 (not of 

 Lindl.}. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 2-5000 ft., Thwaites. 



Pseudobulbs tufted, 1 in., narrow. Leaf ^-\ in. broad, subacute. Flower* 7 \ x iu. 



