702 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEJ5. (J. D. Hooker.) 



diani., yellow j sepals re volute, but margins not recurved; petals flit; lip rather 

 thick. Capsule yV^iV in. Very near the Javau L. angustifolia, but the flowers 

 and fruit are much smaller, and the lip shorter almost quadrate. The Mauritian L. 

 ceespitosa also closely resembles it, but has a lanceolate lip. The capsules of all three 

 are alike, broadly pyriform, with high ribs and flat nerved interstices. 



** Leaves 2 Or more rarely solitary on the pseudobulb or stem. Lip as 

 long as the lateral sepals or nearly so (when spread out). 



f Sepals 3-nerved (unknown in L. Scortechiui). 



42. Zi. bistfiata, Parish and Relchb.f. in Trans. Linn. or. xxx. 155 ; 

 pseudobulbs elongate, leaves 2 2-4 in. elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate, scape 

 longer than the leaves bracteate stout margined or winged, bracts lanceolate 

 equalling the ovary, sepals oblong-lam-eolate obtuse, sides revolute, lip re- 

 curved panduriform 5-nerved, tip dilated broadly truncate, calli 0, column 

 slender incurved, wings usually hooked. Ridley L c. 288; HooJc.f. Ic. PI. 

 t. 1858. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collector-, alt. 7030 ft., J. D.H. KHASIA Mrs., 

 alt. 5-6000 ft. NAG-A HILLS, in Assam, Prain. TENASSERIM, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs stem-like, 4-6 in., cylindric. Leaves -f in. broad, obtuse or apiculate, 

 many-nerved, coriaceous, base narrowed. Scape 46 iiii ; bracts \ in. ; flowers yel- 

 lowish ; lip undulate, sides with obscure rounded lobes, base auricled ; side nerves 

 branching. 



Var. robusfa ; pseudobulbs shorter stouter with 2 large acute sheaths, scape very 

 stout, bracts and flowers larger, lip obcordately panduriform, columnar wings rounded, 

 capsule larger clavate. Naga Hills, on Kohhna, Prain. Perhaps a different 

 species. 



43. Xi. lacerata, Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 284; pseudobulbs 

 ovoid, leaves 2 8-10 in. narrowly oblanceolate acuminate, scape slender laxly 

 many-fld., bracts lanceolate shorter than the ovary, sepals straight, sides 

 recurved, lip recurved from the broad base, then straight oblong 7-nerved, 

 tip with 2 lacerate lobes, column slender incurved, wings small rounded. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. Perak, Scortechini, King's Collector. 

 DISTKIB. Borneo. 



Pseudobulbs I in., oblong or ovoid. Leaves f-1^ in. broad. Scape with the 

 raceme 9-10 in. ; pedicels - in. ; flowers .} in. across, light pink ; lip red, con- 

 tracted below the rounded shoulders. 



44. Xi. plantaginea, Lindl. Gen. fy S. Orchid. 29 ; leaves 2 opposite 

 6-10 in. sessile linear- or oblong-lanceolate acute, scape stout not winged, 

 bracts large ovate-lanceolate, sepals obtuse 3-uerved straight, sides revo- 

 lute, lip large deflexed from the base orbicular erose or crenulate veined 

 suddenly contracted into a 2-auri :led 2-ttibercled short neck, column 

 incurved, wings 0. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 286. L. selligera, 

 Jfeiclib.f. in Linncea xli. 42. L. orbicularis, Loddiffet wss. ; G-ard. Cfiron. 

 N. S. xvi. (1881) 592. L. Griffith!! in part, Ridley I. c. 285. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-2000 ft., Clarke. UPPER ASSAM; at Brahmakoond, 

 Griffith (Kew Distnb. 5069). 



Pseudobulbs 23 in. ; sheath largf, membranous, acute. Leares 1-1^ in. broad, 

 petioled or not, 5*nerved. Scape with the raceme 8-12 in., flexuous ; bracts -$ in., 

 green, concave ; pedicels rather longer; flowers 1 in. across the sepals, greenish. 

 The Assam specimens are flowerless. Mr. Ridley in his monograph included 

 them under his L. Griffithii, but in the Kew Herbarium has separated them, 

 marking the Assam plant as probably a form of L. plania<ji>irn. The Bhot.in 



