704 CXLVIII. OECIIIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Li'^aris. 



neately oblong-ligulate acute, scape subterete naked below, raceme denso- 

 fhl., bracts lanceolate equalling the ovary, sepals ligulate obtuse, lip 

 oblong retuse angled on both sides crenulate in front, column enlarged at 

 the base and apex. Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 294. 



ASSAM ; at Obres, Mann (in Herb. R>-ichb.). 



Of this, which I have not seen, the author says that " it is not L. longipes, which 

 differs iu the retuse lip." 



49. Zi. distans, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 71, t. 29 ; leaves 2 

 very narrowly oblanceolate acuminate thin, scape slender as long as the 

 leaves 2- winged few-fld., flowers 1 in. across, bracts membranous shorter 

 than the long pedicels, sepals narrow linear obtuse obscurely 1 -nerved, 

 margins re volute, lip recurved spathulately obovate obtu?e crenulate 

 obscurely nerved 2-tubercled near the concave base, column slender, wings 

 narrow. L. macrantha, Hook.f. Ic. Plant, t. 1851. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Naga Hill?, Prain, Clarke. 



Pseudobulb elongate, narrow, enclosed in one long sheath. Leaves 12 by 1 in., 

 many-nerved, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers green; sepals, petals and lip in. 

 long. The largest-flowered Indian species. Leaves distinctly jointed in the pseudo- 

 bulb where hidden by the sheath, which is 4 in. long. 



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50. Xi. condylobulbon, Reiclil). f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1882, 34; 

 leaves 2-8 in. linear-oblong, scape short, raceme dense-fld., flowers minnte 

 very shortly pec'licelled, bracts as long as the short pedicels, sepals obtuse 

 ] -nerved, lateral revolute, lip recuived oblong with an entire rounded tip 

 fleshy nerveless, calliO, column slender, wings small. L. parvitiora, Ridley 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 29b'. 



TENASSEEIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Pseudobulb 1-2 in., narrow. Leaves 1 in. broad, 7-nerved. Scape with raceme 

 G in. Much resembling L. gladiata, and with flowers yellowish when dry of the same 

 size, but the bracts are longer, slender and membranous, and the lip is very different. 

 The above is from Heichenbach. Kidley makes it a synonym of the Javan L. 

 parvifora, but it differs in toto from the description he gives of that species. 



51. Xi. viridiflora, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 31 ; leaves 2 3-4 iu. 

 elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate membranous, raceme maiiy-fld. subsecun^l, 

 bracts lanceolate, pedicels short decurved, sepals flat broad obtuse or sub- 

 acute 1-nerved, lip recurved orbicular-ovate subacute very obscurely 3-lobed 

 concave rather fleshy, calli 0, column short incurved. Ridley in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxii. 289 ; Thwaites Enum. 295. L. elliptica, Wight Ic. t. 1735. 

 L. Wightii, Eeichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 218. L. Hookeri, Ridley L c. 288. 

 Malaxis viridiflora, Blume Bijd. 392, t. 54. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft. UPPER ASSAM, KHASIA, and NILGHIHI 

 HILLS. CEYLON, alt. 3-7000 ft. DISTBIB. Java. 



Pseudobulbs very variable, $-1 in. long, from ovoid to subcubical or subglobose. 

 Leaves f-1 in. broad, elliptic and sessile, or - i- broad oblanceolate and petioled, 

 acute or acuminate ; nerves manjr, slender. Scape 4-6 in., erect or recurved, with 

 scattered filiform membranous bracts below the raceme ; flowers ascending from the 

 recurved pedicel. Sepals white or yellowish, not widely spreading, about T \j in. long. 

 The subsecund raceme and flowers ascending from the recurved pedicel are quite 

 peculiar to this species. I find no character whereby to separate L. Hookeri, nor is 

 this species related to L. bistriata. 



52. Xi. luteola, Lindl. i Wall. Cat. 1944; Gen. <f* Sp. Orcli.'ul. :;_> ; 

 leaves 2 2-4 in. erect narrowly ol (lanceolate coriaceous, midrib stout, scape 



