706 cxiA'in. ORCHIDE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Lii>ari*. 



that plant in the filiform scape, ovate bracts, and eciliate sepals, and petals. Blume 

 figures the sepals of his Malaxis decurrens as papillose all over. 



56. Zi. platyrachis, Hoolc. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1890; leaves 2-3 1-1 i in. 

 petioled linear-lanceolate membranous, scape much longer than the leaves 

 flattened or 2-winged, bracts minute subulate, flowers in., sepals subfalcate 

 oblong obtuse 1-nerved, lip recurved quadrately panduriforrn, basal portion 

 2-auricled 2-tubercled, distal with acute upper angles and a rounded some- 

 times apicula.te base, column with small upper wings and winged sides. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-5000 ft., Treutler, Clarke. 



Habit and size of L. delicatula, from which it differs in the winged rachis, 

 minute subulate bracts, and form of the lip, which, as in all the species of this group, 

 is very difficult of analysis, being crumpled in drying. 



57. Xi. perpusilla, Hoolc. f. Ic. Plant, t. 1856 B ; leaves 4-5 recurved 

 1 in. linear acute, midrib stout, margins recurved, scape much longer than 

 the leaves, bracts ovate-lanceolate, flowers yV in., sepals very broadly 

 elliptic-oblong obtuse 1-nerved, lip minute quadrate with 2 rounded side 

 lobes and 2 tubercles, tip very broad rounded, column short stout broadly 

 winged. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, on trees, alt. 7-8000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Gamble. 



Pseudobttlbs tufted, - in., ovoid or oblong, leaves -^-^ in. diam., coriaceous. 

 Scape curved, obscurely margined, naked ; bracts T L in.; flowers yellow. A singular 

 little plant which 1 found in 1848 on trees upon Sinchal near Darjeeling, and made a 

 drawing of, but have lost the specimens. 



Sect. III. DISTTCH^E. Bracts of the short flat raceme distichous and 

 imbricating, coriaceous, ensif orm. 



58. Zi. disticha, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. sub. t. 882 ; leaf solitary 

 5-10 in. coriaceous linear, scape naked, sepals oblong-ovate acute 3-nerved, 

 lip recurved, lateral lobes rounded and inflexed at the base, midlobe 

 orbicular-ovate obtuse, column very short erect dorsally compressed with 

 very broad coriaceous wings dilating downwards. Ridley in Journ.Linn. 

 Soc. xxii. 292; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 623. L. gregaria, Lindl. G-en. $ 

 Sp. Orchid. 33 ; Thu-aites Enum. 296. L. mucronata, Lindl. L c. 32. 

 Malaxis disticha, Thouars Orc/iid. Isles Austr. d? Afrique, t. 89. Malaxis 

 mucronata, Blume Bijd. 391 ; Moon Cat. 467. 



TENASSEKIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. CEYLON, Walker, &c. DISTEIB. Malay 

 Islands, Timor, Mauritius, Bourbon. 



Root stock slender, creeping ; pseudobulbs distant, ^-f in., pyriform. Leaves 

 ^-i in. broad, acuminate. Scape usually shorter than the leaves, stout, margined or 

 winged ; raceme %-2 in., rachis flattened ; bracts ^-| in. ; flowers | in., ochreous 

 yellow. Lip fleshy, with a large basal callus. Capsule % in. long, pedicelled. 



59. Zi. compressa, Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 32 ; leaf solitary 10- 

 12 in. linear-lanceolate strongly nerved beneath, scape naked, sepals lan- 

 ceolate, lip cuneately flabelliform from a narrow 2-tubercled claw, tip 

 broadly truncate or rounded crenulate apiculate, column slender incurved, 

 wings 0. 'Ji'ullcij in Journ Linn. Soc. xxii. 291 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 621. Malaxis compressa, Blume Bijd. 390, t. 54. 



PEBAK, Scortec7iini, Kino's Collector, alt. 3000-3500 ft. DISTRIB. Sumatra, 

 Java. 



Pseudobulb 1 in. or more. Leaf 1-1 i in. broad. Scape winged ; raceme as in L. 

 disticha, but brac,ts and Howcrs larger. 



