782 cxLViir. ORCHIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Monomeria. 



obliquely obtusely 2-fid, narrowed into the 4-6 in. petiole. Scape 12-18iu., 

 flexuous; sheaths short, distant ; raceme long; bracts in. ; flowers white speckled 

 with purple, about 1 in. long ; lip orange-brown. I find no character whereby to 

 distinguish M. Crabro ; the analysis of the lip in the plate does not conform to 

 mine. Possibly the Nepal habitat is an error. 



15. DENDROCHXXiUItt, Slume. 



Epiphytes ; rhizome creeping, scaly ; pseudobulbs narrow, 1-leaved. 

 Leaf flat, narrow, coriaceous. Scape lateral, slender ; flowers small, in 

 slender spikes or racemes. Sepals subequal, spreading; lateral adnate to 

 the foot of the column. Petals smaller. Lip jointed on the foot of the 

 column, subsessile, erecto-patent, oblong, base nmbonate. Column short, 

 with lateral or terminal teeth or arms ; anther 2-celled ; pollinia 4, ovoid, 

 bases cohering by a slight viscus. Species 3-4, Indian and Malayan. 



1. D>, pallidiflorum, Blume Bijd. 398, t. 52; leaf elliptic-oblong, 

 sepals linear obtuse 1-nerved, lip oblong obtuse, base with 2 bosses, arms 

 of column from above the middle. Lindl. Gen. fy tip. Orchid. 34. 



TENASSERIM, Parish. PERAK, ascending to 4000 ft., Scortechini, King's 

 Collector. DISTRIB. Java. 



Rhizome 2-4 ft,, rigid. Pseudobulbs f in., ovoid. Leaf 3-5 in., shortly petioled. 

 Scape slender, bracteate below the 3-4 in. raceme; bracts shorter than the ovary, 

 ovate, acute; flowers ^-| in. diam. ; sepals thickened beyond the middle. Peruk 

 specimens have smaller flowers than the Tenasserim. I have seen no authentic 

 Javan ones. 



2. D. linearifolium, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined.; leaf narrowly linear 

 obtuse, sepals acuminate 3-nerved, lip oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse, 

 base 3-ridged, arms of column basal elongate. 



PERAK, Scortechini ; on Batang Padong, alt. 4900ft., Wray. 



Pseudobulbs | in., curved. Leaf 1^-2 in., petioled. Scape 1-2 in., raceme as long, 

 lax-fid. ; bracts lanceolate, equalling the ovary; flowers J in. diam., greenish ; sepals 

 and subequal petals lanceolate. 



3. D. bracteosum, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 24; leaf elliptic- 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate acute, sepals lanceolate acuminate 3-nerved, lip 

 subpanduriform, base 3-ridged and with 2 recurved teeth, terminal lobe 

 orbicular apiculate, arms of column subterminal erect acute. Liparis 

 bracteosa, Wall. Cat. 7406. 



MALAY PENINSULA, Finlayson. 



Rhizome short, stout, crinite ; pseudobulbs 3 in., slender. Leaf 6 in.; petiole 

 short. Scape 3-8 in., slender, curved; spike 3-7 in.; bracts obovate-oblong, 

 equalling the ovary, truncate, scarious ; flowers J in. diam. ; petals linear-lanceolate. 



16. PANISEA, Lindl. 



Small tufted epiphytes ; pseudobulbs crowded, 2-leaved. Leaves plaited. 

 Scape lateral ; flowers few, racemed ; bracts membranous. Sepals and 

 petals subequal, narrow, erect; lateral sepals saccate at the base. Lip 

 as long as the sepals, adnate to the base of the column ; claw sigrnoid. 

 Column slender, erect, 2-winged above; anther 2-celled; pollinia 4, ovoid, 

 free or subcoherent by a viscus. 



Very near Ccelcgyne (to which Kentham has refeired Lindley's other species), 

 differing chiefly in the clawed lip. 



