790 CXLVIII. OPCHIUE;E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Erin. 



12 in. linear fleshy nerveless, bracts ovate-lanceolate reflexed, lip sub- 

 orbicular, side lobes falcately oblong, midlobe reniform or 2-lobed crenate, 

 hypochile greatly thickened with a disciform elevated basal tubercle and 

 a very large heel-like one concave towards the column on the midlobe. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, at Kursiong, J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, 

 &c. Naga Hills in UPPER ASSAM, Prain. 



Stem 1-2 ft., as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves -J in. broad, taper- pointed, 

 in Sikkim specimens loaded with crystalline concretions. Branches of panicle 6-8 in. ; 

 bracts in. ; mentum short, rounded j petals elliptic, obtuse, 3-nerved. 



17. E. obliqua, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 55 ; stem 1-2 in., 

 sheaths coriaceous, leaves 2 in. linear subacute thickly coriaceous, raceme 

 erect capillary tomentose, bracts ovate-lanceolate, flowers minute, lip 

 broadly cuneate, side lobes elongate triangular-lanceolate acute, midlobe 

 very short truncate, angles acute, disk with a large erect fleshy spur on 

 the midlobe and pulvinus at the base. Mycaranthes obliqua, Lindl. in Sot. 

 Reg. 1840, Misc. 77. 



SINGAPORE, Cuming ; at Kranji in Mangrove Swamps, Ridley. 



Stem erect from a very stout rhizome with fibrous roots. Leaves i- in. diani., 

 strict, erect; sheaths ^ in., tubular, truncate. Racemes terminal, 2 in., stellately 

 tomentose ; pedicels slender, longer than the membranous bracts ; sepals T ^ in. long, 

 ovate, acute; petals linear, 1 -nerved ; mentum rounded; lip much broader than 

 long; midlobe very short indeed, subapiculate and thickened at the broad truncate 

 tip ; spur flattened, incurved. A curious little species. 



18. E. Kingii, Hook. f. Jc. Plant, ined. ; stem stout, leaves 4-7 in. 1 

 linear-lanceolate unilaterally acuminate much shorter than the 1-3 scapes, 

 bracts minute reflexed, pedicels slender, lip suborbicular/side lobes falcately 

 oblong with a tooth at the sinus, midlobe subreniform, axis with a thick 

 woolly ridge leading from 1 or 2" small papillae at the base to a woolly knob 

 on the midlobe. 



PEBAK, alt. 3-4000 ft., King's Collector, Scortechini. 



Stems 23 ft., as thick as a swan-quill, leaves coriaceous, nerved. Racemes 

 8-12 in.; bracts T ^ in. ; flowers blue within; mentum cylindric ; petals oblanceolate, 

 3-nerved. Capsule in., linear. 



19. E. iridifolia, HooTc.f. Ic. Plant. ined.\ leaves 12-14 by -1 in. 

 ensiform gradually narrowed from a broad sheathing base, much longer 

 than the several simple slender hoary scapes, flowers in dense spikes 

 white-tomentose, bracts ovate, lip broadly oblong from a rounded base, 

 side lobes large membranous obtuse, disk with a broad tomentose ridge 

 ending in a minute exserted thickened tip or midlobe. 



PEEAK ; on Gunong Batu Patch, Wray. 



Stem at base 1 in. thick. Leaves coriaceous, spreading, uppermost longest. 

 Spike and scape stellately hoary or tomentose ; bracts acute, nearly glabrous ; 

 perianth tomentose, about -^ in. long ; mentum shortly cylindric ; lip with 2 strong 

 nerves parallel to the central ridge, and 3 calli at the very base. 



20. E. longifolia, Hoolc. f. Ic. Plant, ined.; stem clothed with 

 very long sheaths, leaves 12-14 in. grass-like, spikes solitary short shortly 

 peduncled dense-fld., bracts minute, mentum short rounded, lip minute 

 cup-shaped obtusely pointed. 



PEEAK, alt. 5000 ft., Wray. 



Stem swollen at the base ; internodes few, long ; basal sheaths long, free, 

 acuminate, lower 34 in., upper 46 in. Leaves unilaterally acuminate, many- 

 nerved. Spike and peduncle 2 in. ; flowers T \j in. ; sepals gland-dotted ; petals 



