814 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Spathoglottfo. 



4. S. l&ensoni, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, 1'ned. ; tall, scape 18 in. or more, 

 raceme elongate and flowers pubernlous, bracts very small ovate-lanceolate, 

 flowers 1 iu. diain., sepals subacute, midlobe of the saccate lip hardly longer 

 than the side lobes sessile cuneately obovate. 



PEGU ; on the Prome Hills, Benson (Herb. Naingay}. 



Leaf 12 in., narrowly lanceolate. Racemes 6-10 in.; flowers rather distant; 

 bracts ^ in., pedicels f in. Capsule 1 in. The specimens consist of a leaf and two 

 racemes. Side lobes of lip shorter and broader than in the preceding three species ; 

 the calli together form as it were an intermediate lobe, keeled at the back. 



** Pseudobulbs small, depressed conic, naked or nearly so. 'Scape usually 

 very slender. Petals equalling or broader than the sepals, 7-9-nerved. 



5. S. Xiobbii, Reiclib. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 455; in Gard. Chron. 

 1876, 534 ; Ot. Hamburg. 46 ; raceme 4-8-fld., bracts small lanceolate 

 pubescent, flowers 1^ in. diam., sepals puberulous, midlobe of lip longer 

 than the obovate oblong side lobes, claw slender suddenly dilating into an 

 obcordately flabelliform smooth blade. 



ARRACAN ; at Akyab, Parish. 



Pseudobulbs about 1 in. diara., with a few fibres. Leaves not seen. Scape 

 12-18 in. ; bracts -^ in., acute ; flowers sulphur-yellow ; pedicel 1 in., very slender ; 

 sepals and petals obtuse. Very near to 8. pubescens, but the flowers are larger, and 

 the midlobe of the lip has a narrower claw and no ridges on the blade. 



6. S. pubescens, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3744; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 120; 

 in Sot. Reg. 1845, under t. 19; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22 ; scape usually 

 much longer than the very narrow leaves, racemes 6-8-fld. pubes^nt, bracts 

 small lanceolate, flowers 1 in. diam., midlobe of saccate lip cnneately 

 flabellate or obcordate longer than the broadly oblong side lobes, disk with 

 1-3 keeled nerves. S. Fortuni, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1. c. t. 19. Pachystoma 

 Wightii & Fortuni, Reichb.f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 464. 



KHASIA and NAQA HILLS, alt. 3-5000 ft., Wallich, &c. Mts. of ARRACAN and 

 BURMA, Lobb, Parish, Griffith, &c. DISTRIB. China. 



Pseudobulbs as large as a hazel or walnut. Leaves 2-12 in., rarely f in. broad. 

 Scape stout or slender; bracts | in. or less; flowers golden yellow with red at base 

 of the lip ; pedicels and ovary |-1 in. ; sepals 5-7-nerved, subacute ; petals very 

 obtuse, 9-nerved; lip variable, side lobes rather membranous, calli glabrous or 

 villous at the base within. The Chinese S. Fortuni has a broader column than 

 pubescens, and the commissure of the side lobes of lip always villous, but I find no 

 other differences. 



VAR. parvifolia ; pseudobulbs very small, leaves very narrow, sometimes quite 

 linear, scape 48 in. very slender 2 3-fld. S. parvifolia, Lindl. in Sot. lieg. I. c. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22. S. pubescens, Wight Ic. t. 1739. S. khasiana. ''/{'//'. 

 Notul. iii. 323 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 311, f. 1. Pachystoma parvifolium, Reichb. '/. I. c. 

 462. Epipactis graminifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 456. Khasia Mts.; at Churra, 

 alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H. $ T. T. 



VAR. BerTceleyi; leaf 14 by 1 in., raceme many-fld. , flowers f in. diam. 

 Arracan Hills, Berkeley The leaves of S. Fortuni being sometimes nearly a foot 

 long, I venture to regard this as a variety of pubescens, as suggested by Lindley. 



7. S. ixioides, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3745; Gen. <$f Sp. Orchid, 120; in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 22 ; scape 4-6 in. longer or shorter than the slender 

 leaves 1-2-fld., bracts sheathing and sepals pubescent, flower 1-1^ in. diam., 

 midlobe of subsaccate lip cuneate or obcordate with a tooth or auricle on 

 each side at its base, side lobes very broad oblong, disk pubescent. lt<>(. 



