CXLVIII. ORCHiDEzB. (J. D. Hooker.) 855 



deltoidly cordate retuse apiculate, base with 2 triangular lamellae, top of 

 column clavate, spur more or less clavate about as long as the sepals 

 or shorter. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Leaf 2 ft. 6 in., long-petioled, narrowly lanceolate. Scape 12 in. ; sheaths 

 ! 2 in. ; pedicels slender, with ovary 1 in. ; sepals - in., 3-5-nerved ; petals 

 3-nerved, nerves faint, outer branching ; top of column (above the lip), unlike that 

 of other species, produced backwards, rostellum very long. I have seen but one 

 specimen. 



Sect. II. Lip inserted at the base of the column, which is not embraced 

 by its side lobes. Bracts very long, slender, caducous. Scape always 

 shorter than the leaves. 



29. C. densiflora, L'mdl.in Wall. Cat. 73 U; Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 

 250; in Sot. Reg. t. 1646; Fol. Orchid. 9; scape radical, sheaths inflated, 

 raceme short dense-fld., bracts lanceolate much exceeding the yellow 

 flowers, sepals oblong acute, petals as broad, lip broadly oblong, base 

 rounded, side lobes small, midlobe small sessile emargiaate, spur cylindric. 

 Knowles Sf West Flor. Cab. t. 23 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 919. 



SIKKIAI HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft., Treutler, &c. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., 

 common. 



Rhizome short, stout. Leaves 8-10 in., narrowly lanceolate ; petiole as long, 

 slender. Scape 4-8 in. ; raceme subglobose ; bracts \\ in., membranous; pedicels 

 slender, with the ovary |-| iu. ; perianth counivent; sepals in.; petals 3-iiened ; 

 lip as long as the sepals, base with 2 large triangular lamellae, column arched. 

 Capsule in,, turgidly ellipsoid. Habit and spur of C. clavata with lip of 

 gracilis. 



30. C. tubifera, HooJc. f. ; stem tall, internodes long, sheaths cylin- 

 dric, leaves many distichous alternate narrow, scape lateral, sheaths 

 inflated, raceme pubescent lax-fld., lip as in C. densiflora, spur 0. 



UPPER BUKMA, Griffith. 



Stem 15 in., about as thick as the middle finger ; internodes loosely clothed with 

 tubular sheaths 3-4 in. long. Leaves many, 6-14 in., sessile, liaear.-lanceolate. 

 Scape 12 in.; raceme 6 in.; bracts not seen; sepals | in. long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate; petals subsimilar; lip as long, twice as long as the column, without 

 lamella 1 , lateral nerves divergent crested, midlobe crisped. Allied to C. gracilis, but 

 much larger, with flowers twice as large and pubescent. 



31. C. gracilis, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7341; Gen. $ Sp. Orchid. 251; 

 stem tall, internodes long cylindric, scape very slender, raceme laxly 

 many-fld., bracts linear much exceeding the puberulous flowers hair-pointed, 

 lip with 2 velvety basal patches, lateral nerves narrowly lamellate, spur 0. 

 Hot. Mag. t. 4714 ; Griff. Notul. iii. 367 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 922. Limatodes 

 gracilis, Lindl. Ful. Orchid. 1. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-1000 ft., WalUeh, &c. DISTEIB. China. 



Stems 12-18 in., tufted ; sheaths 2-3 in. Leaves many, subtermiual, 6-12 in., 

 ovate or lanceolate, decurved. Scape lateral, 8-14 iu. ; bracts 1 in., very slender, 

 membranous; flowers greenish yellow; sepals ^- in. and petals linear, acute, 

 recurved; lip yellow; side lobes incurved; midlobe crisped j column short, white, 

 base tumid in front. 



Sect. III. Lip inserted at the top of the broad short column, its sico 

 lobes convolute and embracing the column. 



