44 CILTIII. ORCHIDE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [brides. 



1. IE. Van d arum, Eeichl. f. in Gard. Chron. 1867, 997 ; 1875,590; 

 1885, ii. 629, fig. 143 ; leaves 6-10 in., peduncle stout, side lobes of lip nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, outer margin toothed, midlobe clawed tip dilated 2-partite. 

 M. cylindricum, Hook. Hot. Mag. t. 4982 (not of Lindl.) ; Lindl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 41 (the KiJcJcim plant] ; Warner Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 116. 



SUBTEOPICAL SlKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA HlLLS, 



alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. fy T. T. MUNNIPOEE, alt. 4000 ft., Watt. 



Stems 1-2 ft., tufted, as thick as a goose-quill ; roots ^ in. broad, flat. Leaves 

 as thick as a duck's-quill. Peduncle 1-1 -5 in. ; flowers l|-2 in. diam., white ; 

 perianth with crisped margins ; sepals obovate-ohlong ; petals broader ; side lobes 

 of lip flexuous, as long as the cylindric spur ; segments of niidlobe orbicular, 

 toothed ; pollinia globose ; strap narrowly euneate, gland large. Capsule 1^-2^ in., 

 fusiform. 



2. 2E. longricornu, HooJc.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; leaves 6-8 in., peduncle 

 very slender, side lobes of lip 2-partite, segments elongate subulate, mid- 

 lobe narrow clawed, tip slightly dilated 2-fid. Mesoclastes uniflora, Lindl. 

 in Wall. Cat. 1993; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 45. Luisia uniflora. Blume 

 Rumph. iv. 50 ; Mus. Sot. i. 64 ; Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3. 



NEPAL, WallicTi. UPPEE ASSAM ; Naga Hills, alt. 5500 ft., Clarke. 



Much more slender than JE. Vandarum. Leaves as thick as a sparrow-quill. 

 Peduncle 1 in. ; flowers 1 in. diam., white; perianth with crisped margins; lateral 

 sepals much larger than the orbicular-oblong petals ; side lobes of lip shorter than 

 the long spur, segments curved forwards, outer shortest, midlobe membranous, lobes 

 divaricate. Capsule 2 in., fusiform ; peduncle and pedicel very slender. 



3. JE. cylindricum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7317 ; Gen fy Sp. Orchid. 

 240; leaves 2-6 in., peduncle short stout, side lobes .of lip oblong obtuse, 

 midlobe short cuneiform fleshy many-ridged. Wight Ic. t. 1744; Gard. 

 Chron. 1875, i. 537 j 1886, i. 405, tig. 81. Epidendrum subulatum, Retz 

 Obs. vi. 50. Limodorum subulatum, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 126. Cymbidium 

 elegans, Serb. Seyne. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Coorg Hills, Heyne, to Travancore, Wight, &e. 



Stem elongate, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves as thick as a crow-quill, very 

 obliquely acuminate. Flotvers 2-3, 1 in. diam., white or tinged with pink; sepals 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, lateral decurved ; petals broader, shorter ; side lobes of lip 

 erect, nearly as large as the midlobe, which is yellowish at the base ; spur recurved ; 

 column rather long ; strap of pollinia short, broad. Capsule 2 in., fusiform or sub- 

 clavate. The ridged lip is that of Vanda. 



Sect. II, Leaves lorate, keeled (semi-terete in JE. mitratum). Side 

 lobes of lip very small, midlobe large; spur incurved. 



* Lip horizontal or injlexed. 



4. 2E. mitratum, JReichb. f. in Sot. Zeit. 1864, 415 ; leaves very 

 long filiform, side lobes of lip minute uncinate, midlobe "broadly ovate 

 retuse, spur short inflated. Sot. Mag. t. 5728. 



TENASSLBIM ; at Moulmein (Hort. Day). 



Stem 1-2 in., and roots very stout. Leaves 2-3 ft., in. diam., deeply grooved 

 above. Racemes many, suberect, 3 in. long, cylindric ; peduncle very stout; bracts 

 minute, acute; flowers f in. diam.; petals and sepals subsimilar, oblong, tips 

 rounded, white or tipped with violet ; lip longer and broader than the sepals, 

 violet ; spur contracted at the neck, inflated, compressed, base truncate, obtuse, tip 

 pointing forwards. 



5. 2E. xnultiflorum, Eoxb. Cor. PL iii. 63, t. 271 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 475 ; 

 midlobe of lip hastately ovate tip rounded, spur short straight. Belg. 

 Sortie. 1876, 286; Walp. Ann. vi. 897. M. affine, Wall. Cat. 7316; 



