cxtvili. o&CHiDE/. fj. t). Hooker.) 45 



Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid. 239 ; Sert. Orchid, t. 15 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 iii. 41 ; Sot. Mag. t. 4049 ; Warner, Sel. Orchid. Ser. i. t. 21. M. roseum, 

 Lodd., ex Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. 109, t. 60; Jard. Flevr. ii. t. 200; Garten/I. 

 viii. 253, t. 267 ; III. Sortie, iii. t. 88. M. Lobbii, Sort. ex. III. Hort. 1868, 

 t. 559 (an Teism. & Sinn. ?). M. Veitchii, Hort. ex Morven in Belg. Sortie. 

 1876, 29] ; William's Man. 70. M. trigonum, Klotzch. in Otto & Dietr. 

 Allgem. Gartenz. 1855, 177. Epidendrum geniculatum, Herb. Ham. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Garwhal eastwards, the KHASIA HILLS, and south- 

 ward to TENASSERIM. 



Stem 4-10 in., stout. Leaves 6-8 in., deeply channelled and keeled, variable in 

 breadth, 2-lobed. Racemes 6-12 in., rarely branched, shortly peduncled j flowers 

 f-H in. diam., rose purple, sometimes spotted with darker ; sepals and petals sub- 

 equal, oblong, tips rounded ; lip twice as long, sides recurved, claw gt-niculately 

 inflexed, spur % as long as the midlobe, pointing forwards under it with an incurved 

 fleshy 2-lobed callus on the base of the midlobe; column beaked; anther long- 

 beaked, strap long slender. Capsule f-2 in., subclavate, stoutly pedicelled. 

 Common and variable. Lindley- overlooked Roxburgh's works. In Griffith's 

 Eastern Himalayan collections, a fruiting specimen of which is a different species, 

 or perhaps a very large var. of this or the following, with leaves 12-14 by 1|- in., 

 and a stout raceme 12-16 in., the capsules are of inultiflorum. 



6. IE. Fielding ii, Lodd. ex Morren in Belg. Hortic. 1876, 286, t. 10 ; 

 characters of JE. multiflorum, but a much more robust plant, with a 

 different habit of growth, and an acute apex of the hastate midlobe of the 

 lip. Jennings Orchid, t. 20 ; Beichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenzeit. 1855, 225 ; 

 Morven. Belg. Hortic. 1876, 286. M. Williamsi, Warner Sel. Orchid. Ser. 

 i. t. 21. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and ASSAM. * 



I am indebted to Mr. Kent, of Messrs. Veitch's establishment, for calling my 

 attention to the differences between this and M. multiftorunt. They are difficult of 

 detection in Herbarium specimens. According to the published figures the flowers 

 vary in colour, white, red, and purple. JB. Williamsi is a white flowered variety. 

 The figure of M. affine in Bot. Mag. (cited above under multiflorum) is referred to 

 Fieldingii by Morren, but it is of far too slender a habit. The Foxbrush Orchid, of 

 gardens. 



7. -HE. maculosum, Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1845, t. 58 ; in Gard. Chron. 

 1845, 691 ; midlobe of lip ovate tip broad obtuse or retuse margins 

 imdulate, spur slender uncinately incurved. Paxt. Mag. Sot. xii. t. 49; 

 Walp. Ann. v. 897 ; Pescatorea, i. t. 33 ; Lindenia, i. t. 11. Saccolabium 

 speciosum, Wight Ic. t. 1674, 1675. 



WESTERN GHATS; from the Concan to Trayancore. RAJPOOTANA; on Mt. 

 Abo. \ 



Near 2E. multiflorum, but stem shorter, leaves more flat, racemes more often 

 branched, flowers larger but very variable in size, pale spotted with purple, tip 

 bright rose, spur longer and more slender. Var. Schrcederi, Jard. Fleurist. t. 54 ; 

 Gardner's Mag. Bot. ii. 121, with Jig. ; Pesiatorea, t. 36. M. illustre, Reichb. f. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1882, 7, is a robust form with fewer shorter leaves, and large flowers 

 blotched with purple, and amethystine tip. 



8. JE. crispum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7319; Gen. fr Sp. Orchid. 239; 

 in Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 55; in Gard. Chron. 1842, 711 (with fig.} ; in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 41 ; midlobe of lip large broadly ovate-oblong obscurely 

 3-lobed crenate or toothed, spur very short obtuse. Sot. Mag. t. 4427 ; 

 JDalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. FL 265 ; Flore des Serres, v. t. 48 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 

 896 ; III. Hortic. 1847, 123 ; Gard. Chron. 1859, 24, with Fig. ; Belg. Sortie. 

 1876, 287 ; Warner Orchid. Alb. vii. t. 293 (var.}. M. Lindleyanum, Wight 



