144 cxLVili. OUCHIDE^. (J. U. Hooker.) [Hdbenaria. 



Stem with raceme 12-18 in. ; hairs cellular, scattered. Leaves clustered below 

 the middle of the stem, 5-8 by l^-2 in. Raceme 4-6 in., lax-fld. j sheaths large, 

 ovate, finely acuminate; bracts |-1 in., shorter than the ovary, ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers greenish, about A in. diam. ; ovary |-1 in., beak very slender ; dorsal sepal 

 embracing the anther, lateral reflexed triangular-oblong in outline but with the 

 lower margin so gibbous as to form an obtuse false apex to the 5-nerved sepal, the 

 true apex in which the looped nerves end being close to the base of the sepal ; 

 petals gibbously triangular ; staminodes adnate to the sides of the anther ; anther 

 recumbent, tubes very long decurved ; pollinia clavate, caudicle very long, glands 

 minute ; stigmatic processes very long ; rostellum obscure. 



37. XX. IVXurtoni, Hook.f. leaves petioled crowded towards the base 

 of the stem oblanceolate, spike puberulous, dorsal sepal orbicular hooded 

 much smaller than the deformed lateral, petals small triangular, lip much 

 longer than the sepals tripartite to the base, segments filiform subequal 

 or lateral shorter, spur longer than the long-beaked ovary slender. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Perak, on limestone rocks, Scortechini, Kunstler. SINGA- 

 PORE, Murton. 



Stem 2-3 ft., with rather close-set ovate-lanceolate leafy sheaths, 1-2 in. long 

 above the leaves. Leaves 6-10 by 2-3 in., narrowed into a broad petiole. Spike 

 lax-fld. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, equalling the decurved ovary ; flowers A-f in. diam. ; 

 upper margin of lateral sepals very short straight, tip lateral, nerves forming deep 

 loops j anther-cells very much as in H. malleifera, tubes very long ; pollinia shorter 

 than their long caudicles, glands minute j stigmatic processes globose ; rostellum 

 obscure. 



38. K. XLingrii, Hook. f. ; robust, leaves large crowded towards the 

 base of the stem petioled, spike puberulous, dorsal sepal obovate cucullate 

 as long as the cultriform beaked strongly falcate lateral, petals linear- 

 lanceolate obtuse, lip much longer than the sepals tripartite to the base, 

 segments very slender subequal, spur as long as the slender long-beaked 

 ovary. 



PERAK ; on limestone rocks, King's Collector. 



Stem 1-2^ ft. Leaves 5-10 in., acute or acuminate. Spike lax-fld. ; bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, as long as the ovaries ; .flowers pale silvery green ; sepals about 

 i in. long, acuminate, 5-nerved ; petals shorter than the dorsal sepal, 1-nerved ; spur 

 slightly thickened downwards ; anther closely embraced by the hooded dorsal sepal, 

 tubes very long stigmatic processes and rostellum as in _T. Murtoni. Differs from 

 H. Murtoni in the form of the lateral sepals, the long dorsal, and in the petals 

 and spur. Both these and H. furfuracea are near H. ciliolaris, Kranzlein of China, 

 and H. muricata, Vidal, of the Philippine Islands. 



39. H. furfuracea, Hook.f.; tall, leaves large obovate or oblanceo- 

 late clustered, spike lax-fld. f urfuraceous with short cellular hairs, dorsal 

 sepal broadly ovate acuminate hooded as long as the cultriform strongly 

 curved lateral, lip subequally tripartite to the base, spur shorter than the 

 long-beaked ovary tip fusiform. 



KHASIA HILLS ; at Nunklow, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. J). H. fy T. T. 



Closely allied to H. Kingii, but more slender, with a furfuraceous spike and a 

 shorter spur with a fusiform tip. The anthers stigmatic apparatus, &c., are nearly 

 the same in both. This and Kingii differ remarkably from H. malleifera & Murtoni 

 in the less deformed lateral sepals. 



40. H. pubescens, Lindl. Gen. 8f Sp. Orchid. 322; stem leafy 

 towards the base and elongate many-fld. raceme pubescent, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate base narrowed, dorsal sepal hemispheric nearly as long as the 

 dimidiate-ovate obtuse lateral, petals linear, lip much longer than the 



