180 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Supplement, $c. 



tff Lip fiat, neither clawed spurred or saccate. (Subsaccate in Spiranthes, and 

 see also some Goodyerse.) 



87. SPIEANTHIS. Leaves several. 



88. NEOTTIA. Leafless herbs. 



89. LISTEBA. Two-leaved herbs. 



P. 674. After 100. GASTRODIA, insert 



100/1. YOANIA. Sepals and petals free. Lip shortly clawed, cyinbiform. Column 

 3-lobed. A stout leafless herb. 



P. 675. 105. HERMINIUM. The Hernainia will with a saccate base of the lip 

 differ in no way from HABENAEIA. 



P. 675. 1. 0. IRIDIFOLIA, Lindl. is not the iridifolia of Bot. Mag. t. 4517, which 

 is O. tahitensis. 



P. 676. After 4. 0. GEIFFITHIANA, insert 



4/1. INSECTIFERA, Hook, f. Ic. Plant, t. 2004 ; stem 0, leaves 2-4 in. ensiform 

 straight narrowed from the base to the tip, scape very short, spike about equalling 

 the leaves, flowers subwhorled sessile, sepals ovate subacute and linear petals reflexed, 

 lip much longer than the sepals, side lobes 2-3-partite segments elongate, midlobe 

 with 2 long slender tails. 



PERAK ; at Larut, King's Collector. 



Leaves -5 in. broad, coriaceous, acute, shortly sheathing. Scape minutely bracteate ; 

 bracts with subulate tips, minutely erose ; flowers about -^ in. from the tip of the 

 dorsal sepal to that of the lip ; sepals hyaline, obscurely 3-uerved ; petals 1-nerved ; 

 lip papillose, like a minute 2-tailed insect, the 3-partite side lobes representing its legs. 

 Capsule very shortly pedicelled. The flowers closely resemble those of 0. Griffithiana, 

 from which this differs in the absence of stem, short scape, ensiform leaves narrowed 

 from the base to the tip, and longer lip. 



4/2. 0. LUNATA, Lindl. Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 17 ; stemless, leaves ensiform erect 

 straight or falcate acuminate, scape and spike stout nearly as long as the -leaves, 

 bracts broadly ovate, flowers in crowded whorls sessile, sepals ovate acuminate nerve- 

 less, petals linear -lanceolate, lip semilunar erosely fimbriate. Malaxis lunata, Slume 

 ijdr. 394. 



SINGAPORE; at Selitan, Ridley. DISTEIB. Java. 



Leaves 3-5 by ^- in., not very fleshy, broadest about the middle. Peduncle 

 1-1^ in., with many subulate bract-like scales ; spike 2-3 in., straight or decurved ; 

 flowers 3*3 in. diarn., whitish, sepals and petals membranous ; lip with the broad sides 

 or lateral lobes sometimes drawn up into large auricles (like a Microstylis of Sect.*), 

 tip notched or retuse, smooth. Capsule (young), sessile, tripterous. 



P. 678. 12. O. FALCONERI. After Hook. f. insert Ic. Plant, t. 1780. 



P. 680. After 19. 0. RECURVA, add 



19/1. 0. ROSEA, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, t. 2005 ; stem short, leaves narrowly 

 ensiform, scape very short, spike as long as the leaves or shorter, bracts lanceolate, 

 flowers sessile, petals elliptic erose, lip hardly longer than the sepals, side lobes 

 quadrate, midlobe cuneiform retuse. 



MALAY PENINSULA, Norris. PERAK ; Gunong Batu Patch, Wray ; Larut, 

 alt. 3-4000 ft., King's Collector. 



Stem sometimes flexuous. Leaves 2-3| by ^-^ in., slightly curved, acuminate. 

 Scape rather stout, naked ; flowers about -fa in. diam., pink; sepals rounded-ovate, 

 obtuse, nerveless ; petals as long ; side lobes of lip incurved or spreading. Capsules 

 subsessile. 



19/2. 0. MANNII, Hook. /. Ic. Plant, t. 2003 ; stem elongate, leaves linear- 

 ensiform subacute recurved, spike very slender, flowers very minute subfascicled, bracts 

 ovate erose, petals ovate-oblong erose, lip longer than the sepals quadrately oblong, 

 side lobes small subulate-lanceolate divaricate, tip bifid with a minute lobule in the 

 sinus, segments subulate. 



