A CENTURY OF INDIAN ORCHIDS; (J. D. HOOKER). 39 
p breviter unguiculato, hypochilii lobis late cuneatis falcatis truncatis rubro-‏ سس 
Een callo 2-lobo et appendicula furcata parva interposita, epichilio albo obovato apice‏ 
rotundato carinis 7 crassis rubris petcurso. Hook, 7. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 30.‏ 
Han.—Prnar.— Kunstler (in Herb. Calcutta). 
Leaves 4—6 in, pale green, very variable in length and breadth. Scape rather 
slender, flexuous; bracts very small, broad green; pedicel with ovary $ in.; flower 1—1} 
an. diam. Column short; pollinia subglobose; strap cuneately obovate; gland quadrate. 
I have seen only dried flowers kindly sent me by Dr. King, and the drawing in the Calcutta 
Herbarium here produced, which latter is inscribed “Perak. Kunstler; in H. B, Calo, Fld., 10-6-84.” 
Fig. 1, side and 2,front view of flowers, of the natural size; 8, lip, enlarged; 4, pollinia, greatly enlarged, 
PLATE 59. 
Dorris Wienri, Benth. 
D.  Wightü; subacaulis, folis oblanceolatis subacutis marginibus  undulatis v. 
suberispatis, scapis plurimis gracilibus simplicibus v. ramosis, sepalis petalisque obovatis 
.apicibus rotundatis aureis, sepalis lateralibus latioribus oblique retusis, labello albo-rubro 
picto, hypochili lobis late cuneato-obovatis truncatis, epichilio parvo cordato sinu 
rotundato disco basi appendicula furcata instructo. Benth, in Gen. Plant. ii. 574; Hook, 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 39. Phalenopsis Wightii, Reichb f. т Во. Zeit. 1862, 214. 
ZErides latifolium, Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 430. 
Hap.—Sırkım Hımaraya (Г. in Hort. Caleutt.); Внотах, Lister; CHITTAGONG, Groves; 
Burma, at Mougong, Grifith ; Moulmein, Parish; The Circars, Hegne; Матавав, Wight; 
CEYLON, Thwaites. 
Leaves few, 3—8 by 11—21 in, flaccid, nerveless, costa indistinct. Scape as 
long as the leaves or shorter, inclined or nodding; sheaths few, very short, green ; 
bracts very small, much shorter than the pedicels, which are (with the ovary) } in.; 
flowers 4 in. diam. Mentum Short, conical. 
' . This is one of the very few Indian epiphytic orchids that has a wide range in distribution, 
from Sikkim ‘and Burma to Ceylon; and it would be interesting to know how far it varied in 
solour in different localities. The genus Doritis differs from Phalenopsis in the conical or spur-like 
mentum: of the lip, but this varies a good deal in length, being shortest іп D. Wighti, and may 
not prove to be a reliable character. >” | го 
The drawing of D. Wightit is inscribed “ Phalenopis from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, sent by 
Mr. Barton-Groves, April 1888, G. King. Fl. in H. В. С. June 1888. Fig. by G. Das.” 
Fig. 1, flower, with a lateral sepal and petal displaced; 2, front and 3 side view of flower; 4, flower with 
petals and sepals displaced and lip removed; 6 and 6, lip; 7, sidelobe of lip; 8, pollinium:—all but fig. 8 of 
the natural size. | 
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