24 cxLViii. OEOHiDEJ!, (J. D. Hooker.; ILuisia. 



Stem 2-6 in. ; internodes •l-i in. Leaves as thick as a sparrow quill. BacMs 

 of spike clothed with imbricate ovate acute bracts; pedicels decurved; flowers 

 punotulate ; dorsals sepal oblong obtuse and similar petals 1-nerved j lip as long as 

 the sepals, epiohile about half as long as the hypoehile both concave. — Griffiths' 

 specimens are not in flower but appear to be the same as Mann's, which are so. 



6. Zi. prlmullna, IPar. & JReichb.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 144, 

 t. 30, f. 1 ; stem short very stout, leaves 3-4 in. very stout, raohis short 

 few-fld., sepals subequal oblong acute, petals larger obovate-spathulate 

 obtuse, lip much longer than the lateral sepals yellow, hypoehile small 

 short saddle-shaped, epichile large triangular-ovate obtuse, margin 

 obscurely lobulate. 



Tenasserim ; at Monlmein, Parish. 



Stem 3-4 in. ; internodes short. Leaves ^ in. diam. Flowers f in. diam., pale 

 yellow with a purple column. — Described chiefly from a drawing by Parish. A draw- 

 ing in Herb. Oalcutt. of apparently the same species (collected at Moolyet, Moulmein) 

 has elliptic-acute sepals, a shorter cordate epichile, a larger hypoehile with a purple 

 disk, and a yellow column ; its concave lateral sepals are spurred at the back. There 

 are in Herb. Kew flowers and leaf of a cultivated plant from Burma (Hort. Kew), 

 resembling this, but with a purple lip. 



7. !■■ macrotls, Beichb. f. in Gard. Qhron. 1809, 1110 ; habit and 

 leaves of L. Psyche, sepals triangular keeled, petals longer triangular 

 ligulate acute flat base broad, lip much longer than the sepals violet-black 

 triangular-ovate from a broad 2-aurioled base sulcate. 



Assam {Sort. Day). 



I have seen only flowers of what I take to be this (Hort. Kew), in which the 

 sepals are ovate-oblong, subacute, the petals much longer (^ in. long), linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, and the lip very like that of L. primuUna, and of the same size, but dark 

 purple. The shape of the petals distinguishes it from primuUna. 



** Petals much longer than the sepals. 



8. Xi. Psyche, Beichh. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1863, 98 ; in Gard. Chron. 

 1865, 342 ; stem tall stout, leaves 3-5 in. stout, rachis short, flowers few 

 large, petals linear-spathulate or obovate obtuse twice as long as the obtuse 

 concave sepals, lip broadly ovate-oblong retuse, base contracted saccate 

 2-auricled. , Bot. Mag. t. 5558. 



Tenasseeim ; at Moulmein, Parish. ? Khasia Hiils, alt. 3000 ft., Mann. 



Stem 1 ft., internodes 1 in. Leaves strict, i in. diam. Sepals ^ in. long, 

 petals IJ in., variable in breadth, both pale gretuish yellow. Lip convex, nearly 

 1 in. long, violet-brown, tessellated with white or yellow, auricles erect, embracing 

 the white column. Capsule 1^-2 in. long. — Mann's specimen is in fruit only. It 

 has a large clavate capsule as figured by Parish in his drawing of i. PsycTie. 



9. Ii. tenulfolia, Blume Rumph. iv. 50; Mus. Bot. i. 63; stem long 

 slender, leaves 4-7 in., rachis ^ in., flowers few large, petals narrow twice 

 as long as the ovate subacute concave sepals, lip narrowly panduriform 

 convex base broad 2-auricled, lip with 2 divergent lobes. Lindl. Fdl. 

 Orchid. 2 ; ThwaitesUnum. 302 ; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 266 ; Walp. Ann. 

 vi. 619. L. Birehea, Blume Rumph. iv. 50 ; M^is. Bot. i. 63. L. zeylanica 

 Thwaites mss. (0. P. 2347). Birehea teretifolia, A. Rich, in Ann. 8c. Nat. 

 Ser. 2, XV. 66, t. 10. Cymbidium tenuifolium, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid 

 167 (excl. 8yn.). 0. triste, Wight Ic. t. 911 {non Willd.)'. 



On the Western Ghats, from the Concau to Travancore, Wight, Dalzell, &c. 

 Obyion ; in the Central Province, Macrae, Thwaites. 



Leaves very variable in thickness, sometimes very long and slender. Sepals 

 i-f in. long, yellowish green stained or streaked with red ; petals more green ; 



