28 cxLviii. ORCHiDBa. (J. B, Hooker,; [Arachnanthe. 



East Nbfal and Sikkim Himaiata, alt. 3-6000 ft., Griffith's Collectors, J. D. M., 

 &e. Bhotan (Jo. in Sort. Calouti.). . , , 



Stem 12-18 iu., stout. Leaves 6-9 by 1-1* in., flacoidl.y coriaceoas, lorate, 

 unequally obtusely 2.1obed. Seape longer than the leaves, 4-6-fld. ; bracts sbort, 

 broad; flowers 2-2^ in. diam., fleshy ; sepals whitish beneath, above yeUowish closely 

 barred with chocolate or red, dorsal obovate ; lip shorter than the sepals, oblong, 

 variable in breadth, side lobes erect speckled with red ; midlobe shoe-shaped, obtuse, 

 yellow, margins incurved sharply 2-keeled. Capsule 4 in., linear-oblong or sub- 

 pyriform. 



2. A. bUlng-uis, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 573; scape few- fld., lateral 

 sepals and petals oblanceolate, lip with a large recurved spur under the 

 limb, side lobes very small rounded. Eenantbera bilinguis, Beichb.f. Xen. 

 Orchid, i. 7, t. 4. R.labrosa, Reichh. f. I. c. 88. Arrhyncbium labrosum, 

 Lindl. in Faxt. Fl. Gard. i. 142. 



Tenasseeim ; at Moulmein, Parish, &o. The Khasia Mts. j at Nurtiung (Ic. 

 Jerdon). 



Stem elongate, as thick as a swan's quill or less. I/eaves 5-8 by i-f in., keeled, 

 coriaceous, unequally 2-lobed. Scape long or short, greenish brown ; flowers ir-S, 

 distant, ij in. diam. ; sepals and petals obtuse, yellowish with broad red-brown or 

 blotched margins j lip yellow, very narrow, recurved ; spur adnate, recurved, as long 

 as the limb, the tip of which is hence bifid with the lobes superposed; strap of 

 pollinia short, gland large. 



3. A. Clarkel, Bolfe in Ga/rd. Chron. 1888, ii. 567 ; scape few-fld., 

 sepals and petals Hnear-spatbulate obtuse. Bot. Mag. t. 7077. Esmeralda 

 Clarkei, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1886, ii. 552. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. Bhotan (To. in Sort. Galcutt.). 



Stem 12-18 in., stout. Leaves 5-6 by IJ-l^ in., flaccidly coriaceous, lorate, 

 unequally obtusely 2-Iobed. Scape 2-3-fld. ; flowers 3J in. diam., yellow barred 

 with pale cinnamon -brown ; lateral sepals and petals falcate; dorsal sepaj erect; 

 lip half the length of the sepals, base narrowed ; side lobes short, broad, obtuse ; 

 midlobe ovate-cordate, obtuse, ridged j column speckled with red. Capsule 2i in,, 

 oblong, very thick. 



** Flowers panioled. Side lobes of lip nearly equalling or exceeding the 

 midlobe. 



4. A. nXaing'ayi, HooJc. f. ; lateral sepals broadly obovate, dorsal 

 narrower, petals linear-spatbulate falcate, side lobes of clawed lip quadrate, 

 midlobe as long oblong fleshy, spur red beneath. 



Maiacoa, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1645). 



Stem 4-6 ft., sheaths smooth. Zeaves 3-5 in., linear-oblong ; tip narrowed, notched. 

 Panicle 1-3 ft, ; branches short, divaricate ; pedicel and ovary stout ; flowers 2 in. 

 diam. ; lip fleshy, not half as long as the sepals, yellow, sides blotched with red (" claw 

 elastic," Maingay) ; column short, truncate ; strap of large oblong furrowed pollen 

 broadly linear, gland transverse. 



5. A. moschifera, Blume Sumph. iv. t. 196, 199 ; lateral sepals and 

 petals narrowly linear-spathnlate falcate, dorsal sepal straight, side lobes 

 of lip quadrate, midlobe as long obovate acuminate shortly spurred beneath. 

 Ara.chnis moschifera, Blitme Bijdr.S65,t 26. Aerides arachnites, Stooj-^z 

 in Schrad. Journ. 1799, 23S ; Wiild. Sp. PL iv, 131. Eenanthera Arachnitis; 

 Lindl. Oen. & 8p. Orchid. 217. E. Flos-aeris, Meichb. f. Xen. Orchid, i. 

 88 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 878. Limodorum Flos-aeris, Swartz in Nov. Act. Upsal. 

 1740, 37. Bpidendrum Flos-aeris, Idnn. 8p. PI. 1348. 



Perak, alt. 4-6000 ft.. King's Collector. — ^Disteib. Java, Borneo. 



