44 cxLviii. oROHiDKj;. (J. D. Hooker.) [brides. 



1. S:. Vandarum, JSeichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1867 , 997 ; 1875,590; 

 1885, ii. 629, fig. 143 ; leaves 6-10 in., peduncle stout, side lobes of lip nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, outer margin toothed, midlobe clawed tip dilated 2-partite. 

 M. cylindricum, 3ook. Sot. Mag. t. 4982 {not of lAndl.) ; Lindl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 41 {the Sikkim plant) ; Warver Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 116. 



Stjbteopical SiKKiM HiMALATA, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. S. Khasia Hills, 

 alt. 4-5000 ft., J. B. B. ^ T. T. Munnipoeb, alt. 4000 ft.. Watt. 



Stems 1-2 ft., tufted, as thick as a goose-quill ; roots i in. broad, flat. Xeaves 

 as thick as a duck's-quill. Feduncle 1-1^ in.; flowers li-2 in. diam., white; 

 perianth with crisped margins ; sepals obovate-oblong ; petals broader ; side lobes 

 of lip flexuous, as long as the cylindric spur ; segments of midlobe orbicular, 

 toothed ; pollinia globose ; strap narrowly cuneate, gland large. Capsule \\-2\ in., 

 fusiform. 



2. H:. long'icornu, Hook.f. Ic. Plant, ined.; leaves 6-8 in., peduncle 

 very slender, side lobes of lip 2-partite, segments elongate subulate, mid- 

 lobe narrow clawed, tip slightly dilated 2-fid. Mesoclastes uniflora, Lindl. 

 in Wall. Oat. 1993 ; Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 45. Luisia uniflora, Blume 

 Rumph. iv. 50 ; Mus. Bot, i. 64 ; Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3. 



Nepal, Wallieh. TJppee Assam ; Naga Hills, alt. 5500 ft., OlarTce. 



Much more slender than jS. Vandarum. Xieaves as thick as a sparrow-quill. 

 Peduncle Hd. ; flowers 1 in. diam., white ; perianth with crisped margins; lateral 

 sepals much larger than the orbicular-oblong petals ; side lobes of lip shorter than 

 the long spur, segments curved forwards, outer shortest, midlobe membranous, lobes 

 divaricate. Capsule 2 in., fusiform; peduncle and pedicel very slender. 



3. IE. cylindricum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7317 ; Gen, ^ Sp. Orchid. 

 240 ; leaves 2-6 in., peduncle short stout, side lobes .of lip oblong obtuse, 

 midlobe short cuneiform fleshy many-ridged. Wight Ic. t. 1744; Oard. 

 Ghron. 1875, i. 537 ; 1886, i. 405, iig. 81. Epidendrum subulatum, £etz 

 Obs. vi. 50. Limodorum subulatum, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 126. Oymbidium 

 elegans, Serb. Meyne. 



Deocan Peninsula ; from the Ooorg Hills, Heyne, to Travancore, Wight, &c. 



SteTn elongate, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves as thick as a crow-quill, very 

 obliquely acuminate. Flowers 2-3, IJ in. diam., white or tinged with pink; sepals 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, lateral deourved ; petals broader, shorter ; side lobes of lip 

 erect, nearly as large as the midlobe, which is yellowish at the base ; spur recurved ; 

 column rather long ; strap of pollinia short, broad. Capsule 2 in., fusiform or sub- 

 clavate. — The ridged lip is that of Vanda. 



Sect. II, Leaves lorate, keeled (semi-terete in JS. mitratum). Side 

 lobes of Up very small, midlobe large ; spur incurved. 



* Lip horizontal or inflexed. 



4. IB. mitratum, Heichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1864, 415 ; leaves very 

 long filiform, side lobes of lip minute uncinate, midlobe broadly ovate 

 retuse, spur short inflated. Bot. Mag. t. 5728. 



Tenassebim ; at Moulmein {Sort. Day). 



Stem 1-2 in., and roots very stout. Leaves 2—3 ft., J in. diam., deeply grooved 

 above. Racemes many, suberect, 3 in. long, cylindric ; peduncle very stout ; bracts 

 minute, acute; flowers J in. diam.; petals and sepals subsimilar, oblong, tips 

 rounded, white or tipped with violet ; lip longer and broader than the sepals, 

 violet ; spur contracted at the neck, inflated, compressed, base truncate, obtuse, tip 

 pointing forwards. 



5. IE. multiflorum, Boxb. Cor. PL iii. 63, t. 271 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 475 ; 

 midlobe of lip hastately ovate tip rounded, spur short straight. Belg. 

 Sortie. 1876, 286; Walp. Ann. vi. 897. M. affine, Wall. Cat. 7316; 



