^ides.'] ctLnit oBOhIdej!. (3. D. Hooker.) 45 



Idndl. Gen. Sf 8p. Orchid. 239; Sert. Orchid, t. 15; in Journ. lAnn. Soc. 

 iii. 41 ; £of. Mag. t. 4049 ; Warner, Sel. Orchid. Ser. i. t. 21. M. roseum, 

 Lodd., ex Paxf. Fl. Gard. ii. 109, t. 60 ; Jard. Fleur. ii. t. 200 ; Gartenfl. 

 viii. 253, t. 267 ; III. Sortie, iii. t. 88. M. Lobbii, Eort. ex. III. Sort. 1868, 

 t. 559 (an Teism. & Binn. ?). M. Veitohii, Hort. exMorvenin Belg. Sortie. 

 1876, 291 ; William's Man. 70. M. trigonuin, Klotzch. in Otto & Dietr. 

 Allgem. Gartenz. 1855, 177. Epidendrum geniculatum, Serb. Sam. 



Teopical Himaiata; from Garwhal eastwards, the Khasia Hills, and south- 

 ward to Tenassbeim. 



Stem 4-10 in., stout. Leaves 6-8 in., deeply channelled and keeled, variable in 

 breadth, 2-lobed. Saoemes 6-12 in., rarely branched, shortly peduncled ; flowers 

 |-1J in. diam., rose purple, sometimes spotted with darker ; sepals and petals sub- 

 equal, oblong, tips rounded ; lip twice as long, sides recurved, claw genieulately 

 inflexed, spur i as long as the midlobe, pointing forwards under it with an incurved 

 fleshy 2-lobed callus on the base of the midlobe; column beaked ; anther long- 

 beaked, strap long slender. Capsule f-2 in., subolavate, stoutly pedicelled. — 

 Common and variable. Lindley overlooked Roxburgh's works. In Griffith's 

 Eastern Himalayan collections, a fruiting specimen of which is a different species, 

 or perhaps a very large var. of this or the following, with leaves 12-14 by Ii in., 

 and a stout raceme 12-16 in., the capsules are of multifiorum, 



6. IE. Fieldingrii, Zodd. ex Morren in Belg. Sortie. 1876, 286, t. 10; 

 characters of .M. mvXtiflorum, but a much, more robust plant, with a 

 different habit of growth, and an acute apex of the hastate midlobe of the 

 lip. Jenning's Orchid, t. 20 ; Reidhh. f. m Samb. Gartenzeit. 1855, 225 ; 

 Morven. Belg. Sortie. 1876, 286. M. Williamsi, Warner Sel. Orchid. Ser. 

 i. t. 21. 



SiEEiu: Himalaya and Assau. 



I am indebted to Mr. Kent, of Messrs. Veitch's establishment, for calling my 

 attention to the differences between this and .X. multifiorum. They are difficult of 

 detection in Herbarium specimens. According to the published figures the flowers 

 vary in colour, white, red, and purple. .<E. Williamsi is a white flowered variety. 

 The figure oi .M. affine in Bot. Mag. (cited above under multifiorum) is referred to 

 Fieldingii by Morren, but it is of far too slender a habit. — The Foxbrush Orchid, of 

 gardens. 



7. H:. maculoBum, Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1845, t. 58 ; in Gard. Chron. 

 1845, 691 ; midlobe of lip ovate tip broad obtuse or retuse margins 

 undulate, spur slender uncinately incurved. Paxt. Mag. Bot. xii. t. 49 ; 

 Walp. Ann. v. 897 ; Pescatorea, i. t. 33 ; Lindenid, i. t. 11. Sacoolabium 

 speciosum, Wight Ic. t. 1674, 1675. 



Wbstebn Ghats ; from the Concan to Travancore. Rajpootana; on Mt. 

 Abo. 



Near .<®. multifiorum, but stem shorter, leaves more flat, racemes more often 

 branched, flowers larger but very variable in size, pale spotted with purple, tip 

 bright rose, spur longer and more slender. — Var. Bchroederi, Jard. Fleurist. t. 54 ; 

 Gardner's Mag. Bot. ii. 121, with fig. ; Pesiatorea, t. 36. iE. illustre, Reiohb. f. in 

 Qard. Chron. 1882, 7, is a robust fo'rm with fewer shorter leaves, and large flowers 

 blotched with purple, and amethystine tip. 



8. H:. crlspum, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 7319: Gen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 289; 

 in Bot. Beg. 1841, t. 55 ; in Gard. Chron. 1842, HI (with fig.) ; in Journ. 

 Linn. 8oc. iii. 41 ; midlobe of lip large broadly ovate-oblong , obscurely 

 3-lobed crenate or toothed, spur very short obtuse. Bot. Mag. t. 4427 ; 

 Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 265 ; Flore des Serres, v. t. 48 ; Walp. Ann. vi. 

 896 ; III. Sortie. 1847, 123 ; Gard. Chron. 1859, 24, with Fig. ; Belg. Sortie. 

 1876,287; Warner Orchid. Alb.Yii.t.293 (var.). M. Lmdlej&nnm, Wight 



