48 OXLVm. ORcaiDE^. (J. T>. Hooker.) [JSrides. 



leaf long narrow subacute, sepals longer than the petals, midlobe of lip 

 lanceolate acute. 



Andaman Islands, Berlceley. 



Stem 6-8 in. Leaves 10-12 by f-l^ in., lobes much longer than in JS. odoratum. 

 Racemes 6-8 in. ; flowers \ in. diam., pale lilac, pedicels 1 in., side lobes of lip 

 rounded, entire ; spur short, stout ; foot of column very short ; anther shortly 

 beaked ; strap of poUinia long, linear. — Much the smallest flowered of the Indian 

 species, 



SPECIES UNKNCWlf TO ME. 



M. BoEASsi, Mam. ex. Smith in Bees Cyclop, xxxix. No. 8, is undeterminable. 



^. DBCCMBENS, Griff. Notul. iii. 365 {witliout descript.) ; Ic. Flant. Asiat. 

 t. 320, fig. 1 ; Lindl. in Journ. Lirm. Soc. iii. 423 ; from Mogoung in Burma. 

 Stem very short. Leaves 2-4 in., elliptic, acute, many-nerved ; peduncles several, 

 short, stout, f ew-fld. ; bracts small, triangular ; pedicels with ovary J in., erect ; 

 flowers J in. diam.; lateral sepals very broad, obtuse. — This has the habit of a 

 Fhalanopsis. 



M. LAsiopETALUM, Willd. Sp. Fl. iv. 130, is undeterminable. 



M. LEPIDTJM, UeicTih. f. in Qard. Chron. 1883, i. 466 ; leaves lorate obtusely 

 2-Iobed, Sowers white ascending, sepals and petals subequal oblong apiculatej tips 

 and of lip and spur purple, side lobes of lip short triangular, midlobe larger triangular, 

 spur filiform curved as long as the pedicelled, with a slender curved ascending tooth 

 in the middle of the cavity. — British India, SerJceley, 



M. Mend AMI, Jenning's Orchid, under t. xxx., without description, is probably 

 .^.falcatv/m. 



M. PAOHTPHTLLTTM, SeicJib. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, ii. 230; leaves short 

 most fleshy obtusely unequally 2-lobed, raceme short few-fld., sepals and rather 

 shorter petals oblong-ligulate obtusely acute crimson -lake, side lobes of lip subtrian- 

 gular short, midlobe purple triangular minute, spur white cylindrie obtuse inflated 

 longer than the pedicelled ovary, column white. — Burma {Sort. Veitch."). 



M. bigiddm:, Sam. en. Smith in Sees Cyclop, xxxix. No. 12, is undeterminable. 



59. RENANTHERA, Lour. 



Epiphytes ; stem elongate, branched, leafy ; pseudobulbs 0. Leaves 

 rigid, 2-lobed. Flowers large or medium sized, in lateral spreading 

 panicles. Sepals narrow, widely spreading, dorsal erect, lateral deflexed 

 or placed under the lip, oblanceolate or spathulate, at first parallel or 

 connate. Fetah narrow. Lip Tery small sessile, jointed on the base of 

 the column, saccate, side lobes erect. Column short, truncate, foot ; 

 pollinia large, 2-grooYed or 2-partite, strap short, gland transverse. — 

 Species 5, Indian, Chinese and Malayan. 



1. R. coccinea, Lour. Fl. Gochin Ch. ii. 637 ; flowers 2-2J in. diam., 

 lateral sepals free, much larger than the dorsal, midlobe of lip ovate- 

 lanceolate recurved. Lindl. Oen. Sf Sp. Orchid. 217 ; Bot. Beg. t. 1131 ; 

 £ot. Mag. t. 2997-8.; Faxt. Mag. t. 49 ; Reichb. Fl. Fxot. t. 114 ; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 876. 



Tenassebim ; at the Moscos Isds., opposite Tavoy, Parish. — Distkib. Cochin 

 China. 



Stem 1-3 ft., stout. Leaves 2-4 in., distant, ohlong or shortly lorate. Feduncle 

 2-3 ft,, erect ; branches long, divaricate, lax-fld. ; bracts very small, broad ; lateral 

 sepals scarlet, dorsal and petals linear, orange-red, spotted ; lip yellow, tip of small 

 spur and midlobe scarlet; strap of pollinia linear acute. 



2. R. elong'ata, Lindl. Oen. & Sp. Orchid. 218 ; flowers f in. diam., 

 sepals subequal lateral free, midlobe of lip tongue-shaped revolute with 2 



