Aphyllorchis.'] oxLViir. orchidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 117 



middle, and side lobes rounded at the base, claw short broad with 2 

 hnear-oalli tip obtuse thickened. Apaturia montana, Thwwitea Enum. 

 301 {not of Lindl.). 



? Khasia Mis., alt. 3500 ft., and Sikkim Himalaya, Q-nffith. Cbylon j Am- 

 bagamowa district, rare, Thwaites. 



Stem 2 ft., with 8-10 loose stout basal sheaths, and a few distant higher up j 

 yellowish tinged with purple. Raceme 4-8 in., lax-fld. ; bracts J-| in., lanceolate, 

 acuminate; pedicel with orary |-1 in. j sepals 4-| in., and petals straw-coloured, 

 backs and tips purple ; lip broader than the sepals, base contracted into the sub- 

 saccate short claw, nerves with diverging nervules ; column very slender. — I find no 

 suflScient character whereby to separate the Sikkim and Khasia specimens, but these 

 latter are quite insuiBcient for identification. 



2. A. Pralnii, Hook. f. Ic. Flwnt. ined. ; sepals and petals Unear- 

 oblong obtuse, lip ovate, claw saccate with two falcately ovate acute 

 wing-like auricles. 



NaOA HiIiLB ; Fraim. 



Very like A. montana in size, habit, and inflorescence j distinguished by the 

 winged claw of the lip. I have seen but one specimen. 



3. A. ? vaginatSLf Socio, f. Je. Flant. ined. ; stem stout clothed with 

 lax obtuse sheaths, lip sessile lanceolate acuminate. 



Khasia Hims ; at Mamloo, in woods, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. B. ^ T. T. 



Stem G in., stent; sheaths J in., loose, membranous, obtuse. Raceme few-fld. ; 

 bracts large sheathing ; flowers subsessile, erect, about J in. across, dingy red ; sepals 

 broadly ovate, obtnse, 3-nerved ; petals lanceolate, acuminate, 1-nerved ; lip broader 

 than the sepals, as long, with no vestige of claw or caruncle ; column shorter than in 

 the other species of the germ, acuminate. — I have seen but one specimen of this 

 curious plant which differs from its congeners in the sessile lip and shorter column. 

 The flowers are young, and too much confidence must not be placed in the diagnosis. 



** Flower luds decurved. 



4. A. pallida^ Blume Bijdr. t. 77 ; Orchid. Archip. Ind. 62, t. 13, f . 1 

 & 17 D. ; sepals and petals falcate, claw of lip 'with large oblique auricles, 

 limb 3-lobed, base cordate, side lobes oblong, midlobe oblong obtuse 

 caruncled. 



Febae:, Scortechini, in rocky places, alt. 800-1000 ft.. King's Collector, alt. 3900 

 ft., Wray. — Distbib. Java. 



Root of long tomentose fibres. Stem 12-18 in., rather flexuous, slender, spotted 

 with brown -pink ; sheaths few, obtuse. Sacemes 2-6 in., lax-fld. ; bracts oblong, 

 upper ovate ; pedicel erecto-patent, with the ovary i—i in. ; flowers i in. long, decurved, 

 pale brownish-pink, spotted with dark brown ; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, concave ; 

 petals strongly falcate, l-nerved; lip recurved; column subclavate; anther 

 didymous ; pollinia (Ic. Scortechini) pyriform (in lo. Blume, reniform). 



96. CRVPTOSTYIiIS, Fr. 



Terrestrial herbs; caudex short, stout. Leaves basal, long petioled; 

 membranous. Scape leafless. Flowers loosely racemed or subspicate. 

 Sepals subequal, and petals very narrow, widely spreading Lip superior, 

 erect, lanceolate from a broad base which embraces the column, con- 

 tracted above it, entire. Column very short ; ' stigma stout ; rostellum 

 broad, thick, erect, acuminate; anther obtuse or aoummate ; pollmia 



