Tab. 6325. 
MICBOSTYLIS Josephiana. 
Native of the Sikkim Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Orchide^e. — Tribe Pleurothallideje. 
Genus Microstylis, Nutt. ( Lindl . Gen. et Sp. Orcliicl. p. 18.) 
Microstylts Josephiana ; pseudobulbis evolutis oblongo-fusiformibus apliyllis 
junioribus 3-phyllis foliis oblongis acutis plicatis supra cupreo-aspersis, 
subtus viridibus, pedunculo basi hexagono superne minus augulato, floribus 
racemosis pro genere maximis posticis, bracteis ligulatis acutis, reflexis 
ovaria pedicellata vix sequantibus, sepalis lingulato-triangularibus obtuse 
acutis lateralibus confiatis flavis nunc cupreo-irroratis, petalis linearibus 
acutis, labello cuculato ventricoso basi obtusangule sagittato apice 
emarginato-bilobo flavo intus brunneo maculato, columna utrinque apice 
antico extrorsum rhombea. — Reichb.f. MS. 
A very curious novelty, resembling a good deal the 
African genus Lissochilus , differing in size and habit from the 
majority of species of Microstylis , which are for the most 
part weedy green-flowered plants of no interest to the 
horticulturist. It is a native of the tropical forests of the 
Sikkim Himalaya, where, however, it escaped the notice of 
all observers previous to the late Dr. Anderson, F.L.S., then 
Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, who dis- 
covered it in 1863 and sent plants to the Calcutta Garden. 
These flowered in April, 1867, and I am indebted to my late 
friend for a copy of a drawing of the plant taken in the 
garden, which, however, has only three-flowered racemes. The 
specimen here figured flowered at the Boyal Gardens of Kew, 
in May of the present year, from plants sent by Mr. Gamnie, 
Superintendent of the Sikkim Cinchona Plantations, to whom 
the Gardens are indebted for numerous and very valuable 
contributions of Sikkim seeds and plants. It is named after 
the editor of this magazine “ in recognition of his services to 
orchidology when exploring for the first time by any botanist, 
the primaeval forests of the Sikkim Himalaya.” 
Descr. Pseudobulbs tufted, three to four inches high, 
oblong-fusiform, old leafless, young with about three leaves 
bright green, smooth, partially clothed with the remains of 
OCTOBER 1st, 1877. 
