XCVIII. ORCHIDACEiE 
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petals spreading. Lip sessile, ovate, flat ; spur none. Column 
very short. Anther sessile on its top ; pollinia 4, free, ovoid ; in 
buds and very young flowers the tips of the pollinia cohere by a 
minute, viscid drop. Stigma concave, placed just below the 
anther. 
Flowers f in. Leaves 2-4 1. M. Wallichii. 
Flowers ^ in. 
Leaves two ........ 2. M. muscifera. 
Leaf one 3 . M. cylindrostachya._ 
1. Microstylis Wallichii, Lindl.; FI. Br. Ind.v. 686. Flower- 
ing-stem 6-10 in., ribbed. Leaves 2-4, usually 3, ovate-lanceolate, 
4x2 in., acute. Flowers shortly stalked, about \ in. long, pale 
Fig. 162. Microstylis Wallichii. 
yellow-green, more or less marked or tinged with purple especially 
near the centre. Sepals oblong, 2 lateral rather shorter than the 
dorsal, margins recurved. Petals linear, longer than the sepais, 
margins recurved. Lip shield-like, broadly ovate, tip notched, 
basal lobes straight, acute, sometimes slightly overlapping. (Fig. 
Simla, the Glen, Boileaugunge, Elysium Hill, in woods, 6000-6500 ft. j 
July, August. — Himalaya, Khasia. — Travancore, Andaman islands. 
2. Microstylis muscifera, Ridley ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 689. Flower- 
ing-stem 6-18 in. Leaves 2, oblong or ovate, 3x2 in., obtuse. 
