1. LÜISIA TEICHOEHIZA Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i., G3.
Stirn 1 to 2-5 dm. long, very stout, not branched. Lsaves floshy. very slightly tapering
to the apej, 1 to 1-S dm. long and about 5 mm. thick. Sjdks i. or .5-flowere(i,
stout. Fhmrs 1 cm. long, placed on short thick tubercles; ßoral bract broad, with an
acuminata point, persistent. Sepals unequal, green with faiut purple lines; the dorsal
one oblong, bluut; later.al pair shorter, obliquely ovate, acute, keeled. Petals longer and
narrower than the lateral sepals, oblong, blunt, all spreading. Lip larger than the sepals,
dark dull purple on a greenish ground, basal half deeply concave and with erect rounded
edges, the apical portion broadly cordate, tapering to the subtruncate emargiuate apex,
upper surface with short blunt vertical ridges. Column stout, half as long as the lip,
purple. Antyr subquadrate, compressed, reslellum broad; polUnia ovoid, attached by
a broad caudicle to the quadrate glaud. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 2; Eeichb. f. Xen. Oreh., t.
77, igs, S to 18; Hook. f. Fl. Br. I n i vi, 23; King & Pantliug in Ann. R. Bot.
Gard. Calc. viii, 203, t. 270. Vandal trieher/tisa Hook. E i o t . Fl. i, t. 72.
Dehra Dun chiefly on sal trees, ffaiaifc No. 2569.5, llaetinmn No. 24182; Garhwäl.
Falconer, Maclinmn (Duthie's Nos. 23004, ,'554 28), ButUe's collector Nos. 25838
25837. Flowers during March and April. It extends eastwards to Sikkim.
A much stouter plant than L. teretifolia and with blunter leaves.
2. Loisu TEßETiPOLlA Gaud. Bet. Freyc. Voy. 426, t. 37.
Stem 1-5 to 3 dm. long, stout, sometimes branching. Leaves 6-5 to 15 cm. Ion"- and
f r om 4 to ö mm. thick, terete, spreading. Spikes very short, 2- or 3-4owerod. ihwers
7 mm. long; iloral tract broad, pointed. Sefab and petals snbequal, green, the petals
slightly longer, narrowly oblong, blunt, spreading. Lip longer and broader than the
sepals, with a square sub-saccate base; apical lobe deHeied, rhomboid, sub-truncate, its
upper surface witn five or sil vertical linos. Column very short and stout. Anther
depressed; pollinia 2, ovoid, attached by a stout caudicle to a broadly oblonc^ gland
Blume Kumphia iv, t. 194, t. 1070; Mas. Bet. Lugd. Bat. i, 63; Lindl. Fol.°Orch. 2
(excluding from all the synonj-m Ep. triste)-. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi., 32- Kino-" &
Pauthng in Ann. Roy. Bot. Sard. Calc. viii, 303, t. 270; Rolfs i,,' Jonrn. Linn.
Soc. ssxvi, 33. L. h-ackj/stactgs, var. ßaaeola. Par. 4 Eeichb. f. in Trans. Linu, Soc'.
x i s , 144. L. hmmnica Lindl. Fol. Orch. 3. L. platalossa Roichb. f. in Walp ' Ann'
vi, 622. L. eajUniea Lindl. Fol. Orch. 3. CgniUdium triste Reib. FI. lud iii 461 •
Bot. Mag, t. 3648; Wight Ic. 911 {text only); Grift. Notnl. iii, 340 (the Mergui'plant)'
G. tenuifolium Wight Ic. 1689 (excl. text),
Garhwdl 4,000 feet, Mrakimon. Flowers in April. It extends eastwards to Sitkim
fte Khasia Hills, Bengal (in the Sunderbuns), Burma, the Andaman Islands and Chinait
is found also in the Western Ghats, Ceylon and Malaya. '
The flowers are smaller and the stem and leaves are more slender than in L. trwhorhisa.
3. LUISIA BRACEYSTACHYS Blume Rumphia iv, 50.
Stem long, branching. Loates slender, 7 to 18 cm. long. Flomrs 7 mm on slender
pedicels. Sepul, and petab subequal; the petals narrowly oblong, blunt, spreading. Lip
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ohovate-oblong, nearly flat, grooved, hardly constricted at the base of the broadly ovato
epichile, dark purple with a yellow base. Column very short. Pollinia oval, attached to
a conical caudicle. Capsule 2*5 to 3 cm. long. Blujne Mua. Bot. i., 64; Reichb. f. Xen,
Orch. i, 204, t. 78, fig. 1 ; Lindi. Fol. Orch. 3 ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, S3. Mesoclasies
bradujstachjs Lindi, in Wall. Cat. 1994; Gen. and Sp. Orch. 45.
Garhwal, Falconer; Kumaon 2,600 to 2,800 feet, Steivart No. 641. It extends
eastwards to Sylhet and the Khasia Hills, and to Bengal at Jessore, Dacca and the
Sunderbuns; it is found also ih Teuasserim. It flowers during March and|April.
Mr. C. B. Clarke describes the sepals as green outside and rose-purple within; the petals M
at the apex and base aud rose-purple in the middle, and the lip blaok-purple with a
4. Luisu. Ds'CONSPICDA. Hook. f. MSS. in Herb. Horfc. Calc.
Sim 1 to 1-5 dm. long, slender, not branching. Leaves 3 to 6-5 cm- long and about
3 mm. in diam. Spikes I- to 3-flowercd, 4 to o mm. long. Floioers pale yellowisli-greeD,
•4 mm. long; Jloral hract membranous, triangular, acuminate. Sepals ovate-Iauceolate, subacute,
spreading. Petals oblong, tapering slightly to the blunt apex. Lip as long as
the sepals, the hypochile hemispherically saccate, green spotted with purple; cpichile
decurved, flat, sub-reniform, notched at the apex, its upper surface minutely hispid and
with 5 or 6 vertical lines. Column half as long as tlie lip, purple. AntJier depressed,
rostellum large; pollinia broadly oToid, attached by a slender caudicle to an obloni'-
quadrato gland. Capsule 1 cm. long. King & Pantliug in Ann, R. Bot. G-ard. Calc.
viii, 203, t. 272. Saccolabium? inaonspiouum Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 56; iuj Ann. R.
Bot. Gard. Calc. v, 46, t. 69. Ct/mUdium ineonspicuum Wall. MSS.
Garhwal, east of Tehi-i, Mackinnori's collector (Dathie's No. 25427); Tejani ia
Kumaon, Buthie^s collector No. 24114; Sarju Valley in Kumaon, Duthie's collector
No. 24114(a). It extends eastwards to Sikkim and Assam, at low elevations, flowering
dming June and July.
This species resetobles L. Irachydachys, but i : and smaller in all ita parts.
21. SarcocMlUS E. Brown.
Epiphytal. í-tem none or very short. Leaves narrowly oblong or absent. Flomrs
usually ui pendiiloua racemes. Sepals and petals subeqiial, free, epieadine; the dorsal
sepal concave, the lateral pair broader and partly adnate to the foot of the column. Lip
jointed or adnate to the long produced foot of the column, without a spur; the
side lobes very large, erect ; the apical lobe minute, tooth-like; the disk witii
hairy ridges aud calli. Column thick, shorter than its foot, wingless, rostellum short.
Anther terminal, depressed, shortly beaked in front, sometimes bearing two lateral
aet33; pollinia 4, in pairs, compressed; the caudicle slender, flattened, the gland
atnall.—Species about It), Indian, Chinese aud Australian.
SARCOCHILUS DSNEOIDES Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 497.
Roots densely tufted, tortuous. Stem none. Raceme 7'5 to 15 era. long, many,
flowered; peduncle brownish, bearing a few amplesicaul ovate acute membranous