docduom bracts ; the l a d m floxuous. Fhwor, 13 mm. in diam, white or rose-coloured
Sepuh spreading, oblo.ig, obtuse. Fdah broader, spreadiug. Lip gibbous or sli-htly
saocato at tl.e base, with a long claw; side lobes liuear-oblon-, obtuse, "disk
betvYeen the side lobes pubescent; midlobo truncate, emarginate. 0,1mm very shortroMlum
mdistmct. Anther broadly ovale, fnrnishecl with 3 or 3 slender setai; poHinia
two, 2-lobed, caudido very short, gland large. Capmle 3 o cm., slender, slightly carded,
glabreu.,. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. yi, 37. Cldlo,ohist« « W i » Lindl. in Wall. Cat.
7330; Gen. & Sp. Orch. 219; Bot. Eeg. under t. 1.333; Sert. Orch. frontisp. f. 4;
in .lourn. Linn. Soc. iii, 43; Qard. Chron. (1S46), 135. Thriufermmm mtnoida, Eeichb!
f. Xenia ii, 120. EpuUndnm iisiienides Don. Prod. 37.
On oak trees near the Tillage of Chamassoorie iu GarhwA at an elevation of
about .1,000 feet, found by Oolonel Vicary iu ISS-i. Preyiously discovered in Nepal
by Dr. Wallich.
22. . b r i d e s Lour.
Epiphytic, with leafy stems. Zaves linear or terete, coriaceous. Flowers usually
numerous and brightly coloured, in deourved racemes, sometimes solitary; i™rf
mumto. and pelak broad, spreading, the lateral sepals adnate to the base or foot
of tne coluain. Zij, adnate to the column, spurred; the side lobes large or small,
sometimes absent; the mid-lobe larger than the side lobes, or smaller and incurved.
Celmm short, ila foot short or long; roMlum short or long, biSd. A.iier 2-ceIled, with
or mthout a beak; joogaio 3, globose, snlcate; candicle long or short, gland v a r i o u s . -
Species about 50, Eastern Asiatic.
Terminal lobe of lip large, hastate, acata.
Terminal lobe of lip small, narrowly oblou''
M. muUißQrifm
iE. Oihraluiii.
1. ,^EIDES WDLTIFLOEüJi ßoxb. Corom. Pl. iii, 03, t. 271.
Stem 1 to 2-5 dm. long, stout. Lease, 1-5 to 2'5 dm. long and 2 to 3 cm. broad,
narrowly oblong, conduplicate, recurved, slightly tapering to the oblique bifid apei, not
nai-rowed to the base, often tinged with red. Jlieeme, longer than the leaves, simple,
uidlary, densely many-flowered; peduncle long, clothed with short distant sheaths.
Fhmrs 2 cm. across, rose-coloured. S^als and petal, subequal, oblong, blunt. Li/,
twice as long as the sepals, triangular, entire, aiinate to the base of the column, acute or
obtuse at the apei, margins erose, its basal portion thick and with a retrorso tooth or
callus across the month of the rectangularly bout spur. Calmm without a foot, its
margins thickened and slightly winged near the ba,5e. âiitier depressed and with a long
curved beak m front ; pollinia globular, caudicle filiform, gland narrow. Roxb. FI. Ind.
Iii, 475; Belg. Hortio. (1S7C), 286; Reiciib. f. in Walp. Ann. vi, 807; Hook. f. Fl.
Br. Ind. vi, 44; King & Pantling in Ann. E. Bot. Gard. Cale, viii, 21% t 383
. E aßne Wall. Cat. 7316; Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 330; Sert. Orch. t. 15; in Joum'
Linn. Soc. iii, 41; Bot. Mag. t. 4049; Warner Sol Orch. Ser. i, t. 21. Ji. rem,m
Lodd. ex Past. Fl. Gard, ii, 109, t. 60; Regel Gartonfl. yiïi, 253, t. 267 ^
LiMii Hort, ex 111. Hort. (1868) t. 559. Ji. Veitehii Hort, ex llorven in Bel».
Hortie. (1876), 291. /E. trigoni,m Klotzch in Otto. & Diet. Allgem. Gartenz (1835°)]
liIirECHOSTYLlS.
Siwalik range, Dehra Dun, very common ou mango trees; plentiful up to
4,000 feet on the outer ranges of the Western Himalaya, from the Kangra Valley in
the Punjab to Kumaon, flowering during June and July. It extends eastwards to Nepal
Sikkim and Assam.
2. JÍÜKIDES ODORATUM Lour. Fl. Cochiu. 525.
Sim very stout. Leases Pô to 3 dm. long and 4 to .5-5 cm. broad, oblono- flat
keeled, tapering slightly to the blunt unequally bilobed apex, not contracted °at the
sheathing base. Baeemes supra-axillary, defleited, us long as or longer than the leaves,
nmny.flowered; peduncle short, stout, with sliort distant sheaths. Fimera about 2-5 cm!
long, white spotted with pink, very fragrant ; Joral iraet broad, sheathing, blunt, much
shorter than the stalked ovary. Sepals unequal, obtuse, spreading, the dorsal ono ellipticovate;
the lateral pair somewhat larger. Pelais oblong, falcate, shorter than the sepals.
lip adnate to the short foot of the column; spmr large, funnel-shaped, curved f,»wards ;
lateral lobes very shallow, truncate, eroso ; terminal lobe linear, emarginate, lying
bctïveen the edges of the lateral lobes. Anther triangular, depressed, beaked; pellinia
globose, caudicle linear, gland quadrate. Capsule fusiform, about 3 cm. long. Lindl.
Gen. & Sp. Orch. 239; in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 41; Bot. Mag. 4139; Walp, Ann.
vi, 898; Lindenia t. 14 (var.); Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 47; King & Pantlíng in
Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Oalc. Tni, 212, t. 283; Rolfe in Jonin. Linn. Soc. xxivi, 35.
brides eormtim Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 63 ; Fl. Ind. iii, 473 ; Bot. Ren- t 1485
Western Himalaya, T. Thomson; Dehra Dun, King, Gamile"'Maeiinnon; sub
montane tract of Bahraich district in N. Oudh, Buthie's CoUeetor No. 23868; Gmhwáií
Falconer, Duthiis eotteetor Nos. 35810, 25S18; Kumaon, Colonel Davidson'. Flowers
during June and July. This species extends eastwards to Nepal, Sikkim and E. Bengal •
it is found also in Malaya and China. ^ '
2 3 . E h y n c h o s t y l i s Blume.
Epiphytic. Stem elongate, stout, loafy. Leaves very coriaceous, linear-oblong,
tnmcately or bluntly bilobed at the apex. Maeemes pendulous, many-âowered-
Flowers brightly coloured. Sepals and peíais spreading, broad, obtuse, the petals narrower
than the sepals. Lip adnate to the short foot oí the column the hvpoehile
forming a deep wide pubescent sac without side lobes; the epieUle oboTate. acute
concave, the margins erect. Cobmn short, stout, dilated at the base and with' a very
short foot. S'igmci small. Anther terminal, rounded; poUinia 3, elliptic, attached by
a slender long caudicle to a small oblong gland.—Species 3 or 's, Indian and
Malayan.
RHTTICHOE rsi^ts RBTUSA Blume. Bijdr. 286, t. 49.
Stem stout 1 to 3 dm. long, enveloped in the sheaths of decayed leaves
T m s 1-5 to 4-5 dm. long and about 3-5 cm. broad, curved, keeled, pra:morse or bluntly
bilobed. longer than the leaves, cylindric, densely flowered; peduncle shori
with a few small scattered .sheaths. Ft.wer, 3 cm. across, white or piuk with purple
or pinlt markings. Lateral sepals broadly ovate, obtuse or apiculate, the dorsal one oblou"-