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PBorESSOE lindley's coktbibutioks to 



70. C. pusilla, Lindl, I, c. p. 489. 



Sikkim, 7000-8000 feet, J. D. m ; Khasia, Griffith, 3000-4000 feet, J. D. H. 



4- T. T. (325). 



Geiffithii (Goodyera no. 9, Griff. Not. i 

 s, scffpi glabriusculi yaginis 2 laxis acuminatis 



foliis ovatis 



basi subgibboso columnfiB faciei arctS adnato inde in imguem linearem 

 producto apice dilatato mnltifido, colunmse falcibxis setaceis acutissimis^ 

 £hasia, Lobh ; in the woods of Mamloo, Griffith. 



Of this remarkable plant I have three specimens from Griffith, 

 and one gathered by Lobb. They are from 4 to 6 inches high, 

 with a few ovate thin leaves, a pubescent scape with two amplexi- 

 caul lanceolate sheaths, and a solitary bract of similar size and 

 form. The floweraare 1-2, or 3 in number, nearly smooth, barely 

 \ an inch long, with the parts forming an almost cylindrical tube 

 4-5 lines long. 



In the foregoing enumeration I have reserved what I wish to 

 say respecting the new genera which it contains till I could bring 

 into one general view those Neottian Orchids that constitute the 



group of PHTSrBIDS. 



Prom the analytical table given in the Oen. et Sp. OrcTi. p. 443", 

 there must be excluded P/<?arawr^,Endl., ascertained to be a Phreatia 

 by Professor Eeichenbach, junior ; TTlantha^ Hooker, which is a 

 ChloTcBa ; and Oalera^ which belongs to Arethtisece. The remainder 

 require rearrangement, which I propose to effect as follows. 



The genera fall into three groups, of which one has a lip with a 

 distinct spur or pouch at the base ; another a mere swelling ; while 

 the third has neither the one nor the other, but is nearly flat next 

 the column. 



In the first, or calcarate group, there is nothing to add or alter. 

 The second, or ventricose group, requires both correction and 

 addition. 



Macodes haa been described as having a twisted column and lip 

 like Hcemaria ; this was a mistake originating with Blume's artist. 

 An examination of a specimen collected by Junghuhn (no. 282), 

 for which I am indebted to my learned friend Prof. De Vriese, 

 shows that the colimm and lip are straight as usual, that the two 

 great " tubercles " at the foot of the column are a pair of hooked 

 processes analogous to what occur in Cheirostylis, An<sctochiluSy 

 Ac, that the rostellum is petaloid, and that the Up, which is dorsal, 

 bears at its base the two fleshy calli characteristic of j^heria, 

 OheiroBtyliSj Spiranthes, &c. 



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