96 CXLVIII. ORCHIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Ancetochilus. 
mueh shorter than the sepals, terminal lobes obtusely hatchet-shaped, 
claw of lip very short, fringes few. A. albolineatus, Par. dr Reichb. f. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 141. Dossinia marmorata, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. i. 185 (not of Morren). 
Sikkim HIMALAYA (Je. Cathcart § J. D. H.). Kuasta Hints, alt. 4-5000 ft., 
Mack, Ae, TENASSERIM, Parish. 
Leaves ovate, green with a white mesial band and golden nerves, red beneath. 
Spike asin A. Reinwardtii; sepals and petals green tinged with pink; lip white ; 
column very large with a forcipate appendage projecting from the base. 
** Claw of lip entire or nearly so. 
6. A. Griffithii, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined. ; claw of lip entire or with 
a membranous tocthed margin and a trapeziform base, terminal lobes 
hatchet-shaped lobulate or toothed. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA, Griffith. Naga Hills, in UPPER Assam, Prain. 
Leaves 134-1} in., orbicular-ovate, apiculate. Scape 4-6 in. ; spike 10-20-fld. ; 
lobes of lip equalling or longer than the claw; column short with a broad folded 
appendage in front and a flap over the mouth of the very short saccate 2-fid spur; 
auther short.—The margin of the claw of the lip is broader and more toothed in the 
only Naga specimen I have seen, 
7. A. tetrapterus, Hook. f. Ic. Plant. ined.; claw of lip quite 
entire, terminal lobes each 2-partite. 
Munnipore ; at Eerung, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke. 
Leaves 2 in., shortly petioled, ovate, caudate-acuminate. Scape 2 in., and few-fid. 
spike tomentose; sheaths and bracts large; claw of lip arched, narrow; lobules 
cuneate-obovate, terminal pair smallest; column with broad auricles in front that 
terminate in a 2-fid membrane overhanging the mouth of the very short conical 
obtuse spur; anther lanceolate, acuminate. 
81. VRYDAGZYNEA, Blume. 
Terrestrial, leafy herbs; stem below creeping, roots fibrous. Leaves 
petioled, ovate. Flowers small, spicate, suberect. Sepals subequal, free, 
dorsal smaller forming a hood with the petals. Lip included, sessile at the 
base of the column, membranous, concave, entire; spur large, inflated, 
exserted beyond the base of the sepals, with 2 stipitate calli within. 
Column short, inappendieulate; stigmatic lobes lateral; rostellum short; 
anther short, celis distant; pollinia 2, sessile on a large gland.— Species 
8-10, Indian, Malayan and Pacific. 
This genus is described as having two stipitate calli descending from the base of 
the column into the sac or spur of thelip; the stipites appear to me to be always 
more or less adnate to the walls of the sac, and represent two vascular bundles oF 
nerves.—The name is variously spelled. All the species want revision and description 
from living plants. 
1. V. viridiflora, Hook. f.; bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate, lip 
orbicular-oblong tip truncate, disk with a high median ridge from the base 
to the middle, spur inflated. ? Physurns viridiflorus, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. i. 180 (ercl. Syn. Neottia viridiflora, Bl, which is a Goodyera). 
Lower BENGAL; Luckempore, on the Megua, C/arke,—DisTRIB. ? Java. 
A span high. Leaves 1lj-2 in., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, membranous; 
shortly petioled. Scape 1-1} in.; spike few-fld., rachis pubescent ; bracts } in. and 
