104 CXLVIII. ORCHIDE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Listera. 
Column stout; rostellum terminal; anther inclined forwards, cells 2 con- 
tiguous; pollinia 2, usually 2-partite, pendulous from the gland of the 
rostellum.—Species 10, N. temperate regions. 
1. L. ovata, Br. in Hort. Kew, v. 201; leaves ovate, lip linear 2-fid. 
Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 455; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 92; Ledeb. Fl. 
Ross. iv. 80; Reichb, Ic. Fl. Germ. xiii. t. 479. 
Norru-West Hrmataya?, Falconer.—Distr1B. Europe to the Ural and the 
Caucasus. 
Whole plant 12-18 in. high. Root of fleshy fibres. Stem 2-4 in., naked. 
Leaves 2-4 in., sessile, subacute. Scape with raceme 6-10 in., with 1-2 small 
sheaths; raceme 3-6 in., pubescent; bracts broadly ovate, membranous ; pedicel 
eh in.; flowers } in. long, greenish; sepals ovate ; petals linear; lip twice as long 
as the sepals, very narrow, 2-fid. Capsule 2 in. long, globosely ellipsoid.— Falconer $ 
is the only Indian Herbarium in which this plant occurs, and as it has not hitherto 
been found eastwards of Long. 80° E. the specimen may not be Indian, but have 
been inadvertently placed by him in his Indian Herbarium. 
. 2. L. tenuis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 176; leaves ovate acute, 
lip cuneately obcordate. 
Sikkim HIMALAYA ; Lachen valley, alt. 11,500 ft., J. D. H. 
Whole plant 4-5 in. high, very slender; leaves nearer the raceme than the root, 
3-1 in. long, sessile, 3-5-nerved. Scape almost filiform; raceme few-fld., puberu- 
lous; bracts ovate, acute, membranous; pedicels short; flowers 4 inong ; lip twice 
as long as the petals, lobes rounded ; column short, 
3. X. pinetorum, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 175; leaves orbi- 
cular cordate acute, lip cuneately broadly obcordate from a narrow basé 
lobes broad. 
Stxxim HIMALAYA; in pine woods of the Lachen valley, alt. 10-11,000 ft., 
J. D. H ; Chumbi, King’s Collector, 
Whole plant 4-8 in. high, slender. Leares 1-14 in., much nearer the raceme 
than the root, about as broad as long, very shallowly cordate, 5-7-nerved. Scape 
rather stout, very short and few-fld.; raceme pabescent ; bracts appressed to the 
scape, ovate, acuminate, herbaceous; flowers decurved, 1 in. long, greenish brown; 
lip twice or thrice as long as the sepals, deeply 2-lobed, sinus obtuse; column long, 
incurved. 
4. L. micrantha, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 176; leaves sub- 
radical broadly ovate, lip 3-lobed short. 
Sikkim HIMALAYA; Lachoong valley, alt. 10,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Whole plant 3-5 in. Leaves 3 iu. Scape filiform, and lax-fld. ; raceme pubes- 
cent ; bracts minute, ovate, acute, shorter than the Ae in. pedicels; flowers very 
minute, ;'5 in long; lip very much smaller than the sepals, cuneate, truncately 
3-lobed, lobes acute ; column very short.—A remarkable little species. 
90. CHEIROSTYLIS, Blume. 
Terrestrial herbs. Leaves membranous. Flowers small, racemed. 
Sepals connate in a gibbous based tube to the middle. Petals narrow, 
Lip inserted at the base of the column, erect, narrow, base saccate, hn 
shortly clawed broadly dilated entire toothed or crenate. Column short 
with 2 appendages in front, rostellum 2-cleft; stigmatic lobes latera i 
anther erect, cells short; pollinia 2, caudicle short, gland oblong.—Spec'* 
about 8, Indian and Malayan. 
