Good yera..] CXLVIII. ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 115 
sides of the column, and stigma with 2 lateral lobes.—Species about 13, 
Indian. 
l. H. Gardneri, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 604; tall, slender, leaves 
elliptic acute, spike very long glandular pubescent, bracts equalling he 
very small flowers, petals linear-spathulate, lip saccate membranous M 
afew small calli on the nerves within. Rhamphidia Gardneri, Thwaites, 
Enum. 313. 
CEYLON; in the Central Province, Walker, &c. . . 
Stem 12-20 in., stout and leafy below. Leaves 2-4 by 13-2 in., often oblique, 
3-nerved, membranous; petiole 3-1 in., sheath large, short. Spike 4-10 in., ve Y 
many-fld.; flowers hardly secund; bracts } in.; sepals $ in. long, obtuse, s lo x 
ovate l-nerved, lateral oblong 3-nerved; petals linear-spathulate, 1-nerve d 
cymbiform ; column very short, stigmatic lobes large, lateral ; rostellar arms d 
anther short, pollinia subglobose, each caudicled.—Thwaites describes the lip 
With a very few short hairs within. 
2. H. ovalifolia, Benth. in Gen. Plant. ii. 164; slender, leaves 
elliptic acute, spikes elongate glandular-pubescent, bracts. exceeding ne 
Very small flowers, petals obovate-oblong, lip saccate tip obtuse: - 
thed, nerves with tooth-like calli towards the base. Goodyera ova S olia, 
Wight, lc., t. 1730. Rhamphidia ovalifolia, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. i. 
181 (exel, habitat). 
MALABAR ; at Courtallam, Wight. 
ery near to H. Gardneri, but smaller, 10-14 in. long, leaves the same, bracts 
rather longer, Flowers tinged with pink; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, o tuse, 
“herved ; lateral oblong, 3-nerved ; column very short, stigmatic lobes marginal, 
very large; rostellar arms minute, pollinia as in H. Gardneri.—Lindley in Journ. MIN 
` Whilst wrongly ascribing a Sikkim specimen of H. rubens to this, rightly 
describes the lip as A. 94. 
?. H. rubens, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 164; tall, leaves elliptic 
pute, spike puberulous, bracts equalling or exceeding the flowers, ne 2b 
mmer-shaped, lip subhemispheric with a small transverse termina b 
and a Jagged callus on each side towards the base within. Hoo dus 
Plant. ined, Rhamphidia rubens, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. . 
rte rubens, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1854,87. Goodyera, No. 4, Griff. 
otul. iii, 390, 
vas DE EnrAzAYA, alt. 1500-3000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, Assaw, Mann, UPPER 
ep Griffith (Kew Distrib., 5341 and 5342). "EM 
ther stout, 10-18 in. high. Leaves 4-5 be 13-2 in., as in ovalifolia, reticulately 
in the Sikkim specimen ; flowers twice as large, greenish-purple ; sep 
l-nerved b : ide; lip short, terminal 
» broadly ovate; petals cla ved, very gibbous on one side; lip short, . 
we Sometimes 2-fd ; column, very short indeed, with two small wings in front; 
TT OVate-cordate ; pollinia pyriform, subsessile on the gland; stigmatic lobes 
86 rostellar arms very short, 
HE: Helfe j : der, leaves elliptic, spike 
` ri, Hook. f. Ic. Plant ined. ; slender, e 
Prberulous twisted, bracts Troster than the flowers, petals linear ere 
membranous cymbiform acuminate with a few fleshy cilia on ea 
ards the base within, 
Trv Assgp rr Misses Ei 
3 es Eider Islands, Helfer. m- 
branou. 6-10 in. with the raceme.” Leaves 3-4 in., acute, many nerve ual, 
mme: e 3-6 in.; bracts narrowly lanceolate; sepals } in. 2 Es branou 
dE: obtuse, bairy, l-nerved ; lip small; column short with 2 m 
» and very short rostellar arms ; anther ovate-cordate. 
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