170 Wiegaxd: A Revision of the Genus Listera 



II. Listera puderula Maxim. Bull. Acad. St. Pctcrsb. 29:204. 



1883. 



.riant vcr>' slender (i 2-20 cm. high), glandular-pubescent abo\'e 

 the leaves ; the latter inserted much below the middle of the stem, 

 rather small (15-25 mm. long), deltoid-ovate, truncate or slightly 

 cordate at the base, apex rounded or barel>- acute, the three pri- 

 mary veins strong : raceme few-flowered, open, on a very long 

 ^, -10 cm.) many-bracted peduncle: rachis very slender, pubescent : 

 bracts rather small, subulate, acuminate : flowers very small, on 

 slender glandular pedicels, the latter longer than the glabrous 

 ovary and twice the length of the bract : petals and sepals linear, 

 mostly obtuse, }<, the length of the lip, erect-spreading : lip small 

 (7 mm. long), narrowl}- and regularly cuneate, without auricles or 

 teeth toward the base, cleft ^^ the wa)' down, sinus narrow, lobes 

 oblonir, obtu.se, not ciliate : column of medium length (1.5 mm,) 

 stout, nearly straiglit. 



In mossy woods, Pro\-incc Kansu, western China, Pszewalski 

 1880 raccordlncf to Maximowicz); Nanokawa, Tosa, Japan (Wat- 



anabe, 1889). 



Tapa 



12. Listera pinetorum Lindl. Journ. Linn. Soc. i: 175. 1857. 



Plant rather stout (10-15 mm. long), glandular-pubescent 

 above the leaves; the latter of medium size (15 mm. long), in- 

 serted above the middle of the stem, broadl}' ovate, obtuse, acute, 

 or even acuminate, truncate, the base man>--ner\-ed : raceme very 

 .short (3-6 cm. long) and few-flowered : rachis stout, glandular : 

 bracts large (7-12 mm. long), lanceolate, acute, appressed : flowers 

 very large, nearly sessile : ovary and pedicel nearl>^ glabrous : sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate"^ sulcate : petals linear, both acutish, spreading, 

 ■ one half as long as the lip : lip large (9 mm. long), obovate-cunc- 

 ate, tapering to a narrow base, thickened along the midrib but 

 with no distinct fold, without auricles or lateral teeth, cleft one 

 third the wa>- down by a ver}' narrow sinus, lobes broad and 

 rounded, not ciliate : column long (3 mm.), rather slender, 

 arcuate. 



In pine woods, Sikkim Himalayas, alt. 10000-12000 ft. 



(Hooker and Thomson). 



The above description was drawn from a portion of the original 



material. 



Lis/era tenuis Lindl. Jour. Linn. Soc. i : 176, 1857, from the 

 orin-inal description seems not to be distinct from L. pinetorum. 



