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56. .ZE. anomala (Goodyera no. 10, Griff. Notul. iii. 394). 

 Forest at Tingree in Assam, among Tea-trees, Griffith. 



It appears that Mr. Griffith found only two specimens of this 

 remarkable plant, one of which is in my herbarium, from himself. 

 The materials at my command do not permit me to determine 

 with certainty the peculiar structure of its column and stigmatic 

 apparatus, but there is evidently something very unusual in it. 

 Griffith's words, restored to what he probably wrote, may be put 

 thus : — " Saccus (labelli) intus utrinque et basin versus, continet 

 processus cellulosos complanatos 2-3, apicibus crenato-repandis. 

 Columna nana, hinc utrinque dente membranaceo aucta; facies 

 antica centrum versus processum [habet] cellulosum cristiformem 

 basi, mediante labello, c. dentibus lateralibus continuum. Stigma 

 verum anticum inconspicuum, canali inter faciem anticam et 

 faciem processiferam, quae verosimiliter pars labelli. Stigma supra 

 in rostelli processus 2 subulatos productum ; facies postica, in 

 alabastro, integra membranacea, basi in gibberem quasi inflatum." 

 It appeared to me that the stigmatic surface consisted of a deep 

 hollow opening vertically, and forming two faces, one of which is 

 presented to the lip and the other to the anther. Possibly my 

 specimen may be the specimen in which what Griffith regarded as 

 a deformity occurred. It is much to be regretted that no other 

 traveller should have met with this curious plant. 



57. M. coedata ; foliis cordato-lanceolatis, spica tenui pubescente, labello 

 basi subconico apice obtuse bidentato. 



Banda, Reinwardt. 



The long cordate thin leaves are remarkable. In habit the 

 plant resembles Monochilus flavus. The calli are thin, long, and 

 falcate. 



XVIII. Dossinia, Morren in Ann. Gand, iv. 171, with a figure. 



58. D. marmorata, Morren, I. c. (Cheirostylis marmorata, Lindl. in Van 

 Houtt. Fl. des Serres, 1848, t. 70.) 



Khasia, at 4000 feet, J. JD. S. Sf T. T. (366). 



The specimens in the herbarium of Hooker and Thomson prove 

 the inaccuracy of the Garden report, that this plant comes from 

 Java, where no one has found it growing. From the following it 

 differs in its hairy raceme, golden-veined roundish ovate leaves, 

 and long falcate toothed appendage of the column. The figure 

 in the ' M. des Serres' gives a good view of the general appearance 

 of the plant, but the details are inaccurate. 



