188 peofessoe lindlet's conteibutions to 



70. C. pusilla, Lindl. I. c. p. 489. 



Sikkim, 7000-8000 feet, J. B. S. ; Khasia, Griffith, 3000-4000 feet, J. B. H. 

 $ T. T. (325). 



71. C. GtBIFfithii (Goodyera no. 9, Griff. Not. iii. 393) j foliis ovatis 

 acutis, scapi glabriusculi vaginis 2 laxis acuminatis, spica 1-3-flora, labello 

 basi subgibboso columnse faciei arete adnato inde in unguem linearem 

 producto apice dilatato multifido, columnse falcibus setaceis acutissimis.. 



Khasia, Lobb ; in the woods of Mamloo, Griffith. 



Of this remarkable plant I have three specimens from Griffith, 

 and one gathered by Lobb. They are from 4 to 6 inches high, 

 with a few ovate thin leaves, a pubescent scape with two amplexi- 

 caul lanceolate sheaths, and a solitary bract of similar size and 

 form. The flowers are 1-2, or 3 in number, nearly smooth, barely 

 ■J- an inch long, with the parts forming an almost cylindrical tube 

 4-5 lines long. 



In the foregoing enumeration I have reserved what I wish to 

 say respecting the new genera which it contains till I could bring 

 into one general view those Neottian Orchids that constitute the 

 group of Phtsiteids. 



Prom the analytical table given in the Gen. et Sp. Orcli. p. 443,. 

 there must be excluded PZ&mm?,Endl., ascertained to be a JPhreatia 

 by Professor Eeichenbach, junior ; TJlantJia, Hooker, which is a 

 Chlorcea ; and Galera, which belongs to Arethusece. The remainder 

 require rearrangement, which I propose to effect as follows. 



The genera fall into three groups, of which one has a lip with a 

 distinct spur or pouch at the base ; another a mere swelling ; while 

 the third has neither the one nor the other, but is nearly flat next 

 the column. 



In the first, or calcarate group, there is nothing to add or alter. 

 The second, or ventricose group, requires both correction and 

 addition. 



Macodes has been described as having a twisted column and lip 

 like Hcemaria ; this was a mistake originating with Blume's artist. 

 An examination of a specimen collected by Junghuhn (no. 282), 

 for which I am indebted to my learned friend Prof. De Yriese, 

 shows that the column and lip are straight as usual, that the two 

 great "tubercles" at the foot of the column are a pair of hooked 

 processes analogous to what occur in Cheirostylis, Ancectochilus, 

 &c, that the rostellum is petaloid, and that the lip, which is dorsal, 

 bears at its base the two fleshy calli characteristic of JEiheria, 

 Cheirostylis, Spircmthes, &c. 



