2 I 6 Or chide CB. [Zeuxlnc. 



2. Z. long-ilabris, Betith. hi Gen. PI. iii. 6oo (1883). 

 iMoiWchilus loni(ilab}'t', Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 487 ; Journ. Linn. 



Soc. i. 186; Thw. Enum. 313. C. P. 2377. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 107. Wight, Ic. t. 1728 {M. affinis). 



Whole plant 6-10 in. high, very slender, ascending from a 

 creeping rooting base about as thick as a crow's quill ; 1. few, 

 rather distant, shortly petioled, i-ii in. long, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, acute, base rounded, 7 veined, glabrous, sheath short, 

 hyaline, inflated ; ped. very slender, pubescent, with 2 distant 

 narrowly lanceolate sheaths ; spike 2-3 in., lax-fld., glandular- 

 pubescent ; bracts about as long as the ov., narrowly lanceo- 

 late ; sep. I in. long, oblong, obtuse, pubescent ; pet. oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous, lip twice as long as the sep., claw saccate at 

 the base, gradually dilated into the deeply 2-lobed obovate- 

 cuneate mid lobe, the cuneate wings or lobes of which are 

 separated by a narrow acute sinus, and are crenulate or 

 coarsely toothed on the outer margin, sac with 2 spurs in the 

 cavity; anth. long-beaked, pollinia pyriform, adnate for two- 

 thirds of their length to a linear strap, gland small. 



Low country to 30CX) ft. in intermediate region ; rare. Maturata Dist. ; 

 Lagalla. Fl. May, September; sep. greenish, pet. and lip white. 

 S.W. India, E. Bengal, Burma. 



3. Z. reg-la, Benth. in Gen. PL iii. 600 (1883). Zru-raja, S. 



Monochilus 7-cghim, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 487 ; Thw. Enum. 313. 

 C. P. 2643. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 108. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2174. 



Whole plant 4-6 in. high, slender, lower internodes elon- 

 gate, rooting; 1. few, iA-2i in., rather distant, shortly petioled. 

 oval- or oblong-lanceolate, acute, green, with a median pale 

 band above, sheath short, tubular, truncate, membranous; 

 ped. very slender, short, few-fld., sheaths distant, narrowly 

 lanceolate ; spike pubescent, bracts lanceolate, equalling or 

 shorter than the pubescent ov. ; sep. \ in. long, glabrous, 

 dorsal oblong, hooded, lateral spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse; 

 pet. linear-oblong, falcate, tip rounded ; lip rather longer than 

 the lateral sep., claw naked, its cymbiform base enclosing 

 2 uncinate calli, wings divaricate, subquadrate, outer margin 

 sinuate or crenate; rostellum deeply 2-fid, arms long; anth. 

 broad, obtusely beaked, pollinia 2, ohovoid, sessile on the 

 end of a linear strap, with incurved margins, gland small, 

 ovoid. 



Moist region 1-4000 ft. in damp forests; rather common. Hantane; 

 Ambagamuwa. Fl. Dec; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 

 Cultivated for its foliage (like Afiirc/ochilus, Sec.) 



