GOODYERA. 395 
line bractea vaginante apice viridia czeterum rubescentia car- 
nea sita ad hujus apicem tantum sita, pauciflora. 
Bractez ovato-lanceolate membranacee, carneæ, pubescen- 
tis ovaria excedentes. Alabastra que paulo ante expansi- 
onem tantum vidi postica, ovar. fusco viride albido pubescens. 
Perianth. extus hispidum, pilis albis que sepissime de- 
flexis vel potius refract. 
Sepala ovato-oblonga, obtusiuscula lateralia paulo majora, 
fusco viridia apices versus et presertim anticum plus minus al- 
bescentia, anticum planum. 
Pet. lineari- spathulata angustissima, sepalo antico supposita 
apicibus albis czterum fusco-viridia. 
Labellum cum columna basi continuum basi saccatum lami- 
na transversa alba, biloba, lobis subquadratis. 
Sacca intus utrinque et basi versus continet, processus cel- 
lulosus complanatis 2-3, apicibus crenato-repandis. 
Columna nana,hinc utrinque dente membranacea aucta, 
facies antica centrum versus processum cellulosum cristiform- 
em basi mediante labello cum dente laterali continuum. 
Stigma vero anticum inconspicuum canali inter faciem anti- 
cam et faciem processiferumquze verisimiler pars labelli. 
Columna, stigma supra in rosteli processus 2, subulatus 
product. Facies postica, antea alabastri integra membranacea, 
basi in gibberem quasi inflata. 
Anthera ovata carnosa, dorsalis mobilis, columnze parallela, 
connectivo nempe maximo albo, loculi 2, sursum valde angus- 
tat. obovato-pyriformes medio longitudinaliter incomplete 
biseptate, 
Pollinia elastica sectilia, loculis antherze conformia atte- 
nuata sessilia in glandulam lanceolatam carnosum albam, mar- 
ginibus tenuibus hyalinis. Pollinula longe squamiformia. 
Han. In sylvam cum Thea occurit Tingree: February 23rd, 
1836. Assam Herb. 406. 
In one out of the two specimens gathered, a curious defor- 
mity occurred. It consisted of a total suppression of the 
