TAB. 58. 



Tribe Neottieae. 



Sub-tribe Spirantheae. 



Genus Zeuxine. 



Zeuxine cochlearis, Schlechter, in Beihl. zu Engl. But. JaJub., 

 No. 50, Band XX, p. 11 (1895). — Herba rbizomate interdum breviter 

 repente, radicibus crassis brunneo-birtis reliquis glaberrima ; caubs 

 erectus teres foliosus basi squamatus, 5-30 cm. altus ; foHa erecto- 

 patentia lineari-lanceolata acuta, basi amplexicauli-vaginantia, ex 

 sicco reticulato-venosa, interuodiis 2-4plo longiora, 2-5 cm. longa; 

 spica oblouga vel anguste ovata dense multiflora, 1-5-2-5 cm. longa, 

 bracteis acuminatis flores superantibus ; flores subdepressi, circa 

 2-5-3 mill, longi ; sepala conniventia ovato-lanceolata subobtusa, 

 imparl magis concavo basi leviter gibboso ; petala semi-ovata, margine 

 exteriori undulato ; labellam subcarnosum cocbleare, basi ovatum an- 

 gustatum inflatum, apicem versus paullo dilatatum, marginibus incurvis 

 undulatis irregulariter crenulatis, basi intus callis 2 linearibus parallelis 

 donatum ; antbera rotundata ; rostellum bipavtitum laciuiis subulatis 

 acuminatissimis ; polliuia pyriformia, stipite ligulato apicem versus 

 dilatato, glandula minima. {Ex exempli, in sjnr. vini servatis, pluribusque 

 exsiccatis.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Natal : in marshy sandy places 

 near the sea sbore at the mouth of the Umgeni River near Durban, 

 fl. July-August, E. Schlechter, No. 3001, according to bis description; 

 No. 3002 ! on ticket with specimens in my herb. ; same place, J. M. 

 Wood, No. 5321 ! 



Plate 58. Fig. 1, flower, with bract; 2, odd sepal and the adberent 

 petals; 8, odd sepal, side view; 4, ditto, front view; 5, one of the 

 side sepals; 6, one of the petals; 7, hp, with column; 8, lip somewhat 

 expanded forcibly; 9, column, side view; 10, ditto, front view; 

 11, poUinia with gland, as drawn by Mr. Schlechter; 12, ditto, as 

 seemed to me their probable position, — all vai-iously magnified. 



A herb with a sometimes creeping rhizome and tbick brown- 

 hairy roots, for the rest quite glabrous ; stem erect terete leafy, 

 scaly at base, 5-30 cm. high ; leaves erect-spreading linear- 

 lanceolate acute, amplexicaul and sheathing at base, netted- 

 veined when dry, 2-4 times longer than the internodes, 2-5 cm. 



