﻿Plate 1831. 



MICROSTYLIS ZHASIANA, Eooh.f. 

 Oechidej;. Tribe Malaxejj. 

 M. (Crepidium) khasiana, Booh. f. ; caule elongato vaginato, foliia 

 3-4 petiolatis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve acuminatis, scapo gracili, 

 racemo multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis paten fci-recur vis ovarium jequan- 

 tibus, sepalis oblongo-rotundatis obtusis concavis 3-nervus, petal. s 

 linearibus obtusis, labelli auriculis latis erectis subacutis, lamina basi 

 constncta apice rotundata v. retnsa v. obcordata, columnar alis rotun- 



Hab. Eastern Bengal: on the Khasia Monntains, alt. 4,000 to 

 5,000 ft., Z &&, fr c . 6 



Gaulis 1-2-nncialis. Folia 3-5 poll, longa, 5-7-nervia. Scop* una 

 cum racemo spithamens v. brevior. Flores £ poll, lata, castaneo-ruDn. 

 i A near ally of the Himalaya and Khasia if. WaUichn Lindl, ' which 

 differs in the short bracts, larger flowers, and rounded blade ot tne up, 

 *hich is not contracted below the auricles.-J. D. Hookeb. 



Fig- 1. Flower. 2 and 3. Lies from other flowers. Ml enlarged. 



