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Plate 2158. 



AN^CTOCHILUS ELATIOR, Livdl. 

 Orchide^. Subtribe'SpiKANTHEJ;, 



A. elatior, LindL in Joum. Lhn. Soc. i. 178; foliis breviter petiolatis, 

 late ovato-rotundatis acutis, scapo elato, spica pauciflora, labelli nnu;ne 

 basi bastatirn dilatato isthrai fimbriis utrinqueMd 6 lamina lon.trioribus, 

 lamina alis oblongis divergentibus integerrimis. IIuoJc. f. FL Brit. 

 Ind, vi. 95. 



Har. Nilirbid Hills ; near Walla 



Folia 1^-1 f 



Caidis bf^ai decumbens, dein asceiidens, 1-2-pollicaris. _ _ _ 



poll, lata, 5-neryia, viridia, petiolo \-\ poll, longo- Sca^pus pedabs, 

 vaginis pancis inflatis acuininatis aactus. Spica 3-4-flora ; bracteae 

 \ poll. long®, late ovato-laiiceolatoe, ovario pubescente breviores. 

 Flares maju°sculi, fere 1 poll. lati. Seimla lateralia ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuta. Petala dimidiato-obovata, acuta. LabeUum | poll, loiigura, 

 calcare conico inflato sepalis breviore. Columnce al^ prominulae ; 

 rostellura elongatam, incurvutn. 



I bave seen only one specimen of tbis fine species, whicb resembles 

 A. Boxhurghii. Lindb, a raucb smaller plant, witb golden netted nerves 

 on tbe leaf, much larger cuneately-obovate lobes of the bp, and tlie 

 spur as long as tbe sepals. — J. D. H. 



Fi^. 1. Fluwcr. 2. Lip. 3. CV>luran. All adarycd. 



