Plate 2109. 



LISTEEA TENUIS, Limtl 



Orchide^. Subtribe Spikanthe^ 



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L. tenuis, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 176; gracilis, ca^jle teretius- 

 culo medio foliato, foliis ovatis acatis, labello cuaeato-obcordato, 

 columna brevi. Hook.f. FL Brit, lad. vi. 104. 



Hab. Silckim Himalaya; Lachen Valley, alt. 11,500 feet, /. D. H. 



CauUs 4-5-pollicaris, glaberrimus, infra folia univ-aginatus. Folia 

 ■i-1 poll. loD^a, sessilia, 3-5-nervia, FeJanculus graeillimus, nndus, 

 tipica 1-2 pollicaris, puberula, 6-10-flora; flores brevissime pedicellati, 

 ■^ poll, lati, yirides ; bractese ovaiia eequantes v. iis breviores, ovata?, 

 acuta?, inembranacete. Sepala lateralia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 dorsali peta]aqne lineari-oblonga, obtusa. Labellum sepalis Jongius, 

 lobis rotandacis, sinu acato. Gulumna vix incurva, anthera obtusa; 

 rostellura breve, ooncavuui, obtusum. — J, D. H. 



Fig. 1. Front, and 2. side, views of flower. 3. Front, and 4, side, views of 

 column. All enlarged. 



