Plate 2170. 



LISTERA PINETORUM, Lindl 

 Orchide^. Subtribe Spiranthe^. 



L. pinetorum, Lindl. in Joum. Linn, Soc. i. 175; caule robusfo 

 ano-ulato longo supra basin foliato, foliis sessilibus cordato-orbiculari- 

 bus, labello e basi angusfca oblanceolato bifido sina angusto lobis 

 subacutls. Eooh.f. Fl Brit, Ltd. vi. 104 



Hab. SIkkim Himalaya; in pine woods of tbe Lachen Yalley, alfc. 

 10,000-11,000 feet, /. i*. B". ; Chumbi Valley, King, 



Caiilis 4-8-pollicaris, glaber, ima basi vaginatus. Folia 1-lJ poll, 

 lata, 5-7-nervia, nervis reticulatis. PeAunculas brevis, robustus. Spied 

 6-8-flora, pubescens ; flores sessiles, decurvi, ^-|_ poll, longi; braetece 

 herbacese, erectae, cblongse, obtusoe, ovario longiores. 8 epala ov^io- 

 oblono-a, brunnea. Petala linearis, obtusa. Labellum sepalis bis terve 

 longius,'sinu acuto v. obtuso. Columym eloiigata, incurva, teretius- 

 cula ; antbera brevis, obtusa; rostellum rotundatum. — J. D. H. 



Fig, 1. Flower. 2. Column. Enlarged, 



