Plate 2171. 



LISTERA MICRANTHA, Lindl. 

 Orchide^. Snbtribe Spikakthe.e. 



L. micrantha, LindL in Joum, Lmn. Soc, i. 17G ; gracillima, foliis 

 subradicalibus petiolatift late ovatis, labello abbreviato truncate 

 breviter S-lobo, columna brevissima. HooJc.f, Fl, Brit. IiuL vi, 104, 



HiB. Sikkini Himalaya ; Lachoong Vallej, alt. 10,000 feet, J. D. H. 



Gaulishvevis. Folia ^ ipoW. longa, 3-nervia, petiolo brevi. Pedtcn- 

 cuius 2-2-i-polIicaris, medio univaginatus. Spica l^-l^-pollicaris, 

 puberula, laxiflora ; flores brevissime pedicellati, mmuti ; bractese 

 minutse, ovatas, acntse, ovario breviores. Sepala lateralia late ovata, 

 obtuaa, decurva, dorsali oblongo. Fetala ovato-lanceolata. Lahellum 

 sepalis brevius, quadrato-cuneatum, deciirvura, lobis late ovatis 

 obtusiSj sinubas rotundatis. Columna latior quam longa ; anthera 

 ovoidea; rostellam breve, rotnndatum, — J. D. H, 



Fig. 1. Lateral, and 2. front, view of flower. 3. Lip and column. All great I j/ 

 enlarged. 



