Plate 2i72. 



ZEUXINE GOODYEROIDES, Llndl 

 Okchii>e,$;. Subtribe SriuANiiiK^. 



Z. (Monochilus) goodyeroides, LindL Gen, andSp. Orchid. 486 ; snbro- 



busta, foliis breviter pctiolatis ovatis, pednnculo elongato, spif-a 

 multitlf^ra glabriuscula v. pilosnla, floribus sub^^ecundis, labello l>revi, 

 liypochilo magno saccato, epichilo parvo orbicnlari.oblougo v. 

 latissimeobcordato. Hook,/. FL Brit, Ltd, vi. 107; Monochilus galca- 

 tuSj Li'iidl. in Joitrn, Linn, Sue. i. 187. 



Hab. Eastern temperate Himalaya, from SIkkim, alt. 6,000-8,000 

 feet, to Mishmi, Griffilh] and Khasia hills at Moflong, Griffith; Pegu, 

 Kitrz {in Serh, Calcutta), 



(7a?/Z/5 basi decumbens, radieibus crassia. Folia ]-l| poll, longa, 

 sessilia v. breviter peticlata, 3-nervia, viridia fascia media pal- 

 lida, obtusa acuta V. acuminata, petiole J poll, lonrro. Pednnathcs 

 3-G-polUcaris, va^inis pancis lanceolatis. Spica 2-3 pollicarls, sub- 

 densifiora; bractea; ^-^ poll, lougse, ovaria glaberrima oequantes. 

 Flores depressi. Sepala rosea, lateralia patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, dorsali hypochilo inciimbente ovate. Petala falcata, obtusa, 

 alba. 'Lahtllum album, scpalia a^qnilongiim; hypochilum subhcmi- 

 sphaericum,coriaceam, medio intus 1-costatum, et callis 2cornuformibua 

 recurvis instructam, epiehilo hypochilo minore integerrimo v.^ sub- 

 bilobo membranaceo. Colnmna brevis ; rostellnm erectum, bipartituui ; 

 anthera acnminata ; poUinia pyriformia caudicul^j gracili affixa, 

 glandula oblonga. 



There are two drawings of the Sikkim plant in Ilerb. Calcutt. ; one 

 has rosy, the other green sepals. — J. 1). H. 



Fig-. 1. Lateral, and 2. front, view of flower. 3. Column and lip. 4. Lip 

 removed, showing the coeta and calli. All adargcJ, 



